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the police, the criminal justice system all has our strong support from across the government. >> any suggestion they're patriots and have a cause is nonsense. they're criminals and most of them are going to be charged with violent disorder and go to prison for a few years. ♪ >> the prime minister is chairing a third emergency meeting ahead of more potential unrest. nearly 500 have been arrested with 149 charged in connection with last week's riots. at tonight, the man who wl lead bangladesh's new interim government has returned to dhaka and donald trump has agreed to three debates against kamala harris, all in september. the vice president takes the stage in detroit, michigan,

shortly so we'll see what she has to say about the offer. keirstarma is chairing another emergency meeting in the wake of riots in england and northern ireland. there had been fares of disorder but mostly peaceful displays took place. so far nearly 500 have been arrested and in connection with the violence which has been seen in towns and cities since last week and more lengthily prison sentences have been handed down to those involved in the rioting. a suspended labour counselor has been charged. he was suspended from the labor

party earlier as after he's apyred to say in a video that the throats of rioters should be cut. bring us up to date with the latest. >> i've spoken to official inside downing street and they've given me an idea of what the prime minister said. he's understood to have told the cobra meeting that police forces should remain on high alert and that he thanked the police, police chiefs as well as representatives from the criminal justice system for their response and in his words said there was no doubt that the swift sentencing a the rapid and number of police forces had acted as a deterrent to prevent the violence that some had expected last night. and the other thing to say is that the officials in government resist the idea that a cner has been turned following that

lack of expected rioting last night. they said they remain on high alert and so do the police forces. we talked earlier in the week about the number of extra specialist police officers that having deployed around the country. they have not been stood down. those extra playoffs remain on duty. pointing to the weekend ahead and the possibility that more others i've spoken to in government say there's a sense of relief that there wasn't the violent disorder that some had feared last night but as they said, their government is very much not acting as if it's job done. >> absolutely and of course it will remain tock seen what happens at the weekend. i did want to talk to you about the fact that a lake our counselor has been suspended due to his comment. >> the dart ford councilor ricky

jones has been arrested and lice confirm that a man in his 50's has been arrested and is in custody and he's being held on suspicion of encouraging murder and for an ovens on the public order act and the metropolitan police did share a video of ricky jones, the labour councilor, making a remark saying that far right demonstrators need to have their throat cut. he's been arrested, held in custody and we await further news from the metropolitan police on that. >> harry farley bringing us up to date. thank you. we can bring bring in mr. jones, presidentf the foundation. thank you so much for being with

us. i want to get your response from what we've seen this past week and also over the past 24 hours as well. >> yes, thank you. you never thought in my lifetime that i would see the likes of what's been shown on tv the last few days. with the riots that's been happening up and down the c country. and black and brown people. i never thought i would see that on the streets in england and it was quite disturbing and quite frightening, actually and it did make you start to wonder how safe am i going to be, how safe are my family going to be and how safe are other black and brown people i know going to be safe? and some of the things that i've seen on social media of black and brown people just have been

approached and then attacked and punched and kicked and people ha just carried on filming and nobody's come to their aid and just like what is going on? i was just like, i can't believe that right-wing parties or people, members of right wing groups has taken the depth, the tragic, horrific deh of three girls to use as a reason to go on the streets and commit crime the way they have. labeling it around immigration and asylum seekers and small bolt. and i have to say, i think it's a legacy that the conservative party has left behind. >> in what way? tell us more about how you feel that is the legacy of the previous government. >> well, i was thinking about this and i thought this often.

when david cameron chose to ask people to vote whether or not they wanted to stay in the european union, i thought this is because you kept getting people joining them and this is a knee-jerk reaction to show the british public that they don't want immigration and do you know what, we're going to give you the vote to see if you want to come out of the european union where we don't have to have immigration if we don't want to. and i don't think he ever thought that the british public would vote yes, let's go. so then everything leading up to brexit with nigel faraj and all the other right wing people who spoke about immigration, spoke about the country being overrun,

