russian border region of kursk where thousands have been evacuated following a rare raid by ukraine. and the eight—day trip to space that could now last until next year — we'll talk to an astronaut. hello and welcome to verified live. the man who will lead bangladesh's new caretaker government has returned to dhaka and is expected to be sworn in as chief adviser to the interim government any minute. nobel laureate muhammad yunus flew into the capital from paris, where he'd had a minor medical procedure. he was greeted by members of the military and executives from grameen bank — the micro—financing lender mr yunus founded, which helped lift millions from poverty. he answered a couple of questions from our south asia correspondent, samira hussain.

how do you feel? ifeel good, i'm back. a lot of work to be done. people are excited, know that something, new opportunities have arrived. what is your message for people here? discipline. discipline, hard work, and getting it done. joining me in the studio is our south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan. we will talk in the moment about the big task at hand. in terms of what is going on now, we are expecting him to be sworn in as interim leader any minute, any moment.— him to be sworn in as interim leader any minute, any moment. yunus will take over as — any minute, any moment. yunus will take over as the _ any minute, any moment. yunus will take over as the chief _ any minute, any moment. yunus will take over as the chief advisor - any minute, any moment. yunus will take over as the chief advisor to - take over as the chief advisor to this category of administration. we are expecting many other individuals to become a group of advisers. running administration for the next

few months. running administration for the next few months-— running administration for the next | few months.— yes. few months. about 15, isn't it? yes. we are in the _ few months. about 15, isn't it? yes. we are in the situation _ few months. about 15, isn't it? yes. we are in the situation because - few months. about 15, isn't it? yes. we are in the situation because the | we are in the situation because the president resigned after weeks of protests by the students. and we are now hearing that local media is saying that more than 500 people were killed, many shocked by the police. there is a sense of uncertainty, chaos and confusion in the country at the moment. fear as well. because police have run away from many stations after protesters set fire to buildings and attacked their vehicles because they were angry with them for firing at the demonstrators in the last few weeks so, as mr yunus was saying, the first task is to restore law and order, discipline.— first task is to restore law and order, discipline. how will he do that? because _ order, discipline. how will he do that? because as _ order, discipline. how will he do that? because as you _ order, discipline. how will he do that? because as you say, - order, discipline. how will he do that? because as you say, the i order, discipline. how will he do - that? because as you say, the police haven't been visible in the few days, the students have been trying to keep the peace, haven't they? the

army were loyal to him, whence they? how does he go about this? he army were loyal to him, whence they? how does he go about this?— how does he go about this? he has to de-end how does he go about this? he has to de end on how does he go about this? he has to depend on the — how does he go about this? he has to depend on the security. _ how does he go about this? he has to depend on the security. there - how does he go about this? he has to depend on the security. there is - how does he go about this? he has to depend on the security. there is a - depend on the security. there is a paramilitary unit and the border guards of bangladesh. he might be asking the military to deploy his soldiers. however, even though he has the interim leader, the real power lies behind, that is what the military is going to be monitoring. because they accepted the nomination of mr yunus proposed by the students who led the protest. we are not sure about how the radius government institutions are functioning. they appointed a new chief yesterday, a new police chief, and he's has been urging his colleagues to return to duty and requesting people not to target police. there is also, i spoke to one of the student leaders, there is a sense that we need the police because there is a lot of looting going on. the community is

of what is going to happen. they are standing on the streets for the whole night so you need police in any society otherwise the law and order will break. so mr yunus will have to sit with the military and find out the best way to go forward in terms of restoring honour. thank ou. let's speak to ali riaz, professor of politics and government at ilinois state university, specialising in bangladeshi affairs. and i suppose, let's pick up on what he was staying there. this issue of law and order. we have had supporters of sheikh athena attack people. people are scared, aren't they? how can he go about this? create discipline as he talked about as he arrived at the airport. we seem to have a problem. i think you might be on mute, professor her. sorry! the first thing which is b

