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when _ against each other. we are at a time when people do have to pick what kind of— when people do have to pick what kind of vision britain warned. i do think— kind of vision britain warned. i do think the — kind of vision britain warned. i do think the silent majority would rather— think the silent majority would rather have patrick's version of britain — rather have patrick's version of britain rather than a nigel farage's version _ britain rather than a nigel farage's version of— britain rather than a nigel farage's version of britain.— version of britain. quite a lot of the “obs version of britain. quite a lot of the jobs you _ version of britain. quite a lot of the jobs you have _ version of britain. quite a lot of the jobs you have done - version of britain. quite a lot of the jobs you have done have - version of britain. quite a lot of l the jobs you have done have been thejobs you have done have been policy wonkyjobs, which is regulating a place, like the train companies. that is what our system is comfortable with, though sort of solutions. do we have a political and legislative system in the country that can deal with issues of identity and pupils feelings of where they belong, or they hate somebody they live alongside? the most somebody they live alongside? tia: most powerful word somebody they live alongside? tt2 most powerful word is no. somebody they live alongside? the most powerful word is no. you - somebody they live alongside? the | most powerful word is no. you can't leaislate most powerful word is no. you can't legislate for — most powerful word is no. you can't legislate for that. _ most powerful word is no. you can't legislate for that. you _ most powerful word is no. you can't legislate for that. you can _ legislate for that. you can create the conditions _ legislate for that. you can create the conditions under _ legislate for that. you can create the conditions under which - legislate for that. you can create l the conditions under which people respect one another and they have affection for one another because they understand and communicate with one another. that is the essence. i one another. that is the essence. i was working in downing street sol

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i keir starmer has inherited the current situation?— keir starmer has inherited the current situation? i would not say i was impressed _ current situation? i would not say i was impressed because _ current situation? i would not say i was impressed because i _ current situation? i would not say i was impressed because i have i current situation? i would not say i was impressed because i have lots| current situation? i would not say i i was impressed because i have lots of gripes with the outgoing government because they stoped a lot of the fires, they were the cause of a lot of this, some of the language that came out of the cabinet. best of this, some of the language that came out of the cabinet.— came out of the cabinet. best is talk about _ came out of the cabinet. best is talk about keir _ came out of the cabinet. best is talk about keir starmer, - came out of the cabinet. best is talk about keir starmer, he i came out of the cabinet. best is talk about keir starmer, he is l came out of the cabinet. best isj talk about keir starmer, he is in charge. talk about keir starmer, he is in charae. �* . . talk about keir starmer, he is in charae. �* , , ., talk about keir starmer, he is in charae. �*, , ., ., , charge. let's see how he deals with it, but he charge. let's see how he deals with it. but he has _ charge. let's see how he deals with it, but he has been _ charge. let's see how he deals with it, but he has been put in _ charge. let's see how he deals with it, but he has been put in a - charge. let's see how he deals with it, but he has been put in a very i it, but he has been put in a very difficult situation. i it, but he has been put in a very difficult situation.— difficult situation. i appreciate what ou difficult situation. i appreciate what you were _ difficult situation. i appreciate what you were saying - difficult situation. i appreciate what you were saying about i difficult situation. i appreciate i what you were saying about boris johnson _ what you were saying about boris johnson in — what you were saying about boris johnson in that moment. as a muslim woman— johnson in that moment. as a muslim woman i_ johnson in that moment. as a muslim woman i will— johnson in that moment. as a muslim woman i will never forget when he wrote _

