i've asked for early consideration of the earliest naming and identification of those involved in the process, who will feel the full force of the law. bangladesh's prime minister resigns and flees the country after weeks of protests. the army chief says there'll be an interim government, and widespread looting is reported in the capital dhaka. more than 300 people are thought to have been killed during weeks of anti—government protests — more than 50 on monday alone. kamala harris is expected to name her presidential running mate within the next 2a hours. iran says it needs to punish israel to prevent further instability in the region. a growing list of countries is urging citizens to leave lebanon as soon as possible. and i am courtney beveridge, live at

edinburgh festival fringe, where we are making lots of new friends from around the world. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. and you're watching verified live, three hours of checking out the main stories and the facts behind them. the uk prime minister sir keir starmer has announced what he called "a standing army" of specialist police officers to tackle violent disorder in uk towns and cities which started after the fatal stabbing of three young girls in southport a week ago. the announcement followed an emergency response meeting with senior police leaders. meanwhile, the northern ireland assembly has been recalled to discuss violence there. misinformation about the identity of the southport attacker, spread on social media, led to the riots. police forces have made hundreds of arrests since the disturbances began. more now from ellie price.

rioters claimed these streets at the weekend, but left it to others to clear up. yesterday, the main violence boiled over in rotherham... ..here in bolton... ..in middlesbrough... ..and down in tamworth. in rotherham, antiracism protesters had gathered outside a hotel where 240 asylum seekers were inside, aware it was likely to be a target. they were soon outnumbered by anti—immigration protesters angry at the idea of such migrants being housed in taxpayer—funded hotel rooms. chanting: yorkshire, yorkshire, yorkshire! | they were shouting, "yorkshire!" they smashed windows, lit fires and attacked police, and managed to break into the holiday inn express before being beaten back. police say 500 people were involved. they've arrested six, but expect that number to increase significantly.

it was ultimately a disgusting display of thuggery, continuing well into the evening, with our policing operation only finishing around 5am. officers have worked through the night to begin identifying those involved in these horrendous scenes. please be assured, if you were there, we will find you. but it was a similar picture in staffordshire last night too. the holiday inn express in tamworth was attacked with at least three petrol bombs and police had bricks thrown at them. 0ne officer is thought to have a broken arm. in bolton, what started as a "pro—british march", as described online, soon escalated, as counter protesters charged towards the town hall chanting, "allahu akbar" — god is great. it became a street battle as police tried to separate the different groups. as the extent of the damage becomes

clearer, there have been calls for the prime minister to recall parliament, with mps currently not due back to westminster till next month. this morning, the government held an emergency cobra meeting. this is not protest. it is pure violence and we will not tolerate attacks on mosques or our muslim communities, so the full force of the law will be visited on all those who are identified as having taken part in these activities. it's been a week since three little girls were killed at a dance class in southport. five children are still in hospital, as well as the two adults who suffered critical injuries. there was violence here too last week, but for now, the streets have been reclaimed for peaceful sorrow and reflection. ellie price, bbc news. let's speak to our political correspondent, alicia mccarthy. hello to you. the government is

having to deal with this violence on multiple fronts, isn't it? obviously, policing, criminal 0bviously, policing, criminal justice, tackling misinformation and community relations, to namejust a few. but more how we learned today about the government's approach? yeah, that's right. so what we've had today is that sir keir starmer, the prime minister, has convened an emergency committee. it's called cobra. that'sjust emergency committee. it's called cobra. that's just the emergency committee. it's called cobra. that'sjust the name emergency committee. it's called cobra. that's just the name of the room where the actually can meet, but cobra has come in, and they talk about what they will do to address it. you saw a couple of snippets that are of keir starmer when he came out after that meeting, and what he's basically said is that he's going to set up this standing army of police officers. it's not an army of police officers. it's not an army in the traditional sense, not quys army in the traditional sense, not guysin army in the traditional sense, not guys in fatigues or women in fatigues from the army, but it is an army of specialist police officers, and the idea is they can redeployed whenever and wherever they are needed. he also said he wanted to