establish the order as president yunus mentioned. on the one hand they would have to rely on the military to... in some ways. but also the police. many of the officers were engaged in human rights violation and shooting. but at the same time at the rank and file needs to be brought together to establish control over street. i the expect this can be done within a few hours if not within days. things are improving a little bit. do hours if not within days. things are improving a little bit.— improving a little bit. do you exect improving a little bit. do you expeet the — improving a little bit. do you expect the army _ improving a little bit. do you expect the army to - improving a little bit. do you expect the army to comply l improving a little bit. do you i expect the army to comply and to cooperate with these new advisors in the interim government? i cooperate with these new advisors in the interim government?— the interim government? i expect that's because — the interim government? i expect that's because there _ the interim government? i expect that's because there is... - the interim government? i expect that's because there is... there . the interim government? i expect that's because there is... there is very little choice on this. a because the interim government has mass support, popular support behind

president yunus. so i would not venture to any kind of immediate... the second thing is that they will have to do it because otherwise the situation may get out of control and the people are still on the streets and they will come back again. and that will be a chaotic situation that will be a chaotic situation that i don't... no one wants to have at this point. that i don't. .. no one wants to have at this point-— at this point. law and order is his riori , at this point. law and order is his priority. more — at this point. law and order is his priority, more longer— at this point. law and order is his priority, more longer term - at this point. law and order is his priority, more longer term at - at this point. law and order is his priority, more longer term at the | priority, more longer term at the protest were about equality, inflation and addressing the concerns of the students in terms of the civil service. tell me, what he can do, in the short term to address those fears. obviously, changing economic policy and the like, it takes awhile to see the impact. absolutely. it depends on how long this administration stay in power. one thing they will have to do at the beginning is to send a signal

that they are to... this inequality and all sorts of things that you have just mentioned. and all sorts of things that you havejust mentioned. major and all sorts of things that you have just mentioned. major problem is this, even if it is in the short term, they will have to show that the previous administration that their policies are being changed, particularly with respect to how they have treated the humanising situation. send a signal to the people that the... will be dealt with elsewhere. so these are the challenges but it depends on two things. first of all, what is the goal and objective of this administration? they have to make it very clear that this is what they want to do. there will be some structural reforms, economy and politics. the second thing is how long they are going to do it, how long they are going to do it, how long they are going to do it, how long they will take to do it, how they will proceed.— long they will take to do it, how they will proceed. thank you very much for sharing _ they will proceed. thank you very much for sharing your _ they will proceed. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts i much for sharing your thoughts with us. your time. just to say, we are

expecting muhammad yunus to be sworn in, well, he was expected to do it around now so we will keep an eye on it and we will take you to those live pictures when we get it. sir keir starmer will chair his third emergency meeting in a week, in the wake of riots in england and northern ireland. last night there had been fears of further disorder but instead mostly peaceful anti—racism gatherings took place across england. the metropolitan police commissioner thanked communities for their show of unity and praised officers for their work. our correspondent simon jones has the latest. they said they were determined to reclaim the streets peacefully. this was walthamstow in east london last night, filled with anti—racism protesters where anti—immigration demonstrators did show up. like here in brighton, they were generally far outnumbered by those with opposing views. to see so many thousands of people turn up for peace, solidarity,

to say that we are united, that we stand as one and we are not going to accept hatred and division in our community, refugees are welcome here! feeling shared in west london in accrington, a march organised by two mosques received a warm welcome from people at the local pub in liverpool. the rioting seen last week was replaced by a message of hope. just trying to do my duty, you know, trying to do my part and help keep people safe and feel safe in their local community. and i believe that the turnout has been great and i'm sure that we've done a good job so far. the police had warned there could be 100 far—right protests, but in the end there were only a handful. off our streets! officers moved in to keep protesters and counter—protesters apart, but police say overall there were few serious incidents. it was a massive policing operation. i'm really pleased with how it went

and we put thousands of officers . on the street and i think the show of force from the police _ and, frankly, the show of show- of unity from communities together defeated the challenges that we've seen. - the police say they're still going after those who've been involved in rioting in the past week. dawn raids in london saw more arrests related to unrest in whitehall, the met chief describing the rioters as thugs, not patriots. he said around 70% have previous convictions for possessing weapons, violence and drug offences. the prime minister, on a visit to a mosque in the west midlands, said he's backing the police operation. it's important that we don't let up here and that's why later on today i'll have another cobra meeting with law enforcement, with senior police officers to make sure that we reflect on last night, but also plan for the coming days. the group stand up to racism, estimates 25,000 people took to the streets to make a stand.

