officers to contain riots across the country, after more than 100 were arrested on saturday. those people who have been involved in this disorder over the last few days will be found by the police, will be arrested, will be taken through the courts. we want to make it very clear — there are penalties, there are consequences. at least 19 people are killed in bangladesh as clashes erupt between police and anti—government protesters. it's day 9 of the paris olympic games, 20 gold medals up for grab today, and the men's100—metre final this evening. we start here in the uk, where senior police leaders have

warned that more protests are likely in the coming days, and 4000 extra officers are available to respond. tensions have escalated since the murder of three young girls in southport nearly a week ago. more than 100 people have been arrested after far—right demonstrations descended into scenes of violence in towns and cities on saturday. greg mckenzie reports. tensions had been building all week, and yesterday saw an escalation of the violence and unrest linked to far right groups across england and northern ireland. police forces stretched to their limits, fighting running battles like this in liverpool overnight. the scene of some of the worst violence, which turned into reported looting late in the evening. a number of officers were injured, with the mayhem spilling out

into the city's main shopping areas. there were reports of youths throwing fireworks at the police. in a statement, merseyside police said. "the people who have brought such aggression and destruction into the heart of our communities do not represent the people of merseyside. this is disgraceful and we will not tolerate it." the prime minister, sir keir starmer, said the police have the government's full support to take action against extremists attempting to sow hate. the home secretary has also warned that anyone engaging in unacceptable disorder will pay the price. criminal violence and disorder has no place on britain's streets. we've been clear to the police that they have our full backing in taking the strongest possible action against perpetrators, including we're making sure that there are more prosecutors, there are sufficient prison places, and also that the courts stand ready

because anyone who engages in this kind of disorder needs to be clear that they will pay the price. families expecting a trip to the beach in blackpool were met with these scenes. engines rev. people shouting islamophobic and anti—immigration chants, chairs, bottles and planks of wood being thrown around with more than 20 arrests. hold the line. a dispersal notice was authorised across manchester city centre in order to assist police in dealing with protests, according to greater manchester police. in hull, humberside police said officers suffered injuries after a group of people targeted a hotel which houses asylum seekers, smashing windows in. and anti—fascist protesters were kept apart from far right groups by police in leeds after they began hurling

insults at each other. in bristol, these scenes were replicated with the police bearing the brunt. we will stand together. and in belfast, clashes with anti—immigration and anti—racism protesters faced off in tense scenes outside the city hall while police in riot gear were deployed on the streets. not all demonstrations held across the uk descended into violence, and in many places, protesters dispersed by the evening. but with fears of more protests today, there are worries that more shocking images like this treatment of a police motorbike rider could emerge. greg mckenzie, bbc news. ron winch is a former police officer and associate professor of policing at birmingham city university. it's extremely concerning and i think everyone would share that view,

when officers face violence, hostility, that level and that severity, it's extremely worrying for us. the police are well—trained and well led and they have the resources snd the equipment to deal with high levels of public disorder. and again, 90 arrests, i expect that number to grow as the post—incident investigations get into gear and the police across our towns and cities start to review the information and the evidence that they have and start to make further arrests in relation to these disgraceful incidents that we have had across the country. many police officers will be all too used to it but what is going on? i suppose it's a psychology question really, why are people attacking the police? the police have not done anything wrong, so why are people attacking them? it's an interesting point and a very good question because what we have seen is essentially what amounts

to political protests driven essentially by the far right and with counter protests from the far left that are coming into play as well. the police are very much caught in the middle. the police, it's unsurprising in a sense, that within their role of protecting the public and property and maintaining king's peace, they come into contact with individuals that are bent on violence. and i have to say, when you see looting and theft are starting to come into the equation, then that has very little to do with peaceful and lawful protest. plenty more on that on the live, head to our website for the latest developments. to the middle east where israel's air force has struck targets

in southern lebanon after hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets across the border. the israeli military said about 30 rockets were fired into northern israel, but most were intercepted or landed in open areas. there have been no reports of any casualties. british, french and us embassies in beirut have issued an urgent warning to their citizens, to leave lebanon. these were passengers queueing at the departure terminal at beirut airport. and france has now urged nationals living in iran to leave the country. tensions remain high in the region after wednesday's killing of the hamas political chief, ismail haniyeh. hezbollah, iran and their regional allies have promised retaliation for the killing, which they have blamed on israel. our correspondent, jenny, has been giving us the latest from tel aviv. it comes at a particularly volatile

