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meanwhile, a ukrainian official says russia has struck a supermarket, killing at least two people and injuring 17. israel says it will send a delegation to a new round of gaza ceasefire negotiations. donald trump and kamala harris agree a date for their first televised debate in the race for the white house. the son of bangladesh's former prime minister, sheikh hasina, says his mother will return to the country when fresh elections are called. iam i am live in paris. it is day 1a of the olympics games, and it is all about the fight x. katarina johnson—thompson leads the heptathlon with one event to go. i will have you all the latest. hello, i'm lauren taylor. a ukrainian official says russia has struck a supermarket, killing at least two people
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and injuring i7. these pictures — from the local telegram channels and we are yet to verify — show the supermarket on fire. the building is in kostiantynivka, not far from the city of donetsk, in ukraine's east. the strike on the supermarket follows a ukrainian drone attack about 300 kilometres inside russia. that was to the north—east of ukraine's ground offensive in the border region of kursk. russia says it's dealing with a fourth day of ukrainian cross—border incursions. pictures released by the russian defence ministry show a ukrainian drone attack about 300 kilometres inside russia. that was to the north—east of ukraine's ground offensive in the border region of kursk. local media said a fire had broken out at a military airfield with local officials reporting damage to energy infrastructure. the governor in neighbouring lipetsk region ordered the evacuation of four villages. let's talk to our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. so, developments on two fronts.
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bring us up to date. it is so, developments on two fronts. bring us up to date.— so, developments on two fronts. bring us up to date. it is quite the day already- _ bring us up to date. it is quite the day already. let's _ bring us up to date. it is quite the day already. let's start _ bring us up to date. it is quite the day already. let's start with - day already. let's start with kostiantynivka, where we are seeing some pretty troubling images of a supermarket on fire. what we are being told is that it has been directly hit by a russian missile, and you would expect the death toll of two to only increase. this is a city which is a long string of settlements in the eastern donetsk region, where russian forces are continuing to push. this is a kind of place where people get used to daily air strikes, and the residual threat of approaching invading troops. it is a very difficult existence for people they are already in. it reminds me when a diy store was targeted in the north—eastern city of kharkiv back in may, when there was a cross border incursion lunch there. we are talking about civilians going about
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their day—to—day, really, and so the images are certainly... it doesn't look good for a kostiantynivka, but sadly this is part and parcel of daily life in the east of ukraine. while we are talking to you, we're going to show you some pictures that have not actually been verified of what is the attack the supermarket, but in the meantime there is also theissue but in the meantime there is also the issue of the impact of the incursion into russia, with ukraine now seeing that it is going to have to move people out of the area. tell us more about that.— to move people out of the area. tell us more about that. these things are connected in — us more about that. these things are connected in some _ us more about that. these things are connected in some way. _ us more about that. these things are connected in some way. to _ us more about that. these things are connected in some way. to try - us more about that. these things are connected in some way. to try and i connected in some way. to try and draw troops away from the east and kostiantynivka, where we have just been talking about, ukrainian forces have mounted this cross—border attack in the northern sunni region, where for months it had been feared that a cross border attack was being prepared. this is a significant counterattack by the ukrainians ——
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sumy region. thousands are gathering there. it is not the advanced around ten kilometres, it is that they launched another strike overnight, targeting our base and fighterjets, the band hasn't really for the sumy region inside ukraine, because we are seen according to officials, an unprecedented amount of guide bombs dropped on villages and settlements there. we havejust had dropped on villages and settlements there. we have just had a very significant evacuation order for 20,000 people. it is worth stressing that this region has come under relentless air strikes since the reality of coming close to the border with russia, and it is the most activity we have seen on this border. we are talking about the most audacious ukraine encountered offensive we have seen since when it liberated territory in 2022. we look on with interest as to what impact they will have in the medium term, but for now, it has russia both
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scrambling troops to try and slow the advance, but also has russia lashing out at lunch and were air strikes, it would seem.— lashing out at lunch and were air strikes, it would seem. thank you for the live _ strikes, it would seem. thank you for the live update _ strikes, it would seem. thank you for the live update from _ strikes, it would seem. thank you for the live update from kyiv. - a british terror suspect has been deported back to the uk after being freed from prison in kenya and arrested at heathrow airport. jermaine grant was arrested yesterday in london after arriving on a flight from nairobi. he was jailed in kenya after being arrested in 2011 when bomb—making equipment was discovered in a raid on his flat in mombasa. police believe he was planning a bombing campaign on tourist hotels on kenya's coast. mr grant was convicted of terrorism offences in 2019, alongside another conviction forforgery. the metropolitan police confirmed he'd been detained in london under the terrorism act. mr grant had been linked in kenya to samantha lewthwaite, the widow of suicide bomber jermaine lindsay, one of four men responsible for the 2005 london attacks in which 52 people died.
