the home secretary yvette cooper promises �*swift justice�* for the rioters.more than 400 people have more than 400 people have already been arested. lots of people have concerns and views about crime, about the nhs, about immigration, but they don't pick up bricks and throw them at the police. one week on from the deadly stabbings in southport violence across the uk. southport tries to come to terms with what happened. bangladesh's prime minister resigns and flees the country as anti—government protesters storm sheikh hasina's official residence.

hello, good morning. 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. these are live pictures from downing street where that cobra meeting is under way. we'll be live there with our correspondent shortly. ahead of the meeting, the home secretary, yvette cooper, condemned what she called the �*disgraceful scenes of violence and thuggery�* promising �*swift justice�* for those involved in the unrest. this is footage taken from social media which has been looked at by our team on bbc verify.

it shows rioters, 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 had been trying to prevent a mob from storming another hotel believed to house asylum seekers. on saturday there, was unrest in stoke, manchester, bristol, nottingham, hull, leeds, belfast and liverpool. with more yesterday in rotherham, tamworth, bolton, weymouth, and middlesbrough. asi as i said there is an emergency meeting take place in the cairo cobra room. let�*s go live to our correspondence —— but there is an emergency meeting in the cobra room. let�*sjoin south emergency meeting in the cobra room. let�*s join south yorkshire were a news conference is happening there.

there was an incident focusing on an hotel housing asylum seekers. i can confirm today that that we have seen at least 12 of our offices injured. with items such as benches, laplace and other missiles thrown at them. our police dogs have minor injuries 0ur police dogs have minor injuries after missiles were thrown at them and horses had bricks, eggs, bottles and horses had bricks, eggs, bottles and beer cans were thrown at them. they were spat at and threat was then as the adults to injure the riders. so far we have had six arrests, one in sheffield and five in rotherham with one person already charge before the courts this morning. please be assured that we expect this number to increase significantly over the coming days. it began yesterday around 11:30am when a group of 250 arrived in an

area in yorkshire, a further 500 people arrived in yorkshire earlier who we believe held far right and anti—immigration views. at the same time, a large crowd began to gather in sheffield city centre divert in a number of force resources. it was at this point that we began to see an escalation in violence. hotel windows were smashed and there was a concerted two a concerted effort to cause damage to the interior and serious harm to those inside. there was a particularly sickening moment when they really been was pushed against a hotel and set on fire the clear intent to cause serious harm to the resident and star. it was known that there were people residing and working in the hotel but in the hotel but the mindless individuals responsible had absolutely no regard for their safety. it was ultimately a disgusting display of thuggery continuing well into the evening, with our police operation early

finishing around 5am. i when to say a heartfelt thanks to also evolve from south yorkshire police —— but i want to say and the many forces providing us with mutual aid. 0ur ambulance service and local partners for their continued support. i would also like to thank those you have already sent kind messages to the force. 0fficers already sent kind messages to the force. officers have worked through the night to give the dilemma could deliver help to the scene. please be assured that if you are there, we will find you and you will be held accountable for your party yesterday�*s violet. to our local communities and particularly in manvers, yesterday was a dark day we know that this was felt across our county. 0ur priority will always be public safety and you will see an increase of offices across south yorkshire over the coming weeks. finally, we will be sharing a link for anyone with footage from

yesterday that they wish to share with us. alternatively, you, any information anonymously via crimestoppers. thank you. mit? information anonymously via crimestoppers. thank you. why didn't ou have crimestoppers. thank you. why didn't you have the — crimestoppers. thank you. why didn't you have the resources... _ crimestoppers. thank you. why didn't you have the resources... ? _ crimestoppers. thank you. why didn't you have the resources... ? that - crimestoppers. thank you. why didn't you have the resources... ? that is i you have the resources... ? that is the assistant _ you have the resources... ? that is the assistant chief _ you have the resources... ? that is the assistant chief constable - you have the resources... ? that is the assistant chief constable of. the assistant chief constable of south yorkshire police giving that statement after that violence in rotherham yesterday. she recorded a disgusting display of thuggery as you want to those who were involved in it that they will identify them and they will find them. you called it a dark day for the local community and said that 12 police officers had been injured and that a bricks and fence posts and other items had been thrown at them. she mentioned that police dogs had also been injured and that horses had been injured and that horses had been spat at. she said that six arrests had already been made and one person had been charged and was

