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president harrison says, when we fight, we win. >> israel's most wanted men is announced as the new overall ad of hamas. >> and live in edinburgh where we are catching up with some of the acts playing at the festival french -- fringe. next up, kiwi comedian alice nevin. >> hello. welcome to the program. we start in the u.k.. 6000 police mobilized because of fears of more violence across the country. there are reports up to 30 protests are planned for wednesday. the prime minister promised witnesses would be kept safe. karen stallman said he had assurances witnesses would be protected if violence flared up.

>> it has been just over a week since these rights began, violence first in southport spreading other parts of england. for those who have taken part, legal consequences are starting to be felt. this morning in liverpl, three men who pleaded guilty for violent disorder are due to be sentenced. yesterday, police chiefs were summoned to downing street for the second coordination meeting in two days. more sentences will be handed out in the coming months. >> over 400 people have been arrested, 100 have been charged. some in relation to underlying activity. there are no expectancy -- expecting substantive sentencing before the end of the week, which should send a powerful message to anyone involved that you are likely to be dealt with within a week and that nobody should be involving themselves

in this disorder. >> some have already appeared in court. this was 20-year-old liam gray. he denied the charge against him. a list circulating online has suggested 30 locations could be targeted by rioters today. warning saying, we know about the events planned by hateful and divisive groups across the capital. they made their attention to caused disruption and division very clear. we will not tolerate this on our streets. after the rioters targeted hotels housing asylum-seekers, some groups who work with refugees have been told they are at risk. one organization says it has closed its offices but will try to protect the premises today. >> we will also be creating what i recall a peace line, for want

of a better expression, so that we in the local community and priests from the local church, which is part of our building, that we can come together to demonstrate that we believe that we should have hope in the future rather than putting up with hate. >> it is a severe test for a government that has been in office for just a month. >> our correspondent as outlined -- outside scotland yard and explain what met police. >> the statement issued yesterday said they planned to issue every power, every tactic, and every tool at their disposal to try to keep people safe. it is not just londoners that they are concerned about. some 6000 officers, riot-trained

police officers, are deployed across various locations. thousands we believe will be helping colleagues regionally and locally, and we believe they will be stationed around motorways so they can get to some of these sites if violence does flareup. they have said that if people are concerne they should stop and speak to a police officer and that local communities will see a larger increase of police presence in their areas. they say they are not tolerating anything that could cause people to feel unsafe. their job is to keep law and order, and they plan to do so. in that statement, they say they know about the events planned by hateful and divisive groups across the capital, and they have made their intention to cause disruption and division

clear, and they will not be tolerating that. >> let's speak now to helen king, former assistant commissioner at the metropolitan police. thank you for coming on the program. >> no problem. >> talk us through with this intelligence, it seems around 30 potential locations that could see activity today. what kind of preparations will police forces be undertaking right now? >> there will be a huge structure by now. as you said, the intelligence is really important, so there will be specialist intelligence staff gathering that together to work out the locations, to y and get ahead of who will be involved so preventative action can be taken, as well as the public order trained officers that we are seeing in tv reports all kitted up.

we also have logistics teams, people arranging rosters so they know who was on duty, briefing teams, dispatch teams, command teams to support that operation. even people like vehicle maintenance units will be working overtime to make sure that public order equipped vehicles are ready and out on the road. we have also seen this investigative efforts of people getting arrested, being interviewed, being kept in custody, files of evidence being compared, so this is a huge logistical operation, andolice are clearly making sure that they are as ready as they can be to respond to whatever happens tonight and in the days to come as well as carrying out the normal policing that needs to be done to keep communities safe. >> i think most people appreciate that resources will

be stretched, of course, at this does put extra strain on everyone involved, but when you look at the amount of violence on the streets over the last week, is there an argument that police could have done more to stop it earlier? >> think it is very difficult to see how that could have happened. from what i have seen in the reporting, police have got there quickly and acted with great courage and professionalism to keep people safe. no one should underestimate the challenges of gathering evidence and getting people before the courts as quickly as they currently are. this will be having a knock on effect on the levels of tiredness and resourcing in policing. there will be officers well -- working 12-day shifts and rest days canceled. there will be some work either having to be put to one side or slowed down so this can be prioritized.

