the country after weeks of protests. the army chief says an interim government will be installed. bangladesh's president orders the release ofjailed former prime minister and leading opposition figure khaleda zia. iran says it needs to punish israel to prevent further instability in the region. a growing list of countries are urging citizens to leave lebanon as soon as possible. another night of unrest in england — this time in plymouth — where police have confronted an angry crowd. you're watching bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the big story first. there have been celebrations across bangladesh and among bengali communities around the world

following a day of enormous upheaval. it began in dhaka, when the long reigning prime minister sheikh hasina resigned her office 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 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. and it's also been 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 of jailed protesters. our 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 take a look closer look at the — let's take a look closer look at the career of sheikh hasina. her father_ at the career of sheikh hasina. her father was elected in 19

and — her father was elected in 19 and six _ her father was elected in 19 and six sorry, she was elected in1996~ — and six sorry, she was elected in 1996. ., , ., , in 1996. later she was re-elected _ in 1996. later she was re-elected in - in 1996. later she was re-elected in 2009 i in 1996. later she was - re-elected in 2009 governing re—elected in 2009 governing for more than 20 years in total. she has endured numerous arrests while in opposition as well as several assassination attempts stop edited with overseeing the country's economic progress in recent years she was also seen as a pro—democracy figure. recently she had been accused of turning autocratic and clamping down on opposition to her leadership. 0ur reporter sent this report from the centre of the capital and people are now concerned about what happened next. we receive about what happened next. - receive reports that violence is taking place in different parts of the country especially the leaders and activists in the leaders and activists in the party of sheikh hasina, their houses that make their houses came under attack. many police stations and other government properties came under attack. bangladesh's main

international airport was closed for six hours because most of the police officers were on duty at the immigration desk. they fled from the immigration desk and that is why the army and bangladeshi air force had to close the airport for six hours. now the main thing before the interim government restores layer and order. many people are now scared about what will happen next because in many places in bangladesh there is lawlessness. in the days to come it will be a daunting task for the interim government to restore normalcy in the country. let's get you from let's get you up—to—date with the middle east. this iran says it does not want to escalate tensions, but believes it needs to punish israel to prevent further instability in the region. but there are fears that an escalation is imminent.

the growing tension follows last week's killings of the hamas political chief while he was in tehran and a senior commander of the lebanese group hezbollah. a growing number of countries, including the us and saudi arabia, have urged their citizens to leave lebanon as soon as possible. the us secretary of state has held calls with leaders in the region urging restraint, saying the region is at a critical moment. we are engaged in intense diplomacy pretty much around the clock, with a very simple message. all parties must refrain from escalation. all parties must take steps to ease tensions. escalation is not in anyone's interest. it will only lead to more conflict, more violence, more insecurity. it's also critical that you break this cycle by reaching a ceasefire in gaza. that in turn will unlock possibilities for more enduring calm, not only for gaza itself but in other areas

where the conflict could spread. so, for the united states, for many other countries both in the region and beyond, this is ourfocus, and what it comes down to, really, is all parties finding ways to come to an agreement, not look for reasons to delay or to say no. it is urgent that all parties make the right choices in the hours and days ahead. getting news that came in a short while ago in the last few hours american military officials say that several us soldiers have been wounded in an attack on an air base in iraq. a suspected rockets were fired at the facility in the west of the country last week the united states said it carried out a strike in iraq against militants who posed a threat to coalition forces.

