hello, i'm lukwesa burak. welcome to bbc news. in the uk, labour is calling for an urgent audit of the concrete in public buildings, with some hospitals and courts known to contain the potential dangerous variety known as raac. it comes as more than 150 schools in england and 35 in scotland were found to have the material, and so have had to completely or partially close. investigations in wales and northern ireland are contining. harry farley has the latest. emergency classrooms being set up in bingley, west yorkshire. more schools are expected to close next week. parents are facing an anxious wait to know whether it's safe for their children to return

to the classroom. in one school, i have ten rooms and a staff room i cannot use. my second school — 16 rooms, the gymnasium and some toilets. and in my third school, 12 rooms. so, you can see it's quite considerable. but it's notjust schools. other public buildings are also affected, like harrow crown court, which could be shut for months. and 2a hospital sites, like hitchin brook hospital in huntington, also have weak concrete. they are spending millions on surveys about what is safe, and what is not, and millions in mitigationjust to keep the building safe and open. and so, this is a really big challenge, and frankly, any building mainly built with raac is past its sell—by—date, and will need to be replaced, so there is a very big bill for the taxpayer. this is the aerated concrete used in buildings in the 1960s, �*70s and �*80s that is causing so much concern. we don't really know the scale of the problem. there is no central record. although individual government departments are being required to keep a log, that's not public information.

do we know about that risk in schools and also in hospitals and other public buildings? have you come across it in other types of buildings as well, in your experience? the areas that i've seen it in office buildings and shopping centres tends to be in incidental parts of the building rather than the building as a whole. so, a plant room or a store room or something of that nature. a non—public area. the government said it contacted schools like this one in brixton because guidance on raac changed, so some pupils here will be relocated to another school, while repairs take place. but with no firm idea of the scale of the problem, this could just be the start of a much wider issue. harry farley, bbc news. the british home secretary, suella braverman, has asked for a review of police impartiality — after accusing some officers in england and wales of �*being involved in political matters�*.

the police federation — which represents officers — said the government was �*constantly�* changing �*the goal posts�* — one minute wanting officers to �*be more involved, the next �*asking them to act like robots.�* more than 100 people, including around 30 police officers, have been injured in clashes between israeli security forces and eritrean asylum seekers in tel aviv. violence broke out as eriteans protesting against their government, clashed with supporters of the regime. both groups then clashed with police trying to impose order. health officials said they were treating 11 people with gunshot wounds — four of them in a serious condition. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has been following developments from jerusalem. well, this was an event that was organised by the eritrean embassy, a kind of festival event. it had hired a hall not far away from the embassy, to the centre, south of tel aviv. and earlier in the week, as you were saying,

there were activists within the eritrean community — they mostly reside in the south of tel aviv — who had warned against hosting this. they say that the authorities didn�*t heed their warnings. certainly the israeli authorities, the police, the hospitals as well seem to have been really caught by surprise with what happened here. there were attempts to break through police barricades. the israeli police then ended up using all of these different riot control methods, as they described them, to try to push people back. but you could see as well from some of the videos that have been shared on social media, that there were actually also street fights going on, notjust with the police, but also involving asylum seekers who are against the eritrean regime and those who are in favour of it. and that has been something that we�*ve seen in the past, not on this scale, in the south of tel aviv. there has been previous violence between the two sides.

we can speak now to professor kjetil tronvoll. he�*s an eritrea expert at the oslo new university college. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. i wonder, first off, if you could just explain to us. who are these migrants who are in tel aviv, who are in israel? why have they left eritrea?— who are in israel? why have they left eritrea? they have fled one of the most repressive _ left eritrea? they have fled one of the most repressive and _ left eritrea? they have fled one of the most repressive and human i left eritrea? they have fled one of- the most repressive and human rights abusing regimes in the world. president isaias afwerki has ruled eritrea with an iron fist since he came to power in 1981, and he is still there. came to power in 1981, and he is still there-— came to power in 1981, and he is stillthere. ., , still there. so, today's lashes, you have supporters — still there. so, today's lashes, you have supporters and _ still there. so, today's lashes, you have supporters and opposition - have supporters and opposition government supporters coming together and clashing. —— the clashes today. how will this be regarded by eritrea? it is clashes today. how will this be regarded by eritrea?— clashes today. how will this be regarded by eritrea? it is a clear sianal, regarded by eritrea? it is a clear signal, because _ regarded by eritrea? it is a clear

