president zelensky says russia is feeling the consequences of bringing war to ukraine. donald trump and kamala harris agree a date for their first televised debate in the race for the white house. and the new event — "breaking" makes its debut at the olympics today, with the b—girls going for gold in paris. hello, i'm lauren taylor. we start here in the uk, where the prime minister has told an emergency cobra meeting that the police will remain on high alert, after a week of violent disorder following the southport stabbings ten days ago. he said there was "no doubt" rapid sentencing and extra police officers on the street helped prevent further unrest. our political correspondent harry farley has this report. two arrests and a heavy police presence in barnsley yesterday. but widespread riots expected on wednesday

night never materialised. anti—racism protesters instead thronged the streets, chanting their support for refugees. government sources insist it's too early to tell whether a corner has been turned. ministers and police chiefs were tight—lipped as they left a meeting of the emergency cobra committee last night. the prime minister is understood to have told them to remain on high alert. he said there is no doubt rapid and public sentencing, as well as police stationed across the country, acted as a deterrent to prevent violence on wednesday night. well, we're going to continue with this strong policing response, making sure that there are additional police officers ready to respond, and also making sure we continue with the prosecutions, with the taking the cases rapidly to court and getting sentences. and we've seen the prison sentences that are following. the home secretary thanked police for their role. the 6,000 extra specialist officers mobilised

to tackle the violence remain on standby. more sentences will take place today, including for those guilty of posting material online to stir up racial hatred. the focus, for now, is the police and the courts. but questions are already turning to the role of social media companies, and whether the laws due to regulate them are sufficient. labour's mayor of london, sadiq khan, says he thinks they're not fit for purpose. harry farley, bbc news in westminster. joe twyman from deltapoll, gave us his analysis on the public reaction to the unrest. there has been a small amount of polling on this, from a variety of organisations, and the overall story remains consistent across all of those. an overwhelming majority of more than eight out of ten,

regardless of which tool you look at, do not believe that the unrest at the protest is justified. similar numbers oppose that unrest taking place. this is something that the public are overwhelmingly opposed to. while there are a proportion of people, round about, depending on how you ask, between one third, and four in ten, who believe that the protests themselves have some justification, the actual violence that occurred is overwhelmingly opposed. what about the political response and policing response, how do people view that? keir starmer, more people believe he is handling the situation badly then think he is handling the situation well. but that tends to be along political lines. if you are a supporter of keir starmer or indeed labour you probably believe he is handling it well and the opposite is true for others.

but what is interesting to me is the distinction for reform uk supporters, because supporters of the unrest tend to be older, more likely to be male, but there is a substantially different response from reform uk supporters. roundabout eight in ten believe that the protests themselves are justified. between one and five, and one in three, of that group of reform uk supporters believe that the unrest at these events, or at least thinking about it, is justified, and that is the really interesting political dimension to this, because conservative, labour and lib dems supporters are broadly speaking, of one mind on this, but it is reform uk who are the outliers. ukraine has carried out a major drone attack about 300km inside russia. the attack happened to the north—east of ukraine's ground offensive in the border region of kursk. pictures released by

the russian defence ministry show the target being hit by ukrainian forces. the defence ministry also said it had intercepted 75 other drones. local media said a fire had broken out at a military airfield with local officials reporting damage to energy infrastructure. the governor in neighbouring lipetsk region ordered the evacuation of four villages. the ukrainian operation in kursk continues. in the last hour, i was joined by our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, and our russia editor, steve rosenberg. until now we have not heard anything specific by the ukrainian authorities on this cross—border attack, but sources at the security service told the bbc that this drone strike, took place on the lipetsk air base across the border. they elaborate, saying that hundreds of glide bombs were stored there, as well as russian fighter jets and bombers. that is corroborated by russian military bloggers across the border,

as well as local russian officials. and, you would presume that with future satellite imagery, we might get a sense of the damage caused. there is online footage appearing to show several explosions and a large fire. this is the type of operation ukraine has been wanting to carry out for so long. it is often described as having to fight with one hand behind his back because of western reluctance to allow them to strike targets inside russia. but the consensus now, interestingly, from the us, germany, the uk, is that what we are seeing with this cross—border attack, ukrainian boots on russian soil, is that they think this falls under ukraine's right to defend itself. when you look at the scale of this drone attack and the continued advances, look at claims of more

more villages falling under ukrainian control, ukraine is investing in this operation, this is ukraine pushing back on its own eastern front line, but in the short—term it seems like they are drawing russian troops from elsewhere, which may well have been the goal of this. officially, it is slightly oblique in terms of admitting that it is going into russia in this way but what are you hearing about the strategic objective of doing this on the ground and also and also from the air, with these drones? starting with the vagueness you referenced. president zelensky said russia brought the war to us, and it is for russia to feel the effects of that. he said he is looking to convey a message with what is going on. but it seems to be that, over the past weeks and months, ukrainian generals have been nervous about a gathering of russian forces right along the border, from the north—eastern kharkiv region, to the more northern

