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officers are saying they will be more arrests and charges in the next couple of days. it is time to take a quick look at a few of the stories the financial times leading on global stock markets falling sharply as fears of a us recession drive a sell—off. the i focused on the riots, a standing army of sell—off. the i focused on the riots, a standing army of light police but officers fear shortages. daily mail picking up the elon musk spat with keir starmer. tinderbox britain, anger over the elon musk�*s claim that civil war is inevitable. and a fabulous queen keely cruising to golden glory. she is on the front of the times. keely hodgkinson is celebrating winning britain's first athletics gold medal at the olympics. that paper also focusing
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on the recession and elon musk. the daily telegraph, keir starmer in spat with elon musk over the riots. the guardian, far right attacks should be seen as terrorism, says an ex police chief. we could have continued talking about that for a long time tonight, but that is all we have time for. i am back tomorrow, thank you to the panel and all of you for your company, good night. this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines. police in plymouth push back demonstrators after they clash with officers in riot gear — several officers are injured. in birmingham, several vehicles
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and a pub have been attacked by a group of muslim youths — following false reports that far—right protestors planned to march through the area. this was a hotel in staffordshire last night. we hearfrom one of this was a hotel in staffordshire last night. we hear from one of the asylum seekers inside. i last night. we hear from one of the asylum seekers inside.— last night. we hear from one of the asylum seekers inside. i have asked for early consideration _ asylum seekers inside. i have asked for early consideration of _ asylum seekers inside. i have asked for early consideration of the - for early consideration of the earliest naming and identification of those involved in the process, who will feel the full force of the law. earlier today, the prime minister announces a "standing army" of specialist police. also tonight, a vigil was held to mark a week since three children died in fatal stabbings in southport. good evening. there's fresh unrest on streets in england tonight, in plymouth and in birmingham. around 400 people have been arrested since the violence first erupted last week. the head of the national police chiefs council says the rioting
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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. devon and cornwall have just said 150 officers deployed in plymouth city centre tonight... they have also said violence will not be tolerated, hate will not be tolerated. work is ongoing to de—escalate the situation. with more on this our news correspondent chi chi uzundu. it would appear the demonstration started earlier this afternoon and they were largely peaceful. the
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police congratulated people who operated within the law, which they said was the majority of the demonstrators, but a small pocket of far right protesters came into the area and have started pelting officers with projectiles including bricks, fireworks and stones. we understand a number of officers have sustained injuries. a police van was assaulted earlier this afternoon. and the police are trying to de—escalate the situation. they are trying to get as many protesters out of the area, as quickly as possible, to quash the violence going on. earlier today, we heard from the local mp, luke pollard, who said, echoing the police lines, that hate is not tolerated and violence is not tolerated in the streets of plymouth. he said, diversity of our
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area makes us stronger. but again tonight, police are being stretched because they are having to focus resources into trying to keep demonstrations in line, and trying to stop the violence going on in plymouth right now.— to stop the violence going on in plymouth right now. from what we were hearing _ plymouth right now. from what we were hearing earlier, _ plymouth right now. from what we were hearing earlier, did _ plymouth right now. from what we were hearing earlier, did the - were hearing earlier, did the council realise protests were being organised, and they did what they could to make sure as many people as possible were out of the city centre, but still we have seen quite large numbers gather.— large numbers gather. quite large numbers gathering, _ large numbers gather. quite large numbers gathering, yes. - large numbers gather. quite large numbers gathering, yes. a - numbers gathering, yes. a pro—immigration and an anti—immigration, if you like, demonstration. as i said, it started off peacefully. just on opposite sides of the road, shouting at each other. but then this other group turned up and it turned violent. as you said, the council tried to move
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people out of the area. some businesses closed early in order to try and not get involved in any of the violence. we have seen a tactic that riot police tend to use during rioting, which is cackling groups, effectively the police surround a small group of people and they close in. —— kettling groups. we have seen a bit of that in plymouth, but effectively the violence is still continuing. i have seen projectiles like bricks in some footage being thrown at the police, police dogs being used to basically try and move people out of the area, to stop the violence. ., ., . ,, , ., violence. for the moment, thank you very much. — violence. for the moment, thank you very much. with _ violence. for the moment, thank you very much, with the _ violence. for the moment, thank you very much, with the latest _ violence. for the moment, thank you very much, with the latest from - very much, with the latest from plymouth. in birmingham, several vehicles and a pub have been a attacked by a group of muslim youths following false reports that far right protesters planned to move through the area.
