disorder in uk cities. several officers are injured in plymouth, while petrol bombs are thrown by protestors in belfast. we have a significant and dedicated team working at pace and we are working alongside the public prosecution service to review evidence, make arrests and bring offenders to justice. kamala harris is expected to announce her running mate for november's presidential election within hours. the parliament in bangladesh is dissolved to make way for a new government, a day after the prime minister sheikh hasina dramatically fled the country after being forced from power. iam i am live from edinburgh where we are catching up with some of the performers for the festival fringe including this accordion player ryan.

hello, welcome to bbc news now. three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. there have been more arrests in towns and cities in england and northern ireland after another night of violence. a 28—year—old man has been charged with posting content online intending to stir up racial hatred. he's the first person to face prosecution for posting allegedly criminal messages linked to the violence. meanwhile, dozens of people are appearing in courts following the violent disorder in recent days. the worst outbreaks of violence were in belfast, plymouth, and birmingham. nearly 400 people have been arrested after a week of violent disorder. in belfast, riot officers had stones and petrol bombs thrown at them close to a supermarket which was set alight at the weekend. police say they are treating the "serious assault" of a man in belfast as a racially—motivated

hate—crime after witnesses reported seeing people stamp on his head. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. siren blares. for several hours, the police faced a group throwing stones, bricks and metal rods. the trouble was on a smaller scale than the violence at the weekend, but officers said it was still dangerous. crowds should disperse immediately, as force is about to be used - against violent individuals. no further warnings will be given. the police fired two baton rounds and arrested a 15—year—old. in the same area, a man in his 50s suffered serious injuries when attackers stamped on his head. detectives are treating it as a racially motivated hate crime. the disturbances happened close to this supermarket, which was set alight on saturday. ashes! nothing left. i mean...literally nothing left.

like. . . nothing. a number of other businesses were also targeted. the owner of this restaurant said ten people were inside when it was stoned. she didn't want to appear on camera because she was concerned for her safety. most of my staff are muslim, i am muslim, but this is not a reason to attack people, because of their religion, their background. i am 11 years here. my kids are from here. businesses are set to get financial help from the local council. members held an emergency meeting last night to condemn what they called violent destruction and racist intimidation. we cannot allow this to continue. it is not what belfast is. it is not what we are. some visible signs of violence are being removed from the streets, but the sense of fear and tension hasn't lifted yet. chris page, bbc news, belfast.

melaniejones is the temporary assistant chief constable in nothern ireland and hasjust given a press conference and has answered some questions. we always wish we could have done more. it was a really dynamic and difficult scenario that unfolded on saturday and again last night. we used the resources as well as we could and my heart goes out to that shopkeeper who has been attacked three times. i want to bring this back to the despicable people who are intent on violence in our communities, but i will reiterate that we are absolutely committed to having a proportionate and appropriate policing response available and we will continue to individually work with those affected and those minority groups. in relation to the second question, we have an open mind on who is orchestrating and organising this. what we saw last night, we feel it was different

from what we saw on saturday. on saturday, we saw mainly older, adult people who became involved in disorder. last night it was clear to us that there was a younger element, teenagers mainly, who were involved in the disorder, but that there was an element of organisation and orchestration from what appeared to be older adults present at the scene. in relation to your last question about paramilitary influence, i have no doubt there is a paramilitary element to this, but i am not in a position to say that this is the main organiser or orchestrator of these events. however, we do keep an open mind to this and this will be part of our investigative strategy. breaking news from the us. american media including cnn are reporting that kamala harris has chosen as her

vice presidential running mate to malts, the governor of minnesota, —— tim walz. there was a lot of speculation about the various contenders and who it might be, a lot of talk it might have beenjosh shapiro, the governor of pennsylvania, to help her win key swing states but it looks like according to american media, and we have not had it confirmed, that it will be the minnesota governor tim walz who will be her running mate. kamala harris choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from the heartlands of america to help win over rural white voters, thatis help win over rural white voters, that is what many analysts say. thanks forjoining us. it looks like

