this was the scene at a hotel in staffordshire last night — we hearfrom one of the asylum seekers inside. the violence started after the southport stabbings — tonight, a vigil to mark a week since three children died. also tonight... keely hodgkinson gets the gold! god for keeley, gold for great britain, gold for being brilliant. and gold in cycling too, as team gb win the women's team sprint — we'll have the latest from paris. on bbc london, the soaring cost of housing the capital does homeless. new figures show the bill for temporary accommodation has gone a quarter.

good evening. there's fresh unrest on streets in england tonight, in plymouth and in birmingham. around 400 people have been arrested since violence first erupted last week. the head of the national police chiefs�* council says the rioting is the worst he's seen in more than a decade and he acknowledged that police forces are being stretched. the prime minister has said thousands of specialist police officers would be available to deploy over the summer if the unrest continues. the disorder began in southport after the fatal stabbings of three girls. it was sparked by posts on social media which wrongly blamed the stabbings 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 — from where our uk affairs correspondent, daniel sandford,

is there for us this evening. there were frightening scenes at this holiday inn express yesterday. it's now a hotel that is scarred and empty of migrants, part of what police are calling the worst violence in a decade. police forces and ministers are struggling to control the violence. they hope to arrest their way out of trouble, with quotes on standby for a flood of cases, but it's not clear how much of a deterrent that will be. 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. writing started on tuesday at a mosque in stockport, the day after three primary school aged girls were killed in the town. there was violence outside downing street in london on wednesday for the serious disorder in sunderland on friday led to burning cars and a fine next to the police office. and last night there was rioting at hotels housing asylum seekers in rotherham and tamworth. , , ., tamworth. this is some of the most terrible violence _ tamworth. this is some of the most terrible violence we _ tamworth. this is some of the most terrible violence we have _ tamworth. this is some of the most terrible violence we have seen - tamworth. this is some of the most terrible violence we have seen for. terrible violence we have seen for more than a decade and we are here to protect communities against it. thank pressures on senior officers are clear and the head of the met put the microphone of a reporter to

the ground in today flip so mark later apologised. the concern is that the violence doesn't stop here. close to 400 people have been arrested and those already before the courts are being kept in prison head of sentencing. i5 the courts are being kept in prison head of sentencing. is it the courts are being kept in prison head of sentencing.— head of sentencing. is it will reduce the _ head of sentencing. is it will reduce the number - head of sentencing. is it will reduce the number of - head of sentencing. is it will| reduce the number of people head of sentencing. is it will _ reduce the number of people prepared to take to streets and riot. the arrests, including this in sunderland today, are rising by the day as police officers pour through video evidence. some suspects, like these three, who pleaded guilty to violent disorder in sunderland, are already injail. police violent disorder in sunderland, are already in jail. police forces and the government hope that at some point the tensions will fizzle out. but these sins, people in birmingham, somewhere wearing balaclavas, coming out in account to this evening, so there is not much sign of that yet. you just saw those scenes in birmingham at the end of daniel's piece. let's go straight there to phil mackie. tell us more about what's happening.

those pictures you just saw were taken a few hours ago and that was at a demonstration in the mostly green, alum rock part of the city, after there were speculation that there was a plant far right protest through that area this evening. it turned out to be. information but nonetheless hundreds of people turned up, many wearing masks and some carry weapons, but it was a largely peaceful demonstration and i was there for several hours. then a group of masked youths began behaving with low—level criminal behaviour, reckless driving, anti—social behaviour and what's happened at the last hour or so if they have broken off and a group of them have attacked cars and a pub elsewhere in the city. i havejust come off the phone with the police say there are investigating several cases of criminal damage and one of carrying an offensive weapon, and the mp of birmingham yardley, whose constituency that is, jess phillips,

