to counter gather across the uk to counter planned anti—immigration protests. taylor swift cancels all three of her scheduled concerts in vienna after police arrested two men suspected of planning an attack. the new democratic presidential ticket, out on the campaign trail in michigan. nobel peace prize winner muhammad yunus is returning to bangladesh to lead an interim government due to be sworn in on thursday. welcome to bbc news. we begin in the uk where tens of thousands of antiracism demonstrators have gathered in towns and cities across the country. they came out onto the

streets to counter planned anti—immigration protests the police have been warning about. authorities were preparing for over 100 anti—immigration protests but they did not materialise and there was no repeat of the violent disorder which has hit the uk in the last week. this map shows some of the areas where antiracism protesters have been gathering, from newcastle to birmingham, liverpool to brighton, sheffield to london. apart from some isolated incidents in chatham and aldershot, the marchers have been largely peaceful. in brighton there was a large police presence at a counter protest that spilt out onto one of the main streets in the city. and this wasn't bristol earlier this evening when more 1000 counter protesters gathered. this was the counter protest in liverpool outside a refugee centre. but one of the largest

protests has been in east london from where our uk affairs correspondent reports. refugees are welcome here! after police concerns that could be widespread violence by the far right tonight, what we saw was a wave of largely peaceful demonstrations against the far right. this was walthamstow in north—east london. the office of some immigration lawyers had been on the list of far right targets. here in walthamstow a few thousand people have blocked the main shopping street. cheering it's designed to counteract the far right parlance of the last few days. the concern about possible violence meant police had enacted their national mobilisation plan. we have changed our tactics in the last couple of days, so besides marshaling more offices, we are brigading some of them at key strategic locations

across the country to give us more agility to respond to wherever the protests are most intense so we can respond with agility and show overwhelming force so that the criminals and thugs on the streets do not succeed. the police will be there to respond to any violence and criminality we see on our streets. there is no place for that on our uk streets and the police will do theirjob, like they have done, except well. bristol was among the other cities where antiracism protests were seen tonight. i saw unity. i see people came together to form this unity. like the old saying says, you know, divided we fall, together we stand. ijust felt like i needed to be here to kind of help protect them. you can see a lot of places are boarded up, so there has been a lot of fear about what could happen, and it's just felt really important that we were here to protect our community. there was some tension in aldershot, where opposing protesters shouting "stop the boats" on the one side

and "refugees are welcome" here on the other had to be separated by police. in southampton, a small group of anti—migrant protesters were 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. meanwhile organisers say the three taylor swift concert is due to play place in vienna this week have been cancelled after two men were detained on suspicion of planning an islamist attack. a 19—year—old was arrested in the north—east of the country. the other suspect was held in vienna whether concerts were due to take place on thursday, friday

and saturday part of her global tour. more than 65,000 people were due to go to her gigs. 0ur correspondent is in vienna and sent this update from the austrian capital. what we know is what police told us a little earlier today. they said that they had arrested these two people, one was described as a 19—year—old austrian citizen from a town south of vienna. he and the other person who was arrested i said, by police, to have been radicalised via the internet and the 19—year—old apparently made what the police called an oath of allegiance to islamic state earlier injuly. now there was a big police presence around the home of the 19—year—old today and a number of other houses around in the

area had to be evacuated. police said that the target of their attacks seems to have been events and concerts in and around vienna including concerts by taylor swift and when they got that information organisers said they had no choice but to cancel the shows. initially we were hearing that the police were planning to step up security. we know why the concerts were cancelled altogether? it the concerts were cancelled altogether?— the concerts were cancelled altogether? it was a decision b the altogether? it was a decision by the organisers. _ altogether? it was a decision by the organisers. they - altogether? it was a decision by the organisers. they put l altogether? it was a decision l by the organisers. they put up a statement on their website saying that when they had received the information they said that safety had to come first and they had no choice but to cancel them. they promised to refund people's money within the next ten days but, of course, there are very

