this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. police in the uk declare a "major incident" in birmingham city centre after number of people are stabbed in the area. one local bar worker said there was an escalation of violence. i have always seen quite a lot of fights and drunken commotions, but there was nothing quite like tonight. tougher coronavirus restrictions have come into force in bolton — the area which now has the highest infection rate in england. a coronavirus lockdown in the australian city of melbourne is extended for another two weeks. the uk's foreign secretary dominic raab warns the government is ready

to walk away from trade talks with the eu if it's not treated fairly. and california declares a state of emergency after record heat waves lead to more wildfires. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. let's bring you some developing news from the uk this morning... west midlands police have declared a major incident after a number of people were stabbed in the centre of birmingham in the early hours of the morning. police and paramedics were called to reports of a knife attack, with further stabbings then being reported. the bbc spoke to a woman who works in the area where the incident took place. i have worked in the club for over two years and the club scene. i have always seen quite a lot of fights and drunken commotions,

but there was nothing quite like tonight. just the body language and demeanour of people was so much different... sorry, i apologise again. tell us a bit about the area in which you work, cara. so, i work in the arcadian centre, which is the hot spot of clubs, it is where the five main clubs of birmingham are. i work in the club directly at the start of arcadian, which is by the gay village and around the area of all of the food bars and pubs in birmingham. and have you often felt threatened or intimidated 7 the picture we are getting is of, you know, quite a febrile atmosphere, if you like, a lot of hostility and

aggression that built during the course of the evening. i have never actually felt threatened while working on my nights out due to the fact that security is always very high. i always have a security guard within a two metre reach of me, and i always keep a headset on, which means that i am always in touch with the security officers. but tonight, like, the amount of people that were out, especially during coronavirus, was absolutely insane. the whole of arcadian was full. so, you didn't actually know who was around you and at what time. and because of how quickly it escalated and the words that were used and how fights started and ended, it is nothing like i have ever seen before. our reporter nick clitheroe is at the scene.

what more can you tell us? as you heard from cara, this all started in the acadian centre, the area of the city centre where chinatown meets the gay village but it has felt across the city because i am now at across the city because i am now at a second location in irving street, just less than half a mile away from its original epicentre of this incident, but as you can see behind me, lots of police activity here. there is a blue tent and they are, the police investigation unit have been looking at that. we have been told there is a third location across the city close to another area. this has been a major incident in birmingham last night. the police are trying to establish exactly what happened but they have an awful lot of work on their hands. might we get more details later in the day? are there any press conferences planned by the police on this? yes, we understand the police press

conference will take place at 11 o'clock this morning. hopefully then we will get some more details as to exactly what happened last night, and as to the condition of the people who have been staffed. as yet the police have not given us any indication as to the nature of the injuries. wejust know indication as to the nature of the injuries. we just know that there is more than one person who was stabbed. there is obviously a lot of work and great for them to cover but hopefully things will become clearer when we get that press conference at 11 o'clock. 0k, knit, we will be back to you for that. thank you very much indeed. —— nick. tougher coronavirus measures are being imposed in bolton in greater manchester because of a rising number of cases. the infection rate is now the highest in england. the increase is being driven by a spike among younger people. simonjones has this report. "everyone in bolton must play their part". that's the plea from the local council as tighter restrictions are introduced. the infection rate has risen to 99 cases per 100,000 people per week, the highest in england,

with people aged between 18 and 49 accounting for 90% of cases. residents are now being told to only use public transport for essential purposes and not to mix with other households in any setting — indoors and outdoors — unless part of a support bubble. although some restrictions are being lifted elsewhere, a ban on people from different households meeting indoors remains in most areas of greater manchester. the evidence suggests that it's still the home and gatherings in the home where we are seeing the most community transmission. let's be honest, people behave differently in the home, it is not as regulated as a public space, and that's why the restrictions are still there. the aim is to avoid a more draconian local lockdown, like the one seen in leicester injune, but there is a growing list of coronavirus hot spots. in leeds, students are about to return to their studies, and officials are worried young people are becoming complacent. other areas added to public health england's watchlist are south tyneside,

