tv Newscast BBC News August 4, 2024 10:30pm-11:01pm BST
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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
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into the men's 100 meterfinal — securing gold for team usa. let's return to the story we've been following all weekend, which is the demonstrations which in some cases have turned into violent disorder in english towns and cities over last couple of days in particular we've been focusing on the road from where we saw a hotel that is been housing asylum—seekers that is been attacked by rioters. —— rotherham. police in a great deal of force put up this evening we've had a new incident. these are pictures from pam worth in the west midlands. we been verifying those in the evening to see a show they are new pictures, they are in tamworth. it's a scene the police have been describing as violent acts of the thuggery. again, another
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hotel the focus of those who turned out in tamworth. with me is our reporter chi chi izundu. it looks like a fire has been started there.— started there. what can we ascertain? _ started there. what can we ascertain? from _ started there. what can we ascertain? from the - started there. what can we ascertain? from the west | started there. what can we - ascertain? from the west midlands fire service who have confirmed that they are assessing the risk and liaising closely with police to try and understand the exact nature of the incident before deployment. they do have two fire engines at the scene. they would not confirm whether the fire is ongoing or extinguished at this point in time for the staffordshire police have urged the public to stay away from the holiday in in tamworth. they describe what's going on as violent acts of thuggery. they say a large group of individuals are in the area and they've been throwing projectiles, smashing windows, starting fires and targeting police. some of the social media videos you
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can see people throwing bricks and smashing windows. you can actually see right police in the window frame of the hotel using their riot shields to stop people from gaining entry inside the hotel. staffordshire police also confirmed that one officer has been injured in the violence tonight in tamworth. they are trying to keep the public say. they have put a police helicopter in the air to scan the area and they are also using specialists drone surveillance footage to try and find out who is doing what. what we don't know is who is in the hotel. we don't know if people are present or if they have been evacuated. we're still trying to find that information out. the owners of the hotel group is the ahg group, they simply said in an e—mail today the safety and security
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of our guests and colleagues as always our priority any further questions should be directed to the home office. —— ih hg. that's all we know at this present time. home office. -- ih hg. that's all we know at this present time.— know at this present time. we've been following _ know at this present time. we've been following that _ know at this present time. we've been following that since - know at this present time. we've been following that since we've l know at this present time. we've - been following that since we've been on air in the last couple of hours. as we said, we have managed to verify that this video has been shot this evening in tamworth. it's very recent. we turn our attention to middlesborough. we recent. we turn our attention to middlesborough.— recent. we turn our attention to middlesboranh. ~ . . , . middlesborough. we have an update, olice have middlesborough. we have an update, police have confirmed _ middlesborough. we have an update, police have confirmed that _ middlesborough. we have an update, police have confirmed that 35 - middlesborough. we have an update, police have confirmed that 35 people | police have confirmed that 35 people have been arrested today. but in total over this weekend they've arrested 55 people in relation to violent acts of disorder in and around the middlesborough area. a quick update of what happen, we saw cars set on fire, there were reports of young people walking around throwing bricks into peoples homes and smashing up cars. there was
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violent disorder against the police, projectiles being thrown towards police. the middlesborough police say that officers remain in the area and they are dealing with some disorder. however, the large numbers of violent crowds have mostly been dispersed. there is still a little group of people that believe are dealing with in the middlesborough area. they say today's events resulted in significant damage to the crown court, the university and a number of properties in the parliament road area. just to remind you, 55 people arrested over the weekend. 35 alone today. a quick update in what happened in weymouth earlier where two opposing protesting groups were going to each other at speed for the police had to intervene and get in the middle of god. that is all now quiet and down in that area has been dispersed. it
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is quite quiet in weymouth, in dorset. . , , ., ., dorset. there are signs on a ositive dorset. there are signs on a positive note _ dorset. there are signs on a positive note that _ dorset. there are signs on a positive note that as - dorset. there are signs on a - positive note that as regrettable as these incident are, as a barn is as violent is communities are coming together to sort out the mess left behind of those lustrous dues responsible for the there is shock in local media on peoples communities.— in local media on peoples communities. ., ., communities. there are post on social media — communities. there are post on social media where _ communities. there are post on social media where people - communities. there are post on social media where people are i social media where people are calling for action. they are saying let's get brushes, let's get to us, let's get brushes, let's get to us, let's clean up. in particular middlesborough who is seen violent disorder as the police said they are. people want to regain control of their communities. yes, there have been violent acts, injuries and police have been hurt but people are desperate to regain their communities and also spread that message that this is not in their name. this is not what they want