wanting now to our north american correspondent david willis. david, good to have you with us. what more do we know about this latest strike? reports are still coming in but as you say reports suggest that there were two rocket attacks on the al—assad military base jointly run by the iraqi and us airforces. there are jointly run by the iraqi and us air forces. there are as many as five casualties some thought to be quite serious. the question is is this linked to the threat by iran to avenge the threat by iran to avenge the killing of the hamas leader last week? that remains to be seen. but of course, today, president biden and vice president biden and vice president harris met in the

situation room with members of the secret service and the intelligence services here and they were looking into the situation and the growing tensions in the middle east and afterwards the white house released a statement saying that the briefing focused on the threat posed by iran and its proxies to israel and to us service members in the region. the briefing went on to say it also focused on military efforts to support the defence of israel should it be attacked again. you mentioned intense diplomatic activity on the part of the united states to attempt to tamp down the tensions in the middle east and avoid the prospect of conflict widening in the region. we know that president biden spoke today to the king ofjordan and antony blinken and spoke with the

prime minister of qatar and mr blink and, as you mentioned,... . apologies i think we lost that connection _ . apologies i think we lost that connection with - . apologies i think we lost that connection with david willis but we will try and re—establish contact with him. for the moment let's also get some more analysis on the developments coming out of the middle east with a professor of middle east with a professor of middle east with a professor of middle east politics at deakin university. thank you for your time here on newsday. it is going to be nearly one week since the assassination. iran has vowed revenge. what do you make of the time being taken by iran to respond?— iran to respond? thank you for havin: iran to respond? thank you for having me- _ iran to respond? thank you for having me- i— iran to respond? thank you for having me. i think— iran to respond? thank you for having me. i think iran - iran to respond? thank you for having me. i think iran needs i having me. i think iran needs to calibrate its result —— response to israel. they blame israel and they blame the united states for the attack, for the assassination but the major concern is that iran does not want to give an excuse to the united states to hit iran.

it does not want to start an all—out conflict with israel. that is why they need to be very careful how they respond. they will respond, it is not a question of if, but when. iran cannot afford to let this go and look completely weak and lose all credibility among its proxies and allies.— proxies and allies. you are talkin: proxies and allies. you are talking about _ proxies and allies. you are talking about them - proxies and allies. you are talking about them trying l proxies and allies. you are l talking about them trying to calibrate the risks involved. i want to ask you more about that. how far, in your opinion, can iran go offensively if it does want to avoid all—out war and how hard willoughby to calibrate that risk that you talk about this to mark i think they can probably try and target military installations in israel and they can try to not give advance warning because the last time iran sent a borat of missiles and loans towards they gave israel

advance warning, 2a hours warning. so advance warning, 24 hours warning-— advance warning, 24 hours warninu. , ., ., ,, warning. so israel and the us are prepared- _ warning. so israel and the us are prepared. this _ warning. so israel and the us are prepared. this time - warning. so israel and the us are prepared. this time i - warning. so israel and the us| are prepared. this time i think iran would probably try and organise a surprise attack even though everyone expects it to happen and minimise civilian casualties. so hit strategically located targets so that it can justify among its proxies and friends that it has hit back at israel without causing too much civilian damage and without causing, bringing the united states into the conflict.— the conflict. how do you see other proxies _ the conflict. how do you see other proxies of _ the conflict. how do you see other proxies of iran - the conflict. how do you see other proxies of iran helping iran in the circumstances, groups like hezbollah or the houthis in yemen?- groups like hezbollah or the houthis in yemen? they are already involved _ houthis in yemen? they are already involved in - houthis in yemen? they are already involved in the - already involved in the conflict. even the ts militia in iraqi. we heard that ts

militia in iraq have tried to hit us asset, us targets in iraq. so those actors are going to be integral to the iranian response. the tricky part is that these proxy actors do not always have to wait for an orderfrom always have to wait for an order from tay always have to wait for an orderfrom tay run always have to wait for an order from tay run to engage. they can act on their own and that makes it complicated. it really brings in a certain amount of uncertainty into the picture and things can get out of hand. �* , ., ., i. of hand. briefly, how do you see the failure _ of hand. briefly, how do you see the failure of— of hand. briefly, how do you see the failure of lahri's - see the failure of lahri's intelligence and security. —— of iran's intelligence and security? it was embarrassing for the iranians. israel has conducted

