and the eight day trip to space that could now last eight months. why a group of astronauts may not return to earth until next year. it's 8:00 in the morning here in singapore, and 6:00 in the morning in dhaka, bangladesh where the nobel peace laureate muhammad yunus has been sworn in as interim leader. he says his priority is to restore law and order. bangladesh has seen weeks of turmoil sparked by demonstrations over civil service job quotas. more than 400 people are believed to have died, after the protests became a broader anti government movement.

from the capital dhaka, samira hussein has the latest. 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 a moment decades in the making. but for this woman, bangladesh's moment of hope has come at an unbearable cost. her 17—year—old son 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. james moriarty is the former us ambassador to bangladesh. he told me that although yunus is accomplished, restoring law and order won't be easy. he has a very difficult road ahead of him. the problem in bangladesh politics is the cycle of revenge and patronage. that basically the two major parties have this continuous death struggle. wherever controls the parliament writes the laws and can give patronage to all of his followers and can try to take revenge on the other party. that is going to

be difficult. he is going to have to hold elections at some point and at that point is the question of what role do the existing political parties play? it would be difficult to bear them. play? it would be difficult to bearthem. i play? it would be difficult to bear them. i believe he will do what has been done under previous caretaker government which is to go after the most obviously corrupt stop i'm encouraged to hear some of the most partisan people who have been appointed to senior positions in the judiciary and military have left those positions. and hopefully, he can use that big broom to the momentum he has right now with vast popular support and the parties not wanting to take him on directly to actually accomplish a lot in trying to reform a very difficult system to reform, where, like i said, the parliament controls everything. yeah, and what about the awami league politicians who are still in the country? there's a lot of people who are very angry. what do you expect

to happen to them? i think some of the leading figures will probably be brought up on corruption or brutality charges, charges related to the killings, and that's probably not a bad thing. i don't think it will go too deep, but i don't really know. it will depend upon the caretaker government's decisions. muhammad yunus himself is a very bright guy, full of confidence. he's been around before. he doesn't completely trust the two parties, given their own animosity towards him. but he's going to have to figure out how he, as i said, reforms the system as quickly as possible, as effectively as possible, while continuing to rule within a democracy, continuing to push towards the restoration of democratic values, the rule of law, free and fair elections. bangladesh had three elections under an incredibly fair ca reta ker system. i was there for one of them.

you know, i had people all around the country and they say, yep, the election results were exactly what we saw on the street. and i hope they can do that. but i hope that that next election does not lead to a resumption of the cycle of revenge and patronage. it's been confirmed that the us presidential nominees kamala harris and donald trump will face each other in a televised debate next month. mr trump told a news conference at his home in florida he'd also agreed to debates on two other dates. our international editor jeremy bowen who's in washington has more. they've talked about dates. they've agreed on at least one of them. they're going to be in september. this news conference by donald trump was there was quite a bit of scare mongering to start with. he said world war three is close.

another great depression could be close. america had become a banana republic without secure borders. unless, of course, that's a reason why. of course, he said he should be elected. and there were some insults as well of kamala harris about her intelligence. he was also boastful. you'd expect all of that from him. however, there are signs that he has been honing his messages because he's being forced to fight a different opponent to the one that he expected. he talked about policy, about the economy. he said that seniors wouldn't have to pay tax on social security benefits. he said that waiters and others who rely on tips, which are quite a lot of people in this country, won't have to pay tax on tips quite potent, simple messages. he told people essentially that they would be richer under donald trump. so because he's not fighting joe biden any more, a familiar opponent, trump is having to recalibrate his messaging.

and with three months to go until the elections, i think this was a sign that trump and the republican party are focusing down on a new challenge, a new opponent, someone they have to take, i think, much more seriously than biden, who they were pretty confident they could beat. in the uk, prime minister keir starmer, says police forces should remain on high alert, as they continue to deal with the aftermath of a wave of nationwide unrest. nearly 500 people have been arrested, and more than 140 have been charged, since the violence began last week, but police say those numbers are likely to go up significantly. daniel sandford reports. shouting. missile! they were the worst riots in more than a decade. this footage just released shows the intense pressure officers were under at the height of the riots in liverpool.