tim walz is the running mate, is that a surprise? he tim walz is the running mate, is that a surprise?— that a surprise? he was the favourite — that a surprise? he was the favourite for _ that a surprise? he was the favourite for the _ that a surprise? he was the favourite for the last - that a surprise? he was the favourite for the last couple that a surprise? he was the i favourite for the last couple of days and he was the betting favourite as more and more people were watching him on cable news and learning more about him. but now it is an important opportunity for him to introduce himself to the american people at large and that will begin later today with a big rally in philadelphia. i would say that about a month ago most americans had barely heard of this minnesota governor, maybe they had seen a video, but he was mostly an unknown midwestern governor. all of that changed once kamala harris rose to the top of the ticket, and began auditioning these candidates. there has been a very public competition on television for the past couple of weeks and he stood out during that competition with his attack lines

against donald trump but also with his folksy friendly fatherly demeanour, he is 60 and a native of nebraska and currently the governor of minnesota and he is well—known for getting things done and actually enacting a progressive agenda despite having a divided government in minnesota, so the message from the democrats is we are going to get stuff done and we know how to govern and we know how to be normal and moderate and they will try to paint a contrast to the people they call weird, and that tim walz was the one on cable news saying that donald trump and jd vance, they are a bunch trump andjd vance, they are a bunch of trump and jd vance, they are a bunch of weirdos. . , trump and jd vance, they are a bunch of weirdos. ., , , , . ., ., of weirdos. there was speculation it could be josh _ of weirdos. there was speculation it could be josh shapiro _ of weirdos. there was speculation it could be josh shapiro from - could bejosh shapiro from pennsylvania which is one of the key battlegrounds and he is very popular there, so why do you think she would have decided not to go withjosh shapiro? it have decided not to go with josh shairo? , , ., , shapiro? it seems that they were the two finalists, — shapiro? it seems that they were the two finalists, maybe _ shapiro? it seems that they were the two finalists, maybe mark _ shapiro? it seems that they were the two finalists, maybe mark kelly - shapiro? it seems that they were the two finalists, maybe mark kelly of. two finalists, maybe mark kelly of arizona was the third, and they were brought in over the weekend for

final interviews, but let's think about the calculation, josh shapiro and, mike kelly, they will work hard between now and election day to elect kamala harris —— josh shapiro and tim walz. so whether he's the vice president or not, he will put his muscle behind harris, but we don't know why kamala harris went with tim walz, but hopefully they will report about that. she had a lot of great choices and options, if you think about what is happening in the last six weeks, it is crazy to think about, six weeks agojoe biden was at the top of the ticket and he was at the top of the ticket and he was about to debate donald trump, kamala harris was relatively obscure and had no chance of becoming president, but now six weeks later the race has changed and kamala harris is at the top of the ticket and she is the one choosing her running mate and introducing him to the american people, and as a result

of this, americans have learned about a lot of the democratic governors and senators, who they did not know much about until now. tim walz, we will find out the rationale about him but this will be valuable for the democrats in securing minnesota, one of the key swing states. ., ., ., , ,, states. thanks for “oining us. us media h states. thanks forjoining us. us media are reporting _ states. thanks forjoining us. us media are reporting that - states. thanks forjoining us. us media are reporting that kamalaj media are reporting that kamala harris has chosen the minnesota governor tim walz as her vice presidential running mate. that is coming on reuters and cnn and the washington post. we have not had it confirmed ourselves. we saw that kamala harris has not yet made the call to tim walz on cnn. although you would think she would have done in the last few seconds, but we don't know yet. that is what the american media have been reporting in the last few minutes. we do not have independent confirmation from

the kamala harris camp that she has appointed tim walz. you said the whole ratio is changed in the last few weeks, how dramatically the landscape of this race for the white house has changed, so what are the opinion polls showing in terms of kamala harris in some of the battleground states? we know donald trump when it was donald trump again joe biden was ahead, but what are they saying now? —— against. fix, joe biden was ahead, but what are they saying now? -- against. a much tiuhter they saying now? -- against. a much tighter race- — they saying now? -- against. a much tighter race- joe _ they saying now? -- against. a much tighter race. joe biden _ they saying now? -- against. a much tighter race. joe biden was _ they saying now? -- against. a much tighter race. joe biden was behind i tighter race. joe biden was behind in most of the key swing states but harris is now either ahead or right on the line with donald trump, basically neck and neck. in most of the states it is too close to say there is a clear leader because only a few points separating the candidates in most of these state—level poles but we know that harris has been embraced by the democratic party in a way that was honestly unpredictable, and no one knew how this was going to happen oncejoe biden stepped aside but the

