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.

hello, welcome, i'm martine croxall. we continue with our coverage of the story developing throughout the day after more violent far right protest 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 a separate development, this is footage taken from social media which has been looked at by our team on bbc verify appearing to show protesters this evening in tamworth starting fires at a holiday inn express hotel. police have urged people to avoid the area around the hotel and have said they are dealing with "violent acts of thuggery". we'll come back to that developing situation in a moment. 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'd expect on a summer's sunday afternoon. at times today, rotherham has felt lawless. it began this morning with a group of anti—racism protesters outside a hotel on the outskirts of this yorkshire town, where it's believed asylum—seekers are being housed. but they were quickly outnumbered by a larger group of anti—immigration protesters, many of them angry at the idea of asylum—seekers living in taxpayer—funded hotel rooms. as the afternoon wore on, chants weren't the only things being hurled at the police or the building.

in the last half an hour, things appear to have turned ugly. there have been windows smashed across the hotel. you can see hundreds of people in the street. police have been attacked, objects thrown at them, including fence panels pulled out from around the hotel, and things appear to be turning increasingly nasty. not long after, the crowd surged. more windows were smashed, and finally they managed to force their way in. fires were lit around the building. but things were igniting elsewhere, too. in middlesbrough, a large crowd clashed with police. officers were pushed back and a number of arrests were made as they tried to restore order. this afternoon, the prime minister reacted to the scenes of violence around the country. i utterly condemn the far—right thuggery we've 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. back in rotherham, police confirmed at least ten officers have been injured. there's currently a stand—off taking place. you can see the line of police. they've just pushed the people back around 50 feet. and look there — you can see a fire in the middle of the road. at least one police officer has been injured here today, and much of the violence we've seen this week has affected those tasked with protecting the public. and navtej gave a further update from rotherham in the last hour. it's been a day of disturbing violence and destruction,

mainly centred around this hotel which houses asylum—seekers. it began with rival protests around the issue of immigration, but it quickly descended into violence, and that violence spilled into a flashpoint where the protesters — the anti—immigration protesters — managed to force their way into the hotel. the building is now clear of them and things have cleared up around here. there do remain still, however, pockets of tension around rotherham, around the area, and we're also hearing in the last couple hours of a similar incident occurring at a hotel housing asylum—seekers in tamworth, too, where one police officer has been injured. but these aren't the only places — in middlesbrough and bolton, we've seen clashes with police and other people as well, so this appears to be something which is not going away. the scenes we've seen across the uk over the last few days will continue to cast a long shadow over what's coming, and there are still a lot of issues which need to be sorted out.

so a lot of dismay and many headaches around what's happened in the uk across the day. navtej johal, navteonhal, in ra the room —— rotherham. there were also heated scenes in bolton after clashes broke out between rival groups. anti—immigration protestors were confronted by a group of up 300 people — many masked — shouting "allahu akbar", or "god is greatest". fireworks, bottles, tiles and eggs were thrown as the disorder spread around the town centre. it had been advertised online as a "pro—british march" in bolton and it was met with a small counterprotest at first. but around half an hour after it began, around 300 people — mainly asian men, many with faces covered — charged towards the town hall. shouting

they chanted "allahu akbar," meaning "god is great," with fist and hands in the air, towards opposing protesters, who shouted back. riot police brought in horses to form a line. eggs were thrown and both sets of protesters then ran into surrounding streets. greater manchester police quickly sent officers to try and keep them all apart, but it led to a major flashpoint. smoke bombs were thrown, fireworks set off, bits of tile and stone were launched. police managed to keep the volatile situation under control and both sides apart, forcing a return to the town hall. at one point, a cricket and baseball bat were confiscated. after a number of hours being kept apart in front of bolton town hall, the police are now moving these

counter protesters away from the area. in the past hour, the police have also been granted extra powers, giving them authority to ask people to remove face coverings that was concealing their identities. community leaders who were part of the counterprotest said they wanted to send a strong message that racism and islamophobia wasn't welcome here. they're jumping on anything, do you know what i mean? and they're trying to divide our communities. i mean, look — i'm born and bred here, my kids are born and bred here. we're part of britain now. you know, they've got to accept it. what's all this about "take �*em home" and "send �*em home"? you know what i mean? an increased police presence remains after a day of tension. phillip norton, bbc news, bolton. with more on this is our reporter chi chi izundu.

