from across the government. any suggestion they're patriots i or they've got a cause that they're protesting about is nonsense. they're criminals, and frankly most of them are going to be charged . with violent disorder and most of them are going to be - going to prison for a few years. sir keir starmer has been chairing another emergency meeting with law enforcement officials in the wake ofanti—immigrantand so far, nearly 500 people have been arrested and 149 charged in connection with the violence seen in towns and cities since last week, also tonight, the man who will lead bangladesh's new caretaker government has returned to dhaka. nobel laureate muhammad yunus faces a massive task in bringing the country together. and donald trump says he has agreed

to not one, not two, but three debates against kamala harris. it is unclear if the vice president has agreed to the terms yet. she takes to the stage in detroit, michigan shortly, so we will see what she has to say. sir keir starmer has been chairing another emergency meeting with law enforcement officials in the wake ofanti—immigrantand far—right riots in england and northern ireland. last night, there had been fears of further disorder, but instead mostly peaceful anti—racism protests took place across england. the metropolitan police commissioner thanked communities for their show of unity and praised officers for their work. so far, nearly 500 people have been arrested and 149 charged in connection with the violence seen in towns and cities since last week, and more lengthy prison sentences have been handed down to those involved in rioting. meanwhile, a suspended labour councillor has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging murder after comments made at a london counter—protest. rickyjones, the dartford borough councillor, was suspended from the labour party earlier

after he appeared to say in a video the throats of rioters should be cut. correspondent harry farley. harry, a third cobra meeting being held, bring us up—to—date with the latest. held, bring us up-to-date with the latest. ., , , �* latest. the last few minutes i've soken latest. the last few minutes i've spoken to _ latest. the last few minutes i've spoken to officials _ latest. the last few minutes i've spoken to officials inside - latest. the last few minutes i've. spoken to officials inside downing street, and they have given me an idea of what the prime minister said. he is understood to have told the cobra meeting that police forces should remain on high alert, that he thanked the police officers, police chiefs, as well as representatives from the criminaljustice system for their response, and his word says there is no doubt that swift sentencing and the rapid number of police forces stationed in the last —— in the right places across countries have acted as a deterrent for that violence expected last night. the other thing to say is

that officials in government resist the idea that a corner has been turned following that sort of lack of expected biotin last night. they say they remain on high alert and so do the police forces, and we spoke earlier in the week i bit about that. the number of extra specialist police officers that have been deployed around the country. they have not been stood down. those extra police officers remain on duty, almost pointed to the weekend i had and the possibility that more violence might erupt stop it is worth also seen that others i spoke to in government see if there is the sense of relief that there was not the violence they sorted some feared last night, but as they said, the government is very much not acting as if it is job government is very much not acting as if it isjob done. government is very much not acting as if it is job done.— as if it is 'ob done. absolutely, and it as if it is job done. absolutely, and it remains _ as if it is job done. absolutely, and it remains to _ as if it is job done. absolutely, and it remains to be _ as if it is job done. absolutely, and it remains to be seen - as if it is job done. absolutely, i and it remains to be seen what happens at the weekend as well stop i wanted to touch on the fact that a labour counsellor had been suspended due to his comments. tell us more

about that. due to his comments. tell us more about that-— due to his comments. tell us more about that. �* �* , . , ., about that. the bb understands that the dartboard _ about that. the bb understands that the dartboard counsellor _ about that. the bb understands that the dartboard counsellor -- - the dartboard counsellor —— counsellor, rickyjones, the bb understands he has been arrested and that metropolitan police confirmed a man in his 50s has been arrested and is in custody, and the metropolitan police said in a post on social media that she had been held on suspicion of encouraging murder and under an offence on the public order act, and when announcing the arrest the metropolitan police shared a video of rickyjones, that dartboard labour counsellor making some remarks at an anti—demonstrate —— antiracism demonstrated, saying that far right processors need to have their throat cut, so he is being held in custody, and we wait for further news on that.— held in custody, and we wait for further news on that. harry farley brinuain further news on that. harry farley bringing us _ further news on that. harry farley bringing us up-to-date _ further news on that. harry farley bringing us up-to-date there. - with me now is franstinejones, former president of the national black police association.