and dangerous moment for the middle east. it is worth noting there have been near daily exchanges of fire between israel and hezbollah since israel began its war on gaza in response to the hamas attacks of october the 7th but right now, international diplomats are racing to try and stop that war from spilling over into a regionwide conflict and that is why you are seeing international governments including the us and the uk, telling their citizens to leave lebanon as quickly as possible. in the case of the us they are telling people to get on any plane regardless of its destination. the uk is sending in border officials and consular officials to try and help with any necessary evacuation attempts but here in israel they are bracing for an attack from iran or one of its proxies. no—one quite knows what that attack

will look like or when it will come but there is a sense it will be soon. yesterday, the us said it was deploying extra fighterjets and warships to the region, stating its commitment to the defence of israel was ironclad. all of this of course perhaps throwing some shadow over the plight of two groups of people, first of all those in gaza, we hear reports from officials there that at least 15 palestinians were killed yesterday in a rocket strike on a school which was being used as a shelter for displaced people. then there are families of israeli hostages still being held captive in gaza knowing the chances of a ceasefire or hostage return deal are starting to look vanishingly remote. yesterday, an israeli delegation travelled to cairo, negotiations aimed at establishing such a deal. we do not have anything official from those talks but reports this morning suggest that they were fruitless. at least 25 people have been killed in bangladesh as clashes have erupted between police and anti—government protesters. dozens have been injured.

police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators in several parts of the country. well i'm joined now by our reporter shahn—ewaz rocky who's in dhaka for us. the government has imposed a curfew for a period of time from today, this evening. and also the mobile internet, fully shuts down. people cannot get access from their mobile to the internet and facebook, whatsapp and other social media platforms are also shut down. so we can say it is partially blocked on the internet. people can get access from the broadband. so this is the update and also the violence is spreading across the country. we have heard in different districts,

especially the divisional districts in bigger cities there, there are lots of clashes and hundreds of people are injured and admitted to the hospital. so what we have seen, what i see in the morning, there are tens of thousands of protesters took place on the streets and it is totally cut off now from all other parts of the country, especially in the entrance. thousands of protesters have took place and there was a huge clash with the ruling party supporters so then it turns deadly. in the morning, the protesters came onto the streets and later, the government party supporters also confront with them and then it has become deadly, especially in other places, they have confrontation with each other. and it has turned violent and hundreds were injured and later it sparked across the country. just

remind us. _ sparked across the country. just remind us. if— sparked across the country. just remind us, if you _ sparked across the country. just remind us, if you can, briefly, just about the background here. the background _ about the background here. tue: background is about the background here. tte: background is the about the background here. "tte: background is the protest about the background here. tte: background is the protest started as a student movement in the 1st of july a student movement in the 1st of july when they started demanding to perform the controversial quota system in bangladesh civil service job because 56% quota was reserved for freedom fighters, job because 56% quota was reserved forfreedom fighters, child job because 56% quota was reserved for freedom fighters, child and grandchild along with other ethnic communities and deprived communities but they wanted to get it reformed because later it was reformed by the high court but, before the you perform, rule by the high court, the prime minster made a few comments. and there are a few incidents which sparked the student protest to a mass protest. so say one by one, like, the prime minister labelled the protest is radical. the students became more angry and that anger among the student protesters and later the pro—government student

wing attacked the protesters and two days later there was a huge protest across the country and security forces killed more than 100 protesters on the streets including a child so this incident actually sparked the anger among the people and later more than 10,000 people were arrested and most of them are students who took part in the protest and also some child was arrested as well. so this incident made angry people and i've spoken to a few people, why they felt that it was a student movement and why they felt they should come out on the street and they said, look, the government is arresting our kids. 0ur child. and they are just demanding a reform but to the government has not listened to them and come instead of they arejust arresting our people. so we felt that we should protest on the

streets. so that is the thing, actually. a student protest turned to a mass movement.— actually. a student protest turned to a mass movement. thank you for that. to a mass movement. thank you for that- thank — to a mass movement. thank you for that. thank you. _ thank you. the nigerian president, bola tinubu, has given a televised address appealing for an end to the nationwide protests over a cost of living crisis, and urged dialogue instead. the president promised to address the concerns raised by the protestors. but he did not suggest he was planning to reintroduce a fuel subsidy as demanded by the protestors. on saturday, security forces fired live bullets and teargassed demonstrators in the capital, abuja. 700 people have been arrested across nigeria. police say seven people have died. let's speak to our news correspondent chris ewokor who's in abuja. just bring us up to date with the latest there.— just bring us up to date with the latest there. ~ , ., , ., , latest there. well, people have been reactin: latest there. well, people have been reacting here — latest there. well, people have been reacting here to _ latest there. well, people have been reacting here to the _ latest there. well, people have been reacting here to the president's - reacting here to the president's nationwide address this morning and

