america there is a dynamic there. my bias says. _ america there is a dynamic there. my bias says, yes, he is right, they are a _ bias says, yes, he is right, they are a bit— bias says, yes, he is right, they are a bit strange. if you look at the way— are a bit strange. if you look at the way trump and vance have gone about _ the way trump and vance have gone about it _ the way trump and vance have gone about it as_ the way trump and vance have gone about it as well, the way they have undertaken — about it as well, the way they have undertaken their campaign and attacked — undertaken their campaign and attacked has been a very demoralising for the quality of democracy. demoralising for the quality of democracy-— demoralising for the quality of democra . ~ ., , . democracy. would you use that [an . ua . e democracy. would you use that language about _ democracy. would you use that language about your _ democracy. would you use that | language about your opponents. democracy. would you use that i language about your opponents. i wouldn't. language about your opponents. i wouldn't be _ language about your opponents. i wouldn't. do you _ language about your opponents. i wouldn't. do you think— language about your opponents. i wouldn't. do you think it - language about your opponents. i wouldn't. do you think it is - language about your opponents. i wouldn't. do you think it is fair. i wouldn't. do you think it is fair. it shows what _ wouldn't. do you think it is fair. it shows what i _ wouldn't. do you think it is fair. it shows what i said, _ wouldn't. do you think it is fair. it shows what i said, that - wouldn't. do you think it is fair. it shows what i said, that the i it shows what i said, that the degradation of politics into cartoonish narratives, he is weird, she is a crook. people want to know they have politician s she is a crook. people want to know they have politician 5 who have solutions. what we have seen with biden's declining health, the country could still operate at a time of international crisis, so what i want is stability from america francely, whatever —— frankly whoever is in change. i think trump did get some things and

he has done terrible things with his narrative. kamala harris seems to enjoy playing the identity card. i wish it ended up being more like a soap opera. wish it ended up being more like a soap opera-— wish it ended up being more like a soap opera-— soap opera. people do say the american _ soap opera. people do say the american president _ soap opera. people do say the american president has - soap opera. people do say the american president has a - soap opera. people do say the| american president has a huge soap opera. people do say the - american president has a huge impact across the world, i like to bring lakshya back in, if you had to predict who would be president, what would you say? it is predict who would be president, what would you say?— would you say? it is very tight. it is auoin would you say? it is very tight. it is going to _ would you say? it is very tight. it is going to be — would you say? it is very tight. it is going to be decided _ would you say? it is very tight. it is going to be decided by - would you say? it is very tight. it is going to be decided by a - would you say? it is very tight. it is going to be decided by a hair. l is going to be decided by a hair. and i_ is going to be decided by a hair. and i would _ is going to be decided by a hair. and i would say— is going to be decided by a hair. and i would say that _ is going to be decided by a hair. and i would say that right- is going to be decided by a hair. and i would say that right now. and i would say that right now kamala — and i would say that right now kamala harris _ and i would say that right now kamala harris is _ and i would say that right now kamala harris is the _ and i would say that right now kamala harris is the slightesti and i would say that right now. kamala harris is the slightest of favourites — kamala harris is the slightest of favourites to _ kamala harris is the slightest of favourites to be _ kamala harris is the slightest of favourites to be the _ kamala harris is the slightest of favourites to be the next - kamala harris is the slightest of. favourites to be the next president of the _ favourites to be the next president of the united — favourites to be the next president of the united states. _ favourites to be the next president of the united states.— of the united states. thank you, i think we have _ of the united states. thank you, i think we have got _ of the united states. thank you, i think we have got time _ of the united states. thank you, i think we have got time to look- of the united states. thank you, i think we have got time to look at| of the united states. thank you, i | think we have got time to look at a few of the stories on the front—pages tomorrow. the guardian laws to stop fake news not fit for purpose says london mayor. and he is also on the daily telegraph saying that he is no longer safe as a

muslim. and daily express, labour man held over call to cut rioters�* throats. the i says definance cuts. and the mail said riot thugs shamed on tv asjudges and the mail said riot thugs shamed on tv as judges get tough. and the financial times is also looking at google and a secret ad deal to target teens. that's it for tonight. thank to our panel. anna foster is here tomorrow. until then thank you for your company. here tomorrow. until then thank you foryour company. good here tomorrow. until then thank you for your company. good night.