franstine, fra nstine, thank you franstine, thank you for taking the time and be with us. i don't want to get your response to what we have seen this past week, but then also over the past 2a hours as well. thank you, helena. i neverthought in my lifetime that i would see the likes of which has been shown on tv in the last few days with the riots that have been happening up and down the country aimed at black and brown people. i never thoughtl the country aimed at black and brown people. i never thought i would see that on the streets in england, and it was quite disturbing and quite frightening, actually. and it made you start to wonder how safe am i going to be? how safe are my family going to be? how safe are my family going to be? and how safe are other black and brown people i know going to be safe? some of the things that

i have seen on social media of black and brown peoplejust being approached and then attacked and punched and kicked, and people have just carried on filming, and nobody has come to their aid, and just like" what is going on"? i was just like" what is going on"? i was just like i cannot believe that right wing parties or people, members of right wing groups, have taken the death, the tragic and horrific death of three girls in southport to use as a reason to go on the streets and commit crime the way they have. leave and asylum—seekers and small boats. i think it's of the legacy the conservative party has left behind. in the conservative party has left behind. ., the conservative party has left

behind. . ._ , the conservative party has left behind. . , ., behind. in what way, telus more about how _ behind. in what way, telus more about how you — behind. in what way, telus more about how you feel _ behind. in what way, telus more about how you feel that - behind. in what way, telus more about how you feel that this - behind. in what way, telus more about how you feel that this is i behind. in what way, telus more. about how you feel that this is the legacy of the previous government? i was thinking about this, and i thought this often, when david cameron chose to ask people to vote whether or not they wanted to stay in the european union, i thought, this is because you keep are getting people... and this is a kneejerk reaction to show the british public that they do not want immigration and that, you know what, we will give you the book to see if you want to come out of the european union where we don't have to have immigration if we don't want to and i don't think he ever thought that the british public would vote" yes, let's go". so everything leading to brexit with nigel farage and all the other right wing people who spoke

about immigration, spoke about the country been overrun and amounts of money, services been cut and money being wasted, if you think about it, it all started there and it builds and builds until the previous government that has just been ousted, thank god. government that has 'ust been ousted, thank god._ government that has 'ust been ousted, thank god. franstine, i do want to ask _ ousted, thank god. franstine, i do want to ask you. — ousted, thank god. franstine, i do want to ask you, and _ ousted, thank god. franstine, i do want to ask you, and i _ ousted, thank god. franstine, i do want to ask you, and i am - ousted, thank god. franstine, i do want to ask you, and i am aware . ousted, thank god. franstine, i do want to ask you, and i am aware itj want to ask you, and i am aware it shouldn't always be incumbents on people from communities of colour to have to answer this question, but what do you think needs to happen to tackle what we have seen this past week in a longer—term way western mark i say from the arrest and so on, how should this country tackle the root cause of what has been exposed on a national stage? i think the country — exposed on a national stage? i think the country needs _ exposed on a national stage? i think the country needs to _ exposed on a national stage? i think the country needs to actually - exposed on a national stage? i think the country needs to actually look i the country needs to actually look at what the actual reasons are for causing people to be struggling. the

nhs, access to services, the cost of living, the economy of the country, immigration, all of those are separate things, and as the labour parties and now in government, there've only been in one month, give them time to start to sort these things out because it is a combination of all of these things that look at people who have influence having seen, it's because of them, that's why you're in the situation, but when you start to do thejob properly, talk about immigration if you need to, but don't blame people for the reason why the country is in the state it is in. ., , why the country is in the state it isin. ., , ., is in. franstine jones, former president _ is in. franstine jones, former president of _ is in. franstine jones, former president of the _ is in. franstine jones, former president of the national- is in. franstine jones, former i president of the national black

police association, thank you for sharing your thoughts with us here on the context. while the violence started in england, northern ireland has also seen clashes. and today, the stormont assembly was recalled to address the unrest. the first minister of northern ireland, michelle o'neill, condemned continuing violence in belfast, saying there is no place for racism in the country. police in the east of the city came under attack again last night. police came under sustained attack from petrol bombs, masonry and bricks, and a police vehicle was set alight. a number of attempts were made to start a fire in a supermarket, but police were able to thwart them. let's bring in beverly simpson. she is a nurse and policy adviser at north west migrants forum in derry. thank you so much for being with us, and ijust want thank you so much for being with us, and i just want to thank you so much for being with us, and ijust want to begin by getting your reaction to that record of stormont and what you want to see from political leadership to tackle this. i from political leadership to tackle this. ~' . . from political leadership to tackle this. ~' .. . , this. i think the recall was necessary _ this. i think the recall was necessary and _ this. i think the recall was necessary and very -

