facing an to barcelona despite facing an arrest warrant. mohammad yunus arrives in bangladesh to lead a caretaker government following weeks of deadly turmoil. three taylor swift concerts in vienna are cancelled after two men are arrested on suspicion of planning an attack. we are having a few problems with the pictures, that is carles puigdemont there returning to spain. and that is despite facing an arrest warrant. hello, i'm lauren taylor. let's cross live to stormont the assembly there has been recalled from the summer recess due to the recent violence in the streets and the executive ministers have been

meeting this morning ahead of that recall which is to start at midday. the first and deputy mcpherson ministers have said theirjoint priority is to face down racism and intimidation. we are going to have a news conference shortly and we will bring you thatjust as soon as it starts. let's start here in the uk, where thousands of anti—racism protesters have rallied in cities and towns across england after a week of anti—immigrant rioting. britain's most senior police officer has praised the show of unity and said fears of extreme—right violence had abated. police had been prepared for further violence, but there was no sign of any disorder on the scale of recent days. the marches were mostly peaceful — and the government says it "cautiously welcomed" last night's the scenes. police units had been mobilized on wednesday evening — from newcastle to birmingham, liverpool to brighton, sheffield to london. the week of violent unrest was sparked by misinformation that spread online following the fatal stabbing of three girls in southport, just over a week ago.

the chair of the police federation which represents rank and file police officers in england and wales says it's too early to say if the run of violent protests is over. it's estimated more than 100 police officers have been injured in the disorder over the last week. this report from our correspondent, joe inwood. the city had been braced for trouble. so this part of bristol is where a couple of immigration lawyers are based, whose addresses have been leaked online. and there was a real fear there could be a far right protest taking place here today. but we've been here the last couple of hours, and there's not a sign of that. instead, something very different has happened. chanting. thousands of anti—racism protesters, trade unionists, members of the local black and asian community, students, took over the streets in what was broadly a good natured evening, but one that sent a message. i feel ashamed for our country right now. it'sjust, we're not representing ourselves in any sense of a manner

that's, like, admirable at all. 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 that we were here to, yeah, to protect our community. it was a picture repeated across the country. walthamstow in london saw vast crowds gathered, as in bristol, to oppose the far right. while there were colourful scenes in west london. refugees are welcome here! in sheffield, police had prepared for trouble, but none came. in croydon, although there were a few arrests, things were generally peaceful. while a march between two mosques in accrington was greeted by people drinking at the pub. and this was the scene in newcastle. of course, protect our mosques because we believe this is our house and this is house of god.

and i think for them to stand up and really want to go around and try to destroy our mosques is something really heinous. there were some isolated incidents. aldershot was seemingly one of the few places the right wing protests materialised. in brighton, they were so outnumbered they needed police protection. nazi scum, off our streets! according to the man who used to oversee the police, it's not only the counter—protests that kept the far right off the streets, but also swift prosecutions. the techniques and the instruments that the police have now for identifying people, even with face coverings, i won't go into detail, are very, very advanced. and also, it is an offence to have a face covering — to maintain a face covering — if ordered to take it off by a police officer. so, um, i think that the community has come together and i think it's an extremely positive step.

back in bristol, and while there was a heavy police presence all evening, by 10pm there had only been one arrest. so this is castle park in bristol, and it's here on saturday that there were running battles between the far right and anti—fascist protesters. and there had been real fears that those scenes could be replicated tonight. but as you can see, nothing has materialised, and it seems across the country that picture has been repeated. and both government, and the protesters on the street tonight, will be hoping that this could be a turning point in this disorder. joe inwood, bbc news in bristol. the minister for policing, dame diana johnson, said that the counter protests against the far right show that the majority of the country is law—abiding and peaceful. well, i think this country has a tradition, doesn't it, of peaceful protests? and i think last night was an example of that. now, clearly, because of what had

happened in previous days, we were very anxious that we didn't add to the burden on the police by having to police counter demonstrations and protests. but luckily, last night, everything on the whole was peaceful, so that's important. but i think what last night illustrated was the vast majority of people in this country are law abiding, are tolerant, respect the police, want their communities to be ones that are safe for all communities. and i think that that was demonstrated last night by some of what we saw on the streets with those people who came forward to make their views clear because, unfortunately, in the last few nights, what we'd seen was those kind of very small criminal element, the extremists were out on the streets, engaging in disorder and violence, and that's not what britain is. that is not what the british people are about.

