in belfast, a man in his 50s is in a serious condition in hospital, after what police are treating as a racially—motivated hate attack. prime minister sir keir starmer will hold an emergency meeting later. we'll have the latest live. our other main story — democratic presidental candidate kamala harris says she is "proud" to choose tim walz as her running mate ahead of november's election. in bangladesh — parliament is dissolved to make way for a new government, a day after the prime minister, sheikh hasina, dramatically fled the country after being forced from power. and i'm courtney bambridge live from edinburgh, where we are catching up with performers at the edinburgh fringe, including basu.

hello, i'm annita mcveigh and welcome to hello, i'm annita mcveigh and welcome to verified hello, i'm annita mcveigh and welcome to verified life hello, i'm annita mcveigh and welcome to verified life —3 hello, i'm annita mcveigh and welcome to verified life —3 hours... the prime minister will chair a meeting of the country's emergency "cobra" committee tonight on the unrest in parts of the uk. it's expected a number of ministers and law enforcement will attend. there have been more arrests in towns and cities in england and northern ireland after another night of violence. england and wales�* director of public prosecutions says he's willing to consider charging some of those joining the unrest with terrorism offences — and he's aware of "at least one instance where that is happening". he's been speaking to our correspondent dominic casciani. we are expecting dominic in the studio soon. but first, let's cross live to westminster and speak to our political correspondent damian grammaticas.

it's a measure of the gravity of the situation that there'll be another meeting of this emergency committee, cobra for shorthand, so soon after the previous one.— cobra for shorthand, so soon after the previous one. exactly, and this meetin: the previous one. exactly, and this meeting follows _ the previous one. exactly, and this meeting follows one _ the previous one. exactly, and this meeting follows one yesterday, . the previous one. exactly, and this meeting follows one yesterday, so | meeting follows one yesterday, so two in two days — and as you said, very much a signal from the government that it is moving fast and trying to stay ahead of these events, and taking them very, very seriously. so i think ministers are conscious that there's been some criticism, were they doing enough? they certainly want to show that. no yesterday, we had a similar cobra meeting — prime minister, ministers, police cheese, security services — all those together in one room, and what came out of that yesterday was this talk about a standing force of right officers to be deployed around the country where needed —— police chiefs. more ramping up of the legal

side of things, and working with the social media companies to try to limit the spread of disinformation and incitement online. today, we will see a follow—up. now what i expect may be the issue today, we don't know for certain, is the ongoing nature of the protests and the fact that there is concern expressed already by police chiefs that they believe more of these events, this disorder could be happening in the next day or so from what they see posted online, what they believe could be attempts to organise such events. so the government this evening will see prime minister sir keir starmer chairing another cobra meeting — as you were saying a moment ago, there will be ministers and police chiefs there, and it will be all about the obligation i'll need and the response the government is planning. on the programme yesterday, damien,

one of the aspects we were looking at was whether there was capacity in the prison system to actually hold people for sentences related to this charge of violence — and we saw it earlier today hundreds more prison places are opening up. ijust wonder what else the government might be able to do? it's already looking at the key issues around this, whether it's social media companies, police response, etc — what else could they do with the fear that there may be more violent acts?— more violent acts? certainly with the government _ more violent acts? certainly with the government has _ more violent acts? certainly with the government has been - more violent acts? certainly with the government has been saying | more violent acts? certainly with l the government has been saying is that the issue is really one of coordination and ensuring the right resources, policing resources in the first instance in the first place, and are able to be deployed to the right locations. no we already saw last night with unrest happening around parts of england, plymouth is one example — so in the southwest,

police forces feeling stretched, so that may be one aspect certainly of the government will be looking at. how to be able to get extra resources to those locations. the other thing i think certainly will be this question of charging in the legal response. now we know the prime minister chaired a cabinet today, and he said that this violent disorder needs to be treated as such, it is criminal activity, and it is something the government will certainly be looking to the courts and the crown prosecution service to be acting swiftly in order to get that message across. you were talking just a minute ago about the director of public prosecution has been saying he might be willing to consider some charges related to terrorism offences, and that'll be one way of showing i think the seriousness with which this is being

