the far emergency meeting to discuss the far right violence as some mps said parliament should be recalled. the home secretary condemns what she called the disgraceful scenes of violence and thuggery of recent days. yvette cooper promises a swift justice for the rioters. more than 400 have already been arrested. lots of people have concerns and views about crime, by the nhs come about immigration, but they don't pick up bricks and throw them at the police. 0ne police. one week on from the deadly stabbings in southport, in which the misinformation sparked the far right violence across england, spat —— southport tries to come to terms with what happened. and coming up, more 0lympic glory for team gb. they win bronze in the triathlon mixed team relay after a dramatic photo finish. hello, good morning. it is ten o'clock. i'm nicky schiller. the

prime minister, sir keir starmer is holding an emergency response meeting with senior police leaders as they look to de—escalate the violence following the fatal stabbing of three young girls in southport a week ago today. misinformation about the identity of the southport attacker, spread on social media, led to far right riots. police forces across the uk have made more than 400 arrests since the disturbances began. and that number is expected to rise. this morning, the home secretary, yvette cooper has condemned what she called the disgraceful scenes of violence and thuggery, promising swift justice violence and thuggery, promising swiftjustice for violence and thuggery, promising swift justice for those involved violence and thuggery, promising swiftjustice for those involved in the unrest. now this footage, taken from social media, and looked at by our team at bbc verify, shows rioters are starting fires at a holiday inn express hotel in tamworth. staffordshire police said an officer was injured during what they described as acts of thuggery. ten officers were injured in

rotherham in south yorkshire, where they have been trying to prevent a mob from a storming another hotel believed to house asylum seekers. 0n believed to house asylum seekers. on saturday, there was unrest in stoke, manchester, bristol, nottingham, hull, leeds, belfastand manchester, bristol, nottingham, hull, leeds, belfast and liverpool. with moore yesterday in rotherham, tamworth, bolton, weymouth and middlesbrough. now in the next hour we will get the latest from around the country and from downing street, is that emergency cobra meeting is set to get under way. but first, this report from aruna iyengar. anger and lawlessness across the country. this is rotherham. bolton. middlesbrough. and tamworth. in south yorkshire, anti—racism protesters were making a stand outside a hotel where it's believed asylum seekers are being housed. but they were soon outnumbered by anti—immigration protesters, angry at the idea of asylum seekers

being housed in taxpayer funded hotel rooms. it then turned ugly. demonstrators shouted "yorkshire". they smashed windows. fires were lit. they attacked the police and managed to break into the holiday inn express before being beaten back. and last night there were attacks on a holiday inn in tamworth in staffordshire. they hurled bricks and petrol bombs at the police, one officer suffered a suspected broken arm. the crowd then tried to break into the hotel. in bolton the protests there had been described as a pro—british march online. it started quietly, but soon escalated. around 300 men ran towards the town hall. we are not having it, bruv! they chanted "allahu akbar", god is great, towards the anti—immigration protesters who hurled back insults. there were running street battles with the police as they tried to separate different groups.

tiles, stones, fireworks and smoke bombs were thrown. a cricket and baseball bat was confiscated. police were given extra powers to ask demonstrators to remove masks which hid their identity. riot police managed to keep the two groups apart, they brought in horses and dogs to reinforce their lines. in middlesbrough, too, a large crowd caused mayhem. police described the level of violence as staggering. arrests were made as they tried to restore order. the prime minister sir keir starmer condemned the weekend's events, calling it far right thuggery. i guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder, whether directly, or those whipping up this action online, and then running away themselves. much of the violence this weekend has been directed at those tasked to protect the public. police representatives will meet

with the prime minister and senior ministers at a cobra meeting later today. the government has promised to use the full force of the law against the perpetrators of violence. aruna iyengar, bbc news. that emergency response meeting to discuss the violent disorder is due to get under way shortly. let's go live to downing street and speak to our political correspondent and nick eardley. who is going to be there and what is the focus of this meeting? i and what is the focus of this meeting?— and what is the focus of this meetin: ? ~' , ., meeting? i think the big idea, nic , is meeting? i think the big idea, nicky. is to — meeting? i think the big idea, nicky, is to look _ meeting? i think the big idea, nicky, is to look at _ meeting? i think the big idea, nicky, is to look at what - meeting? i think the big idea, - nicky, is to look at what happened over the weekend and try and see where it might happen again, and what can be done to respond to it. obviously over the course of the 0bviously over the course of the weekend there were a lot of meetings in government about the disorder that was breaking out in different parts of the country. but this is the first time that on a monday morning senior cabinet ministers

