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across the uk. more than 150 people have been arrested. britain temporarily withdraws the family members of diplomats in lebanon as fears increase of a conflict between israel and hezbollah. the un urges the government in bangladesh to stop targeting protesters after a day of unrest that left more than 90 people dead. and us sprint star noah lyles wins the olympic 100m title by 5000ths of a second in a dramatic photo finish at paris 202a. hello, i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start with the fallout from a weekend of more violent far—right protests in england. police forces across the uk
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have made more than 150 arrests — and that number is expected to rise. the prime minister keir starmer will today hold an emergency cobra meeting with senior police leaders as they look to de—escalate the violence following the fatal stabbing of three young girls in southport last week. the home secretary yvette cooper has warned those who incited the rioters that the will face the same "reckoning". this is footage taken from social media — which has been looked at by our team on bbc verify — showing protesters starting fires at a holiday inn express hotel in tamworth. staffordshire police said an officer was injured during what they described as acts of "thuggery". ten officers were injured in rotherham in south yorkshire, where they had been trying to prevent a mob from storming another hotel believed to house asylum seekers. aru na iyengar reports.
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anger and lawlessness across the country. this was how it was in rotherham. bolton. middlesbrough. and tamworth. in rotherham, south yorkshire, anti—racism protesters were making a stand outside a hotel where it's believed asylum seekers are being housed. but they were soon outnumbered by anti—immigration protesters, angry at the idea of asylum seekers being housed in taxpayer funded seekers being housed in taxpayerfunded hotel seekers being housed in taxpayer funded hotel rooms. seekers being housed in taxpayerfunded hotel rooms. it then turned ugly. demonstrated shuttered yorkshire and smashed windows. fires were lit. they attacked the police and managed to break into the holiday inn express before being beaten back. and last night, there were attacks on the holiday inn in tamworth in staffordshire. they hurled bricks and
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petrol—bombs at the police. one officer suspected broken arm. the crowd then tried to break into the hotel. in bolton, the protest they have been described as a pro— british march online. it started quietly but soon escalated. around 300 mainly asian men ran towards the town hall. they chanted allahu akbar, god is braked, towards the protesters —— got is great. there were running street battles with the police as they tried to separate different groups. tiles, stones, fireworks and smoke bombs were thrown. a cricket and baseball bat was confiscated. police were given extra powers to ask evan street is to remove masks which hid their identity. right police tried to keep the two groups apart and brought in horses and dogs to reinforce their lines
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—— extra powers to ask demonstrators to remove masks. police described the level of violence is staggering. arrests were made as they tried to restore order. the prime minister condemned the weekend's events, calling it far—right thuggery. i weekend's events, calling it far-right thuggery. i guarantee ou will far-right thuggery. i guarantee you will regret _ far-right thuggery. i guarantee you will regret taking - far-right thuggery. i guarantee you will regret taking part - far-right thuggery. i guarantee you will regret taking part in i you will regret taking part in this disorder, whether directly or those whipping up this action online and then running away themselves.— action online and then running away themselves. much of the violence this _ away themselves. much of the violence this weekend - away themselves. much of the violence this weekend has - away themselves. much of the l violence this weekend has been directed at those tasked to protect the public. police representatives will meet with the prime minister and senior ministers at a copper meeting later today. the government has promised to use the full force of the law against the perpetrators of violence —— cobra. aruna iyengar, bbc news. to the middle east next, where the number of countries urging its citizens to leave lebanon continues to rise amid fears of an all—out regional conflict. the uk foreign office has also taken the rare decision to temporarily remove family members of diplomats from beirut.