taken. ., ~ _, , seriousness with which this is being taken. ., ~ i. , . with me is dominic casciani, our home and legal correspondent. as we mentioned, you've been talking to the director of public prosecutions for england and wales, and a really interesting line to come out of your interview with him, is talking about the idea that terrorism offences are now being looked at — and in fact in one case, he understands that is what is happening — in relation to the people being charged with offences around these writing incidents. yes. around these writing incidents. yes, the terrorism _ around these writing incidents. yes, the terrorism offences _ around these writing incidents. 133 the terrorism offences are definitely up there on the whiteboard in the crown prosecution service's headquarters. there was a specialist team that deals with counterterrorism investigations and prosecutions — they have one case on the books where it will be a charge. stephen parkinson is very clear that they are willing to go as far as

possible that they can with the law if there is a case of terrorism. but there's quite a complex thing going on now — we've had 400 people over the past week, and of those, 100 have been charged already and brought before the courts. that's not bad going, given the complexity around criminal laws, to get a quarter of them in. most of them have been brought in for middle ranking violence charges, charged with things like violent disorder — that attracts five years — there are people who have been arrested and looking at rioting as the charge, attracting ten years, a much more complex case to get into court. stephen parkinson aspects a lot of those in the weeks to come. let's listen to what he had to say. some offences which can actually be

committed online, for instance, inciting racial hatred, actually we have authorised a charge today of one such case. it's subject to the attorney general's consent. so there are some kind of communications—type offences out there, but another way that online activity can be used is for the purposes of incitement and planning. if you are engaged in that activity, then you can be prosecuted for the substantive offence that you have caused through what you have been doing using the internet. so we are looking at both types. some people are abroad — that does not mean they're safe. we have liaison prosecutors spread around the globe who've got local links with the localjudiciary and law enforcement, but also the police are also stationed abroad, so we can cooperate with our international partners. we would certainly consider extradition if we are satisfied that offences are being committed. they must know they are not safe and there is nowhere to hide, and if it takes weeks or months,

we will bring them home and they will face justice. so in terms of facing justice, what is the capacity in the system as far as you're concerned to actually make that happen? as i mentioned a short while ago, more prison spaces are being opened up, but we were told as little as two weeks ago the prisons were. you left this is a really delicate balancing acts. the cps has to be mindful of how many prosecutions it puts through in one go. prosecutions it puts through in one no. f prosecutions it puts through in one .o_ , �* , prosecutions it puts through in one no. j , , prosecutions it puts through in one go. they've been helped in the fact that the ministry _ go. they've been helped in the fact that the ministry of _ go. they've been helped in the fact that the ministry ofjustice - go. they've been helped in the fact that the ministry ofjustice has - that the ministry ofjustice has effectively brought forward its expedited work, open up more prison cells in refurbishment. this is what they were planning to do by the end of the summer as part of their programme to ease pressure on prisons across england and wales — 1300 spare space at the moment, bringing in another 500 online by the end of next week, i understand.

that'll create extra capacity — but the biggest issue they've got is, let's just say we had a repeat of what happened in the 2011 riots — within a month, there were a thousand extra people injail. if we are heading down that territory, then probably by the end of september, prisons will be full again and that's a problem the government says it's inherited and are trying to solve, so it's quite obligated. meanwhile, dozens of people are appearing in courts following the violent disorder in recent days, with over 100 charged and more than 400 arrested. the worst outbreaks of violence were in belfast, plymouth, and birmingham. nearly 400 people have been arrested after a week of violent disorder which broke out after misinformation spread about the identity of the southport attacker. that was the attack in which three young girls were killed. in belfast, riot officers had stones and petrol bombs thrown at them close to a supermarket which was set

alight at the weekend. and police say they are treating the "serious assault" of a man in belfast as a racially—motivated hate—crime after witnesses reported seeing people stamp on his head. nazir afzal is the former chief crown prosecutor for north west england — and was in that role during the 2011 riots in london. he believes social media has played a significant role in the violence spreading in the past week what we have now is people seeing, in real time, activities. it creates fear. even if it was 100 miles away, you fear it might happen locally. the other side of that, though, is whilst we have substantially more smartphones in operation, we have fewer smart people. they have been recording their criminality. from an evidential perspective, all the prosecutors have to do when they're in court is play to them their video and then they will be convicted. so from an evidential perspective it is easier to prosecute these people. but as i said, it has created more fear because there is so much of it out there. here to talk to us about

