meeting on monday after violent disorder in cities and towns in england and northern ireland. 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. and an israeli strike on a shelter in gaza kills at least 30 people and injures dozens more. an indefinite curfew is in force across bangladesh after 90 people were killed in anti—government protests. welcome to bbc news. 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, south yorkshire, a group of 700 people gathered outside a hotel where some lit a fire, smashed windows and managed to get inside the building where the asylum seekers were staying. there were also violent scenes in middlesbrough, in the north east, 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 in north west england. 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 says he will convene an emergency response meeting in downing street on monday. 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. 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 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.

0ne one has promised to retaliate against israel after the assassination of the hamas leader and a commander of hezbollah. benjamin netanyahu hezbollah. benjamin neta nyahu spoke hezbollah. benjamin netanyahu spoke on sunday about the threats israel is facing. translation: iran and its| minions 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, in every arena, whether near orfar. 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 you distressing images. 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 centres. hamas denies using civilian infrastructure. 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. earlier, i spoke with former us diplomat and senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace, aaron david miller. iran has vowed to severe retaliation against israel. the region is braced for what that might be. what is your take on what comes next? but primarily hezbollah and malicious and iraq and syria will

co—ordinate a large—scale drone and missile attack against israel. a saturation attack unlike april 13 and 1a where they telegraphed and foreshadowed what they would do, i think this time, they are going to look for a target that is either infrastructure or military in nature, trying to demonstrate effectiveness as well as range and reach and if they succeed, then we go to the next shoot which is, of course, the israeli response and i'm predicting a large—scale regional exploration but if in fact the ramien attack is too successful, strikes that the israeli may well conduct a massive operation against hezbollah and should iran intercede in that, you could see this evolving into a direct confrontation between israel and iran and, given the fact that the us will have two

carrier strike groups in the eastern med in coming days, an additional one, the us could easily get involved. so it could be, i'm not predicting it, nobody wants it, certainly the middle east has never seen this. �* ., ,., , the middle east has never seen this. �* ., , ., , ., this. and nobody wants it and there is intense _ this. and nobody wants it and there is intense diplomacy . there is intense diplomacy going on behind the scenes but do you think that's going to come to anything? i’m do you think that's going to come to anything?— do you think that's going to come to anything? i'm all for diplomacy — come to anything? i'm all for diplomacy but _ come to anything? i'm all for diplomacy but i _ come to anything? i'm all for diplomacy but i don't - come to anything? i'm all for diplomacy but i don't see - come to anything? i'm all for| diplomacy but i don't see how you can display the iranians from striking. the strike against ismail haniyeh in tehran at an irgc compound against the backdrop of a newly minted iranian prime minister org oration of the prime minister is such a humiliation and embarrassment and a fundamental demonstration of iran's vulnerability when it comes to its security, the security of its leaders ——

inauguration. i think they have no alternative other than to strike at israel and strike in a way that demonstrates that there will be a cost to the israelis if they try this again. whether or not they can thread that needle, demonstrating that cost without triggering a major israeli response that could easily escalate into a broader regional war remains to be seen. ., ., ., ., . seen. you mentioned the attacks back in april- _ seen. you mentioned the attacks back in april. back _ seen. you mentioned the attacks back in april. back then, - back in april. back then, israel's allies in the region like gordon, they went in and helped to protect israel from the drones and other missiles which were sent in the direction of the country —— jordan. do you think countries likejordan are likely to help out again this time? as you mentioned the us is sending assets to the region as well. most of those missiles and drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles were mike wood

