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bangladesh's parliament is dissolved to make way for a new government, a day after the prime minister sheikh hasina resigned and fled the country. blindfolded and beaten — israel's leading human rights organisation has likened the country's prison system to a network of torture camps for palestinians. and artists from 58 countries are putting on more than 52,000 performances, as the edinburgh fringe gets under way. hello. we start this hour here in the uk, where there's been renewed rioting in some cities in england and northern ireland. in belfast, police officers came under "sustained attack." petrol bombs, masonry and bricks were thrown towards police. petrol was also poured over a land rover and set alight. the worst outbreaks of violence
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came in belfast, plymouth, and darlington. nearly 400 people have been arrested after a week of violent disorder, which began last week in southport after the fatal stabbings of three girls and escalated following misinformation about the identity of the perpetrator. as the latest disorder unfolded, the prime minister criticised the owner of x — elon musk — who posted that �*civil war is inevitable�*. our first report is from our correspondent aruna iyengar. chanting: refugees are welcome here. two opposing protests in plymouth started out peacefully, before vocal clashes between the anti—racism and anti—immigration groups.
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police in riot gear were deployed to keep the groups apart, and several officers suffered injuries as violence later broke out. it was kind of terrifying. hundreds of people moved up the hoe park onto the end of the promenade and the memorial area. ten minutes after that, there was a strong police presence kind of dissipating them after they'd set fires and things. and then there was a huge group of rioters outside our front door, kind of smashing things, organising themselves for further mischief. and then ten minutes after that, it had completely moved back down towards the town centre area. the crowd should disperse immediately. there was also unrest in south belfast. last night, riot teams were deployed to sandy row as a petrol bomb and stones were thrown at police officers. in birmingham, cars were smashed and a pub was damaged after protesters gathered following false rumours of a planned far—right demonstration.
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and a hate—crime investigation is under way in burnley after gravestones in the muslim section of a cemetery were covered in white paint. i still think that there is a way to bring this to an end by people coming together as a community in the way that we've seen in the clean—up operations. now, clearly, that strength of community spirit is there, and that's what we call upon to bring this violence to an end. meanwhile, in southport, the community is dealing with the horrors of last week, and the disorder that's followed. the family of leanne lucas, who was stabbed while leading the children's dance class, have shared their disbelief at what's going on around the country. just go home, just let us recover the best we can. i know we're never going to recover but at least give us chance to. police say they're working around the clock to identify more people involved in the violent disorder, with more arrests expected in the coming days.
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aruna iyengar, bbc news. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you a line of breaking news on these violent disorders that have been taking place across the united kingdom. the crown prosecution service has just said that a man has been charged with intending to stir up racial hatred related to an alleged post on facebook. the director of legal services at the cps has said they have authorised west yorkshire police to chargejordan parlour, who is 28, with using threatening words or behaviour intended to stir up racial hatred. the charge relates to alleged facebook posts between the first and 5th of august in connection with the violent public disorder across the uk. they go on to say it is extremely important that there should be no reporting commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings. he is due to appear at leeds magistrates�*
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court on tuesday. let�*s cross to our political correspondent at westminster. harry, this is one of the elements that the government is quite concerned about, that staring up quite concerned about, that staring up of incitement on social media. he was up of incitement on social media. he: was very clear yesterday that he wanted to see those who were prosecuted who are taking part in the violence either in person on streets. but also inciting violence online. i suppose that line of breaking news that you just shared with us then is an indication that those prosecutions are happening or beginning to happen at least, not just for those who were attending these riots in person and committing violence on the streets but also those inciting violence online. i suppose there is also a separate issue about spreading misinformation online, which has been behind some of the violent disorder that we have
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seenin of the violent disorder that we have seen in the last few days. ministers are concerned about that. in that context the prime minister finds himself in a bit of a war of words with elon musk, the ceo of x, one of the richest man in the world with 193 million followers. elon musk had shared a post by the far right activist stephen yaxley—lennon, also known as tommy robinson. he highlighted that to 193 million followers. we also went on to respond to another post on sane civil war is inevitable in the uk. i was at a briefing in downing street yesterday when the prime minster�*s official spokesperson said there is no justification for comments like that. but last night elon musk went on to criticise the prime minister directly. keir starmer had said he would not tolerate attacks on muslim communities, to which elon musk said in response, shouldn�*t you be concerned about a tax on all communities? so that is a bit of a
