prime this is bbc news. minister keir starmer condemns fa rry prime minister keir starmer condemns farry violence and back police action after clashes broke out during demonstrations in several cities across the uk. this was one of the police officers attacked after coming off his motorbike. the government says rioters will be punished. the us and the uk are urging their citizens to leave lebanon amid escalating fears of all—out war between israel and the avenues —— lebanese militant group hezbollah. in the olympics, a solution woman wins olympic gold in the 100 metres —— woman from st lucia. and kayla dickey wednesday freestyle, becoming the first woman in history to win four olympic gold in history to win four olympic gold in the same individual event.

.we begin . we begin in the uk. clashes have broken out between police and far right protesters in several uk cities. prime minister keir starmer condemned the "far—right" for the violence and backed police to take strong action. several police have been injured during protests in a string of cities. from belfast to liverpool and manchester, as well as leeds, nottingham and hull, police have been on alert. three officers are believed to have been injured during the disorder in hull city centre, according to humberside police. four people have been arrested. in nottingham, police had to separate rival groups. the sides were facing off in the middle of the city — with a line of officers between them. there were rival protests, too, in leeds. organisers of the stand up

to racism protest said "peace won" in the city, claiming they had more individuals on their rally. the unrest wasn't restricted to england. in belfast, protesters outside a mosque threw objects at members of the media, and smashed windows in a cafe. in manchester, there have been scuffles between some protesters and police in the city centre. there was also a counter—protest and officers had to keep the groups separated. in liverpool, where several police officers have been injured, danjohnson sent this report. across many towns and cities, the police have been stretched, fighting running battles. this was the scene in blackpool this afternoon. and here's how protests turned to violence in hull city centre. there have been injuries, but mostly to police officers. they struggled to maintain order in liverpool, where two counter demonstrations clashed near the waterfront.

antifascist protesters confronted around 1,000 from the far right, chanting anti—immigrant slogans. the police are now forcing back the antifascist demonstrators, and trying to create a bit of space between the two sides. watch how this motorbike officer was treated. merseyside police described this as serious disorder, and the home secretary is promising action nationwide. we will give the police all the backing that they need in the actions they are taking in response to this criminal disorder and thuggery. because it has no place on britain's streets. that's why we're ensuring there are additional prosecutors in place this weekend, that the courts stand ready. there are people in custody. this was leeds. and another far right demonstration in manchester led to further arrests. northern ireland has been affected, too. there were street protests in belfast. the police are under pressure. but some are accusing them of double standards. listen to this officer

outside a mosque in stoke. if you've got any weapons, get rid of them. "if there's any weapons, get rid them," he appears to say. "we are not going to make any arrests." but racist chants and anti—islamic slogans have also been widespread in these protests. sunderland saw serious rioting last night after a far right demonstration erupted and a number of police officers were injured there. today, they were clearing up and assessing the damage. during the course of the evening, our officers were met with serious and sustained levels of violence. this was not a protest. this was unforgivable violence and disorder.

the police are braced for more of this. there are further protests planned in coming days. the demonstrations are spreading, and so is the violence. tonight the streets of liverpool are alight, and many people are desperately asking what any of this has to do with events in southport this week. danjohnson, bbc news, liverpool. bristol has become the scene of protests this evening. our reporter scott ellis is there and sent this update. you can see people having a nice drink in the sun, crowds of them, and the next thing is, protesters running back, throwing things at the police were coming through with dogs and horses, trying to disperse people, but currently outside the hotel in st mary, just find me here, because the original protesters were protesting against migration have come to this hotel because there are asylum—seekers and migrants held here. when they got here, there were counter protesters protecting the migrants, and for that reason, the police got in between them to try and disperse them. that has been one

of many events of the night. it all started in the centre of bristol, round about 6pm. 300 people gathering there, that was the counter protest, people under vendors such as the anti—nazi league, saying that migrants are welcome here. they werejoined by a similar number of protesters who were, they told us, worried about migration, and there were standoffs in the centre of bristol. the police getting in between them as best they could. they have had multiple arrests, they say, and describe the behaviour as completely unacceptable. they do admit they are in for a long night. as i say, it has been three or four hours standoffs or running street battles. i would say the police have done a good job of dispersing people. we have not seen any real big battles, with not seen any nasty injuries of either set of protesters either, but i would say the night is not over