withdraw! at times, they had to give ground... watch the flames! ..because the bombardment from fireworks was so fierce. bloody hell. had enough already. in london, an early—morning knock today as police raided the homes of those suspected of being involved in rioting last week. the tactic is to arrest people as soon as they can be identified, and put them before the courts as quickly as possible. these are criminal thugs. any suggestion they're patriots 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 go to prison for a few years. and following the shocking scenes in southport and liverpool last week, more heavy sentences were passed today.

john 0'malley, on the left, and 69—year—old william morgan were both jailed for two years and eight months. those who deliberately participate in such disorder, causing injury, damage and fear to communities, will inevitably be punished with sentences designed to deter others similar activity. the prime minister, who visited community leaders in solihull today, was back in whitehall to chair another cobra emergency meeting tonight, and said he believed the tough sentences and police deployments were having an effect. and it looks like the deterrents might be starting to work. instead of violence by the far right last night, there were largely peaceful demonstrations by anti—racism campaigners — though this labour councillor, rickyjones, has been arrested by police on suspicion of encouraging murder. they are disgusting nazi fascists, and we need to cull their ranks and get rid of them all!

cheering. there's clearly huge relief in police and in government that there was no serious violence last night. but for now, everyone�*s holding their breath, hoping the violence doesn't begin again. the home secretary was at the main london police control room this morning, thanking officers for their work and looking at how they're using facial recognition software to identify suspects. but she told me that nobody was relaxing yet. we're not going to take our foot off the pedal on this. the police, the criminal justice system, all has our strong support from across the government to keep going, to keep making sure that criminals pay the price for the kind of violent disorder, the thuggery, the extremism. everyone is hoping the worst of the rioting is over, but there are some far right actions planned for this weekend, and the prime minister told the police to remain on high alert. daniel sandford, bbc news. around the world and across the uk.

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you're live with bbc news. the ukrainian president says russia brought war to his country, and now it should feel what it had done. it comes after kyiv�*s surprise assault into the russian region of koosk. vlodymyr zelensky didn't refer to the attack directly, but said the armed forces had carried out an effective operation and that was exactly what his country needed. three days afyer the attack, moscow says it's trying to drive out kyiv�*s troops from the region, where thousands of people have been forced from their homes. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse sent us the latest from kyiv. we're hearing a lot of claims from russian officials that this attack has been stopped, but the fact that fighting is going into its third day suggests otherwise. vladimir putin held a meeting

today with the governor of kursk, where he announced that any residents forced from their homes from this attack will be awarded 10,000 roubles — that equates to around $115. and military officials across the border are being criticised by officials on a regional level. the argument there is that they think this incursion could have been prevented. politically in ukraine, there's a bit of smugness going on, i think. you heard president zelensky tonight not directly reference the assault, but he said he praised his troops for using surprise to achieve results. and i think what we are seeing with ukrainian forces reportedly ten kilometres across the border, where, according to one mp, they are in charge of a major gas hub. we are seeing this attack turn into something more, and we're seeing ukraine drawing russian forces,

crucially, where they are demonstrably being pulled from parts of the front line inside ukraine. this amounts to the most audacious ukrainian counteroffensive we have seen since the full—scale invasion. but with the passing of time, the question will be asked — what next? can it keep hold of this territory? what is it going to do in that time? because if the front lines collapse in russia's favour in eastern ukraine, then the finger will be pointed at ukrainian generals and president zelensky himself. there is a fine line between masterminding an attack and miscalculating the capability of russian forces in eastern ukraine. the white house, interestingly, is saying it's seeking more information on the attack. we don't think any agreements have been broken between ukraine and the us in terms of striking targets inside russia. you're certainly not going to hear washington speak outwardly in support