hello, i'm tanya beckett. almost 500 people have been arrested in connection with the disorder, but police say the numbers are likely to go police say the numbers are likely to 9° up police say the numbers are likely to go up significantly. daniel sandford has our top story. shouting. missile! they were the worst riots in more than a decade. this footage just released show is the intense pressure officerss

the intense pressure officers were under at the height of the riots in liverpool. withdraw! at times, they had to give ground... watch the flames! ..because the bombardment from fireworks was so fierce. bloody hell. had enough already. in london, an early—morning knock today as police raided the homes of those suspected of being involved in rioting last week. the tactic is to arrest people as soon as they can be identified, and put them before the courts as quickly as possible. 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 go to prison for a few years.

and following the shocking scenes in southport and liverpool last week, more heavy sentences were passed today. john o'malley, on the left, and 69—year—old william morgan were both jailed for two years and eight months. those who deliberately participate in such disorder, causing injury, damage and fear to communities, will inevitably be punished with sentences designed to deter others similar activity. the prime minister, who visited community leaders in solihull today, was back in whitehall to chair another cobra emergency meeting tonight, and said he believed the tough sentences and police deployments were having an effect. and it looks like the deterrents might be starting to work. instead of violence by the far right last night, there were largely peaceful demonstrations by anti—racism campaigners. though this labour councillor, rickyjones, has been arrested by police on suspicion of encouraging murder. they are disgusting nazi fascists, and we need to cull their ranks.

and get rid of them all! there's clearly huge relief in police and in government that there was no serious violence last night. but for now, everyone's holding their breath, hoping the violence doesn't begin again. the home secretary was at the main london police control room this morning, thanking officers for their work and looking at how they're using facial recognition software to identify suspects. but she told me that nobody was relaxing yet. we're not going to take our foot off the pedal on this. the police, the criminaljustice system, all has our strong support from across the government to keep going, to keep making sure that criminals pay the price for the kind of violent disorder, the thuggery, the extremism. everyone is hoping the worst of the rioting is over, but there are some far right actions planned for this weekend, and the prime minister told the police to remain on high alert. daniel sandford, bbc news.

let's speak to our political correspondent, harry farley. harry, no doubt the government, more particularly keir starmer, now of the view and has optimism that the momentum is going out of these riots. . momentum is going out of these riots. , ., ,�* riots. yes, from us officials i've been speaking _ riots. yes, from us officials i've been speaking to, _ riots. yes, from us officials i've been speaking to, there - riots. yes, from us officials i've been speaking to, there is - riots. yes, from us officials i've been speaking to, there is the l riots. yes, from us officials i've - been speaking to, there is the sense of relief that did not have the level of violence. there is that sense of relief, but as one official put, they wouldn't say job sense of relief, but as one official put, they wouldn't sayjob done. that emergency cobra meeting chaired, and told them to remain on high alert. he thanks them for the

work and he said there is no doubt that the twin approach of making sure that the police have enough resources in the right places. secondly, criminal sentences are handed down quickly and they are done very publicly. we saw the first told i sentences.— told i sentences. there has been is there is a sense _ told i sentences. there has been is there is a sense that _ told i sentences. there has been is there is a sense that the _ told i sentences. there has been is i there is a sense that the government is willing to take that on board or is willing to take that on board or is it too soon to ask the question. i was asking this of a number of feet figures in government if they were willing to begin to speak to the nation and were willing to begin to speak to the nation . , . . ,, were willing to begin to speak to the nation . , . . , , the nation and try and address some of those underlying _ the nation and try and address some

of those underlying concerns - the nation and try and address some of those underlying concerns from i of those underlying concerns from the writers. the view in government is very much no, they are not going to do that yet. they said that would give the viewer give the impression that we have turned a corner and the view and the government is that it is too soon to say and it's too early to say whether we have turned a corner or not. the other perspective that one senior figure told me today was that that would also give the impression that there is something legitimate behind the balance and in their view, this is just violent criminality and it needs to be called out as such. that is of the view from government. they are not planning immediate attempt to address the concerns by the violence. when that happens in the weeks to come, that is a separate question. weeks to come, that is a separate cuestion. . weeks to come, that is a separate cuestion. , . ., . , question. there is another reality on the line. _ question. there is another reality on the line, that _ question. there is another reality on the line, that the _ question. there is another reality on the line, that the government| on the line, that the government prior to all this was talking about prison release programme. yes.