yet. i would say the night is not over et. ., , ., i would say the night is not over et, ., , ., ., yet. scott, you mentioned there olice yet. scott, you mentioned there police presence. _ yet. scott, you mentioned there police presence. we _ yet. scott, you mentioned there police presence. we can - yet. scott, you mentioned there police presence. we can see - yet. scott, you mentioned there i police presence. we can see police vans behind you. can you sort of describe the scale there?- describe the scale there? there robabl describe the scale there? there probably 100 — describe the scale there? there probably 100 police, _ describe the scale there? there probably 100 police, certainly i describe the scale there? there | probably 100 police, certainly on this road, vans, behind them there are the people protecting the hotel, so there's probably 100 people there who have got there to protect the migrants, particularly in the hotel, and then on the other side, there have been people from original protest, but they have, it appears, moved on, they're probably somewhere else in the city. so as i say, a moving battle, really, but i've not heard of serious incident. former chief constable of northumbria police sue simm gave us her reaction to the unrest. i'm absolutely horrified at the level of violence, disorder and crime in general that is being

caused, allegedly, on the back of the death of three young girls in southport, bebe, alice and elsie, and i would just urge everybody to please calm down. this is not helping the families. this is not the answer. in relation to what actually is happening, the police are responding to outbreaks of disorder, as they should be doing. how i would have managed a situation like this in public order terms is, when you know that there is a planned protest, and had that's been authorised, then you make sure that you have somebody who is actually negotiating and discussing with the organisers and making it very, very

clear that you are going to provide fair but firm policing, so that if people start breaking the law, if you have violence, if you have criminal damage, if you have violent disorder, then arrests will be made. i would make sure that i deployed all the evidence gatherers that were available to me, so that any such outbreak of criminality could be captured, and those who are perpetrating those crimes are brought to justice swiftly. ibrahim syed is the co—ordinator of the liverpool region mosque network. he asks people to think about how muslims in the uk must be feeling during the unrest.

i think what the motivation of these protests and disturbances is to shake up the nation and get the nation thinking about a particular agenda. the agenda that these far—right activists, edl or whoever they are, is to be anti—muslim and to stoke up hatred and enmity and unwelcomeness towards muslims. what i want to ask and what i want people to ponder on is, consider how we must be feeling. i am a british—born muslim who is a0 years old, second/third generation in the uk, like the vast majority of muslims in this country are. this is making us feel unwelcome, that we don't belong here, but actually, we are born and brought up here, we are raised here, we studied here, we are educated here. we're part of the system, we contribute to society and we are very much belong here. so i am calling on the government to take strong action against these far—right groups, to proscribe these groups like edl and other far—right groups, like they have with extreme islamist groups.

and you just said there proscribing these groups would be the reaction you would want from the government. what else would you like to see? there needs to be more effort from this new government on community cohesion. we saw in the aftermath of the 2001 riots, there was a lot of investment and effort and energy. but 23 years later, britain has changed. it is much more diverse. the country has changed, the demographics have changed. much more focus needs to be put on community cohesion and making and building a more inclusive society. ibrahim, do you feel safe? honestly, no. we feel, you know, there's people who are causing havoc across cities, across our country. and the anger that we see put towards shop fronts and police is actually directed at us as muslims. and i think that's quite dangerous.

and muslims up and down this country at this moment are feeling vulnerable, anxious and targeted. what do you make of the police response so far? ithink, you know, i can speak specifically about merseyside police. merseyside police have been fantastic and we can't fault them in any way, shape orform. you know, they've been so supportive to the mosques that we represent, 20 or so mosques across the liverpool city region. there's been close correspondence, direct communication, you know, through our channels where they've kept us updated almost hourly, which has been reassuring for the communities, and the police presence and contact with the mosques has been fantastic. our message to communities has been not to confront and not to come out to face these protesters and rioters, because that's what they want. they want to fight us on the streets. and, you know, that's the reaction that we're not going to give them. we're going to let the police take care of the rioters and the disturbance. but we're calling on the government to take strong action, which i'm hopeful that

this government will. and just briefly, ibrahim, we're going into the night of saturday. we had a lot of sort of violent events today across the country. liverpool had some some big—scale protests. how are you feeling going into the night? anxious. as we speak, there's another mosque, which is a smaller mosque where we've learnt from the police that protesters or demonstrators or rioters are going towards. we've advised that mosque to be closed, so nobody will be at that mosque. so if they do, you know, attack the mosque, you know, hopefully there'll be no people who will be hurt or injured. and the police have reassured us because they've said that there's lots of resource available. and unfortunately, sadly, police have been injured. so we're very grateful to the police, who are doing a fantasticjob.