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spat as it were between elon musk and the prime minister. for what it�*s worth the technology secretary spoke to representatives from acts as well as matter, google and tiktok yesterday following that meeting the government has argued that social media company should be doing more to tackle the spread of this information online. following that meeting the technology minister said that he expects platforms to ensure that he expects platforms to ensure that those spreading hate online are not being facilitated and have nowhere to hide.— not being facilitated and have nowhere to hide. ~ �* , ., nowhere to hide. we're 'ust hearing olice nowhere to hide. we're 'ust hearing police saying — nowhere to hide. we're 'ust hearing poiice saying 28 h nowhere to hide. we're 'ust hearing police saying 28 people _ nowhere to hide. we're just hearing police saying 28 people are - nowhere to hide. we're just hearing police saying 28 people are going i nowhere to hide. we're just hearing j police saying 28 people are going to appear at teesside magistrates today charged with violent disorder following the disorder in middlesbrough. also six people appearing in court in court in sheffield following the riots that took place outside a hotel in rotherham. in both the prime minister and the home secretary very clear over the last couple of days that they want the police to get people into the courts and if needs be get them into the prisons as soon as possible.
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be get them into the prisons as soon as possible-— as possible. that's right. this in many ways _ as possible. that's right. this in many ways follows _ as possible. that's right. this in many ways follows the - as possible. that's right. this in many ways follows the model i as possible. that's right. this inj many ways follows the model of as possible. that's right. this in - many ways follows the model of how the government at the time on the authorities at the time responded to the riots in 2011. if you remember then keir starmer was the director of prosecutions and the way in many ways that the authorities got a handle on those riots was, as you say, quick court appearances, quick sentences and particularly tough sentencing and the government is hoping that bike coverage and publicity of these court cases that they can hope to begin to get a grip on this violent disorder. it is worth saying obviously one of the questions around that was is there enough capacity in the prison state to cope with the extra rest be made, around 400 arrests have been made so far in the prime minister indicated that he thought the people arrested should be held on remand rather than bailed. and we have news from the government this morning that they have created an extra more than 500
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extra prison places. these are not a new plan, they haven�*t suddenly built a new prison but they were existing plans to create more capacity for example repurchasing existing cells and a new block that was being built at a prison in rutland. those plans have been sped up rutland. those plans have been sped up and brought forward to help cope with this crisis. more than 500 extra prison places are becoming available on the prison estate from next week. :, , available on the prison estate from next week. ., , ., , ., next week. harry farley at westminster, _ next week. harry farley at westminster, thank - next week. harry farley at westminster, thank you. i next week. harry farley at i westminster, thank you. you next week. harry farley at - westminster, thank you. you can next week. harry farley at _ westminster, thank you. you can get the very latest on the violent disorder online. our team of correspondence around the uk, harry at westminster, all inputting into our live page as well as a live stream of the latest pictures. you can of course find on the bbc news website or app. ijust want i just want to take you live to cardiff to the welsh parliament because a little bit of history has just been made there because the new
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welsh labour leader has been elected first minister of wales. she is the first female first minister 25 years after the post was created. she succeeds von gethin who was forced to quit afterjust succeeds von gethin who was forced to quit after just four succeeds von gethin who was forced to quit afterjust four months in thejob. let�*s listen in. we will leave the new welsh first minister there addressing the senedd. you can watch that if you are in the uk on the bbc iplayer. i have to say her name still needs to go to the king, king charles, for him to confirm that but that is a formality. eluned morgan the new first minister of wales. there is a live page up and running on the bbc news website and app. let�*s go to the us and politics
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there. and any time now we should know who the us vice president and democratic presidential nominee kamala harris has chosen as her running mate. on sunday, she met three contenders for closed door meetings: pennsylvania governorjosh shapiro, senator mark kelly from arizona, and minnesota governor tim walz. i�*m checking my e—mail as we speak to make sure no more announcements come up yet this morning. what we are hearing is that at some point this morning at the next couple of hours vice president kamala harris is going to make this announcement but who her running mate is going to be and it is going to come and it couple of different formats. 0n be and it is going to come and it couple of different formats. on one hand we are expecting a campaign video to be released this morning and then also there is potentially going to be some kind of livestream with some supporters who have donated most recently to the harris campaign. all of this obviously is a big attention grabber because this is going to be a pretty consequential decision for the vice president to make at this early yet