spoke about the amounts of money, services being cut, money that was being wasted. if you think about it, it all started there and built and built until the previous government that's just been ousted, thank god -- >> i do want to ask you, and i am very aware that it shouldn't always be, of course, imcup want on people from communities of color to have to answer this question but what do you think needs to happen to tackle what we have seen this past week in a more longer term way? aside from the arrests and so on? how should this country tackle the root cause of what has been exposed on a national stage? >> i think the country needs to actually look at what the actual reasons are for causing people to be struggling. the nhs, access to services, the

cost of living, the economy of the country, immigration, all of those are separate things and as labour is now in government, they've only been in a month. give them time to start to sort these things out because it's a combination of all of these things that people don't look at people who -- people who have influence are saying it's because of them, it's because of them, that's why you're in this situation. when you start to do the job properly, talk about immigration if you need to but don't blame people or the reason why the country is in the state that it's in. >> francine jones, former president of the national black police association. thank you for sharing your thoughts with us here on "the context." while the violence started in

england. northern island has also seen clashes and today the assembly was called to address the unrest. the first minister of ireland condemned the vinals in belfast. police east of the city came under attack again from petrol bombs made from bricks and a police vehicle was vandalized. beverly simpson is a nurse and police advisor at northwest migrants forum in london derry. thank you so much for being with us. i just want to begin by getting your reaction to that acall that there and what you want to see from political little to tackle this. >> i think the recall was necessary. it was very needed that the leaders are visible and to tackle what's going on.

they need swift action. get to the root cause of it. people are living in fear and zubin: and it's retraumatizing people that have gone through wash. they are the targets, the refugees and the asylum seekers and the migrants that are here helping, mainly in the health care system. so -- because that violence started in engine glad and it was only a matter of time before it hit northern ireland. >> beverly, you were just mentioning that some of you work with migrants, asylum seekers, people, as you say, who have gone influence traumatic things in the first place. do they feel safe and do the staff who you work with, do you

feel safe? >> we are anxious. because the fear is on seeing the things on news and knowing that it's close to home and there's a planned immigration protest tomorrow in -- so yes, we are anxious and fearful and we shouldn't live like that. this is plenty to be a safe space for asylum seekers and refugees and we're providing reinsurance. the statue is there and dereassurance. the staff is there and we're providing reinsurance. the staff is made up of the migrant mainlily. >> how can they make you feel

safe? what would bring that comfort you were talking about? >> i think putting the leaders of the riots away. need to hit them where it counts. in prison they will just recruit re and go on and on attacking people. get to the leaders and then put them away. take the important steps that are needed to maintain peace, to keep the nhs staff here, to keep the social care sector here. these people, we are going to lose them and we are already short so when they run them out of northern ireland who is going to replace these workers? i want to run asylum seekers and refugees out of northern ireland? this is meant to a safe zone.

that's why they're here. >> beverly simpson, a nurse and policy advisor at northwest nigh grants forum. beverly, thank you for being with us and sharing your thoughts this evening on "the context." >> thank you for having me. >> around the world and across the u.k., this is "bbc news." ♪ the nobel peace laureate

m >> the nobel peace later muhammad yunus has been sworn in as interim leader of bangladesh after weeks of student protests forced sheikh hacinea to three to india. yunus says his first task will be to restore law and order after violent unrest that toppled miss hacinea and he's praised student protesters for

giving bangladesh what he cal a second independence. blake la -- has been struck by riots for weeks demanding justice for the independence groups. over 400 people are believe to have died after the protests became anti-and anti-government movement. we6 a report. >> last week they were on the streets demanding the government step down. today they flocked to the airport to welcome the man they believe will lead them to a stable future. nobel laureate muhammad yunus. >> how do you feel? >> i feel good i'm back. a lot of work to be done. people are excited. know that new opportunities are arrived. >> what is your message for people here? >> discipline. discipline, hard work and get it done. >> his positive message cannot

disguise the fragile moment bangladesh is in. weeks of deadly protests forced the country's autocratic prime minister to resign. hundreds died in the unrest and several more were injured and that same government wanted to imprison mr. yunus. now he makes a triumphant return as interim leader >> an incredible amount of security for mr. you know us. the people here elated. they're putting the country's hopes for its future in his hands. >> we dream for a democratic country where no leader can be a dictator. >> we know me that we can raise our voice. >> a moment decades in the making. >> but for her, a moment of hope

has come at an unbearable cost. her 1-year-old son died in the protests. >> i could not understand why such a thing happened. i thought someone might have hit him in the head. i never believed that he would be shot. >> she finds some comfort knowing her son would be happy. this change in government is what he wanted. tonight a new era of government begins. mr. you know us and his colleagues will hope that the support of the people they enjoy for now endures. >> security officials in austria say that a teenager arrested yesterday has confessed to planning a suicide attack on a taylor swift concert in vienna. two other teenagers have been arrested. taylor swift's three concerts in the city were canceled last night after the plot was revealed.