middlesbrough, corby and kettering. last week, restrictions on visiting other households were reintroduced in glasgow. extra testing is being promised in problem areas, but the think tank, the health foundation, is warning that the public don't think official coronavirus guidelines are clear enough, especially about who they can meet and where. simon jones, bbc news. australian officials have extended the strict coronavirus lockdown in melbourne. the city is at the centre of australia's second wave of infections, and has already been under lockdown for 6 weeks. the premier of the state of victoria said the measures would remain until at least the 28th of september. earlier our correspondent phil mercer said the move wasn't a surprise. this will add to the frustration of 5 million people in australia's second most populous city, who are facing even more time, essentially, in protective custody at home. what this means is that

hundreds of thousands of workers and schoolchildren will remain at home. and the state premier, daniel andrews, saying that these very strict measures are needed in order to head off the risk of a third wave of infections. if you look at the statistics around australia, this is a country that since the pandemic began, ben, has had around 26,000 known coronavirus cases, more than 750 people have died. three quarters of those known cases have been in victoria, and 90% of the fatalities. so, victoria very much at the epicentre of australia's coronavirus emergency, and the state government down there saying these tough measures are needed so that eventually the city of melbourne can emerge from hibernation, can emerge from that lockdown. and is there general popular support for those measures, do you think?

i think there is a mixture of frustration, uncertainty and fear. the mandatory wearing of face coverings is still in force. so, many people in melbourne are very nervous about the future, and, of course, many of them asking exactly when will things get back to normal, and what will that normal look like? now, the authorities in victoria are saying that some of the restrictions will be eased in a week's time. the curfew will be slightly amended to make it a bit later that people in melbourne can be out, but what they are saying, the state government, ben, in the weeks and months to come, those restrictions will only be significantly lifted when the number of new daily coronavirus infections goes down into single digits. so, at the moment, we had 63 new cases reported in victoria overnight, so it would seem that the state still has a long way before it gets to anything resembling what life was like before the pandemic.

that's phil mercer reporting for us from sydney. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has said it's important people return to work in towns and cities in britain to try to revive the economy. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is here. this is something the government are desperate about, getting people back to work as quickly as possible. desperate about, getting people back to work as quickly as possiblem is increasingly becoming the big priority for government, trying to figure out after it got schools in england back, how to try to tempt people back to officers across the uk, partly because they think it would be good for the workforce, but also partly because, in many city centres and in many business districts, the economyjust com pletely districts, the economyjust completely nosedived over the last few weeks. and this morning we got a very stark warning from the foreign secretary that that needs to happen to protect the economy. have a listen to dominic raab. well, it's damaging to the economy. we've seen lockdown, massive shrinking of the economy. we're trying to bounce back

as strongly as possible, the bank of england suggests forecasts of 18% growth in this quarter alone, we've seen some good news this week, amazon investing in 7,000 newjobs, co—op in 1,000 new jobs, quite interesting if you think about the consumer patterns. so the important thing is, yes, of course we are all going to do a bit more remote working in the future but it does make a difference. the economy needs to have people back at work, unless, and this is really important, unless there is a good health reason why it shouldn't happen or unless the employer cannot put in place the covid—secure workplace that we all need. but employers are doing that and i think it is important to send a message that we need to get britain back up and running, the economy motoring on all cylinders. of course, there are questions around that. one is the health implications. we know that the government's experts have warned we could be reaching the limit of what can could be reaching the limit of what ca n safely could be reaching the limit of what can safely be opened up and potentially if you start opening up offices at the same time as schools,