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their community to be represented around the world.— around the world. earlier in the week there _ around the world. earlier in the week there was _ around the world. earlier in the week there was a _ around the world. earlier in the week there was a lot _ around the world. earlier in the week there was a lot of on - around the world. earlier in the week there was a lot of on line | week there was a lot of on line rumour circulating. in response to the fatal stabbings of the little girls in southport, where it was wrongly reported that the alleged perpetrator was a migrant and a muslim migrant. that is what took hold in certain quarters, was recirculated, was amplified, which has caused in some respects some of these people out in the streets bringing violence to our streets. they've got the wrong idea, they got the wrong message and they ran with it. that's the message that these far right beliefs against people of colour, of certain religions will not be tolerated. that has been the message loud and clear from the prime minister and home secretary and other politicians too. find
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and other politicians too. and olice and other politicians too. and police forces _ and other politicians too. and police forces and _ and other politicians too. and police forces and the - and other politicians too. fific police forces and the crown prosecution service. they want to stick to the message that the level of violence and as the private minister described earlier will not be tolerated for that —— prime minister. he issued a stark warning saying if you have not yet received a knock on the door and you took part in any of the violence over this weekend byjoe time because a knock will come. they do plan to try and restore law and order back to the towns and cities that have seen such violence over this weekend. we mustn't forget that some protests have gone without incident. there was a protest earlier today where people said that they were not happy with the level of immigration. they spoke their minds, they hold two held their placards and then they left with no incidents of violence. there have been nonviolent protests in the united kingdom. however, the ones that have been, both the
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police, the prime minister, the home secretary and the crown prosecution service say that they will be brought, because it took part will be brought to justice. brought, because it took part will be brought tojustice. ichi brought, because it took part will be brought to justice.— be brought to 'ustice. chi chi, thank you. — be brought tojustice. chi chi, thank you. we're _ be brought tojustice. chi chi, thank you. we're going - be brought tojustice. chi chi, thank you. we're going to - be brought tojustice. chi chi, | thank you. we're going to look be brought tojustice. chi chi, - thank you. we're going to look at some reaction to what happening rather them today. before we move on that show you these pictures that our colleagues have been verified as having been recorded this evening. —— rotherham. recent pictures in tamworth. this is outside the holiday in in tamworth in the west midlands, as gigi was saying, police have asked the members of the public to avoid this area. police very busy with injury and i have a helicopter up with injury and i have a helicopter up and they are using drone surveillance technology to try to work out who is breaking the law in this part of the country.
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let's speak to abrarjavid, he's a spokesperson for the rotherham muslim community forum. it is absolutely horrendous, to be honest. it is the sort of thing that brings back memories with regards to rotherham time in 2014 where we had similar marches in our town where they were vandalizing shops, attacking muslim women on the streets so almost opening up old wounds and some of the racism that we saw ten years ago. it is absolutely shocking and quite frightening. you mention that period of time, about ten years ago. just as a reminder,
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that there were gangs of men who, over many years, many of those men were of pakistani heritage, not all of them, of course who targeted young white girls for abuse. of course that is why rotherham was in the news, sadly for a long time. you say that is part of the reason that there is a shadow hanging over the town at times still? what we are saying is when the protesters came to our town, when the majority of them came they came under the narrative they were seeking justice for the victims, but actually when they arrived here, their sinister motives showed in terms of the islamophobia they brought with them. i don't think there was any interest in seeking justice for the victims, they came and generalised the entire muslim and pakistani community and attacked
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every business, the taxi drivers, mosques were attacked, we had a death who was an innocent man. while they beat him to death they shouted slurs at him. so it's no different than the narrative now. there is a real powerful political rhetoric that is legitimising these racist attacks on communities and immigrants seem to be the flavour of mode to regard that. there may be people out there who are very disgruntled and ijust understand there may be issues around recession and the cost of living and there are so many issues that need to be spoken about, but it seems to have manifested itself in all of this racism but it is always immigrants and muslims seem to bear the brunt of it. as we have said before, some of the online rumours
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following those tragic fatal stabbings of the three little girls in southport last week that the alleged perpetrator was a muslim migrant, totally unfounded and not the case of all. you mentioned there are many things in common perhaps with people who have come out on the streets. we must differentiate between protesters and writers some of these people are not demonstrators at all, they are thugs as far as the is concerned. how do we talk about these issues that face everybody then? given that, for some people, it is bound up in migration? it is very important that we don't lose ourselves in all of this madness. we found but we were going through the period that we went through in rotherham is that that are good people out there who have
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genuine issues that they want to express, but they feel the authorities may not be listening, they feel heartened, for whatever reason it is, but for whatever reason that vacuum is being filled by elements that want to cause divisions between communities —— hardened. this is where we need to find some sort of meaningful dialogue because i am sure we share enough commonalities, does not matter whether you are muslim, pakistani, english, that we are probably going to have the same kind of issues, but it has been hijacked, unfortunately, by the likes of tommy robinson who is exploiting these issues. forget tommy, there has even been political rhetoric out there that has been legitimising these issues.