mmp needed. he also said he wanted to ramp up the from and a justice system and that people would be named and as quickly as possible —— criminaljustice. the idea being to get them into the system as quickly as possible. some people have already been arrested. we are up to around about 400 arrests. some have been charged, some have already started to appear in court, and then the third and final prong of what the third and final prong of what the preminger has been saying today is the idea that he is going to try and tackle this online as well as off—line, the idea being that a lot off—line, the idea being that a lot of this information, this misinformation and disinformation is being spread online and the government is going to be looking to see what can be done to try to combat that, which is one of the very tricky bits of this whole operation. very tricky bits of this whole operation-— very tricky bits of this whole oeration. . ., ., ., ., ., ., operation. yeah, and an ongoing area in lots of different _ operation. yeah, and an ongoing area in lots of different aspects _ operation. yeah, and an ongoing area in lots of different aspects of - in lots of different aspects of life. just to come back to that statement about criminal justice life. just to come back to that statement about criminaljustice be ramped up, when people are processed through the courts, if they are found guilty, is there going to be space in prisons to take them in? do

the government have anything to say about that? . ., �* , ., ., , about that? yeah, that's a really, really good _ about that? yeah, that's a really, really good question _ about that? yeah, that's a really, really good question because - about that? yeah, that's a really, | really good question because what we've had just been the last couple of weeks, just before parliament broke for the summer, a statement from thejustice secretary broke for the summer, a statement from the justice secretary saying prison places are really tight, we do not have enough prison places, and to combat that, we are going to start releasing some prisoners in england and we after they have served just 40% of their sentence. that's down from the current minimum of 50%. in the argument behind that was this would free up prison spaces because if the government did not do this, by the time we got to september there would be an absolute crisis in prison places in england and. you're absolutely it does beg the question, if you are having all these people arrested and charged and going through the system, and some of them are going to wind up in jail, are we going to have the spaces for them? the justice spaces for them ? the justice secretary has said spaces for them? the justice secretary has said that spaces for them ? the justice secretary has said that she spaces for them? the justice secretary has said that she is confident of the government is confident of the government is confident that there will be enough places for these people, should it be the end up with jail sentences.

just briefly, some politicians calling for a recall of parliament to discuss this. is that likely to happen? to discuss this. is that likely to ha en? �* ., ., to discuss this. is that likely to hauen? �* . ., ., to discuss this. is that likely to ha en? �* . ., ., ., to discuss this. is that likely to ha en? ~ ., ., ., ., ., happen? again, we have had a real sectrum happen? again, we have had a real spectrum of _ happen? again, we have had a real spectrum of mps _ happen? again, we have had a real spectrum of mps right _ happen? again, we have had a real spectrum of mps right across - spectrum of mps right across politics calling for a recall, as we have everything from reform uk on the right to dame priti patel, one of the conservative leadership contenders, and herself a former home secretary, to diane abbott, a veteran labour mp, been running parliament for many a long year, all of them saying, we ought to have a recall of parliament for various different reasons, to get mps back in westminster. let's not forget, mps are not due back until september. it seems unlikely at this stage that will happen and that is because the government has, it says, the powers that he needs to take the action he wants to take, so it is not that it needs mps to quebec to pass any kind of emergency laws or emergency legislation that it thinks it can tackle this without that so while getting the mps back would be

a way for them to express their opinions about this, and to offer their thoughts on it, there's nothing the government needs them to do at this stage. 0bviously nothing the government needs them to do at this stage. obviously if this violence continues or it gets worse, or something else happens, it may be that that changes, but at the moment, that's not looking very likely. moment, that's not looking very likel . ~ . ., moment, that's not looking very likel. ~ ., ~ moment, that's not looking very likel.~ ., ~ moment, that's not looking very likel.~ ., likely. alicia, thank you, alicia mccarthy. _ likely. alicia, thank you, alicia mccarthy. our— likely. alicia, thank you, alicia mccarthy, our political- mccarthy, our political correspondent in westminster for us. just a short update on that news that a 70 members in the northern ireland assembly are being recalled to discuss the violence in belfast over the weekend, that's going to be happening on thursday. it follows a meeting between the first minister and deputy first minister but the constable of the police service in northern ireland, the deputy and first minister calling for a 0—tolerance approach to racism, a number of business is damaged, and some set on fire over the weekend, where there was violence in different parts of the city and three police officers were injured.