will be able to sit around that table with senior police officers and try and draw some lessons about what happened. i think it is pretty clear when you speak to people senior in government, that they are worried that this is going to continue, potentially for some time, and that this order —— this disorder could spread to other parts of the country where it has not been already. so the focus of that meeting is getting under way around about now in the cabinet office, is to try to work with police to figure out if they have the resources they need, and what lessons can be learned from what happened at the weekend. just learned from what happened at the weekend. , , ., ,, ., ., weekend. just reading the shadow home secretary, _ weekend. just reading the shadow home secretary, james _ weekend. just reading the shadow home secretary, james cleverly, l home secretary, james cleverly, suggesting that this meeting should have taken place before today, saying this should have happened earlier? . , , , saying this should have happened earlier? . , , �* earlier? yeah, quite possibly. i'm sure there — earlier? yeah, quite possibly. i'm sure there will _ earlier? yeah, quite possibly. i'm sure there will be _ earlier? yeah, quite possibly. i'm sure there will be some _ earlier? yeah, quite possibly. i'm sure there will be some people i earlier? yeah, quite possibly. i'm l sure there will be some people who make the augment of this could have happened last week, before the weekend poz—mac disorder. i suppose the argument of the government would make in is that they were holding a

number of meetings, and we did have that press conference from the prime minister on thursday. good luck, there are always questions around these sorts of events, about whether these sorts of events, about whether the government is acting quickly enough, and whether it is on top of the issue. i think that the government has been quite keen to look to be on top of this, with the prime minister's a press conference last week, with the speech he gave in downing street yesterday, which was on scheduled but was a direct response to some of the that we saw in places like rotherham. so, there is that. and i suppose the other substantive question is, what actually happens now? is it a case ofjust messaging and the government saying, if you take part in these protests you will be clamped down on? we had the home secretary telling the bbc this morning there was going to be a reckoning for those people who took part in these protests. i think the messaging as part of it. but the other thing the government is keen to point out is that it is

increasing capacity for prosecutions. there are extra prosecutors, we are told, who will be available. there is room in the court system to get through these cases and to put people in prison if need be. so, ithink that cases and to put people in prison if need be. so, i think that there is a pretty strong message coming from the centre of this morning, that people who have been arrested for rioting over the weekend will be dealt with swiftly. the hope in government is that that sends a strong deterrent message to people who might be thinking about going to further protests, or riots, or on rest over the next few days. find further protests, or riots, or on rest over the next few days. and i su- ose rest over the next few days. and i sunpose one _ rest over the next few days. and i sunpose one of — rest over the next few days. and i suppose one of the _ rest over the next few days. and i suppose one of the issues - rest over the next few days. and i suppose one of the issues is - rest over the next few days. and i suppose one of the issues is that there is not one group organising these protests and violent disorder, it is growing up through social media, and that is very hard for them to police? i media, and that is very hard for them to police?— media, and that is very hard for them to police? i think one of the thins them to police? i think one of the things that _ them to police? i think one of the things that is _ them to police? i think one of the things that is really _ them to police? i think one of the things that is really concerning i things that is really concerning government and the police, actually, is the inability sometimes to know where these protests are going to

p0p up- where these protests are going to pop up. so, we see a lot of it breaking out on social media, being amplified by certain figures with bigger followings, amplified by certain figures with biggerfollowings, a lot of amplified by certain figures with bigger followings, a lot of them amplified by certain figures with biggerfollowings, a lot of them on the far right of british politics. and it kind of goes from there. it's interesting because the government has been saying this morning that it thinks that social media companies have an important role to play in trying to stop this information and misinformation spreading online, which is often leading to some of these events in different parts of these events in different parts of the country. but it's also pretty clear that there isn't anything the government can do quickly to increase the powers that ministers or authorities have to clamp down on this misinformation. it is a pretty tricky picture for the government and for the authorities to keep up with. that said, i think the first step in the strategy that we're seeing from the prime minister and from senior ministers, is actually to say to people, if you go to these

