into violence in english cities. around 150 people have been arrested, and the warning from police, there will be more. heated scenes in middlesbrough, with rioters joining the fray, breaking through police barricades. hundreds turned out to protect a mosque against the onslaught of a violent mob. an emergency order is in place in bolton to prevent people from covering their faces, with many hiding behind balaclavas. the prime minister vows he'll do whatever it takes to end the violence. i want you to know that this violent mob do not represent our country and we will bring them to justice. and in an astonishingly close finish, noah lyle speeds into the men's 100 metre final, securing gold for team usa.

hello, i'm martine croxall. we start with the breaking news from the uk, where there have been more violent far—right protests in england. since saturday night, police have made 147 arrests, and that number is expected to rise. police say at least ten officers have been injured in rotherham in south yorkshire, where they had been trying to prevent a mob from storming a hotel that's believed to house asylum seekers. in middlesbrough, protestors smashed windows of cars and houses, and threw bricks at police, and in rotherham, hundreds of demonstrators clashed with riot police before storming that hotel housing asylum seekers. now, let's get more on how this unfolded, our correspondent navtej johal has this report from rotherham. anger, violence, destruction. these

chaotic scenes are unlike any you would expect on a summer's sunday afternoon. at times today, rotherham has felt lawless. it began this morning with a group of anti—racism protestor, outside a hotel on the outskirts of this yorkshire town, where it is believed asylum seekers are being housed. be they were quickly outnumbered by a larger group of anti—immigration protestors, many of them angry at the idea of asylum seekers living in tax paper funded the idea of asylum seekers living in tax paperfunded hotel rooms. as the afternoon wore on, chants weren't the only things being hurled and at the only things being hurled and at the police or the building. things appear to have turn ugly. ugly. police have been attacked, objects thrown including fence paps, and things appear to be turning nasty. not long after the crowd surged more

windows were snatched and finally they managed to force their way in. this is afternoon the prime minister reacted to the scenes of violence round the country. i reacted to the scenes of violence round the country.— reacted to the scenes of violence round the country. i utterly condemn the far right — round the country. i utterly condemn the far right thuggery _ round the country. i utterly condemn the far right thuggery we _ round the country. i utterly condemn the far right thuggery we have - round the country. i utterly condemn the far right thuggery we have seen l the far right thuggery we have seen this weekend. be in no doubt, those that have participated in this violence will face the full force of the law. the police will be making arrests, individuals will be held on remand, charges will follow, and convictions will follow. i guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder, whether directly, or those whipping up this

action online, and then running away themselves. backin themselves. back in rotherham, police confirmed at least ten officers have been injured. there is currently a stand—off taking place, you can see the line of police there, they have pushed the people back round 50 feet, look, there you deso ea fire in the middle of the road. you can see a fire. at least one police officer has been injured here today and much of the violence we have seen this week has affected those tasked with protecting the public. we have been explaining we are looking into reports of an incident that seems to be unfolding in tamworth in staffordshire in the west midlands, and staffordshire police have issued a statement, they are urging people to avoid the area around the holiday inn in tamworth, following violence, they say, they

have been posting on social media, saying we are urging members of the public to avoid the area around the holiday inn in tamworth, as officers continue to deal with violent acts of thuggery tonight. a large group of thuggery tonight. a large group of individuals are in the area, they have been throwing projectile, smashing windows, starting fires and targeting police, one officer has been injured. 0fficers targeting police, one officer has been injured. officers are working valiantly to keep the pun uh public safe. special drone surveillance and the national police air service have been sweeping the area, as part of our efforts to identify those involved. in addition to that, this west midlands fire service which serves tamworth has also been putting out a statement, saying that the situation is being assessed norris, this is because there was a suggestion that at a hotel that may house asylum seekers, had been set alight in some way. the west midlands fire service

are liaising with police closely and we are confirming the exact nature of the incident before deployment, they have confirmed they have got fire engines at the holiday inn at the moment, two appliances currently in attendance so the west midlands fire service working alongside staffordshire police but everyone being asked to avoid the area around the holiday inn, in tamworth, following that violence. we can now talk to marc 0wenjones, who is associate professor of digital humanities at the northwestern university in qatar. he is also the author of one viral analysis showing interesting online behaviour on x (formerly twitter) related to the riots. thank you very much for talking to us, first of all tell us about you methody, what have you been looking at and why? 50 i methody, what have you been looking at and wh ? ., .,

