of the sheikh hasina government more than a week ago. videos of homes being burned, temples vandalized and people being killed at the hands of anti—hindu extremists, have gone viral on social media. but some have disputed these claims. the bbc�*s south asia correspondent samira hussain went to investigate. go, go, go, go. social media. videos going viral. seen by millions. the claim. evidence of violence targeting the hindu minority. this one of a building engulfed in flames, captioned hindus in bangladesh are coming under attack. we crossed the country to see if it was true. we arrive in this small village in northern bangladesh and find what's left of the building. from the video, the charred remains of a two room school, remnants of textbooks littering what was a place

for students with disabilities. we showed ehsan ul haq manik, founder of the school, the footage seeing it for the first time. aghast at the captions, he says it has nothing to do with religion. it's false. my nephew called from dhaka that your stuff is being used in the name of hindus. manik is muslim. he believes it was politically motivated because he is a member of the awami league, the party of the now ousted prime minister. this is not a case of anti—hindu violence, but it doesn't mean that that's not happening. there are reports of violence against minorities, but it is the scale of which they are happening that's being called into question. these social media posts claiming hindu genocide and violence at the hands of fanatical islamists have been verified as false by the bbc. another case, this one seen more than 1.6 million times asserting

the home of a hindu cricket player, was burned. in reality, it was that of a former muslim cricket player and member of parliament for the awami league. the consequences of misinformation are real. thousands of hindus are now fearing for their safety. even a local group representing minorities is pulling back there. report. claiming more than 200 incidents of violence against them, saying that number will come down drastically. this is an unstable time for bangladesh. religious tensions could become yet another potential fault line for the country. inside this hindu temple in dhaka, worshippers continue to offer prayers outside. muslim men keep watch. coming here every night since sheikh hasina's fall, including saif al islam.

the news of anarchy spread in our media throughout the country is not true. though a few unexpected things happened, they are on a small scale. nevertheless, he comes and will do so until it is safe. believing no mosque, temple or church should be collateral damage as bangladesh makes a monumental shift towards democracy. samir hussein bbc news, bangladesh. five people have been charged over the drug—related death of the "friends" star matthew perry. the 54—year—old actor was found dead in a hot tub at his los angeles home last year. he had taken ketamine. those charged include the actor's former personal assistant, two doctors who are accused of supplying the star with the drug and an alleged dealer known as the "ketamine queen". court documents allege matthew perry's assistant injected him more than 20 times with ketamine in the days before he died. emma vardy reports from los angeles.

hey, i got you a present. oh my goodness, where did you hide it? to fans, matthew perry, best known as chandler bing, was the funny character from friends who'd made no secret of his flaws. he'd struggled with drugs and alcohol throughout his career. i'm in control of the first drink, and so i do all these things to protect myself from not having the first drink. sure. at the time of his death, he was said to have been undergoing therapy for depression, taking small doses of ketamine. but when he was found in the jacuzzi at his home, the levels of the drug in his body were much higher. the five people facing charges are alleged to be part of a criminal network supplying the drug, including two doctors who used the actor say law enforcement as a way to make money. these defendants took advantage of mr. perry's addiction issues to enrich themselves. they knew what they were doing was wrong. were doing was risking great danger to mr. perry, but they did it anyways.

the desperation that led perry. to these individuals was not met with help, as it should have been from the doctors, - but instead it was met- with exploitation, exploitation by those who should have guided him toward help. matthew, right here first. thank you. matthew perry was charged 2000 for a dose of ketamine worth around $12. the doctors are accused of acquiring the drug and falsifying medical records, one of them writing in a text, i wonder how much this moron will pay. and matthew perry's personal assistant has admitted injecting him on the day he died. investigators say while looking into the actor's death, they uncovered a drug supply network involving a dealer known as the ketamine queen in hollywood, and say that other suspects in connection with the operation are continuing to be investigated. emma vardy, bbc news. ukraine has told residents to evacuate the city of pok—rovsk in the donetsk region,

with officials saying russian forces are "rapidly approaching" after heavy fighting there. it comes as the ukrainian incursion into russia continues. ukraine says the aim of its attack on kursk is to force russia to the negotiating table. a presidential advisor said only tactical defeats would convince the kremlin of the need to start fair peace talks. ukraine has set up a military office inside russia, which it says will "meet the immediate needs" of the population in the area. russian officials previously said they have prepared plans for "additional measures" to safeguard the population and infrastructure in areas bordering ukraine. earlier, i spoke with victoria, program director at the ukraine center for defence strategies, about these tactical offensives and what they might achieve. what we say. there are two possible tactical advantages that ukrainian armed forces are having, which are firstly, that you mentioned is of course, the kursk division is mostly i even can quote uk ministry of defence reports that