the question now: is this a turning point? with thousands of officers deployed to maintain order and long prison sentences being handed out for rioters, the police and politicians are hoping stability has been restored, though concerns remain about the possibility of more far—right protests this weekend. simon jones, bbc news. two men involved in last week's unrest have each been jailed for two years and eight months after admitting violent disorder. john o'malley, who's 43, joined a mob in southport. william morgan set fire to a library and attacked police cars in liverpool. the judge at liverpool crown court had this to say. at both these locations there was very mob violence and each of you was at the forefront of that lawless behaviour. every decent member of the community affected by these events will have been appalled and deeply disturbed by what has taken place in their neighbourhoods. a state of emergency has been

declared in the kursk region of russia as a rare cross—border attack by ukrainian troops continued on wednesday. bbc verify�*s olga robinson has been looking into what we know about the attack so far. this is what the town on the western border of ukraine looks like on wednesday morning. you can see a local resident here looking at damaged buildings in the area. here is another video by a russian priest in suja. he says here that the town had been shelled for ia hours straight. russian officials say at least five people had been held and thousands have been evacuated from the region like the people in this image that was posted by the region governor. suja is located in the

kursk region. there has been intense fighting here since tuesday morning when ukraine launched the rare incursion into russia. kursk region is not new to the scene of war. they are having regular drone attacks here and reports of shelling in the months. earlierthis here and reports of shelling in the months. earlier this week this video emerged on social media on tuesday afternoon. it shows a man watching as fighterjets afternoon. it shows a man watching as fighter jets fly over afternoon. it shows a man watching as fighterjets fly over his head. up as fighterjets fly over his head. up to 1000 troops to cross into the territory and were supported by 11 tanks. however, we can't verify these claims. this is a map of the think tank from the study of war. it now estimates that ukrainian forces have since made advances up to ten kilometres into the kursk region. russian sources report that fighting has been going on in a number of villages in this region but it has been hard to assess the extent of

it. not much is footage circulated online. one video we managed to... to the northern edge of the town of suja is... the shape of turrets here, suggests that br russian tanks. nvidia was initially posted by a russian wall blogger as evidence of ukrainian losses until his readers pointed out the mistake. we have also verified this video, which emerged on wednesday, and it shows men with their hands raised and one with a white flag at the suja border crossing. russian defence ministry says that fighting continues and that since the start of the incursion ukraine has lost over 600 troops and armoured vehicles. we have been unable to verify this. so far the ukrainian authorities have said that... are the result of russia's own aggression. this is not the first incursion to russia's territory from

ukraine. but this one shows much larger in scale than what we have seen before. and for all the latest developments on the war in ukraine, you can listen to ukrainecast on bbc sounds. the latest episode, luke harding, who has reported extensively from ukraine and russia, he gives us his take on the past, present and future of the war. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

just got some breaking news to bring you now on the protests, the rioting we have been seeing in england over the last few days. we have just been hearing that two brothers who looted a library and rioting in liverpool have been jailed. a library and rioting in liverpool have beenjailed. adam and ellis wharton went to the library after protests broke out on sunday. it had

been set on fire. this is coming from liverpool crown court. the judge has been telling them that there was no doubt that, adam wharton who is 28, is said to have been a lookout for his brother and thejudge told him been a lookout for his brother and the judge told him that there was no doubt that he had been involved and encouraged his younger brother in the events. it talks about ellis wharton who is 22. he went to the library with a face covering and a rucksack and was caught trying to steal a large computer. it is that he lashed out at police and hit a police officer in the chest. adam wharton has been jailed police officer in the chest. adam wharton has beenjailed for 20 months and ellis wharton has been jailed for 11 months. that is the latest we are getting from liverpool crown court. staying on the subject. the first minister of northern ireland, michelle o'neill, has said there is no place for racism in the nation, police came under attack in the east of the city. objects were thrown

