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the uk prime minister will convene an emergency meeting after violent disorder in cities and towns. more than 250 people have been arrested. i want you to know that this violent mob do not represent our country and we will bring them to justice. an indefinite curfew is in force across bangladesh, after 90 people were killed in anti—government protests. and an israeli strike on a shelter in gaza kills at least 30 people and injures dozens more. good evening. we come on air after a day of major riots in england and northern ireland. two hotels housing asylum seekers have been attacked. police say the mobs have now been dispersed. there will be an emergency response meeting in downing street on monday.
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we'll also have the latest on deadly protests in bangladesh, which left more than 90 people dead. many of the worst clashes were between protesters demanding the resignation of the prime minister, sheikh hasina, and supporters of her awami league. and we'll bring you up to date on developments in the middle east, as a growing number of countries including the us and the uk urged their citizens to leave lebanon as fears grow of an all—out war between israel and the lebanese armed group hezbollah. the uk prime minister sir keir starmer has vowed to use the full force of the law against what he described as "far right thuggery" — after a day of violence, serious disorder and rioting across a number of towns and cities in england and northern ireland. 250 people have been arrested. two hotels housing asylum seekers were surrounded by mobs on sunday. in rotherham, a group of 700 people gathered outside a hotel, where some lit a fire, smashed windows and managed to get inside the building where asylum seekers
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were staying. there were also violent scenes in middlesbrough, bolton, hull and weymouth, as well as other parts of the uk. in tamworth, police are urging members of the public to avoid the area around the holiday inn hotel, as specialist officers continue to deal with what they described as "violent acts of thuggery" by a large group of people throwing projectiles, including at police officers. protests began after three young girls were stabbed to death in the town of southport last monday and soon turned violent. 0nline rumours falsely blamed the killings on a migrant. a number of mps have said the uk parliament should be recalled in light of recent events. the prime minister said those involved would be swiftly brought tojustice, while the home office announced that mosques are to be offered greater protection. we begin our coverage with this report from our correspondent
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navtej johal. 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.
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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.
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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 there. 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. joining me live from london is our correspondent aruna iyengar. thanks forjoining us. have things calm down our overnight?
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i have clumped down somewhat. but we are hearing news now that 250 arrests have been made in the uk and northern ireland since his troubles beganjust over a week ago. we were hearing yesterday about those protests in tamworth and rotherham. tamworth in the midlands and around the staffordshire area of england, protesters trying to break into a hotel, around 600 people. luckily no—one was injured inside that hotel. and in south yorkshire we also saw large groups of protesters attacking police and trying to get into a hotel where they believed asylum seeker resource centre. the anger from protesters asylum seeker resource centre. the angerfrom protesters is the government it says is paying for asylum seekers to be put up in hotels and at taxpayer expense and this is what they are protesting about. tomorrow the corporate committee will be meeting, an
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emergency meeting, grouping of civil servants, intelligence officers, members of the police force and also government ministers to discuss the steps going forward. looking at possibly looking at speeding up court procedures and making courts set for 2h hours to try and process all these people and process all these people and that have been arrested in the wake of these protests. they will also be looking at the protection for mosques because some of these protests are against his lump, people who hold the islamic faith and so there will be trying to see what protection can be put in place and try to dampen down some of the fire out of these protests that have been quite staggering to see the images on tv today and head of the middlesbrough police have set the level of violence today was staggering. the level of violence today was staggering-— the level of violence today was stanerina. . , . staggering. thank you very much for bringing _ staggering. thank you very much for bringing us — staggering. thank you very much for bringing us up-to-date - staggering. thank you very much for bringing us up-to-date with l for bringing us up—to—date with the latest from london. now to bangladesh, where an indefinite nationwide curfew is in force as unrest between
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police and anti—government protesters continues. at least 90 people were killed on sunday. police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators in several parts of the country. supporters of the prime minister, sheikh hasina clashed with demonstrators who are demanding her resignation. student protest leaders have declared a campaign of civil disobedience, urging people not to pay taxes or utility bills. they're also calling for the shutdown of factories and public transport. protests began injuly when student leaders demanded the government abolish a quota in civil servicejobs, which favoured relatives of those with military backgrounds. that provision has now been scaled back, but those taking to the streets say they're also concerned about human rights in the country — accusing the government of violently suppressing dissent, and wronglyjailing members of the opposition allegations the government denies. for more, i'm joined here in the studio by dc based bangladeshi journalist, mushfiqul fazal ansarey. mr ansarey also served as the assistant press secretary to bangladesh's former prime minister khaleda