has just said that people in yardley are scared we have directed police that all violence we are hearing about, any acts of violence will not be tolerated, and the good news is please say that group of young muslim masked youths has done disparate and it seem that police are beginning to calm down. devon and cornwall have just said that 150 officers are deployed in plymouth city centre. they say violence will not be tolerated, hate will not be tolerated. they say work is ongoing to de—escalate the situation. our reporter scott bingham is there. tell us what's been happening. sophie, most of the protesters seem to have dispersed this evening but there are still pockets, basically, around us. there is a police line behind holding back some protesters, who we can only assume had responded to calls for a far right protest in the city. the situation here is

escalated throughout the day from about 6pm, when so—called antifascist protesters gathered here. at one point, there were 300 of them and they were a small fringe of them and they were a small fringe of counter protesters, but that's escalated during the day and there have been running battles and a number of injuries and arrests, and there are also reports that a local islamic centre just outside the city centre was at one point targeted. not sure what the situation is there at this stage, but most of the worst seems to have dispersed. police are still very much out in force and there are still a handful of protesters around. bricks were flying a short time ago but the situation seems to be calming as we speak. there was violence outside another holiday inn last night, this time in tamworth in staffordshire. one asylum seeker, who was in the hotel at the time, has told the bbc he was terrified, and praised the actions

of the police. navtej johal reports. early evening in tamworth. and the sparks of violence ignite. last night this was the scene at a hotel in the town housing asylum seekers. the crowd clashes with the police. officers are attacked. even sprayed with a fire extinguisher — anything that could be used as a weapon. what message are they trying to send? it soon becomes clear. this footage given exclusively to the bbc was found by a local resident. as the evening wears on, the crowd forced their way inside. the asylum—seekers were unhurt after police told them to lock themselves in their rooms. but three officers were injured. we have managed to find one

of the asylum—seekers who was inside the hotel last night. he's a kurdish 17—year—old who was separated from his family by smugglers and arrived in the uk a month ago. he is speaking to us on the phone with a call arranged through a volunteer at a local charity. translation: i was terrified. i escaped death myself from my home country and found refuge. and now here, i thought i was going to die last night. the asylum—seekers all ran upstairs. it was good that police were here with us. he says there are more than 100 asylum—seekers in the hotel who were taken to alternative accommodation in three buses in the early hours of the morning. what do you say to people who oppose public money being spent on asylum—seekers to live in hotel rooms? translation: i was forced to escape. i want to have a peaceful life. i'm not after money, i just want to live. just live. what would you like to say to the police officers who tried to protect you?

translation: until the day i die, i won't forget their help. - the police helped us a lot. today, the council and local residents have been clearing up last night's mass. i'm really sad, it's really upsetting to think that this has actually happened on the doorstep of where i live. i don't understand the mentality of it one iota. and i don't understand people coming downjust to watch last night either. i was amazed to see some people that i knew with families down here watching. the damage will be repaired. but the scars of what this incident has done to the town will take longer to fade. navteonhal, bbc news, tamworth. around 400 people have been arrested 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 simonejoins me now. what more do we know about those who have been involved? there what more do we know about those who have been involved?— have been involved? there are a whole range- —

have been involved? there are a whole range. a _ have been involved? there are a whole range. a boy _ have been involved? there are a whole range. a boy of _ have been involved? there are a whole range. a boy of 14, - have been involved? there are a whole range. a boy of 14, up - have been involved? there are a whole range. a boy of 14, up to l have been involved? there are a i whole range. a boy of 14, up to an oap of 69. they are charged with a range of offences including violent disorder. the former head of counterterrorism police told us eating some offences should be looked at as terrorism and that his successes should investigate it as that and a lot of this is being instigated online and probably the most influential instigator is tommy robinson, real name stephen yaxley lennon, a sinister and ludicrous figure, frankly, who's currently in cyprus, hiding, inflammatory material online and sitting on a sun lounger in cyprus tweeting philip the former head of counterterrorism also said he feel social media companies need to get to grips because it's become a lonely space people tommy robinson have free rein. in greater manchester, bolton remains tense, after rival groups faced off in the town centre over the weekend and had running battles with mounted police.