ukrainian forces have penetrated the russian border region to approximately of 40km. and this is something that we say it's, uh, the russian troops were not prepared for. and it was a kind of a mentalshift, uh, for the russian, uh, not only officers but also civilian population, that something like that could be done. so definitely it's a one kind of thing of advancement. potentially. it is. we can prove as a ukrainian expert that the only tactical impact on the russian territory will make sure that the russian federation is seriously thinking about the sides of the negotiation from another front, as you already mentioned and reported on the eastern flank, more precisely what the pokrovsky or severodonetsk or krasnohorivka or chasiv yar there are much more remains challenging situations for the armed forces of ukraine because there is a over number of personnel and troops, in particularfrom the russian forces. and of course, there are constant, what we say more than 100. can you imagine 100 combat

engagements in the various fronts happening for that? so kursk direction to the north eastern front is more challenging, but at the same time more opportunistic. 0n the more eastern and southern. eastern is much more 100 combat engagements in the various fronts happening. so this is something that the russians are trying to do. the advancement in the southern eastern flank, in order to what we say, balance the equal opportunities to the advancement of the ukrainian armed forces. let's get more on the mpox story. the world health organisation says the lessons from the covid—19 pandemic must be applied to the spread of the new mpox strain outside africa. the who said richer countries should not hoard their vaccine stockpiles and must ramp up production. let's speak to magnus gisslen, chief epidemiologist for the swedish public health agency. can you tell us a bit more about

this case that you have en suite and at the moment?— there is a person travelling in the areas in africa where this is spreading. the person was diagnosed very quickly after coming to sweden, and isolated and contact tracing has been put in place. we don't expect to have any secondary cases, although we don't know for sure of course but there are no indications of that. gina hammy people they came into contact with before they sought help? i into contact with before they sought hel . ? ., , ., , into contact with before they sought hel? ., , into contact with before they sought hel? ., i, help? i would say exactly but there are a few peeple — help? i would say exactly but there are a few people we _ help? i would say exactly but there are a few people we know - help? i would say exactly but there are a few people we know of - help? i would say exactly but there are a few people we know of so - help? i would say exactly but there are a few people we know of so it l are a few people we know of so it isn't a mass of people, which is fortunate. in isn't a mass of people, which is fortunate-— fortunate. in terms of how this disease spreads, _

fortunate. in terms of how this disease spreads, it _ fortunate. in terms of how this disease spreads, it is - fortunate. in terms of how this disease spreads, it is to - fortunate. in terms of how this disease spreads, it is to catch, this variant, isn't it? what is your understanding because i was speaking to our correspondence, we heard from china screening goods as well of people coming over from areas that are infected. is there some suggestion that god could be contaminated in some way? i don't understand why they are doing that, there is a lot of uncertainty with how transmissible it is. what we do know is that close contact is needed as it looks like, but how close and how long we don't know. it is not necessary, it might not be sexual contact could be house contact so it is more transmittable than the previous mpox that was spreading in europe and the rest of the world but how much more is it? we don't know that. how the world but how much more is it? we don't know that.—

we don't know that. how is it sread, we don't know that. how is it spread. sorry- _ we don't know that. how is it spread, sorry. is— we don't know that. how is it spread, sorry. is it _ we don't know that. how is it spread, sorry. is it spread - we don't know that. how is it - spread, sorry. is it spread through bodily fluids or, how is it spread? it by close contact. so by touching a person's skin? it is by touching someone's skin or somebody who has it someone touching products? bed sheets? it it someone touching products? bed sheets? .., , it someone touching products? bed sheets? , , ., , sheets? it could be sharing bed sheets? it could be sharing bed sheets and _ sheets? it could be sharing bed sheets and towels _ sheets? it could be sharing bed sheets and towels and - sheets? it could be sharing bed sheets and towels and so - sheets? it could be sharing bed sheets and towels and so forth | sheets and towels and so forth but the exact sort of route is not fully known. but, that is what is known by the other claims and that is probably true here too. but, mainly, it is needed for more long and close contact with other people with the disease. . ~ contact with other people with the disease. ., ~ , ., contact with other people with the disease. . ~' , ., ,., contact with other people with the disease. ., ~ i., . contact with other people with the disease. ., ~ . ., disease. thank you so much for talkin: disease. thank you so much for talking to _ disease. thank you so much for talking to us. _ disease. thank you so much for talking to us. that _ disease. thank you so much for talking to us. that is the - disease. thank you so much for talking to us. that is the chief l talking to us. that is the chief epidemiologist for the swedish public health agency. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