at and why? so i tend to download tweets from _ at and why? so i tend to download tweets from twitter _ at and why? so i tend to download tweets from twitter or _ at and why? so i tend to download tweets from twitter or x, - at and why? so i tend to download tweets from twitter or x, and - at and why? so i tend to download| tweets from twitter or x, and what at and why? so i tend to download i tweets from twitter or x, and what i do is i analyse all these posts, to see who is spreading disinformation, who spread it first and to see what kind of disinformation or hate speech they are spreading and what i have found since the tragic events in southport is that x has been weaponised to spread rumours and hate speech, particularly targeting minorities, people of a muslim background, to inflame tensions and i think a lot the behaviour we see online through theal analysis can tell me it is fake accounts or influencer who are spreading this narrative and fuelling the kind of hate speech that is driving a lot of the violence.— the violence. how difficult is it to know who is _ the violence. how difficult is it to know who is responsible - the violence. how difficult is it to know who is responsible for - the violence. how difficult is it to i know who is responsible for posting this behaviour, these messages, which foe meant this response sometimes it is easy, if you have thousands of tweets you can download

them and you can see who gets the most retweeteds or impression, i have soon andrew tate is one of the most influential a in spreading disinformation, nigel farage has fanned the flames of this kind of disinformation and news site that looks like real news sites but have shadily non—defines backgrounds and promoting this rhetoric, so we can tell who is spreading it, not all of the time, a lot is spread by anonymous accounts who don't have a clear identity and unfortunately social media companies make it too easy for potential bad actors to set “p easy for potential bad actors to set up anonymous ats and spread rumours. we have to be careful when we make acquisitions like this, if somebody reposts something they might do it in good faith. they may believe it to be true. in good faith. they may believe it to be true-—

in good faith. they may believe it to be true. . , ., ., , to be true. that is true and that is the distinction _ to be true. that is true and that is the distinction between _ to be true. that is true and that is the distinction between misand i the distinction between misand disinformation, misinformation is people who spread false news dentally but disinformation is people who spread it with the intent to cause harm, and of course the idea of a disinformation campaignf you have someone acting in bad faith they will spread falsehoods and other people in good faith might pick it up because they believe that person to be credible and they spread it. that is what we are seeing in southport, we saw this fake news site spreading a false rumour and people in good faith thinking that was real and retweeting it. so it is a combination of misand disthtion which makes tackling the problem much harder. which makes tackling the problem much harder-— which makes tackling the problem much harder. ., ., , ., much harder. how, though, might your research be of — much harder. how, though, might your research be of use _ much harder. how, though, might your research be of use to _ much harder. how, though, might your research be of use to other— research be of use to other traditional if i can call it that forms of investigation, that the police might be conducting? weill. police might be conducting? well, think the research _ police might be conducting? well, think the research is _ police might be conducting? well, think the research is useful - police might be conducting? -ii think the research is useful because if you look at say for example x or meta it looks like you know it is hard to know the sequence of events due the algorithm, but when i

download the data we can see the chronology, the order in which people post information so we can identify who sent that information first, which accounts spread the false information the most, therefore we can identify what i call disins influencers which are routine president erdogans of disinformation, so this information can lead to the police potentially knowing for example who are the most prominent people spreading it, but more to the point what is the extent to which the false information might be created by fake accounts that might themselves be for example a foreign interference campaign. they need the data and analysis of the data to make informed decisions about who is spreading disinformation and how impactful that is. , ., disinformation and how impactful thatis. , ., ., , that is. there is no doubt there has been a great _ that is. there is no doubt there has been a great deal _ that is. there is no doubt there has been a great deal of _ that is. there is no doubt there has been a great deal of activity - that is. there is no doubt there has been a great deal of activity on - been a great deal of activity on some of those platforms. thank you very much

violence and disorder also exploded in middlesbrough this afternoon. at least one car has been set alight in the teesside town and burning wheelie bins have been pushed towards police officers. this has been condemned by middlesbrough mp andy mcdonald. it is just rampant chaos, and sheer wanton vandalism, thuggery. i've never seen anything like it in my life. this is a really dark day for my town and to see these people gather at the cenotaph, our revered monument to those who laid down their life to fight fascism, and they gather around that with their union flags and st george's flags. they are not patriots. what they are doing in my town right now is destroying taxis, they are burning cars, they are attacking police officers and attacking residents, they are randomly running across the town attacking people, our university is under attack. this is the most dreadful day, and they should hang their heads in shame and they should remember what the prime minister has just said, that we will make sure that they face the full force of the law, however long it takes. some of them have already been

arrested, but each and every one of them is going to have to face up to what they do. let me remind you of the latest from staffordshire police, police are urging members of the public to avoid the area round the holiday inn, in tamworth, that is pause specialist officers are continuing to deal with violent acts of thuggery as they are described. a large group of individuals have been in the area, smashing windows, starting fires and targeting police, one officer has been injured. the police force say that our officers are working valiantly to keep the