signal, because this _ regarded by eritrea? it is a clear signal, because this event - regarded by eritrea? it is a clear signal, because this event in - regarded by eritrea? it is a clear signal, because this event in tel aviv follows a similar scenario in germany earlier this summer, in stockholm, and in canada and the us, and even this evening in bergen in norway, there have been demonstrations and clashes between the military and emigrants to norway. so, it is a way for the new wave of eritrean refugees to raise a critique against the regime back home, and these controlled festivals —— cultural festivals as they are called, is the new battle to fight the regime back home.- the regime back home. well, president _ the regime back home. well, president isaias _ the regime back home. well, president isaias afwerki - the regime back home. well, president isaias afwerki has l the regime back home. well, - president isaias afwerki has been the regime back home. well, president isaias afwerki has been in power since 1991, since independence. what impression, or how was he regarded by the international community? i how was he regarded by the international community? i think, in most of the — international community? i think, in most of the international _ international community? ithink, in. most of the international community, at least the western world looks upon him as the dictator he is. but the new geopolitical play in the horn of africa region makes him relevant in a different way today then only a few years back. you have

sudanin then only a few years back. you have sudan in civil war, and you have chaos in ethiopia, and middle east and russia and china is also very actively involved in positioning themselves in the horn of africa, and eritrea then becomes a useful pawn in many ways, so there is a bit of hesitation where the new international relations are reconfigured towards eritrea. 50. reconfigured towards eritrea. so, what we are _ reconfigured towards eritrea. so, what we are seeing, you have named other violent protests and demonstrations across europe, but going back to what we have seen in israel and tel avivjust going back to what we have seen in israel and tel aviv just a going back to what we have seen in israel and tel avivjust a number of hours ago. what is mr netanyahu likely to do about this? because there have been many fingers of blame to point at various organisations as to why it was allowed to get to this point. there had been warnings that there would be violence. had been warnings that there would be violence-— be violence. yes, and i'm a bit surprised _ be violence. yes, and i'm a bit surprised to — be violence. yes, and i'm a bit surprised to hear _ be violence. yes, and i'm a bit surprised to hear that -

be violence. yes, and i'm a bit surprised to hear that is - be violence. yes, and i'm a bit surprised to hear that is really| surprised to hear that is really police were taken off guard, because this was announced, so to say, that it would happen, counter demonstrations against the celebration. i think the israeli government is known to be rather harsh on its immigrant policies. 0ne harsh on its immigrant policies. one thing that might happen is that they will have an investigation into who these refugees actually are who are these refugees actually are who are the redeem, they fled from, it might be looking into these cases to see the possibility of return for instance, as israel has shown willingness earlier to do so. stand willingness earlier to do so. and very quickly. _ willingness earlier to do so. and very quickly, finally, how long do eritrean migrants tend to say in a place where they are unwelcome in israel? ., , ._ place where they are unwelcome in israel? ., , , , israel? -- tend to stay. it depends on the kind — israel? -- tend to stay. it depends on the kind of— israel? -- tend to stay. it depends on the kind of status _ israel? -- tend to stay. it depends on the kind of status they - israel? -- tend to stay. it depends on the kind of status they apply . on the kind of status they apply for. if they apply for humanitarian or political asylum, they want to stay as residents or citizens for that matter. it is real is also very effective at pushing emigrants back out again, and they have to flee to

a second country. {lilia out again, and they have to flee to a second country.— a second country. 0k, proper sort k'etil a second country. 0k, proper sort kjetil tronvoll, _ a second country. 0k, proper sort kjetil tronvoll, thank _ a second country. 0k, proper sort kjetil tronvoll, thank you - a second country. 0k, proper sort kjetil tronvoll, thank you very - a second country. 0k, proper sort l kjetil tronvoll, thank you very much indeed. —— professor kjetil tronvoll. president biden is in florida today, on a visit to inspect the destruction left by hurricane idalia. the category three storm made landfall on wednesday morning along florida�*s big bend region causing widespread flooding and damage before moving north to georgia and the carolinas. the president and his wife, jill, have taken an aerial tour of the damage in live oak — in the northern part of the state — followed by a briefing on recovery efforts and meeting communities affected by the hurricane. mr biden will not meet with florida�*s republican governor and 2024 presidential hopeful, ron desantis, who suggested a meeting could hinder disaster response efforts. let�*s get some of the day�*s other news now. a new interim boss of