you could see an increase in the number of cases of the virus. there is also a question as to whether there is enough reassurance there. some of the opposition parties in the uk are raising the question as to whether the government has explained enough about why people need to be back at work in the office anyway. but also how that is going to look and how it is going to be safe. listen to labour's shadow home secretary, nick thomas—symonds. look, we have supported the gradual reopening of the economy but i am extremely concerned about the government's position on this because there has to be a very strong, robust strategy of communication in which people have confidence. if that doesn't exist, then people will not go back to the office. and i think we have to be very clear. firstly, this is not a return to work, people have been working from home throughout the pandemic, many people, our key workers,

have been out working throughout and not had that ability to stay at home as well. so it is a return to the office rather than a return to work and what we cannot have are people threatened with the sack, for example, if they won't go back to the office, or people who previously have been shielding who are ill, being forced into it. so what we need now is leadership from the government, a real strategy about how this can be achieved, that people can have confidence in, to move forward. that is the view of the labour party. there are different guidelines in different parts of the uk as well. and it is worth remembering that in scotland, wales and northern ireland the message remains to work from home as much as possible. we have had a message on the subject of brexit from the chief british negotiator, lord frost, a tough message to the eu, we are not scared and we will not blink. yes, a rare public intervention from the uk's chief brexit negotiator, basically saying that the uk will not be what he calls a client state

of the european union. remember, the uk left the eu and we are currently any transition period where very little changes will stop at the moment we are trying to negotiate a long—term trade deal and two of the sticking points are fishing and whether the uk will have to stick to european rules when it comes to state aid. that is something the uk government is making completely clear that it does not want to do and some pretty strong rhetoric from david frost this morning. also seeing in the past that the uk government has blinked when it was up government has blinked when it was up against the wall with europe. very much the government trying to send out the message that it is not prepared to do that again, but on the european side, they are saying, look, company size must come from all sides. and we have heard this before. nick eardley, thank you for that, our political correspondent. the headlines on bbc news...

police in the uk declare a "major incident" in birmingham city centre after number of people are stabbed in the area. tougher coronavirus restrictions have come into force in bolton — the area which now has the highest infection rate in england. and a coronavirus lockdown in the australian city of melbourne is extended for another two weeks. germany's foreign minister has said the eu will discuss possible say ——germany‘s foreign minister has said the eu will discuss possible sanctions on russia over the poisoning of alexei navalny if the kremlin does not provide an explanation soon. german experts say they have evidence mr navalny was attacked with a nerve agent developed by soviet russia. the russian opposition leader is in a coma in a berlin hospital after being airlifted from siberia where he fell ill. here's tobias ellwood, former uk foreign minister and chair of the defence select committee.

well, the first thing is that the outside world must pay attention as to what russia is up to, because this is all symbolic of an increasingly confident kremlin. putin has secured the presidency for life, as we know and he is consolidating control. he is regrouping and substantially rearming, and he has two clear objectives, firstly to strengthen his own domestic base, to remove opposition, as he has done with navalny, and the other one is to fuel western division and he is succeeding on both fronts. it is so important that we rally together and we don't speak about this just at the eu but also at nato, but most importantly with the us and i am concerned that we have not heard enough from the white house. let's pick up on that because president trump seems to be deflecting attention from russia. he said we ought to be more worried about china than russia when he was specifically asked about the alexei navalny case. what we need to be worried about is both, we are going through a dangerous time at the moment, there is the distraction of the pandemic, a global recession emerging, and of course, we in the west have never been more

divided since the cold war. this is a perfect opportunity for any authoritarian adventurism, whether that comes from china or indeed russia. but the west must react as one. it is good to see the european countries rally together, britain supporting angela merkel, and so forth, demanding answers from the kremlin. perhaps looking at a mixture of sanctions or even the north stream 2 supply chain. but we need to stand ultimately together. it is the lack of western cohesion which falls into russia's play game and we need to stand up to this because we have seen it in syria, we are now seeing it in libya, we have seen it in crimea and ukraine, russia takes advantage of the divided west. tobias ellwood speaking there. large crowds are expected to protest in belarus again on sunday, calling for the country s president to step down. it's the fourth weekend

