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government sources insist it's too early to tell whether a corner has been turned.

ministers and police chiefs were tight—lipped as they left a meeting of the emergency cobra committee last night. the prime minister is understood to have told them to remain on high alert. he said there is no doubt rapid and public sentencing, as well as police stationed across the country, acted as a deterrent to prevent violence on wednesday night. well, we're going to continue with this strong policing response, making sure that there are additional police officers ready to respond, and also making sure we continue with the prosecutions, with the taking the cases rapidly to court and getting sentences. and we've seen the prison sentences that are following. the home secretary thanked police for their role. the 6,000 extra specialist officers mobilised to tackle the violence remain on standby. more sentences will take place today, including for those guilty of posting material online to stir up racial hatred.

the focus, for now, is the police and the courts. but questions are already turning to the role of social media companies, and whether the laws due to regulate them are sufficient. labour's mayor of london, sadiq khan, says he thinks they're not fit for purpose. harry farley, bbc news in westminster. joining us now to look at public opinion around the protests, is joe twyman, co—founder and director, deltapoll. thank you forjoining us. your organisation has not done a pull on the spot there is one from yugo go bad you had a chance to see it. what does it tell us about how people view these riots? has does it tell us about how people view these riots?— does it tell us about how people view these riots? has been a small amount of polling _ view these riots? has been a small amount of polling on _ view these riots? has been a small amount of polling on this, - view these riots? has been a small amount of polling on this, from - view these riots? has been a small amount of polling on this, from a l amount of polling on this, from a variety of organisations, and the overall story remains consistent across all of those. an overwhelming majority of more than eight out of, regardless of which tool you look at, do not believe that the unrest at, do not believe that the unrest at the protest is justified. similar

numbers oppose that unrest taking place. this is something that the public are overwhelmingly opposed to. while there are a proportion of people, roundabout, depending on who you ask, between one third, and four in ten, who believe that the protests themselves have some justification, the actual violence that occurred is overwhelmingly opposed. that occurred is overwhelmingly o- osed. ~ . that occurred is overwhelmingly ouosed. ~ ., ., that occurred is overwhelmingly ouosed. ~ ., opposed. what about the political resonse opposed. what about the political resnonse and _ opposed. what about the political response and policing _ opposed. what about the political response and policing response, l opposed. what about the political. response and policing response, how do people view that? keir response and policing response, how do people view that?— do people view that? keir starmer, more peeple _ do people view that? keir starmer, more people believe _ do people view that? keir starmer, more people believe he _ do people view that? keir starmer, more people believe he is - do people view that? keir starmer, more people believe he is handling| more people believe he is handling the situation badly then think he is handling the situation well. but that tends to be along political lines. if you are a supporter of keir starmer or indeed labour you probably believe he is handling it well and the opposite is true for others. but what is interesting to me is the distinction for reform uk

supporters, because supporters of the unrest tend to be older, more likely to be male, but there is a substantially different response from reform uk supporters. roundabout eight in ten believe that the protests themselves are justified. between one and five, and one in three, of that group of reform uk supporters believe that the unrest at these events, or at least thinking about it, is justified, and that is the interesting political dimension to this, because conservative, labour and lib dems supporters are broadly speaking of one mind on this, but it is reform

joining me now is our correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse and our russia editor steve rosenberg. james, tell us more about this large—scale drone attack ukraine has carried out inside russia. llntiii

large-scale drone attack ukraine has carried out inside russia.— carried out inside russia. until now we have not — carried out inside russia. until now we have not heard _ carried out inside russia. until now we have not heard anything - carried out inside russia. until nowj we have not heard anything specific by the ukrainian authorities on this cross—border attack, but sources at this security service told the bbc that this drone strike, they say, to place on the lipetsk air base across the border. they elaborate, saying that hundreds of glide bombs were stored there, as well as russian fighterjets and bombers. that is corroborated by russian military bloggers across the border, as well as local russian officials. and, you would presume that future satellite a sense of the imagery, we might get a sense of the damage caused. there is online