woman i will never forget when he wrote that — woman i will never forget when he wrote that article and targeted muslim — wrote that article and targeted muslim women. i had racist abuse after the _ muslim women. i had racist abuse after the article, sol muslim women. i had racist abuse after the article, so i am afraid the language and the signals that are leading politicians send out, whether— are leading politicians send out, whether you are borisjohnson, sueiia — whether you are borisjohnson, suella braverman, keir starmer, nigei— suella braverman, keir starmer, nigel farage, the signals from elected — nigel farage, the signals from elected leaders really, really matter~ _ elected leaders really, really matter. . ., , , elected leaders really, really matter. . . , matter. can we all sleep a bit more soundly tonight _ matter. can we all sleep a bit more soundly tonight than _ matter. can we all sleep a bit more soundly tonight than we _ matter. can we all sleep a bit more soundly tonight than we did - soundly tonight than we did last night? soundly tonight than we did last niuht? ~ ., soundly tonight than we did last niht? . ., 4' ., soundly tonight than we did last niuht? ~ ., ~ ., ., soundly tonight than we did last niuht? ., ~ ., ., , ., , night? who knows? i am still really worried about _ night? who knows? i am still really worried about the situation. - night? who knows? i am still really worried about the situation. i i night? who knows? i am still really worried about the situation. i am i worried about the situation. i am pleased — worried about the situation. i am pleased and gratified about what happened, but i am still worried. i think happened, but i am still worried. think we happened, but i am still worried. i think we have deep, underlining divisions— think we have deep, underlining divisions that _ think we have deep, underlining divisions that need _ think we have deep, underlining divisions that need to _ think we have deep, underlining divisions that need to be - think we have deep, underlining divisions that need to be healedj think we have deep, underlining i divisions that need to be healed and it will— divisions that need to be healed and it will take _ divisions that need to be healed and it will take a — divisions that need to be healed and it will take a long _ divisions that need to be healed and it will take a long time _ divisions that need to be healed and it will take a long time for— divisions that need to be healed and it will take a long time for that i divisions that need to be healed and it will take a long time for that to i it will take a long time for that to happen — it will take a long time for that to happen l— it will take a long time for that to ha en. . it will take a long time for that to hauen. . happen. i agree with samuel. i think ove happen. i agree with samuel. i think poverty and — happen. i agree with samuel. i think poverty and the _ happen. i agree with samuel. i think poverty and the cost _ happen. i agree with samuel. i think poverty and the cost of— happen. i agree with samuel. i think poverty and the cost of living - poverty and the cost of living crisis is the underlying issue here. there are a lot of mental health issues going on and we need to get to the bottom of all of them. thank ou for to the bottom of all of them. thank you for coming _ to the bottom of all of them. thank you for coming on _ to the bottom of all of them. thank you for coming on newsnight tonight. that's it for tonight.

katie razzall is back tomorrow. until then, good night. hello and welcome to bbc news. our top story. more than 400 people have been arrested since the riots started a week ago after the southport stabbings. three men who took part in that initial violence were sent to jail today for up to 3 years. from liverpool here's dominic casciani. in response, protests against racism have outnumbered any violent events.

this map shows some of the areas where antiracism protesters have been gathering. apart from some isolated incidents, the marches have been largely peaceful. there was a large police presence in the counterprotests will this was bristol earlier this evening, wherever —— over 1000 protests to place. this was the counterprotests in liverpool outside a refugee centre. 0ne in liverpool outside a refugee centre. one of the largest antiracism protests have actually beenin antiracism protests have actually been in hackney east london. daniel sandford has this report.

after police concerns that they could be widespread violence by the far right, but we have seen as a wave by largely peaceful demonstrations against the far right. chanting the office of some immigration lawyers have been on the list of far right targets. shearing drowns speech cheering drowns speech decides more officers, we are beginning strategic locations to give us more agility to respond to what of the protests are. —— wherever the protests are most

intense. ,., . , wherever the protests are most intense. . , ., intense. the police will be there to respond to — intense. the police will be there to respond to any _ intense. the police will be there to respond to any violent _ intense. the police will be there to respond to any violent and - respond to any violent and criminality and we see on our streets — criminality and we see on our streets. there is no place. the police — streets. there is no place. the police will— streets. there is no place. the police will do theirjob like they have _ police will do theirjob like they have done exceptionally well. bristol — have done exceptionally well. bristol was among the other cities. people came together to provide unity _ i felt like i need ifelt like i need to be here to protect them. you can see a lot of places are boarded up, so there's been a lot of fear about what could happen, and itjust felt really important we are here to protect the community. important we are here to protect the community-— community. there was tension or lower shot _ community. there was tension or lower shot were _ community. there was tension or lower shot were opposing - community. there was tension or i lower shot were opposing protesters shouting stop the boats on the one time and refugees on the other were

separated by police. a small group was outnumbered by antiracism campaigners. while in accrington in lancashire, a group of british asians walking through the town were embraced by pub goers. antiracism demonstrations were seen in several other major cities, including newcastle, where a few thousand packed parts of the west end. but as in london, there was no sign of the originally planned far right demonstration. daniel sandford, bbc news, walthamstow. join me now is our political correspondent harry farley and our senior uk correspondent. seema, what are the place saying about what happened? == are the place saying about what happened?— are the place saying about what hauened? . . , happened? -- the police. sources tell me there's _ happened? -- the police. sources tell me there's a _ happened? -- the police. sources tell me there's a quiet _ happened? -- the police. sources tell me there's a quiet faction i happened? -- the police. sources tell me there's a quiet faction the | tell me there's a quiet faction the police hq this evening. the police chiefs are feeling optimistic.