many who attended the protest so far say that the president's speech did not meet with their own aspiration, as it fell short of addressing the fundamental issues of reversal affair subsidy that he announced last year as well as many other issues including insecurity, and the cost in the country. but the president, while addressing the nation this morning. said that he has heard the cries and the voices of the people and he is ready to work with them and has called for the end of the protest and coffer room for dialogue. but it is still hard to say if the protesters are willing to stand down and have negotiations. some of them and spoke to me said that they are not ready

to me said that they are not ready to leave the streets unless the fundamental issues are addressed. 0k. thank you very much for that. the olympics have entered their 9th day and my colleague maryam moshiri is in paris. it's day 9 of the olympics here in paris and what an exciting night in the stade de france. julien alfred stormed to the women's 100m title to make history as st lucia's first 0lympic medallist. st lucia, a caribbean island of fewer than 200,000 people, has fielded athletes at seven previous olympic games without winning a medal. more on that in a moment. but today is another day and there are 20 golds to be won. let's take you through today's results and events. in the tennis novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz have set up a repeat of this years wimbledon final as they battle it out for the tennis men's singles gold meal. 3 golds are up for grabs

in the gymnastics arena. with team gbs harry hepworth in the men's rings final. and bronze medal winner on the floorjake jarman in the vault final later. arguably one of the most beautiful 0lympics venues ever, the palace of versailles plays host to the it's the individual dressage final, with three hopefuls for team gb — lottie fry, becky moody and carl hester, in contention. in track and field we have already had qualification today for the women's 200 metres, later we will see the women's high jump final and of course the blue ribband men's100 metre final this evening. team gb men have been knocked out of the hockey, and later we also have action in the basketball, badminton and beach volleyball to watch out for too today. let's take a closer look at that

incredible women's100 metres sprint final at stade de france last night. julien alfred won the olympic women's100m title at paris 2024, to make history as st lucia's first ever gold medallist. last year's world champion, america's sha'carri richardson took silver with her compatriot melissa jefferson in third. straight off the starting blocks it was neck and neck, with richardson pegged as the favourite to win. but alfred stormed through to take the victory by a clear margin in a national record of 10.72 seconds. so as i mentioned a big night for the athletics last night and there is more to come later today in the stade de france, and as always the us dominates so many of these events. joining me now is max siegel, the ceo of the usa track and field.

it is so good to have you on the show because track and field in the us is such a big deal. but if i may ask you, first of all, an amazing performance by someone from st lucia. someone who trained in the university of texas. that collegiate system of bringing up athletes really does work in america, doesn't it? , ., ., ., . ~ ., it? first i want to acknowledge their amazing _ it? first i want to acknowledge their amazing job _ it? first i want to acknowledge their amazing job the - it? first i want to acknowledge their amazing job the city - it? first i want to acknowledge their amazing job the city is . it? first i want to acknowledge i their amazing job the city is doing with this event. our collegiate system is such an important part of our development of our world—class athletes and has such a huge impact on the sport globally so we could not be more proud of the colleges and universities which work so hard to get our athletes ready. such and universities which work so hard to get our athletes ready.— to get our athletes ready. such an im ortant to get our athletes ready. such an important system _ to get our athletes ready. such an important system for _ to get our athletes ready. such an important system for bringing - to get our athletes ready. such an important system for bringing up| important system for bringing up people in america but also people from all over the world. eden people in america but also people from all over the world.— people in america but also people from all over the world. even in the united states _ from all over the world. even in the united states people _ from all over the world. even in the united states people fail _ from all over the world. even in the united states people fail to - united states people fail to recognise that our system benefits our athletes globally so we could