of this attack. but for now, the consensus among western allies is that ukraine is acting within the confines of defending itself. mick ryan, retired australian army major general and senior fellow for military studies, lowy institute told me how ukraine is applying what its learnt from previous counter offensives. there's a few reasons why this differs. firstly, we've seen the ukrainians actually learn from what occurred during the 2023 counteroffensive. firstly, they've gone for surprise. i mean, they've shocked the entire russian system from putin on down with this attack across the border. it represents a very big swing by the ukrainians to change the status quo in this war. so, do you think this is a strategic breakthrough for ukraine? well, i think already, they've achieved a strategic

breakthrough because they've fundamentally forced the russians to reassess how they're fighting this war in ukraine. they will have to redeploy some reserves, if not from eastern ukraine, certainly from throughout russia. that will force putin to relook at his military leadership yet again, that have failed him yet again. so it's going to shake up russian politics as well as their military. we've heard so much about ukraine's quest to get aid and weapons. how has it been able to launch this incursion in such an effective way? does it mean that the aid is now in place and working? well, what it means is the ukrainians have been able to implement over the last six months a very effective deception campaign against the russians and their supporters in the preparation for this offensive. this is a very, very big operation. it's multiple brigades which require a very

significant logistics tail, very significant intelligence and operational security. so, this is a very clever, well—planned and apparently well—executed operation by the ukrainians. and briefly, if you can, because we are running out of time — what do you expect russia to do in response? well, i think they're scrambling at the moment. when you surprise a country in a military, they go into shock. it really slows down their response. i expect that the resistance ukrainians will face will gradually build from the russians, and the ukrainians will reach a point at some point in the coming days, maybe weeks, where they'll decide they have enough territory, they'll dig in and defend what they've got. austrian security officials say a 19—year—old arrested on wednesday was planning to kill a large crowd of people in a suicide attack at a taylor swift concert in vienna. officials say the teen confessed that he intended to carry out an attack using explosives and knives. 0ur correspondent, 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, iwasjust 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's 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. two months after blasting off on a test mission to the international space station, two american astronauts are still unable to return home. problems with a boeing starliner spacecraft means they can't be brought back to earth. barry wilmore and sunita williams may now end up

spending more than eight months on board the iss. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. three, two, one, ignition. and lift—off of starliner and atlas five. it was expected to be a short stay at the international space station for butch wilmore and sunita williams. but the test pilots for boeing's new starliner are in for a longer trip than they bargained for. eight days could turn into eight months because their capsule has been deemed unsafe to return to earth. problems with its propulsion system emerged during starliner�*s initial approach to the space station injune, and it still hasn't been fixed. no decision has been made yet, but it looks like the capsule will eventually return to earth, but, to be on the safe side, without the astronauts. they may have to hitch a lift with rival company spacex. the capsule crew dragon is due to head to the space station

later this year, and talks are under way with nasa to leave two empty seats so the stranded astronauts can get home on the return trip. they've already been stuck in space for two months, but the pair could be in for quite a wait, since the crew dragon won't be heading back to earth until next february. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. japan's weather agency has issued its first ever mega earthquake warning around the southern pacific coast. the advisory was issued on thursday night local time, telling people to be alert but not to leave their homes. it came hours after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake off the southern island of kyushu. the us, qatar and egypt — have issued a joint call for israel and hamas to resume ceasefire negotiations next week. they suggested the talks take place either in cairo or doha. israel has agreed to attend, there's been no response from hamas so far. venezuela's president nicolas maduro says the social media platform x will be blocked in his country

for ten days. maduro has repeatedly clashed with x owner elon musk since venezuela's disputed presidential election in late july. people in san diego have been getting a sneak peek of some new residents. the san diego zoo invited a lucky few to see yoon chwan and sheen bao, a pair of chinese giant pandas that are the first to enter the united states in 21 years. the bbc�*s emma vardy has more. the pandas arrived back injune but spent a bit of time acclimatising and getting used to their new surroundings. now they are on display to the public and are going to attract a lot of visitors because people are just so fascinated by these animals. they are cold yoon chwan and sheen bao, five and four years old. the habitat they will live in is called panda ridge, until it is some