they're happy that this violence that has been seen over the last week or so hasn't escalated this evening. they're hoping the message they've been sending out about thousands of officers on standby have acted as a deterrent. they're also happy to have seen the anti—vax is demonstrations that have largely been peaceful —— the anti—vax is demonstrations —— anti—fascism. they predicted that anyone who does break the law comes under the full force of the law and as we've seen, some people have been jailed for regular all and they're hoping that is active in a

deterrent.— hoping that is active in a deterrent. . ~' , ., , . hoping that is active in a deterrent. ., ,, , . ., deterrent. thank you very much for the ost deterrent. thank you very much for the post them _ deterrent. thank you very much for the post them a — deterrent. thank you very much for the post them a sigh _ deterrent. thank you very much for the post them a sigh of— deterrent. thank you very much for the post them a sigh of relief- deterrent. thank you very much for the post them a sigh of relief from| the post them a sigh of relief from ninth st? . , , . �* ninth st? certainly the since i've rotten ninth st? certainly the since i've gotten from _ ninth st? certainly the since i've gotten from downing _ ninth st? certainly the since i've gotten from downing 's - ninth st? certainly the since i've gotten from downing 's the i ninth st? certainly the since i've gotten from downing 's the last | ninth st? certainly the since i've i gotten from downing 's the last week orso gotten from downing 's the last week or so as _ gotten from downing 's the last week or so as with the first major test for this— or so as with the first major test for this new— or so as with the first major test for this new government. since a relief. _ for this new government. since a relief. but — for this new government. since a relief, but one senior figure put it to me _ relief, but one senior figure put it to me that— relief, but one senior figure put it to me that they were not going to -et to me that they were not going to get a _ to me that they were not going to get a set — to me that they were not going to get a set of —— ahead of themselves and say— get a set of —— ahead of themselves and saylob— get a set of —— ahead of themselves and sayjob done. officials knit for another— and sayjob done. officials knit for another cobra meeting. but where they could — another cobra meeting. but where they could do, they insist there are more _ they could do, they insist there are more measures they have up their sleeve _ more measures they have up their sleeve to — more measures they have up their sleeve to cope with the most important thing that people know they will— important thing that people know they will get banged up and officials are highlighting this evening a list of more people who will be _ evening a list of more people who will be sentenced tomorrow for having — will be sentenced tomorrow for having taken part in the disorder

we've _ having taken part in the disorder we've seen. more jail time for those committed — we've seen. more jail time for those committed violence. if that threat -- it— committed violence. if that threat -- it is— committed violence. if that threat -- it is a — committed violence. if that threat —— it is a threat which people hope will be _ —— it is a threat which people hope will be the — —— it is a threat which people hope will be the turning point. harry farle , will be the turning point. harry farley. you _ will be the turning point. harry farley. you very _ will be the turning point. harry farley, you very much. - our uk editor ed thomas is in liverpol. he gave me the latest on the situation in the wavertree district where thousands of people have been gathering in the last few hours. is now a refugee and asylum seekers support centre. hundreds of people gathered here today. now, right now, it's temporarily closed. the windows, the doors are all boarded up windows, the doors are all boarded up here because they believe they are under threat from a far right protest. that didn't materialise at

all. still, many people said it was important to come out and show community. this is what toby told us earlier making here to show our support and i'm making here to show our support and i'm very— making here to show our support and i'm very sure — making here to show our support and i'm very sure you reared to protect our city. — it was a real diverse group of people and they wanted to show symbols of togetherness. that was seenin symbols of togetherness. that was seen in many other places and towns and cities across the uk. the result of an confusion and misinformation here, all of this sparked by a list of places like this. that is why people have turned up. people thought there was a mosque under

attack, but that was all misinformation and wasn't true. there is a hope here that maybe, this could be a turning point in the country and the violence in the riots that we've seen over the past few days will be going to die —— will belong to the past. more than 400 people have been arrested since the riots started a week ago after the southport stabbings. three men who took part in that initial violence were sent to jail today for up to three years. from liverpool , here's dominic casciani. from liverpool, here's dominic casciani. a week of violence and now the wheels ofjustice turning — swiftly, for the first three men to be jailed for violent disorder. three years for derek drummond. 30 months for declan geiran. liam riley, 20 months. last week, they'd attacked their communities. on monday they admitted their crimes, and today at liverpool crown court, they faced the consequences. derek drummond joined the 1,000—strong mob that marched on southport�*s mosque last tuesday.