the british museum has been named following the resignation of its last director. the institution�*s chair, george osborne, said sir markjones would step up to the role. the previous director quit following revelations that more than 2,000 artefacts had been stolen from the world—renowned museum. the army in gabon — which led a coup on wednesday — says it�*s opening all the country�*s borders with immediate effect. military officials appeared on state tv to make the announcement. the borders were closed when army officers deposed president ali bongo, shortly after his declaration that he�*d won a third term, in an election widely seen as lacking transparency. large crowds have been protesting in niger against the presence of french troops in the west african country. demonstrators rallied near a french base in the capital niamey to back niger�*s army,

which launched a coup injuly. protesters held up banners saying "french army, leave our country". france has deployed some 1,500 soldiers in niger, to help fight an islamist insurgency in the region. sales of dash cams in the uk have boomed in recent years — which means bad drivers are far more likely to be caught on film, creating a wealth of potential evidence. lincolnshire police are inviting motorists to submit footage of incidents, leading to hundreds of warnings and penalty points. crispin rolfe has the story. you can�*t police every road, but it does help when drivers have dashcams... ..to capture moments like this. for the last two years, lincolnshire police have been asking people to send in their own windscreen footage in the hope that it�*ll encourage

some drivers to do better. the difference it makes is if somebody is considering doing a risky overtake, driving in an inappropriate manner, theyjust don�*t know who�*s watching them and filming them. and if this just stops one person from doing something like that and saves a life, then it�*s a job well done. over the last year, lincolnshire police have received around 2,000 dashcam videos uploaded to their 0peration snap website. many of those have come to nothing, but some, two thirds of them, have resulted in warnings or offences which either saw three points and a fine handed out or some even with court appearances. and the idea of uploading your dangerous driver dashcam footage to the police is clearly becoming more popular, with officers seeing an increase in the last few months. the question is, would you do it? oh, well, we've had a few incidents with dashcams, haven't we? we have. i'm not sure i'm brave enough to hand it in. i

no. but i think it's a good idea. would you hand it over? i would certainly hand it over. reason being, there are too many dangerous drivers on the road. not if it was a dodgy driver. only if somebody was putting somebody's life in danger. well, not everyone�*s convinced, and even the institute of advanced motorists has a warning. do you think this idea of getting people to hand over their dashcam when they see dodgy driving, is that right? the threat of getting caught - on a dashcam may prevent people doing something wrong. obviously, somebody that - puts their footage forward has to consider the implications of them being the ones going _ into court to defend _ what they've seen as a witness. of course, truly dangerous driving costs lives, which is why all this dashcam footage is being welcomed by lincolnshire police. crispin rolfe, bbc news. bereaved parents have been expressing their disgust at a macabre tiktok trend in which artificial intelligence

is used to create videos which depict real life child murder victims. the videos — which are made without the consent of relatives — show crudely animated versions of children, some of them babies, talking about how they were killed. bbc trending�*s ed main has been investigating the phenomenon. it really is pretty macabre, edge. for those who haven�*t seen them, can you just give us an idea about these videos? ~ ., , ., , , videos? well, what you see in this videos? well, what you see in this video is is a _ videos? well, what you see in this video is is a partially _ videos? well, what you see in this video is is a partially animated - video is is a partially animated figure of a child, and they have been given computer—generated voices, with which they tell you the stories of their lives, but more particularly, the circumstances of their deaths. now, some of the children in these videos look nothing like the child they are supposed to represent, but others are based on genuine photos. now, since around april, waves of these videos have started appearing on tiktok. and some of them have had

millions of views, and that has encouraged other people to make more videos, orto encouraged other people to make more videos, or to share them elsewhere, in the hope of getting more followers. in the hope of getting more follows— in the hope of getting more followers. �* ., , ., , , followers. and obviously, the families have _ followers. and obviously, the families have been _ followers. and obviously, the families have been appalled i followers. and obviously, the l families have been appalled by followers. and obviously, the - families have been appalled by this. yes. these videos have been described to us as being an emotional assault on bereaved families. the families whose children feature in these videos. and that is because there is something about seeing a child or a representation of a child speaking in the first person that sort of crosses a line. we spoke to a canadian woman called emily lemieux, who earlier this wear, was alerted to the fact that tiktok had been made about one of her to moated daughters. —— earlier this year. she couldn�*t watch to the end, and described her expense as being worse than the worst uppercut you can imagine. and in this country, denise fergus, the mother of the child who was killed in merseyside in 1993