this. i think the recall was | necessary and very needed this. i think the recall was - necessary and very needed that the leaders are visible to tackle what is going on. they need swift action. get to the root —— get to the root cause of it, but the perpetrators must go to the judicial system. people are living in fear and anxiety, and it is re—traumatizing people that have gone through war, they are the targets, the refugees and asylum—seekers and migrants here helping, mainly in the health care system called —— so any step in sooner than today. it was only a matter of time before it hit northern island.— matter of time before it hit northern island. ., ., northern island. you mentioned there some of your — northern island. you mentioned there some of your work _ northern island. you mentioned there some of your work with _ northern island. you mentioned there some of your work with migrants, - some of your work with migrants, asylum—seekers, people, as you say, we've gone through traumatic things in the first place. do they feel

safe and do the staff who you work with, do they feel safe? irate with, do they feel safe? we are still anxious _ with, do they feel safe? we are still anxious because _ with, do they feel safe? we are still anxious because the - with, do they feel safe? we are still anxious because the fear . with, do they feel safe? we are still anxious because the fear is seeing the things on the news and knowing it is close to home, and there is a planned anti—immigration process tomorrow in the waterside area of dairies remind district, so yes we are fearful and we should not live like that. if this is meant to be a safe space for asylum—seekers and refugees, and we are providing reassurance, the staff is there an reassuring everyone, the stop is made up many of migrants themselves, so it is providing that comforts, and the police providing that reassurance that our communities are going to be safe. hour

reassurance that our communities are going to be safe-— going to be safe. how can they make ou feel going to be safe. how can they make you feel safer? _ going to be safe. how can they make you feel safer? what _ going to be safe. how can they make you feel safer? what would - going to be safe. how can they make you feel safer? what would bring - you feel safer? what would bring that comfort that you were just talking about, beverly? i that comfort that you were 'ust talking about, beverly?fi talking about, beverly? ithink lockin: talking about, beverly? ithink looking away — talking about, beverly? ithink locking away the _ talking about, beverly? ithink locking away the leaders - talking about, beverly? ithink locking away the leaders of. talking about, beverly? ithink| locking away the leaders of the riots, putting them away, need to hit them where it counts, but in the lesser men into prison, they were just recruit more and go on and on attacking people. get to the leaders. and then put them away. take the important steps that are needed to maintain peace, to keep the nhs staff here, to keep the social care sector here. these people, we are going to lose them, and we are already short, so when they run them out of northern island, who is going to replace these workers? and when the run the asylum—seekers and refugees out of

northern island, this is meant to be a cyst on. it is meant to be a safe zone, that is why they are here. beverly simpson, nurse and policy adviser at northwest migrants forum, thank you for being with us and sharing your thoughts on the context. ., ~ sharing your thoughts on the context. . ~ , ., ., . around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

the nobel peace laureate muhammad yunus has been sworn in as interim leader of bangladesh after weeks of student protests forced prime minister sheikh hasina to resign and flee to neighbouring india. 84—year—old yunus returned home from medical treatment in paris after protesters backed him for the role in a caretaker government. he says his first task will be to restore law and order after the violent unrest that toppled ms hasina. he's also praised student protesters for giving

bangladesh, what he calls, a "second independence". bangladesh has seen weeks of turmoil, sparked by demonstrations demanding the end of civil service job quotas — a system that reserves posts for specific disadvantaged groups, which has been in place since independence in 1971. more than 400 people are believed to have died, after the protests became an anti government movement. 0ur south asia correspondent samira hussain sent this report. last week they were on the streets demanding the government step down. today they flocked to the airport to welcome the man they believe will lead them to a stable future, nobel laureate muhammad yunus. how do you feel? i feel good. i am back, there is a lot of work to be done. people are excited, they know that something, new opportunities have arrived. what is your message for people here? discipline. discipline, hard work

and get it done. his positive message cannot disguise the fragile moment bangladesh finds itself in. weeks of deadly protest forced the country's autocratic prime minister to resign. hundreds died in the unrest. several more were injured. and that same government wanted to imprison mr yunus. now he makes a triumphant return as interim leader. an incredible amount of security for mr yunus. the people here elated that he has finally arrived in bangladesh. they are putting their hopes for the country's future in his hands. we dream for a democratic country where no leader, no leader can be a dictator. we are the generation of z and we know that we can raise our voice, and we know how best to lead our country. a moment decades in the making.