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zia, the chair of the opposition bangladesh national party. began over the quotas which favoured relatives of those who'd fought in the war on independence but now they've widened. what are the protesters demands? cani can i get your reaction to what happened?— can i get your reaction to what ha ened?~ . , ., ,, happened? what is happening in ban . ladesh happened? what is happening in bangladesh is — happened? what is happening in bangladesh is simply _ happened? what is happening in bangladesh is simply a - happened? what is happening in bangladesh is simply a crime - bangladesh is simply a crime against humanity. the innocent people, innocent students including 36 children, according to unicef, killed by the regime forces. the student body of the government called up body of the government called up against the student protest. in a befitting matter the premise told the students to counter the debriefing manner. the police, military attacking
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on students and the 300, and a single day 100 killed in bangladesh truly devastating. the government denies it is targeting anyone and says it has just been controlling protests. this process began earlier in the year over these quotas relating to relatives of those who fought in bangladesh war of independence getting priority for civil service jobs. protests continue one. what else other protesters demanding?— demanding? initially they started in _ demanding? initially they started in june. _ demanding? initially they started in june. it - demanding? initially they started in june. it was - demanding? initially they - started in june. it was indeed started injune. it was indeed was 18 when students did messy products in the capital city at the time government accepted their demand. now the government instigated by the high court injune and the suitors have tried to protest in a peaceful manner and still
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they are in peaceful manner in july and all of a sudden the prime minister, the children and the children of war criminals. they arejust criminals. they are just fighting to establish their rights on merit—based. the rights on merit-based. the government _ rights on merit-based. the government did _ rights on merit—based. the government did actually make concessions on that. what are the wider concerns people have in bangladesh? why else are people taking to the streets? they don't rely on prime ministers because what the prime minister, she is not maintaining for not keeping her words. the supreme court audit is also controlled by the court. this problem is instigated by the court. for instance how the code is working in bangladesh, though
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recently was a petition not to shoot to the students. but they denied to accept this. given in order to shoot the students. this is how the code works in bangladesh. to this is how the code works in itangiadesh-_ bangladesh. to explain to eo - le bangladesh. to explain to peeple not _ bangladesh. to explain to people not merely - bangladesh. to explain to | people not merely outward politics of bangladesh in a more civil way, i have spoken to people who accused the government of stifling free speech and tracking down violently on%. is that a wider concern students also fear as well? ~ , ,., , , concern students also fear as well? absolutely. this protests is laruer. well? absolutely. this protests is larger- you _ well? absolutely. this protests is larger. you can _ well? absolutely. this protests is larger. you can recall, - well? absolutely. this protests is larger. you can recall, this . is larger. you can recall, this is larger. you can recall, this is the fourth term prime minister, welcome indicative term parameters to empower without any mandate. people are
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fighting for their rights and whenever they are coming for rights they are treating them as criminals and terrorists, this kind of rhetoric. these students from the university are fighting for their rights. they don't rely on the ryan lester's are met and she breaks it all the time.— it all the time. briefly, they are calling _ it all the time. briefly, they are calling for _ it all the time. briefly, they are calling for her _ it all the time. briefly, they are calling for her to - it all the time. briefly, they| are calling for her to resign. she won in an election earlier this year although the opposition did not contest that elections omitted many debate the legitimacy of it. do you think her position is more unstable now? {iii think her position is more unstable now?— think her position is more unstable now? of course. the election. _ unstable now? of course. the election. it — unstable now? of course. the election, it is _ unstable now? of course. the election, it is recognised - unstable now? of course. the election, it is recognised as i unstable now? of course. the election, it is recognised as a| election, it is recognised as a sham collection in the international community that rejected this kind of election. 0bviously. at one point students demanding obviously
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she has to reside, the only solution and in our country we had that experience and in the circumstances they come to this and taking responsibility. are demanding now all kind of people are demanding at one point. an internet shutdown. thank you very much.- point. an internet shutdown. thank you very much. thank you for having _ thank you very much. thank you for having me. _ around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a suspected sex offender who was arrested at london's heathrow airport in march after more than 27 years on the run has been charged with further offences. richard burrows, who's 80, is now accused of a total of 93 crimes. he's due to appear at chester crown court on monday. jay slater�*s family say his funeral will be a "celebration" of his life. the body of the 19—year—old, from lancashire, was returned to the uk from tenerife last week. his disappearance sparked a high—profile month—long