and fires were lit. the stormont assembly has been recalled to discuss the continuing unrest. the police service of northern ireland says it has asked for more help from officers across the uk. let's speak to muhammad atif from the belfast multi—cultural association. hello. thank you very much for joining us. you were addressing ministers earlier today, addressing the politicians there at stormont. to briefly sum up what your message was... on a mac thank you for giving us a chance today. i was given a chance to speak to the ministers presented at the assembler. that all the parties unanimously condemned the parties unanimously condemned the violence the? the parties unanimously condemned the violence , _, the violence they condemned the rotest the violence they condemned the protest and _ the violence they condemned the protest and all _ the violence they condemned the protest and all of _ the violence they condemned the protest and all of that, _ the violence they condemned the i protest and all of that, anti-muslim protest and all of that, anti—muslim and anti—immigrant protest going on in the streets. businesses have been

burnt. they disowned practically all of that. we are hopeful this will give a clear and loud message to the wider community and a small element of the far right. to stop this and accept all of the immigrants and the muslims as a part of the community. there were strong words from the first minister and the deputy first minister condemning the violence and talking about their support for the communities affected. did you find what they said reassuring? yes. we find anything _ what they said reassuring? yes. we find anything reassuring as - what they said reassuring? yes. we find anything reassuring as long - what they said reassuring? yes. we find anything reassuring as long as| find anything reassuring as long as they act on what they say. and i am very hopeful and positive that they will act on it. very hopeful and positive that they will act on it— very hopeful and positive that they will act on it. how is what has been auoin on will act on it. how is what has been going on affecting _ will act on it. how is what has been going on affecting people _ will act on it. how is what has been going on affecting people that - will act on it. how is what has been going on affecting people that you | going on affecting people that you offer the services to? the going on affecting people that you offer the services to?— offer the services to? the most affected part — offer the services to? the most affected part in _ offer the services to? the most affected part in this _ offer the services to? the most affected part in this are - offer the services to? the most affected part in this are the - affected part in this are the families which we are forgetting. people in northern ireland, the muslim families and the other

families. but we forget that northern ireland was back there in the 70s, 80s and 905. and northern ireland was back there in the 705, 805 and 905. and then they had this good friday agreement. this conflict is not even that huge so i am hoping northern ireland has done it before and they will do it again. the communities affected are, as i said, familie5. families are scared to leave their homes. the kids are off school, none of the kids are going to these summer activities. none of them are going to any of the other activities outside of their houses. so i hope things will hou5e5. so i hope things will change, i have asked all the northern ireland community is to come together and then make that difference. and let us feel part of this community.— difference. and let us feel part of this community. what sort of support are --eole this community. what sort of support are peeple being _ this community. what sort of support are people being offered? _ this community. what sort of support are people being offered? it- this community. what sort of support are people being offered? it is- are people being offered? it is awful to think that people are too scared to leave their houses right now. what sort of support is the community offering? we have been

hearing from the psi hearing that they have been meeting from the mosques in northern ireland to offer them reassurance. what have you been hearing in terms of support? the chief hearing in terms of support? tue chief constable actually met in our place with everyone. it was quite heart—warming to see the support from the other communities as well. i believe the ps ni i5 from the other communities as well. i believe the ps ni is doing its best given the resources they have. be5t given the resources they have. and they have promised to do more. i want to thank all the communities in northern ireland. i have seen support from every community. neighbours are coming to our houses to check if we are fine. but they are scared to go on the street, the city centre, scared to go to public places. but, in general, the rest of the community is extremely

supportive. we have that support network and i would like to thank all of these local communities who have come forward and offered to t have come forward and offered to i suppose that is one of the good things to have come out of this, isn't it? thank you for talking to us. i appreciate it after the busy day you have had talking to the politicians there. thank you. a fourth banksy artwork revealed in london in as many days it comes after the bristol—based street artist posted an image on instagram of the silhouette of a wolf howling at the moon on a satellite dish in peckham, in south banksy also claimed credit for three other black silhouette compositions, which appeared in london his third piece was unveiled on wednesday, depicting three monkeys swinging on a railway bridge in brick lane, east london.

