phil mccann was there. figs burnham. phil mccann was there. sis you burnham.hil mccann was there. is you can see, they are blocking these trams from moving. this is one of the main tram interest when i spoke to people early on, they told me they came along just because they were so shocked when they saw that video. one told me they saw that video. one told me they couldn't believe that they were seeing, another told me they couldn't believe it was being filmed in the uk. they assumed it was another country. the reason this protest started just down oxford street is because that is where the mayor of greater greater manchester is. they�* re responsible greater manchester is. they're responsible for further holding the police to account. andy burnham has called for calm, and he's urged people not to rush to judgment on what may have happened given that there is now an investigation ongoing. we also know the independent office police conduct have met with the family of the two men who are subject to the incident last night of the incident has now turned into a de

phil mccann, bbc news.n people have been killed, and many others injured, in a rocket attack that hit a town in the israeli—occupied golan heights. many of the casualties were children who were playing on a football pitch in the town of majdal shams. israel has blamed lebanon's hezbollah movement — it has denied responsibility. mark lowen sent this report. early evening in the israeli—occupied golan heights and the warning of an incoming threat about to become deadly and dangerous. a rocket struck a football field where children and teenagers were playing. several were killed in the deadliest strike since the cross—border fire between lebanon and israel began last october. the anguish of loved ones at young lives cut short in a conflict that could be about to escalate sharply. a rocket barrage today which lit up the sky was claimed by the lebanese militant group hezbollah, put it denies firing the deadly strike onto the football field. that, the israeli army spokesman says, is a lie. this attack shows the t

phil mccann, bbc news.nezuela, in what's being seen as the most consequential presidential election in a generation. president nicolas maduro, who's been in office since 2013, is seeking a third consecutive term. he told voters they have a choice between war and peace, and warned of a bloodbath if he loses. opposition candidate edmundo gonzalez said it's time to re—establish democracy and prosperity in the country, after a quarter of a century of socialist rule. tensions across the country are high — there have been clashes at polling stations, as people wait in long queues to cast their votes. speaking after casting his vote in caracas, edmundo gonzalez said the will of the people must be respected, and urged venezuelans to �*verify�* all information they receive today. translation: to all venezuelans l around the world, your strength l and your commitment, we feel it and it encourages us. we are one people, united in our search for freedom. thank you to all those who are working today to ensure that the w

phil mccann, bbc news.in a few hours time in what's being seen as a pivotal presidential election. president nicolas maduro, who's been in office since 2013, is seeking a third consecutive term. he has told voters they have a choice between war and peace and warned of a bloodbath if he loses. the opposition candidate, edmundo gonzalez, said it's time to re—establish democracy and prosperity in the country after a quarter of a century of socialist rule. iona wells reports from caracus. the opposition feel they have real momentum in this campaign and feel there is potentially the chance of change. the opposition leader was banned from running as a candidate and was replaced by another candidate. that was one of a number of ways in which the opposition has been slightly due heard in their campaign so far. for example, food stalls that have served the opposition on the campaign rally and journeys around the country have been closed down in some cases. millions of venezuelans living abroad have been unable to re

phil mccann, bbc news. 12 people have drowned after their boat sank on saturday. the vessel was taking passengers across the tekeze river, which runs up to and along ethiopia's northern border with eritrea. media access to northern ethiopia is heavily restricted by authorities. the region has seen recent clashes between the military and an ethnic amhara militia known as the fano. our reporter kalkidan yibeltal has been following the story. here is what we know so far. as you said, the area is remote and there is little access to media organisations, so the information is coming out slowly. but what we managed to find from local authorities so far is at least 26 people were travelling using a wooden boat, and they were travelling to attend a funeral from one village to another, and they were crossing over the tekeze river. this is one of the major rivers in northern ethiopia. and it happened that there was a flash flood while they were crossing the river. and then the boat capsized and they drowned. so far,

phil mccann, bbc news.up the full extent of the uk's financial pressures. speaking on the laura kuenssberg show, he said the new labour government is discovering problems that nobody knew about and the previous government had not disclosed. well, we knew the inheritance was going to be bad, and that was being flagged up through the election, but we've got into our offices now, we've seen what's really been going on, and it's catastrophic. it's worse? there were things that we could not have known during the election, because the conservatives had not only not only released the information, but in some cases, they'd deliberately covered it up. one of ireland's best—known writers, edna o'brien, has died at the age of 93. she made her name with a series of novels focusing on how young irish women were treated by their country. in a tribute, ireland's president, michael d higgins, said she was a fearless teller of truths, who'd had the moral courage to confront irish society with realities long ignored and supp