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phil mackie is in birmingham this evening and sent this report about unrest in the city. there was speculation that there was a planned far right protest through that area this evening. it turned out to be false information, but nonetheless, hundreds of people turned up, many of them wearing masks, some carrying weapons as you saw. but it was a largely peaceful demonstration. i was there for several hours. but then a group of masked youths began behaving in sort of low—level criminal behaviour, reckless driving, anti—social behaviour. what's happened in the past hour or so is that they've broken off, and a group of them have attacked cars and a pub elsewhere in the city. i've just come off the phone to the police, they say they're investigating several cases of criminal damage, one of assault, one of carrying an offensive weapon. the mp for birmingham yardley, in whose constituency that is, jess phillips, hasjust posted on x. she said, "people in yardley are scared tonight, we have directed police to all locations of violence we are hearing about. any acts of violence will not be tolerated." the good news, sophie, is the police say that group of young muslim masked youths has now dispersed and it seems things are beginning to calm down.
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the worst of the violence yesterday was in rotherham in south yorkshire, from where our uk affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. 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 and the six days of violence before led the prime minister to promise that a force of 6,000 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 rioting started on tuesday
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at a mosque in stockport, at a mosque in southport, the day after three primary school—aged girls were killed in the town in a mass stabbing. there was violence outside downing street in london on wednesday. serious disorder in sunderland on friday led to burning cars and a fire next to the police office. and last night there was rioting at hotels housing asylum seekers in rotherham and tamworth. this is some of the most terrible violence we've seen for probably more than a decade and we're here to protect communities against it. the pressures on senior officers were clear when the head of the met pushed the microphone of a reporter to the ground in whitehall today. sir mark rowley later apologised. the police's concern is that the violence doesn't stop here. close to 400 people have been arrested and those already put before the courts are being kept in prison ahead of sentencing. the hope is it will reduce the
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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 pore through video evidence of the disorder. some suspects, like these three, who pleaded guilty to violent disorder in sunderland, are already injail. police forces and the government hope that at some point the tensions will fizzle out. but these scenes, people in birmingham, some wearing balaclavas, coming out of a counter—protest this evening, say there is not much sign of that yet. daniel sandford, bbc news, rotherham. 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.
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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 to the bbc was filmed 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
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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
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residents have been clearing up last night's mass. up last night's mess. 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 simone reports. various first appearances today, we had a boy of ia up to an oap of 69. they are charged with a range of offences including violent disorder. the former head of counterterrorism policing today told us he thinks
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some of the offences should be looked at as terrorism, it crossed the threshold into that, and that his successors should be investigating it as that. a lot of this is instigated online, and the most influential instigator is tommy robinson, real name stephen yaxley lennon. a really sinister and ludicrous figure, frankly, who is currently away on cyprus hiding, tweeting inflammatory material online, sitting on a sun lounger in cyprus tweeting away. and the former head of counterterrorism said he feels social media companies need to get a grip of this because it has become a lawler space where people like tommy robinson have free rein. —— a lawless space. all this violence began after the mass stabbings in southport in merseyside a week ago today. tonight a vigil has been held for the three children who were stabbed to death — 9—year—old alice dasilva aguiar, 7—year—old elsie dot stancombe and 6—year—old bebe king. eight other children and two adults were also injured.
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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 --eole in south ort? . ~ ,, 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?
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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
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she's my little hero. 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. 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,
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don't go out this weekend." it's very, very sad. people are scared going to mosque. his wife condemns the violence. but 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 2a 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 and masks charged towards the building. 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
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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'm part of this country as well, just as much as they are. but i think there should be a sense of us, notjust its their country, anything like that, it's all of our countries. we should all live together. as we've been hearing the prime minister, sir keir starmer announced the government would "ramp up" the criminaljustice system, to ensure it could cope with the expected surge in prosecutions. our political correspondent damian grammaticas is at westminster. he has been talking about how the courts are going to do that, alongside the meeting of the emergency cobra committee today. yes, the emergency meeting today is all about coordination, about
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getting around the table all of the senior government, security, law enforcement figures, to plan the coordination and the resources neededin coordination and the resources needed in the coming days and weeks. that is what that focused on. but also on what the government should be doing now, and so there we saw... the first thing, before we talk about the criminal justice the first thing, before we talk about the criminaljustice side, is the actual policing and the arrests, the actual policing and the arrests, the police effort going on. there we saw the government and sir keir starmer laying out this plan for what he called a standing army, we think 6000 police officers who can be called on nationwide, drawing on existing resources, but supplementing the existing situation in place, where police forces can call in additional help. that's one sort of practical policing measure.
