the full force of the law. all residents of greater manchester can be assured that we will do everything within our power to keep you safe, and those taking part in criminal activities, they will face every possible consequence. officers have worked - through the night to begin identifying those involved i in these horrendous scenes. please be assured, _ if you were there, we will find you. as we come on air, police in the uk city of plymouth are dealing with rival groups who have gathered to protest. more than 370 people have been arrested after the past week of violent disorder in britain. the prime minister has announced a "standing army" of specialist police officers.

also on the programme: a day of enormous upheaval in bangladesh as the long reigning prime minister, sheik hasina, resigns and flees the country after weeks of protests and violent clashes. us stock markets tumble, following falls in europe and asia as fears rise that the american economy is heading for a slowdown. and as the planet mercury enters retrograde, we look at whether it leads to absolute chaos — and does it have a direct link to an increase in personal problems? we start here in the uk where police in the city of plymouth are dealing with rival groups who have gathered to protest. these are the latest pictures of the groups in the city — as you can see, it's a tense scene with a large police presence, keeping the groups apart. earlier, the uk prime minister sir keir starmer said his government was ramping up the criminaljustice system to deal with the numbers charged with being involved in riots over the weekend with some already

appearing court today. police say 378 arrests have been made since the violence started last week and they expect that total to rise every day as more are identified. the unrest began last week in southport after the fatal stabbings of three girls. posts on social media wrongly blamed the attacks on a muslim migrant. the riots have spread across england and northern ireland with shops looted, police officers assaulted and petrol bombs thrown at hotels housing asylum seekers. the worst of that violence yesterday was in rotherham in south yorkshire — our uk affairs correspondent, daniel sandford is there, and sent this report. after the wanton violence of the night before, today, the meticulous work of gathering evidence, collecting fingerprints at the holiday inn express in wath upon dearne, just outside rotherham, so detectives can bring the rioters to justice.

last night's disorder here led the prime minister to promise that a force of 6000 riot—trained police officers will be established for the summer, that can be sent anywhere in england and wales. i'm absolutely clear that we will have the officers we need, where we need them to deal with this disorder, and that is why the standing army has been set up, specialist officers ready to be deployed to support communities. the riots here left 12 police officers injured. dozens more have been hurt across the week. protesters broke into the hotel housing migrants and rampaged through corridors, terrifying those inside. south yorkshire police said today that some of the rioters not only wanted to damage the hotel, they also wanted to cause serious harm to the residents and staff inside. as the police gathered evidence, neighbours worked together to repair their homes after fence planks and logs were looted from their gardens to be used as missiles and battering rams,

chris shaw's frightened wife had to leave. it was like mob rule last night, and obviously when there was a few of them in the garden, i told her to go. she was frightened to death, and she took the cat in the basket and went to my friend's house. it makes no sense. this has been a riot about those kids getting stabbed, which is so awful. my heart goes out to those families. but there's kids in this building, they were trying to set them on fire last night. they were trying to burn them alive. and i think it's absolutely disgusting. this is the moment he's referring to, when a wheelie bin was pushed up against a door and set on fire. 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 and you will be held accountable for your part in yesterday's violence. since last tuesday, 378 people have now been arrested across the uk linked to the riots and disorder, and police say they expect that number to rise significantly.

meanwhile, forces are braced for more trouble on wednesday. daniel sandford, bbc news, rotherham. brendan cox is the co—founder of the better together organisation set up after his wifejo cox, a labour party mp — was murdered by a far—right terrorist in 2016. brendan, the prime minister has today announced a standing army of police officers to tackle the violence. what do you make of that response? i think that's certainly a key part of the response. we cannot let these violent thugs terrorise ordinary people on the streets, as you are just hearing, we can't let them attempt to murder men, women and children in their hotels, we cannot allow them to take what is an awful

tragedy, that stockport stabbing, and turn it into an agenda of hatred against minorities, against muslims, against minorities, against muslims, against asylum seekers and refugees. the response, both the quickjustice and peace that they are trying to put in place and the improved policing, needs to be a critical component of it. of course, that's not enough. we also need to think about, who was at the right local eyes these people? who was at the made them think it was ok to something as awful as this with violence, to turn that violence against particular groups? so, there has to be bigger learning in the aftermath of this, but in the meantime, for the immediate moment, that policing response is what we need. ., , ., need. you were 'ust mentioning there are about need. you were 'ust mentioning there about more — need. you were just mentioning there are about more responsibility - need. you were just mentioning there are about more responsibility being i are about more responsibility being needed. who do you think should be taking that for some of this, in your words, radicalisation?