phil mccann, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. of the olympic games. this is the scene looking over the skyline of the city of lights right now. let's take a look at some of the highlights from day two. one of france's biggest olympic hopefuls took gold in the pool — leon marchand won the men's 400 individual medley at the la defense arena, taking gold in an olympic record time and beating the rest of the field by almost six seconds. also in swimming, italy's nicolo martinenghi touching out the favourite — team gb�*s adam peaty — at the finish. in tennis, team gb�*s andy murray progressed to the second round of the men's doubles, in what is the last tounament of his career. rafael nadal also on the court on sunday — he won his first match, setting up a showdown against novak djokovic in the second round. and in gymnastics, team gb made it through to the women's team final. they'll go up against team usa, who also progressed, with simone biles making a dazzling return to olympic gymnastics, after a difficult time at the tokyo 2020

phil mccann, bbc news.nezuela in what's being seen as the most consequential presidential election in a generation. president nicolas maduro, who's been in office since 2013, is seeking a third consecutive term. he told voters they have a choice between war and peace — and warned of a bloodbath if he loses. opposition candidate, edmundo gonzalez, said it's time to re—establish democracy and prosperity in the country after a quarter of a century of socialist rule. tensions across the country are high. there have been clashes at polling stations as people wait in long queues to cast their votes. speaking after casting his vote in caracas, edmundo gonzalez said the will of the people must be respected, and urged venezuela ns to "verify" all information they receive today. translation: to all venezuelans l around the world, your strength l and your commitment, we feel it and it encourages us. we are one people united in our search for freedom. thank you to all those who are working today to ensure that the will

a warning you may find this report by phil mccann distressing.ssive! you have got him on the floor. the man in blue here is now known to millions as the man who had his head stamped on by a police officer. this new footage, obtained by the manchester evening news, shows what happened just beforehand. as police appear to try to apprehend the man in blue, a man in a grey top comes in and punches are thrown. the man in blue breaks free and more punches are thrown between him and two other officers, who fall to the floor. he then drags the other officer down as he holds a taser towards the man in grey. one of the other officers tasers him. and this footage ends as the man in blue is kicked in the head. a man with his hands up, who is later hit in the back of the head with a taser, appears to be the same man seen in grey in the new video. it is an extremely difficult situation, but at least this morning it has moved forward, i'd agree, because people now a degree, because people now have a fuller picture. and it confirms what i said last week, which i

a warning — you may find this report by phil mccann distressing.n blue here is now known to millions as the man who had his head stamped on by a police officer. this new footage, obtained by the manchester evening news, shows what happened just beforehand. as police appear to try to apprehend the man in blue, a man in a grey top comes in and punches are thrown. the man in blue breaks free and more punches are thrown between him and two other officers who fall to the floor. he then drags the other officer down as he holds a taser towards the man in grey. one of the other officers tasers him. and this footage ends as the man in blue is kicked in the head. a man with his hands up, who is later hit on the back of the head with a taser, appears to be the same man seen in grey in the new video. it is an extremely difficult situation, but at least this morning it has moved forward, i'd agree, because people now have a fuller picture. and it confirms what i said last week, which is that this is a situation that escalated very quickly, it was a very violent

a warning — you may find this report by phil mccann distressing.ive! you have got him on the floor. the man in blue here is now known to millions as the man who had his head stamped on by a police officer. this new footage, obtained by the manchester evening news, shows what happened just beforehand. as police appear to try to apprehend the man in blue, a man in a grey top comes in and punches are thrown. the man in blue breaks free and more punches are thrown between him and two other officers who fall to the floor. he then drags the other officer down as he holds a taser towards the man in grey. one of the other officers tasers him. and this footage ends as the man in blue is kicked in the head. a man with his hands up, who is later hit on the back of the head with a taser, appears to be the same man seen in grey in the new video. it is an extremely difficult situation, but at least this morning it has moved forward, i'd agree, because people now have a fuller picture. and it confirms what i said last week, which is that this is a situation that

phil mccann reports.released over the weekend, gives more of a picture of what happened just before a police officer at manchester airport kicked a man who was lying on the floor and then stamped on his head. that man was fahir amaaz from rochdale. he can be seen in blue here, exchanging punches with police officers — all of whom end up on the floor before one tasers him, at which point he's kicked, and then the original footage shows he's stamped on. greater manchester's mayor says the new video gives a fuller picture. it is, as i was saying last week, much more complicated than was first made out. you know, we live in a world where something appears, a fragment, and everybody rushes to judgment and then another fragment, and then everybody makes a judgment on that. it's very difficult. but now, we should now accept that there are two parallel investigations. they've got to be allowed to complete their work, and then a line eventually will be able to be drawn. but, as i say, there are serious issues here