but for shopna, bangladesh's moment of hope has come at an unbearable cost. her 17—year—old son rahat died in the protests. translation: i could not understand why such a thing happened. _ i thought someone might have hit him in the head. i never believed that he would be shot. she finds some comfort in knowing her son would be happy. this change in government is what he wanted. tonight, a new era of government begins. mr yunus and his colleagues will hope the support of the people they enjoy for now endures. samira hussain, bbc news, dhaka. security officials in austria say a teenager arrested yesterday has confessed to planning a suicide attack on a taylor swift concert in vienna. two other teenagers have also been arrested. taylor swift's three shows in the city were cancelled last night after the plot was revealed. she's due to play five dates in london next week — the metropolitan police have said there's nothing to indicate

that her concerts at wembley stadium will be affected. bethany bell reports from vienna. # one, two, three, four! they came to vienna to see taylor. instead, they're singing in the streets. all three taylor swift concerts here were cancelled after police said they'd uncovered plans for a suicide attack. jess, from bristol, said she cried when she heard the news. i missed out on the lover fest in 2020 because of covid, so this is the second time it's now been cancelled for me. so, yeah, i was just completely heartbroken, to be honest. becky, from exeter, says she can't believe she's missing the show. i think the ultimate thing we feel is just grateful that we're safe, and that everyone else is safe. so, a bit ofa mixed bag of emotions. there's so much disappointment here. people have come from so far away — from the uk, from america, from japan. but everyone says they understand that safety has to come first.

and, in the meantime they're doing like taylor, which is to sing. the authorities say a 19—year—old austrian man has confessed to planning a suicide attack at the concert venue. translation: he said he intended to carry out an attack— using explosives and knives, which we've seized. he considered both options, and his aim was to kill himself and a large crowd of people, either today or tomorrow at the concert. welcome to the eras tour! taylor swift's vienna concerts were part of the european leg of her eras tour. she is set to hold five shows in london next week. that's small consolation for the fans in vienna. but while their shows may have been cancelled, the songs go on. bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. former us president donald trump says he's prepared to debate

vice president kamala harris on three dates in september. he says those dates would be september 4th on fox, september 10th on abc and september 25th on nbc. we know that ms harris�* camp has agreed to the abc news debate, but we are yet to hear about the other two. donald trump and the republican party have spent much of the election campaign pretty confident about winning in november. despite a criminal conviction, and a number of ongoing trials, the former president looked like he was going to walk back into the white house without barely breaking a sweat. but in the last two weeks, with the democratic party rejuvinated and refocused behind kamala harris, there seems to be a change in the mood at trump h0. according to the washington post, donald trump has become increasingly upset about the vice president's surge in the polls and her widespread media coverage. "it's unfair that i beat him and now i have to beat her, too," he reportedly told a close ally last week. and in the last hour, he's held

a press conference from mar—a—lago. we have somebody that hasn't received one vote for president and she is running. and that's fine with me. but we were givenjoe biden and now we're given somebody else and i think frankly i'd rather be running against the somebody else, but that was their choice, they decided to do that because kamala's record is horrible. with me now is our correspondentjon sudworth. good to see you. donald trump holding that press conference today, just talk to us about how the trump campaign appears to be managing the shift of momentum which is putting some wind in the sales of the democrats? i some wind in the sales of the democrats?— some wind in the sales of the democrats? i think you have to wonder about _ democrats? i think you have to wonder about the _ democrats? i think you have to wonder about the very - democrats? i think you have to wonder about the very fact - democrats? i think you have to wonder about the very fact of l democrats? i think you have to l wonder about the very fact of the holding of this press conference. it is the first press conference donald

trump is held since his manhattan conviction, and the only thing that has changed between then and now is joe biden stepping back from the campaign and the poor will it boost that the democrats under kamada harris have received —— pull a boost. it was vintage donald trump. sometimes rambling, grievance field, orfull of sometimes rambling, grievance field, or full of apocalyptic messages, but it also, too many observers seem to be a sign that those shifting polling numbers are now being taken very seriously by the rubber guns, and particularly the announcement from donald trump about the three dates in september you set out. and don't forget, one of those dates with the abc shuttle debate, he had

