good afternoon. one person has died and seven people have been injured, two critically, in a series of stabbings in birmingham overnight. west midlands police declared a major incident and they're hunting for one suspect. police say it appears to be a random selection of people who were targeted over roughly two hours, and that there is no suggestion it is terror—related. from birmingham, sian lloyd sent this report.

a night of violence on the streets of birmingham. a man died and seven other people were injured. two are critically ill in hospital. 1a ambulances were called to four different locations in the heart of the city centre. we have launched a murder enquiry. clearly we are still in the early stages of the enquiry, but what i can say is we are treating all four of those incidents as a linked series. four separate locations within a mile radius. the attacks took place as people left pubs and restaurants. this morning forensic officers were combing the pavements, gathering evidence that could help identify this attacker. police have confirmed they are looking for one suspect, a man, in connection with all of these stabbings. at the moment they have no idea where he is, but they are asking for the public‘s help in finding him. as part of their effort to identify the attacker, officers are trawling through cctv footage and appealing to anyone who saw what unfolded last

night to get in touch. they believe this was a random attack, with nothing obvious to link the victims. i have been saying for some time in the context of covid—19 that a lot of the pent—up feelings that people have and not being able to get out, and combine that with people who are now unsure about their future and about their jobs, it was almost inevitable that we would see a growth in violence. i am not saying that this is directly related to that, but nevertheless we are seeing now a growth in violence amongst younger people, particularly younger males, we are seeing that growing across the region. extra police are on patrol today. their message, that the city is still a safe place to visit. but last night people were terrified by what they saw. multiple people at a time fighting, it wasn'tjust one on one, there was just groups, to the stage where it was just a blur

for what was going on. it was people upon people, there was females, there was males, there was old people, there was young people. it was just such a mix of people that didn't seem like it was real at the time. many streets in the heart of birmingham remain cordoned off. the next 2a hours will be crucial in the police investigation to identify and track down this killer. our correspondent phil mackie is there for us now. phil, what's the latest? this is one of those many scenes gci’oss this is one of those many scenes across the city, which have been cordoned off today. you canjust about make out that blue forensics tent, where we think one of the victims who is being treated in hospital was treated last night by paramedics. it is interesting being

in birmingham city centre today. there are still a lot of people out, it is difficult to know if there are fewer than would normally be here, simply because it is post—pandemic and we have been quite quite here for months. but most people are going around quite happily. what is interesting are the number of police officers on the streets, some of them armed. that is partly for reassurance, but it has also got to do with the fact that this is still alive, active investigation. the man we we re alive, active investigation. the man we were hearing in the report is still at large. the man who randomly attacked people across the city last night, they are still trying to track down. they say they have got evidence from cctv footage, there are cameras gci’oss evidence from cctv footage, there are cameras across the city centre, and they are poring over there at the moment. at some stage we expect a description and images to be released. for the time being it is very much trying to find out why this person did it and to get that person into custody as soon as possible. phil mackie in birmingham.

phil mackie in birmingham. the foreign secretary dominic raab says the eu "must now move" on key issues if there is to be a trade deal before the brexit transition ends in december. the next round of formal talks take place this week, but negotiators in brussels have said they are disappointed by a lack of concessions from the uk. mr raab accused brussels of "double standards" in demanding more from britain than it had in past free—trade deals. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. january to 31st, when the uk officially left the european union. since then, little has changed because of a one—year transition. but our long—term trading relationship is still worked out. talks on that have been taking place, but for weeks they have been stuck with significant disagreement about rules on government grants for businesses and access to british waters forfishing. this morning in

a rare interview, the uk's chief negotiator, lord frost, told the mail on sunday he was prepared to walk away. we are not going to be a client state, he said. we are not going to compromise on the fundamentals of having control over oui’ fundamentals of having control over our own laws. a message reinforced by the foreign secretary. the eu's best moment to strike a deal with as with all the pressure they are trying to is now. the deal is on the table. it is a strong deal, it is what they have done with other countries, why on earth would they try and apply double standards to as compared to what they have agreed with other less important and less close neighbours? there are not as many protesters around parliament just now, there is certainly not the tension there was this time year. but they still meet and talk about negotiations about the uk severing ties and without a formal arrangement. i hope for all our

sakes the government gets a deal, but i am worried that either fishermen will be sold down the river, or we are going to get no deal at all. we are rapidly running out of time for this. the uk once a decision, deal or no deal, to be reached by the end of october. last—minute extensions are not unheard of. but brexit could be back at the front of the political agenda soon. protestors are gathering in the belarus capital minsk calling for long—time president alexander lukashenko to step down. this is the fourth weekend of protests following the presidential election last month, which they say was rigged. dozens of protestors have been detained by police. emergency officials in california are working to bring dozens of holidaymakers to safety after a wildfire encircled a lakeside campground. ten people are reported to have been injured. the creek fire has been burning out of control in forested areas about sixty kilometres north east of the city of fresno.