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the prime minister in the uk has told an emergency has told an emergency cobra meeting that police will remain on high alert, after a week of violent disorder following the southport stabbings ten days ago. he said there was "no doubt" rapid sentencing and extra police officers on the street helped prevent further unrest. our political correspondent, harry farley has this report. two arrests and a heavy police presence in barnsley yesterday. but widespread riots expected on wednesday night never materialised. anti—racism protesters instead thronged to the streets, chanting their support for refugees. 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
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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.
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joe twyman from deltapoll, gave us his analysis on the public reaction to the unrest. well, there has been a small amount of polling on this from a variety of different organisations. and actually the overall story remains consistent across all of those, an overwhelming majority of more than 8 in 10, regardless of which poll you look at, do not believe that the unrest at the process is justified. indeed, similar numbers oppose that unrest taking place. and so this is something that the public are overwhelmingly opposed to. while there are a proportion of people around about, depending on how you ask the question, around about between a third and 4 in 10 who believe that the protests themselves have some justification, the actual violence that occurred is overwhelmingly opposed.
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what about the response, the political response, and also the policing response? how do people view that? well, keir starmer is... it's felt that more people believe he is handling the situation badly than think he's handling the situation well. but that tends to be along political lines. and so if you're a supporter of keir starmer, or indeed labour, you probably believe that he's handling it well and the opposite is true for others. but what's interesting to me is the distinction for reform uk supporters, because supporters of the unrest tend to be older and they're more likely to be male. but there's a substantially different response from reform uk supporters. around about 8 in 10 believe that the protests themselves are justified, and between around 1 in 5 and 1 in 3 of that group of reform uk supporters believe that the unrest at these events, or at least thinking about it, is justified.
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and i think that is the really interesting political dimension to this, because conservative, labour and lib dem supporters are, broadly speaking, of one mind on this. but it's reform uk who are the outliers. israel has agreed to send a delegation to a new round of negotiations on a ceasefire and hostage—release deal with hamas. the united states, egypt and qatar issued a joint call for talks to resume next week — in either cairo or doha. hamas has yet to respond. with fears of a wider regional escalation following the killing of the hamas leader, ismail haniyeh in iran, international diplomats have been stressing the urgent need for a ceasefire to end the gaza war. in a statement, president biden, egyptian president, abdel fattah el—sisi, and the emir of qatar say, "there is no further time to waste — or any excuse for further delay," adding, "it's time to release the hostages, begin the ceasefire and implement this agreement."