bricks had been raining down on officers. drummond went further, right up to the line of the overwhelmed police. man shouts: get back! police officer: get back, mate. come on, get back. get back. no! the helicopter also picked him up — crucial evidence at today's hearing. the two other men were part of the violence in liverpool on saturday. declan geiran set fire to a police van and watched it burn. liam riley had been drunk when he joined scores of others throwing bricks at police. an officerfloored him. riley screamed that he was a "traitor" and "muslim lover." none of the three men showed a great deal of emotion. in fact, one of them tried to ignore the footage being shown of his crimes. but the court heard that derek drummond did express remorse to the police. he said that he had let down southport, he'd let down the children and he'd let his family. today, thejudge said the disorder had been the most

foul and racist abuse. the three men sentenced today are the tip of the iceberg, and just the start of what will be a very painful process for many who foolishly chose to involve themselves in violent unrest. many of those involved will be sent to prison for a long time. riley, drummond and geiran mistakenly thought they would escape justice. they now face an extended period of time behind bars, and their criminal convictions will stay with them forever.

writing �*the night anti—hate marchers faced down the thugs'. britain shuts up shop over riots threat�* says the telegraph, as it shows one of the many shops which were boarded up today — ahead of potential planned unrest. and the guardian features a picture of counter—protesters in east london. in the top left corner — they also show team gb's matthew hudson smith — who narrowly missed out on a gold

medal this evening — in the 400 metres at the paris olympics.

let's get some of the day's other news now. judges have ruled that shamima begum will not be allowed to challenge the removal of her british citizenship, at the supreme court.the government

made the decision on national security grounds, after the 24—year—old travelled to syria as a teenager, tojoin the islamic state group. more than a thousand uk military personnel have been put on standby, in case british nationals need to be evacuated from lebanon. hundreds of troops have been sent to cyprus, where the uk has a military presence, and others are ready to be deployed. the foreign office has warned that the situation in the middle east could rapidly deteriorate, after israel killed a hezbollah commander, in the lebanese capital, beirut. russia has declared a state of emergency in the kursk region bordering ukraine, in response to what the kremlin says is a continuing incursion by the ukrainian military.moscow says troops, supported by 11 tanks and over 20 armoured combat vehicles, crossed the border near the town of sudzha. the authorities in kyiv, have yet to comment.

former production staff on strictly come dancing have told bbc news about a "toxic" workplace culture where they faced bad behaviour — including verbal abuse and bullying. the allegations come after weeks of damaging claims from celebrities about their experiences on the show. bbc studios said the welfare and safety of its crew has always been its priority — but apologised if anyone hadn't felt able to speak up. our culture reporter noor nanji has more. (tx vt) 0ver over the past month, strictly —— this is strictly come dancing. it's the show that millions of us watch on saturday nights. strictly, a world of bright lights, sparkles and sequins. over the past month, strictly has been rocked

by allegations from celebrities about their experiences on the show. we've heard from 15 of the show�*s current and former production staff. they've asked to have their identities protected. their words are spoken by actors. the whole culture was toxic, especially for junior staff. 0scar was just 18 when he started working as a runner on strictly. he expected it to be warm and welcoming, but the reality was very different. i was called stupid just for asking for a handover. it was bullying behaviour. ifelt sick, i couldn't sleep, i couldn't eat. one of the celebrities once got so close to me, he was shouting right in my face and spitting on me when all i was trying to do was pass on instructions. he later apologised, but it should never have happened in the first place. the fact that it was in front of everybody else made me feel awful and helpless. 0scar says he didn't feel able to complain. instead, he quit. annika joined strictly to get work experience in the earlier runs of the show. she was excited to get the job, but quickly found the work culture exhausting.