protests, you will be arrested and you may well end up injail. it's supposed to send a deterrent to people who maybe aren't on the far right of british politics, who may be more used to going into more violent protests. it is not about them, it is about saying to people who are maybe going along because they have concerns about immigration, orthey they have concerns about immigration, or they are not quite sure what they are getting into, saying to them, there is a real repercussion from going to these events when they turn into significant unrest. and you're absolutely right, there is a lot of concern about the police and government about how quickly some information is spreading on social media and how it's quite hard to keep track of exactly what going on. parliament not sitting at the moment, but i am seeing a number of mps, dame priti patel, the former home secretary, diane abbott, dawn butler, the reform uk leader nigel farage, calling for parliament to be recalled so that mps can discuss this issue. how likely do you that

is? �* , ., ., ., this issue. how likely do you that is? �*, ., ., ., ., is? it's not going to happen at the moment. number _ is? it's not going to happen at the moment. number 10's _ is? it's not going to happen at the moment. number 10's view - is? it's not going to happen at the moment. number 10's view is - is? it's not going to happen at the i moment. number 10's view is there is? it's not going to happen at the - moment. number 10's view is there is no need to recall parliament at this stage. however, ithink no need to recall parliament at this stage. however, i think it is a wait and see, really. there are some mps who i have been chatting to who aren't saying publicly at that parliament should be recalled, who think that if this risk continues it is likely parliament will be brought back early. remember, it is currently on the summer break. mps are not due back in westminster for another month. so, if there were to be a prolonged period of violence, of unrest, some of the disorder that we have seen over the weekend, it is quite feasible that those calls for parliament to come back early would grow. not going to happen at the moment, but watch this space. nick eardley in downing street, thank you very much indeed. 0ne thank you very much indeed. one of those mps i mentioned who wants parliament to be recalled is diane abbott, now the labour mp for hackney north and stoke newington in east london. shejoins me now on bbc news. thank you very much for your

time. why do you want parliament to be recalled? i time. why do you want parliament to be recalled?— be recalled? i don't think we can wait weeks _ be recalled? i don't think we can wait weeks and _ be recalled? i don't think we can wait weeks and weeks _ be recalled? i don't think we can wait weeks and weeks with - be recalled? i don't think we can wait weeks and weeks with his i wait weeks and weeks with his violence carrying on. there have never been anti—immigrant riots, nationwide, like this before. there is a threat to property. there is a threat to life. and communities up and down the country are frightened. and i think if we can't recall parliament in this situation, when can we? members of parliament have got to speak up for the communities, and to be able to question the government on what steps are being taken to put an end to this violence. of course, we should recall parliament. d0

violence. of course, we should recall parliament.— violence. of course, we should recall parliament. do you think, therefore. _ recall parliament. do you think, therefore, that _ recall parliament. do you think, therefore, that the _ recall parliament. do you think, therefore, that the government | recall parliament. do you think, i therefore, that the government at therefore, that the government at the moment is not doing enough? we the moment is not doing enough? - don't know what they are doing. that's why we need parliament recalled. so they can be questioned on it. this is an extraordinarily grave situation. you've got people trying to burn down hostels where asylum seekers are cowering. you have got people attacking black and muslim people on the street. we need to be able to question ministers on what exactly is being done. and we want to speak up properly. these are racist, anti—immigrant riots, and we need proper debate and proper analysis in the house of commons. irate analysis in the house of commons. we have been discussing the role of social media over the last hour or so. how concerned are you that these violent disorder and protests are