similar targeted assassinations in iran in the past so israel has that capacity approving capacity to do that. nonetheless the inauguration of the president was supposed to be an occasion of a showing of force and celebrating the regional reach of iran, celebrating how iran is maintaining, supporting and in during the support of allies and support of proxies in the region. to have an attack on this occasion was a major embarrassment and i understand that there have been arrests within the security agencies for the failure. we within the security agencies for the failure.— within the security agencies for the failure. we will have to leave _ for the failure. we will have to leave it _ for the failure. we will have to leave it there. _ for the failure. we will have to leave it there. thank - for the failure. we will have to leave it there. thank you j to leave it there. thank you very much for your time here on newsday. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

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the un says nine of its staff members in gaza may have been involved in the october 7th attacks carried out by hamas, and have since been fired. in a statement, the agency's commissioner general philippe lazzarini said the evidence, if corroborated, "could indicate that the unrwa staff members may have been involved" in the attacks. john sudworth is our north america correspondent. he told me about the difficult position unrwa now finds itself in. it was already in a very difficult position, unrwa, because these allegations were extremely serious. to the extent that when israel first raised them, back injanuary, saying it had intelligence to show what it claimed were 19 individuals who had either been directly involved in the attacks last october or had offered support to those taking part in the attacks. a number of countries withdrew funding

for unrwa, pending more information. the united states is continuing to withhold funding from unrwa. you would have to assume that this news today, this investigation has been completed, and that the un's own internal investigation officers found that there was sufficient evidence against nine of those 19 individuals to suggest that they may have taken part will, you know, not help the position of the aid agency, and the work that it does in gaza that is so vitally needed. john, you mention that funding. i wanted to ask about that. many countries withdrew funding to the un agency because of the allegations but injuly the uk and other countries resume that. do you think in light of those developments, funding may be in question again from those countries? i mean, that's

difficult to say. to some extent, the allegations were already out there. israel had made it clear that these were very serious allegations, that some of these individuals were accused, israel said it had for example phone signal data, intercepts of conversations, to suggest some of them had taken part. in one instance, in the kidnapping, in other cases, into crossing over into israel and taking part in those attacks. they were deemed serious enough when they first emerged. people to withdraw funding. 0n the other hand, of course, the united nations, you know, while taking it very seriously, conducting this investigation, has pointed out that it employs 13,000 workers for the unrwa aid agency. it's a large organisation. and although it says in a statement

from one of the spokespeople today that it would see it as a tremendous betrayal if any one of those staff had been involved, in that context i think some countries have decided that the need for this aid is so great that the funding would resume... the other thing which is really interesting is the use of that word may. there is nothing else from the un about the evidence it has discovered, the strength of it or the detail. so questions will be asked of the un in the coming days and weeks to elaborate further on exactly what it is that it has found. switching focus to the top story that we continue to track in the uk. there's been another night of violence in england — this time in the city of plymouth. police there have warned that anyone committing criminal offences will be "dealt with robustly". it's a tense scene in the city, with a large police presence keeping opposing groups apart. police say more than 375

arrests have been made since the violence started last week and they expect that total to rise every day as more people are identified the latest unrest is just hours after prime minister sir keir starmer said the government was ramping up the criminal justice system to deal with the numbers of people charged over alleged involvement in weekend riots. some have already appeared in court. 0ur reporter scott bingham is in plymouth and sent this update from the scene. 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 of the protesters, who we can only assume responded to those calls for a far right protest in the city. the situation here has escalated throughout the day. from about six o'clock, so called antifascist protesters gathered here. at one point, there were 300 of them, just a small fringe,

really, of counter protesters. but that escalated during the day and there has been running battles, a number of injuries and a number of arrests. and 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. the police are still very much out in force and still a handful of protesters around. the bricks were flying a short time ago but the situation seems to be calming as we speak. the unrest began last week after the fatal stabbings of three girls in southport. eight other children and two adults were also injured in the attack. there was a vigil in the city on monday evening, with balloons and bubbles released. posts on social media falsely blamed the attacks on a muslim migrant. sir keir starmer announced the government would "ramp up" the criminal justice system, to ensure it could cope with the expected