the pressure on the court system is donal lawler, a criminal defence and prosecution barrister. thank you very much forjoining us on the programme. and you defended a number of people charged after those riots in london in 2011 — i number of people charged after those riots in london in 2011—ijust wonder, give us your insight based on what happened in 2011, do you think the courts can cope now? 2011, the courts did _ think the courts can cope now? 2011, the courts did cope _ think the courts can cope now? 2011, the courts did cope - _ think the courts can cope now? 2:11 the courts did cope — although there was a lot of talk of the 24 hour courts and extended hours, a lot of staff ended up —— stuff and not being done during normal court hours, but it was quite frantic and quite a surreal experience. we all remember dealing with people who felt shell—shocked to find themselves in custody and sent to prison. so a lot of people were regretting quite quickly what they got involved in, but too late by that stage.

got involved in, but too late by that stage-— got involved in, but too late by that state. �* ., , , that stage. and of course, the use of social media _ that stage. and of course, the use of social media now _ that stage. and of course, the use of social media now is _ that stage. and of course, the use of social media now is a _ that stage. and of course, the use of social media now is a big pointl of social media now is a big point of social media now is a big point of difference compared to then. one would assume that people now are more aware of what they are doing or getting involved in? iwonder what your thoughts are on that? it’s your thoughts are on that? it's interesting _ your thoughts are on that? it�*s interesting because i think so much of it can be impulsive, that you would hope people are more aware especially as events continue and they see what's happened over a couple days. so one would hope that perhaps people were seeing reports of individuals crying in the dock as they are remanded in custody and asking for their mother — and maybe those sorts of things would give people pause for thought. there's a lot of changes since 2011, and your right to say that the big change is perhaps the capacity of the system to deal with matters given everything that's happened since 2011, in terms of cuts and reduction in staff. ~ ., , ., , in staff. would bringing terrorism charues in in staff. would bringing terrorism charges in relation _ in staff. would bringing terrorism charges in relation to _ in staff. would bringing terrorism charges in relation to this - in staff. would bringing terrorism|

charges in relation to this violence also give those taking part pause for thought, also give those taking part pause forthought, do also give those taking part pause for thought, do you think? do you think there should be a recalibration to charge more people with terrorism, given what we've seen over the past week? i would imaaine seen over the past week? i would imagine certain _ seen over the past week? i would imagine certain people _ seen over the past week? i would imagine certain people might - seen over the past week? i would | imagine certain people might hear the words and it might certainly scare people — but in terms of how one deals with the people who've already been arrested, i've noticed that the jonathan —— thatjonathan hall casey was expressing some caution about this. i can certainly see why, for organisers, people who seem to be involved in some level of making it happen, it may be appropriate. but for the vast majority of people involved in the disorder, the legislation — whether it be a riot, violent disorder, or affray — gives lengthy sentences, ten years maximum for riots, five for violent disorder. so lengthy

sentences are possible under existing, normal, shall we say, criminal legislation.— existing, normal, shall we say, criminal legislation. thank you very much for your— criminal legislation. thank you very much for your thoughts _ criminal legislation. thank you very much for your thoughts on - criminal legislation. thank you very much for your thoughts on that - criminal legislation. thank you very l much for your thoughts on that story today. the leader of the iranian—backed lebanese movement his brother has said the response to the israeli assassination of a senior commander in beirut is coming, and that the group may act alone or in co—ordination with other iranian—supported factions in region. —— hezbollah. speaking one week after fuad shukr�*s killing, hassan nasrallah said the retaliation would be "strong" and "effective". countries around the world have urged their citizens to leave lebanon over fears of a wider war. iran has also vowed to retaliate following the assassination of the hamas political leader, ismail haniyeh, in tehran last week. both hamas and iran blame israel, which has not commented. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