notion of electing a woman of colour for the first time in america, that is an exciting and audacious moment for so many democrats, and for so many americans, and it has put donald trump and jd vance on the back here and they seem frazzled about how to handle the changes on the democratic side, and by bringing over, a midwestern governor and a veteran, a gun owner, not a coastal elitist, not someone you picture when you think about the modern democratic party, which can be viewed as ivy league. tim walz is a moderate democrat, known for action more than incendiary rhetoric, so he will help provide a balance to this ticket because the ticket is with harris, history making a pioneering a very exciting and also uncertain for americans, a very exciting and also uncertain foramericans, but a very exciting and also uncertain for americans, but will balance that out and he has an interesting biography, used to be a school teacher and he talks a lot about his children who are growing up, he is

very relatable to the average american who might not pay much attention to politics but will tune in to find out that there is an entirely new democratic ticket. for the moment. _ entirely new democratic ticket. for the moment, brian, thanks for joining us. and for that instant analysis. that is a us journalist and former correspondent for cnn. we can show you kamala harris's residents, although no sign of her at the moment. we have a news coming through from the american media outlets, like cnn and the washington post, suggesting that that has been her choice for the vice presidential running mate. tim walz, the governor of minnesota. we will bring you more details on that as soon as we get confirmation. we can talk to the bbc�*s correspondent who has been in washington until the last few days. what is your reading if that is the

choice, and less stress that we have not had it confirmed, but the indications are that it is who will be her running mate in this crucial race for the white house, so what do you make of that choice? it race for the white house, so what do you make of that choice?— you make of that choice? it has not been confirmed _ you make of that choice? it has not been confirmed by _ you make of that choice? it has not been confirmed by multiple - you make of that choice? it has not| been confirmed by multiple sources including the new york times and reuters and cnn, so it is almost certain that that is the case, and i think he's a sensible choice. he was the bookmakers favourite, i was checking the odds, he was in first place, and second wasjosh shapiro. he is a wise choice because he is the kind of everyman candidate, he seems like a normal guy, the kind that you might chat down the pub. that will work well for kamala harris because what often happens is that presidential candidates, when they pick their running mate, they like to balance the ticket, which is where they make sure they can appeal to as many different groups of voters as possible, and kamala

harris has a reputation for being a bit of an elitist, really, from the higher ranks of american society, you might say, but tim walz is very much a normal guy. he is from the countryside and he was a teacher, he was a football coach, he has that normal thing going on which works pretty well. he is also a liberal and kamala harris, although the republicans like to paint her as this liberal monster, she is actually quite conservative on some policies, and also does well on social media and he has become a bit of a sensation in the last few weeks and he coined a term for donald trump and the republican party, at least part of it, who love donald trump, where he said they are just weird. that might seem like a very simple phrase but it resonated with a lot of people who had become maybe

dissenter sized to the more radical outburst from donald trump and his supporters —— desensitised. it was brought crashing back to earth when said these guys are just a bit weird and everyone thought, yes, actually, he is right, they are a bit wary. is also a very successful politician —— they are a bit weird. he is in a very rural constituency where they normally vote republican but as a democrat he has done very well, so that combination, a liberalfrom a rural area, that combination, a liberalfrom a ruralarea, huge that combination, a liberalfrom a rural area, huge on social media, down to earth, that will play very well indeed. it down to earth, that will play very well indeed-— well indeed. it is interesting, choosina well indeed. it is interesting, choosing him _ well indeed. it is interesting, choosing him as _ well indeed. it is interesting, choosing him as vice - well indeed. it is interesting, i choosing him as vice president, well indeed. it is interesting, - choosing him as vice president, as the candidate, because he is politicallyjust the candidate, because he is politically just for the election but afterwards, they will have to