chi chi another update from middlesborough?_ chi chi another update from middlesborough? chi chi another update from middlesborou~h? ., . middlesborough? indeed. police there have confirmed _ middlesborough? indeed. police there have confirmed that _ middlesborough? indeed. police there have confirmed that today _ middlesborough? indeed. police there have confirmed that today alone, - have confirmed that today alone, they've arrested 35 people, but across yesterday and today, that number has increased to 55 people. the police chief describing the level of violence he has seen today as staggering. he says, there were significant damage caused to the crown court, the university and several homes in and around the middlesbrough town centre. cleveland police say that they are now made a number of arrests in connection with the disorder in hartlepool last wednesday, as well as the disorder in the town centre today, and they are still dealing with pockets of violence. even though they have largely managed to disburse quite a largely managed to disburse quite a large number of those protesting, there's still a small pocket trying to cause violence in the area. the police chief, david felton, said, i

want to reassure the people of teesside that we will continue to identify those involved in these acts of violence and arrest them and put them before the courts, something that is being echoed by the prime minister, the crown prosecution service and several other bodies. find prosecution service and several other bodies.— prosecution service and several other bodies. �* ., ., ,., other bodies. and then we have also seen an incident _ other bodies. and then we have also seen an incident developing - other bodies. and then we have also seen an incident developing in - seen an incident developing in tamworth, in staffordshire, in the west midlands? we tamworth, in staffordshire, in the west midlands?— west midlands? we have indeed. social media _ west midlands? we have indeed. social media footage _ west midlands? we have indeed. social media footage showing - west midlands? we have indeed. | social media footage showing that another hotel, seems to have been targeted in tamworth. it is a holiday in. what we know is they are in attendance, they have had projectiles thrown at them, they say a large group have been smashing windows and trying to gain entry to the hotel. the fire service is also present. they say they are risk assessing the situation before deploying. they have two fire engines there, and some of the social media footage has shown fires

in and around the hotel. but we don't know at this point in time is whether there is anyone inside the hotel, and if there is someone inside the hotel, we don't know whether they are asylum—seekers. the owners of the hotel said the safety and security of our guests and colleagues is paramount, and said, we should direct any further questions to the home office. ichi questions to the home office. chi chi, police and politicians very quick and keen to robustly draw the distinction between peaceful protests and what we have seen in too many places today. rioting, violence. there have, though, been some demonstrations which have been peaceful. some demonstrations which have been eaceful. , ., , ., peaceful. yes, there was a demonstration _ peaceful. yes, there was a demonstration earlier - peaceful. yes, there was a l demonstration earlier today peaceful. yes, there was a - demonstration earlier today in order shot, or people who were anti—immigration held placards and basically allowed their voices to be heard. there was no violence, there was no disruption, and they have

peacefully dispersed. so there have been peaceful demonstrations around the uk. in fact, a been peaceful demonstrations around the uk. infact, a number of been peaceful demonstrations around the uk. in fact, a number of today's demonstrations of which turned violent, started off peaceful, but unfortunately they turned violent. the message that the prime minister, the crown prosecution service police forces want people to note is that the number one, if you took part in any of the violence in and around any of the violence in and around any of the towns mentioned, rotherham, middlesborough, bolton, hull, weymouth, and you have not been arrested but you took part in the violence, there would be a knock on your door. their warning people to expect that. secondly, they want to expect that. secondly, they want to assure people that will get more order back in the streets. yes, it has been a very violent weekend, it's been some 13 years since the uk saw such a violent rioting around the country. police, it's quite unusualfor the country. police, it's quite unusual for us to see police the country. police, it's quite unusualfor us to see police in riot gear, so many offices in 70