ibrahim syed, talking to me earlier on. the other main story we're following today is the building tension in the middle east. the us and the uk have again urged their citizens to leave lebanon, because of fears of an all—out war between israel and the lebanese militant group hezbollah. the american embassy in beirut said people should leave on "any ticket available." in a similar warning here, the uk foreign secretary david lammy said, "the situation could deteriorate rapidly." trita parsi is the executive vice president at the quincy institute for responsible statecraft, a think—tank which advocates for a us foreign policy centred on diplomacy and military restraint. he gave us his view on what iran's response will be. i think it's very likely that there will be a strong iranian response, retaliation for the assassination that took place in tehran, but it will be different from what we saw in april, after the israelis struck the iranian consular section at the embassy in damascus, which was aimed to essentially signal iran's capabilities but designed to minimise any significant damage in israel and certainly not

cause any casualties. i fear that this time around, the aim will actually be to inflict some military damage, including casualties. not necessarily to escalate it to a war, and i think that we're hearing clear signals from iran that they're quite aware that netanyahu seems to be goading them into war, and they want to avoid that. but this is going to get some form of an answer. and the risk for that to then lead to a much larger escalation in the region, a regional war that also drags the united states into it is very, very significant at this point. what needs to happen for de—escalation, then? we have heard that from both sides they don't want the situation to escalate, and it's not inevitable that that will happen. what needs to happen for that not to happen? first happen. what needs to happen for that not to happen?— that not to happen? first of all, if the united _ that not to happen? first of all, if the united states _ that not to happen? first of all, if the united states actually - that not to happen? first of all, if the united states actually called i that not to happen? first of all, if| the united states actually called it strongly for cease—fire in gaza in first place, this not happen and we would not be at this stage i'm

asking, what can we do now to de—escalate? there's been ten months of opportunities that have been forsaken, but at this point, but the us is doing is sending more troops to the region and to certain extent thatis to the region and to certain extent that is helping send a signal to the iranians they have to be very careful not to do too much and not to escalate this too much, but on the other hand, absent the similar signal to the israelis, the ones who initiated, we are not going to see successful de—escalation. there is a need for a very strong signal from the united states to the israelis as well that they cannot count on the united states bailing them out when they are provoking escalation and war. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley says special flights might need to be ordered so all british citizens could leave lebanon. the foreign secretary today was blunt. he said, "leave now."

now, david lammy was in beirut this week with the new defence secretary. he said the situation could deteriorate rapidly. he said the consequences could be catastrophic. they hope that people will leave by commercial flights, which are still operating, but the government is now gearing up for a possible evacuation, if that's needed. and to that end, they're sending extra military personnel, they're sending extra consular officials and border force staff to the region as contingency planning. they won't say how many people are going or where, but the last evacuation from lebanon, when there was a war in 2006, that was by boat to cyprus, which is very close to lebanon, where there's already a british army presence. now, the statement issued by the government today said that two military ships are already in the region, and the raf is putting helicopters on standby. the government is still hoping for a diplomatic solution, for de—escalation, but fears are growing that if and when hezbollah retaliates for that killing, israel will attack lebanon hard. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley now. we will bring you like picture now from atlanta,

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time on the board. but i went right down to the last second. i did not want to go a little bit over, because they would have cut me. but they were very fair, actually, cnn, shockingly! they were very fair. they want to do another one. we are doing one with fox, if she shows up. i don't think she is going to show up. she cannot talk. she can read a teleprompter, she can read, i would give her a six come out of ten. for talking, i would give her less than a one. we need people that can talk. kamala pledged to give free taxpayer—funded health care to all illegal aliens. taxpayer—funded health care to all illegalaliens. how taxpayer—funded health care to all illegal aliens. how do you like that idea? �* , idea? booing which - idea? booing which will - idea? booing - which will destroy social idea? booing — which will destroy social security. she called for the abolition of ice. i note two is here, they are