four times larger than the last enclosure they had for the pandas back when pandas used to be apposite previously. lots of trees to climb, and to get shade and hillsides for them to roll around in. they look like they have been enjoying it from what i have seen so far. this is about a lot more than people getting to see cute and cuddly animals. traders paid a diplomacy programme has political significance as well and china has been leading out its pandas since the 1970s as a way to build relationships and conduct diplomacy. when he was president which are listed first visited china and his wife, she loved these animals, but as with the country first offered to lend the us some pandas. it is a source of diplomacy that could be turned off as well. in recent years we have not seen pandas come to the us because there has been an air of great attention and disagreement. the pandas back in san diego to represent a

kind of resetting of that relationship of sorts. also the money paid to china for their land of these pandas goes towards a lot of research and conservation work as well. for the governor of california he seesit the governor of california he sees it as a cause for celebration that the pandas are coming back to california and he named today candidate. that's all for now. stay with bbc news. hello there. we did have a lot of cloud through thursday afternoon, and with that came drizzle, some heavier outbreaks of rain across northern portions of the uk — for example, here in stirling. with that rain, some low cloud and misty conditions. the air�*s actually been very humid. the humidity caused by southwesterly winds brought in by a warm sector. cold front out in the atlantic

is going to be spreading fresher air in from the west over the next few hours, and with that, drizzle will tend to ease away from scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales, eventually leaving the rather humid airto start the day on friday across east anglia, south—east england, where there could well still be a few patches of drizzle, a bit of mist around, too. but that lot should clear out of the way quite quickly, and then we're looking at those fresher conditions spreading across all of the uk. sunny spells widespread. 0k, there could be some patches of cloud at times across england and wales, won't be completely gin—clear sunny skies, and there will be some showers, particularly for western scotland, one or two possible for northern ireland and north wales. but there will be a lot of dry weather through the afternoon and plenty of pleasant, warm spells of august sunshine. now, for the weekend, we have weak weather fronts pestering england and wales, bringing a rather mixed weather picture here. cloud will vary through the day.

it will tend to come and go. there could be a few patches of rain, but equally some warm spells of sunshine. the sunniest weather, though, will be further northwards for scotland, northern ireland, northern england. could be a few showers, though, for western scotland once again. temperatures widely climbing into the low to mid—20s, so again it's going to feel warm in that august sunshine. but then, for some of us, it gets hot on sunday. the reason? well, we get this ridge in thejet stream. that encourages air to descend over parts of the uk, and that boosts temperatures. now, the hottest weather on sunday will always be across parts of england and wales. to the northwest, we're going to have to watch this area of potentially heavy, thundery rain. it could get into northern ireland and western scotland through the day, so it certainly won't be hot and sunny absolutely everywhere, but it will be pretty humid for most of us. and in the sunshine across england and wales, yes, you do have hot weather, high 20s to low 30s. sunday night and into monday, quite extensive, heavy and thundery outbreaks of rain across the uk. could cause some localised surface waterflooding issues, but towards the south—east and probably parts of east anglia, it's another hot day — temperatures peaking somewhere between 30—33 celsius before those temperatures drop away again as we head into tuesday. bye for now.

delta air lines set to lose $550 million because of last

month's crowdstrike outage. and singapore's new prime minister promises to stabilise the cost of living as the citystate marks its 59th birthday. welcome to business today. let's begin in the us where delta air lines says disruptions caused by the recent global software outage and subsequent flight cancellations cost $550 million. the us carrier says it is pursuing legal action against crowdstrike and microsoft. he is bbc�*s michelle flory in new york. delta air lines said it was reimbursing its customers for cancelled flights and providing compensation the form of cash and skymiles — it's loyalty rewards programme. today we found out the pricetag. the regulator said those costs amounted to $380 million for the current quarter. it's been