work with him in the white house, so you have got to tick both boxes. it is interesting because there are endless debates amongst experts in us policy is about how important a vice president is because on paper this is the second most powerful person in the country and therefore the world, but actually a lot of experts say in the white house, they do not really do much, or at least they do not have direct control in some of the more important parts of the presidential brief or the administration, but this is clearly, in this case, kamala harris, it is more important than it would be usually, who she picks, becausejoe biden pulled out dramatically on the zist biden pulled out dramatically on the 21st ofjuly, and it is 90 days until election day on the 5th of november at a lot of voters do not really know who kamala harris is, and during her vice presidential

career she has not been very visible odds focal and she has not but many of her own personal policy viewpoints across —— very visible or vocal. a lot of the american public do not know who she is and the fact we have now got this entire new campaign team coming in, new candidate, that makes it even more important for a vice president to stand up and get out to people and put the policies across and introduce kamala harris as well as himself to the electorate. let’s himself to the electorate. let's show ou himself to the electorate. let's show you the — himself to the electorate. let's show you the residents - himself to the electorate. let's show you the residents of - himself to the electorate. let's show you the residents of tim l himself to the electorate. let's show you the residents of tim walz in minnesota, where we cannot see him, but at least where he lives. we don't know whether he has yet had a call from kamala harris. reuters

suggest kamala harris has not yet made the call, and that would be a bit strange for the us media to be reporting that that is her choice if she has not actually made the call to tell him. she has not actually made the call to tell him-— to tell him. that would be a bit stranue. to tell him. that would be a bit strange- the — to tell him. that would be a bit strange. the new _ to tell him. that would be a bit strange. the new york - to tell him. that would be a bit strange. the new york times | to tell him. that would be a bit| strange. the new york times is reporting that that is her choice and many other us media are saying the same thing and we can feel safe in that but the last few days, he has not been in minnesota, he has beenin has not been in minnesota, he has been in washington at the official residence of kamala harris, the vice president, because she has been holding interviews with him and josh shapiro, the governor of pennsylvania, who was the second most likely according to the bookmakers to be chosen. and also with mark kelly. she was holding interviews with them and also lots of different meetings and phone calls with various bigwigs of the democrats because we are on such a short time frame and this is not the

usual process of how this plays out. a few weeks ago we were almost certainly expecting joe biden to be the presidential candidate and kamala harris would be his running mate but now everything has changed so it is all very last minute and chaotic and apparently there was a lot of back door deals and negotiations going on. kamala harris was consulting very closely with barack 0bama we know they are very close, kamala harris supported barack 0bama since 2008 and we know that they talk a lot. he was advising her on who she should pick. there has been all kinds of negotiations going on and deals being done, and now we finally have the name. imilli being done, and now we finally have the name. ~ ., ., ., , being done, and now we finally have the name. ~ ., ., .,, , the name. will vernon, who has been in washington — the name. will vernon, who has been in washington reporting _ the name. will vernon, who has been in washington reporting for _ the name. will vernon, who has been in washington reporting for the - the name. will vernon, who has been in washington reporting for the bbc, | in washington reporting for the bbc, thanks forjoining us. we can speak to our news correspondent in washington now. jenny, recap what we

know so far. a lot of the american media have reported on this, like cnn and the washington post, they say that kamala harris has made her choice for her running mate. the latest is that _ choice for her running mate. tue: latest is that cbs, choice for her running mate. tte: latest is that cbs, the choice for her running mate. t'te: latest is that cbs, the news choice for her running mate. tte: latest is that cbs, the news partner of the bbc, has it from four sources confirming that tim walz is the vice president pick. we are beginning to get reaction including a statement from a youth group called voters of tomorrow and they say that has dedicated himself to educating and empowering young people as a teacher, and they say he has delivered the resources that young people in minnesota need to thrive and they feel he will continue to champion the top priorities and fight for a brighterfuture champion the top priorities and fight for a brighter future as the vice president. tim walz is a former high school teacher and he used to

coach football and he has spent 20 years in the national guard. he is seen as somebody who is plain speaking, somebody who can appeal to rural white working class voters, so balancing out the ticket, being able to appeal to a wide range of voters. he is known as someone who has enacted some progressive policies around protecting abortion rights and restricting gun access in the state of minnesota, and more recently he has grabbed national attention for his framing of donald trump and his running matejd vance as weird, following comments they made on the election campaign about kamala harris and it's made on the election campaign about kamala harris and its senior democrats. this is a seismic moment in the campaign, an important decision for kamala harris, someone