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kind of late stage in her burgeoning campaign. kind of late stage in her burgeoning cam iiain. , :, , campaign. yes, i do remember when she was chosen _ campaign. yes, i do remember when she was chosen as _ campaign. yes, i do remember when she was chosen as joe _ campaign. yes, i do remember when she was chosen as joe biden's - campaign. yes, i do remember when she was chosen as joe biden's vp - she was chosen asjoe biden�*s vp pick there was social media video that went viral and i�*m sure assuming they will hope that is what happens this time. who are in the race to be her vp pick?— race to be her vp pick? there has been this list _ race to be her vp pick? there has been this list narrowed _ race to be her vp pick? there has been this list narrowed down - race to be her vp pick? there has been this list narrowed down to l been this list narrowed down to about ten or so folks who might be potential contenders but in the past couple of days it is really seem like the group has narrowed down to likely two individuals. 0ne like the group has narrowed down to likely two individuals. one of them is tim wall is the governor of the state of minnesota and the other one is the governor of pennsylvania. two states that could potentially be critical for the harris campaign, the democrats in general, to win the election in november. and so there is a thought here that potentially the vice president is looking to pick someone to run with her that could really help her not only in those states in particular but in sort of the regions that those states occupied. the so—called blue
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wall of some of these more labour centric states across parts of the eastern seaboard and going into the midwest and parts of the upper midwest and parts of the upper midwest is potentially where we could see tim walz assisting her there. and someone considered a bit more moderate than the vice president, especially as given that in the past couple of weeks we know that they trump campaign has really made an effort to try and paint her as someone who is too far left for most of the country. jid as someone who is too far left for most of the country.— as someone who is too far left for most of the country. jd vance who of course is former _ most of the country. jd vance who of course is former president _ most of the country. jd vance who of course is former president from's - most of the country. jd vance who of course is former president from's vp| course is former president from�*s vp pick has said that vice presidential choices don�*t really matter as much as it hits his ego. do they really matter? i as it hits his ego. do they really matter? ., as it hits his ego. do they really matter? ~' ., , ., ,., matter? i think there was one point in time a couele _ matter? i think there was one point in time a couple of _ matter? i think there was one point in time a couple of months - matter? i think there was one point in time a couple of months ago - matter? i think there was one point l in time a couple of months ago where people would have said that presidential debates don�*t matter and as we have seen here the debate that happened between former president trump and biden, the vice
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presidential candidate doesn�*t really matter. but the question is going to be if this person can add to this ticket whether this comes in the form of excitement or reassurance in the voters was why i will let you go and check your e—mails in case kamala harris has woken up early and she has posted something! thank you very much, joining us from new york. we will of course the moment kamala harris post anything bring it here to you on beauty news. to bangladesh next, where in the last half hour or so, the president has dissolved parliament to enable a new government to be formed. the military is holding talks with protest leaders a day after the prime minister, sheikh hasina, was forced from power. the army has taken charge of the country and is setting up an interim government. but the organisers of the demonstrations that led to ms hasina�*s dramatic resignation say they won�*t accept a military—led administration. let�*s hear from one
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of the protest leaders. translation: we will not accept any other government other than the one proposed by us. we will not accept the government supported by the military or the fascists. any proxy government or government against the people will not be accepted. we will form an interim government headed by nobel laureate muhammad yunus. he is also accepted this responsibility to protect the people of bangladesh. we want to present this proposal to the president to form an interim government under the leadership of doctor mohammed younis. the present has also ordered the release ofjailed protesters. events have me very quickly in the country. it began in dakar, when the long
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reigning prime minister resigned and fled the country to india. she was ousted following violent unrest during a period of several weeks which left hundreds dead. these pictures show sheikh hasina�*s helicopter leaving for india yesterday. what began as student protests over civil service job quotas last month and escalated into demands for the prime minister to stand down after 15 years in power. not long after sheikh hasina left, thousands of protesters stormed her residence. crowds also celebrated on the streets and widespread looting was also reported to have taken place. here is akhbar hussein from the bbc bengali service who is in dhaka with the latest. i think there is a high possibility that a nonparty interim government will be formed and that is the demand of the protesters and the