region of sumy. since a russian cross—border incursion in may there were fears that it could do the same for the north and further stretch already depleted ukrainian personnel. in a sense, you would imagine that this frustrates that. talking about this being a high—stakes strategy, this stretches the front line for ukraine also. when you are outnumbered by russia still, when you are struggling to mobilise enough men, it relies on you achieving gains elsewhere. so, for now, it is destructing russian military operations on its own side of the border, drawing russian troops, we have seen heavy fighting and a russian convoy reportedly hit overnight as well. it really is throwing the cat among the pigeons. it seems to have blindsided russia for now but you could imagine that there would be some kind of tough response, the sentiment

you hearfrom generals, politicians and here from people in ukraine is, how much worse can it get, can they invade again? that would have been calculated by the ukrainians ahead of this incursion. james waterhouse, thank you. steve rosenberg, what has been the reaction in russia to this? the russian papers today were really interesting. keep in mind that most of the russian papers are still printed and published and are controlled by the state but what comes through reading the papers today is the begrudging recognition by moscow that ukraine's cross—border attack has been pretty successful, so far. this paper is a popular tabloid. it quotes first of all from the relatively new russian defence minister, who said that it is ok making

mistakes, but you must not lie, and the paper says we to recognise this was a strong move by the zelensky regime which has caused unpleasant consequences for russia. this pro—kremlin paper says that the enemy, the ukrainian army, is acting skilfully and daringly, according to all of the rules of the art of war. it said it has been using drones as air cover for its tactical groups. then it brought in reserves, and battalion tactical groups, which have attacked in various parts of kursk region. that is quite interesting. that reflects the realisation here in moscow that it is difficult to put a positive spin on what has been happening in southern russia over the last four days. whilst we have been talking to you, a news wire has dropped with russia declaring a federal emergency in the kursk region. if that is confirmed,

how significant a development would that be? that is not clear to me, what a federal emergency is. already, there was an emergency situation declared in the kursk region. i am not sure of the consequences of a federal emergency. the language is interesting and it is something that we should follow. because, of course, two and a half years ago, when moscow launched its full—scale invasion of ukraine, russia called this a special military operation, and said that it was liberating parts of eastern ukraine. when ukrainian forces went into russia this week, russia called it a provocation and a terrorist attack. vladimir putin used that word "provocation". he did not use the word "invasion",

which is quite interesting. there has been no suggestion here that moscow is about to make an official declaration of war against ukraine although, we have seen ukrainian troops moving onto russian territory. that suggests also that there was a reluctance on the part of the authorities here in moscow to actually come out and declare out and declare this officially, a war. it has been a special military operation in the words of the kremlin, for two and a half years. thank you to steve rosenberg in moscow. israel has agreed to send a delegation to a new round of negotiations on a ceasefire and hostage—release deal with hamas. the united states, egypt and qatar issued a joint call for talks to resume next week — in either cairo or doha. hamas has yet to respond. with fears of a wider regional escalation following the killing of the hamas leader, ismail haniyeh in iran, international diplomats have been stressing the urgent need for a ceasefire to end the gaza war. in a statement, president biden, egyptian president, abdel fattah el—sisi, and the emir of qatar say

i asked our middle east correspondent yolande knell how it would work. that is subject to speculation. ismail haniyeh he was assassinated in tehran last week when he was visiting there was seen as somebody who was more moderate and pragmatic, who had been overseeing the hamas negotiations, but it has been pointed out by hamas officials that the senior hamas official who was really leading the negotiating team in these indirect talks with israel through mediators, he remains in place, he remains responsible for this, and previously, yahya sinwar, the hardline leader of hamas overall, he had agreed to

all of the former positions that hamas had signed up to, including of course that temporary truce that we saw leading to the release of dozens of israeli hostages late last year, and it had seemed that yahya sinwar was really calling the shots. he was presumed to be in an underground bunker in gaza, having been seen to have masterminded the october 7th deadly attacks on israel. there has been pressure internationally get to a ceasefire. how much appetite is there in israel to go down that route? israel was quick to say that it would send negotiators back to the talks. certainly there is a lot of domestic pressure. the hostages' families, one of the main groups, came out quickly to support this statement, sending a strong message from these three leaders in the region and presidentjoe biden as well, who had all been supporting the mediation effort.