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 spanish parliament passed an amnesty law pardoning those involved in the failed independence bid in 2017, mr puigdemont still faces arrest. our news reporter sergi forcada has more. after seven years in self—imposed exile. this was a much anticipated return for puigdemont supporters. hundreds of them gathered in front of catalan parliament in barcelona for a welcome rally. nobody knows how he got there because he had to do it in secret. as he's still facing a possible arrest, the spanish supreme court considers that the new amnesty law that drops legal action against pro—independence leaders doesn't fully apply to him, because it doesn't include the charges of embezzlement, of which he's accused of conscious of a possible imminent arrest. mr

puigdemont told his supporters that he wasn't sure the amnesty law was supposed to be returned to politics and it should never have left. but this did not suit some members of the supreme court. and so we are not interested in being part of a country where an amnesty law does not give amnesty. a country where an amnesty law is not respected is a country that has a problem with democracy. well, after speaking to the crowds and despite a heavy police presence around him, mr puigdemont vanished. he disappeared. right now, nobody knows where he is. and police are actively searching for him. in the last few hours, there have been control checks across the country, and if they find him, mr puigdemont may be arrested and will possibly end up injail. puigdemont return to barcelona today as the catalan parliament is electing a new president for the region. this man, salvador illa, it's a politician who doesn't support independence. he will be elected as head

of the catalan government. and that's obviously after pro—independence groups lost their majority in may's regional election. yunus has returned and is expected to be sworn in as an adviser any minutes. we have been expecting it in the last hour and we will bring you those live pictures as and when it happens. we will speak to samira hussain. hello there. it is one of those days. it is going to be unsettled

thanks to low pressure. bringing you more of a breeze a lot of cloud outbreaks of rain. it will tend to clear away this evening and overnights towards the north sea. it stays quite breezy, further showers particularly across western areas. but it will be a warm, muggy night. we hold on to a lot of cloud, it stays quite breezy, further showers, particularly across western areas, but it will be a warm, muggy night to come for england and wales. low teens further north. behind this cold front, though, slightly fresher air moves in, blustery westerly winds on friday, so it will be a bright and breezy day for many, much better, actually, than what we'll have today, plenty of sunshine for england and wales, some areas staying dry altogether, most of the showers affecting scotland, northern ireland, maybe north—west england. and like i mentioned, it will be a blustery day wherever you are, but especially around some western coasts. those temperatures range from around 15 to 25 degrees in the south, given more sunshine. and through friday night, it'll be dry, further showers across the north and west

of scotland, and then this weather front pushes across england and wales to bring thicker cloud and some rain, particularly by around dawn, to wales and south—west england. temperatures again 10 to 15 degrees. now, as we head into the weekend, it will be hotting up for some of us, particularly across england and wales, whereas further north it stays on the cooler side, blustery with further showers. this is the picture for saturday. blustery showers continue north and west of scotland. we'll have quite a bit of cloud to begin with across england and wales, and then the sunshine emerges into the afternoon. temperatures creeping up somewhat, low 205 across scotland, northern ireland, up to around 25 or 26 degrees across the south east. it's not until sunday—monday we're really import this hot air, hot and humid airfrom spain and france, and it will be affecting mainly the midlands, southern and eastern england. so on sunday we should have quite a bit of sunshine around, some heavy rain skirting past northern ireland and western scotland, but elsewhere it will be dry, those temperatures soaring into the afternoon across england and wales, mid to high 205 widely, we could be up to the 30 celsius mark in the south—east. and i think monday's the peak of the heat, but it'll be very short lived. temperatures return back to normal as we move through the new week, but it does stay more unsettled further north and west.

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this is bbc news. the headlines... mohammed yunus, lands in bangladesh to lead a caretaker government. the nobel laureate says his first job is to �*restore law and order�* following weeks of turmoil in the country. thousands of anti—racism protestors peacefully take to the streets across england after a week of anti—immigration disorder.

austrian authorities say a teenager they've arrested has confessed to planning a suicide attack on a taylor swift concert in vienna. and the eight day trip to space that could now last until 2025 — we'll be talking to an astronaut. now with all the latest sport here's olly foster. we are expecting to cross to bangladesh for the swearing in ceremony which could happen during this bulletin. hello from the bbc sport centre. china have just won another diving gold — that's six out of the six events so far. their latest came in the men's 3—metre springboard the defedning champion xie siyi secured gold with 100 points in his final dive. his compatriot wong zonyuan took silver. mexicos osmar olvera ibarra won bronze. great britainsjordan houlden and jack laugher were 5th and 7th.