taking that for some of this, in yourwords, radicalisation? i taking that for some of this, in your words, radicalisation? ithink it's clear, your words, radicalisation? ithink it's clear. i _ your words, radicalisation? ithink it's clear, i think— your words, radicalisation? ithink it's clear, i think there's _ your words, radicalisation? ithink it's clear, i think there's a - your words, radicalisation? ithink it's clear, i think there's a whole l it's clear, i think there's a whole lot of it that is down to social media, voices and social media, who are sharing conspiracy stories, who are sharing conspiracy stories, who are simply lying, making things up in order to get retweets, shares, more followers, to get people to donate to their accounts, that is the big picture of it, and the responsibility of social media companies cannot in the aftermath of this be dodged any more, but we also had to think about our mainstream politics, our mainstream agenda. how is that, i think relatively mainstream politicians, nigel farage and people like suella braverman, how they got so panicked about what they called the islamist takeover of they called the islamist takeover of the uk, the people think this is an existential moment, people fear that the country is being taken over by invaders, it is not true, it is not

the case, the fact we were telling people that, the fact we were scaring people is one of the things, the aftermath of this, we all have to look honestly at our own behaviour and ask what we did we do to contribute to this, and i think those politicians out on the relatively mainstream right of our society have a lot to answer for. there is no justification, society have a lot to answer for. there is nojustification, of course, for this kind of violence, is a prime minister was setting out, but there will be people saying, beyond the misinformation and disinformation, there are people who wanted to express concerns, not the rioters, to be very clear. calicut have a conversation about those concerns whilst also tackling this? let's be completely open about this, it's completely legitimate, normal party politics, to talk about immigration, to talk about brexit, to talk about your community and whether it feels recognised in our society or not. all those are legitimate conversations to have.

what is not legitimate is to turn anxiety, fear, worry into prejudice, into hatred and its violence, and it is not that we're talking about now. the people that are conducting this violence are a tiny of our society, and we need to remember that. they don't represent our country, in fact the people that you saw cleaning up in the aftermath of this, volunteering their time, providing free taxi rides for people to go to visit hospital in the aftermath of the southport attacks, those the people represent our country, but we do have to make sure we address this 2% part of that is about talking about the justice system and making sure people getjustice, and also thinking about who it is the radicalised. i thinking about who it is the radicalised.— thinking about who it is the radicalised. , . , radicalised. i 'ust want to briefly ask what you — radicalised. i just want to briefly ask what you think _ radicalised. i just want to briefly ask what you think your - radicalised. i just want to briefly ask what you think your late - radicalised. i just want to briefly l ask what you think your late wife, jo cox's message would be looking at this. ., ~ , jo cox's message would be looking at this. . ~ , ., , this. yeah, i think she would be incredibly upset. _ this. yeah, i think she would be incredibly upset. i _ this. yeah, i think she would be incredibly upset. i think-

this. yeah, i think she would be incredibly upset. i think she - this. yeah, i think she would be i incredibly upset. i think she would be surprised and i think she would be surprised and i think she would be worried about how quickly this took root, and frankly how some voices that she would have thought would have taken a stronger stand remain too quiet on this for too long. remain too quiet on this for too lona. �* ., remain too quiet on this for too lona. �* . ., ., remain too quiet on this for too lona. �* . ., u, ., ., long. brendan cox, the co-founder of the better together _ long. brendan cox, the co-founder of the better together organisation, - the better together organisation, thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. police say 378 arrests have been made since the rioting in towns and cities in england began a week ago — some of those charged have been appearing in court already today. daniel de simone looks at those facing charges. under arrest, but is the situation under control? and what inflamed it? after a weekend of violence, today came a series of court appearances. those charged include a boy of 14 and a pensioner aged 69.

some could face years in prison. john honey, seen in the st george's cross t—shirt, is charged with violent disorder, visible in a stream of online videos in hull on saturday, leaving looted stores and part of this terrifying attack... ..forcing the car's occupants to flee for their lives. a range of people took part in the disorder, from children to long—term far right activists. one of those present in southport was a convicted terrorist, neo—nazi matthew hankinson, using the mayhem to promote a race war. a former head of counterterror policing says some violence has crossed the threshold into terrorism. we have seen serious acts of violence designed to cause terror to a section of our community which have crossed the line into terrorism. and i hope my successors are looking

at that very closely. the targeting of hotels believed to be housing migrants comes after years of demonisation by the far right, with lists of hotels shared on social media, making it hard to know where might be struck next. on x, far—right convicted criminal stephen yaxley—lennon, also known as tommy robinson, spent the weekend inciting his thousands of followers, all from the safety of a sun lounger in cyprus. he was handed back his x account by the firm's owner elon musk, who posted, saying the uk was heading to civil war. x hasn't replied to the bbc�*s requests for comment. everyone who runs a social media platform should be responsible. that's what's got to change — stronger laws and social media companies who are called to account. and if they are not willing to exercise corporate social responsibility, they should be legislated against or we should be appealing to their advertisers

to cut their funding. partly because of social media, police fear this wave of violence is far from over. daniel de simone, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

it's been a day of enormous upheaval in bangladesh, after weeks of protests and violent clashes. it began in dhaka when the long reigning prime minister, sheik hasina, resigned and fled the country — these pictures show her helicopter leaving. 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 sheik hasina left, thousands of anti—government protesters stormed her official residence, while crowds celebrated in the streets.