surge in prosecutions. here's some of what the prime minister said. there are a number of actions that came out of the meeting, the first is we will have a standing army of specialist officers, public duty officers, so that we will have enough officers to deal with days where we need them. the second is we will ramp up criminaljustice. there have already been hundreds of arrests, some have appeared in court this morning. i've asked for early consideration of the earliest naming and identification of those involved in the process. a close watch on those developments on our website as well. the olympics are entering their second and final week and there is a nation we do not hear as much from russia. it was once a medal winning heavyweight in the olympics but you will not find the country in the middle table this year

after it was banned over the war with ukraine. the paris 0lympics war with ukraine. the paris olympics are not being televised in russia and state media has launched critters stinging criticism of the event. it is not the seine river and it is certainly not paris. this is an olympic champion on board. a highjumper is here to launch a fusion fashion sports music event. she is not in paris defending her 0lympic title. team russia is barred due to the war in ukraine. track and field stars from russia not allowed in as neutral athletes. and that hurts. translation: we should be there. hurts. translation: we should be there- i _ hurts. translation: we should be there. i cannot _ hurts. translation: we should be there. i cannot even - hurts. translation: we should be there. i cannot even bring - be there. i cannot even bring myself to follow the athletics at this games. it is too painful. the olympics are a festival, the greatest event in the world. festival, the greatest event in the world-— the world. not so say the russian _ the world. not so say the russian papers. - the world. not so say the russian papers. they - the world. not so say the - russian papers. they dubbed the paris 0lympics russian papers. they dubbed the paris olympics the games of satan. the olympics of health

and, potentially, the worst in history. it looks like russia wins the gold for sour grapes. i saw the olympic games was about sport that it is no longer about sport. it is politics, religion everything. it is no longer sport. it is very sad because the original idea of the olympic games was to create peace.— to create peace. russia has invaded ukraine. _ to create peace. russia has invaded ukraine. that - to create peace. russia has invaded ukraine. that is - to create peace. russia has| invaded ukraine. that is not peace. invaded ukraine. that is not eace. , , . invaded ukraine. that is not eace. ,, ., .,, invaded ukraine. that is not eace. ,, ., , peace. russia has been protecting _ peace. russia has been protecting their - peace. russia has been| protecting their people. interest in the olympics was skyhigh in russia. moscow hosted the 1980s summer games here and it used to send hundreds of athletes to olympic games. this time around only 15 russians have been competing in paris as neutral athletes. they had to undergo vetting processes to prove they do not actively support russia's war on ukraine. no vetting here. in

a moscow park we found a russian nationalist group organising a sports festival to whip up interest in traditional russian recreations. it is a world away from paris 2024. some of this has nothing at all in common with sport. for the first time in 40 years, russian television is not showing the olympics. few tears here. i 0lympics. few tears here. i have not followed the olympics for ages this man says. so what we can't watch it? fighting talk but having no team at the olympics is a sign of russia's isolation. no victory in that. that is all for now, stay with bbc news.

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. 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, 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 right the way across the uk, so we are more likely to have some rain from time to time.

saw its worst day since the black monday crash. a us federaljudge has ruled that google's online search monopoly is illegal, paving the way to reshape how technology companies operate. hello and welcome to business today. i'm arunoday mukharji. we are seeing some signs of stabilisation across the markets. japan, which saw its worst day since the 1987 black and a crash, is regaining ground today, up 8%. and a crash, is regaining ground today, up 8%. those and a crash, is regaining ground today, up 8%. those are the figures that are coming in. our reporter has the latest. 0ur reporter has the latest. what are you crazy volatility. yesterday a circuit breaker was triggered because the nikole felt too much and this morning the same

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