public safe. are working valiantly to keep the public safe. specialist are working valiantly to keep the public safe. specialist drone service have been sweeping the area as part of efforts to identify those involved. they have being supported by west midlands fire service who are liaising with the police, taking are liaising with the police, taking a look at what is going on at the holiday inn, there have been local authorities there was a fire, at a hotel, in tamworth which was accommodating asylum seekers, or may have been accommodating asylum seekers, west midlands have two fire engines at that hotel. in other news, in bangladesh an indefinite nationwide curfew, as more than 90 people are killed in another day of anti—government protests. more than a dozen police are among those who have died. we have this update.

the large number of deaths include protestor, the police and the ruling party members, at least 30 members of police died in a single station in the northern part of the country. the numbers are increasing as many deaths are not confirmed yet, there are reports of clashes despite the curfew and all of this happened on the first day of the total none cooperation movement by the student protest leader, many of the deaths are the result of ruling party members clashing with the protestors as the ruling league decided to counter the mass protest with their own rallies today, the protestors have called for a learning march while the government issued a press note calling the protestors militants in their words and saying they will take tough action. the protestors said they won't back down, until they make the government resign and the government is not showing any indication of stepping down. all this is happening when the curfew has been extended for an

indefinite period and the mobile internet network is blocked, and everyone is wondering where this will end, and how. president zelensky has announced that ukraine has received the first batch of american f—16fighterjets, after lobbying for them for long time. speaking to reporters at an air base, he didn't reveal how many had been delivered but said a significant number of ukrainian pilots were being trained to fly them. the somali government says a number of senior security officials have been arrested after an islamist attack which left at least 37 people dead. friday night's attack on lido beach in mogadishu was carried out by al—shabab militants. the somali prime minister,said the officials were arrested due to security failures and negligence. kamala harris, the us vice—president, is interviewing potential contenders to be her running mat in november's election.

according to cbs news, the choices for the democratic vice—president has been narrowed to a group of five. a decision is required before the democratic national convention, which starts on 19 august in chicago. tropical storm debby is rapidly gaining strength as it travels through the gulf of mexico. meteorologists predict it will make landfall as a hurricane monday morning. debby is the fourth named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. it's likely to bring flooding to much of florida's gulf coast beginning on sunday night. let's get more on the olympics now, and usa's noah kyles hasjust won the mens 100 metre sprint final. kyles finished the race in a just 9.79 seconds — a personal best. he took the gold medal beating jamaica's kishane thompson by five—thousandths of a second — one of the closest 100 metre races in recent history. former british 100 metre

sprinter and former 0lympic bobsledder, joel fearon gave us his reaction. it was absolutely superb, like that race could have gone to all eight competitors, they were all at the quality to win, and i think it says so much about noah lyles, he is a big talker, he does talk a lot, so to go out there and back it up on the biggest stage in the world, he wasn't my favourite sprinter, but i have so much more respect for him, watching that and seeing how he fought to the absolute last breath, so it was absolutely superb, much anticipated and i had no idea who was going to win, it was, it was crazy. was going to win, it was, it was cra . ., ., , , crazy. photo finish, extremely close, crazy. photo finish, extremely close. five _ crazy. photo finish, extremely close, five thousandths - crazy. photo finish, extremely close, five thousandths of - crazy. photo finish, extremely close, five thousandths of a i crazy. photo finish, extremely - close, five thousandths of a second in fact. to what extent do you think them being held at the start for quite a while might have made a

difference? i quite a while might have made a difference?— quite a while might have made a difference? i think that really did make a difference, _ difference? i think that really did make a difference, i _ difference? i think that really did make a difference, i wasn't - difference? i think that really did make a difference, i wasn't sure | difference? i think that really did l make a difference, i wasn't sure at that point, if loyal loyal had lost it. because he came out with so much energy, and had this period of five minutes, where he would havejust sort of been going down an anticlimax, so he did well, but at that point it was who could stay focussed better, because when stuff like that does happen, you are like, you think to yourself this race should be done already, i would already have won, i would already know, so staying in the zone and keeping that focus u and that is another reason why it shows what he is made of, because he was the athlete that did it the best, and when you are at that level of competition, it is often about not even winning it is about who is going to lose, who will lead it when it matters? and he kept his head together, absolutely especially, so i did want the jamaicans to win, i'm i did want thejamaicans to win, i'm a caribbean boy as well, so i did want them to really put up there and keep on usain bolt�*s legacy, but he