>> the role of social media is frequently raised. what is your view on it? >> clearly, the different platforms -- there is a range of responses and levels of helpfulness towards the police. i would like to see them once this is over really think about how those online platforms can put more of the skills, more of the algorithms, more of the artificial intelligence in place so it can be proactive -- proactive in preventing the spread of incitement. it is through the security and technological developments that have reduced the ease by which cars can be stolen now. i would like to see the online platforms acting as a responsible global businesses

and thinking about how they can design and set themselves up to prevent some of the very negative sites we are seeing coming out. >> thank you very much for coming on the program. next, to the u.s. vice president harris has made her first appearance with her running mate for november's presidential election in a rally in philadelphia. harris says she and minnesota governor tim walz were underdogs going into the election but they were fightg for the country's future. >> this is the new face of the democratic party. out with biden-harris, and in with harris and walz 2024. kamala harris beamed as she introduced her fasttrack vp. >> coach walz and i'm a hail from different parts of the country, but our values are the

same, and we both believe in lifting people up, not knocking them down. >> mr. walz appeared emotional at times and when he spoke took -- wasted no time in laying into donald trump. >> first of all, he does not know the first thing about service. he doesn't have time for it because he is too busy serving himself. >> showing off his midwestern wit, the crowd leapt up what has become his most famous line of attack on mr. trump and his running mate, j.d. vance. >> i've got to tell you, i cannot wait to debate the guy. [cheers and applause] that is, if he is willing to get

off the couch and show up. you see what i did there? >> has been lots of love for harris and walz. people here mostly are faithful to the party. they have been reenergized by this new democratic party ticket. the fight for their republican opponents really begins now. >> donald trump is defining them both as the most radical left duo in american history. in a social media post, he said there has never been anything like it and never will be again. there's just 90 days to go until election day. kamala harris and tim walz will now embark on a whirlwind tour of key battleground sta which will likely determine who gets sent to the white house. >> scott lucas is professor of

u.s. and international politics at the clinton institute university college dublin. thank you very much for coming on the program. >> thank you. >> the ticket up and running. what do you make of them as a combination and a pair as we heard at that rally? >> i think it is a solid choice for a harris campaign that really has not put a foot wrong since joe biden was replaced two weeks ago. you've got tim walz with his record of public service, two words that will be important in this campaign -- teacher, member of the army national guard, and 12 years as a congressman from a largely republican district in rural minnesota, then a two-term governor. has been hailed not for being a radical. that is a trump falsehood, but being a bipartisan congressman. he was the seventh most bipartisan legislator in the u.s. coness and then as a bipartisan governor. he has tended to govern from the

center, focusing on, for example, the importance of agriculture in minnesota, focusing on the importance of manufacturing, while at the same time taking a progressive stance on issues such as health care, supporting obama care, proving food for underprivileged children, especially during the conditions of the pandemic. in 2020. also for advocating measures to deal with carbon emissions, part of the effort to safeguard the environment and its climate change. this is a person who can appeal to the democratic party from the center, across to the progressives, and he can do so, i think -- and this may be the reason he was chosen in the end is both gentle but also pushesch back against trump and his vice presidential pick on the republican side. >> what about the concern held by some democrats that he just does not have the name recognition? and we are only 90 days out from

the election. >> vice presidents often do not have the name recognition. i can take you back through a number of choices that would have been made, including, for example, when donald trump chose mike pence in 2016. these would be candidates known at the regional level but not necessarily the national level. but first of all, you are not there to overshadow the presidential candidate. what is important first is the name recognition of kamala harris. secondly, your vice president and builds up a profile during theampaign. two things i would probably point to as part of that, one would be if there is a debate, as there usually is between vice presidential candidates, and second, where kamala harris can be campaigning in one part of the country, tim walz can be campaigning in another part of the country in a race which is much more wide open when we are talking about eight, maybe nine swing states, as opposed to only three or four a couple of weeks

ago. >> from your point of view, from a strategic point of view, the fact that as you say, they will be campaigning in different parts of the country, and when tim walz is campaigning, israelis will not get near the size and show of donald trump's rallies in the crowds he draws, but for you, that not a concern? >> if we are talking about spectacle, the whole point of american politics, especially during the trump era, has been the belief you can grab people with spectacle rather than getting them with issues and responsibility. the point of the harris-walz campaign is you are not going to get the insults or the clickbait soundbites you will get out of a trump rally, but that's not what they are going to try to do to control the narrative. they are going to focus on issues like reproductive rights, the economy, health care, climate change, foreign policy, and they will do it with this juxtaposition -- do you want the

spectacle of a convicted felon, a man who insults, tries to tear down people, or you want the responsibility of two candidates who are focusing on the issues and focusing on building up people? >> fascinating to get your thoughts. thank you for coming on the program. >> we will be getting plenty more in reaction to that first rally throughout the day. this is "bbc news."