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search, but officials later said he died on 17june — the day he went missing from "trauma consistent with a fall in a rocky area". the duke and duchess of sussex have drawn attention to the threats faced by children on the internet in a us television interview. speaking on cbs news sunday morning, the couple drew on their own experience as parents, saying all they wanted to do was "protect" their son archie and daughter lilibet. the pair have just launched a new programme to support parents affected by online harm. you're live with bbc news. an israeli air strike on a school functioning as a shelter in gaza city is reported to have killed at least 30 people. the raid on sunday comes a day after israel bombed another school in gaza city, killing at least 15 people. a warning to viewers, we are about to show
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you distressing images. here are some of those scenes from sunday's bombing. children covered in blood and dust were rescued from the school complex as it was still on fire. footage reviewed by the bbc that is too graphic to broadcast, confirms children are among those killed. the israeli army says the schools they targeted on saturday and sunday were being used by hamas as command centers. hamas denies using civilian infrastructure. just south of gaza city, israel bombed the al—aqsa hospital in deir al—balah. gaza's health ministry reported at least five people were killed and dozens injured there.displaced people were sheltering outside the hospital in tents, which caught fire. translation: they said the hos - ital translation: they said the hospital was _ translation: they said the hospital was safe _ translation: they said the hospital was safe and - translation: they said the hospital was safe and that i translation: they said the hospital was safe and that is| hospital was safe and that is why we stayed here. we were sleeping, believing it was safe and suddenly a rocket hits, setting the tent on fire. a woman that was this child's mother was killed. she was hit by shrapnel and her back and died on the spot. motored where
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she —— margaret where meanwhile, concerns remain high tonight over a possible iranian attack on israel, and the potential for a wider regional conflict. iran has promised to retaliate against israel after the assassinations of hamas's leader and a commander in the lebanese militia hezbollah. live pictures here of tel aviv, where israeli media reports that israel has jammed gps signals as a proactive measure against guided drones or missiles. the us media outlet axios reports us officials predict that an iranian response could come as soon as monday. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke sunday about the threats israel is facing. translation: iran and its many and seek to _ translation: iran and its many and seek to surround _ translation: iran and its many and seek to surround us - translation: iran and its many and seek to surround us with - translation: iran and its many and seek to surround us with a l and seek to surround us with a strangulation ring on seven fronts. their open aggression is insatiable. we are determined to stand against them on every front and every arena whether near or far. irate
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arena whether near or far. we 'ust arena whether near or far. we just hear _ arena whether near or far. we just hear new _ arena whether near or far. we just hear now that president biden will convene a national security team on monday in the situation room to discuss developments in the middle east. to discuss all of that and more. joining me live is randa slim, director of the conflict resolution program at the middle east institute. welcome to the programme. just hearing that president biden is going to convene, his top national security team, can diplomacy work in this situation or are we looking at more escalation in the region? i don't think diplomacy. the iranians and hezbollah from launching a retaliatory attack against israel. 0nce launching a retaliatory attack against israel. once the supreme leader said they would retaliate, that is now reaching dogma and they will respond. some of the secular general of
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hezbollah, they said they will respond, they will retaliate, thatis respond, they will retaliate, that is party dogma. when diplomacy can focus on the parameters of a response. last time iran attacked israel in response to the bombing of the consulate in damascus, there were two weeks of negotiations, direct, indirect between the us and iran through other regional allies in order to agree on the parameters of a response that does not devolve the region into an all—out war. i think similar things happen, happening right now in terms of diplomatic talk. but i think iran is in a different place today. it needs to restore deterrence with israel. iran found its response in april was not enough to restore
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deterrence. so it's not enough to restore deterrence. so its response this time will be different from what they did in april and with the objective of restoring victory. with the ob'ective of restoring victo . ., with the ob'ective of restoring victo . . ., , ., , victory. imagine other people in the region. _ victory. imagine other people in the region. also _ victory. imagine other people in the region. also hearing i in the region. also hearing from the white house president biden will be speaking to king guptill ofjordan on monday as well. to pick up on what you are saying about deterrence, there is the school of thought that if iran raises things, israel will retaliate and we could end up with a full—scale war. could end up with a full-scale war. ., , , could end up with a full-scale war. . , , ., war. that is definitely a serious _ war. that is definitely a serious risk. _ war. that is definitely a serious risk. a - war. that is definitely a serious risk. a very - war. that is definitely a - serious risk. a very realistic scenario we might and up getting dragged into a tit—for—tat escalatory trajectory between iran, other members of the resistance access and israel. the question