not be more proud to contribute to the development of these athletes in the development of these athletes in the collegiate system play so much support on that. haifa the collegiate system play so much sunport on that-— the collegiate system play so much support on that. how much is there to net the support on that. how much is there to get the job _ support on that. how much is there to get the job done, _ support on that. how much is there to get the job done, given - support on that. how much is there to get the job done, given that - support on that. how much is there to get the job done, given that the | to get the job done, given that the job was a bit disappointing this year? job was a bit disappointing this ear? . , , job was a bit disappointing this ear? ., , , ., ., year? last night swimming had an amazin: year? last night swimming had an amazing night- — year? last night swimming had an amazing night. we _ year? last night swimming had an amazing night. we are _ year? last night swimming had an amazing night. we are focused - year? last night swimming had an amazing night. we are focused on| year? last night swimming had an - amazing night. we are focused on our game plan put up a gear to execute. your 47 governing bodies with amazing athletes here so we are really going to step up and do the best that we can and we are expecting some amazing performances from our athletes and we could not be more proud of our athletes last night and we are looking for great athletes tonight. tell night and we are looking for great athletes tonight.— athletes tonight. tell me a little bit about your _ athletes tonight. tell me a little bit about your own _ athletes tonight. tell me a little bit about your own work - athletes tonight. tell me a little bit about your own work in - athletes tonight. tell me a little bit about your own work in track| athletes tonight. tell me a little - bit about your own work in track and field because you, very much, want to focus not only on the sport but also on diversity and inclusion. what does diversity and inclusion look like in the us track and field team? , ., , , team? yes, for us, pathetically, administratively, _ team? yes, for us, pathetically, administratively, with _ team? yes, for us, pathetically, administratively, with our - administratively, with our programmes, we are very intentional about diversity and think it has been key to our success commercially

and on the field of play but most importantly, when we want to have a cultural impact. it is important to have people who have different points of view on our team so we cannot be more excited about that but it has been something we have been focused on as an organisation for the past 12—15 years. lads, been focused on as an organisation for the past 12-15 years.- for the past 12-15 years. la coming u . for the past 12-15 years. la coming u- in for the past 12-15 years. la coming up in 2028- — for the past 12-15 years. la coming up in 2028- how— for the past 12-15 years. la coming up in 2028. how big _ for the past 12-15 years. la coming up in 2028. how big is _ for the past 12-15 years. la coming up in 2028. how big is that - for the past 12-15 years. la coming up in 2028. how big is that going l for the past 12-15 years. la coming | up in 2028. how big is that going to be for the us track and field athletes and also what kind of unique pressures will that bring on you, you think over the next few years? it is amazing to see everything it takes to execute and even at this magnitude we were honoured to host the world championships a few years ago and tried learning everything that we can, in the athletes will be excited to compete on home soil and so it adds another element of pressure but, though, the athletes will be great to be there, they will perform in front of a home crowd. you talked about paris at the very beginning of this interview and break you with a beautiful view behind us. i had the games been so far, do you think? what is paris able to teach ballet, do you think, in 2028? what

what is paris able to teach ballet, do you think, in 2028?— what is paris able to teach ballet, do you think, in 2028? what is most im ortant do you think, in 2028? what is most important outside _ do you think, in 2028? what is most important outside the _ do you think, in 2028? what is most important outside the field - do you think, in 2028? what is most important outside the field play - do you think, in 2028? what is most important outside the field play is i important outside the field play is that the entire city supports the event so the security, the volunteers, everyone that we have encountered in the city of paris has made us feel welcome and it has been pretty efficient so we could not be more pleased with the treatment that we have had an experience that we have had since we have been here. 0utside have had since we have been here. outside of track and field, because i know that is your thing, what is your favourite 0lympic i know that is your thing, what is your favourite olympic sport? the one you cannot turn the tv off fire. i am keenly focused on the performance of swimming. t i am keenly focused on the performance of swimming. i know you have a history — performance of swimming. i know you have a history with _ performance of swimming. i know you have a history with the _ performance of swimming. i know you have a history with the pool. - performance of swimming. i know you have a history with the pool. what - have a history with the pool. what the gymnastics — have a history with the pool. twat the gymnastics performances have a history with the pool. matt the gymnastics performances have been amazing to watch simone come back and it was she didn't wear the organisation has come from and where they are right now i could not be more proud but very exciting and amazing athletes as well. tt more proud but very exciting and amazing athletes as well.- amazing athletes as well. it has been a pleasure _ amazing athletes as well. it has been a pleasure to _ amazing athletes as well. it has been a pleasure to interview- amazing athletes as well. it has i been a pleasure to interview you. best of luck for the rest of the competition for track and field usa. that is what sport can do. they can really bring people together and

also it brings countries together and it means both mentally and physically challenges, doesn't it? there are so many athletes. a lot of teams are using sport psychologists to help them stay motivated, if you like. a short while ago we spoke to professor peter kruger, the lead psychologist for team south africa able to be talked about the psychological side of the 100 metre race. . . , psychological side of the 100 metre race. ., ., , ., race. have a listen. the standard for typical— race. have a listen. the standard for typical spins _ race. have a listen. the standard for typical spins where, - race. have a listen. the standard for typical spins where, during i race. have a listen. the standardl for typical spins where, during the race, do not want to be thinking about anything but it is the build—up because the part people don't see is when you come from the warm up track you go to a holding room where you sit there for ten or 15 minutes even sometimes. and then walking out into the of that magnitude and the 80,000 people shouting and screaming. the ability to regulate your emotions and be in the best possible physical space takes a lot of work. it is not as easy and simple as it looks. volunteers are crucial for the success of any 0lympics games and there are 45 thousand of them working at the olympics and paralympics in paris. one of the british contingent is kerry linder. we asked her why she is so keen to volunteer.