phil mccann, bbc news.to mps tomorrow, setting out what she claims is the financial black hole in the public finances. it has been reported that ms reeves is set to officially delay a raft of road and hospital schemes as the chancellor seeks to fill an estimated £20 billion fiscal hole, which she claims was left by the last conservative government. with me is our political correpondent, helen catt. to discuss that and the other political news of the day. let's start with what we heard about the chancellor. we start with what we heard about the chancellor. ~ ., ., chancellor. we will hear from her tomorrow _ chancellor. we will hear from her tomorrow. when _ chancellor. we will hear from her tomorrow. when she _ chancellor. we will hear from her tomorrow. when she went - chancellor. we will hear from her tomorrow. when she went into i chancellor. we will hear from her. tomorrow. when she went into the treasury, one of the first thing she did was commissioner spending audit, looking at all of the spending pla

phil mccann reports.cture of what happened just before a police officer at manchester airport kicked a man who was lying on the floor and then stamped on his head. that man was fahir amaaz from rochdale. he can be seen in blue here, exchanging punches with police officers — all of whom end up on the floor before one tasers him, at which point he's kicked, and then the original footage shows he's stamped on. greater manchester's mayor says the new video gives a fuller picture. it is, as i was saying last week, much more complicated than was first made out. you know, we live in a world where something appears, a fragment, and everybody rushes to judgment and then another fragment, and then everybody makes a judgment on that. it's very difficult. but now, we should now accept that there are two parallel investigations. they've got to be allowed to complete their work, and then a line eventually will be able to be drawn. but, as i say, there are serious issues here to be investigated on both sides. mohammed s

that was phil mccann reporting there.ion to events in manchester. what often happens when there are incidents like this is that the political reaction falls into two categories. there is criticism, and there is also a plea for the investigators to be given time to try and work out the full picture of what happened. and there's been plenty of both of those things today. but a twist too, because enter reform uk, the insurgent party, if you like, at the general election. they attracted more than 4 million votes. and a couple of their mps have said, "hang on a minute, there is a broader argument here." they have argued that perhaps people should be reassured by what we saw the police doing rather than necessarily disturbed by it. and in the words of one of their mps, too often, in their view, the police are namby—pamby. the message i'm getting loud and clear from my constituents is that they are fed up with seeing police dancing around rainbows and being nice to people and running off from rioters. they want the police to do

our reporter phil mccann is in leeds. talk us through the response. talk us through the response. through the response. leeds city council has released a statement on behalf of the council and on behalf of the romanian and roma community, which signifies the kind of tension is that there have been here come up with local people especially in the romanian and roma community blaming the council for being biased against them. this all goes back to the incident that happened here on thursday night when some children were removed by social services with police assistance from a localfamily. that lead over the coming hours to disturbances on the streets, it led to a police car being overturned and a double—decker bus was set alight. that happened just here. you can still see on the road behind me the charred remains. you can still smell it as well. the acrid smell that you get from when you have a bonfire, from what happened here, a couple of nights ago. the statement from the council and the romanian and roma community says that the council has agreed to undertake an urgent review of t

a warning that you may find this report by phil mccann distressing.is new footage, obtained by the manchester evening news, shows what happened just beforehand. as police appear to try to apprehend the man in blue, a man in a grey top comes in and punches are thrown. the man in blue breaks free and more punches are thrown between him and two other officers, who fall to the floor. he then drags the other officer down as he holds a taser towards the man in grey. one of the other officers tasers him. and this footage ends as the man in blue is kicked in the head. a man with his hands up, who is later hit in the back of the head with a taser, appears to be the same man seen in grey in the new video. it is an extremely difficult situation, but at least this morning it has moved forward a degree, because people now have a fuller picture. and it confirms what i said last week, which is that this is a situation that escalated very quickly, it was a very violent situation. issues on both sides. four people were arrested after the incident and released on polic

a warning you may find this report by phil mccann distressing.sive! the man in blue here is fahir amaaz — now known to millions as the man who has his head stamped on by a police officer. this new footage, obtained by the manchester evening news, shows what happened just beforehand. as police appear to try to apprehend the man in blue, a man in a grey top comes in and punches are thrown. the man in blue breaks free and more punches are thrown between him and two other officers, who fall to the floor. he then drags the other officer down, as he holds a taser towards the man in grey. one of the other officers tasers him, and this footage ends as the man in blue is kicked in the head. greater manchester's chief constable has said the shock and upset caused in some communities is a matter of profound regret. you're live with bbc news. polls have started to close in venezuela, in what's being seen as the most consequential presidential election in more than a decade. president nicolas maduro is seeking a third consecutive term. he's been in office sin