widespread looting was also reported. 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. and in the last couple of hours, it was announced that the leading opposition figure and former prime minister khaleda zia would be released from prison. six years ago she was jailed on corruption charges that critics claimed were trumped up. the president has also ordered the released ofjailed protesters. 0ur south asia correspondent, samira hussain, reports now from delhi, in neighbouring india. demanding justice, they came by the thousands, calling for sheikh hasina to leave. and today the protesters got what they wanted. in an address to the nation, the army chief said the prime minister has left the country and that an interim government will be put in place.

for weeks, the country has been mired in violence, a swift and deadly crackdown on anti—government protests by police. hundreds left dead, many more injured. sheikh hasina's tenure was marred by allegations of human rights violations, election rigging, the murder and jailing of political rivals. jubilation now that her iron grip on bangladesh has ended. but that quickly turned to vandalism. huge crowds storming and looting her official residence. we lost our freedom of speech. we could not speak our mind. and today you can see everyone is out here. so i am here to celebrate this win. and we must believe, and we must never forget that if you speak the truth, you should never fear. despite pleading for calm, chaos remains.

the autocratic leader may be gone, but bangladesh's troubles are far from over. samira hussain, bbc news, delhi. let's speak to michael kugelman, who is director of the south asia institute at the wilson center. 15 years in powerfor sheikh hasina, did you expect her to depart this way? i did you expect her to depart this wa ? ., did you expect her to depart this wa ? . ., . ._ , way? i had thought that her days were numbered. _ way? i had thought that her days were numbered. she _ way? i had thought that her days were numbered. she had - way? i had thought that her days were numbered. she had been . way? i had thought that her days - were numbered. she had been losing support, she had been losing, so many people were so angry about her government, the particularly egregious response to peaceful protest, but she is a very strong, stubborn leader, and i would have thought that she would have tried to write things out for a few more days or weeks, write things out for a few more days orweeks, but write things out for a few more days or weeks, but clearly someone told her that it was not safe for her to continue to be and how to remote power and continue to be in

bangladesh, considering how serious the situation become. i bangladesh, considering how serious the situation become.— bangladesh, considering how serious the situation become. i wonder where ou think the situation become. i wonder where you think the — the situation become. i wonder where you think the country _ the situation become. i wonder where you think the country goes _ the situation become. i wonder where you think the country goes from - you think the country goes from here? we know the chief of the army has said there will now be an interim government, we have seen these scenes of celebration, but i just wonder how long you think that could last, how to rebut what we might see in terms of a transmission and a democratic one, at that? yeah, i mean there — and a democratic one, at that? yeah, i mean there is _ and a democratic one, at that? yeah, i mean there is a _ and a democratic one, at that? yeah, i mean there is a lot _ and a democratic one, at that? yeah, i mean there is a lot of _ and a democratic one, at that? yeah, i mean there is a lot of unrest - i mean there is a lot of unrest still playing out in bangladesh, and i think it will be very difficult to have the proper political environment to put together interim government so long as you have that unrest and violence continuing to play out. there isjust unrest and violence continuing to play out. there is just a lot of uncertainty about bangladesh's immediate future. the timeframe is unclear, we don't how long it will take to form an interim government, we don't know how long and into a government be in place, we don't how long the violence will continue. in a volatile political situation such as the one in bangladesh, long periods of uncertainty raised risks of more unrest among violence, so

hopefully things will settle down, hopefully things will settle down, hopefully it will be more clear in the coming days as to what will be next, particular in terms of the interim government, and hopefully the violence and unrest will subside sooner rather than later. it is worth remembering - sooner rather than later. it is worth remembering in all of this sheikh hasina was, i think, the longest serving female head of government anywhere in the world, so how did we get here? how did tide turned her rule? i how did we get here? how did tide turned her rule?— how did we get here? how did tide turned her rule? i would argue that she had been _ turned her rule? i would argue that she had been losing _ turned her rule? i would argue that she had been losing legitimacy - she had been losing legitimacy gradually in recent years. she was elected, re—elected in successive elections that were widely viewed as not credible, the most recent election earlier this year, the opposition boycotted completely. additionally, the economy had really gone downhill over the last few years, and i think what really was the key factor was the way in which the key factor was the way in which the government responded to these peaceful protest. the fact you had