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israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu met with security officials on sunday as the country prepares itself for potential attacks by hezbollah and iran. they have vowed revenge for the killing of the hamas political chief ismail haniyeh, which they have both blamed the israelis. the united states has promised to remain steadfast with israel. president biden will meet with the national security council on monday to discuss the growing tensions in the middle east. the council's spokesperson john kirby said washington would do whatever it takes to stop the conflict escalating further. the ceasefire deal is the best way to bring this war to an end and is also we believe every possible. we still believes the gaps are narrow enough to close. the other things we have been doing since october seven is making sure that not only is ralph is what it needs to defend itself but that this war doesn't escalate to become
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something order, original war, original conflict. when the supreme leader says he has to avenge, we need to take it seriously and i don't know what they are going to do or when they are going to do or when they are going to do it that we need to make darn sure that we are ready and we have the capabilities in the region to be able to help israel defend itself and quite frankly defend our own people. life to cairo now tojoin bbc now to join bbc arabic let's speak to said shehata from bbc arabic, who is in cairo. good to see you. what more are ou good to see you. what more are you hearing _ good to see you. what more are you hearing about _ good to see you. what more are you hearing about the _ good to see you. what more are you hearing about the situation. you hearing about the situation in lebanon and as foreign people based in the city start to leave?— to leave? there's tension inside lebanon _ to leave? there's tension inside lebanon and - to leave? there's tension inside lebanon and callsl to leave? there's tension - inside lebanon and calls from several country, france, sweden, britain, us, other countries, for their citizens to leave the country on any aeroplane available because inaudible scheduled cancelled
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flights from and to beirut and also some service to israel also some service to israel also where suspended so the situation is tense, there are calls for calm but the people there are feeling of what going to happen because there some talks about preventative strikes by israel in order to weaken the hezbollah capabilities to strikes and against israel because it is expected strikes from iran, from hezbollah, from other inaudible allies and forces of a run like the houthis in yemen is like resistance in iraq and others so there is a high tense situation in lebanon and people like tried to leave the country so because expected like hezbollah and the irani strike effort will respond according to mr and other officials to lebanon and to hezbollah and to iran, so there is tensions and pressure and the hope that is
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some way to break through but there is no any sign or indicators for an ease or a breakthrough to reach a calm or negotiation between them because there is thejordanian foreign minister lebanese foreign minister lebanese foreign minister lebanese foreign minister went to iran with the officials there in order to convince them not to do any strikes because it may lead to a war but iran determined to strike even though it might lead to a war but it seemed like inaudible wall was inaudible by what happened by the killing of is not an ear on their soil and at the same time the killing of one of the senior commanders of hezbollah in the stronghold of hezbollah. ,, ., , hezbollah in the stronghold of hezbollah. ,, , ., , hezbollah. the us has promised to remain steadfast _ hezbollah. the us has promised to remain steadfast with - to remain steadfast with israel. what does it look like in practical terms? the israel. what does it look like in practical terms?— israel. what does it look like in practical terms? in practicalterms? the us into levels, in practicalterms? the us into levels. the _ in practicalterms? the us into
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levels, the show _ in practicalterms? the us into levels, the show and _ in practicalterms? the us into levels, the show and declare . levels, the show and declare and now the support is well. on the first level inaudible reaffirming mr biden the president commitment to the event israel and the security of israel with all means as other side on military level inaudible sending aircraft carriers, warship destroyers and its fighterjets and air defence missiles so there is the presence of americans troops and american like weapons to show iran it will if it does anything it will return the strike by heavy strike so there is all that to deter iran not to do any strike because the response will be high so this show of force by the united states and other countries also that they will support america like what happened in inaudible when iran sent hundreds of missiles and drones they had to intercept them so there is some countries in the region will help, the
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united states and other countries and uk to support israel so the american support is clear and maybe iran but i think iran will strike.- think iran will strike. 0k. hue think iran will strike. 0k. huge but— think iran will strike. 0k. huge but at— think iran will strike. 0k. huge but at the - think iran will strike. 0k. huge but at the same - think iran will strike. ok. i huge but at the same time think iran will strike. 0k. huge but at the same time it will be like a response at any time soon or later.— will be like a response at any time soon or later. thank you so much _ time soon or later. thank you so much for— time soon or later. thank you so much for now. _ time soon or later. thank you so much for now. we - time soon or later. thank you so much for now. we will - time soon or later. thank you l so much for now. we will speak to you soon. the russian opposition activist vladimir kara—murza, who was sentenced to 25 years in a russian prison for treason, has told the bbc he thought he would die there. mr kara—murza, who's a russian british national, is a journalist and documentary maker who's been a vocal critic of vladimir putin's regime. on thursday, he was part of the biggest ever east—west prisoner exchange. he was taken to germany where, after seeing his family for the first time in 2.5 years, he spoke to our correspondent sarah rainsford in frankfurt.