she will be sharing her electoral campaign stage with, and in terms of the importance of the role, this is someone who she will need to feel confident in and for the public to feel confident in, that they would be capable if they are elected of stepping in if anything were to happen to the vice president. thanks for “oininu happen to the vice president. thanks forjoining us- _ happen to the vice president. thanks forjoining us. jenny _ happen to the vice president. thanks forjoining us. jenny kumar_ happen to the vice president. thanks forjoining us. jenny kumar in - forjoining us. jenny kumar in washington there. confirming what jenny said, cbs has confirmed with four sources that tim walz is the choice for kamala harris's vice presidential pick. we can now talk to a democratic strategist in at lancer. what is your reaction to the news that it is tim walz who has been chosen as the vice presidential running mate? tt been chosen as the vice presidential running mate?— running mate? it has not been

announced _ running mate? it has not been announced officially _ running mate? it has not been announced officially by - running mate? it has not been announced officially by the - running mate? it has not been - announced officially by the campaign but i'm hearing the same things from campaign insiders that it will be tim walz, and the excitement is going all across the us right now. people are picking up the phone and making calls and they are either loving the pick or they are not loving the pick or they are not loving it as much as people like josh shapiro who was also a choice for candidate, so when it comes down to it, stands even more progressive than the vice president, and a lot of the issues he has dealt with in minnesota are things we believe will take him over on the ticket. this is a turnout game in the us, this is not about convincing republicans to vote democrat or vice versa, they note that there is a stark difference between kamala harris's issues and donald trump, so what you need to do now is make sure that your choice actually brings out the

base, notjust the voter base but the people who do not typically vote, low propensity voters, and tim walz might be able to do this especially in an area where progressives are having more influence over the democratic party. we will see how this plays out in the upcoming days and weeks. thank ou so the upcoming days and weeks. thank you so much — the upcoming days and weeks. thank you so much for— the upcoming days and weeks. thank you so much for that _ the upcoming days and weeks. thank you so much for that instant - you so much for that instant analysis. that is a chris bruce, democratic strategist. just to recap what we know,, this is from the bbc�*s partner in the us, cbs, confirming that has been picked by kamala harris has her running mate for the presidential election in novemberfor the race for for the presidential election in november for the race for the white house. do stay with us on bbc news.

hello. the weather's been a little hit and miss with some rain here and there. a weather front has been crossing the country, but the second half of the day for most of us is looking quite sunny, with scattered fair weather clouds and also a few showers. here's the weather front earlier on, it brought the cloud and the damp weather to southeastern parts of the uk. but there's another weather front also approaching northern ireland and western scotland. so, frequent showers here the second half of the day. the rest of us were in that bit in between. now the temperatures — 17 in belfast later in the afternoon, still hovering around the low to the mid 20s across eastern parts of england. now the forecast for this evening shows frequent showers in western scotland, some in northern ireland. elsewhere, just the odd shower. 0therwise, lengthy clear spells.

the morning temperatures will range from around ii—isc, whether you're in the south of the country or further north. but notice quite a wet start in the western isles with this weather front close to the centre of the low pressure, and also here the winds will be quite strong, gusting in excess of 40 miles an hour, particularly around the coasts but also inland. showers also expected across northern england, but further south the weather should be dry with scattered fairweather clouds once again. and the temperatures are chilly. 13 in windswept stornoway. in the south of the country, more like the low 20s. now on thursday, a weather front sweeps off the atlantic. this is the next one with more extensive layered cloud and some outbreaks of rain. initially, yesterday, the rain was going to be further south, but now it looks as though it will spread further north across the uk. so this is where the heaviest of the rain will be. the south actually may not get much rainfall at all, particularly east anglia and the south east. it is going to be relatively humid air spreading our way. come friday we're expecting more

weather fronts in the north, so perhaps frequent showers here, but also very blustery conditions. again, 40 mile an hourwinds. the rest of the country should see lighter winds, and it will be a generally dry and sunny day, with highs reaching 25 in london. for most of us, it's going to be the low 20s. as we go through the weekend into next week, there's just a hint that, temporarily, things may get quite hot across parts of england, but at the moment it's just the chance. that's it from me.

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