of demonstrations since alexander lukashenko claimed victory in an election that was widely seen as rigged. donna larsen reports. olga kovalkova, another opponent of belarus' president, who says she's been forced to leave the country. it was either that, or a long spell injail. she's now in poland. translation: i consider everything that's happened to me in recent weeks to be torture. i received threats that i will be jailed for a very long time. when i fell ill in my cell, it wasn't doctors who came, but representatives of the authorities. they suggested that i leave the country, otherwise i would stay in prison for a very long time. translation: as long as belarus and belarusians are not able to speak freely about their views and beliefs, as long as repression continues, according to the decision of the prime minister, every person who has been subjected to political repression in belarus,

can count on the support and protection of the polish state. in the belarusian capital, minsk, many feel politically repressed. "don't touch them, they're children, let them go," yells someone in russian, as masked security agents took away some of these students for protesting against president lukashenko. chanting. later, these women marched through the capital, some of them chanting "new election". 30 people were detained on saturday, this the fourth weekend of mass protests since the president claimed to have won an allegedly rigged election. translation: at the time being, it is hard not to be in the street. it is very hard to watch the current events sitting at home. this is a feeling of solidarity, we are not alone, we are numerous, and together, we can change something. belarus' main opposition figure, sviatla na tsikhanouskaya,

remains in exile in lithuania. on friday, she urged the un to follow the eu and impose sanctions on individuals close to president lukashenko, who she said was "desperately clinging to power". but the president remains. backed by russia, he is going nowhere for now. and apparently, nor are the protesters, defying the crackdown. more demonstrations are expected on sunday. donna larsen, bbc news. jonah fisher is in minsk with more about what is expected later on. we are now four weeks on from the election and this will be the fourth sunday in which large demonstrations are expected to take place. over the last few sundays there have been crowds in excess of 100,000. we could potentially see a similar number again today. the last few days has seen the security forces here, the omon, the riot police, attempt to try and disrupt,

to crackdown on demonstrators on the streets here in minsk. so, we have seen repeatedly scenes in which the omon, these riot police, dressed all in black with balaclavas over their heads, have got out of unmarked minivans and dragged people who are participating in demonstrations, or perhaps even just carrying the red—and—white flag, which is illegal here in belarus at the moment, and dragging them into the minivans and taking them away. so, despite those efforts from the authorities to prevent demonstrations taking place, they have continued on a daily basis. we willjust have to see in a few hours' time how many turn out for this sunday demonstration. jonah fisher reporting from minsk. parts of the united states' west coast are experiencing a record heatwave. california declared a state of emergency on friday amid warnings that power cuts could be implemented to meet excessive demand. temperatures of up to 49 degrees

celsius are expected throughout the labor day holiday weekend. jason stiff is chief meteorolgist for action news now and spoke to us about the record temperatures. we are still mainly in the 80s fahrenheit, it's not cooling off very quickly because we have so much smoke in the air and we are only getting more. there have been more very large fires well to our south that have broken out this afternoon, and one of them, the creek fire, has exploded in size. he i was just reading, it has trapped several dozen people at a camp ground and they are trying to evacuate them as quickly as possible but we have the fires, the smoke, we have the oppressive heat, which, in some cases, will probably break some monthly, if not all—time records, and we also have the potential, because of so much air conditioning being used by people,

they have... one of the major power companies has a flex alert meaning that in the afternoon and evening hours we might have rolling blackouts to try to conserve energy and it is going to be happening at some of the times, tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night when we will have some of the highest temperatures ever recorded. he created some of the most iconic images of the swinging ‘60s in london. now at the age of 82, the iconic photographer david bailey has put on a new exhibition in the capital. alex stanger has been to meet him. these are the never seen before oil paintings of one of the uk's best known artists — photographer david bailey. you were saying before that you have been painting since you were really young? three. yes. been 80 years. 80 years and i end up with that! instead of hanging on the walls of a gallery, david bailey paintings are actually here in a shop, in the west end of london. i like the idea, i like the idea of anything that's different.