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within the last few minutes, we have heard from the israeli defence minister saying it is important, quote, to reach a gas a hostage release deal swiftly. some reaction there from the israeli defence minister on that story. i asked our middle east correspondent yolande knell how it would work. that is subject to speculation. ismail haniyeh, who was assassinated in tehran last week when he was visiting there was seen as somebody who was more moderate and pragmatic, who had been overseeing the hamas negotiations, but it has been pointed out by hamas officials that the senior hamas official who was really leading the negotiating team in these indirect talks with israel through mediators, he remains in place, he remains responsible for this, and previously, yahya sinwar, now the hardline leader of hamas overall, he had agreed to
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all of the former positions that hamas had signed up to, including of course that temporary truce that we saw leading to the release of dozens of israeli hostages late last year, and it had seemed that yahya sinwar was really calling the shots. he was presumed to be in an underground bunker in gaza, having been seen to have masterminded the october 7th deadly attacks on israel. there has been pressure internationally to get to a ceasefire. how much appetite is there in israel to go down that route? israel was quick to say that it would send negotiators back to the talks. certainly there is a lot of domestic pressure. the hostages�* families, one of the main groups, came out quickly to support this statement, sending a strong message from these three leaders in the region and presidentjoe biden as well, who had all been supporting
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the mediation effort. and it had been suggested that, back in latejuly, prior to this series of events that led to an escalation in this region, this dangerous juncture that it finds itself at at the moment, it had been said by the americans in particular that they were getting close to having a deal agreed, and its statements suggest a bridging proposal to overcome different outstanding issues between the two parties. that can be agreed. a senior us administration official was briefing journalists that there were compromises needed by both sides at the negotiating table. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.
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donald trump and kamala harris have agreed a date for their first televised presidential debate,
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with the broadcaster abc news confirming that they will host the showdown on the 10th of september. mr trump said he would be open to debating his democratic rival several 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 servicejob quotas. a caretaker government led by the nobel peace prize winner muhammad yunus was sworn in on thursday and will be tasked with holding elections. our south asia correspondent, samira hussain, spoke
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to the locals in dhaka. we've already heard from this caretaker administration and muhammad yunus, in which they have divided a lot of the government ministries to the panel of advisers that they have assembled as part of this interim government until they get a more stable government in place. so they've really divvied up all the different departments amongst these different advisers. and i want to take a mention of this advisory committee and who's a part of it. you have a lot of people from, you know, civil society. you have lawyers that are represented, you have people from the business community, and you also have student leaders that were part of the protest, also part of this sort of advisory committee. i think i want to actuallyjust sort of talk a little bit more about the students. in fact, you can probably see... oh, of course you can't, because the bus has just passed by, but i'm actually standing just near a monument, and it's a monument
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that actually commemorates the people when they were doing an uprising against a military government back in the 1990s. and this is just near the university campus, and i'mjoined by two students who participated in that protest. you know, similar to the statue that we see here, you participated in a life—changing moment for your country. i'm wondering, how do you feel about the trajectory of your country right now? i do not feel safe in bangladesh right now because the anarchists are committing crimes like murder, arson and armed robbery, abductions, etc. but we do have trust in the interim government that they're going to fix everything as soon as they start working. what is the priority for the interim government right now? the government has basically three | priorities, as i have spoken about. | first, they need the law and order situation in control. _ number two is they need to make lthe institutions more democraticl as they were not democratic in last 15 years. _ and number three is basically|
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they need to hold an election, free and fair election, - within six to eight months, as this interim government is not l directly democratically elected. i they were selected i by the stakeholders, multiple stakeholders. then they have i guess they have six to eight months and they need - to ensure these three primary tasks to make bangladesh - a democratic, secular, democratic, inclusive bangladesh. _ quickly, i want to ask you, what do you make of the fact that we're hearing that sheikh hasina will come back to bangladesh once elections are called? we believe that she played a very critical role in the recent student massacre. and if that is right, then she would be brought underjustice. what do you make of it? i second it. basically sheikh hasina is a genocider. - she is a genocide insider. she is a genocide inciter. and she has notjust committed this genocide, she has already— committed three genocides. there are thousands of abductions,