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is going to be not only for the us to be to format channels with regional allies, meaning in the golf you can speak with the iranian �*s and also whether the iranian �*s and also whether the us needs to pervade on the is really prime minister not to retaliate to a response, to abide by iran, that is bearable. like they did in april. after they hid from iran, there was a telephone call between president biden and the israeli prime minister during which president biden said just take the hit, take the wind. it depends on the response. if the response is going to be different than what we saw in april, if it is going to lead to more destruction to major loss of lives, targeting major loss of lives, targeting major cities, it is going to be hard i think on the israel not
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to respond. then there is the serious scenario, nightmarish scenario of an all—out regional war that everybody has been trying to avoid the last ten months. ., ., trying to avoid the last ten months. ., ,, , ., trying to avoid the last ten months-— trying to avoid the last ten months. ., ,, , ., , . ., months. thank you very much for shafinu months. thank you very much for sharing your _ months. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts _ months. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on - months. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on that - sharing your thoughts on that very tense situation that continues in the middle east. thank you. pope francis has urged venezuela's government and the opposition to "seek truth" and avoid violence in the wake of the country's disputed presidential election. the pope's comments come after countries including the us, chile and argentina cast doubt on results published by the government—controlled election commission, which show a win for incumbent president nicolas maduro. the opposition accuses mr maduro of fraud, saying its candidate, edmundo gonzalez, won by a comfortable margin. independent observers say the vote lacks transparency. at least 20 people have been killed in post—election protests. speaking during a televised rally in caracas on saturday, joining me live is tamara taraciuk broner —
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director of the peter d bell rule of law program at the inter—american dialogue. welcome to the bbc news. we have seen mortgages, and join american say these results are not legitimate. what comes next? i think we're going to see, unfortunately more repression in the next few days. what we are seeing is a regime clinging onto power violently. there have been 20 people killed, hundreds of people detained and there are several attempts to intimidate people mobilising. however i do think this opens the door to potential negotiation. the fraud was so blatant that it made it very difficult for any relatively democratic country to support the government says happened during election. we are likely
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to see increasing international pressure to lead to transition to democracy. b5 pressure to lead to transition to democracy.— pressure to lead to transition to democra . a ., to democracy. as nicolas maduro likel to to democracy. as nicolas maduro likely to listen _ to democracy. as nicolas maduro likely to listen to _ to democracy. as nicolas maduro likely to listen to that? _ likely to listen to that? resolute in the fact that he one and a rally on saturday. vowing to bring justice against the protesters. saying this time they will be no forgiveness. he likes to see himself as a strongman. is he going to bow to international pressure? is he going to care? he won't care and won't bow voluntarily. he has not done that doing his entire presidency and won't do that now. the reason why the government went so far of these elections is because it needed some international legitimacy. particularly to go back to international markets. the fraud was so blatant that they are very far from that and need that to be able to correct.
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they are go to either turn into nicaragua full—fledged dictatorship or negotiate a way out. , dictatorship or negotiate a way out, , ., , dictatorship or negotiate a way out. , ., , out. sorry to stop you there. we're running _ out. sorry to stop you there. we're running of _ out. sorry to stop you there. we're running of time. - out. sorry to stop you there. | we're running of time. thank you so much forjoining us and sharing your thoughts. thanks for joining sharing your thoughts. thanks forjoining us. sharing your thoughts. thanks forjoining us— before we go, remind of the developing news from the white house and that is that presidentjoe biden will convene a national security team on monday in the situation room to discuss middle east development. more on that and of course the rest of the days there is in a short while. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. the weather's looking quite mixed for this upcoming new week.
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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 northwest 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,
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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 southeast 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 southeast. 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,
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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. unsettled across more northern areas, with the greater chance of seeing sunshine and warmth across the south and southeast.
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markets in asia tank — we'll find out why investors think the us is headed for recession. plus: it was a direct message on my personal instagram. but i of course knew straightaway this was some kind of scam, it had to be. but i wasn't sure which so i decided to play along. and the bbc gets a rare insight into what's being called �*pig butchering' scams. hello and welcome to business today. i'm arunoday mukharji. asian markets have been tanking this morning — with tokyo stocks falling more than 7% in early trade. a surging yen and poor data out of the us has fuelled fears of a recession there. investors are also concerned that interest rates will have to come down sharply, and much quicker to support growth. we've got a few interest rate decisions coming up in the region this week including australia where peter mcguire a financial analystjoins me from.

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