prior to all this was talking about prison release programme. yes, they were, the prison release programme. yes, they were. they have _ prison release programme. yes, they were, they have slightly _ prison release programme. yes, they were, they have slightly tweaked - prison release programme. yes, they were, they have slightly tweaked the | were, they have slightly tweaked the time in which people come out of jail and serve the rest of their prison sentence from 50% to a0%. the reason the government argued that it was necessary because there was overcrowding to such a severe extent to the prison, they were worried they wouldn't be able to cope with an incident like we've seen over the last few days. the government argued that this measure was necessary. there are questions over whether some of the people sentenced over the last few days will be themselves eligible for that or the release. thank you very much indeed. there were many across england braced for trouble last night. some businesses had closed early, others boarded up their windows. by and large the trouble

didn't materialise, though tensions persist. lucy manning has more from sheffield. the boards are coming down as the hope rises that the worst of the violence, the racism, the attacks on the police might be over. in sheffield, the businesses that shut up shop yesterday are open. hundreds on this street last night protesting and protecting their community, including zurul�*s malaysian restaurant. it was a bit cheery to see that so many people came out last night, you know, to show what they stand for, to protect the premises and business here. i'm so grateful. i'd just like to thank everyone who came out last night. do you think people have the right to protest against immigration? yeah, we all have the rights to raise our voice, but it has to be in a peaceful manner and in a civilised manner. the protesters felt they had reclaimed the streets in sheffield and north and south from here. with the far right not even showing up, they hope that the tide is turning. but more anti—immigration demonstrations are

set for the weekend. in newcastle, more than a thousand had gathered to make sure there was no pavement for the far right to occupy. "geordies united" was the chant. seeing your community get smashed up on tiktok wasn'tjust... wasn't a feeling we could go through. we had to stand in the way and prevent something. newcastle really showed its true colours. and on that night, the fact that we turned up in such large numbers and we didn't have anything to face, just showed that the positive much outweighs the negative in this city. but the streets are still tense. the issues haven't disappeared, even if there is hope the heavy violence has. in barnsley today, the police almost outnumbered the protesters, both pro— and anti—immigration demonstrators. i have got indian family, and i've got mixed—race great nieces and nephews. i'm definitely not far right. however, we can house all these illegal immigrants for free, give them all these hand—outs, and that's my biggest grievance.

what do you think of the violence that has been over the last week? disgusting, appalling. we were there on sunday, and police were more brutal with us when we were being peaceful. we're getting classed, all classed as far right and we're not. - we're just concerned citizens, and they're| going to carry on these protests. the police very much still on alert. lucy manning, bbc news. northern ireland's first minister, michelle o'neill, has condemned the continuing violence in belfast, and says there's no place for racism in our society. last night police officers came under attack in the east of the city. the stormont assembly has been recalled from summer recess, to discuss the crisis. much of the unrest we've seen since the fatal stabbings of three children at a dance class in southport ten days ago

was fuelled in part by misinformation spread on social media about the identity of the alleged killer. marianna spring has tracked down some of the people behind one of the first posts publishing false information, and asked them, why they did it. all this week, we told you a lot about how misinformation is an excuse of fuelling riots in the uk. i've been investigating where it's coming from and why it's being shared. one of the first pages to shared. one of the first pages to share false information about the southport tragedy was this unregulated news site from channel three now. some of the details were correct, but the name of the 17—year—old was false. the article wrongly suggested that the attacker was here seeking asylum. nevertheless, it was widely quoted and shared often by accounts with fire rights and disinformation

ideas. people might have been less likely to question it because it sounds like a new station. because of what happened in the uk this week, i tracked down some of the people linked to channel three now fund and who they are. james is an immature hockey player and farm hand is a dad. when i reach out to him, he blocked me, but i —— for both their identities —— tract three. the article doesn't have a byline. i was also able to speak to someone who says they're called kevin based in texas. they say they're involved in the running of the site and social media accounts. this person apologised for the inaccurate article, saying this shouldn't have happened but it was in error. what i found out points towards a site that want to make money from junk mail stories quickly rather than intentionally looking to fuel riots.