different towns cities around the uk , but they want to people they plan to restore law and order. again, another hopeful sentiment is people are starting to his post social media posts asking for the community to come together, to come and bring the brushes, tools, and other implements, to restore their towns and cities. they don't want the violence of this weekend to be the representation of where they live. chi chi, thank you very much. chi chi chi, thank you very much. chi chi izundu. when the prime minister spoke earlier, he vowed writers would regret their actions. our political correspondent hannah millerjoined me earlier to discuss the response we can expect from the government in the coming days. keir starmer has some experience, he held the role of director of

prosecutions, and at that time he was seen as someone who was in favour of bringing people to justice swiftly rather than necessarily getting involved in the length of punishments, being much more suggesting that if people see if you get involved in this, you'll be arrested, you will be charged, you will be then convicted, that is seen as being more of a deterrent in a way to end these kinds of things. he's not shying away at all today from branding the scenes as far right thuggery, his language has been unapologetically tough about this kind of thing. the conservative party, their language has not quite gone that far in some ways. rishi sunak, their leader, talking about violent criminal behaviour that has no place in our society and saying that people should face the full force of the law. there is overwhelming condemnation of the violence from politicians of all parties. and since the people have a

right to feel safe in their communities. clearly, what is happening and some of the pictures we are seeing, some people don't. seen a lot of police out on the streets, different constabulary is supporting each other. in parts of the country they are not used to policing necessarily. what further action is going to be required of the government? i action is going to be required of the government?— the government? i think we can exect the government? i think we can meet more — the government? i think we can expect more meetings - the government? i think we can expect more meetings at - the government? i think we can expect more meetings at a - the government? i think we can l expect more meetings at a senior level of government tomorrow, some police officials also being brought in to discuss what's 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 that that's come at this stage, something being looked at or being considered, to be about to happen imminently, but there will be meetings to discuss it. we have also heard today some mosques have been offered extra security over the weekend, so that they can get a rapid response if they feel that

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 courts, whether that makes any difference and whether, when the headlines and start to change to those kinds of topics, it's clearly something the government are banking on, the idea that that might have an impact. on, the idea that that might have an im act. ~ , ., ., impact. the prime minister and a home secretary _ impact. the prime minister and a home secretary yvette _ impact. the prime minister and a home secretary yvette cooper i impact. the prime minister and a i 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 will come out onto the streets and it has not turned violent, and the kind of disorder which is out and out rioting. they are very clear on the distinction. rioting. they are very clear on the distinction-— rioting. they are very clear on the distinction. ., , ,., , distinction. that is something they have been quite _ distinction. that is something they have been quite clear _ distinction. that is something they have been quite clear on _ distinction. that is something they have been quite clear on from - distinction. that is something they have been quite clear on from the | have been quite clear on from the beginning, in terms of when there was the first press conference, towards the back end of you last week. the idea that people can protest peacefully and legitimately about concerns that they may have,

but frankly there's no excuse, they would say, for any sense of that descending into violence. it's possible to say that 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 who have gone out onto the streets who have not committed criminal acts and they are not necessarily to be included in some of the language that we are hearing system where those criminal acts have taken place, the language is very, very strong, in the sense that this is not something that's going to be tolerated. our political correspondent, hannah miller. and the scenes of violence dominate the front pages of monday's newspapers. these are the first few we have had in already. the independent leads with a warning from the prime minister to far right thugs — "you'll regret taking part in riots". the metro reads, "riot mobs wreak havoc across britain — shame on you".