firefighters fear the flames will be fuelled further by high temperatures. more than 200,000 people have been told to evacuate areas of japan because of an approaching storm. typhoon haishen is expected to intensify today and bring heavy rain and winds of more than 100 miles per hour. it's expected to make landfall in south korea on monday. tougher coronavirus restrictions have come in to force in bolton which now has the highest infection rate in the uk. the local council says those under 50 are responsible for the vast majority of the cases. our correspondent gerryjackson is there for us now. gerry, what do these new restrictions mean for residents? well, bolton is the town at the very centre fears of the resurgence of coronavirus. it is thought 99 out of every 100,000 people here have the virus now, way above the threshold

where experts become concerned, and the highest figure in england right now. instead of being released from restrictions this week, new ones have been imposed. firstly, people from different households, instead of them not being allowed to meet in homes and gardens, now they are not allowed to meet anywhere, not in parks, car phase, restaurants, where most of the rest of greater manchester can meet. here, different households cannot even meet in big open spaces like this unless they are within your own support bubble and rules apply there. secondly, no one is to use public transport in the borough of bolton unless it is absolutely necessary. a very strong signal being sent from here at the town hall. public health officials admit that all these changing rules are causing confusion, but what they are causing confusion, but what they are saying is with 90% of all the new cases being among the 18 to 49 year age new cases being among the 18 to 49 yearage group, new cases being among the 18 to 49 year age group, everybody he has to

play their responsibility, unless there is to be a stricter, leicester style lockdown there is to be a stricter, leicester style lockd own of there is to be a stricter, leicester style lockdown of the kind imposed on that city back injune. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6:35. bye for now. hello, you're watching the bbc news channel. let's return to our top story, and the series of stabbings in birmingham city centre in the early hours of the morning in which one man was killed and another seven people wounded. two of the victims are being treated in hospitalfor serious injuries. detectives are hunting for one suspect. they say the attacks were linked but there's no evidence they were terror—related. a little earlier, chief superintendent steve graham briefed

reporters on the inquiry. just after 1230 last night, the police received reports of a stabbing incident in constitution hill, just to the north of the city centre. shortly after, a number of other incidents were reported in livery street, then coming down to irving street and then to hurst street. at each of those incidents, a number of stabbings took place. as a result of that, i am sorry to say that one person has died of the injuries that they received. two other people remain in hospital critically injured, and are still being worked upon as a result of the injuries that they sustained during that attack. five other people received relatively minor injuries, some of whom have been discharged from hospital, and all of whom were treated for relatively minor injuries. given the fact we are still in the early stages of the enquiry, i hope you appreciate i can't go on to the details of those people who have been injured,

and clearly in terms of the fatality. what i can do is reassure you all that they are going to be supported and their families will be supported by specially trained officers. as a result of this, we have launched a murder enquiry. clearly, we're still in the early stages, but what i can say is that we are treating all of those incidents as a linked series. we are searching for one suspect, and enquiries to identify and then trace that suspect are ongoing. given the nature of the fact we are talking about the city centre, there is extensive cctv footage to review. at this stage, we are unable to release any of the cctv imagery, but as soon as we can, we will do so, because what we are going to do is make an appeal to anyone who was in the area at that time to help us trace and identify the subject. so, if you were in birmingham city

centre last night sometime between 12:30am and 2:30am in the areas described, all the way down from constitution hill around to hurst street, if you saw anything, please contact the police. if you were taking any sort of social media photographs, if you have any video footage, please contact us and we will make arrangements for the west midlands police website for you to submit that evident so that we can review it with all the other cctv that we are currently trawling through. clearly, this could be a significant task, and so i would ask people bear with us whilst we do that. there are significant efforts taking place as i speak to trace this subject, and so all i can say is that we have got a significant number of highly trained detectives reviewing the cctv and reviewing all the other evidence that is going to be gathered the scenes. the four scenes that i have described are all cordoned off and will be subject to significant and forensic searching. clearly, our main objective at the moment is to identify those

subjects, and our best way of doing that is to gather and secure all the evidence from the scenes. at the same time, because we have not caught this offender as yet, i know that may be some people will be nervous. what i will say is that there is a significant uniform police presence, both armed and unarmed, within birmingham city centre today, so if people are coming to birmingham city centre, i would say to them, do not be afraid, but be alert. clearly, with all the stuff we have ongoing around a pandemic, people are more wary of social distancing, but if you see people coming and approaching you who you are not happy with, then please do give them a wide berth, but what we are not saying at the moment is that birmingham is not a safe place to be. the headlines on bbc news... in the uk, a man has been killed and seven people are injured

in stabbings in birmingham overnight — police declare a "major incident" but rule out terrorism. tougher coronavirus restrictions have come into force in bolton, the area which now has the highest infection rate in england. uk foreign secretary dominic raab says this week is "the moment of reckoning" as the uk tries to strike a trade deal with the european union. sport, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. let's talk about the football, because england always make really high artwork of a game against iceland. england defender kyle walker said he'd be talking to manager gareth southgate about his international future, after he was sent off in their 1—0 win over iceland in the nations league.