is a real force of nature, and keep on usain bolt�*s legacy, but he is a realforce of nature, and did a superbjob. d0 is a real force of nature, and did a superbjob-— is a real force of nature, and did a suerb 'ob. ,, ., , ., superb 'ob. do you really have time to superb job. do you really have time to think tactics — superb job. do you really have time to think tactics and _ superb job. do you really have time to think tactics and strategy - superb job. do you really have time to think tactics and strategy in - to think tactics and strategy in under 10 seconds? i to think tactics and strategy in under 10 seconds?— to think tactics and strategy in under 10 seconds? ~ , ., t, t, under 10 seconds? i think you have a lan, so under 10 seconds? i think you have a plan. so you — under 10 seconds? i think you have a plan. so you go _ under 10 seconds? i think you have a plan. so you go out _ under 10 seconds? i think you have a plan, so you go out there, _ under 10 seconds? i think you have a plan, so you go out there, with - under 10 seconds? i think you have a plan, so you go out there, with a - plan, so you go out there, with a plan, so you go out there, with a plan, and sort of the longer it takes, the further away you are coaches were or the further away, you are, you go out in front of the stage and they were waiting so i think it would have played a part and that would have athletes that didn't do as well, one of the jamaican athletes o who was one of the fastest all the way through came last, and it did play, take it toll on him. former british sprinterjoel fearon, speaking to us earlier on, blink and you miss it. with me is our political correspondent hannah miller. hannah, this is obviously the first

big test of the government, and we are going to look at how they have responded it is are going to look at how they have resonded , ., t, responded it is one that keir starmer has _ responded it is one that keir starmer has experienced - responded it is one that keir starmer has experienced of| responded it is one that keir - starmer has experienced of dealing with these types of situations, hes says former director of public prosecutionings, he held that role during the 2011 riots and around that time he was seen as someone who was in favour of bringing people to justice very swiftly, rather than necessarily getting too involved in the length of punishments being more suggesting if people see if you get involved in this you will be arrested, you will be charged, you will be convicted, that that is seen as being more of a deterrent and a way to end these kinds of things, he is not shying away at all today from branding the scenes as far right thuggery, his language has been unapologetically tough about these kinds of things, the conservative party, their language hasn't quite gone that far, in some way, rishi

sunak, their leader talking about violent criminal behaviour that has no place in our society and saying people should face the full force of the law. there is overwhelming condemnation of the violence from politicians of all parties. people have a right to feel safe in their communities, clearly given what is happening and some of the pictures we are seeing, some people don't. brute we are seeing, some people don't. we have seen a lot of police on the streets, we have different constabularies supporting each other, they are not used to policing necessarily, what further action is going to be required of the government? i going to be required of the government?— going to be required of the government? ~ , . ., government? i think we can expect to see more meetings _ government? i think we can expect to see more meetings at _ government? i think we can expect to see more meetings at a _ government? i think we can expect to see more meetings at a senior - government? i think we can expect to see more meetings at a senior level. see more meetings at a senior level of government tomorrow, some police officials also being brought in to discuss what has happened this weekend and what further response is needed. there has been some suggestion from some politicians that perhaps the army ought to be brought in, we don't get the sense at that, this stage that that is

something that is being looked at or being considered to kind of be about to happen, imminently but there will be meetings to discuss it. we have heard today that some mosques have been offered extra security over the weekend so they can get rapid response if they feel their community is under threat, but whether the kind of action that we start to see in the courts tomorrow, when some people are brought before the court, whether that makes any difference, and whether when the headlines start to change to those kinds of topic, it is clearly something that the government are banking on the idea that might have an impact. the banking on the idea that might have an im act. ~ , t, an impact. the prime minister and the home secretary _ an impact. the prime minister and the home secretary yvette - an impact. the prime minister and | the home secretary yvette cooper, very very quick to draw the distinction between the demonstrations that we have seen in a few places which have remained peaceful, people have come out on to the streets and it hasn't turned violent, and the kind of disorder which is out—and—out rioting, they are very very clear on the

distinction— are very very clear on the distinction �* ., , ,., distinction and that is something they have been clear— distinction and that is something they have been clear on - distinction and that is something they have been clear on from - distinction and that is something j they have been clear on from the beginning, in terms of when the first press conference about this issue, towards the back end of last week, the idea that people can protest peacefully and legitimately about concerns that they may have, but frankly, there is no excuse they would say for any sense of that de sending into violence, it is possible to say you have a problem with something to protest something and not then to commit violent and criminal acts, as part of that protest, and i think clearly, there have been people whoa have gone out on to the streets who are not committed criminal acts, and they are not necessarily be included in some of the language we are hearing, but where the criminal acts have taken place, the language is very very strong in the sense this is not something that will be tolerated. you mentioned the riots of 2011 which i remember very well, i was on air that evening when it began in