she's set to go five concerts in london next week and nothing to show those will be affected. >> they came to vienna to sing taylor. instead, they're singing in the streets. all three taylor swift con sets here were canceled after police say they'd uncovered plans for a suicide attack. jess from bristol said she cried when she heard the news. >> i misseredout on the concert in 2020 because of covid and now this is the second time i've missed. >> becky from exeter says she can't believe she's missing the show. >> ultimately we're grateful we're safe and everyone else is safe. a mixed bag of emotions. >> there's so much dispoint here. people have come from so far away, from the u.k., from america, from japan but everyone says they understand that safety has to come first and in the

meantime they're doing like taylor, which is to sing. authorities say a 19-year-old austrian man has confessed to a nooning a standards event at the venue. >> he said he intended to carry out an attack using explosives and knives, which we've seized. his aim was to kill himself and a large crowd of people either today or tomorrow at the concert. >> taylor swift's vienna concerts were part of the european league of her eras tour. she's set to hold five shows in london next week. small consolation for the fans in have i ena but the songs go on. bethany belle, "bbc news," vienna. >> former u.s. president donald trump says he is prepared to

debate vice president kamala harris on three dates in september. those would be september 4 on fox, september 10 on abc and september 25 on nbc. we know that ms. harris's camp has agreed to that abc news debate but we've yet to hear about the two others. donald trump and his party has spent a majority of the time liking pretty confident. but in the past two weeks with the democratic party seeming wily rejuvenated and refocused behind kamala harris, there seems to be a mood at trump h.q. trump has become increasingly upset about the vice president's surge in the polls and her widespread media coverage. it's unfair that i beat him and now i have to beat her too he reportedly told a close ally last week. in the last hour he held a press

conference from mar-a-lago. >> we have somebody who hasn't received one vote for president and she's running and that's fine with me but we were given joe biden and now we've given somebody else and i think frankly i'd rather be running against the somebody else but that was their choice. they decided to do that because kamala's record is horrible. >> with me now is our north american correspondent john. very good to see you there. donald trump holding that perez conference today. talk to us about how the trump campaign appears to be managing putting some wind into the sails of the democrats? >> i think you have to woundser about the very fact of the holding of this press conference. it's the first press conference mr. trump has held since his man hadden conviction. you know, and the only thing, of

course, that's changed between then and now has been joe biden stepping back froth campaign and the poll boost for the democrats under kamala harris have received as a result. in many ways this was vintage donald trump. sometimes rambling, grievance-filled, full of apocalyptic messages but it also, i think, to many observers may seem to be a sign that those shifting poll numbers are now being taken very, very seriously by the republicans. in particular, that announcement from mr. trump of those three dates in september that you set out there. don't forget, one of those dates with the abc scheduled debate. he'd already withdrawn from, suggesting he wasn't now going to take part. it is now back on the table, at

least as far as he's concerned. kamala harris has agreed to take part in that one but these extra two debates now all suggest that this is now donald trump taking very seriously the threat from kamala harris decideling he needs to do all he can to face it. >> we'll have to see whether they do meet on the debate stage again. we also heard from president biden speaking to cbs news saying he wasn't confident there would be a smooth transition of power if trump loses. tell us more about what the president had to say. >> he claimed there was a smooth transfer of power last time. again, very vintage trump type commentary. i think, you know, all in all, people are possibly see him, as i say, the sign that this is the republicans are feeling the pressure from the kamala harris

bounce. you know, and in particular, i think, people starting to draw a contrast between the style of donald trump and this renewed sense of optimism on the democrats' side. >> our correspondent watching that latest news conference. thank you so very much. you're watching "bbc news." do stay with us here if you can. bye for now. now. 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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