sima kotecha has spent the day there to judge the mood. this was bolton yesterday. fireworks and bottles were flung into the air, as violence quickly spread through the town centre. a day later, and immigrants like restaurant owner arif are struggling to fathom what happened. believe me, it was not safe. a lot of people throw stones, big stones. at the people in the street. the racial tension ripping through parts of the town is palpable. with some locals worried for their safety. my family says stay in now. even my own kids said, dad, mum, don't go out this weekend. it's very, very sad. people are scared going to mosque. his wife condemns the violence.

she says there should be fewer people coming here illegally. they need to put a stop on it. we are just full, you know what i mean? we need to sort the british people that's here. get these people off the street and put them in hotels. it's a different scene this afternoon, but more than 24 hours ago, this is where the violence started. anti—immigration protests took place outside the town hall, but around half an hour later, hundreds of men wearing balaclavas some had waved england flags, while others chanted allahu akbar. both sides at times engaging in violent disorder. it's made young people like hamza rethink their place in british society. they made me feel a way like i shouldn't be made to feel, something like a foreigner. i don't want to be made to feel like that, you know?

i am part of this country as well, just as much as they are. but i think there should be a sense of us, not just its their country, anything like that, it's all of our countries. we should all live together. katie razzall will have more on the unrest on newsnight on bbc two shortly. we will be asking, do politicians bear any responsibility for the violence across the country, and are the government and police doing enough to keep us safe? that's newsnight at 10:30pm on bbc two, bbc newsnight at 10:30pm on bbc two, bbc news and iplayer. all this violence began after the mass stabbings in southport on merseyside a week ago today. tonight a vigil has been held for the three children who were stabbed to death — nine—year—old alice dasilva aguiar, seven—year—old elsie dot stancombe and six—year—old bebe king. eight other children and two adults were also injured. a 17—year—old boy has been charged with their murder and attempted murder. fiona trott reports. it's what children love to do, so what better way to remember those three little girls?

and it means so much to the family of leanne lucas, who was running the class that day and tried to protect them. i think it's amazing. wonderful to see. it puts a smile on my face every day. seeing the likes of this everydayjust makes you feel so much better. what would you say to people in southport? thank you. thank you, i hold my hands up to every one of yous, thank you. it's heart—warming, it'sjust so nice to actually see. but as well as thanks, there are feelings of anger at the violence seen on the streets. disgusted. highly disgusted. some of the people that i even knew, it's pathetic. you knew some of the people? some of the pictures i've seen, yeah. what would you say to them if they were here? just stop it. it's pathetic. leanne's recovering at the moment — if she knew what was happening

out on the streets, what do you think she would say? she'd go mad. jan and daughter ellie were also here today. they've organised parties for many of the victims and have tried to help in the best way they can. we have some bracelet making stuff. because we do taylor swift parties, so we had all the taylor swift gear! yeah! ijust came down with little matt and brought all the bracelet making stuff down. everyone's going to stick together, you know, it's going to be the best southport has ever been. yeah, the strongest. definitely. come out of it stronger. the police say leanne's now been discharged from hospital, a huge moment for the family. can't wait. i can't wait, honestly, really can't wait to see her. can't wait to just tell her she's my little hero. there's been turmoil on financial markets around the world over fears that the us

economy is slowing down. stock markets have been faltering across europe following slumps in asian markets overnight. us stock markets opened down sharply this morning. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david is here. how much of an impact is it having? many people will not think of themselves as investors but if you have a pension fund, you will have been affected by this, the slump in the ftse 100. you can been affected by this, the slump in the ftse100. you can see there, down at levels last seen in april and all stemming from concerns happening farfrom our and all stemming from concerns happening far from our shores because this has been a global slump in markets. we can see how some of the markets have closed, including the markets have closed, including the us market, in the last few hours, it is down sharply and this is stemming, triggered by data in the us which suggests there could be a sharp slowdown. economists say the risk of recession there is still quite small, one in four but having said that, one in seven of every