sort of leads somewhere else and things are changing rapidly now with this silly virus thing. things aren't going to be the same as they were, which is quite exciting. and the best way to see this exhibition is apparently from the number 75. on the bus is the best. when you drive up oxford street, especially if it's raining, you get on the front of the bus, i did it last time, it's most exciting. only lasts three minutes or two minutes but it's worth doing! i do them because i like doing them. like a child really. dabbling with his paints. i used to scribble in books when i was a kid. i think being dyslexic helps because you never know what you're going to do. like taking a picture. it's difficult. i drive my assistants mad, they say how are we going to do it and i don't know until i met the person and then when i meet the person i use them to find out how we are going to do their picture. and those pictures have been doing a roaring trade during lockdown. sales of prints are rocketing. i think people have time

to think about things. when they are on lockdown. they sort of thought, maybe i've always fancied buying a david bailey print! which ones have been the most popular? jean shrimpton is always popular, always popular. she's the most popular one. even if you put her on the internet, she gets more hits than anybody else. the winsome david bailey who created the famous modeljean shrimpton and married the famous mother catherine deneuve, shows how to bring out the best in a woman. is there anybody that you would have liked to have photographed that you never managed to photograph? i've done everybody i like. i mean, there's ones i missed. i always wanted to do the cuban guy, castro, but i don't have any regrets because you can't do everybody. everybody has got a story to tell, everybody, even the most boring person has got a story if you dig deep enough. there we are. plenty coming up including all of the latest news

headlines, the sport and the weather. that is all for the moment. you have been watching bbc news. how though. well, for most of us, overall today, the weather is not looking bad at all. we have a mixture of sunny spells a few fleeting showers. that is pretty much it. if you are unlucky you might run into a downpour of thunder and lightning. this is the satellite picture, cloud streaming in from the north—west. it is thin and broken cloud for most of us, sunny spells getting through. here are the sunny spells and showers this afternoon. for england and wales and the possibility of a downpour any south in the afternoon. for the vast of the uk, it is dry weather and temperature is getting up into the high teens, possibly 20 degrees in the afternoon in london. tonight,

remaining dry in england and wales, but rain is expected in scotland and northern ireland, certainly by the end of the night. in belfast and glasgow, it looks like it will be a 5°99y glasgow, it looks like it will be a soggy monday morning. temperatures overnight will be around that 10 degrees murk. now, on monday, high pressure to the south of the country, so keeping things for the southern counties and in the north we have weather fronts. we are also quite close to low pressure, so more ofa quite close to low pressure, so more of a greasy, windy for the western isles of scotland and you can see that cloud and rain moving across scotland, northern ireland, the lake district, the north—west and also the of wales. in the south—east of england, remaining quite bright on monday were temperatures getting up to around 21 degrees. tuesday, and relate through the middle of the week, with high pressure to the south and this current of slightly warmer and more humid air, it will feel really muggy and often cloudy and murky, particularly around the west of the uk. and in the situation west of the uk. and in the situation we get drizzle and light rain around

the coasts, the coast of wales, down into the south—west, too. in the east, however, in this situation the cloud east, however, in this situation the clou d ofte n east, however, in this situation the cloud often breaks up and if they do and the lengthy sunny spells develop, temperatures could get up to 25 degrees. 22 is quite conservative. by thursday fresher aircoming infrom conservative. by thursday fresher air coming in from the north and we lose those orange colours back into the yellow. there could be a temporary dip from thursday back into the teens. but overall, apart from afair into the teens. but overall, apart from a fair bit of cloud and a spell of rain on monday, the weather is not looking too bad. goodbye.

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