the metropolitan police says it's arrested 10 more people after last week's violent disorder in central london. separately — the met police commissioner mark rowley gave his assessment of wednesday night's counter rallies. it was a massive policing operation. i'm really pleased with how it went. we put thousands of officers on the street and i think the show of force from the police and, frankly, the show of unity from communities together defeated the challenges that we've seen. it went off very peacefully last night. a couple of locations where some local criminals turn out and try and create a bit of anti—social behaviour, and we arrested a few of them, but it was a very successful night and the fears of sort of extreme right disorder were abated. so, a successful operation, thanks to communities and police. now, for people wondering what kinds of people you're arresting, could you tell me about those? are we talking about the average person on the street? definitely not. these are criminals. they're thugs.

they're not patriots. we've been out doing some dawn raids this morning. the people who are most violent in the whitehall protest and violence last week, and yesterday, today, it's going to be sort of more than 20 people, about 70% of them have got criminal backgrounds. we've got criminal damage, violence, weapons offences, football banning orders. these are criminal thugs. any suggestion they're patriots or they've got a cause that they're protesting about is nonsense. they're criminals and, frankly, most of them are going to be charged with violent disorder and most of them are going to be going to prison for a few years. what are your thoughts on the government response? yeah, clearly, we've been working with government. we've had several cobra meetings this week. so, as police chiefs across the country have been working together, putting these big operations in place to protect communities, we've been briefing government on that, and they've been putting in plans for other parts of government, local authorities, to support us and support communities.

the far—right violence and anti—racism counter—protests are dominating this morning's newspaperfront pages in the uk — the i newspaper reports that those involved in rioting may face a football ban as the government looks to end the violence. "united britain stands firm against thugs" is the headline on the front of thursday's daily express underneath a wide shot photo of anti—racist demonstrators gathering in walthamstow on a street outside an immigration centre. a man boarding up a samaritans charity shop in southend features on the front of the daily telegraph along with the headline, "britain shuts up shop". the paper also says mps have been told by the house of commons speaker sir lindsay hoyle to work for home if they feel they might be targeted by demonstrators. the guardian describes the ongoing situation and comments on the biggest mobilization of police officers and staff since the 2011 riots in london. and today's daily mail also splashes on the anti—racism protests, describing them as the "night anti—hate marchers faced down the thugs". anti—hate marchers let's turn to bangladesh —

where the nobel peace prize winner, muhammad yunus, has arrived back in dhaka — to lead a caretaker government after deadly protests forced the resignation of the long—term prime minister, sheikh hasina. this is the moment mr yunus arrived at the airport a little earlier. yunus is a long—time politicalfoe of the ousted prime minister. he was announced as leader following talks between the president and student leaders who played a key role in the weeks of unrest that toppled sheikh hasina. here's the latest from the bbc�*s akbar hossein who's in dhaka. muhammad yunus returned from paris one hour ago. he was attending the paris 0lympics for the last few weeks. when he arrived, he was welcomed by many people and he made a statement at the airport. he urged people not to indulge in any violence. he said no revenge should

be taken and he... ..thanked the revolution and the bangladeshi youths that made it happen. so we have to have a better society, so that bangladesh... ..that economic progress can be made. can be achieved. he said that he is actually aiming for a new bangladesh where there will be no fear, no government oppression or torture. he says it's the responsibility of everyone to cooperate and if he doesn't get cooperation then it will be difficult to continue. 0n the other hand, we have seen after the downfall of sheikh hasina, we've seen a lot of violence across the country and civil disobedience across the country and those supporting sheikh hasina came under attack, their houses, their properties came under attack. we have seen many hindu houses coming under attack, many hindus they are seen as secret supporters are sheikh hasina and in some areas

in the capital were targeted. the police force came underattack, more than 500 police stations were set on fire so this some sort of anxiety around the situation and i think that muhammad yunus will take over in the evening, the main task for him is to stabilise the country and bring normalcy in the country. regarding establishing the interim government, what kind of ministers and so on? certainly, this is going to be a government that will have no political affiliation. it's a nonparty interim government whose job it will be to look after the country and we don't know. there is no timeframe yet. it could be six months,