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off the back of that is this idea that there should be a sort of surge in criminaljustice handling of this. as already discussed over the weekend, that means putting in place more court time to handle the cases of those arrested, more prosecutors, some deployed around the country already to make very quick decisions based on initial evidence, if there's enough evidence immediately to what charges to bring, and that process is already being seen happening, with some people are being arrested, around 400 now, some of those still being held, some charged, some already appearing in court on monday and more in the coming days, some reminded already to appear in several weeks' time... some of them likely to be held in custody for that period. but some of them likely to be held in custody for that period.— custody for that period. but all this talk of _ custody for that period. but all this talk of quick _ custody for that period. but all this talk of quickjustice - custody for that period. but all this talk of quickjustice and i this talk of quickjustice and coming down hard on these offenders, it isn't deterring people at the moment, is it? as we have seen from
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the scenes in plymouth and birmingham to name two places today. that's certainly the concern of the government, that's why you saw that meeting happening today. the government wanting to plan and show it is planning. and also the prime minister wanted to send out that message. he called notjust for quickjustice, but he said he had asked for quick naming as well, so people are identified. what happens to them, the consequences of their actions are then known and reported, and i think the idea is that would come pretty quickly and become an example the government hopes would be a deterrent. but at the minute, yes, you have seen police forces all around england in multiple locations trying to mobilize police officers, finding quite large numbers in these pockets of unrest, riots around the country, trying to respond to those.
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certainly the government's concern, it needs to get on top of this and needs to get on top of both the criminaljustice side but also the causes of it. there, the final element the prime minister was talking about today was a social media. we saw a meeting already in the evening with representatives of the evening with representatives of the biggest social media companies, x. the biggest social media companies, x, formerly twitter, the parent company of facebook, meta, pressing them to do more to limit the spread of misinformation. 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.
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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.
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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. the women's cycling team had a historic win on the track. and keely hodgkinson ran an amazing 800m to comfortably take the top spot in what was an impressive performance, as emily brown reports. it was a brilliant win for keely hodgkinson, an olympic gold medal in the 800 metres.
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she secured a silver medal in tokyo three years ago when she wasjust i9, and that's when she broke dame kelly holmes' british record. she came in as the favourite today and it was clear that she was in her best form. she said it would be life—changing if she wins, and that's what she did. she beat the world champion mary moraa of kenya, and it was perhaps a harder race than she'd expected, but on the home straight she pushed and secured her victory. there were smiles all round to finish. that is the first gold for team gb in athletics since mo farah won double gold in rio in 2016. and let's not forget keely is just 22 years old, so no doubt she has a huge career ahead of her. darren bett has the weather. hello there. tuesday is going to feel cooler and fresher, some sunshine, could be a few showers as well. on monday, though, the highest temperature of the day was in north—eastern scotland.
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temperatures in the moray firth got up to 27 degrees. that was in this warm and humid air ahead of this weather front here, which is bringing some rain in from the west. following on from that, we see the cooler and fresher air moving into the north—west of the uk. the rain on that weather front increasingly light and patchy, but quite a change coming into northern ireland. temperatures some ten degrees lower than at the same time on monday morning. a more comfortable night for sleeping. quite muggy, though, across the midlands and eastern england. a little rain here, could prove to be a bit hit and miss. that moves through, then we get some sunshine following. the odd shower coming in over the irish sea, but most of these showers getting blown into northern ireland and western scotland. a bit drier in eastern scotland, but we're not going to see the high temperatures we had on monday in that cooler and fresher air. the highest temperatures towards the south—east of england, the mid 20s here. but with that weather front out of the way, we still have the low pressure getting closer to the north—west. that's strengthening the winds,
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quite windy for the time of year on wednesday. to greet the day, we have some wet weather in scotland. as that moves through, more showers in scotland and northern ireland — with that stronger wind, we could blow a few showers further east across england and wales. still looking dry in the south—east of england, but temperatures even here will be lower on wednesday. 18—22 celsius is a little below the average for this time of year. the area of low pressure to the north of scotland does finally move away by thursday, but it allows these weather fronts to come in from the atlantic. we will find the cloud thickening and increasing during the day on thursday, some rain and drizzle setting in. still uncertainty as to how far north the rain is going to get. now pushing a little further north into the central belt of scotland. northern scotland dry, and we may not get much rain towards the south—east of england, with temperatures into the low 20s. but we're not going to see a return of the heat. that's because the position of the jet stream is rushing

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