before the court. talking about the numbers involved in that protest, the assistant chief constable said that it was around 750 in total. it cited around 250 people and then another 500 jointed —— started with around 250 people. she said it was people with far right and anti—immigration views at the heart of the violence. she also condemned one individual in particular, calling them a mindless individual for pushing a wheelie bin that were set on fire into that hotel while there were people already inside. she said that the policing operation actually did not end until 5am and that there is now a big operation by detectives to identify the people who were there. she gave that

warning that if you were involved in that violence, she said we will find you. you can see from these pictures that missiles were thrown at late offices at that hotel that we believe to have housed asylum seekers in rotherham. the assistant chief constable confirmed that 12 officers were injured and that they had bricks thrown at them, fence post and other objects. police dogs and horses, police dogs suffered minor injuries and the horses add their bridal bits cut to try and force the offices of and they were spat at. the police confirmed that six arrests have been made and that one person has been charged and is already before the court. earlier the fourth condemned what they could the fourth condemned what they could the the deplorable acts of violence.

we talked about are those officers being injured, one officer was left unconscious and others had broken bones. assistant chief constable also talked about how they will be a —— at there will be a police presence remaining around the hotel and additional police in the area, because for the local community, it was a dark day. earlier, the police had criticised people who had used social media to spread this misinformation and what they described as hate ahead of the planned protest. as i said, the police believe that there are around 700, 750 people in attendance. we saw the holiday in�*s windows were smashed with missiles including wood, glass, bottles and beer cans were thrown at the offices and

police will also spread with fire extinguishers. the assistant chief constable confirmed that 12 officers were injured and again, it that it was a disgusting display of thuggery and a dark day for the area. that was what was happening in rotherham. as i mentioned at the top of the hour, an emergency meeting is going on, a cobra meeting as they are known. the cabinet office meeting brief —— make the cabinet office is where it gets its name from. it is happening in the cabinet office, including the prime minister. let�*s speak to our political correspondent nick eardley who is in westminster. we understand that this meeting is under way. what are we going to expect from this meeting? i wouldn't exect expect from this meeting? i wouldn't expect anything. _

expect from this meeting? i wouldn't expect anything. i — expect from this meeting? i wouldn't expect anything, i wouldn't _ expect from this meeting? i wouldn't expect anything, i wouldn't expect i expect anything, i wouldn�*t expect anything on policy or any extra resources. but after the violence and disorder we saw over the weekend, the government may think it is a chance to sit down senior members and senior police officers to try and figure out what happened over the weekend and what lessons can be learnt for the next few weeks. i think it is more and practical than anything else, but we also getting some pretty strong —— map more logistical and practical than anything else, but we also getting some pretty strong messaging about a crackdown on those people getting arrested over the weekend. we had the home secretary this morning yvette cooper talking about a reckoning for those involved in the violence over the weekend. the prime minister said his aim last night, that he would do whatever he it takes to bring these thugs to justice as quickly as possible.

remember keir starmer was in charge of prosecutions of england and wales when there were riots in england which started in tottenham in london and spread to other parts of the country. when into thatjob, his tragedy as chief prosecutor was to try and get people through the courts as quickly as possible to send a message to other people taking part in any disorder that it would lead to jail time. ministers are happening that the same thing will happen here. what we will get from this meeting is not certain but i will be surprised if there�*s any big change of heart, or any significant new policy additions. the hope that the government has is that bringing together different parts of government and policing, it can make things move as efficiently as possible and try and send at the strong deterrent message in the next few hours. , , ., , few hours. interestingly, there has

been a number— few hours. interestingly, there has been a number of _ few hours. interestingly, there has been a number of mps _ few hours. interestingly, there has been a number of mps across - been a number of mps across different parties coming out and say that parliament should be recorded. their former that parliament should be recorded. theirformer home that parliament should be recorded. their former home secretary pretty patel, diane abbott and the leader of reform uk nigel farage, is it likely that parliament will be recalled? ., ., ., �* recalled? not at the moment. i've asked peeple _ recalled? not at the moment. i've asked peeple in — recalled? not at the moment. i've asked people in government - recalled? not at the moment. i've asked people in government and l recalled? not at the moment. i've . asked people in government and they said that they don�*t think there is a need for parliament to be recorded as they stand but i think it is quite plausible over the next few days if this is continues, that these cores will grow. you might remember in 2011, when they were last mass civil unrest and riots in england, parliament was recalled to give mps the chance what should happen next and sent out a message that the violence would not be accepted. so, at the moment, the government is going down the prospect of parliament to be in record but yet, i do think there is