being sprung up on social media, and it is very hard to find out who is actually organising them, if indeed there is one single group organising them? let there is one single group organising them? , there is one single group organising them? ._ , there is one single group organising them? ,, , ., ., them? let me say these are not protests- _ them? let me say these are not protests. this _ them? let me say these are not protests. this is _ them? let me say these are not protests. this is violence. - them? let me say these are not protests. this is violence. not i protests. this is violence. not protests. this is violence. not protests at all. a protest is a march or a letter. these are not protests and should not be dignified by that. as far as social media is concerned, there is a role for that, but a is extraordinary how all of these violent incidents have been coordinated nationally. we would want a debate around social media and what can be done to stop them circulating these incitements to violence. ., ., ., ., violence. now the leader of reform uk, niel violence. now the leader of reform uk. nigel farage. _ violence. now the leader of reform uk, nigel farage, also _ violence. now the leader of reform uk, nigel farage, also joining - violence. now the leader of reform uk, nigel farage, also joining in i uk, nigel farage, alsojoining in the call for parliament to be recalled. he says that the country needs to have a more honest debate about immigration, integration and policing too, as he put it, give people the confidence that there are

political solutions that are relevant to them?- political solutions that are relevant to them? ., ., , relevant to them? nigel farage is t in: to relevant to them? nigel farage is trying to justify — relevant to them? nigel farage is trying to justify the _ relevant to them? nigel farage is trying to justify the violence - relevant to them? nigel farage is trying to justify the violence that l trying to justify the violence that we have seen, and that is very, very wrong. and there is an adamant, of course, that his type of rhetoric incites this sort of violence. so, i mean, i can't comment on what nigel farage says, because i believe that his rhetoric, and his language, and his rhetoric, and his language, and his ideology, has incited, or helped count is correct or inside, this violence. count is correct or inside, this violence-— count is correct or inside, this violence. , , ., , _ violence. he says he is appalled by the unrest- — violence. he says he is appalled by the unrest. and _ violence. he says he is appalled by the unrest. and he _ violence. he says he is appalled by the unrest. and he has _ violence. he says he is appalled by the unrest. and he has said - violence. he says he is appalled by the unrest. and he has said it - the unrest. and he has said it should not be happening. but there is no need to be a more honest debate amongst politicians in parliament about the whole issue of immigration? i parliament about the whole issue of immigration?— immigration? i can't see why fry's is sa in: immigration? i can't see why fry's is saying that _ immigration? i can't see why fry's is saying that he _ immigration? i can't see why fry's is saying that he is _ immigration? i can't see why fry's is saying that he is appalled - immigration? i can't see why fry's is saying that he is appalled by - immigration? i can't see why fry's| is saying that he is appalled by the violence. he has given interviews over the weekend suggesting that things are being kept from people.

that sort of language can only incite fear, and fear incites violence. incite fear, and fear incites violence-— incite fear, and fear incites violence. �* ., incite fear, and fear incites violence. ., , violence. but coming back to my oint, violence. but coming back to my point. does _ violence. but coming back to my point, does there _ violence. but coming back to my point, does there need - violence. but coming back to my point, does there need to - violence. but coming back to my point, does there need to be - violence. but coming back to my point, does there need to be a l point, does there need to be a better discussion around the issues, and there were some peaceful protests over the weekend, on the issue of immigration and the impact it is having in the country? i issue of immigration and the impact it is having in the country?— it is having in the country? i think ou're it is having in the country? i think you're understating _ it is having in the country? i think you're understating the _ it is having in the country? i think you're understating the level - it is having in the country? i think you're understating the level of i you're understating the level of violence, and the attacks on the police, on mosques, and of black and brown people we have seen. when you say there were some peaceful protests, they were very many more violent incidents. and as for nigel farage wanting to discuss immigration, he discusses it all the time. so we need to look at the source of this violence, we need to look at how we can stop social media transmitting information about this violence, and misinformation. that's