phil mccann, thanks very much- that is _ question. phil mccann, thanks very much. to be prime minister? , have worked for four at a half years to change the labour party, to get a position where we can run a positive campaign and bring the change we needin campaign and bring the change we need in this country. we are fully prepared, we are fully ready, we are not complacent because we know every vote has to be not complacent because we know every vote has to he earned and there are plenty of constituencies, this would be one here, where it will go down to a few hundred votes. we will campaign until ten o'clock on thursday, making it clear if you want change, you have to vote for it. we have honestly done the preparation to make sure on day one we reset politics to a politics of service. we start with the first steps of change that will be change well worth having.— steps of change that will be change well worth having. people deserve to know who might _ well worth having. people deserve to know who might be _ well worth having. people deserve to know who might be r

phil mccann, bbc news.at's being seen as the most consequential presidential election in a generation. president nicolas maduro, who's been in office since 2013, is seeking a third consecutive term. he told voters they have a choice between war and peace, and warned of a bloodbath if he loses. opposition candidate edmundo gonzalez said it's time to re—establish democracy and prosperity in the country, after a quarter of a century of socialist rule. tensions across the country are high — there have been clashes at polling stations, as people wait in long queues to cast their votes. speaking after casting his vote in caracas, edmundo gonzalez said the will of the people must be respected, and urged venezuelans to �*verify�* all information they receive today. translation: to all venezuelans l around the world, your strength l and your commitment, we feel it and it encourages us. we are one people, united in our search for freedom. thank you to all those who are working today to ensure that the will of the ven

phil mccann has the latest.ashed around the world, sparking debate and protests. a flashpoint in manchester airport as police are involved in an altercation with two members of the public. amid the chaos, these shocking scenes. move back! that prompted demonstrations across the north west. the greater manchester mayor andy burnham called for restraint, stressing that the incidents leading up to the footage that went viral was complex. i've seen the full footage that others have not seen. what is clear is that it was a fast—moving situation that escalates, there were issues on both sides and it is not clear cut. however, i do not step away from my initialjudgment that this was a disturbing incident. now we can see just what did happen beforehand. in this cctv footage obtained by the manchester evening news, and not verified by the bbc, three officers can be seen appearing to try to apprehend a man. a man who was next to them approaches the officers and punches are thrown. the man being apprehended breaks free and

phil mccann has the latest and a warning, his report contains images that some viewers may find distressinga video which has flashed around the world, sparking debate and protests. a flashpoint in manchester airport as police are involved in an altercation with two members of the public.

our reporter phil mccann is in harehills and sent us this update.ds city council says that it's, well, it's released a statement which it says was on behalf notjust of the council but also of the romanian and roma community, which really signifies the kind of tensions that there have been here with local people, especially in the romanian and roma community, blaming the council for being biased against them. this all goes back to the incident that happened here on thursday night, in which some children were removed by social services with police assistance from a local family. that then led, over the coming hours, to disturbances on the streets. it led to a car, a police car being overturned, a double decker bus, which i think you mayjust have seen, being set alight. that actually happened just here. you can still see on the road behind me the kind of charred remains. you can still smell it as well, in fact, the kind of acrid smell that you get from when you have a bonfire from what happened here, just, well, a couple of nights ago now. this stateme

a warning you may find this report by phil mccann distressing.s the man who has his head stamped on by a police officer. this new footage obtained by the manchester evening news shows what happened just before hand. as police appear to try to apprehend any man in blue, a man in a grey top comes in blue, a man in a grey top comes in and punches are thrown. motor thrown between them and to other officers, who fall to the floor. he then drags the other officer down, as he holds a taser towards the men in grey. one of the other officers tasered him. and any footage ends as the man in blue is kicked in the head. a man with his hands up, later hitting the back of a head with a taser, appears to be the same man seenin taser, appears to be the same man seen in grey in the new physio. it is an extreme the difficult situation but at least this morning it has moved forward a degree because people now have a fuller picture. it forward a degree because people now have a fuller picture.— have a fuller picture. it confirms what i said _ have a fuller picture. i