kamala harris has chosen the governor of minnesota, tim walz, to be her running mate for november's presidential election. posting on x she said that... walz says it is "an honour of a lifetime" for him. he is now on the way from minnesota to philadelphia, where kamala harris is going to hold a rally later today. us presidentjoe biden also reacted to the news calling the vp pick "great decision". 60 year—old tim walz is minnesota's 41st governor, elected to the role in 2018 and was re—elected in 2022. he has a reputation as a progressive governor, citing free school meals, goals for tackling climate change, tax cuts for the middle class, and expanded paid leave

for minnesota workers mr walz is an army veteran, a former high school teacher and football coach. so why has kamala harris chosen him and what will he bring to the race for the white house? including with a close friend of his. let me bring you up—to—date with reaction as well. let's take you to philadelphia — but not with the democrats, this is a rally byjd vance, speaking a short while ago, you can see him on the right of your screen. he is donald trump's running mate for the republicans, and he began his speech there a few moments ago with an attack on kamala harris, calling her a disaster, someone who brings chaos everywhere she goes, he says, "we have to kick her out of the us government, not give her a

promotion." he was also attacking her on her handling of the us—mexico border, which is a very common attack line from republicans — but he didn't mention tim walz interestingly. meanwhile, barack interestingly. meanwhile, ba rack obama interestingly. meanwhile, barack obama has said, "tim walz is an ideal partnerfor kamala obama has said, "tim walz is an ideal partner for kamala harris," obama has said, "tim walz is an ideal partnerfor kamala harris," in a statement posted on x, formerly twitter, he said tim walz would be ready on day one. his strength is to talk like a human being and treat everyone with dignity and respect. the obama statement added that tim walz believes government works to serve us, notjust some of us, but all of us. let's speak to democratic strategist lindy li, who is at kamala harris�* philadelphia rally. —— she will be at the philadelphia harris rally. let's talk about the fact that kamala harris chose tim walz and notjosh schapiro, the

governor of philadelphia, where of course the governor of pennsylvania, where philadelphia is. what do you think that reveals about her strategy ahead of november? thank ou so strategy ahead of november? thank you so much — strategy ahead of november? thank you so much for— strategy ahead of november? thank you so much for having _ strategy ahead of november? thank you so much for having me. - strategy ahead of november? thank you so much for having me. i - strategy ahead of november? thank you so much for having me. i am - you so much for having me. i am apsley thrilled with her choice, and it demonstrates that she is absolutely someone who can... i think she heard the grassroots, a lot of people were upset at the prospect of some of the other candidates — but this is someone who candidates — but this is someone who can unify the entire country, who can unify the entire country, who can help her solidify the blue bell and rust belt, given his midwestern roots. he was the highest ranking soldier in the united states congress — he provided free lunch for kids in his state, they adore him. right now we see pictures of him. right now we see pictures of him and young kids on the internet, the republicans are flailing around for an attack line against tim walz, but they are at a loss so far!

there's been no mention so farfrom jd there's been no mention so farfrom jd vance at his rally in philadelphia about tim walz specifically. i philadelphia about tim walz specifically-— philadelphia about tim walz secificall. ~ ., , , �*, specifically. i know because it's “ust so specifically. i know because it's just so hard _ specifically. i know because it's just so hard to _ specifically. i know because it's just so hard to attack _ specifically. i know because it's just so hard to attack this - specifically. i know because it's just so hard to attack this guy, | just so hard to attack this guy, he's america's dad, there's not much to not like about them. you have president obama and biden, nancy pelosi, the unions all coming out — united auto workers specifically said tim walz was their guy. this is someone with the most upsides with the fewest risks. i5 someone with the most upsides with the fewest risks.— the fewest risks. is tim walz someone _ the fewest risks. is tim walz someone who _ the fewest risks. is tim walz someone who would - the fewest risks. is tim walz someone who would help - the fewest risks. is tim walz| someone who would help call the fewest risks. is tim walz - someone who would help call mona harris ——, la she said it's not so much about undecided votes, she argued that there weren't many of those, it was more about people who were feeling apathetic a week or a month ago, and saying to them, "come out and vote." you're right, and also people who were turned off altogether by some