one year, two years but their responsibility will be to conduct a general election and oversee the country. the bangladesh nationalist party by one of the former prime ministers are demanding the election should be held within 90 days but many people think that it's not conducive to any thing right now. muhammad yunus has a long list ahead and he has to perform those stages, bring back normalcy in the country, restore confidence in the administration and so we don't know how long it will take. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

authorities in austria say that the main suspect of the plant attacked at a taylor swift concert... three taylor swift concerts in vienna have been cancelled due to security concerns. it comes after two men were detained on suspicion of planning an islamist attack. the first show was due to start on thursday — more than 65,000 people were expected to attend the gigs. the austrian chancellor says the situation was very serious and tragedy had been averted. with me is now is our security correspondent, gordon corera. tells more about the details with this. �* , ., ., ., , tells more about the details with this. , ., ., ., , ., ., this. austrian authorities have had a ress this. austrian authorities have had a press conference _ this. austrian authorities have had a press conference this _ this. austrian authorities have had a press conference this morning i this. austrian authorities have had i a press conference this morning and they indicated they think this was a serious plot, notjust aspirational. particularly centred around this one teenager who they believe had acquired some the chemicals, perhaps through his work. it looks like they were suggesting the plan was to attack the crowds outside the concert, perhaps with a car or

knives or some kind of explosive, but that it has been foiled. it looks like there was international help in spotting this individual and the suggestion has been that it is the suggestion has been that it is the us authorities who might have provided intelligence, possibly from some kind of online chat or conversation that this individual had been engaged in. and that he had in some way given allegiance to isis, even though it is not clear whether they were actually directing the plot or being just an inspiration for him to act. has it been confirmed _ inspiration for him to act. has it been confirmed that _ inspiration for him to act. has it been confirmed that they - inspiration for him to act. has it been confirmed that they suggested it would have been a suicide attack? not yet, that is just a suggestion that perhaps this individual was going to attack and perhaps had some kind of explosive device and perhaps expected to die. certainly one other person appears to have been arrested and perhaps one more person detained. just to check out whether they were helping them, perhaps understanding the security around the venue. it does appear to be a real plot, if you like, notjust a security concern around it. i think

it is interesting that they have cancelled the concerts because obviously having arrested and stop this person, the concrete plot has been stopped. but clearly, they had enough concerns for the organisers to still feel they needed to cancel the concert leaving many fans disappointed.— the concert leaving many fans disa ointed. �* ., ., disappointed. and what about the islamic state _ disappointed. and what about the islamic state and _ disappointed. and what about the islamic state and the _ disappointed. and what about the islamic state and the connection i disappointed. and what about the | islamic state and the connection to this, what can we read into the north macedonian angle, is there a european base for this at all? i think the suggestion is that this looks more like online contact rather than necessarily a group who are directly travelling or in contact with isis in person. but there has been that concern, particularly about isis k, one of the branches that came out of afghanistan. this is the group that carried out that crocus city hall attack in moscow which was particularly deadly. again, the concert venue, just a couple of months ago. there has been concerned that this group has been trying to organise attacks around europe. and so i think the suggestion is that it

might be the link here but that it was spotted perhaps by the americans and then passed on to the austrian authorities. and then passed on to the austrian authorities-— authorities. thank you very much indeed for _ authorities. thank you very much indeed for that _ authorities. thank you very much indeed for that insight, _ authorities. thank you very much indeed for that insight, thinking. | in northern ireland, ministers have been meeting today before the stormont assembly is recalled to address the recent unrest in belfast the first minister and deputy first minister have stated that their top priority is to face down racism and intimidation. this follows attacks on businesses in the city after anti—immigration protests turned violent. police came under attack in the east of the city again last night. objects were thrown and fires were lit. let's speak now to our political correspondent darran marshall who is at stormont. politicians are being called back from their summer leave? the? politicians are being called back from their summer leave? they have indeed, that — from their summer leave? they have indeed, that is _ from their summer leave? they have indeed, that is how _ from their summer leave? they have indeed, that is how serious - from their summer leave? they have indeed, that is how serious they - from their summer leave? they have indeed, that is how serious they are | indeed, that is how serious they are treating the incidents in belfast over the previous few nights. as you can live to me, a rally is getting under way outside parliament with links here at storment. that message