a warning you may find this report by phil mccann distressing.e man in blue here is fahir amaaz — now known to millions as the man who has his head stamped on by a police officer. this new footage, obtained by the manchester evening news, shows what happened just beforehand. as police appear to try to apprehend the man in blue, a man in a grey top comes in and punches are thrown. the man in blue breaks free and more punches are thrown between him and two other officers, who fall to the floor. he then drags the other officer down, as he holds a taser towards the man in grey. one of the other officers tasers him, and this footage ends as the man in blue is kicked in the head. greater manchester's chief constable has said the shock and upset caused in some communities is a matter of profound regret. polls have started to close in venezuela, in what's being seen as the most consequential presidential election in more than a decade. president nicolas maduro is seeking a third consecutive term. he's been in office since 2013 after the death of his ment

our correspondent phil mccann was in court for the verdict and gave this analysis of the work policeook — which led to this conviction. operation hummingbird. it has led them to interview a case of lots of hospital staff who had to think the unthinkable that one of their own could be involved in this. we also heard the statement from the family of baby k and when the verdicts were delivered in manchester crown court this afternoon to just three nadav hours of deliberations, we saw the father of baby k put his head down in his hands and we saw family members crying is lucy letby sat in the dock looking completely expressionless. in a statement on the court steps from baby k's and of dignity said losing our precarious newborn, nothing prepares you for that news. justice has been served but it would not take away the extreme hurt, anger and distress and it does not provide explanation, an explanation for why it took place. as for explanations and unanswered questions, there will be attempts to answer some of them because after lucy letby was convicted last year, there were so many unans

the bbc�*s phil mccann was in court for the verdict gave this analysis of the retrial and the work from hospital staff who had to think the unthinkable that one of their own could be involved in this. we also heard the statement from the family of baby k on the vertex or delivered in manchester crown court this afternoon to just three nadav hours of deliberations, we saw the father of baby k put his hands and we saw family members crying is lucy letby sat in the dock looking completely expressionless. in a statement on the court steps from baby k's and of dignity said losing her precarious newborn, nothing prepares you for that news. justice has been served but it would not take away the extreme hurt, anger and distress and it does not provide explanation, an explanation for why it took place. as explanations and unanswered questions, they'll be attempts to answer some of them because after lucy letby was convicted last year there somebody million answer questions as to how she could've murdered so many babies and tried to murder somebody more before measures are put in place to take of

our reporter phil mccann is in leeds.of the romanian and roma community, which really signifies the kind of tensions that there have been here with local people, especially in the romanian and roma community, blaming the council for being biased against them. this all goes back to the incident that happened here on thursday night, in which some children were removed by social services with police assistance from a local family. that then led, over the coming hours, to disturbances on the streets. it led to a car, a police car being overturned, a double decker bus, which i think you mayjust have seen, being set alight. that actually happened just here. you can still see on the road behind me the kind of charred remains. you can still smell it as well, in fact, the kind of acrid smell that you get from when you have a bonfire from what happened here, just, well, a couple of nights ago now. this statement from the council and the romanian and roma community says that the council has agreed to undertake an urgent review of th

phil mccann reports.es more of a picture of what happened just before a police officer at manchester airport kicked a man who was lying on the floor and then stamped on his head. that man was fahir amaaz from rochdale. he can be seen in blue here, exchanging punches with police officers — all of whom end up on the floor before one tasers him, at which point he's kicked, and then the original footage shows he's stamped on. greater manchester's mayor says the new video gives a fuller picture. it is, as i was saying last week, much more complicated than was first made out. you know, we live in a world where something appears, a fragment, and everybody rushes to judgment and then another fragment, and then everybody makes a judgment on that. it's very difficult. but now, we should now accept that there are two parallel investigations. they've got to be allowed to complete their work, and then a line eventually will be able to be drawn. but, as i say, there are serious issues here to be investigated on both si

our reporter phil mccann is in the town of bury, this is the home of traditionally marginal —— marginaln the street you might see the statue of the founder of the conservative party, sir robert peel, one what he would make of this. bury, bury north, zusi the conservatives narrowly held at the last election, now his family labour. we have a smattering of people in here to talk to. we will enter at now. hello, people in here to talk to. we will enterat now. hello, everybody. people in here to talk to. we will enter at now. hello, everybody. goad enter at now. hello, everybody. good mornina! enter at now. hello, everybody. good morning! i've — enter at now. hello, everybody. good morning! i've had _ enter at now. hello, everybody. good morning! i've had my _ enter at now. hello, everybody. good morning! i've had my coffee - enter at now. hello, everybody. good morning! i've had my coffee this - morning! i've had my coffee this mornin: , morning! i've had my coffee this morning. the — morning! i've had my coffee this morning, the course. _ morning! i've had my coffee this morning, the cours