a distinct possibility of the unrest continues that that could happen. i suppose one of the issues is that this unrest has been coming via social media. a lot of the organisation of these protests on social media platforms and, it was the misinformation from this time last week that spread that caused this to happen. it was very hard, i assume, for ministers to be able to control what is on social media. i mean it ministers quite simply can�*t. what they can do is increase the rules, tighten the law where they think it should be tightened. just to talk you through what i think the government is atjust now with its thinking, ministers of the home office think that there are laws in place already for things like inciting violence which would allow them to clamp down on some of the post that we have seen on social media, encouraging people to come out and protest and perhaps to take part in some of the extreme violence

that we have seen. that is different from misinformation and disinformation which is also of deep concern to people at number ten and beyond. and i think there is an acceptance at the moment that there is no short—term fix for that. there�*s nothing that can be done in the immediate term that can try and stop that happening. there has been a message sent out to social media companies that they have a responsibility and they need to take it seriously. but when it comes to forcing them, legislation has been a reader forced to negotiate. forcing them, legislation has been a readerforced to negotiate. you might remember the unlace safety act that went through safety act, there was some criticism of that and did not have enough scope to tackle misinformation and disinformation. i think the government here would be reluctant to rush anything through, because parliament is not sitting but even when it is back, it is quite a difficult thing to get that through quickly. what ministers are concentrating on at the moment are the powers that some of the body is

like 0fcom already have and telling the police look as the laws that are already in place, the powers you already in place, the powers you already have two clamp down on the violence that we have seen. but, be under no illusion, there is a lot of concern across government about what has been happening over the past week or so and a lot of concern about what happens next. i suppose we have seen _ about what happens next. i suppose we have seen some _ about what happens next. i suppose we have seen some of _ about what happens next. i suppose we have seen some of the _ about what happens next. i suppose we have seen some of the protest i we have seen some of the protest over the weekend being peaceful, and there is still the underlying issue that some people are concerned about immigration and the impact it is happening on their local area and services in that area. i happening on their local area and services in that area.— happening on their local area and services in that area. i think most oliticians services in that area. i think most politicians who _ services in that area. i think most politicians who have _ services in that area. i think most politicians who have been - services in that area. i think most i politicians who have been engaging with that question are trying to differentiate between the violence, lee disorder, the riots in some parts of the crash —— make the disorder, the rise in some parts of the country and genuine cash and did a concern of immigration. it might

be difficult to do that because we�*ve been hearing across the bbc, a lot of people have been getting in touch even though we completely condemn the violence and we did not want to see it happen. there is a really tricky question over the next few days about how politicians tackle that problem. the message that has come through from number ten has been quite strong, he recorded far right thuggery and he said that people have been taken part in the violence that we have seen over the last few days should be condemned unequivocally and should be dealt with swiftly under the justice system. you�*re should be dealt with swiftly under thejustice system. you�*re right though, the longer that this goes on, they will be questions asked about whether the underlying issue of immigration and concern about immigration is one that need to be tackled as well. but, the politicians that have been engaging with that question so far have been very careful to say that they are

two separate things. it is fine to have concerns about immigration, it is not fine to take part in violence and unrest. {iii is not fine to take part in violence and unrest-— is not fine to take part in violence and unrest. _, , ., �* ., and unrest. of course, don't forget we have a live _ and unrest. of course, don't forget we have a live page _ and unrest. of course, don't forget we have a live page happening - and unrest. of course, don't forget| we have a live page happening with what is happening at that emergency meeting. you will find that on the bbc new news website and app. i now want to turn to the other breaking news story. it is out of bangladesh and it is news that the bungalows premise minister has resigned and fled the country. these are the live pictures that run the picture showing that show the prime minister black fee in the country. the tv pictures that we�*ll be seeing and measuring demonstrators is at the official compound. some have been looting furniture from the building and the bangladeshi army chief has now said that he will form