one of the male dancers, who has since left the show in particular, treated people in an insane way. the way he spoke to women, including female dancers and junior staff, was disgusting and chauvinistic. we'd be warned against working with him. i was a nobody, a little runner. i didn't think i could complain. robert was a choreographer in the earlier runs of the show. producers would get irate and shout at me even if the smallest thing went wrong, but i felt afraid to say anything back. there's a sense that you're lucky to be on the show as it is one of the biggest in the uk, so you should put up with all the problems you might face. we put our findings to bbc studios. it said it does not recognise the claims, nor will hundreds of people who have worked on the show over the two decades that it has been on air. it said it encouraged everyone to speak up about concerns of inappropriate behaviour. it insists it acts speedily to deal with complaints,

and it apologised to anyone who had felt they weren't able to speak up about their experiences at the time. the dance world is famous for its intense training. when you put that together with a weekly national tv show, you can see why it might result in a pressure cooker environment. i know how i was trained, you know, and it was tough. and i remember that i had a russian ballet teacher who used to have a cane, and she would whack us with it, you know, just so you're not pulling up from the thigh if you're doing a developpe, for instance, to make you engage your hamstrings. i mean, obviously that sort of teaching would not be available today. other strictly production staff have told us a positive story. a choreographer told us they had never had an issue with any dancers or staff, saying "they are very kind and respect me lots." a beautician said she had never seen any bullying during her eight years on the show. she says some of the recent allegations made her a bit apprehensive about going back. the new series is due to start in a few weeks' time, and we have already started to hear which celebrities will be taking part. the bbc insists the show will go on.

the question is, how will it cope with the added scrutiny that the claims have brought? noor nanji, bbc news. in that report there. australia, where water extremes are on the great barrier reef. it's caused five mass coral bleaching events here injust the evidence is clear and the reef �*s a vast, natural wonder. the great barrier reef is a colourful, living underwater ecosystem. but climate change is transforming it. it's caused five mass coral bleaching events here injust the last nine years. and, in a report in thejournal

nature, scientists have shown that rising temperatures now threaten the survival of the reef. what is it like to see a healthy reef bleached? it's very white. quickly algae forms on top of the corals, which turns them a kind of brown colour. it's not a pretty sight. the scientists examined long coral cores, samples drilled out of the bodies of centuries—old coral. these contain chemical clues that reveal how warm the water was during the life of the reef. combining this with historical sea temperature records showed that in just the last decade, temperatures around the great barrier reef were the warmest of the past 400 years. the high sea surface temperatures are extreme in this context of the last four centuries. and we're very confident in the reconstruction that we've performed. it's been exhaustively tested, and unfortunately it shows this terrible news for the reef. bleached, heat—stressed coral can recover. but if the current rate of global warming continues and the high temperatures don't relent, it won't have a chance to.

well, the science tells us that the great barrier reef is in danger. we have the answers to this already. we have targets, we have agreements internationally. i think we need to put the politics aside and get on with it. even if international targets to limit global warming are met, many of the corals here are likely to be lost. but if action is taken now on climate change, scientists say that parts of this natural wonder can still be saved. victoria gill, bbc news. let's catch up with the weather. hello there. for many parts of the country, i think wednesday was a pretty cloudy day, the best of any sunshine across scotland and northern ireland.

there were a few passing showers here, whereas further southwards across parts of england and wales really limited to just glimpses of sunshine. it was pretty cloudy for much of the day. looking out in the atlantic, we've got another area of low pressure that's set to bring some damp weather in initially thursday morning, as this warm front spreads its way in. mind you, we have got some drizzle around at the moment. let's catch up with the weather. hello there. for many parts of the country, i think wednesday was a pretty cloudy day, the best of any sunshine across scotland and northern ireland. there were a few passing showers here, whereas further southwards across parts of england and wales really limited replaced by more general outbreaks of rain through the day, the rain heavy as it swings across northern ireland into scotland,

northern england and north wales. top temperatures running into the low 20s now through thursday night that we'll see that rain band continue its way northwards and eastwards, the rain turning heavy for a time in northern scotland before clearing out of the way, and there may well be a hang back of cloud still bits and pieces of rain left over into friday morning before this front finally pulls out of the way. then we get this little ridge of high pressure starting to build from the west, and that means an improving weather. picture rain clearing away. then from eastern england. many of us will have fine spells of sunshine developing through the day. 0k, there'll be a few showers for west scotland, an odd one for northern ireland, north wales, but for many during the afternoon on friday it will be dry with sunny spells, temperatures widely into the 20s and getting warmer across east anglia and south east england with temperatures into the mid 20s. a warming trend because the jet stream is going to change as warm air gets brought northwards by tropical storm debby, colder air comes out of canada. it changes the shape of the jet stream. the jet stream gets more wiggly through the weekend. the significance of that is we get underneath this ridge and that makes it get a lot warmer, if not hotter, particularly across parts of england and wales, where temperatures

will push into the low 30s. the short blast of heat, though not everywhere. the will, i think, be some heavy rain to come across the north and west of the uk. that's the latest. 110w now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk — i'm stephen sackur.

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