we're going to talk now about these very special scottish rocks. they're the garvellach islands, in the inner hebrides in the west of scotland. and they could help scientists understand the period known as "snowball earth" — the longest and deepest ice age in our planet's history. this period is important because it's believed to have led to the development of complex life on earth. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has more. these tiny islands in the inner hebrides of scotland hold the key to how the first animal life emerged on earth hundreds of millions of years ago. each layer of this rock face in the garvellachs captures a snapshot of the planet's distant past. scientists have now dated fragments of the rock and shown them to be from the only place in the world to have a detailed record of how our planet plunged into the most severe and prolonged

ice age in our history. these tiny grains prove beyond any doubt that the garvellachs are the best and most complete record of a critical period in our history called snowball earth, when for 80 million years, pretty much the entire planet was covered with ice. if we wind back the calendar hundreds of millions of years, we see that scotland was in a completely different place because the continents have moved over time. it was south of the earth's equator and had a tropical climate until it and the rest of the planet became engulfed in ice. but then something remarkable happened. after the melting of the snowball, we suddenly start to get bona fide modern looking animals. it seems counterintuitive that such a big freeze that could have prevented life was actually the spur to generate this explosion of life. after the snow ball melted.

of course, everything that had adapted to that and diversified in those in those specialist niches would have had to then compete with each other in some kind of arms race. geologists have been studying the rocks on the garvellachs for decades, first on foot, using the only building on the island as a base, and more recently, using drones to create detailed, computer enhanced images of the rock layers. if the results are confirmed, these islands could be awarded a golden spike. that's an actual spike hammered in to celebrate the location of a planet changing geological moment. scotland can get the golden spike. the chance is very high, based on the formation presented. a great example. excellent example of the potential candidates of the golden spike. the researchers will find out next year whether they and scotland have won the golden spike. pallab ghosh, bbc news.

earlier i spoke to elias rugen first author and geology phd researcher at ucl earth sciences. he explained to me what these rocks tell us about the snowball earth period. a record of what is known as noble earth and this is a glaciation as basically covered the entire planet in ice. so, if you can imagine from looking from outer space onto the planet it looked like a snowball. this glaciation we don't know how old it is. our new data, our new age constraints, confirmed that it is part of a glaciation that lasted between 720 million years and 660 million years ago. that is a 60 million years ago. that is a 60 million years ago. that is a 60 million year time span. if you put that into perspective, that is the same amount of time between us and the dinosaurs. so, it is an incredible amount of time for the

earth to be nearly completely encased in ice.— earth to be nearly completely encased in ice. earth to be nearly completely encasedinice. ., i, encased in ice. and you can only see what ou encased in ice. and you can only see what you can — encased in ice. and you can only see what you can see — encased in ice. and you can only see what you can see these _ encased in ice. and you can only see what you can see these rocks, - encased in ice. and you can only see what you can see these rocks, in - what you can see these rocks, in these once in scotland. why is it that there wasn't the sort of glacial erosion there?- that there wasn't the sort of glacial erosion there? that is a aood glacial erosion there? that is a good question _ glacial erosion there? that is a good question and _ glacial erosion there? that is a good question and when - glacial erosion there? that is a good question and when i - glacial erosion there? that is a l good question and when i cannot answer. we don't know why it is such answer. we don't know why it is such a unique, special place. but, we see... and erosive places that they, they pleasure everything so as noble earth, glaciation, have been replaced by this erosion so as geologists, we see this missing time gap in the record so can't get these questions as to why it occurred because we don't have the record of it. in scotland, that doesn't seem to be the case. we have this gravitational transition from warm

tropical seas full of bacterial life, kind of transitioning slowly into this kind of widespread global ice age. into this kind of widespread global ice ace. ., , ., into this kind of widespread global ice ae. ., ., ice age. tell me what you are literally looking _ ice age. tell me what you are literally looking for _ ice age. tell me what you are literally looking for when - ice age. tell me what you are literally looking for when you | ice age. tell me what you are i literally looking for when you go along to one of these rock areas and you are getting close up to it, what are you looking at exactly? b, you are getting close up to it, what are you looking at exactly? a number of thins, i are you looking at exactly? a number of things. i work— are you looking at exactly? a number of things, i work as _ are you looking at exactly? a number of things, i work as a _ are you looking at exactly? a number of things, i work as a wider _ are you looking at exactly? a number of things, i work as a wider team - of things, i work as a wider team and we have people of different specialities and work on different aspects. this does in particular has worked on a mineral called zircon, which you can't actually see with the naked eye. you can only sit under a microscope suffer that we need to take cycles back the lab. exactly, we headed with a hammer and we kind of know, they get everywhere you know? they are formed in magma chambers sent everywhere. by explosions and volcanic eruptions and we can take them accurately. using mass spectrometry, these minerals have told us what age these