it's been a day of enormous upheaval in bangladesh where, after weeks of protests and violent clashes, the prime minister sheikh hasina has resigned and fled the country — these pictures show her helicopter leaving the capital, dhaka. more than 300 people have been killed since a student protest over civil service job quotas began last month, escalating into demands for the prime minister to stand down after 15 years in power. not long after sheikh hasina left, thousands of anti—government protesters stormed her official residence, while crowds celebrated in the streets. widespread looting has been reported as well. in a televised address to the nation, the head of bangladesh's army promised "justice" for all the bangladeshi people and said an interim government would be formed. translation: the honourable prime minister has resigned i from her post and we will form an interim government to run the country.

i have invited the leaders from all political parties to have a discussion and we have decided to form an interim government. we are now going to meet the honourable president to discuss the formation of this interim government. please keep faith and trust in the army. i take the responsibility and i promise to protect the lives and property of the people. don't lose faith in the army. we will fulfil your demands and bring peace and harmony back to our country. i ask you all to support the army and stop the violence, murders, hooliganism and protests. akbar hossain is our correspondent in dhaka. he told me what the mood is like in the capital. violence is still going on in the capital and in other parts of the country, and we have seen, still, protesters. there are two sides of the story. many of them are celebrating their victories. 0n the other hand, they are chanting

slogans, they are describing sheikh hasina as a dictator and they are describing the situation as the fall of a dictator. but on the other hand, many people have stormed inside the official residence of the prime minister, and at the same time, they have stormed the country's parliament building, and they vandalised there and many people looted things from the parliament building and the prime minister's residence. and in the meantime, we have seen dhaka and elsewhere in the country, many police stations were set on fire and many police stations, and even the houses of sheikh hasina's party men, their houses were set on fire. so violence is still going on, and in the meantime, the country's main international airport has been closed for six hours because police are facing public backlash, and so in many parts, the police went into hiding. the immigration police, they are not working in the main

international airport — that's why the main international airport is closed for six hours. so, violence is still going on. 0n the other hand, political leaders, they are holding meetings with the army chief and the president and they are actually trying to formulate a non—party interim government. but it is not clear how the government will run the country and who will be the people heading the government and who will be included in the cabinet. this is not yet clear. 0n the other hand, students are saying they will have to have a share of the new government because it is their movement, they have made it happen. so without them, nothing can happen in future. so it's a very difficult time for bangladesh's army chief to form a neutral government, because without an inclusive government, i think the unrest we can see now, it will not be erased very soon. and the thing is that the army chief is urging the people to calm down

and other political leaders are also urging people to go back to their homes, but people are still celebrating their victory, and at the same time, lootings are taking place. fardeen rahman is a student at brac university in dhaka. he told me why he joined the wave of protests. i come from a very privileged background in the city, compared to most of the country. and initially, that pull to the movement wasn't there. but the moment when i realised what is at stake and the purpose of it, i feel like it was more about the movement and more about the people in the majority of the country that is pushing it. so initially, and after that, when people started to die for it, that is when i realised how much is at stake — for a quota, for a job quota that people are giving their lives for. so when you talk about what's at stake, you meant the ability for people to have an economic franchise, to actually have a stake in society in terms of employment prospects,

the ability to make a living? right, yes, exactly. so, you know, it means that much to them because this governmentjob they are going to get is a stepping stone for a better life, from the poverty—stricken life they have been living. so to these students, they feel like these opportunities have been taken away from them, due to this quota that they initially began protesting for. but more than 300 people killed — protesters, police, others. what do you think about the violence that has accompanied these protests, which we heard from our correspondent still exists on the streets? and also, what do you think an interim government might bring? is that what you want to see? we heard from the head of the army earlier. he made a televised address to the nation, saying he wanted justice for everyone.