already withdrawn from, suggesting he was not going to take part, and it is now on the table as far as he is concerned. we know kamala harris has agreed to take part in that one, but there are two extra debates that suggest that this is now donald trump taken very seriously the threat from kamala harris and deciding that you need to do all he can to face it. irate deciding that you need to do all he can to face it— can to face it. we will have to see whether they _ can to face it. we will have to see whether they meet _ can to face it. we will have to see whether they meet on _ can to face it. we will have to see whether they meet on the - can to face it. we will have to see whether they meet on the debate j whether they meet on the debate stage against. and we heard from president biden speaking to cbs news, saying he was not confident there would be a smooth transition of power if donald trump loses. telus more about what the president had to say. you telus more about what the president had to sa . ., ~' ., telus more about what the president had to sa . ., ~ ., . . had to say. you know, he claimed there was — had to say. you know, he claimed there was a _ had to say. you know, he claimed there was a smooth _ had to say. you know, he claimed there was a smooth transfer- had to say. you know, he claimed there was a smooth transfer of. had to say. you know, he claimed - there was a smooth transfer of power last time, again, very vintage donald trump commentary. all in all, people would possibly see him as i

say, the sign that the republicans are feeling the pressure from the kamala harris pounds, and in particular, i think people starting to draw a contrast between the style of donald trump and this renewed sense of optimism on the democrat side. , ., , side. john said where they in new york, our correspondent - side. john said where they in new york, our correspondent watching side. john said where they in new- york, our correspondent watching the news conference, john, thank you so much. you are watching bbc news, stay with us if you can, bye for now. hello there. weather was pretty disappointing today, but tomorrow, it's looking brighter. we should have a lot more sunshine around and it will remain quite breezy, feel a little bit warmer because of more sunshine. there'lljust be a few showers dotted around, mainly in the north and the west. so, these weatherfronts have been crossing the country, bringing the cloud, the rain,

lots of isobars on the charts indicating the strong winds. the rain will peter out overnight. we could see a few showers still affecting western areas. there could be some mist and murk across central and southern parts. it will be a very warm and muggy night — 15—18 degrees, low teens further north. but as this weather front clears through, then it'll introduce some slightly fresher air. friday, in a run of westerly winds fairly strong at times and just one or two showers, but much brighter than today, with plenty of sunshine around many areas staying dry altogether. most of the showers will be across scotland, northern ireland, up to northwest england. and the winds a feature again — it will be quite blustery, but at least you have the sunshine to compensate, so with more sunshine around it should feel warmer, up to 25 degrees in the southeast, 18—20 celsius there across scotland and northern ireland. as we head through friday night, it's a fine end to the day, a few showers continuing across scotland, and then we'll see these weather fronts bring thicker cloud outbreaks of rain to parts of england and wales, particularly wales and southwest england. temperature—wise again, quite mild, 10—15 degrees. as we head into the weekend, we are tapping into some very hot

and humid airfrom france, but this will mainly be across england and wales, with the extreme heat confined towards the southeast. so, saturday is looking like this, bright across northern areas with some sunshine, a few showers across scotland. early cloud few showers across england and wales will melt away into the afternoon. we should see increasing sunshine. temperatures will be up to around 25 or 26 degrees, low 20s further north. through sunday and into monday, we draw this hot and humid air across england and wales. like i mentioned, the highest temperatures will be across the southeast corner. so, sunday, we actually see this area of low pressure bring some cloud, stronger winds and outbreaks of rain to northern ireland and western scotland, some of it heavy. but elsewhere, the sunshine will increase and we'll start to tap into that hot air. the mid to high 20s across england and wales, up to around 30 or so in the south east. monday, i think, is the peak of the heat, could be in the low 30s across the far southeast, but then the temperatures return

back to normal for all areas and it will become unsettled.

hello, i'm helena humphrey. you're watching the context on bbc news. the eight—day trip that could now last eight months — why astronauts may have to extend their stay in outer space.

sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. thank you very much, helena. let's start on the track and what run from botswana's letsile tebogo — who claimed a surprise olympic 200—metres gold medal, denying noah lyles a sprint double at paris 202a. it's a first olympic gold of all time for botswana. tebogo's winning time, 19.46 seconds, ahead of the american's kenny bednarek, who took silver, with lyles having to settle for bronze. it emerged after the race that lyles had tested positive for covid and had to be helped off the track in a wheelchair. france's benjamin thomas lit up the olympic velodrome and delighted the home fans by winning gold in the men's omnium despite coming off his bike. the 28—year—old was fourth in tokyo three years ago, but finished 11 points clear of portugal's iuri leitao, with belgium's fabio van den

bossche taking bronze. the omnium is made up of four different endurance races —