he was given a second yellow card for a reckless lunging tackle, which he admitted was rash and unacceptable. he'd been out of the side for over a year and with younger players coming into the frame, he knows this could be the end of his england career. southgate was clearly unhappy with walker, saying you just can't make challenges like that. we all have to learn from that moment any day came, that incident, because we have gone out of tune as before because we have been down to ten men, and that is not a situation that we have had in the four years i have been in charge, though the response to it from the rest of the tea m response to it from the rest of the team was good. but of course it booted is in a really difficult situation, and also we lose him now for the game on tuesday as well. the first of the day's five women's super league games is under way, with three—time champions arsenal at home to reading. and arsenal are in the lead, thanks to kim little's goal after 15 minutes.

dutch striker vivienne miedema then scored their second and jill roord has just added a third. it's approaching half time. you can watch this game on the bbc sport website and app, and there are highlights on the women's football show at 10.30pm on bbc one. lewis hamilton starts on pole for the italian grand prix in just under an hour. he clearly enjoyed the monza track, posting the fastest qualifying lap in formula one history in qualifying, averaging just over 164mph. his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas will start alongside him on the front row of the grid. saracens face an uneasy wait to see what punishment will be given to england captain owen farrell, after he was sent off in their defeat to wasps in the premiership. he was dismissed for this high tackle on charlie atkinson.

he apologised, and atkinson appeared to be ok, but farrell could well miss saracens' champions cup quarterfinal against leinster in two weeks' time. there is still british interest at the us open, afterjamie murray and neal skupski reached the men's doubles quarterfinals. in the singles, serena willams came from a set down to beat fellow american sloane stephens and reach the last 16. stephens — the champion here in 2017 — took the first set before williams fought back to win in three. she'll face maria sakkari next, the woman who beat her at last month's tournament at flushing meadows. tyrell hatton is the leading briton at the halfway stage of golf‘s season—ending tour championship in atlanta. he shot a second round of 66 to move to nine under par, four shots behind world number one dustin johnson, who's still out in front. rory mcilroy slipped back to eight under. there's £11 million

on offerfor the winner. sussex batsman phil salt willjoin england's one—day squad as a reserve ahead of the series against australia, which starts on friday at old trafford. they have two more t20s to play before that, though — the first of them this afternoon in southampton. it starts at 2.15, and you can watch it live on bbc one. england bowler chris jordan is pleased to see cricket back on free—to—air television. there might be people who haven't watch cricket before, and there might be people who who obviously hadn't had sky for a while and might just have to watch highlights, so the more people that we can get watching the game and involved in a day game, the better it is for cricket, and with some of the games being played, there have been some phenomenal games, some phenomenal

contest. there's no rest for georgia taylor—brown after she became triathlon champion for the first time in hamburg yesterday. she's part of great britain's mixed relay team, in action right now. these are live pictures from the race, which started about an hour ago. taylor—brown went off first — she handed on to barclay izzard, who'll be followed by the former european champion jessica learmonth and alex yee. great britain are in second at the moment. it is all very close right now, but the united statesjust moment. it is all very close right now, but the united states just in front. you can watch it live on the bbc sport website and app. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. 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. earlier, i spoke to tobias ellwood, the former foreign minister and chair of the defence select committee and i started by asking him what action the international community needed to take now. 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 two 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. officials in australia have extended the strict coronavirus lockdown in melbourne. the city is at the centre of the country's second wave of infections, and has already been under lockdown for six weeks. the premier of the state of victoria said the measures would remain until at least the 28th of september. our correspondent phil mercer says the move wasn't a surprise. this will add to the frustration of five 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. let's get more on the record

heatwave affecting parts of the united states' west coast. 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 over (read on) the coming days. jason stiff is chief meteorolgist for action news now and spoke to us about the record temperatures. we are still in the mid—80s fahrenheit, it is not killing off. there have been more large fires well to our site that are broken out this afternoon. at creek fire has exploded in size. it has trapped several dozen people at a camp ground and they are trying to evacuate them quickly, 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 are also having the potential, because of so much air conditioning being used by people, they have one of the major power companies as a flex alert, meaning that gently afternoon and evening we may have rolling blackouts to try to conserve energy. it will be happening at some of the times, especially tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night, where 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. w you get on the front of the bus, i did it last time,