many very, very disappointed taylor swift fans in vienna this evening and you can imagine, as you said yourself, 65,000 people were expected to attend each concert and that is not counting all the fans who tend to gather outside the stadium and the concert venues where taylor swift was performing. so this is a very big blow for the fans in vienna tonight. bethany bell reporting from vienna there. to the united states now new democratic presidential ticket, pamela harris and tim walls around on the campaign trail in swing state of michigan. this is live in detroit. harris hasjust taken the stage to speak at the rally. a short while ago we also heard from her new running mate tim mack three. we will cross live to our correspondent shortly but first, republican vice presidential nomineejd

vice presidential nominee jd vance vice presidential nomineejd vance has also been out campaigning. he seems to be following the democratic nominees around the country. he used to stop at a michigan police department to talk about what he sees as failed immigration policies that he said our vice president kamala harris's fault. i said our vice president kamala harris's fault.— harris's fault. i cannot believe _ harris's fault. i cannot believe that _ harris's fault. i cannot believe that anyone i harris's fault. i cannot - believe that anyone would actually think that you should open up the american southern border to all of these criminals, you should let them commit crimes in our community and then refused to deport them afterwards but that is exactly what kamala harris is done. tim watts is a crazy radical of course. most people will be voting for, harris offered donald trump and i think was a commonsense observation. let’s commonsense observation. let's aet more commonsense observation. let's get more on _ commonsense observation. let's get more on the _ commonsense observation. let's get more on the democratic - get more on the democratic party rally that is taking place right now in detroit. 0ur reporter is there and joins us alive. good to see you again. i believe kamala harris has been speaking. what she had to say.

she has been speaking for five or ten minutes now. there is a commotion, a few protesters towards the back of the rally and they have been disrupting the speech. just in the last minute or so. the crowd right now is trying to drown them out. kamala harris is saying the same message we heard from her earlier today in wisconsin, talking about her record as vice president, as a senator from the state of california and is a prosecutor and she has been holding that up against the message she says donald trump sandwiches donald trump stands for himself, not for the american people. they have a pretty impressive entry here, i would say, in detroit. air force two pulled up right to the air force hangar and they descended the steps to a rapturous welcome. you could really censor the people were waiting all day to see these to speak. and we had the message

from them that they want to fight for middle—class families and also that they want to protect freedoms. they talk about freedoms to protect reproductive rights, to read books and to write economics as well. as you can tell it is loud in here, at the moment thatis loud in here, at the moment that is what we hear from kamala harris. it that is what we hear from kamala harris.— kamala harris. it is noisy there. kamala harris. it is noisy there- if— kamala harris. it is noisy there. if you _ kamala harris. it is noisy there. if you can - kamala harris. it is noisy there. if you can hear- kamala harris. it is noisy. there. if you can hear me, briefly if you could, you have been speaking to voters there. how are they reacting to what tim walz said earlier wrong? the voters we spoke to here are very supportive of tim walz. a young man said that he represents a tub of progressive policy that matters to his generation. we spoke to an older gentleman who said he is not sure that kamala and tim have the best combination but they simply want to see donald trump defeated. the enthusiasm here in general for the trump defeated. the enthusiasm here in generalfor the message of tim watts being a midwestern

and the governor is one that they are embracing. —— tim walz being a midwestern. they are embracing. -- tim walz being a midwestern.— being a midwestern. thank you for our being a midwestern. thank you for your time — being a midwestern. thank you for your time at _ being a midwestern. thank you for your time at that _ being a midwestern. thank you for your time at that noisy - for your time at that noisy democratic rally. staying with this story and christopher devine is an associate professor of political science at the university of dayton. the author also of the running mates matter, the influence of vp candidates in an election. i asked him how important vice presidential running mates actually are. in presidential running mates actually are.— presidential running mates actually are. in looking at the effective vice _ actually are. in looking at the effective vice presidential - effective vice presidential candidates across a range of elections, different ways they could affect how people vote, the bottom line is this, people do not really vote for a vice president, as was indicated in some comments you just heard, people vote for the president. what matters to them is what it tells you about who the presidential candidate is. what does it tell voters that, given a chance to choose another vice