what we need to talk about. so violence, and misinformation. that's what we need to talk about.- what we need to talk about. so what do ou what we need to talk about. so what do you think — what we need to talk about. so what do you think the _ what we need to talk about. so what do you think the prime _ what we need to talk about. so what do you think the prime minister, - what we need to talk about. so what| do you think the prime minister, who is having this emergency cobra meeting at the moment, should be doing now? this meeting at the moment, should be doinu now? , , ., meeting at the moment, should be doing now?— doing now? this is a crisis. this is a level of violence _ doing now? this is a crisis. this is a level of violence in _ doing now? this is a crisis. this is a level of violence in our - a level of violence in our communities up and down the country we haven't seen since the second world war. in these circumstances the prime minister should be recalling parliament. find the prime minister should be recalling parliament.- the prime minister should be recalling parliament. and at the moment of— recalling parliament. and at the moment of the _ recalling parliament. and at the moment of the home _ recalling parliament. and at the moment of the home secretary| recalling parliament. and at the i moment of the home secretary is saying that is not likely to happen. in the meantime, if that doesn't happen, what would you like to see sir keir starmer and the other ministers do?— sir keir starmer and the other ministers do? the first step is recallin: ministers do? the first step is recalling parliament _ ministers do? the first step is recalling parliament so - ministers do? the first step is recalling parliament so that i l ministers do? the first step is i recalling parliament so that i and all my colleagues can contribute to the debate, can speak up for our communities, and actually, ask ministers what exactly is being done to protect people, to put an end to

the violence, to put an end to social media transmitting the information. we need to be able to question ministers. that is what parliament is for. and if parliament isn't sitting, parliament should be recalled. i isn't sitting, parliament should be recalled. ., , isn't sitting, parliament should be recalled. i was in southport last week after— recalled. i was in southport last week after the _ recalled. i was in southport last week after the horrific - recalled. i was in southport last week after the horrific stabbing | recalled. i was in southport last i week after the horrific stabbing at the mosque there —— and the mosque there was a tag. a lot of the local community was telling me this was not people from the local area, these were people from outside that were coming in to cause trouble. are you concerned that is what is happening around the country, that we have seen the incidence in over the weekend? i’m we have seen the incidence in over the weekend?— we have seen the incidence in over the weekend? i'm concerned a lot of these violent — the weekend? i'm concerned a lot of these violent incidents _ the weekend? i'm concerned a lot of these violent incidents are _ the weekend? i'm concerned a lot of these violent incidents are being - these violent incidents are being centrally coordinated. it may well be that some of these people are coming in from outside, but this is the type of thing we need to be able to question ministers about. find

the type of thing we need to be able to question ministers about. and are ou to question ministers about. and are you concerned _ to question ministers about. and are you concerned there _ to question ministers about. and are you concerned there will _ to question ministers about. and are you concerned there will be - to question ministers about. and are you concerned there will be more - you concerned there will be more violence over coming days? unless there is a serious _ violence over coming days? unless there is a serious analysis - violence over coming days? unless there is a serious analysis of - violence over coming days? unless there is a serious analysis of what l there is a serious analysis of what is happening, unless we talk about the fact that these are anti—immigrant riots and what we can do to check them, i believe there is no sign of these anti—immigrant incidents abating. and people will continue to live in fear.— continue to live in fear. diane abbott, labour _ continue to live in fear. diane abbott, labour mp _ continue to live in fear. diane abbott, labour mp for - continue to live in fear. diane i abbott, labour mp for hackney continue to live in fear. diane abbott, labour mp for hackney north and stoke newington in east london, thank you for your time. as you heard, hundreds of people were involved in the anti—immigration violence in rotherham yesterday. 0ur correspondent, jessica lange, has been telling us about the clean—up operation going on there. after all the violence and destruction, —— destruction, today's the day for the clean—up. you can probably see behind me they are

boarding up the windows. that is because along the ground floor of this hotel loads of the windows have been broken in the unrest yesterday. there are —— for about 700 people here. it started off fairly peacefully with a protest, then it started to get a lot more violent when some anti—immigration protesters turned up. that's because this holiday inn express was housing asylum seekers and they were coming here to protest against that. you can see this is just some of the glass. the clean—up operation has started, probably in the next hour, and they have done incredible work so far. all of these three windows were broken last night by all the violence. and you can see that is obviously meant to be the dining room, bits of chairs and tables and broken crockery in there as well. all of the glass that came out of there has been swept up by official council cleaners. something else we have seen though, people have been coming down, local residents, bringing bin bags and litter pickers and garden gloves, and they have been coming down as well to do their bit and help out. this is on an industrial estate, a kind of