kevin said the site is covering as many stories as possible to generate income. chasing cliques appears to have been more important than checking the facts. that's partly down to the design of the social media site. x allows accounts to profit from post even if what they're saying is false. what's the solution? well, current uk legislation doesn't have the ability to deal with this information, although there are other laws that would hate, incitement, violence, plus people involved are face abroad. x has not yet responded to the bbc�*s request for comment. let's not take a look at tomorrow's front pages. —— let's now. the violent unrest that has swept

across england and northern ireland features heavily on the majority of the front pages. the guardian picks up comments from the london mayor sadiq khan who claims the laws to stop fake news are not fit for purpose, taking aim at the misinformation on social media which has the fuelled riots. in the telegraph, sadiq khan admits he no longer feels safe as a muslim, with mosques and accommodation for asylum seekers being attacked across the country. the daily mail makes its feelings heard. "riot thugs jailed and shamed on tv as courts gets tough", after prison terms totalling 32 years are handed down to the would—be rioters. elsewhere, according to the i, the chancellor rachel reeves is preparing to order ministers to make major savings in the coming months amid defence cost—cutting already under way. under the headline "google and meta struck secret ads deal to target teens", the financial times says instagram used an unknown loophole for how the treat minors online. the paper also carries a picture of the nobel laureate, muhammad yunus, who has been sworn in as interim leader of bangladesh

—— how they treat. and the metro focusses its frontpage on taylor swift's cancelled tours. the pop queen's concerts in vienna were cut short due to a security due to a security risk, but the mayor of london has insisted the us pop star's performances at wembley next week will go ahead. katie price has been arrested at heathrow airport, after failing to attend a court hearing related to her bankruptcies. an arrest warrant for the former glamour model had been issued last month. she has been remanded in custody at a west london police station, at a west london police station to appear before a judge tomorrow. an ingenious tool which won its creators the nobel prize for chemistry is to be used by the nhs as part of a new treatment for a genetic blood disorder. the therapy could be a cure for beta thalassaemia and spare patients blood transfusions every few weeks.

although it costs more than £1.5 million per person, nhs england has struck a deal with the manufacturer to cut costs. james gallagher has the full story. kirthana balachandran is in hospital again, preparing for a blood transfusion. good morning. hi, how are you doing? i'm good, thank you. she was diagnosed with beta thalassaemia when she was just three months old. small sharp scratch. the condition causes pain, heart palpitations and cuts life short, so kirthana needs a blood transfusion every three weeks. it took me a very long time to accept that this is a condition for the rest of my life. have you worked out how much blood you have had in your lifetime? i've had about 13 transfusions each year. times that by 21 and then times that by two or three blood bags, probably about 500 blood bags or more. it's a lot of blood.

yeah! so, how does this new therapy work? these discs are red blood cells, and it's theirjob to transport oxygen around the body. i can show you how, if we take a peek inside. they are full of haemoglobin, and this is what the oxygen actually sticks to. but in beta thalassaemia the body can't make enough, so the blood can't do itsjob properly. so, here is the big idea, doctors remove stem cells from the bone marrow. these are the cells that constantly make new blood. the dna is edited, and here is the really clever bit, it tells these cells to go back in time, to make foetal haemoglobin, the healthy haemoglobin we all make back in the womb. these reprogrammed cells are then put back into the patient, where they start making healthy red blood cells. the nhs says the therapy will be available within weeks. this is extremely exciting. to have such cutting—edge technology being made available in the nhs is truly ground—breaking. at the moment, it is available

to about 460 patients with beta thalassaemia in the nhs. but of course, in the future, this will be applicable to many other patients with other conditions, and that is truly exciting. for kirthana, it means a single infusion could replace a lifetime of treatment. i think it would change my life drastically, notjust mine, but many other lives with thalassaemia. to think i would never have to come for a transfusion again and have to work around, have to work my life around my transfusions, it would be crazy. james gallagher, bbc news. at the olympics, team gb have won gold in a new event at the games, kiteboarding. it means team gb has now hit 51 medals with three days of competition left. here's our sports editor dan roan.

kiteboarding is making its olympic debut at these for the games, and now great britain can boast its first ever olympic champion. commentator: and it is gold for ellie aldridge, _ and gold for great britain! in a discipline that sees competitors race above the sea at speeds of up to 45 mph, aldridge went into the final needing two wins to be crowned champion. and in marseille, she was flying. pipping the french favourite to sail away with a historic title and provide a timely boost to a disappointing regatta in what's traditionally been one of britain's strongest sports. so, could aldridge believe it? nor - it's crazy. and there was more medal success in another sport where speed is of the essence. having been part of the sprint team that won gold on monday, emma finucane and katy marchant reached the final of the keirin. young welsh rider finucane was bidding to become the first british woman ever to win triple gold at a single olympics, but could only manage third place in a race won by new zealand's ellesse andrews. marchant finishing fourth. so, emma finucane unable to add