do you feel convinced by what he said? so... this anti—discrimination student movement that we have incurred did not initially start off with the quota movement, but the moment the violence has been oppressed against us, it became so much more. it became, the movement was not only about the quota, it became to fight corruption, it became to fight the autocracy that existed, it became a fight against police brutality. in my campus in brac university, we had a siege where police shot tear gas and sound granades in our own campus, a place that we consider our home. in this new interim government we're talking about, as students we want freedom of speech, we want free and fair elections. with this new power we hope we're going to get, we want every single bangladeshi, regardless of religion or ethnicity or... is it time for the violence to stop, though? right. so, given the situation, now the interim government has come, we believe, we hope that once the peace and security has been ensured, that the transition can be done. i believe there are university

faculties that have proposed a peaceful transition to that and i hope the interim government does follow that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

several of the world's major stock markets suffered a major stumble on monday. it was a reaction to slowing job growth in the us and friday's decision to lift interest rates injapan. the nikkei index had its largest points fall in history after the bank ofjapan announced its main interest rate would go up to 0.25% — that's the highest it has been in 15 years. in the us, the department of labor announced only 114,000 jobs were added to the economy injuly — farfewer than had been expected. this fuelled fears the world's largest economy could be slowing and could be heading for recession. let's speak to our

north america business correspondent michelle fleury. michelle, hello to you. so we have outlined briefly they are the reasons behind this. tell us more about them. reasons behind this. tell us more about them-— about them. yeah, i think we are seeinu about them. yeah, i think we are seeing traders — about them. yeah, i think we are seeing traders once _ about them. yeah, i think we are seeing traders once again - about them. yeah, i think we are l seeing traders once again focusing on economic conditions, primarily here in the united states, as you just reference, there was thatjob report last friday that was disappointing. i think that made people sort of concerned that cracks are starting to appear in what had been a really strong, bright spot in the us economy, and that is the labour market, while america's central bank was fighting interest rates and higher prices by raising interest rates. now, traders are starting to ask themselves, is the federal reserve, america's central bank, behind the curve when it comes to lowering interest rates? but it's notjust to lowering interest rates? but it's not just a to lowering interest rates? but it's notjust a us story. if you look around the world to surveys out of the euro zone have shown there is some concern about the impact of

geopolitical tensions. you got the war in ukraine and you've got tensions in the middle east. in china lately we have seen factory data that has been disappointing, and so taken together, i think the data we saw last week out of america over the world's biggest economy, that speak to people, and since then we have seen now a building frenzy in the stock market coming to a head in the stock market coming to a head in the last 24 hours, injapan, we saw the nikkei having its worst day since 1987, here in the united states, that really continued at the start of the trading day. now, some of those losses have sort have been clawed back, but we are still down sharply here. 50 clawed back, but we are still down sharply here-— clawed back, but we are still down sharl here. , . ., sharply here. so some losses clawed back. lots sharply here. so some losses clawed back- lots of— sharply here. so some losses clawed back. lots of people _ sharply here. so some losses clawed back. lots of people watching - sharply here. so some losses clawed back. lots of people watching to - sharply here. so some losses clawed back. lots of people watching to see | back. lots of people watching to see if the situation stabilises. what's being done behind the scenes to try to bring a bit of stability into this situation? i to bring a bit of stability into this situation?— to bring a bit of stability into this situation? i think people on the side of _ this situation? i think people on the side of the _ this situation? i think people on the side of the pond _ this situation? i think people on the side of the pond are - this situation? i think people on the side of the pond are talking | this situation? i think people on. the side of the pond are talking a lot about what america's central bank is doing and what they are