president, donald trump chose jd vance. what does it tell them that kamala harris with an intensive vetting process came down to the pit of tim walz? in short, one thing that we find in our research that applies here is that voters are especially impressed when the running mate is someone who is a credible vice president, someone they can easily imagine taking over that role, potentially even becoming president on day one early next year. i think tim watts passes that test so it will probably help, harris and that way. donald trump �*s pick ofjd vance, not so sure. it donald trump 's pick ofjd vance, not so sure. it feels like the _ vance, not so sure. it feels like the vp _ vance, not so sure. it feels like the vp role _ vance, not so sure. it feels like the vp role has - vance, not so sure. it feels| like the vp role has become more prominent, is that the case or have they been tickets in the past that really sway the vote?— in the past that really sway the vote? .. ., , ., the vote? vp candidates matter but they matter _ the vote? vp candidates matter but they matter at _ the vote? vp candidates matter but they matter at the - the vote? vp candidates matter but they matter at the margins. sarah palen is one we easily think of you seem to hurt don

mccain because she was seen as particularly not well—qualified for the office and that is what office that make voters thought office that make voters thought of her. in our research it showed that people then doubted the judgement of showed that people then doubted thejudgement ofjohn showed that people then doubted the judgement ofjohn mccain which brought 0bama who chose joe biden with a great deal of experience. it is hard to specifically say who has been decisive. when you look to a close election like 2000 where someone could make a difference either way but a clear impact really changing the election is hard to come by and that is why i think candidates are wise, as i think candidates are wise, as i think candidates are wise, as i think kamala harris was here, do not think that this will decide the entire election. pick someone who is qualified to govern who could help in the white house for four or eight years, she easily could have gone with an electoral peak in

josh shapiro who people thought could deliver his home state. he is popular there, but research would suggest that the home state advantage is more myth than reality. fascinating insights there. staying with us politics and president biden says he is not confident of a peaceful transfer of power if republican nominee donald trump loses the november election. here is what the president had to say in a rare interview at cbs news. share rare interview at cbs news. are ou rare interview at cbs news. are you confident — rare interview at cbs news. fife: you confident that rare interview at cbs news. fif'e: you confident that there rare interview at cbs news. fife: you confident that there will be a peaceful transition of power on january 2025? if donald trump wins, power onjanuary 2025? if donald trump wins, no, i am not confident— donald trump wins, no, i am not confident at _ donald trump wins, no, i am not confident at all. if he is —— i mean — confident at all. if he is —— i mean if— confident at all. if he is —— i mean if he _ confident at all. if he is —— i mean if he loses, i am not confident _ mean if he loses, i am not confident. he means what he says— confident. he means what he says and _ confident. he means what he says and we need to take him seriously _ says and we need to take him seriously. he means it. all that— seriously. he means it. all that stuff about if we lose it will he _ that stuff about if we lose it will he a _ that stuff about if we lose it will be a bloodbath. look what they— will be a bloodbath. look what they are — will be a bloodbath. look what they are trying to do now in the — they are trying to do now in the month before the —— in the electonal— the month before the —— in the electoral disc districts where votes — electoral disc districts where votes are counted. putting

people _ votes are counted. putting people in places in states where _ people in places in states where they are going to count the state _ where they are going to count the state —— the votes. you cannot _ the state —— the votes. you cannot love your country only when — cannot love your country only when you _ cannot love your country only when you win.— cannot love your country only when you win. around the world and across _ when you win. around the world and across the _ when you win. around the world and across the uk _ when you win. around the world and across the uk this - when you win. around the world and across the uk this is - when you win. around the world and across the uk this is bbc i and across the uk this is bbc news. all you alive with bbc

news. all you alive with bbc news. let's turn to bangladesh now where the nobel peace prize winner muhammad yunus will return on thursday to become the leader of the nation's interim government. is a long time political flow of the ousted prime minister. earlier he was seen at a paris airport preparing to catch a flight to bangladesh. he was announced as leader following talks between the president and student leaders who played a key role in the weeks of protests that toppled sheikh hasina. muhammad yunus, who is 84 is faced several legal cases this year that he said were politically motivated. he has been in paris for a medical procedure.