pound spent in the global economy comes from american consumers, any kind of slow down their impacts demand for goods worldwide. on top of that, you have the rise in global stocks recently which investors think went too far so they are falling back also and if you look at japan, you can see that slump, they have specific problems relating to the value of the yen. we have a perfect storm of unsettling factors and traders are on holiday also so the number of shares trading has actually become quite low which causes issues and amplifies the swings. i'll be at a turning point? it is more a case of investors adjusting to a reality, not quite as ready as i thought. this does not signify a turning point for the global economy and a lot of these fears do turn out to be overdone. thank you. the prime minister of bangladesh has resigned and fled the country following weeks

of anti—government protests. thousands stormed sheikh hasina's official residence in the capital. the protests started last month, with students holding peaceful demonstrations calling on the government to abolish civil service job quotas. the protests then turned into a wider anti—government movement calling on the prime minister to stand down. 300 people have died in the clashes — more than 90 were killed yesterday alone. bangladesh's army chief has taken control and says he's forming an interim government. from dehli, sumira hussain reports. 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.

olympics now, and team gb have added to their medal haul, including two golds. keely hodgkinson ran an amazing 800m to comfortably take the top spot. and the women's cycling team had a historic win on the track. it means great britain is back up to fifth in the medals table, sitting just behind hosts france. let'sjoin natalie pirks, who is there in paris for us this evening. it was a glorious night at the velodrome and at the track that was a medal at keely hodgkinson craved the most. she was a world olympic and commonwealth silver medallist, always a bridesmaid, but denied it was not even close, she blew the field away to enter wait for the global title and become only the tenth british woman in athletics history to win olympic gold...

it's the life changing moment she knew was her destiny. finally, after years of silvers, the ultimate upgrade. in the balmy evening heat, fans came decked out for glory. forfriends from home, the anticipation was building. we are really nervous for her, just because it is also exciting, so it is kind of like butterflies, what is going to happen? but we kind of know what's going to happen! but there is no such thing as a short bet in sport. keely hodgkinson already decides to move to the front, she wants to control this. we knew keely had the speed, and her mental strength was never in question. but in the brutal 800, strategy is key. world champion mary moraa was plotting. with mary moraa on her shoulder, surely this is where keeley has to put her foot down? surely this is where she goes away?! but she was simply no match for the new queen. keely hodgkinson gets the gold!

a master of manifestation, she had envisaged crossing the line. line a million times, only this time was for real. i had a little cheeky look at the screen just to make sure. you can't do nothing until you have crossed that line and it is cemented. i am now the champion for the next four years and nobody can take that away from me. i can't believe it. the olympic champion went to school with european champion, lioness ella toone. an ecstatic ella was watching on, and had this message. congratulations, keeley. i've just been screaming at the telly. so proud of you. everyone was rooting for you back home. you've done us all proud. enjoy the celebrations. come on, keely! now $50,000 richer, the amount given to athletics champions in paris. but gold was the only currency she craved, and now the crown was rightly hers. elsewhere, britain had a brilliant night at the velodrome, but in the

first final they contested, the women's team sprint, in a world record time. silver and bronze medals in the kayak slalom paddling mix triathlon team relays. katie gornall reports. the women's sprint has long been the weakest link in britain's track team. not any more. having broke the world record in qualifying, this trio had their sights set on gold. katie marchant straining every sinew! against new zealand, they trailed after the first lap, but with 21—year—old emma finucane spearheading the charge, they did it. and it's a world record! the emotion was overwhelming, as sophie capewell�*s thoughts turned to her late father, nigel. the support, the journey to get here... everyone has been up and down, i've had my own personal battles. i wish my dad was up in the stands watching me. but i know he's proud of me. from a cauldron of speed to the chaos of kayak cross,