going to say. so one of the kind of key figures in central bank world here in america, austin goolsby, the president of the federal reserve of chicago, one of the people who sits around the table when they make that an interest—rate decision, he was talking today, he was not going to reveal the hand of the fed, but he did say that they would act if they saw weakness in the economy. that being said, they were not over react to one piece of economic data. in other words, to one piece of economic data. in otherwords, reminding to one piece of economic data. in other words, reminding people to remain calm, if you like, and not have a kneejerk reaction just because the markets fall so sharply. that being said, the question is, will this kind of language coming out of those who won't work at the federal reserve, will that help calm nerves in the weeks ahead —— who work at the federal reserve? the key meeting everyone is looking towards us september 18, when many economists at wall street think the federal reserve will cut interest

rates and the question is, how much will they cut interest rates? until now and then there is a lot of room for speculation and potentially room for speculation and potentially room for volatility in the us stock markets. ~ . for volatility in the us stock markets-— for volatility in the us stock markets. ~ . , ., ~ for volatility in the us stock markets. ~ . , ., ,, , ., to the us now, where vice president kamala harris for her running mate. vice president kamala harris is closing in on a decision for her running mate. our us media partner cbs reports that announcement will come on tuesday. on sunday, she met her three leading contenders — pennsylvania governorjosh shapiro, senator mark kelly from arizona and the minnesota governor tim walz. governor shapiro is a moderate democrat from a battleground state. before he was governor, he served as pennsylvania's attorney general, overseeing the investigation into widespread sexual abuse by hundreds of catholic priests. senator kelly is also a moderate from a key state. he is a gun safety advocate and married to former congresswoman gabby giffords, who survived an assassination attempt in 2011. mr kelly is a former astronaut and served in the navy.

governor walz is a former congressman. in his state of minnesota, he has enacted several progressive policies, including protecting abortion access and restricting gun access. ms harris is also meeting other candidates, but it's not clear who they are. let's speak to our correspondent in washington, jenny kumah. jenny, hello to you. quite a wide field of contenders, possible contenders for kamala harris to choose from. who are the likely top two? ., . , choose from. who are the likely top two? ., ., , , choose from. who are the likely top two? ., ._ ,, , choose from. who are the likely top two? ., ._ ,, two? normally this process takes a number of months, _ two? normally this process takes a number of months, but _ two? normally this process takes a number of months, but it's - two? normally this process takes a number of months, but it's been i number of months, but it's been condensed into a few weeks, and usually involves looking into the candidates's personal lives, the finances, looking at social media. we understand the weekend that the deep dive into the candidates was presented to the vice president, and a number of interviews were held

yesterday, with the manualjust outlined. josh shapiro from pennsylvania, he's someone from the start who has been one of the front runners, pennsylvania is a key battleground state, and if he were to become the vice president running mate, he would be the firstjewish vice president pick. he has, though, probably drawn the most criticism, and it is around his support for israel and his criticism of protests on campuses. although his backers do point out that his support for israel is in fact in line with the president's approach on israel. in terms of senator mark kelly, he has several strengths as well, he's got a strong resume, he was an astronaut, but he's also seen as someone who can help kamala harris on the issue of immigration, something the republicans have been

attacking herfor, in terms of something the republicans have been attacking her for, in terms of her record on that. in the administrationrecord on that. he's worked with republicans on this issue and pushed his own party on it and every zone, that border state, is also an important battleground state, in terms of tim walz, the governor of minnesota, he has recently gained national attention for framing recently gained national attention forframing donald trump and recently gained national attention for framing donald trump and jd vance as being weird, following those commentsjd vance made about senior democrats being childless cat ladies. he is also a very experienced politician. he served for 12 years in congress and he's been a senator since 2018. that for 12 years in congress and he's been a senator since 2018. at any rate, been a senator since 2018. at any rate. jenny. _ been a senator since 2018. at any rate. jenny. we — been a senator since 2018. at any rate, jenny, we are _ been a senator since 2018. at any rate, jenny, we are going - been a senator since 2018. at any rate, jenny, we are going to - been a senator since 2018. at anyj rate, jenny, we are going to know who exactly it is pretty soon, aren't we?— who exactly it is pretty soon, aren't we? , ., , . aren't we? yes, so we are expecting an announcement _ aren't we? yes, so we are expecting an announcement tuesday _ aren't we? yes, so we are expecting an announcement tuesday morning, j aren't we? yes, so we are expecting - an announcement tuesday morning, and that could come in the form of a video. that's whatjoe biden did in 2020 with kamala harris. however, that was leaked to the press, so