1b israelis with the support of the united states, the jordanians intercepted those missiles that transfers our space and i suspect they will do that again primarily because it is a matter of the national interest —— missiles were unintelligible. an identified gulf countries participated in intelligence sharing —— unidentified. and some aspects of the defence as well. i suspect they to, because they are discreet about it, and i'm publicly acknowledging their participation, i suspect they will co—operate as well but their main effort here is not their main effort here is not the gulf states orjordan, it's israel, israeli air defences with the active support of the united states. {131 with the active support of the united states.— united states. of course, all of this as — united states. of course, all of this as the _ united states. of course, all of this as the conflict - united states. of course, all of this as the conflict in - united states. of course, all of this as the conflict in gaza continues on. i ask this of everyone, really when we talk about the middle east but what hopes are there of any sort of

ceasefire deal?— hopes are there of any sort of ceasefire deal? right now, and i've been around _ ceasefire deal? right now, and i've been around israeli - i've been around israeli negotiations for the better part of 20 plus years, they have two speeds under normal circumstances, slope and slower. right now, it seems to be an odds of a fleece ideal are slim to none —— slow and slower. in large part because the prime minister of israel has other priorities and unintelligible key palestinian decision—maker also needs to maintain control of a good many of those inaudible. if there is going to be any kind of deal in this 3—phase arrangement, probably you would see — you would see the first phase undertaken which would be a limited range of hostages for a six week ceasefire and an asymmetrical number of palestinian prisoners but i frankly doubt if you will get to the third phase which would see all the hostages released

and an israeli withdrawal and complete cessation of hostilities. frankly i don't think that is in hamas's interest right now and nor the government of israel.- government of israel. aaron david miller. _ it's not long now until we learn who kamala harris will pick as her running mate in november's election. the current vice president, who'll be formally confirmed as the democratic nominee at the party's convention later this month, is interviewing potential candidates to be her vp pick. she's hosted some of them at her residence in washington, dc. they include pennsylvania governorjosh shapiro, arizona senator mark kelly and minnesota governor tim walz. her decision is expected to be made public by tuesday, ahead of a battleground tour next week. for more, i spoke to the hill's national political reporter, julia manchester. a weekend of interviews for kamala harris. tell me more about what we know. yeah, so a weekend of interviews and, really, a lot of speculation. remember last week,

speculation went into overdrive when a number of these men — mainly, john shapiro, mike kelly, andy bashir, tim walz — a number of these contenders cancelled a number of previously scheduled weekend plans to go to these meetings. it seems at this point we seejohn shapiro, the governor of pennsylvania, is the frontrunner but it has been interesting watching the news surrounding him this weekend because, clearly, he has a lot of detractors that are taking — making attacks on him this weekend and very much dumping opposition research on him. one of the chief issues his critics have is he is very pro—israel. a lot of progressives have an issue with him taking such a pro—israel stance and what they say is a heavy—handed approach to dealing with pro—palestinian protesters following 0ctober seven. it's also worth noting governor shapiro isjewish.

there have been accusations of anti—semitism around as well. interestingly enough, earlier this evening, senator mark kelly put out a tweet, suggesting he would be serving arizonans, but that was taken down. a lot of people are chattering what does that mean? a lot of signs ites out there but no clear signal —— a lot of signs out there but no clear signal as to who it will be yet. fascinating stuff. if you had to put your money on it, who would you pick? at this point, governorjohn shapiro. pennsylvania is a major battleground state and he has proven multiple times that he can win in that battleground state which is, in many ways, a microcosm of the united states. as a democrat, he was able to appeal to all portions of that party in 2022 when he ran for governor and the two other times he ran for attorney general. he has also reached outside of the democratic party to rural parts of the state to appeal to more conservative voters. progressives say they do not like his record and how

moderate he is. however, at the end of the day in a general election, you have to win those swing, moderate, independent voters and so, josh shapiro could be best suited to do that. 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 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. now to bangladesh, where an indefinite nationwide curfew is in force as unrest between 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. mir sabbirfrom the bbc�*s bangla service sent this update on sunday's violence, from dhaka. they also served as the opposition spokesperson of the opposition spokesperson of the opposition party. 0ne opposition spokesperson of the opposition party. one of the wider concerns that people have in bangladesh, why are some people taking to the streets? they don't rely on prime ministers remarks and comments because always when they are — when prime minister particularly in something she is not maintaining or keeping her words. is not maintaining or keeping