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vladimir kara—murza thought he'd never see his wife again. a week ago, the opposition activist was in a siberian prison cell, and he still can't quite believe he's free. he was only allowed one call to evgenia in two years. i remember, i asked at the end of that phone call, "do you think we'll ever be together again?" and she said, "i don'tjust think — i'm certain." as always, she turned out to be right. he is one of eight russian dissidents released and now, here in germany... applause ..the result of a complex prisoner exchange that surprised everyone, including the former political detainees. i was absolutely certain that i would die in putin's prison. vladimir was serving 25 years just for speaking out against vladimir putin and the ukraine war. he told me he spent the past 11
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months in solitary confinement. you lose sense of time, you lose sense of space, you lose sense ofjust everything, really. i mean, its four walls and nothing else, and all you do the whole day is nothing. speak to no—one, go nowhere. and this is day after day after day after day. the day two guards burst into his tiny cell, he had no idea he was being freed. and they said, "you have five minutes. "dress yourself, take your stuff and get out." and i was absolutely certain i was going to be led out and be shot. instead, he was part of a swap which saw this fsb assassin released and welcomed home as a hero by vladimir putin. to everybody who criticises this, i would respectfully urge them to not speak or think
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of prisoner exchanges but to think of saving human lives, because this is exactly what it was. 16 human lives were saved. aren't 16 human lives worth releasing one murderer? once a strong moral voice inside russia, vladimir kara—murza has now been forced into exile and his country is still waging the war on ukraine he wanted to stop. do you think you're an eternal optimist? do you think russia will be democratic and free? i know that russia will be democratic and free — and that's not because i'm an optimist, that's because i'm a historian. none of us knows the exact way change is going to come to russia, but i'm absolutely confident that it will. but for that to happen, putin must lose the war in ukraine. it is a faith he holds to, even as many fear russia is lost to dictatorship and dangerous. sarah rainsford, bbc news, frankfurt.
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us vice president kamala harris could reveal her running mate later on monday ahead of a battleground tour this week. ms harris interviewed her top three candidates in washington yesterday — pennsylvania governorjosh shapiro, arizona senator mark kelly and the governor of minnesota, tim walz. former executive director of the los angeles democratic party drexel heard described what kamala harris will be looking for in a running mate. this is going to be an exciting week of reality television for the vice president and democrats and certainly the news media. really, what any presidential candidate should be looking for is, first and foremost, a governing partner —
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and the vice president has made clear that she wants somebody with strong executive experience. ultimately, somebody who's going to be a good campaigner, who's going to be able to stay on message, touting the biden—harris record over the last three years. somebody who's going to be able to attack the trump—vance record — if there is a record from jd vance, because he's so brand new. somebody who's going to look past — we're going to be looking past election day. you know, this is not a pick that is just for the next 90 days, this is somebody who is going to be a second—in—command here in the united states and, ultimately, a partner who does no harm to the ticket. i think, ultimately, this is going to be a pick that is going to be talking about what the american people need and want, somebody who's going to be a good partner to kamala harris and somebody who's ultimately a heartbeat
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away from the presidency. now to bangladesh, where an indefinite nationwide curfew is in force as unrest between police and anti—government protesters continues. the un human rights chief has urged the government to stop targeting protesters after a day of unrest that left more than 90 people dead. volker turk described the violence, in which at least a dozen police were killed, as shocking. many of the worst clashes were between supporters of the prime minister sheikh hasina and demonstrators demanding her resignation. she has previously described the student protests leaders as "terrorists". pharmacy leaders in the uk are urging people not to buy weight—loss drugs online which claim to be ozempic amid a shortage which could continue into next year. the national pharmacy association is warning of a possible "explosion" in the unlicensed sale of medication online. our correspondent frances read has more. i took on the shame that the world gave to me.—
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i took on the shame that the world gave to me. candid about usin: world gave to me. candid about using drugs _ world gave to me. candid about using drugs like _ world gave to me. candid about using drugs like ozempic, - world gave to me. candid about using drugs like ozempic, so i using drugs like ozempic, so many celebrities have now spoken about how they have used medication for weight loss. here, as in figures available on the nhs for people with type 2 diabetes as it helps to regulate their blood sugar levels. its ability to suppress appetite has also led to its popularity. pharmacist so they are experiencing a shortage of the drug fuelled by high demand, and that comes with huge risks. demand, and that comes with huge riske— demand, and that comes with hue risks. , . . , ., huge risks. ozempic, which is a really important _ huge risks. ozempic, which is a really important medicine - huge risks. ozempic, which is a really important medicine for i really important medicine for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, is out of stock and we think it will be out of stock until the end of december this year. people who are desperate to continue that medication because it helps treat their diabetes are looking to source addison's outside of the normal supply chain. this is causing people to look for medicines particularly outline and those medicines online are also at risk of being fake and the problem with a fake medicine is we have no idea what is in it. we'll ozempic is made by danish manufacturer novo nordisk and