the correspondent is in darker and send this report. this is one of the busiest intersections in central darker. and sometimes you can wait for hours to be able to cross at this intersection. all the people here who you see holding up a number a lot, they are either students or volunteers who have taken upon themselves to direct traffic. you also see that there are some members of the military who are also here who are helping are predominantly this is very much volunteers who are taking care of law and order in the country. we would not really expect this kind of organisation in a country that currently does not have a government in place. remember, there were weeks of violent protests that led to prime minister sheikh hasina resigning her position and fleeing the country. the police force is absent here on the

streets and that is because they were responsible for the deadly force that was used and which we saw hundreds who were killed over the last several weeks. so police forces have fled and in its place at uc students have taken up the responsibility for maintaining law and order. for more on this story i am joined by the director of south asia initiatives. many thanks for your time on the programme. we are expecting muhammad yunus to land later this morning. what do you expect from his leadership of the interim government?— leadership of the interim government? thank you for havin: government? thank you for having me- _ government? thank you for having me. he _ government? thank you for having me. he is _ government? thank you for having me. he is selected l government? thank you for | having me. he is selected to lead the government for the talks that have happened between the army and of course the student leaders who are now the student leaders who are now the most influential stakeholders in the country in the future of the government

and it is their desire, basically, and their suggestion to have muhammad yunus lead the talks for the interim government so that is in line with demand and some of the initial messages that came out of these reports, he has asked everyone to be calm and help peace prevail in the aftermath of the resignation of sheikh hasina. he said that he is hopeful that muhammad yunus would lead the country through a beautiful democratic process. now with sheikh hasina on there is a power vacuum and there will be weeks and months which will be weeks and months which will be weeks and months which will be critical and it is yet to be seen how this newfound liberation that the youth have found through this week of protests up to the events of this week can be channelled in a manner that helps to rebuild the nation and make it a progressive space. it will be

very important for muhammad yunus who will be leading the interim government and also the army was temporarily taking control. to ensure that whatever issues were there with the previous government such as freedom of speech and government inadequacies will be addressed in the next few months are leading the matter within the interest of the manor of the pete —— of the people of the country. manor of the pete -- of the people of the country. talking of what the — people of the country. talking of what the government - people of the country. talking of what the government will l of what the government will have to do initially, foreign policy will be high on the agenda and they will have to build relationships with a lot of foreign powers including india. sheikh hasina is in india, why doesn't india offer her asylum? aha, india, why doesn't india offer her asylum?— india, why doesn't india offer her asylum? a tricky space to be. she her asylum? a tricky space to be- she was _ her asylum? a tricky space to be. she was offered - her asylum? a tricky space to be. she was offered a - her asylum? a tricky space to be. she was offered a space | her asylum? a tricky space to | be. she was offered a space in india after she left bangladesh

and india and bangladesh have a strong bilateral relationship during her tenure as a prime minister but as said, sheikh hasina arrived on short notice and he did not mention how a longer stay may be or what the next steps might be. she is seeking asylum, issue looking to other spots, will she be temporarily in india or elsewhere, that is yet to be known or seen and it is a difficult time for india. india have a strong regional partner in bangladesh and now with sheikh hasina ousted, there is a lot of adaptation that will have to happen within india on security and economic interest. they have a border with bangladesh and a bilateral trade with the country so it has to be able to work with the