from the people gathered here is to show solidarity with the migrant community. it is a timely reminder of a message that our local politicians have been very keen to put out. yesterday warned the health service in northern ireland would collapse if it was not for the work of foreign nationals in our health service. so, to the politics, short distance from where i am standing, executive ministers are meeting, thatis executive ministers are meeting, that is the northern ireland government. they will be asking each other what they can do to bring the violence to an end, what can they do to support the migrant communities, what financial support can they provide to those people whose businesses were destroyed, whose properties were burnt out. and they will receive a briefing from northern ireland's chief police constable. they will ask him what more he is doing to bring this violence to an end. what i suspect he will also ask them what they can do to provide him with more resources and funding. find do to provide him with more resources and funding. and what is the latest on _ resources and funding. and what is the latest on the _ resources and funding. and what is the latest on the police _ the latest on the police investigation?-

the latest on the police investigation? the latest on the police investiuation? . ., investigation? the police have rovided investigation? the police have provided an — investigation? the police have provided an update _ investigation? the police have provided an update this - investigation? the police have i provided an update this morning, investigation? the police have - provided an update this morning, we have had five nights of writing here. 16 people have been arrested, seven have been charged, and a number have already appeared in court. the police have said for their arrests and further charges are going to follow. they have said that there is a parliamentary element to what is happening in belfast and most of the trouble has been focused within the greater belfast city area. now, the police chief constable this morning has confirmed that he has requested additional support from police forces in great britain. we think he wants in and around 100 additional officers because he is expecting further trouble over the coming days. and weeks. interestingly, the psn i chief constable also posted a youtube video yesterday, a direct message to northern ireland's muslim community. in it, he said, we will stand beside you. we will stand in harm's wait to protect you. the people here in northern ireland will hope for a very comfy days ahead.

thank you very much indeed. and we are of course keeping an eye on that news conference there in northern ireland at storment, we are expecting the first minister and deputy first minister to talk to the media after that executive meeting this morning ahead of the recall of the assembly. the separatist former leader of catalonia, carles puigdemont, has risked arrest by returning from exile to spain — openly addressing supporters in front of the catalan regional parliament. although the spanish parliament passed an amnesty law pardoning those involved in the failed independence bid in 2017, mr puigdemont still faces arrest. he's returned to barcelona as the catalan parliament votes on electing a new president for the region. 0ur europe regional editor, danny aeberhard, told me about the significance of this development. the timing of his return is very deliberate and disruptive. basically, salvador ela, illa, who's a socialist, is he's just giving a speech there. we saw pictures of him earlier in the catalan parliament. he, if he's elected the head of the regional government,

would be the first head of catalonia, catalonia's regional government, not to advocate independence for more than a decade. so it would be a considerable shift. so there then, the one of the pro—independence heroes, according to if you're a separatist in catalonia, returns disrupts this ceremony. if he's arrested, his party has said that they'll push for that vote, that investitu re vote to be suspended. so it's a really intriguing situation, and it puts spain's democracy in a dilemma because, as carles puigdemont himself said to the supporters, what happens in a country that passes an amnesty law but then doesn't grant amnesty? that poses a problem of a democratic nature to spain, he says. it's august and in scotland's capital city, that means only one thing — it's time for edinburgh festival fringe. for the next three and a half weeks, thousands of artists from all over the world will be gathering in the city for what's billed as "one of the greatest celebrations

of arts and culture on the planet". 0ur reporter has been meeting some of this year's acts. we are meeting lots of different acts here at edinburgh festival fringe, and my next guest has been performing here for 1h years. rik carranza, tell us what you have brought to the fringe this year. so, i brought my first ever kid's show, it is called marvel versus dc, where i am getting kids to play games to decide who are the best superheroes, is it the marvel super heroes or is it the dc superheroes? i've actually got one game, right now, so let me get the girls. i need you to suit up as fast as you can. we have iron man, we've got batman. are you ready? three, two, one, go. so this is a taste of the kind of show that you put on. yes. you have any bias, whether it is marvel or dc? well, i am a huge batman fan. i have loved that man all of my life. one of the reasons i created this show is because i have a little three—year—old boy, and he has started getting into superheroes, and i have tried to make him