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the world health organization has previously had to issue warnings about fake stock. the national pharmacy association is urging people to speak to their pharmacist or gp and not buy from online sellers or beauty salons, which are not regulated. frances read, bbc news. let's turn to paris now, where there has been an amazing photo finish in the men's 100m sprint final. in one of the most anticipated events of the entire olympics, team usa's noah lyle took home the gold. he won the race in 9.79 seconds, overtaking kishane thompson ofjamaica at the final moment to win by just 5000ths of a second. the united states' former world champion fred kerley took bronze in 9.81. for the first time in a sprint final, all eight men ran under ten seconds. watching on wasjoel fearon, former british 100m sprinter and olympic bobsledder medallist. he gave us his
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reaction on the race. it was absolutely superb. like, that race could've gone to all eight competitors. they were all at the quality to win. and i think it says so much about noah lyles. he is a big talker — he does talk a lot — so actually, to go out there and back it up on the biggest stage in the world. he wasn't my favourite sprinter but i have so much more respect for him now, just watching that and seeing how he fought till the absolute last breath. so, it was absolutely superb, much anticipated, and i had no idea who were going to win. it was — you know, it was crazy. it just actually shows what he's made of because he was the athlete that did it the best. and when you're at that level of competition, it's often about not even winning, it's about who's going to lose, who's going to lose it when it really matters, and he kept his head together absolutely superbly. so, i did want thejamaicans
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to win — i'm a caribbean boy as well, you know, so i did want them really put up there and sort of keep on usain bolt�*s legacy — but, you know, he's a real, real force of nature and he did a superbjob. indeed. novak djokovic also had a golden day in paris. the serbian tennis legend won the men's singles, beating carlos alcaraz 7-6, 7-6. despite winning a record 2a grand slams across his career, before paris, djokovic had never even won an olympic medal, let alone a gold. after winning he said winning olympic gold was "the biggest sporting achievement" of his career. let's take a look at the current medal table. the united states lead with 19 gold medals and 71 overall, followed by china — also with 19 golds but 45 podium positions so far. france and australia have 12 gold medals each, followed by great britain and south korea, both on 10.
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it's been exactly a year since britain's wonkiest pub burnt down, and campaigners hoping to rebuild it are being urged to "keep the faith". what was left of the crooked house pub was demolished without permission after the fire was put out, but experts say it could be returned to its original wonky state. phil mackie reports. this was the historic pub on the saturday night last august soon after the blaze took hold. firefighters were hindered because someone had blocked the access road with a mound of earth. despite this, it wasn't completely destroyed and the next day, it's a smouldering ruins were still standing. and there was still hope it could be saved. then, this happened. diggers were seen knocking down what had still been standing.
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the district councils of the demolition had taken place without authorisation. over the next few weeks, thousands of people came to see the damage and, in some cases, to give you souvenirs. a campaign began to get it rebelled and, if anything, people had become more determined. we anything, people had become more determined.— more determined. we want rebuilt. more determined. we want rebuilt- it — more determined. we want rebuilt. it was _ more determined. we want rebuilt. it was an _ more determined. we want rebuilt. it was an iconic - more determined. we want| rebuilt. it was an iconic part of local heritage, one of the most famous and unique pubs in the country but i think the whole community cannot wait to see the crooked house rebuilt, operating and really acting as a magnet for local visitors again. a magnet for local visitors aaain. , ., ., , ., again. one year on, it is a desolate _ again. one year on, it is a desolate picture. - again. one year on, it is a desolate picture. the - again. one year on, it is a desolate picture. the site| again. one year on, it is a i desolate picture. the site is now completely closed off for safety reasons and you cannot really see what we saw one year ago, which was the pile of rubble where the crooked house once stood. you really need to get up high and there, you can seejust the state get up high and there, you can see just the state of the signed now and how much work would really need to be done to rebuild it. it's a far cry from its heyday. rebuild it. it's a far cry from its heyday-— its heyday. the clock is perfectly _ its heyday. the clock is