popular tabloid. it quotes first of all from — popular tabloid. it quotes first of all from the relatively new russian defence _ all from the relatively new russian defence minister, who said that it is 0k_ defence minister, who said that it is ok making mistakes, but you must not lie _ is ok making mistakes, but you must not lie and _ is ok making mistakes, but you must not lie and says we have to recognise this was a strong move by the lewinsky regime which has caused unpleasant _ the lewinsky regime which has caused unpleasant consequences for russia. -- the _ unpleasant consequences for russia. —— the zelensky regime. this unpleasant consequences for russia. —— the zelens enemy, |e. this unpleasant consequences for russia. —— the zelens enemy, the “his unpleasant consequences for russia. —— the zelens enemy, the ukrainian says that the enemy, the ukrainian army. _ says that the enemy, the ukrainian army. is— says that the enemy, the ukrainian army, is acting skilfully and daringly. _ army, is acting skilfully and daringly, according to all of the rules— daringly, according to all of the rules of— daringly, according to all of the rules of the art of war. it has been using _ rules of the art of war. it has been using drones as air cover for its tactical— using drones as air cover for its tactical groups. then it brought in

reserves, — tactical groups. then it brought in reserves, and the tactical groups, which _ reserves, and the tactical groups, which have — reserves, and the tactical groups, which have attacked various parts which have attacked in various parts of kursk _ which have attacked in various parts of kursk region. that is quite interesting. that

this would be the first time that the discussions take place with hamas and the new leadership. how much difference will that make? that is sub'ect much difference will that make? that is subject to — much difference will that make? twat is subject to speculation. ismail

haniyeh he was assassinated in tehran last week when he was visiting there was seen as somebody who was more moderate and pragmatic, who was more moderate and pragmatic, who had been overseeing the hamas negotiations, but it has been pointed out by hamas officials that

donald trump and kamala harris have agreed a date for their first televised presidential debate, with the broadcaster abc news confirming that they will host the showdown on september 10th. it comes after mr trump said that he would be open to debating his democratic rival multiple times before november's election. ms harris confirmed that she would attend the abc debate, but has not yet weighed

in on any additional dates. national and battleground state polls suggest the democrats' campaign has gained ground after ms harris replaced president biden on the ticket, but the race for the white house remains a close contest. the son of the bangladesh former prime minister, sheikh hasina, has told indian media that his mother plans to return to the country when fresh elections are called. ms hasina quit and fled to neighbouring india on monday, following weeks of deadly protests against her government, sparked by anger about civil service job quotas. a caretaker government led by the nobel peace prize winner with holding elections. let's talk to our south asia correspondent, samira hussain, who's in dhaka. samira — a new day in bangladesh — is this seen as a new dawn for the country? new government and in fact we have already heard from this caretaker

government and in fact we have already he have )m this caretaker government and in fact we have already he have divided caretaker government and in fact we have already he have divided a retaker government and in fact we have already he have divided a lot aker government and in fact we have already he have divided a lot ak the which they have divided a lot of the government which they have divided a lot of the governrr that they have assembled, advisers that they have assembled, as

government that they are going to make _ government that they are going to make these things start working. what _ make these things start working. what is _ make these things start working. what is the priority for the interim government?— what is the priority for the interim government? attending to law and order was a — government? attending to law and order was a case _ government? attending to law and order was a case in _ government? attending to law and order was a case in point _ government? attending to law and order was a case in point with - government? attending to law and order was a case in point with the l order was a case in point with the police, _ order was a case in point with the police, and — order was a case in point with the police, and number— order was a case in point with the police, and numberthree, - order was a case in point with the i police, and numberthree, basically, they have _ police, and numberthree, basically, they have to— police, and numberthree, basically, they have to hold _ police, and numberthree, basically, they have to hold the _ police, and numberthree, basically, they have to hold the election, - they have to hold the election, within— they have to hold the election, within 6-8 _ they have to hold the election, within 6—8 months, _ they have to hold the election, within 6—8 months, basically. i they have to hold the election, - within 6—8 months, basically. they

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at the olympics now. a fourth banksy artwork revealed in london in as many days appears to have been stolen. some men were filmed dismantling the street artist's work painted on a satellite dish showing the silhouette of a wolf howling at the moon in peckham, in south london. banksy also claimed credit for three other black silhouette compositions, which appeared in london this week and are part of an animal—themed series. banksy unveiled his third piece on wednesday. it depicts three monkeys seemingly appearing to swing on a railway bridge in brick lane, in east london. no there is some dispute about whether the stealing of the latest one of the wolf was a real stealing

orage one of the wolf was a real stealing or age theme —— stayed stealing. —— staged stealing. stay with us here on 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 has 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 air to 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.

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 water flooding issues. but towards the south east and probably parts of east anglia,