london and spread to other parts of the country, violence and looting, on a large—scale, again, it was the summer. here we are in the summer again, and you wonder whether the weather makes it more appealing for people to be out on the streets. and as you say, if people are sent to magistrates' court, very quickly, is that going to be enough to stop people turning out for this disorder?— people turning out for this disorder? there are clearly parallels — disorder? there are clearly parallels being _ disorder? there are clearly parallels being made - disorder? there are clearly parallels being made with. disorder? there are clearly i parallels being made with 2011 disorder? there are clearly - parallels being made with 2011 and it is something when you speak to police officers in these kinds of situations, they do sometimes say goodness if it was to rain this would suddenly come under more control but i think there are parallels to be made of course, there are is also, we are in a different situation, compared to 2011. more than a decade on, some of these kind of networks have developed in terms of how this violence is been incited. social

media has moved on further, there is a lot of things that has happened in that time period that make people listen to different groups of people, not having trust in the state and the kind of authority of the government or the police, or the media, a lot of those things have come under question and in many senses the environment in which this is happening in that sense is slightly different now. for the moment. _ slightly different now. for the moment, thank _ slightly different now. for the moment, thank you _ slightly different now. for the moment, thank you very - slightly different now. for the i moment, thank you very much. slightly different now. for the - moment, thank you very much. let us show you some pictures from tamworth, we have been my colleagues in the news room have been busy trying to verify them. they are from tamworth, round the holiday inn in the town. very recently shot. it is certainly in tamworth, certainly this evening, as you can see, this is the, the violence that the staffordshire police say they have been dealing with and they are asking members of the public to keep well away from this hotel. you are watching bbc news.

the weather is looking mixed for this up coming new week, generally speaking, lower pressure will affect more northern parts and it is here we will see outbreaks of rain, whereas further south closer to higher pressure, this is where we will see the drier and warmer with sunshine, this area of low pressure could bring issues for the north—west of the uk, with heavy rain, could see local flooding in places, argyll and the highlands, so a wet windy start here, the rain begins to push south—east wards, brightening up and the winds easing but a blustery day further south and east, much of england and wales will be dry with cloud, sunshine and feeling warmer and humid again, up to the height 20s here, mid 20s further north. that band of rain, some heavy and thundery will affect western england and wales, during the night it fizzles as it pushes to eastern england but ahead of it it will stay warm and muggy and the clearer sky, will stay warm and muggy and the clearersky, it will stay warm and muggy and the clearer sky, it will be cooler and fresher, plenty of sunshine in the

north and west to start tuesday, that weather front weakening, eventually clears away, skies brighten up, so not a bad afternoon, just a few blustery showers for western scotland and northern ireland. those temperatures range from round 18 to 2a, 25 degrees in the south—east. now that area of low pressure begins to move. 0n pressure begins to move. on wednesday it is sitting in the northern half of the country, that will bring a windy day to the far north, with showers or longer spells of rain so the rainfall totals mounting up, this point across western scotland but for much of england and wales a dry day to come. a bit of sunshine round, variable cloud, it will be breezy, not as windy as further north and these temperatures pretty much what we expect this time of year. high teens in the north, low 20s further south. as we move into thursday that area of low pressure pulls away but another one starts to push in off the atlantic, this will bring a more widespread cloudier wetter windy day, certainly across central

northern and western area, once again the rain will be heavy in the north—west. it could be midlands, it could stay dry, top temperatures 23 degrees, high teens further north. for the end of the week it looks like it stays unsettled. the greater chance of seeing sunshine and warmth across the south and south—east.

this is bbc news, the headlines: bottles and bricks hurled at police — and a second hotel is targeted as far—right rallies descend into violence in english cities. around one hundred and fifty people have been arrested — and the warning from police — there will be more. heated scenes in middlesbrough — with rioters joining the fray — breaking through police barricades. hundreds turned out to protect a mosque against the onslaught of a violent mob. an emergency order is in place in bolton to prevent people from covering theirfaces — with many hiding behind balaclavas. the prime minister vows he'll do whatever it takes to end the violence. i want you to know that this violent mob does not represent our country and we will bring them to justice. in other news — in bangladesh an indefinite nationwide curfew — as more than ninety people are killed in another day and in an astonishingly close

finish — noah lyle speeds into the men's100 meterfinal — securing gold for team usa.