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perfectly perpendicularj its heyday. the clock is - perfectly perpendicular but everything. . perfectly perpendicular but everything.. it perfectly perpendicular but everything -_ perfectly perpendicular but everything- -_ everything.. it was such a well-known _ everything.. it was such a well-known landmark - everything.. it was such a well-known landmark for| well—known landmark for centuries because of subsidence left leaning in a precarious angle. so couldn't even be possible to recreate such an unusual building? wonk and all? a specialist conservation architect says yes. it’s a specialist conservation architect says yes. it's about reinstating _ architect says yes. it's about reinstating the _ architect says yes. it's about reinstating the historic - reinstating the historic character, reinstating the fabric of the building to replicate as closely as possible what existed previously. all the evidence would come together and we would come together and we would model the crooked house as it was 3d on—screen with all of the details drawn so when the contractor starts on site it is all very clear what they have to achieve.— have to achieve. police inquiries _ have to achieve. police inquiries into _ have to achieve. police inquiries into whether l have to achieve. police i inquiries into whether the have to achieve. police - inquiries into whether the fire was started deliberately are still active, those six people were released from bail under investigation last week. and on appeal hearing next year will rule on whether the landowners will have to abide by an enforcement notice and rebuild the pub as it was prefire. this is where what remains of the pub are now being kept. the
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hope is that if the ruling goes in their favour, the crooked house will rise from the ashes. takeit house will rise from the ashes. take it one step at a time. we cannotjump ahead of the legal process we want people to be patient and recognise that we cannot make things happen any faster. �* ~ , cannot make things happen any faster. �* ~' , ., faster. and keep the faith. keep the _ faster. and keep the faith. keep the faith, _ faster. and keep the faith. keep the faith, because i faster. and keep the faith. i keep the faith, because we're not to give up. you don't want anybody to give up, we want to fight the fight until we get what we want. aha, fight the fight until we get what we want.— what we want. a year ago today-- — what we want. a year ago today.. nearly _ what we want. a year ago today.. nearly 40,000 i what we want. a year ago - today.. nearly 40,000 people are members _ today.. nearly 40,000 people are members of— today.. nearly 40,000 people are members of save - today.. nearly 40,000 people are members of save the - today.. nearly 40,000 people i are members of save the crooked house group and all of them hope one day be wonky as to pub will stand again. phil mackie, bbc news. do stay with us. i am looking at japanese financial markets. they are currently down over 6%. markets are extremely volatile and we will explain why next. hello there. the weather's looking quite mixed for this upcoming new week.
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generally speaking, lower pressure will affect more northern parts of the country, and it's here where we'll see outbreaks of rain whereas further south, closer to higher pressure, this is where we'll see the drier and warmer weather with some sunshine. now, this area of low pressure could bring some issues for the northwest of the uk with heavy rain. could see some local flooding in places, particularly argyll and the highlands, so a very wet, windy start to monday here. eventually, the rain begins to push southeastwards through the day, brightening up behind it and the winds easing, but a blustery day further south and east but much of england and wales will be dry with variable clouds, some sunshine, and feeling much warmer and humid again — up to the high 20s here, mid 20s further north. now, that band of rain, some of it heavy and thundery, will affect western england and wales through monday evening. during the night, it begins to fizzle as it pushes its way towards eastern england but ahead of it, it will stay warm and muggy. behind it are the clearer skies. it'll be cooler and fresher. plenty of sunshine in the north and the west to start tuesday, that weather front weakening as it pushes towards east
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and south east england. it eventually clears away, skies brighten up as well, so not a bad afternoon — just a few blustery showers for western scotland and northern ireland. those temperatures range from around 18 to 24—25 degrees in the southeast. now, that area of low pressure begins to move on wednesday. it's sitting across the northern half of the country. that's going to bring a windy day to much of scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england with showers or longer spells of rain, so those rainfall totals really beginning to mount up at this point across western scotland. but for much of england and wales, a dry day to come. quite a bit of sunshine around. variable cloud. yes, it will be breezy here — not as windy as it'll be further north. and these sorts of temperatures pretty much what we expect this time of year — around the high teens in the north, low 20s further south. as we move out to wednesday into thursday, that area of low pressure pulls away but another one, hot on its heels, starts to push in off the atlantic and this one, i think, will bring a more widespread cloudier, wetter, windier day — certainly across central, northern and western areas. once again, the rain will be heavy across the northwest but it could be perhaps the midlands, southern south east england could
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summer sell—off: stocks tumble injapan as fears over a slowing us economy spreads. tensions in venezuela: the eu says it cannot recognise president maduro's contested re—election without full voting records. batteries running flat: we take a look at what's behind europe's declining ev demand. also in the programme: what are "pig butchering scams"? we reveal all and how to stay safe. hello. good to have you with us. live from london, this is business today. i'm sally bundock. we start injapan where stocks have tumbled today on the back of major sell—offs on wall street last week. markets across asia opened down as investors weigh up fears of the impact of a slowing us economy on the back of weaker—than—expected jobs numbers on friday.
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