they will be hoping that will be happening this time around. and tomorrow, it sees the beginning of a five—day tour of 70 states, and will start in philadelphia, step will be the first rally that kamala harris will hold with her running mate, in philadelphia, which is in pennsylvania, which has led some people to question whether it will be josh people to question whether it will bejosh shapiro, although the harris team has said that, when they were questioned about this last week, that no decision had been made yet. jenny, thank you very much, jenny kumah. you are watching bbc news. hello. it's been a fairly cloudy day, with some rain here and there, and really quite warm and humid across central and eastern parts of england. how about this evening and tonight? a chance of rain with a weather front moving across the uk.

and here it is. it's a cold front — behind it, we have fresher atlantic conditions spreading in. ahead of it, the winds are coming in from the south, a lot of cloud, quite warm and humid, particularly across east anglia, the south—east, into yorkshire as well. temperatures have been around the mid 20s, so the forecast then for tonight shows that weather front crossing the uk for a time. it could be quite heavy, that rain, across the lakes into southwestern scotland, but to the south, by the early hours, i think that rain front should start to fizzle out. so that means dribs and drabs of rain from, say, lincolnshire through central england towards central, southern england. behind it, clear skies, quite fresh in belfast, eight ahead of that weather front, still a bit of warmth left there, around 16 or 17 degrees in 1 or 2 spots. now in summary, tuesday, we'll start off sunny. clouds will bubble up through the course of the afternoon. showers are expected, particularly across the northwest of the uk.

quite brisk winds as well. still, some of that warmth left over there in norwich. 25 degrees. for most of us, it's the high teens or the low 20s. now, the low pressure is still with us on wednesday. quite a few isobars, those pressure lines. so that means gusty conditions with showers moving through northern ireland, scotland, affecting some irish sea coasts as well. i think the sunnier skies will be the further east, southeast and further south you are, but on those winds, gusting 30 to perhaps even 40 miles an hour around some coasts on wednesday, and the temperatures bang—on average for the time of the year — 18 in glasgow, about 20 in liverpool and birmingham, and in london, maybe a couple of degrees higher than that. so that was wednesday. here's a look at thursday. a little bit of uncertainty in where this rain is going to be. but the broad message is southern parts of the uk could end up being quite cloudy on thursday, with some outbreaks of rain. still, temperatures in the low 20s. i think the sunnier weather will be across scotland. here in aberdeen, some sunshine, about the high teens. so let's have a look at the forecast and the outlook from midweek onwards, into the weekend — our typical british summer with a variety of weather icons there and temperatures, well, quite warm in the south, up to about 25 degrees. that's it from me.

this is bbc news, the headlines. after days of violent unrest across the uk, the prime minister announces a "standing army" of specialist police to tackle the disorder. i've asked for early consideration of the earliest naming and identification of those involved in the process, who will feel the full force of the law. bangladesh's prime minister resigns and flees the country after weeks of protests. the army chief says there'll be an interim government, and widespread looting is reported in the capital dhaka. more than 300 people are thought to have been killed during weeks

of anti—government protests — more than 50 on monday alone. in what could be her last 0lympic performance, us gymnast simone biles wins silver in the floorfinal. a warning overfake weight loss drugs. pharmacists urge people not to buy the jabs online — despite a severe shortage. now, with all the latest, here's the bbc sports centre. we're into the final week of the olympics, and the track cycling programme has started in paris, and what a start from team gb in the women's team sprint. in their opening qualifying race, the trio of emma finucane, sophie capewell and katy marchant set a world record time of just over 45 seconds. that will give them top seeding when they race again in the next half hour. the gold medal race takes place this evening. great britain have already been

on the podium today, twice in the kayak cross.