the financial times also leads with the prime minister's response to the violence, saying starmer reviles violent thuggery as rioting flares again across england. and just to remind, there is comprehensive coverage of the protests and the rights that we've seenin protests and the rights that we've seen in english towns and cities this weekend on the bbc news website —— protests and the riots. the russian opposition activisit vladimir kara—murza, who was sentenced to 25 years in a russian prison for treason, has told the bbc he thought he would die there. mr kara murza, who's a russian—british national, is a journalist and documentary—maker who's been a vocal critic of vladimir putin's regime. on thursday, he was part of the biggest ever east—west prisoner exchange, involving 2a people in seven countries, including the us journalist evan gershkovich and the us marine paul whelan. the exchange saw vladimir kara—murza taken to germany — where, after seeing his family

for the first time in two and a half years, he spoke to our correspondent sarah rainsford in frankfurt. vladimir kara—murza thought he would never see his wife again. a week ago, the opposition activist was in a siberian prison cell, and he still can't quite believe he's free. he was only allowed one call to evgenia in two years. i remember, i asked at the end of that phone call, "do you think we'll ever be together again?" and she said, "i don'tjust think, i'm certain." as always, she turned out to be right. he is one of eight russian dissidents released and now here in germany. the result of a complex prisoner exchange that surprised everyone, including the former political detainees.

i was absolutely certain that i would die in putin's prison. vladimir was serving 25 years just for speaking out against vladimir putin and the ukraine war. he told me he spent the past 11 months in solitary confinement. you lose all sense of time, you lose sense of space. you lose all sense ofjust everything, really. i mean, it's four walls and nothing else, and all you do the whole day is nothing. speak to no—one, go nowhere. and this is day after day after day after day. the day two guards burst into his tiny cell, he had no idea he was being freed. and they said, "you have five minutes, dress yourself, take your stuff and get out." and i was absolutely certain i was going to be led out and be shot. instead, he was part of a swap which saw this fsb assassin released and welcomed home as a hero by vladimir putin.

to...everybody who criticises this, i would respectfully urge them to not speak or think of prisoner exchanges but to think of saving human lives, because this is exactly what it was. 16 human lives were saved. aren't 16 human lives worth releasing one murderer? once a strong moral voice inside russia, vladimir kara—murza has now been forced into exile and his country is still waging the war on ukraine he wanted to stop. do you think you're an eternal optimist? do you think russia will be democratic and free? i know that russia will be democratic and free, and that's not because i'm an optimist, that's because i'm a historian. none of us knows the exact way change is going to come to russia, but i'm absolutely confident that it will. but for that to happen, putin must lose the war in ukraine. it is a faith he holds to,

even as many fear russia is lost to dictatorship and dangerous. sarah rainsford, bbc news, frankfurt. at the olympics, team gb have had more successes today. on the medal table, this is how things stand — with ten golds, team gb are in fifth place with a total of 37 medals. and tonight we've had the excitement of the men's 100m final. our sports editor dan roan has this report from paris. tipped — not least by himself — to be one of the faces of these games, us sprint star noah lyles arrived for tonight's final with a point to prove. the brash showman had been beaten in both of his races here in paris. the world champion qualifying third—fastest. jamaican kishane thompson, quickest in the world this year, had looked like the man to beat, but in a packed stadium — and after a wait that seemed like an eternity — this was when it counted. thompson gets a good start.

so does fred kerley, right up there. but thomson is strong in the middle of the race and lyles has been left a little bit, but he's charging fast. who's going to get it? it might be lyles! who has got this? had won at first in a thrilling photo—finish. too close to call, it wasn't clear which of the two men had won at first in a thrilling photo—finish. never seen a finish as close. lyles had the momentum, and he's got it. by the finest of margins, byjust five one—thousandths of a second, the american crowned champion. you couldn't have asked for a bigger moment. i have a biomechanicist comes down, and before i came out here, he said, "it's going to be this much. "that's how much you've got to win by because that's how close it is going to be." and gosh, was he right. in the women's boxing, taiwan's's lin yu—ting became the second fighter at the centre of a gender eligibility row to secure a medal, reaching the semifinals of the featherweight division. allowed to compete, despite being banned from last year's world championships by the russian—led international boxing association, lin beat the bulgarian staneva by unanimous decision.