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take for instance suella braverman or mp anderson, the other adding fuel to the fire and being responsible for the language they choose. certainly the home secretary and the prime minister today have been very robust in how they say they are going to challenge the sort of disorder on the streets that the police will seek out those responsible. you have made it clear that this is a minority of people, they are violent, dangerous and threatening. to what extent are you seeing support from the majority of people in rotherham. after today we saw in middlesbrough around 300 people turning out to protect a mosque there. like i said, we can't lose the focus on the humanity that is out there. unfortunately, it gets out there and it whips up frenzy between the two. but after southport into attacks
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on the mosques and how the southport community came together and said not in our name. it is important these positive messages get out there because the vast majority of people are peaceful and law—abiding and coexist. unfortunately, it seems like social media hasjust taken over and has spread like wildfire in i think the mainstream media needs to be a lot more proactive and actually showing what is real out there in terms of the majority and that is the vast majority are peaceful coexist and have a lot more in common rather than having differences. abrarjavid from the forum. thank you forjoining us. former chief constable
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of northumbria police.questionswhat do you make of the scenes we saw in rotherham today? what i see at the moment is a great deal of violent disorder. as everybody is aware we live in a great democracy. and that democracy allows people under the human rights act, underarticle allows people under the human rights act, under article ten to be able to have their own freedom of expression and under article 11 to have the right to peaceful assembly. these are what we would call qualified rights for the so you are allowed that in a democracy for the we the people are allowed to express our views and to gather peacefully. what we're not allowed to do is to break the law, to commit violence, to injure people. there has been, as you have said yourselves, there have been peaceful protests where people have expressed themselves over the weekend. and that is all very
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laudable. what we also see is mass violent disorder, whereby there has been a mass migration of individuals around the country to disrupt. whether a protest was going to be a peaceful protest in the first incidents, they have disintegrated into violent disorder. in the police need to be able to mobilise very quickly, get into position and make sure through evidence gathering, intelligence that they find out who these perpetrators of crime are. they need to arrest them as soon as possible. they need to get them before the courts. in the courts need to sentence them appropriately. this is not what we take in a democracy. and it certainly should not be on the back of the terrible deaths of poor phoebe, alice and
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elsie earlier on this week. shame on individuals who are saying that they are committing these acts of violence in the names of those three poor children. in violence in the names of those three poor children-— poor children. in the prime minister sa in: poor children. in the prime minister saying very — poor children. in the prime minister saying very much — poor children. in the prime minister saying very much the _ poor children. in the prime minister saying very much the same, - poor children. in the prime minister saying very much the same, that. poor children. in the prime minister saying very much the same, that ifl saying very much the same, that if you focus your anger can be of violence on people of colour, people of a certain religions that to him is the action of the far right. you talk about what needs to happen. 0f talk about what needs to happen. of course justice takes time. how can these protest, these riots be brought to in and very quickly rather than just having to wait for people to make their way through the courts? the people to make their way through the courts? ,., . ., , , courts? the police are very, very successful— courts? the police are very, very successful at _ courts? the police are very, very successful at making _ courts? the police are very, very successful at making sure - courts? the police are very, very successful at making sure that i courts? the police are very, very i successful at making sure that they can manage any type of public disorder that occurs. there is no problem around the police being able to act. i've heard calls for the
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military to be on the streets. the military to be on the streets. the military is on the streets when you have a tierney. when you don't have democratic ruling. we have democratic ruling in our society. we can manage this. but the most important thing of all is as your last speaker said, the communities must come together, be able to work together in partnership with the police and all other agencies so that the great communities of britain can move ahead and not be impacted by these very narrow—minded, very small minority of individuals. narrow-minded, very small minority of individuals.— of individuals. we've spoken to academics _ of individuals. we've spoken to academics who _ of individuals. we've spoken to academics who looking - of individuals. we've spoken to academics who looking into - of individuals. we've spoken to | academics who looking into how of individuals. we've spoken to - academics who looking into how they behave in crowds. how mindful are police officers these days in modern police officers these days in modern police and that sometimes you will
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have mixed people in a crowd. they may come together for slightly different reasons but we know of course that some people have been intent on violence. and they are the ones who need to be brought to account. , , ., account. this is part of the trainin: account. this is part of the training of— account. this is part of the training of the _ account. this is part of the training of the police - account. this is part of the l training of the police officers account. this is part of the - training of the police officers when they undertake public order tactical training. we all know as police officers ended my case a former police officer that people go to protests for their own reasons them we're seeing lots of masked protest around the country which are not particularly in relation to many others that do not disintegrate into violence and into criminality. people go to protests because it's part of our democratic right to do so. but police officers and the evidence gatherers can see those that are intent on causing damage and on causing violence. and they