an interim government after the prime minister resigned and fled the capital, he made that announcement on state tv. we are still getting details of that but as i say, there have been a few scenes on that picture, dubious crowd, waving flags, some dancing in dakar —— jubilant clouds, after the news that prime minister sheikh hasina has resigned. what is the latest we have heard from the army chief it in terms of what we have had right now? the army chief and addressed to the nation sought to reassure people, to give people a sense of calm and to reassure that there is an interim government that is going to be put in place. he said that that will come together and they will then present it to the president. he really urged for a lot of calm and

an end to violence and at the same time, said to the people that they will be justice for those people who have died in the weeks of clashes that led up to this monumental event which we have seen. the prime minister of bangladesh sheikh hasina resigned from her position and fled the country. it is a huge moment and it was interesting to hear from your guess, he was talking about how, yes you can celebrate this moment but there was also a little bit of trepidation for what perhaps comes next. as ever, one that is a toppling of government of this kind, there are immediate concerns about there are immediate concerns about the power vacuum it creates and what happens coming up behind it. that is what the army chief was all about. his chief was —— his speech was all about trying to reassure people that she was not going to be this power

vacuum, there were plans in place and has urged people to refrain from using violence and has said that he has instructed the police and the army not to shoot on protesters. figs army not to shoot on protesters. as a mirror, just for context for our audiences, the pictures were not showing right now i�*m at live, they are the military and security presence at these projects have been unfolding. now, there are people celebrating their victory. there are pictures of people looting the residents here. can we reflect on what has led to this anger essentially? this move to oust the prime minister, because she has been in powerfor so long and prime minister, because she has been in power for so long and there�*s always been these accusations she is denied of foster parents and human rights abuses. what to scale here —— milk of human rights abuses. what

are forced to forced to scale to this? ~ ., are forced to forced to scale to this? . ., ., , are forced to forced to scale to this? ~ ., ., , ., , , this? what really led to this is that weeks — this? what really led to this is that weeks ago, _ this? what really led to this is that weeks ago, we _ this? what really led to this is that weeks ago, we saw- this? what really led to this is l that weeks ago, we saw student protesters that took to the streets demanding a change to the employment structures, the equator system that existed for a civil service positions. —— the quota system. there was a massive miss calculation by black he used —— there was a massive ms calculation by a sheikh hasina he used... more than 100 and 200 people had died in those clashes and we saw that several more hundred were injured. the protests turned into more of an anti—government movement where we saw that people took to the streets demanding the resignation of the prime minister. we saw these deadly clashes happening on sunday, it was the deadliest day in times of unrest

between anti—government protesters and the police. but what has changed today, there hasjust been and the police. but what has changed today, there has just been such a dramatic shift on the ground in the country. we went from the prime minister maintaining control to completely losing it and having to flee the country that she has led for16 flee the country that she has led for 16 years. it is certainly a massive come down for this authoritarian ruler who had been in place since 2009 but had come under increased amount of criticism for her authoritarian rule. dozens of international organisations that we talk about the crackdown on civil liberties, and the freedom of speech and how opposition parties were very much prevented forward been able to speak freely or even campaign freely, which is why in the latest prime ministerial elections we saw injanuary, we saw

prime ministerial elections we saw in january, we saw the prime ministerial elections we saw injanuary, we saw the parties boycotted it for fear and injanuary, we saw the parties boycotted it forfear and because they did not believe that the elections would be fair. find they did not believe that the elections would be fair. and you are there in delhi _ elections would be fair. and you are there in delhi and _ elections would be fair. and you are there in delhi and we _ elections would be fair. and you are there in delhi and we do _ elections would be fair. and you are there in delhi and we do know - elections would be fair. and you are there in delhi and we do know that. there in delhi and we do know that sheikh hasina is said to have landed in india. a strong relationship she has had with that country for some time. they have a stake in this as well, don�*t they? they have always wanted some sort of took the live foothold in bangladesh for their own security. content is more about their interest in all of this? remember that india shares a border with bangladesh and in the area of west bend guile is where you see a lot of people —— west bengali is where you saw the movement of people during that war of independence so there is a lot of concern in terms of what is going to happen along that border area. this is why it is in india�*s best interest to make