herwords. for is not maintaining or keeping her words. for instance the cold orders if you can reference this is controlled by the court. this problem was instigated by the court and for instance i can give how the quota is working in bangladesh when unintelligible recently filed a petition a few days before not to shoot to the students as prime minister shoot on—site order but unintelligible denied to accept this, unintelligible given order to shoot to the students unintelligible how unintelligible how unintelligible works. explaining to people who are not familiar with the politics of bangladesh in a more simple way, i've reported from there and spoken to people who accuse the government of startling free speech and cracking down violently in some cases on descent. is that a wider concern the students also fear? yes, absolutely. these protests are for the quota system

unintelligible quota system for the unintelligible but it's larger, if you can recall this is a fourth term prime minister, fourth consecutive term in power without any mandate you know? people are fighting for their lives and were never they are coming for their lives on the street, prime minister in our party treating them as criminal, as terrorist, this kind of rhetoric but these students from the secular university are fighting for their rights to unintelligible quota system so now the demand is one point because they don't rely the prime minister commitment and she has broken all the time yeah. she has broken all the time eah. �* , ._ she has broken all the time eah. �* , . she has broken all the time eah. �* , yeah. briefly if i may ask you the are yeah. briefly if i may ask you they are calling _ yeah. briefly if i may ask you they are calling for— yeah. briefly if i may ask you they are calling for sheikh i they are calling for sheikh hasina to resign, she won an election earlier this year although the opposition did not contest it so many debate the legitimacy of it. do you think her position is more unstable now? {131 her position is more unstable now? u, , her position is more unstable now? , now? of course, because the election is — now? of course, because the election is recognised - now? of course, because the election is recognised as - now? of course, because the election is recognised as a i election is recognised as a

sham election in the international community that rejected this kind of election non— participatory and a sham election so obviously the one point — the students demanding obviously she has to resign this is the only solution and in our country we have that experience non— unintelligible government system you know in these circumstances they are coming to this and are taking the responsibility so people students are demanding now the all kind of people are demanding one but one point and you know internet shutdown in bangladesh. you know internet shutdown in iiangladesh-— floridian athlete bobby finke and the us women's medley relay team shattered world records as they won gold medals on day nine of the paris 0lympics. 0n the last day of olympic swimming events, finke broke sun yang's 12—year world record as he secured gold in the 1,500m freestyle. and the us women's medley relay team smashed the world record for the ax100m medley relay which was set by the team in 2019. it was by no means

an american shut—out, though — the us men's medley relay team suffered their first defeat at an 0lympics since the 1960 rome games. china's pan zhanle took the gold. in 0lympic track news, us sprinter noah lyles won the 100m final. and serbia's novak djokovic, winner of a record 2a grand slam titles, secured his first olympic gold medal after a gruelling match against carlos alcaraz. maryam moshiri has more. if there is one thing that could be guaranteed that any 0lympic be guaranteed that any olympic games is there would be a moment or two of history being made and that's really what we've seen that paris 2024 over the last few days. for a few teams, they have nowjoined the long list of olympic medal winners, the list has just got a little bit longer. 0n winners, the list has just got a little bit longer. on sunday, the refugee 0lympic a little bit longer. on sunday, the refugee olympic team secured its first ever 0lympic secured its first ever olympic medal but we don't knowjust yet what it will be. it was in boxing. a spot in the women's