>> this is "bbc news." of the israeli army has issued a new evacuation order for palestinians in gaza, this time for -- in response to a series of rockets fired from the area into israel on tuesday. earlier, hamas announced

israel's most wanted man has been chosen as the new overall head of the group. he succeeds ismail haniyeh, who was assassinated in the iranian capital last week. israel holds him along wh others responsible for the october 7 attack on israel, which killed around 1200 people with over 200 kidnapped. the 61-year-old was born in the hon eunice refugee camp in southern gaza. his parents were refugees. he was arrested by israel at the age of 19. two years after the formation of hamas when he was just 25, he set up an internal security organization. he allegedly planned the abduction and killing of two israeli soldiers. he was arrested, convicted of murder, and imprisoned. let's speak to our correspondent

in jerusalem. what has reaction been? >> a mixed reaction from around this region, really. certainly, he is one of the most prominent figures in hamas, and there are different ways of looking at this appointment. you could say that he has been calling the shots. he is presumed to be in some kind of underground bunker in gaza at the moment, having masterminded those devastating october 7 attacks, which triggered this devastating war. the u.s. secretary of state came out and said that he has been and remains the primary decider in any cease-fire and hostage released deal, but of course, this also does show us that hamas is going into a more hard-line direction. he is certainly seen as one of the more extremist spaces within hamas, even though the group is widely deemed to be a terrorist

organization in western countries and israel as well, of course. this is very provocative to israel. the israeli foreign minister came out and said that this appointment was yet another reason to swiftly eliminate him and wipe this vile organization off the face of the earth. >> we gave a little bit of his background in the introduction, but talk us through her little bit about him. >> he is somebody who served a large portion of his life in iseli jails. part of the reason he was there was also for being convicted of killing alleged palestinian collaborators, so he is somebody who is widely feared but seen as being very powerful as a figure even within hamas. he is somebody who has put a lot

of effort into building up hamas' military capabilities, so his playbook is one that brings together military and political wings of hamas. in terms of what it could mean for a cease-fire deal, one of my colleagues has been asking hamas officials about that as they have been meeting in doha to decide on this appointment, and they have been stressing that they see that their negotiating team, this five-member team that have been overseen by the late hamas leader -- that the five members remain and are ready to resume negotiations. they have been saying. they are continug to say that this new appointment agreed to a cease-fire deal on the table, and they are putting the blame on the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, for holding that up. >> thank you for that. next, nobel peace prize winner muhammad yunus has been named

leader of an interim government in bangladesh. the announcement was made following talks between the president and student leaders who played a key role. the 84-year-old face several legal cases this year which he said were politically motived. the bangladeshi capital is now said to be largely calm. there have been reports of looting and killing across the country. police in bangladesh have also gone on strike, complaining of reprisal attacks against them. and australian man is being charged with stealing limited-edition coins with hundreds of thousands of dollars based on the hugely popular children's tv show blue ivy -- bluey. some of the coins are selling for 10 times their original price. talk us through what is going on here. >> obviously, bluey is probably

the best loved puppy in the world. her adventures are an international success. to set this into context, it was in june that the australian meant released a series of special edition coins, and it sent fans and collectors crazy. everybody wanted to try to get hold of these special edition coins. late in june, more coins were set for release in september. they were reported stolen from a warehouse in western sydney, and then an investigation was launched. it was named strikeforce bandit. bandit is the father of bluey in the popula tv series. through the investigation, they found an innocent coin collector who seemed to -- who was selling some of these coins that had been stolen, and they have since made some raids and arrested steven john nielsen who appeared

in court earlier today, charged with three counts of breaking and entering. >> thank you very much for that. just want to keep youp-to-date with our main story in the u.k. the rights and the continuing threat of violence at different locations across england. police are preparing for possible riots. at least 30 protests could be planned for today, wednesday. nearly 6000 officers have been mobilized according to police to respond to any potential threats of violence throughout the day today. the prime minister has been responding to events over the last week or so.

he said people will be kept safe and riders dealt with swiftly in the words of the prime minister. we are expecting in the coming hours leading percent -- legal proceedings as well. stay with us for that. for the moment, this is "bbc news." bye-bye. ♪ announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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