helicopters firing on crowds, peaceful protesters down below, the fact she had several dozen people, according to preliminary investigation, that was shot in the head as part of this crackdown, i think the extent of the scale of the government's crackdown was just too much, and raise the anger i made it very difficult for her to be in a position to stay in power. has very difficult for her to be in a position to stay in power. as you said, 11 violence _ position to stay in power. as you said, 11 violence not _ position to stay in power. as you said, 11 violence not seen - position to stay in power. as you said, 11 violence not seen since l said, 11 violence not seen since bangladesh was fighting for its independence in 1971. in terms of next movements, we know sheikh hasina in her helicopter landing today in india, what do you think delhi will be making up all of this? what the relations between bangladesh and delhi and more crucially, i suppose, bangladesh and delhi and more crucially, isuppose, sheikh bangladesh and delhi and more crucially, i suppose, sheikh hasina, look like? ida crucially, i suppose, sheikh hasina, look like? ., , look like? no countries impacted more by india. — look like? no countries impacted more by india, no _ look like? no countries impacted more by india, no countries - look like? no countries impacted - more by india, no countries impacted more by india, no countries impacted more deleterious lay there in india when it comes to these changes in bangladesh, just because for many years the indian government had

viewed sheikh hasina and her party is the only viable political setup in bangladesh. if you'd any alternative to sheikh hasina and three back and something that could threaten indian interests, because the opposition is, in india was my view, a dangerous islamist force. it's in the top spot, but there is little that can do right now. i suspect it will try to engage the extent it can with the key stakeholders at the moment to bangladesh, which consists of the army, chief among them, and then just wait and watch and hope the past. just wait and watch and hope the -ast. ., . , ., ., , past. could have your thoughts, thank yon _ 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 labour announced only 140,000 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. james mccann, deputy chief economist at aberdeen investments joins us from boston. good to have you with us. just help us understand this, because much of the talk had been in the us about seeing a soft landing, now we're seeing a soft landing, now we're seeing concerns over the possibility a us recession, as tank markets on monday, particularly injapan. help us understand what's going on here. absolutely, i think the labour market report here in the us was a real concern. it cut through some of the details, we've not seen employment rates rise like this and not be in a recession many times

through history. i think there is a red light to look coming from the us labour market, and i think that's because a great deal of fear in financial markets. we have also got this big shift in the relative infrastructure between the us and japan, that's forced investors to unwind a number of the positions, so both of these effects have been very painful for risk assets, for markets, and we have seen sharp and volatile moves, and their pricing, it's been a very tough few days. with this indicate to you that the us federal reserve actually waited too long to cut interest rates? well, hindsight is a wonderful thing. i think if they were meeting this wednesday instead of last wednesday, there would be cutting rates this week. it is perhaps fair to say they feel a little behind the curve at the moment, but having said

that i don't think they will panic. the markets are doing some work for them, by september they cut basis points, by the end of the year that about hundred hundred 50 lower, then about hundred hundred 50 lower, then about 200 basis points lower. i don't think the fed needs to do something drastic like an emergency meeting, an unscheduled meeting. i think the market is taking some of the pressure, but certainly the fed will be on red alert when it looks ahead to september.— will be on red alert when it looks ahead to september. economies around the world room — ahead to september. economies around the world room be _ ahead to september. economies around the world room be watching _ ahead to september. economies around the world room be watching this - ahead to september. economies around the world room be watching this very i the world room be watching this very closely, with the possibility of global contagion. what you think about that? it global contagion. what you think about that?— global contagion. what you think about that? , . . ., about that? it is a concern for the alobal about that? it is a concern for the global economy. _ about that? it is a concern for the global economy, the _ about that? it is a concern for the global economy, the us - about that? it is a concern for the global economy, the us is - about that? it is a concern for the | global economy, the us is slightly into recession, it is worth saying they are looking across a much broader range of data, we don't hear the sides of the economy cracking,

but if the us were to slide into recession, that would have a big effect, what the us needs, sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. the emerging economies really struggle to, that will have a knock—on effect on trade, and we could be hit by domestic recession. joining us in boston, james, really good to talk to you. stay with us here on 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 south—western 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 — 8 degrees. ahead of that weather front, still a bit of warmth left there— around 16 or 17 degrees in one or two spots. now in summary, tuesday will start off sunny, clouds will bubble up through the course of the afternoon. showers are expected, particularly

across the north—west 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, south—east and further south you are. but on those winds, gusting 30 to perhaps even a0 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, then. 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.

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that uses fake online personas to trick people into fraudulent investments. we start here in the uk where police in the city of plymouth are dealing with rival groups who have gathered to protest. these are the latest pictures of the groups in the city — as you can see, it's a tense scene with a large police presence, keeping the groups apart. we will be bringing you more on this developing story as and when we get it. to tech now and what's known as a "pig butchering" online scam. this is apparently a type of romance scam that uses fake online personas to trick people into fraudulent investments. heard of the phrase? nor had i, but the approach — as you'll see — may be all too familiar. 0ur cyber correspondentjoe tidy

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