spoke about this injuly. she said at that time that videos that have been made that were based on her son james were worse than sick. tiktok took down more than 100 videos that were based onjames at that time. so, what are tiktok saying about this incident?— this incident? well, one of the stranue this incident? well, one of the strange things _ this incident? well, one of the strange things about _ this incident? well, one of the strange things about this - this incident? well, one of the | strange things about this trend this incident? well, one of the i strange things about this trend is that it only really took off after tiktok banned ai versions of real—life young people in large. and when they took down those videos of james bolger injuly, they restated that policy, and said there was no place for this kind of disturbing content on our platform, and we will take it down as we find it. —— james bulger. but it is safe to say that even now, you can find numerous videos based on other children on the platform, and tiktok are very open about this, saying we won�*t be able to catch everything. open about this, saying we won't be able to catch everything.— able to catch everything. thank you ve much

able to catch everything. thank you very much indeed. _ and you can hear more about this on the bbc trending podcast on bbc sounds. people in the netherlands are paying their respects this weekend to those who fought to liberate their country from nazi occupation in 19114. british veterans have always attended the annual event — thanks in part to a fleet of black cabs which takes them, free of charge. graham satchell caught up with the veterans — and the cabbies — as they got ready for the trip. one by one, the veterans arrive in their black cabs. they�*ve come from all over the country to harwich in essex, ready for a late night ferry to the netherlands. ijumped nine times out of the aeroplane and drilled in holland as well. ray whitwell flew to arnhem in september 19114 as part of operation market garden. but you were there, were you, when holland was liberated? oh, yes!

part of it. yeah. and what was that like? wonderful. laughter everybody made us very happy. ray is now 104 and the oldest veteran to be making the trip back to the netherlands. john is going to remember lost friends. it's so important to go to meet the people. one of my most pleasures is walking round military cemeteries and looking at the names in the different regiments, and paying my homage to them. operation market garden was one of the largest airborne assaults in history. its aim, to seize a number of bridges in the netherlands still under nazi rule. the mission wasn�*t successful, but every year, the dutch still celebrate the soldiers who eventually liberated them. for the last ten years or so, servicemen have been taken to the netherlands by the charity london taxi drivers

for military veterans. they are guests of honour at the so—called wandeltocht, a march to remember the battle for arnhem. thank you for giving us the freedom. it�*s history to me. i love history and history is not for everybody. however, i do believe with these guys, the golden generation, as they�*re called, we should always remember what they gave for this country in its darkest hour. archive: disabled heroes of two - world wars left the star in richmond and four other homes to be taken by taxis to worthing for the day. the london taxi charity is now in its 75th year. it takes veterans for days out to places like worthing. this film is from 1961, but veterans were back at the seaside just a few weeks ago. the sea air is so good you can eat anything, j and a lot to look at! what do you think of the taxi charity? what do i think of them? i could not praise them enough. they have been wonderful, they really have.

they�*d do anything for us. anything. and that�*s no lie. they�*re marvellous. bill was just 18 when he parachuted into europe. he was shot in the leg and ended up spending three years in hospital. let�*s hope it gets to the right ears, and there is no more wars because i mean, admitted, we and the allies won the war, but it was very expensive. lots of young lives still lay out there. the veterans head onto the ferry in their black cabs. they will be celebrated for their bravery and courage when they get to the netherlands. graham satchell, bbc news. australia has launched an operation to rescue a researcher who requires specialist medical treatment but is working thousands

of kilometres away on a remote outpost in antarctica. a ship has been sent after an evacuation by air was ruled out due to harsh weather conditions. nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. this is the icebreaker that is being sent on the mission to rescue the researcher who has what is said to be a developing medical condition. now, it has taken weeks to get this vessel ready, including equipping it with helicopters. now, to give you a sense of the scale of the operation, take a look at this map. it is leaving from hobart in tasmania, and it is on a journey all the way to the casey research station in antarctica, which of course, is one of the most inhospitable places on the planet. indeed, the journey is 3,443 kilometres, from hobart all the way down to casey station. now, the icebreaker has a top speed of around 30 kilometres an hour, so it is going to take days to get there. now, an air rescue from the nearby wilkins runway was ruled out. the reason for that is that the runway there is made of ice, and it is unstable

during the winter. indeed, reports suggest it would take weeks to get it up to a standard that it could be used, so it was much quicker to actually send the icebrea ker. now, the research station itself has around 20 staff during the winter months, but medical facilities are limited. now, we don�*t know what the condition of the researcher is, but the australian antarctic programme told the bbc that, "the well—being of our people is our highest priority." now, australia says that all researchers sent to the base undergo extensive medical examinations before they depart and they say that all the other personnel on the base are safe and accounted for. king charles and queen camilla have attended their first braemar gathering as monarchs, along with the princess royal. the event, the most famous highland games in scotland, takes place every september and is considered a favourite