rocks are. it minerals have told us what age these rocks are. , rocks are. it is important, asi mentioned. — rocks are. it is important, asi mentioned, it _ rocks are. it is important, asi mentioned, it was _ rocks are. it is important, asi mentioned, it was after - rocks are. it is important, asi mentioned, it was after this i rocks are. it is important, as i i mentioned, it was after this big freeze that complex life emerged? what you learn about life that then came after? it what you learn about life that then came after?— came after? it is counterintuitive. it mi ht came after? it is counterintuitive. it might lead _ came after? it is counterintuitive. it might lead to _ came after? it is counterintuitive. it might lead to complex - came after? it is counterintuitive. it might lead to complex life - it might lead to complex life emerging and that is something that, again, i don't have the answers for yet. but, if we use things called molecular clocks which are basically tracing dna back in time and they trace the origins and the emergence of animals backed the noble earth phase. it is potentially the fact that we have harsh conditions that might have caused organisms to have to adapt to this environment and adapt to the point that they involve some sort of complexity. he adapt to the point that they involve some sort of complexity.— adapt to the point that they involve some sort of complexity. he got 30 seconds to tell _ some sort of complexity. he got 30 seconds to tell me _ some sort of complexity. he got 30 seconds to tell me why _ some sort of complexity. he got 30 seconds to tell me why you - some sort of complexity. he got 30 seconds to tell me why you think i some sort of complexity. he got 30 l seconds to tell me why you think you will get this golden spike. it is seconds to tell me why you think you will get this golden spike.— will get this golden spike. it is an incredibly unique _ will get this golden spike. it is an incredibly unique place _ will get this golden spike. it is an incredibly unique place on - will get this golden spike. it is an incredibly unique place on earth, | will get this golden spike. it is an l incredibly unique place on earth, it seems to be the only place and it will be have this transition into

this noble earth... and that reason alone, you know? it is a beautiful place, everybody is in the cliffs on things and that has to come into it as well. . , . ., as well. thanks very much to him. you're watching _ as well. thanks very much to him. you're watching bbc— as well. thanks very much to him. you're watching bbc news. - the new premier league season kicks off tonight, and one team celebrating before a ball has even been kicked is ipswich town. they're returning to the top flight for the first time in 22 years, and their most famous fan, ed sheeran, hasjust bought a minority stake in the club. mike bushell reports. ipswich town back in the big time, rekindling memories of their glory days when they were one of english football's powerhouses in the late 1970s and the fa cup. european silverware. just a few years later.

under waddell, the blue and white event, which won the trophy for the first time. and now the class of 2a, has found its voice inspired by their most famous fan, ed sheeran. we got super kim mckenna. not many players celebrate winning promotion to the premier league by going on a night with a global superstar. and while, yes, he's helped put his beloved club back on the world stage, above all else, he's just one of the fans. it's notjust like big league games. you see him and now we're going into the prem. you see him at like you know colchester away in the cup sort of thing. and it's incredible. and you know i've been there in the north stand and everyone goes oh ed sheeran is in the stand. and then you turn round and you go ed! and he goes, hey. and it's the best thing ever. so it's, you know, having someone local who's kind of made it, it's the best thing because he's still one of us. he's wearing the jersey. you know, when he's on tour and stuff like that, it's incredible. and we won the fa cup. we support the ipswich. when you've waited 22 years, -

you're going to want to make a song and dance about it. promotion back to l the premier league. and there is so much excitement . in the build up to the big kick. off across the town, i especially in the pubs where fans are joined - by ex—players, even those from the european glory days. it was just good fun. i had a lovely gentleman came across the car park a minute ago and just said, you know, thanks for all the good days we had, you know. and i said, but i was just playing football with my mates, you know, and that's what it was. you're playing football with very good friends. it was very competitive. uh and it was, it was a bit of a giggle. yes. there's been a demise over the last 20 odd years. but we're back. we're back in the premier league. but a whole generation has missed out on premier league football, with the club dropping for several seasons into the third tier. it's the first time i've ever seen it in the premier league. it's amazing, especially after the seasons in league one, you know can ask for more.