a batman fan, and of the day that i asked him: hey, what is your favourite superhero? he turned around to me and said: spider—man. i have neverfelt such heartbreak in my life is in that moment. laughter so, i have made this show like a hurray to us. _ we have different interests, but we have a lot of fun with it. and is that part of the shift towards doing children's shows? you have now got somebody to test it on? laughter absolutely. i think he was very happy when i ordered 75 nerf guns. they arrived in the post, and he was like: are these for me? and i was like: they are for the show. laughter well, he gets to test them all out. yes. cheering well done! i think that was... who was that? was it ironman who was slightly ahead? i think, may be batman but close... batman got there at the end? well done, batman. big round of applause. applause excellent. president biden says he's not confident there'll be a peaceful transfer of power if donald trump loses the us presidential election in november. mr biden told cbs news that people should take seriously he's been speaking to robert costa, chief election and campaign are you confident that there will be a peaceful transfer of power in

january 2025? ii a peaceful transfer of power in january 2025?— a peaceful transfer of power in january 2025? a peaceful transfer of power in janua 2025? ., , , january 2025? if donald trump wins, i am not confident _ january 2025? if donald trump wins, i am not confident at _ january 2025? if donald trump wins, i am not confident at all. _ january 2025? if donald trump wins, i am not confident at all. if— january 2025? if donald trump wins, i am not confident at all. if he - i am not confident at all. if he loses, — i am not confident at all. if he loses, i— i am not confident at all. if he loses, i am _ i am not confident at all. if he loses, lam not i am not confident at all. if he loses, i am not confident at all. he means_ loses, i am not confident at all. he means what— loses, i am not confident at all. he means what he says, we do not take them _ means what he says, we do not take them seriously. he means it. all the stuff about_ them seriously. he means it. all the stuff about if we lose there will be a bloodbath, look what they are trying _ a bloodbath, look what they are trying to — a bloodbath, look what they are trying to do now in the local election_ trying to do now in the local election districts where people count— election districts where people count the votes, they are putting people _ count the votes, they are putting people on— count the votes, they are putting people on place in states where they are going _ people on place in states where they are going to count the votes, right? you cannot— are going to count the votes, right? you cannot love a country only when you win _ plenty more for you on our website, do stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. some of us started the day with some sunshine but a weather front coming in from the west will introduce more cloud and some rain and it will remain fairly murky for much of the day and western areas. heavy rain moving across northern ireland, northern england, eventually southern and central scotland.

as we go through the day, rain will push east. after the bright start, looking at cloud building, splashes of rain arriving later. england and wales, quite windy, noticeably so. temperatures in the 15 in the north, 23 in the south. still feeling humid. this evening and overnight, heaviest rain continues in scotland, clears england, pushes into the northern isles, but we have the dregs of another weather front in southern areas. here we will hang on to cloud and patchy rain and showers across the north and west. breezy humid night to come. tomorrow, we have the dregs of the weather front still across the south—east, that will clear, looking at sunshine and scattered showers, strongest winds tomorrow across the north, on the east especially so with exposure. one or two showers, but for much of the uk, going to be a day of bright spells, sunny spells, some showers.

heaviest and most frequent in the north and the west. temperatures, 15—25, maybe 26 somewhere the south—east. the weekend, what is happening is we have a little system scooting across wales on the southern half of england in the morning, taking in cloud and rain, some showers across the north, some drifting east in the course of the day as well. as the system continues to push east, later it will brighten up across wales and south—west england, but a lot of dry weather around and sunshine as well. temperatures, 15 in the north, 25 in the south, and still feeling quite humid. sunday and monday, for england and wales, it is going to be warmer, quite hot, actually, on monday especially, in the south—east, but for scotland and northern ireland, temperatures around average for this time of year.

delivering a profit. british tech company deliveroo reports a takeaway turnaround and as an emotional mohammed yunus arrives in bangladesh to lead a caretaker government — what will his economic

priorities be? welcome to business today. we've had some earnings results out this morning from deliveroo that could indicate a rebound in consumer spending here in the uk. the online delivery platform reported a profit of $1.65 million — which compares to a loss of $105 million a year ago. the share price is up about 7% on the news. the company has become a household name here in the uk —, name here in the uk — it's reinvigorated the takeaway market and did well during the pandemic. so how is it keeping up this momentum? joining me now is investment director at aj bell, russ mould. russ, it's the first time in profit for deliveroo which is now seeing off its rivals as the market leader in the uk food delivery space. it was £83 million in lost for the first six months last year. it is

now reported a