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demand of the protesters and the demand of the many bangladeshis. protesters and student leaders have already proposed the name of the nobel laureate in bangladesh as the head of the interim government. they think that he can protect the cover that in my country and he has the ability to run the country. they say that any interim government should be based on their recommendations because they have made it happen. they have ousted the sheikh hasina government. he is holding discussions with many political parties and he is supposed to hold discussions with the student leaders as well. so what i can understand is the army will form a new interim government and that will be a nonparty caretaker government, interim government and will be formed within a day or two. some local media reporting that the professor has agreed to take up the
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role. but the main challenge would be to maintain the law and order before the interim government because we have seen looting taking place, police station set on fire people associated with sheikh hasina, their houses and property are damaged, some of them are beaten to death. so it will be a very daunting task for the new interim government to restore order. we have a special live page with the latest from bangladesh, as those protesters say they won�*t accept an army led government. we have correspondents in dhaka and in india where sheikh hasina fled yesterday. you will find that on the bbc news website or app. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.
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to the middle east now. israel�*s leading human rights
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organisation says conditions inside israeli prisons holding palestinians amount to torture. betselem says conditions have dramatically deteriorated since the start of the war in gaza last october, with the red cross prevented from visiting israeli prisons. last week, the issue of israel�*s treatment of palestinian detainees caused a very public row when demonstrators tried to prevent the arrest of soldiers accused of sexually abusing a prisoner from gaza. from jerusalem, our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. chaotic scenes at the sdei teiman military prison last week. far right demonstrators, including members of israel�*s parliament, furious that nine prison guards were being arrested. israel deeply divided over how to treat palestinian prisoners. thousands have passed through these
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facilities since last october, palestinians from gaza and the west bank. those who have come out recently paint a terrifying picture of life inside. translation: after october 7, life totally changed. _ i call what happened a tsunami. faraz has been in and out ofjail since the early 90s, charged twice with membership of an armed group — islamichhad. he was already in prison without charge last october. nothing prepared him for what happened next. translation: we were severely beaten by 20 officers. _ masked men using batons and sticks, dogs and firearms. we were tight from behind, our eyes blindfolded, beaten severely. blood was gushing from my face. since october, israel�*s prisons have been overwhelmed. the number of detainees has almost doubled. some have been released without charge. their accounts paint a remarkably consistent picture.
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all of them told us the same things — ongoing abuse, daily violence, physical violence, and mental violence, humiliation, sleep deprivation, people are starved. the israeli prison system, as a whole, in regard to palestinians, turned into a network of torture camps. the israeli government rejects that description, but it�*s far right security minister itamar ben—gvir frequently boasts that on his watch palestinian prisoners are treated much more harshly. and it�*s notjust happening to palestinians from gaza or the west bank. sari khourieh is a lawyer from haifa, an israeli citizen, arrested last november and held for ten days. it nearly broke him. theyjust lost their mind. simply, they have just lost their mind. there was no law. sari�*s offence, two facebook posts which the police said glorified
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the hamas attacks of october 7. a charge quickly dismissed, but not before he witnessed the horrors being meted out to fellow prisoners. they were screaming, the guys, "we didn�*t do nothing. you don�*t have to hit us." me, an advocate that have seen the world outside the prison, now i am inside, i see another world. we put claims of mistreatment to the israeli military and prison service. the army said it rejected outright allegations of systematic abuse. the prison service said it wasn�*t even aware of the claims. "as far as we know," they said, "no such events have occurred." some palestinians being held by israel that terrible things on october 7, others had nothing to do with it. according to b�*tselem, all are now being held in prisons where violence and abuse are the norm. paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. the united nations says nine of its staff members in gaza may
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have been involved in the october the seventh attacks carried out by hamas, and have since been fired. the un�*s announcement follows an internal investigation into 19 employees of its aid agency in gaza, known as unwra, after israel accused them of involvement in the hamas—led assault. unwra carries out humanitarian work in gaza, employing more than 13,000 people there. the lebanese health ministry says four people have been killed in an israeli strike thirty kilometres north of the lebanese—israeli border. president biden says he�*s discussed ways to protect us forces in the middle east, after a suspected rocket attack wounded several american personnel in iraq. no group has admitted carrying out the strike. the president and vice president kamala harris were briefed on the attack, the white house releasing this image of the pair in the situation room on monday evening. in a phone call with his israeli counterpart, us defence secretary loyd austin called the attack on the base a dangerous escalation. last week, the us said it carried out a strike in iraq against militants who posed a threat to coalition forces.