new players in bangladesh, with the interim government and show support to the people of bangladesh and establish itself as a dependable partnerfor the new government and this may require some distancing from sheikh hasina. lute require some distancing from sheikh hasina.— require some distancing from sheikh hasina. we will have to leave it there. _ sheikh hasina. we will have to leave it there. thank - sheikh hasina. we will have to leave it there. thank you - sheikh hasina. we will have to leave it there. thank you for l leave it there. thank you for your time. leave it there. thank you for yourtime. in leave it there. thank you for your time. in other news, president putin has accused the ukrainian armed forces of carrying out large—scale provocation by mounting a cross—border incursion into the russian region of kursk. according to the russian defence officials, ukrainian troops crossed into russia. he accused the attackers of firing indiscriminately at civilian buildings. the russian ministry of defence said fighting which began on tuesday was continuing. they released this

video claiming to show destruction of ukrainian military hardware in the region however a number of error let's continue to be issued there were local authorities urged residents to limit their movements and all public events were cancelled. 0ur correspondent, james waterhouse has more. when you get these reports, notably on the russian side that ukraine is sent a few hundred soldiers the border into russia itself, the feeling from some experts was why? we hear very little on this side of the border which is common. 0ne ukrainian colonel has described this operation as preventative, so it is clear something is going on. there is a bit of a backdrop here because many will remember in may when russia launched a major cross border incursion itself in the north—eastern region, extending the front line and gave the overstretched ukrainian troops something to think about and put the city of kharkiv itself under pressure.

since then there have been tens of thousands of russian troops, thought to be, covering along the vast border with ukraine and that is made offices and officials in nervous about them doing this. so it seems that ukraine has tried to get there first by going across the border. according to reports in russia, is taking several settlements, trying to destroy bridgeheads on narrow streams to frustrate future attacks. what is interesting isjust to frustrate future attacks. what is interesting is just how quickly the language in russia itself has heightened compared to here. we had quick reports of the attack, announcements of evacuation, claims of the attack being repelled in an online post before it was deleted and now we have this from putin after meeting his senior security chiefs he has accused ukraine of a major provocation. james waterhouse reporting from care. before we

90, reporting from care. before we go, banksy has struck again with a third mural appearing in london this week. the street artist continued his theme of animal silhouettes. the latest pieces in brick lane in london and shows monkeys. two others appeared in chelsea and kubrick. the artist confirmed the piece was his in a post on instagram. 20 more on all of our stories on the bbc news website including that democratic campaign rally happening right now. kamala harris and tim watts talking earlier. that is all for now, stay with bbc news. -- tim —— tim walz. hello. 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. ahead of that feature across wales and western areas of england are not patchy drizzle for the south—east. we've got some showers for the north west of scotland, but the skies continue to clear in east scotland and north east england, so it's here where we're going to have the brightest start to the day on thursday with a fair bit of morning, sunshine, any sunshine for you staying there in southeast england? short—lived. it's going to turn quite cloudy, but staying on the bright side, the damp and drizzly weather for wales and western england 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.

there will, i think, be some heavy rain to come across the north and west of the uk. that's the latest.

walt disney's streaming business turns profitable for the first time, but troubles remain in the magic kingdom. plus, we find out if google's landmark antitrust ruling

could be a warning shot for other technology giants. hello and welcome to business today. i'm suanjana tewari. we begin in the us, where earnings season is in full swing. it was quite a turnaround for disney, as the house of mouse's streaming business turned profitable for the first time ever. the bbc�*s north america business correspondent michelle fleury has all the details from new york. yes, what a difference a year makes. disney's combined streaming businesses made a quarterly loss of more than $500 million 12 months ago. today, it made a profit of $47 million. boosted by the success of inside out 2, now the highest grossing animated film of all time. and also by charging its subscribers more. we should note that while its overall streaming business made money, disney+ and hulu are still in the red. it's the sports subscription business, espn, that is driving the profit.

still it is a stunning turn—around given complaints