and there was more controversy in the pool, where china won the ax100m men's medley relay race on the final night of swimmming. the gold medal goes to china! two of the four gold medallists among the 23 chinese swimmers who reportedly returned positive doping tests in 2021 but avoided bans on the grounds of contamination. adam peaty described the case as very disappointing. earlier, novak djokovic's long pursuit of olympic gold, the one major title that had eluded him, finally came to an end at this, his fifth games. it's the ultimate goal. he is olympic champion. in a thrilling match, the serb securing a straight—sets victory over rival carlos alcaraz of spain, who beat him in the final of wimbledon, in what djokovic called the biggest success of his career. natalie pirks reports now on more of

the success for team gb. three months ago, amber rutter was in labour. 1a weeks later, she found herself in an olympic final. but without var in olympic shooting, controversy. slo—mo showed she had hit the target as she closed in on gold. referees disagreed. and amber's contesting that. but there was a silver lining when her husband and son, tommy, surprised her. reunited, and it feels so good. it is literally a dream, just the fact that i'm also a mum and to come away with a medal for my country. i'm honestly on top of the world right now. the world's bendiest best have showcased their brilliance all week here at the bercy arena, and today was no exception, with british gymnastics history made in the men's vault final. there were two british men in this finalfor the first time in olympics history. that was magic! harry hepworth vaulted into the temporary lead after his two efforts. but the higher the risk, the higher the reward. world champion jake jarman had the difficulty. what a good vault is that?!

his combined score, though, sat him in third place till the very end. but as his parents bit their nails to the quick... ..he was just nudged out into fourth. a brilliant bronze, though, for harry was another first for britain. anyone for dancing horses? in versailles, lottie fry and her stallion glamourdale rose to a crescendo, with god save the king belting out at the former home of french royalty. bronze was british equestrian�*s fifth middle of these games. bronze was british equestrian�*s fifth medal of these games. and as the sun began to set, how's this for a pressure putt? tommy fleetwood, at his second olympics, taking silver, just behind usa's scottie scheffler. precious medals for britain, then, but even more precious moments. natalie pirks, bbc news, paris. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather

forecast now with stav. hello there. the weather's looking quite mixed for this upcoming new week. generally speaking, lower pressure will affect more northern parts of the country. and it is here where we'll see outbreaks of rain, whereas further south, closer to higher pressure, this is where we'll see the drier and warmer weather with some sunshine. now, this area of low pressure could bring some issues for the north—west of the uk with heavy rain. could see some local flooding in places, particularly argyll and the highlands. 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 clouds, some sunshine and feeling much warmerand humid again, up to the high 20s here, mid 20s further north. now, that band of rain, some of it heavy and thundery, will affect western england and wales through monday evening. during the night, it begins to fizzle as it pushes its way towards eastern england. but ahead of it, it will stay warm and muggy. behind it, in the clearer skies, it'll be cooler and fresher. plenty of sunshine in the north and the west to start tuesday, that weather front weakening as it pushes towards east and south—east england.

it eventually clears away, skies brighten up as well, 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's sitting across the northern half of the country. that's going to bring a windy day to much of scotland, northern ireland, 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 it'll be further north. and these sorts of temperatures, pretty much what we expect this time of year — around the high teens in the north, low 20s further south. as we move out to wednesday 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 one, i think, will bring a more widespread, cloudier, wetter, windier day, certainly across central, northern and western areas. once again, the rain will be heavy across the north—west. but it could be perhaps the midlands, southern, south—east england could stay dry altogether.

top temperatures 23 degrees, given some brightness, high teens further north. and for the end of the week, it looks like it stays unsettled across more northern areas, with the greater chance of seeing sunshine and warmth across the south and south—east. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. migration is a hot and contentious issue right across the world. amid the cacophony of voices demanding tighter immigration controls, more secure borders and the mass deportation of unauthorised incomers, it's worth considering how current migration trends fit into the broader

sweep of human history. south african born economist ian goldin has done just that in an effort to reframe this migration debate in terms of the past and the future. is migration a drag or a driver of progress? ian goldin, welcome to hardtalk. it's a pleasure to be with you, stephen. it's great to have you here. now, in your book, the shortest history of migration, you have a pretty simple core message, which begins with the thought, we're all of us migrants.