where the aim is to get through and under the course, and never mind who gets in your way. joe clarke had won gold in slalom in rio, but this is a new event in paris. he muscled his way to silver. kimberley woods was on for gold, but here at the top of your screen she got held up in a rapid. she recovered to win bronze. the crowd were amazing. and then like having to run down afterjoe straight after, and see him win a medal as well... so proud of myself but also proud of the team. in the mixed triathlon, britain boasted the men's olympic champion and the bronze medallist in the women's race. after one hour and 20 thrilling minutes of swimming, cycling and running, it came down to beth potter and a photo finish. germany get the gold and it's a photo for silver! the usa edged it by the narrowest of margins. i'm so proud of these guys, they put in 100%. what an amazing day. so another golden day for team gb, and with the track cycling onlyjust beginning, expect more to come.

a series of errors ended simone biles's bed to add more olympic gold to the three she has won in paris. the 27 year old — who is the most decorated gymnast in history — fell off the beam to finish fifth in what she called an odd final, and then twice landed with both feet outside the area to take silver in the floor competition, behind brazil's rebecca andrade. she said that her four medals here are beyond her wildest dreams. the boxing scandal engulfing these games rumbles on. two boxers are guaranteed medals, despite being banned last year by the international boxing association for allegedly failing gender eligibility tests, the international olympic committee who cleared the fighters here has questioned the validity of those tests. today, at an at times shambolic press conference, the iba defended the test, claiming they showed both boxers should not fight in the female category. here is dan

roan. it's the olympic controversy that just won't go away. allowed to compete in the women's boxing here, despite being disqualified from last year's world championships for reportedly failing gender eligibility tests, algeria's iman khelif and taiwan's lin yu ting find themselves at the centre of a growing storm. today, at a sometimes chaotic press conference, the iba promised more details. appearing via video link, its russian president attacked the ioc, which has suspended the governing body that has questioned the validity of the tests in 2022 and 2023 that led to both fighters being banned. both boxers were asked to take a further blood test. it demonstrated the chromosomes that we refer to within the technical competition rules that make both boxers ineligible. once the ioc have had that information previously, they haven't done anything with it. the iba claimed at the request of the boxers' respective national

olympic committees no more details could be given, although its former medical chief had this to say about khelif. the medical result notes and the laboratories say that this boxer is male. khelif has always insisted she is a woman and today called for an end to the global scrutiny of her biological sex. translation: it can destroy people. it can kill people's thoughts, spirit and mind. and it can divide people. and because of that, i ask them to refrain from bullying. the ioc, meanwhile, which is running the boxing competition here but has come under pressure to adopt stricter gender eligibility criteria, questioned the validity of the iba's tests. i can't tell you if they are credible or not credible because the source from which they came was not credible and the basis for the questions was not credible. the iba insists it is trying to protect women's sport, but the ioc suspended the russian—led body in 2019 over governance and integrity issues,

stripping it of its official status last year. what assurances can you give? and can you really be trusted as an organisation, given that trust is at the heart of this? there is no conspiracy theory. we don't have a conspiracy theory. that's not what it's about. i don't tell lies. there is no requirement for me to tell lies. this dispute has reignited the debate over how sport should balance inclusion with fairness and safety in women's competition. and with both khelif and lin now just two wins away from gold medals, it's a row that threatens to overshadow the remainder of these games. dan roan, bbc news, paris. would you like to see a real live spider—woman? of course you would! speed climbing as athletes killing a 15—metre high wall against the clock. and poland's aleksandra miroslaw twice broke her own world record today. after her first time of 6.21 seconds, she then went on to post 6.06 seconds.

absolutely rapid! we also had a world record here in the pole vault again, duplantis keeps literally raising the bar and tomorrow we will have the 2 fastest british women in history with dina asher—smith and daryll neita coming through their semifinals to make the 200 metres final and the rivalry will be renewed between the british world championjosh kerr and olympic champion josh kerr and olympic champion josh kerr and olympic champion jakob championjosh kerr and olympic championjakob ingebrigtsen in the men's 1500 championjakob ingebrigtsen in the men's1500 metres final. we will see you again tomorrow! time for a look at the weather.