of the royal family. charles, as prince of wales, attended many times over the years with his mother. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. applause leading the royal party, for the first time as king and queen. no royal family summer break in scotland is complete without a visit to the braemar highland gathering. # god save our gracious king...# the king was wearing a kilt made from the newly created king charles iii tartan, as he watched this celebration of highland culture and traditions. the king first came here as a young boy with his mother queen elizabeth. she was a regular spectator throughout her 70—year reign and the images of her here with her family were a view of her at her most relaxed. this year�*s gathering is the first since her death last

september and the memories of queen elizabeth remain strong. one of the everlasting memories i have is the whole royal family in there, watching i think it was the sack race and the little kiddies, and whatever happened, everybody was bursting with laughter. that memory will stay with me for a long time. that tradition of seeing the royal family at its most informal continued today. since 1832, kings and queens have been visitors here to see the traditional games of the highlands. but this year was, perhaps, bittersweet. as the royal family prepare for the first anniversary of the death of the queen, she was one of this event�*s most loyal supporters. daniela relph, bbc news. finally, this half hour, we wanted to show you some pictures of a sea otter showing off

some unusual skills. juno, who lives in oregon zoo in the us, is a big fan of basketball. she loves, as you can see here, practicing her slam dunks. her keepers taught the 9—year—old how to put the ball through a hoop to help keep herjoints moving as she gets older. juno can also dribble the ball, pushing it with herfeet. she is probably the most pro—otter in the world. hello there. one of the features of this year�*s summer season is temperatures didn�*t get that high. 32 celsius is the highest temperature of the year. more often than not, we�*ve seen temperatures into the mid 20s, and although we might not quite reach 32, in the week ahead, 29 or 30 degrees is possible. so, some of the warmest weather of the year so far. there has been plenty of sunshine today. this was mevagissey in cornwall earlier today.

the early morning cloud melting away across most of the uk to reveal those sunny skies, and yes, it felt pleasantly warm, with temperatures pushing on into the mid 20s across parts of south—east england and the midlands as well. overnight tonight, the majority stay dry, a few mist and fog patches possible. however, for northern scotland, outbreaks of rain will turn more persistent and heavier here through the night. temperatures on the mild side with 12 to 15 celsius, and looking at the weather picture over the next few days, we have this area of high pressure to thank for the fine, settled, sunny spell of weather that most of us will see. just a few weather fronts skirting around the periphery of that high. one of those weather fronts will be with us for northern scotland on sunday, and here, the cloud will be thick enough for occasional patches of rain, but away from the far northwest of scotland, it�*ll be another dry day, with any early morning mist and fog patches burnt out of the way. it will feel warm in that september

sun, with temperatures in scotland and northern ireland of 20 to 23, warm enough. and 23 to 25 in england. and then, we have more of that september sunshine on the way as we look at the forecast deep into the new week. this is how monday looks. it is just the far north scotland where you might see a few passing patches of rain, with orkney, shetland, the hebrides, and the highlands most likely to see that. temperatures continue to rise otherwise. 27 degrees around the london area, and it is set to get even hotter than that as we get towards the middle part of the week. just the outside chance of a shower towards the south—west on tuesday. that weather front for northern scotland should get a bit more squished on tuesday, so a better chance of it staying dry and bright here as well. wherever you are, in the sunshine, it will feel pleasantly warm. that sunny, warm weather stays with us for most of the week as well. it�*s only really as we get into next weekend that we see a change, with the weather becoming cloudier, cooler, with the threat of some rain. but for most, a lovely spell of weather.

this is bbc news. the headlines: labour is calling for assessments of public sector buildings that may be at risk due to lightweight concrete. more than 100 schools and colleges in england have been forced to shut classrooms because of concerns about the material. more than a hundred people have been injured in clashes between israeli security forces and eritrean asylum seekers in tel aviv. police said they fired live rounds in the air and deployed stun grenades and tear gas to disperse large groups of supporters and opponents of the

eritrean government. the us president has arrived in florida to survey the damage caused by hurricane idalia. joe biden and the first lady will visit the community of live oak, take an aerial tour of the damage and receive a briefing about recovery efforts. now on bbc news: sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i�*m gavin ramjaun. three�*s the magic number, with hat tricks for haaland, son, and now evan ferguson. on a high scoring day of premier league action. dan evans takes on his biggest challenge yet as the us open, the world number one and defending champions carlos alcaraz.

we�*ll have more on the rest of the brits in action.