to her gold medal early in the week. she has to make do with bronze here. but nonetheless, that is a fifth medal now for team gb here in the velodrome this week. to get a bronze medal, - it literally feels like gold to me, because i left everything out- on that track, and if you told me a year ago i'd be coming. to the olympics and getting a gold in the team sprint and then a bronze in the keirin, _ i would've be like, - no way, but here i am. in the beauty of the grand palais lies something more brutal. as tough as it gets forjadejones. the two—time taekwondo champion beaten in the first round for the second games running. her build—up had been overshadowed by controversy, only cleared to compete here last month after being found to have committed a no—fault doping violation on confidential medical violation on confidential medical grounds. today she insisted she is never taken performance enhancing drugs. jack laugher�*s olympics ended with a splash, only a big one. commentator: no, no, no, no! laugher finished seventh, but he's been a medallist at three successive games, including this one, and has helped ensure that this is britain's best ever olympics in the diving pool. dan roan, bbc news, paris.

looked all right to me! my my standards are really low when it comes to diving. an artwork by the street artist banksy appears to have been stolen less than an hour after it was revealed. the painting, of a wolf howling at the moon, was on a satellite dish in peckham in south london. it's the fourth animal—themed image unveiled by the bristol—based artist. a lone wolf howling to the skies via satellite, a fourth a lone wolf howling to the skies via satellite, a fourth artwork revealed by banksy — part of a week of animal—themed surprises. but then, this happened. armed with a ladder, several men grabbed the dish and casually walk off. but was it theft or a stunt?

his press team have told the bbc they, in their words, "believed it had been stolen". hello, lads. you're doing a greatjob. but with banksy, you never quite know. either way, the wolf and its satellite dish are gone. he did something a year or two back as well and again, i think that was gone by the end of the day. so, tough to have any longevity down here. yet still standing for all to see are this week's other pieces. on monday he offered london a goat perched on top of a wall in richmond. chelsea woke up to two elephant silhouettes. and on wednesday, three monkeys appearing to swing on a railway bridge appeared in brick lane. he claimed credit for all of them on his instagram profile. silence from banksy is usual on what all of this actually means, and what we can expect next. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. hello there. we did have a lot of cloud through thursday afternoon, and with that came drizzle, some heavier outbreaks of rain

across northern portions of the uk, for example here in stirling. with that rain, some low cloud and misty conditions. the air�*s actually been very humid. brought in by a warm sector. cold front out in the atlantic is going to be spreading fresher air in from the west over the next few hours, and with that, drizzle will tend to ease away from scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales, eventually leaving the rather humid air to start the day on friday across east anglia, south—east england, where there could well still be a few patches of drizzle, a bit of mist around, too. but that lot should clear out of the way quite quickly, and then we're looking at those fresher conditions spreading across all of the uk. sunny spells widespread. ok, there could be some patches of cloud at times across england and wales, won't be completely gin—clear sunny skies, and there will be some showers, particularly for western scotland, one or two possible for northern ireland and north wales. but there will be a lot of dry weather through the afternoon and plenty of pleasant, warm spells of august sunshine. now, for the weekend, we have weak weather fronts pestering england and wales, bringing a rather mixed weather picture here. cloud will vary through the day,

it will tend to come and go. some warm spells of sunshine. this area of potentially heavy, thundery rain. it could get into northern ireland and western scotland through the day, so it certainly won't be hot and sunny absolutely everywhere, but it will be pretty humid for most of us. and in the sunshine across england and wales, yes, you do have hot weather, high 20s to low 30s. sunday night and into monday, quite extensive, heavy and thundery outbreaks of rain across the uk. could cause some localised surface waterflooding issues, but towards the south—east and probably parts of east anglia, it's another hot day — temperatures peaking somewhere between 30—33 celsius before those temperatures drop away again as we head into tuesday. bye for now.

now on bbc news — it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. donald trump isn't getting the presidential election race he wanted, and he doesn't seem happy about it. a visibly ageing, faltering joe biden was the ideal punchbag. now he's in the ring with kamala harris, seemingly more energetic and confident running for the white house than she's been as vice president. the polls have tightened. republicans are suddenly nervous. my guest is chris ruddy, a long—time trump friend and ceo of the conservative media group newsmax. is team trump veering off track?