sure that things are stable in bangladesh forfear of a sure that things are stable in bangladesh for fear of a massive amount of refugees coming from bangladesh into india. that is why we are hearing from the indian government, which i believe that you had read out on air idea that there were concerns about the border area, and the indian government that they should probably avoid that kind of area. it is an important country in the region and for india, it is already fighting a war with its neighbour on one side which is pakistan. you also have a very difficult relations with its neighbours to the china — indian border, the last thing they want is an unstable bunker that would mean that they are essentially surrounded by conflict and that is definitely a position that geopolitically, a country would ever want to be in. we will no

country would ever want to be in. we will go back to our correspondent because again, this is a huge moment for the country. let�*s speak to our correspondents from the bbc bengali service who is in dakar. i was speaking to someone who has been photographing the events on the streets, who has been in front of the violence and he talked about the fact that he wasn�*t worried about the future of his country. we have seen these pictures are people celebrating but there is a lot of uncertainty here, isn�*t there? yes uncertainty here, isn't there? yes it is, uncertainty here, isn't there? yes it is. because _ uncertainty here, isn't there? yes it is, because it _ uncertainty here, isn't there? is; it is, because it will depend on what sort of interim government will be installed. and who the people will be included in this government, thatis will be included in this government, that is very important. the army chief in his address, said that he will talk to the president and go to the president�*s resident and discuss finding a formula to discuss a

nonparty caretaker government. the army chief also said that he has had a discussion with several political parties before addressing the nation, or before her speech so it is very important what kind of mutual or nonparty caretaker government will oversee the country in the coming months and how they would deal with the situation. that is very important because protesters, they are steel and on the streets and a very strong and the streets and a very strong and the way they have this storm to the prime minister�*s resident is a very big signal. they protesters have said that they will not accept anything, according to their language, go against the country. it is very vague and not clear, which they meet up by gates to country. we will have to see because another important thing is that now the army chief, he is a very close relative of sheikh hasina. —— it is not clear

what they mean by go against in the country. we will have to wait and see how things will go on in the coming days, this is very important, i was listening to it�*s a mirror her saying —— i was listening to someone reporting on this story, we have to see what is going on india, he is surrounded by bangladesh on three times. she was supported by india very strongly in the last few years, so we have to see what kind of reaction from india because it did not smoke if they do not support, it will be a precarious scenario. the thing is, the people�*s strength is the ultimate strength and that it is how it is being described so i think the new caretaker government, they will have to deal with it sensibly. the regional politics is very important here. china is another key

factor in bangladesh�*s politics, bangladesh�*s development. so whoever is in the government, will have to do with many players so we�*ll have to see what how things will progress. to see what how things will progress-— to see what how things will rouress.~ ., progress. we will come back to you throu . hout progress. we will come back to you throughout the _ progress. we will come back to you throughout the day _ progress. we will come back to you throughout the day for _ progress. we will come back to you throughout the day for this - progress. we will come back to you throughout the day for this big - throughout the day for this big moment. a reminder if you have been watching arejust tuning moment. a reminder if you have been watching are just tuning in gay noun, it is a huge moment for bangladesh. the prime minister sheikh hasina has fled the country —— if you arejust sheikh hasina has fled the country —— if you are just tuning sheikh hasina has fled the country —— if you arejust tuning in. this is a huge moment. the prime minister has led the country. this is after student writers have swept the country and there�*s been a deadly response in the last few days, more than 300 people dead. sheikh hasina has led bangladesh 62,009 with an iron grip. the country became one of the fastest growing economies —— my has led bangladesh since 2009. it was becoming an increasingly authoritarian rule which is why the response has become so strong. the

army chief general waker—uz—zaman said an interim government has been formed and they will be justice for the deaths that have happened, the hundreds of deaths that have happened in the last few days. he said yes to political parties and is inviting them to cooperate. again, there were thousands of protesters who protested on the streets of dhaka and these demonstrations have forced the resignation of sheikh hasina. she is now in india and her residence has been looted by protesters. you�*ll be showing you images throughout the last few hours of people celebrating that victory. now, please do stay with us here on bbc news. we also have more reporting and analysis from our correspondents on the bbc news website and app, and they will be more to come here. but for now,

let�*s go to my colleague