business estate in rotherham in south yorkshire. but there are houses just there. we south yorkshire. but there are housesjust there. we have south yorkshire. but there are houses just there. we have spoken to some of the residents who live just there. they were able to see everything that was happening. they said they were terrified. lots of them evacuated their houses while them evacuated their houses while the writing was happening. but today they are the ones who have come down to help clean up and help people here tidy up after that violence. we saw that happen in southport last week as well. what has happened to the people who were in the hotel, do we know? ., ., ., ~ we know? yeah, we have heard. we soke to we know? yeah, we have heard. we spoke to the — we know? yeah, we have heard. we spoke to the local _ we know? yeah, we have heard. we spoke to the local mp _ we know? yeah, we have heard. we spoke to the local mp here - we know? yeah, we have heard. we spoke to the local mp here this - spoke to the local mp here this morning, john healey. there were some asylum seekers who were being housed in here. they were also members of staff. we believe there were about 20 people. one people who was inside, who wouldn't speak on camera, said they were absolutely terrified, scared for their lives. they barricaded themselves into one room at the hotel. they were using fridges to block the doors because they said they were absolutely terrified these people were going to come in and there was potentially

going to be more violence. the local mp, john healey, said that everybody was inside the hotel has been moved. the asylum seekers have been moved out and those members of staff who are in here were able to go home to theirfamilies as well. are in here were able to go home to their families as well. i are in here were able to go home to their families as well.— their families as well. i assume their families as well. i assume they must _ their families as well. i assume they must be — their families as well. i assume they must be concerned - their families as well. i assume they must be concerned that i their families as well. i assume i they must be concerned that they could be more violence? == they must be concerned that they could be more violence? -- there must be concerned. _ could be more violence? -- there must be concerned. definitely. i must be concerned. definitely. definitely from people living around here. they don't want to see this happening again. a lot of people have had their own property damage. fence panels from the garden is over they were ripped off, they were used to break down the windows and assault police officers. they don't want to see this happening again. they want to see and do here and to feel a really strong response from the police and from the government. that is something that people are saying, lots of people have been coming down this morning, all condemning the violence, nobody is saying that was a good idea. some saying that was a good idea. some say they have not had any problems with having the asylum seekers here, but others saying they do think of these an issue and they do think something should be done because they say there are people feeling their voices are not being heard, so

that there needs to be a much bigger conversation. it sounds like that conversation. it sounds like that conversation is really onlyjust starting. ijust starting. i just want to move away from events here in the uk to some breaking news that we are getting from bangladesh. we are hearing that the bangladesh prime minister has resigned and left the country. her destination is not known. this comes as thousands of people have stormed the prime minister's residents. we are going tojoin our colleague, minister's residents. we are going to join our colleague, who minister's residents. we are going tojoin our colleague, who is talking to samir husein. look, eversince talking to samir husein. look, ever since these protests broke out about a month ago, many foreign journalists have been broke out about a month ago, many foreignjournalists have been trying to get into the country, but nobody has been really able to get any visas to allow us, to give us that first hand account, which is why we are depending on a lot of freelance journalists that are in the country. now one person the bbc is working with right now, has said that really

he can see lots of people celebrating on the streets. hugging, exchanging garlands, a real sense of a jovial kind of atmosphere. and that would lead people to believe that would lead people to believe that in fact sheikh hasina has resigned from her position. there are many media reporting that she has already left the country. if thatis has already left the country. if that is in fact the case, it is a dramatic turn of events for bangladesh and for the prime minister. remember, sheikh hasina only got like, had the elections rather in bangladesh just earlier this year, injanuary. sheikh hasina won herfourth term. of this year, injanuary. sheikh hasina won her fourth term. of those elections rather were mired in a lot of confusion, or rather they were questions about its legitimacy, because the main opposition party did not contest in those elections. there were crackdowns on other