fighters, they are vicious people, good, tough people. they don't want to work for ice. for about two minutes, you see fist flying back and forth and it's an up and they win, and they grab them, they throw them in a paddy wagon, they throw them in a paddy wagon, they get them the hell out of the country, and she is calling them, she is calling them the equivalent of kkk. �* , of kkk. booing and she - of kkk. booing and she loves . of kkk. booing - and she loves deadly of kkk. booing _ and she loves deadly sanctuary cities. by the way, all of the things you're hearing now, she is now denying. but the one to good thing about the internet... donald trump there. _ thing about the internet... donald trump there, speaking _ thing about the internet... donald trump there, speaking in - thing about the internet... donald trump there, speaking in atlanta, j trump there, speaking in atlanta, georgia, at a rally there, georgia a key state in the elections in the us. let's have a look at some other stories now. there's been widespread condemnation of the al shabab islamist attack which killed at least 37 people

in the somali capital mogadishu. more than 200 people were injured. it started with a suicide bomber detonating a device on mogadishu's busy lido beach before gunmen stormed the area. the police said the gunmen were killed inside a hotel. the eu said the attack underlined al shabab's barbarity towards their own compatriots. washington — which gives considerable military support to somalia — said its commitment to defeating the al anda—linked group was unwavering. over the last two years, the somali army has captured swathes of territory from al shabab. venezuela's president, nicolas maduro, has accused the country's opposition of attempting to "usurp the presidency" and says it will not be accepted. he saus military and police patrols will continue across the country — they've been in place since the disputed election results were announced. opposition leader maria corina machado has defied government calls for her arrest, turning up at a rally in caracas. ms machado went into hiding

during the week after accusing president maduro of defrauding the opposition candidate, edmundo gonzalez, of a clear victory in the presidential election. the government—controlled electoral commission says mr maduro received 52% of the vote, securing a third term in office, but the us and most countries in latin america have rejected the official results. ms machado gave a defiant speech to crowds celebrating the strength of the venezuelan people. translation: today is a very important _ translation: today is a very important day- _ translation: today is a very important day. after - translation: today is a very important day. after six - translation: today is a very important day. after six days. translation: today is a very. important day. after six days of brutal repression, they thought they were going to silence us. frighten us and stop us. the presence of each one of you here represents the best of every venezuelan. it shows the world the magnitude and strength and what it means that we will go all

the way. let's head to the olympics now, and one of the biggest surprises of the season so far — julien alfred stormed to the olympic women's 100m title at paris 2024 tonight, to make history as st lucia's first ever medallist at the games. straight off the starting blocks it was neck and neck, with richardson pegged as the favourite to win. but alfred cleared the gap between her and her competition fast and took the victory by a clear margin in a national record of 10.72 seconds. american world champion sha'carri richardson took silver in 10.87, with compatriot melissa jefferson third. alfred will certainly be the pride of her country, which is home tojust 180,000 people. st lucia is an island nation located northeast of the island of saint vincent, northwest of barbados and south of martinique. it covers an area

of 238 square miles. chris chavez is the founder of city—us mag, a track and field magazine, and he gave his reaction tojulien alfred's achievement. it's the first medal of any colour, for such a small country, like you say, 180,000 people, and now they get to lay claim to the fastest woman in the world. and get to lay claim to the fastest woman in the world.- woman in the world. and is interesting, _ woman in the world. and is interesting, because - woman in the world. and is interesting, because she i woman in the world. and is i interesting, because she was woman in the world. and is - interesting, because she was not tipped as being the favourite, but as events played out the last few days, she clearly emerged as a buddy that could be a dark horse? certainly. julien alfred, may be odds wise, was not the favourite. a lot of people looking at sha'carri richardson as the reigning world champion as the potential medal favourite here it was a bit chaotic. the likes of shelly—ann fraser—pryce not running in the final. has not been all that strong of the year for the jamaican