75 kg boxing semifinal, cindy gamba is guaranteed at minimum and olympic bronze. then there isjulian alps of st lucia who pulled off something of a surprise when in the women's 100m sprint final. and not far from her also in the stade de france another caribbean nation clinched its first medal, a gold ford dominique is the 0llivon gunson in the triple jump. let's cross live and speak to terry finisterre who is fourth editor for the saint lucia times barbados today. it's so good to speak to you, thank you forjoining us. let me ask you, the victory by julien alfred must be an amazing feeling for st lucia, an olympic gold medal. film. amazing feeling for st lucia, an olympic gold medal. oh, yes, absolutely _ an olympic gold medal. oh, yes, absolutely wonderful _ an olympic gold medal. oh, yes, absolutely wonderful and - absolutely wonderful and something obviously that she has been building up to over the last_ has been building up to over the last two or three years but for her— the last two or three years but for her to— the last two or three years but for her to arrive on the big stage _ for her to arrive on the big stage and get notjust a medal

but the — stage and get notjust a medal but the gold medal of course, a victory— but the gold medal of course, a victory ceremony happening right— victory ceremony happening right now, absolutely splendid. we are — right now, absolutely splendid. we are all over the moon and i don't _ we are all over the moon and i don't think— we are all over the moon and i don't think she said she has only— don't think she said she has only slept two hours between yesterday, the celebrations and today— yesterday, the celebrations and today getting ready for her 200 metre — today getting ready for her 200 metre hits this morning. i think— metre hits this morning. i think most of us right now i'll working — think most of us right now i'll working on very little sleep. i find working on very little sleep. find it working on very little sleep. i find it amazing after that high of being a gold medal winner to then be able the next day to perform in those 200 metre heats. that's something very impressive indeed. 0nly heats. that's something very impressive indeed. only a little bit about st lucia because obviously, it is an island that has entered the olympics i think it been seven 0lympics i think it been seven times now but this is the first times now but this is the first time the country has won an olympic medal. what does it mean for the sports in a country like saint lucia to win a medal like this. going forward it must really inspire young people to get into sports as well. flit young people to get into sports as well. . ., , ., young people to get into sports as well. _, , ., ., as well. of course we have a bit of olympic _ as well. of course we have a bit of olympic history. - as well. of course we have a bit of olympic history. we i as well. of course we have a i bit of olympic history. we may be olympic finals in 2016 in

rio — be olympic finals in 2016 in rio it _ be olympic finals in 2016 in rio. it was in highjump. up to recently. — rio. it was in highjump. up to recently, we were only told four— recently, we were only told four high— recently, we were only told four highjump through spencer general— four highjump through spencer general shaper, another champion, south carolina university, and a world youth medallist _ university, and a world youth medallist as well —— levern spencer _ medallist as well —— levern spencer. we have previously been — spencer. we have previously been known for field events but coming — been known for field events but coming onto the track, we have seen _ coming onto the track, we have seen the — coming onto the track, we have seen the athletes exploding and spent _ seen the athletes exploding and spent a — seen the athletes exploding and spent a little bit of time in jamaica _ spent a little bit of time in jamaica at high school and went on to— jamaica at high school and went on to university of texas where she had — on to university of texas where she had a — on to university of texas where she had a fantastic coach and another— she had a fantastic coach and another caribbean man. a haitian— another caribbean man. a haitian american. is it university of texas and has been — university of texas and has been fantastic mentor to her and steered her through some difficult — and steered her through some difficult times to be honest, injury. — difficult times to be honest, injury, obviously covid affected us all, but she was running _ affected us all, but she was running at her best during or just— running at her best during or just before the pandemic.

plenty more on the olympics on our sport website. before we 90, our sport website. before we go, some breaking news to bring you and that is that storm debby has strengthened into a category one hurricane as it approaches, —— the gulf coast in florida. these are live pictures showing siesta key in florida which as you can see is already experiencing high winds, as you can see here, the national hurricane centre has posted on x and says that he becomes a hurricane as it approaches the north—eastern coast —— debby becomes a hurricane. forecasters say it could bring historic levels of rainfall as it moves north. officials have also warned of life—threatening storm surges and it is expected to make wonderful in the big bend region in the early hours of monday morning. that's all from me. stay watching bbc news.

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's 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 southeastwards 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 warmer and 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 are 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 24—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, 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 northwest 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 southeast.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. 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?