of the policies in gaza, and tim walz is someone who — people who were uncommitted, people in michigan would be willing to vote for tim walz. he doesn't alienate a segment of our base, which is so vital. in 2016, a lot of them stayed at home, and obviously hillary clinton lost. so we need to galvanise young people — they are propelling the energy, the memes, so we need to do everything we can to harness the energy, not stunt the momentum. thank you very much for your thoughts. let's speak to rt rybak, former mayor of minneapolis and a close friend of tim walz. thank you very much forjoining us. what's tim walz like? it’s thank you very much for “oining us. what's tim walz like?_ what's tim walz like? it's funny because in _ what's tim walz like? it's funny because in right _ what's tim walz like? it's funny because in right now, _ what's tim walz like? it's funny because in right now, the - what's tim walz like? it's funny because in right now, the entire world has investigative reporters trying to figure out, what is tim walz really like? the answer is very simple — tim walz is exactly what you see on television, when you see them out in the community, he's a regular guy with an irregular

ability to talk to people — and very irregular ability to reach out to people beyond just those who agree with him. i think it's also important to say that tim walz is also, has also always been a leader. you seen vice president harris to someone who rose to the top. the biggest thing is that when he was a

come november we are going to see another minnesota man with another e—mail president of the us do you feel they have the ability to take on the significant leads that donald trump had, calmly harasses eaton into those poll leads already so do you think they are the combination to do that with mac i would say the

minnesota leader helps break down the leader of wanting to be vice president and now people help not only break down the barrier beget, harris and the white house and a large part because you're picking a vp you're picking someone to run with and also someone's governed with and also someone's governed with and also sending a message about who you are. find with and also sending a message about who you are.— with and also sending a message about who you are. and there has been such — about who you are. and there has been such incredible _ about who you are. and there has been such incredible enthusiasm, j been such incredible enthusiasm, there is a joy and a look to the future that she is part of an that is so much about to walz. i'm so sor . is so much about to walz. i'm so sorry- we _ is so much about to walz. i'm so sorry- we are — is so much about to walz. i'm so sorry. we are out _ is so much about to walz. i'm so sorry. we are out of— is so much about to walz. i'm so sorry. we are out of time. - is so much about to walz. i'm so sorry. we are out of time. we i is so much about to walz. i'm so - sorry. we are out of time. we really appreciate you talking to us today. close friend of tim walz. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the weather's varied a fair bit today, from sunny skies to quite wet conditions in one or two spots.

how about this evening and overnight? the skies will clear, showers will start to fade and it's going to be a fairly quiet night on the weatherfront. so here's the earlier satellite picture. this is the weather front that brought the outbreaks of rain to east anglia and the south—east. but through the evening hours we'll see showers spreading into western parts of scotland, then a bit of a gap and then more showers through the early hours as we get closer to the centre of this low pressure, which is approaching the uk. but elsewhere it's mostly clear, particularly in the east central areas and further south, and whether you're in the north or the south, temperatures will be about the same early in the morning on wednesday between 10 and 13 celsius. so here's that low pressure with its cluster of showers sweeping across western and north—western scotland. showers also further south into northern england, northern ireland, some also around merseyside, and blustery winds further north. in fact, gusts could approach or exceed 40 miles an hour. further south, it scattered fair weather clouds. a decent breeze but pleasant enough — 23 in london, around 18 in glasgow.

then on thursday, as one area of low pressure pulls away, the next one comes in. this is going to bring extensive layers of cloud initially to many western and south—western parts of the uk, so it starts off quite bright in the east. but then heavier rain will spread into north—western england, across northern ireland and eventually into parts of scotland. but it does look as though east anglia and the south—east could just about stay dry through most of the day and the far north of scotland, too. so that's thursday, how about end of the week? well, that low pressure pulls away. in its wake still, a weather front drapes across scotland, so that means thicker cloud and some showers, but also quite blustery weather. once again, 40 mile an hour winds. to the south of that it's going to be a breezy day, but a generally sunny day. and despite the wind, still up to about 25 degrees, i think in london and typically the low 20s further north. so that's the week. how about the weekend?

after a fairly changeable week, it does look as though things gradually through the weekend could actually turn very warm across many parts of england. and there are signs that we could get something really quite hot early in the week, but it's just a low chance for now. bye— bye.

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