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tensions are high in the middle east after last week�*s killings of a hamas political leader in tehran and a senior hezbollah commander in lebanon. iran has vowed to retalitate against israel, and the us has sent more aircraft and warships to the region. finally this half hour, the world famous, but elusive, graffiti artist bansky has unveiled a new artwork. take a look at this. it popped up on the side of a building in south west london and shows a goat perched on a ledge as rocks fall. the piece also featured a real life cctv camera which was pointed at the goat. he posted a picture of the artwork on instagram which is how he has previous claimed responsibility for his work but there was no caption — leaving what it means open to interpretation. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. pollen levels today are
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high across many parts of england, all of wales and southern scotland. for the rest of us they are low or moderate than we are speaking especially at this time of year about wood pollen and also nettles. with the weather today we have this weather front continuing to push away into the north sea. for most of us into the afternoon it will be sunny spells and a few showers. the most frequent and the heaviest will be across northern and western scotland and northern ireland and here too there will be a noticeable wind. breezy for the rest of us with highs 15 to about 25 degrees. this evening and overnight some clearer skies, a few showers still, again heaviest in northern ireland and also scotland, pushing eastwards. at the end of the night stronger winds and more persistent rain will be coming into the north—west. all of us staying in double figures, overnight lows falling away between 11 and 30 degrees. as we head on into tomorrow then, tomorrow low pressure that has been driving our
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weather moves across us and you can weather moves across us and you can see weather moves across us and you can see from the squeeze on the isobars that it will be windy across scotland, northern england and northern ireland. we start with a heavy and persistent rain. that pushes eastward. a mixture of brightness, sunny spells and showers. the showers become more isolated as we head towards the latter part of the afternoon. temperatures 15 to 23 degrees, feeling fresher across the board. and then from wednesday into thursday this low pressure eventually pulls away. it is replaced by another area of low pressure with its attendant fronts bringing some rain. there is going to be a breezy day or a windy day depending on where you are on thursday. this rain which will be heavyin thursday. this rain which will be heavy in places will push northwards and eastwards. the cloud building ahead of it. unseasonably windy, rain not getting into the final for scotland until later. these are the temperatures, 14 to about 22
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degrees. friday, the rain does eventually make it up into the north of scotland. again windy in northern england and scotland. as we head through the rest of the weekend it does remain quite changeable but it could be quite warm on sunday in the south.
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from a sell—off to a surge, japan�*s markets bounce back
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after hitting historic lows. if you google monopoly today you�*ll find google in the headline results. because a usjudge rules google�*s online search monopoly is illegal in a landmark decision. so what penalties could it face? and as profits dip for saudi aramco, how close are we to peak oil demand? welcome to business today, i�*m mark lobel. fasten your seat belts as the roller coaster ride on financial markets intensifies. injapan right now, we are seeing a sharp rebound following the historic falls on monday. in tokyo, the main indice, the nikkei 225 is recovering some of the record breaking losses when the nikkei closed down by over 12% at the end of the day, marking the biggest one day sell off since black monday in 1987. so lets take a look at the numbers.
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let�*s also see how things ended on wall street.

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