i started in 2012. i kind of got the bug then and really wanted to be involved in london and living not far from involved in london and living not farfrom london. and ijust wanted to help make the 2012 olympics the best it could be. and i ended up kind ofjoining a choir and made some amazing friendships from that. and i kind of got the volunteering bugs evoke volunteer and lots of stuff. this method 0lympics. i went out to v0 as of eight volunteer there and i am here in paris with a large contingent, i have to say, of uk volunteers. a large contingent of uk volunteers and a large contingent of uk fans as well at the stadium for all the various events was that this is the medal table lie. i think we've lost

the top. there we go. a bit faster but china is at the top of the medals table. the usa's second, france's third. australia has slipped to fourth and great britain maintaining their position at fifth with ten medals. look how well france are doing. 12 gold medals for the home country. as i was quite important, isn't it? forthe the home country. as i was quite important, isn't it? for the home country to bring its a game, if you like, to an olympic event. as i mentioned earlier we have so much sports to come, lewis. the big blue ribbon event, of course, is a 100 metre final. the men's final. it is only nine or ten seconds long but it is the one everyone wants to watch that of the hottest ticket in town, i think. for now, from me in paris, back to you. great stuff as always. thanks for that. a big day of course coming up in paris. we will bring you all the latest results as they come in. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. it's a slightly cooler, fresher feeling day than we've seen of late across the southern half of the uk. some hazy sunshine around, but further north a different picture. this is the rainfall we're expecting to accumulate over the next couple of days. it's looking particularly wet for the west of scotland and northern ireland as well, whereas further south, barely a drop of rain in the forecast for many of us. now, for the rest of today we're looking at some spells of hazy sunshine in the south, but wet and windy weather in the north west, so some big contrasts in our weather out there. the rain this afternoon will become more persistent across northern ireland, western scotland as well. some brightness for the north east of scotland. further south, across the bulk of england and wales, it's looking dry. hazy sunshine in the south and east, and temperatures between about 15 in the north to 23 in the south, won't feel as humid as it has done recently. through this evening and tonight turns windy, especially across the west of scotland. we've got that rain continuing for northern ireland and scotland, but it's dry for the bulk of england and wales, with lows

between about 12 to 16 degrees first thing tomorrow. so into monday then low pressure sits to the north west of the uk. that's going to push this weather front in across scotland and northern ireland. but towards the east of the front we've got the winds coming in from a south or southwesterly direction. so it's going to feel quite warm, quite humid again, especially in the south and the east. so a bit more sunshine for england and wales than we've got out there today. it is looking wet for northern ireland, although the rain will ease, but for the west of scotland could be up to 75mm of rain, so localised flooding possible. a little bit warmer than today, 20 to 26 for most of us. and then as we move through monday night into tuesday, eventually that front gets its move on, heading across england and wales, but tending to peter out as it does so. still a little bit of light rain left on that across the south east and east anglia into tuesday, but for the rest of the uk, sunny spells, few blustery showers,

most of them in the northwest, and temperatures between 15 to 25 north to south. a similar day on wednesday. we'll lose that front, so we're left with a westerly airflow, low pressure and this frontal system in the northwest bringing more persistent wet and windy weather across the west of scotland, tending to turn more showery later on. but for many of us it's looking dry. lighter winds further south and temperatures fairly typical of the time of year between about 15 to 23 degrees further ahead into next week, then high pressure, keeping things mostly dry and fairly warm towards the south. there will be some showery rain at times though further north. bye for now.

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british police say they're ready to deploy thousands more officers, in expectation of further violent far—right protests. dozens of people were arrested in towns and cities across england and northern ireland on saturday. those people involved in this disorder over the last few days will be found by the police, will be arrested, will be taken through the courts. we want to make it very clear there are penalties and consequences. israel's air force strikes targets in southern lebanon, after hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets across the border. the israeli military says most of the rockets were intercepted. both sides have so far indicated they're not interested in a wider conflict. several countries urge their nationals to leave lebanon as fears grow of a wider conflict in the middle east.

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