and it had been suggested that, back in latejuly, prior to this series of events that led to an escalation in this region, this dangerous juncture that it finds itself at at the moment, it had been said by the americans in particular that they were getting close to having a deal agreed, and its statements suggest a bridging proposal to overcome different outstanding issues between the two parties. that can be agreed. a senior us administration official was briefing journalists that there were compromises needed by both sides at the negotiating table. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

donald trump and kamala harris have agreed a date for their first televised presidential debate, with the broadcaster abc news confirming

that they will host the showdown on september 10th. it comes after mr trump said that he would be open to debating his democratic rival multiple times before november's election. ms harris confirmed that she would attend the abc debate, but has not yet weighed in on any additional dates. national and battleground state polls suggest the democrats' campaign has gained ground after ms harris replaced president biden on the ticket, but the race for the white house remains a close contest. the austrian interior minister says a third person has been arrested in connection with the planned attacks on the taylor swift concerts in vienna. gerhard karner said an 18—year—old iraqi was detained in the austrian capital on thursday night. he said the teenager, who is believed to have pledged allegiance to the islamic state group, was an acquaintance of the main suspect, a 19—year—old austrian citizen. the two others are also under arrest and investigations are continuing. taylor swift's three performances in vienna have been cancelled. let's go live now to vienna and our correspondent bethany bell.

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austrian chancellor help in uncovering the plot. tte: austrian chancellor and the interior minister and senior security officials have said that they have work closely with foreign intelligence agencies in uncovering this plan to attack one of the taylor swift concert here in vienna. we have not heard exact details and confirmation as to which intelligence service this was, we have had reports, unconfirmed, suggesting the americans may have given them a tip off, because everybody who has been speaking about this in austria has praised the co—operation that they have had with foreign intelligence services. we understand that vienna has been trying to console their status with fans with free coffees and cheap trip to the swimming pool and so on. vienna has really been trying to

deal with the disappointment of the very many taylor swift fans who came here. it was interesting. i have been out talking to a number of them. whilst they are clearly extremely disappointed, and i have seen people in tears, everybody i have spoken to says they understand that safety must come first and they are trying to make the best of things, and enjoy what is in vienna for them. things, and en'oy what is in vienna for them. . ~ things, and en'oy what is in vienna for them. ., ~ i. ., ., , for them. thank you for “oining us from vienna. * for them. thank you for “oining us from vienna, bethany _ for them. thank you forjoining us from vienna, bethany bell. - on day 14 of the olympics in paris, 35 gold medals are up for grabs in events ranging from athletics to wrestling. in one of the first events of the day, hungary's kristof rasovszky has won gold in the men's ten—kilometre marathon swimming. we're joined now by our reporter grace harbage in paris. good morning. day 14, and we have had that gold medal race of the men's marathon swimming in the river

seine. people would be relieved to know that those events taking place in the seine have been completed and with there's water quality concerns, thatis with there's water quality concerns, that is now finished, and the seine will be back in action for the paralympics. taking you back to last night if i may. it was a hollywood script at the bercy arena, where the usa beat serbia 95 591 indie basketball finals. the usa were under a lot of pressure but lebron james and kevin durant, stepped up when they needed to. remember that they toiled by 17 points at one stage in the second quarter, and 13 points going into the final quarter, so they can celebrate getting into another gold medal match in the basketball. �* . , another gold medal match in the basketball. �* ., , ., basketball. and a member of the refu . ee basketball. and a member of the refugee olympic _ basketball. and a member of the refugee olympic team _ basketball. and a member of the refugee olympic team was - basketball. and a member of the | refugee olympic team was beaten basketball. and a member of the - refugee olympic team was beaten on a split decision losing refugee 0lympic team was beaten on a split decision losing 4— refugee olympic team was beaten on a split decision losing 4— to panama in the boxing. there have been some controversial boxing matches in this game is and this was one of them. a

lot of booing from the crowd. her 0lympics lot of booing from the crowd. her olympics is over, but she takes home that bronze medal which is history making for the refugee 0lympic that bronze medal which is history making for the refugee olympic team. at least stad to france, another bit of history was made when tibogo of botswana denied noah lyles in the 200 metres final. noah lyles attoub pick up the bronze medal, but after that he then announced he had tested positive for covid, and tibogo becomes the winner of botswana's first ever gold medal. staying at the stad to france, back to today, a lot of people will be following katarina johnson—thompson of team gb, leading the heptathlon with two events to go, five down, eventually 90, events to go, five down, eventually go, the long jump completed this morning, then the javelin,

culminating tonight with the 800 metres. she is the current world champion but has been pushed by belgian rival, looking for a third consecutive 0lympic heptathlon title, so so many eyes on her, to see what she can do this evening, to pick up herfirst see what she can do this evening, to pick up her first 0lympic see what she can do this evening, to pick up her first olympic medal, but also this evening, the athletics is incredible, the final of the four times 100 metres it, men's and women's, and that was after a doping violation in tokyo, by cj ujoh, but noah lyles, has tested positive for covid, will team usa be without their star sprinter? covid, will team usa be without theirstarsprinter? he covid, will team usa be without their star sprinter? he said that he will let his coaches make that decision. there are so much more to come here from paris. i canjust tell you that behind me, the taekwondo will be pleased —— taking