sprinters from someone likejulien alfred is not a total shock to a total shock to offence to athletics, she has an ncaa champion in the 100 and 200 metres at tax last year and so close to winning a medal in the 100 metres last year. she has been a name with the dragon field space, but this was definitely her crowning moment. == but this was definitely her crowning moment. i, i ,, i, moment. -- within the track and field space- _ moment. -- within the track and field space. you _ moment. -- within the track and field space. you mention - moment. -- within the track and field space. you mention people| moment. -- within the track and . field space. you mention people are familiar with her work and who she is as an athlete, but she was not feature in the first season of sprint, and there was some controversy, which is this documentary on netflix. i controversy, which is this documentary on netflix. i think with a ro'ect documentary on netflix. i think with a project as — documentary on netflix. i think with a project as big _ documentary on netflix. i think with a project as big as — documentary on netflix. i think with a project as big as trying _ documentary on netflix. i think with a project as big as trying to - a project as big as trying to follow the fastest sprinters in the world, you run into a challenge within athletics that it's an individual sport, and so you kind of can work backwards from the medalists last year, it's her last year, julien alfred missed the podium and so in order to expand a bunch of time

crafting her storyline, i bet the cameras were definitely following her, but an editing decision probably had to be made at some point when you only have six episodes in a certain amount of run time to fit in all the athletes that you want, that, yeah, it probably was a really tough decision by the producers to leave out some someone likejulien alfred, and it is a challenge like an individual sport, someone could have a stellar season and it makes it so clear, ok, this is the people we should be following, so i think it definitely was not anything mahlon tended toward the likes ofjulien alfred, it was just sort of like, there is just a challenge, you have six episodes, you have 23 minutes or so, but i certainly for the cameras have been following her around the season because it has been great from start to finish, and she still has the 200, so there could be more medals for her.

chris chavis talking to me earlier on. now time for the weather with stav. hello there. for part two of the weekend, it looks like low pressure will be affecting more north—western parts of the country, whereas further south, thanks to the ridge of high pressure, we should see a lot of dry and settled weather. quite a bit of cloud around on sunday, but some sunny spells here and there and conditions turning wetter and windier thanks to this area of low pressure across northern ireland and western scotland as we go through the day. but much of central and eastern scotland, england and wales, quite a bit of cloud, like i mentioned, but also some sunny breaks here and there, and pleasantly warm — high teens to low 20s from north to south across the country. now, it'll be turning windier and wetter across the north—west of the uk as we head through sunday night, the rain really starting to pile into northern ireland, certainly across scotland, western scotland seeing most of that rain. some of the rain could be quite heavy, perhaps even thundery in a few places. but we'll be drawing up some warm and muggy air, so by monday morning, areas starting off with temperatures around the mid—teens. for monday, we have this area of low pressure almost in situ to the north—west of the uk, with this weather front bringing further heavy rain

to the north and west. we're scooping up this very warm and humid air from the near continent. so a wet, windy day to come for northern and western scotland, some heavy rain at times, could see some disruption across western scotland. for parts of eastern scotland, certainly england and wales, it'll stay mostly dry, with some spells of sunshine and feeling warm and humid, mid to high 20s in celsius. warm and muggy across scotland. tuesday night, we see that weather front crossing the country. some of the rain could be heavy, maybe thundery on it, even as it pushes towards eastern areas. it'll take its time to clear the south—east on tuesday, so rather cloudy, some spots of rain. behind it, the air turns fresher again with plenty of sunshine, a few showers for western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 19 to 2a or 25 degrees, so those values coming back down again with lower humidity. as we move out to tuesday into wednesday, low pressure affects the northern half of the country again. stronger winds, outbreaks of rain, higher pressure towards the south. so again, it's going to be a blustery day on wednesday for scotland, maybe the far north—west of england, northern ireland, with a few showers.

further south, tending to stay dry with variable cloud coming and going and some spells of sunshine. again, low to mid 20s in the south, high teens, low 20s in the north. and as we end the week, we hold on to that theme, with low pressure always bringing more cloud and rain at times to the north of the uk. higher pressure continues to bring more settled and warmer conditions further south.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello and welcome to the media show, with me, katie razzall. on this week's programme... rupert murdoch's legal battle to keep editorial control of his outlets even after his death. also, the furore around the dance competition strictly come dancing, and the downfall of one of the bbc�*s most high—profile former presenters. rupert murdoch is locked in a legal battle with three of his children over the editorial stance of his outlets after his death. rupert murdoch is locked in a legal battle with three of his children over the editorial stance of his outlets after his death. the up—to—now secret court case was revealed by the new york times. on the show, i spoke to claire atkinson, who's writing a biography of rupert murdoch, and first tojim rutenberg, the writer at the new york times

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