it'sjust like. amazing isn't it? and like just to be living present like as it's happening. it's so cool. a lot of people thought i was absolutely crazy. | going to watch, you know, fleetwoodj at home and accrington stanley away. but now it's going to be liverpool at home and man city away. - it's like the old days. i you know when i was growing up iti never even crossed my mind ipswich wouldn't be in the top division. ed sheeran's investment and sponsorship of the shirts, with his latest tour branding, combined with the support and work of the club's american owners, watered and nourished the roots of recovery and reaching the promised land is already paying off, bringing the whole of suffolk together behind the club again. this is around 12 weeks old. young ipswich youngest fan. impact is massive. you know you really see that through your shirt sales. shirt sales are an indication of how supporters are engaging with the club. around four years ago we were selling 10,000 a season, last year 60,000. this year will be on course for 100,000 shirts, whichjust shows what that engagement is really strong now with our

with our supporters. young george burley stylish at fullback. i it's an especially poignant moment for george burley, who, as part of the fa cup winning team in 1978 and who managed the club for many years but was unable to save it from relegation 22 years ago. he now believes the club has helped the town find its soul again. everybody wants to go and watch ipswich play. everybody. when i take the dog for a walk in the morning in the park, they want to talk about football three or four years, that wasn't the case, but now it's really gave the town a big lift. the town's going to be full of people from abroad coming to games. everybody wants tickets, so it's a very exciting time. the dressing room is normallyjust a place for team talks, but ipswich�*s players know from last season that a famous victory now in the premier league will most likely mean a sing along with ed again. mike bushell, bbc news in ipswich. now it's time for a look at the weather. we are moving into a quieter day of

weather so that weekend is just a band the corner. 12 showers coming in from the west and areas but it's going to be a dry weekend for us but some showers at times. we are seeing more sunshine in the southern half of uk and it is not as windy as it was we saw this weather taking cloud and rain southwards overnight. we look to the fronts are arriving, winter picking up and this is where we are seeing more clout and a few showers as well. that is going to limit the temperatures in the north west of scotland, highest temperatures again reaching the mid 20s across the south—eastern part of england. . i5 south-eastern part of england. . is down a bit — south—eastern part of england. . is down a bit of a night, the showers we have are becoming fewer, for many places it is going to turn dry with some clearer skies. quite a bit cooler than it was last night, across southern part of the uk, as there were seven or 8 degrees here. it will be as cold as last night in the north—east of scotland. starting tomorrow sunshine, for many of us people tend to find cloud building

up people tend to find cloud building up a bit like today, brings a risk of one or two showers into the northern areas. sunny skies in the south—east well will get the highest temperature is, but it could be quite warm in the sunshine in the north—east of scotland. 0ver quite warm in the sunshine in the north—east of scotland. over the weekend, we've got high pressure over the azores, low pressure towards iceland and that leaves us with a run of westerly winds. they could be a bit stronger over the second half of the weekend, particularly for someone than areas, but will find that clyde will build up but will find that clyde will build up a bit. it brings a risk of some showers, and they'll be some spells of sunshine around as well. those temperatures will not be too much, perhaps 18 or 19 scotland and northern ireland. as we head into monday, the weather starts to change a bit, particularly in western areas, pressure is going to be falling here and there are weather fronts to come in from the atlantic. but we are going to start dry and sunny in most areas on monday

morning, it is not the west whether winds pick up, especially in the south—west, as with the irish sea will get some rain. but, added that, the midlands and eastern england should have a dry and warm day with sunshine.

live from london. this is bbc news. president biden says we are closer as the country is trying to negotiate a ceasefire present a new proposal over gaza. we have been piecing together what happened in a village in the occupied west bank. the world health organization urges wealthy nations to share mpox vaccines with affected countries , as global concerns grow over a new wave of the disease surging in africa. the uk government releases details of the compensation that will be paid to victims of the infected blood scandal. and the duke and duchess of sussex are on a four—day tour of colombia

hosted by the country's vice—president, francia marquez. hello, i'm lucy grey. we begin with the latest devolpments in the middle east and the us, qatar and egypt have put forward a new proposal to secure a ceasefire in gaza and secure the remaining israeli hostages. although hamas reportedly have rejected the new conditions proposed. at the talks in doha the three mediators issued a statement on the second day of talks that suggested the new proposal "closes the remaining gaps". the talks have paused for the week — but willl resume next week. earlier, the uk's foreign secretary, david lammy said he was told by israeli ministers they hope they are "on the cusp of a deal" over the war in gaza. he was visiting jerusalem wih the french foreign minister stephane sejourne.

and, israel announced that the us secretary of state, antony blinken,