place, then women's hockey meadows, men's and women's track cycling, rhythmic gymnastics and the men's beach volleyball finals as well, but just behind us, there is the braking that will take place, the new 0lympic that will take place, the new olympic sport, the women's event taking place today, so, plenty of action here on friday at the olympic games. it feels with the olympics that it goes on for quite a long time. what is the atmosphere like they now? time. what is the atmosphere like the now? ., , , ., ., they now? honestly, you would not know that we _ they now? honestly, you would not know that we have _ they now? honestly, you would not know that we have only _ they now? honestly, you would not know that we have only two - they now? honestly, you would not know that we have only two days i they now? honestly, you would not know that we have only two days ofj know that we have only two days of competition there. it is absolutely buzzing. there are people everywhere. we are in a real hotspot, we have the grand palais behind us, we are near the place to the concord, bmx has been taking here —— taking place, and to the left he the swimming events have been taking place, and are still a massive buzz with people wanting to make the most of it. it may feel

like it has been going on for a long time back for us, it has flown by, but people are here enjoying it. it is a bit cooler today, which people will be very pleased about. but for now they are trying to soak up the atmosphere, and make sure that everyone is excited about the athletics tonight, going into the weekend. grace harbage in paris, thank you. stay with us here on bbc news. don't forget our website where you can catch up any time. hello. for some of us it was quite a humid and cloudy start to the day, but we're seeing fresher air now moving in and that's going to bring with it for the rest of the day some spells of sunshine. there'll be a few blustery showers in the forecast, but most of them will be across scotland and northern ireland too. we've got low pressure centred to the north and

higher pressure towards the south. this is the cold front that moved its way eastwards overnight, so that's bringing us the fresher feel to the weather. lots of sunshine out there, quite windy conditions, particularly in the north west. we could see gusts over 40 miles an hour and showers pile in for scotland, a few for northern ireland. could get a shower, perhaps northwest england and north wales, but most of us further south should stay dry. temperatures 2a or 25 down towards the south east, but we're typically looking at high teens or low 20s further north. 0vernight, there'll be further showers rattling in across scotland, especially the northern half of scotland. more low cloud and patchy light rain and drizzle heading in from the west across england and wales. it won't be quite as warm and humid as last night, with temperatures around 11 to 15 to kick off your weekend. so the weekend's weather — for saturday, we've got this frontal system. it's a pretty weak affair, but it is bringing some quite low cloud, drizzly rain, to parts of england and wales to start your day on saturday, mainly in the west, heading its way eastwards but tending to fizzle out, that rain. i think it will improve for wales, the midlands and northern england.

there'll also be some sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. a few showers in the north, could stay a little bit drizzly alll day across some southern counties. top temperatures between about 15 to 25 north to south, but things turn hotter and more humid on sunday. so the wind direction changes, the winds coming in from the south or southeast. we've got rain sitting out to the west. this is a frontal system. could spill the odd shower towards perhaps northern ireland, far south west of england as well, but most places dry with long spells of sunshine. and that's going to lift temperatures to 29 or 30 degrees in the warmest spots in the south, mid 20s further north. but sunday night is when we see this weather front moving in. could see some heavy, thundery downpours as that frontal system pushes across that warm, humid air. into monday, the northern half of the uk again prone to some heavy showers, perhaps some torrential downpours and thunderstorms. a real contrast in temperature, 16 in stornoway, 31 in london — could be the warmest day of the year so far on monday. things then turn fresher from tuesday onwards. some scattered showers at times in the north, but a fair amount of drier weather holding on further south.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the uk prime minister says police should remain on "high alert" for more disorder — 6,000 extra officers will remain mobilised over the weekend. ukraine carries out a major drone attack about 300 kilometres inside russia. president zelensky says russia is feeling the consequences of bringing war to ukraine.

israel says it will send a delegation to a new round of gaza ceasefire negotiations — the united states, egypt and qatar issue a joint call for talks to resume next week. the son of bangladesh's former prime minister, sheikh hasina, says his mother will return to the country when fresh elections are called. hello, i'm lauren taylor. we start with some breaking news coming into us from ukraine. reports that russia has hit a supermarket in the east of ukraine and at least seven people have been wounded in that attack. a local official has confirmed seven people injured in the attack in the ukraine. more information on that as soon as we get it. let's get more on the recent disorder across england and northern ireland. much of the unrest we've seen since the fatal stabbings of three children in southport 11 days ago,

was fuelled in part by mis—information, spread on social media about the alleged killer.