opposition members that were trying to get in. there's a lot of questions about democracy and rule in bangladesh for a very long time. i want to confirm a bbc correspondent has now told us, one of her colleagues has now told us, that the prime minister, sheikh yassin, has resigned. as a reminder for anyone who isjoining us right now, we have been covering the protest in bangladesh, the prime minister has now resigned. and according to reports, she has fled the country. that is as protest as have stormed her residence. now is a reminder, student leaders have declared a campaign of civil disobedience, as they put it, to demand that sheikh is seen at step aside. that seems to have been successful. —— sheikh hasina. 0n successful. —— sheikh hasina. on sunday, at least 90 people were killed and hundreds more injured in

clashes between police and tens of thousands of anti—government protesters, and the death toll does include at least 13 police officers. some era, could you just put this into context for us, given the hold that sheikh hasina has had on the country in the past, how big a moment of this would be for the country? moment of this would be for the count ? ., ., ~' moment of this would be for the count ? ., ., ~ ,, ~ moment of this would be for the count ? ,, ~ country? look, sheikh hasina's government, not _ country? look, sheikh hasina's government, notjust _ country? look, sheikh hasina's government, not just this - country? look, sheikh hasina's- government, notjust this particular term, but her last few terms, have been mired in controversy. lots of members of the international community critical of her increasingly authoritarian regime. remember, these particular protest started about a month ago. 0riginally it was a student led and they were demanding an end to these quotas that exist for civil

governmentjobs. that was, in fact, overturned by the supreme court. but since then we have seen that the protests have really swelled. and it became much more of a movement, a movement to try and remove sheikh hasina from power. it became very much an anti—government movement. now the ruling government, of course, has called the protest as terrorists and said they are just operating on behalf of the opposition parties in the country. but the fact we are seeing that sheikh hasina is actually resigned, has left her position, and is now going to another country, a safer country, in all likelihood she is probably going to come here to india. this is a really dramatic move for bangladesh. now it begs the question of what is going to happen in terms of government, what is the leadership structure going to look like, and is this going to end up

leaving some kind of power vacuum? now it is going to be really interesting to see what happens on the ground. stand interesting to see what happens on the round. �* , ., interesting to see what happens on the ground-— interesting to see what happens on the round. �* , ., .., ., the ground. and 'ust for context for our audiences, — the ground. and just for context for our audiences, we _ the ground. and just for context for our audiences, we are _ the ground. and just for context for our audiences, we are showing - the ground. and just for context for our audiences, we are showing live | our audiences, we are showing live pictures from one of the broadcasters showing some of the protests that have been taking place, that is from channel 24, and we are seeing people celebrating, we are seeing people march, a few moments ago before we were watching, people stormed the residence of sheikh hasina, as we mentioned earlier, the palace that she is said to have fled. could you remind us of the police response that had taken place? how does something like this succeed and happen? what happened to the military, for example, because there were questions about whether there were questions about whether the military would intervene against students? ., ., , ., students? right, and there was no sense that the _ students? right, and there was no sense that the military _ students? right, and there was no sense that the military was - students? right, and there was no sense that the military was going i students? right, and there was no| sense that the military was going to intervene, which perhaps could lead to questions about the loyalties of the military, and whether that has in fact shifted. look, it's notjust

the student led protests that are going to push, that are going to bring government down solely, at least perhaps in this situation, but it is probably going to be a confluence of events. there will be questions about how much support sheikh hasina had within her own government. perhaps she was losing confidence there. you know, the police crackdown on the student protests was really quite harsh. very severe. we saw that some 300 people have died over the last month or so. and that is worse, that is violence they haven't seen since the country for its war of independence backin country for its war of independence back in 1971. so, this is a very significant moment in bangladeshi politics and the country. i don't know if you can see these pictures, we are still showing them

from the local broadcaster there and we are seeing people with chairs, sofas... it seems that these are coming out of that residents. again, sheik hasina has said to have fled with her sister to a safe place and we are not sure of the location, but it looks like people are grabbing anything they can find and destroying the premises, as they declare this sort of victory. i do want to pause and reflect on what a big moment this would be, given that sheik hasina has been in charge since 2009, in her late 70s and now it would seem she has been toppled by the student — led movement. could you put into context what sort of victory this is for the students, because they've questioned

democracy, whether it truly exists in bangladesh?