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are those people who need to be arrested if they are committing criminal acts. arrested if they are committing criminalacts. it’s arrested if they are committing criminal acts.— arrested if they are committing criminal acts. it's shocking to see this happening — criminal acts. it's shocking to see this happening in _ criminal acts. it's shocking to see this happening in our— criminal acts. it's shocking to see this happening in our streets - criminal acts. it's shocking to seej this happening in our streets with criminal acts. it's shocking to see l this happening in our streets with a particularly when we know it's driven by racism. it's a small violent, vocal minority of people who are trying to append communities that get along very well most of the time. �* , that get along very well most of the time. �*, , that get along very well most of the time. �*, i. ' ., time. it's absolutely awful. the one thin that time. it's absolutely awful. the one thing that i — time. it's absolutely awful. the one thing that i do _ time. it's absolutely awful. the one thing that i do know, _ time. it's absolutely awful. the one thing that i do know, i _ time. it's absolutely awful. the one thing that i do know, i was - time. it's absolutely awful. the one thing that i do know, i was very - thing that i do know, i was very heavily involved in the riots in 2011. i was the association of chiefs of police officers lead for public order at the time. i watched then communities rebuilding themselves for the art a firm believer in neighbourhood policing and working together within our communities. i have watch over these last few awful days communities of
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all colours, of all groups of communities coming together to put together the homes and the towns that they are proud to live in. and that's what we should focusing on. we deal with the troublemakers, we get them into prison where they deserve to be and we focus on restoring our communities and allowing us all to move forward together. allowing us all to move forward touether. ~ _, , ., together. when it comes to policing, we olice together. when it comes to policing, we police by — together. when it comes to policing, we police by consent _ together. when it comes to policing, we police by consent in _ together. when it comes to policing, we police by consent in this - we police by consent in this country, how careful do police have to be when they are called to a situation like we see in rotherham, in large numbers, having projectiles thrown at them? we did see them moving very cautiously, very slowly at a time to try to put in that gap between the rioters and that hotel, which accommodates asylum—seekers. british policing is bounded entirely
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on policing by consent. the great thing of british policing is we're of the people and we know mostly people live and work in the communities that they are part of for the police officers no that they have to be very, very careful and make sure that they are fair but firm when necessary. that is a thing that i've been seeing and i'm very proud of all of the hard work of the police man and police women and the other agencies out there to support them for the end the incredible work that they are doing over this difficult time. but that's what they joined the police to do. to support their communities and to make sure that their communities can live peacefully together. sue that their communities can live peacefully together.— that their communities can live peacefully together. sue sim, former
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chief constable _ peacefully together. sue sim, former chief constable we _ peacefully together. sue sim, former chief constable we really _ peacefully together. sue sim, former chief constable we really appreciate i chief constable we really appreciate your insights. thank you very much. let's remind you of the situation in tamworth. these are the pictures we've been looking at throughout the evening. they have been showing reports of people gathering outside a hotel in tamworth for the police say that people have been guilty of violent disorder, acts of thuggery, asking people to keep away from this the holiday inn hotel. whether now. hello there. 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 some 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, particularly argyll and the highlands.
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so a very wet windy start to monday here. eventually the rain begins to push south—eastwards through the day, brightening up behind it and the winds easing, but a blustery day further south and east, but much of england and wales will be dry, with variable cloud, some sunshine and feeling much warmerand humid again, up to the high 20s here, mid 20s further north. that band of rain, some of it heavy and thundery will affect western england and wales through monday evening. during the night it fizzles as it pushes towards eastern england, but ahead of it it will stay warm and muggy behind it, and the clearer skies, it will be cooler and fresher. plenty of sunshine in the north and west to start tuesday. that weather front weakening as it pushed towards eats as it pushed towards east and south—east england. 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 around 18 to 2a, 25 degrees in the south—east. now that area of low pressure begins to move. on wednesday it is sitting in the northern half of the country. that will bring a windy day to much of scotland, northern ireland,
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the far north of england, with showers or longer spells of rain, so those rainfall totals really beginning to mount up at this point across western scotland. but for much of england and wales a dry day to come. quite a bit of sunshine around, variable cloud. yes, it will be breezy here, 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 hot on its heels starts to push in off the atlantic, and this will bring a more widespread, cloudier, wetter windy day. certainly across central, northern and western areas, once again the rain will be heavy across the north—west. but it could be midlands, southern, south—east england could stay dry altogether. top temperatures 23 degrees, giving some brightness, high teens further north. for the end of the week it looks like it stays unsettled across more northern areas. the greater chance of seeing sunshine and warmth across the south and south—east.
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hurled at uk police — and a second hotel believed to be housing asylum—seekers is targeted — as far—right rallies descend into violence in english cities. heated scenes in middlesbrough, with rioters joining the fray, breaking through police barricades. around 150 people have been arrested, and the warning from police — there will be more. 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 lyles speeds to victory in the men's 100 metre final, securing gold for team usa.
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