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l killings, lootings in her regime. l so when she came back, we welcome her. - she will basically under brought underjustice. i and this is what we i expect for, basically. that's certainly looking forward. but for the moment, people here, especially students, are pretty hopeful about what comes next for their country under the leadership of mohammad yunus. the family of a retired british doctor have issued an urgent appeal after he disappeared in the french pyrenees almost 48 hours ago. tom doherty, who is 67 and from st albans in hertfordshire, was travelling alone in southern france. the search, involving helicopters and dogs, resumed this morning. a fourth person has been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to attack taylor swift concerts in vienna. austrian officials say an 18—year—old iraqi citizen, who knew the main suspect, a 19—year—old austrian citizen, was detained on thursday night. swift's three performances in vienna have been cancelled —
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let's hear from some of the fans. we are a bit sad but we are glad — i took your line! but we are glad to be alive, so, yeah, positive. yeah, i mean we had the outfit, we came last night. we just found out about it last night. we could either be mad, but we decided to be glad. we decided to come here anyways with the outfit we planned because we put a lot of effort into it and we're just having fun with all the other fans. i feel disappointed, sad, l because this is a moment, a very special moment, - for all us swifties, and, well, it's so sad that it's . destroyed right now. we wait a year to this - moment, and it's so bad. our correspondent in vienna, bethany bell, updated me on the investigation. yes, in fact they are also questioning another person, a 15—year—old boy. and this arrest last night in vienna of the iraqi citizen marks four people they have singled out. the main suspect, who was arrested on wednesday, is a 19—year—old austrian citizen,
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he and another 17—year—old man, also arrested on wednesday, have been remanded in custody. and austria's interior minister this morning said investigations were proceeding intensively. and have you had any more indications about how the information came about? there was some suggestion that there had been international help in uncovering the plot. yes, both austria's chancellor, the interior minister and senior security officials have said they have worked closely with foreign intelligence agencies in uncovering this plan to attack one of the taylor swift concerts here in vienna. we haven't had exact details, confirmation as to which intelligence services they were, but we have had reports
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that are unconfirmed suggesting the americans may have given them a tip off. but as i say, everyone who has been speaking about this in austria has praised the co—operation that they have had with foreign intelligence services. and in the meantime i understand that vienna has been trying to console some of those taylor swift fans with free coffees and cheap trips to the swimming pool and so on. yes, vienna has really been trying to deal with the disappointment in the very many taylor swift fans who came here. and it was interesting, i've been out talking to a number of them, and while they are clearly extremely disappointed, i have seen people in tears, everybody i have spoken to has said that they understand that safety has to come first and that they are now trying to make the best of things and enjoy what's here in vienna for them.
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on day 1a of the olympics in paris, 35 gold medals are up for grabs in events ranging from athletics to wrestling. in one of the day's first events, hungary's kristof rasovszky won gold in the men's ten—kilometre marathon swimming. we're joined now by our reporter grace harbage in paris. grace. lauren, good morning. day 14 here at the — grace. lauren, good morning. day 14 here at the olympics, _ grace. lauren, good morning. day 14 here at the olympics, so _ grace. lauren, good morning. day 14 here at the olympics, so much - grace. lauren, good morning. day 14 here at the olympics, so much going| here at the olympics, so much going on. i want to take up that point about the men's swimming. organisers will breathe a sigh of relief that all the events that were meant to take place in the same have now taken place after so many water concerns. that is completion for the same, but that will be back in action in the paralympics. i want to last night, where there was a hollywood script in the game between the usa and serbia. the big names stepped up for the usa, steph curry,
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lebronjames. listen to this. the final will be usa versus france. it is going to be huge. last night, botswana's 200 metre runner won the final. he becomes the first ever botswanan to when the gold. today, katarina johnson—thompson, she is competing in the 800 metres tonight. she is being chased by the belgian athlete, but she is in very good shape going into that 800 metres. men's and women's 400 metres final tonight. team gb looking for a bit of redemption after having their silver medal stripped from tokyo. that is after a doping violation. they will be looking to impress. team usa, will they be without their star sprinter noel eyles? he tested
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positive for covid. there's a lot happening here in paris. i will bring you all the latest year today. and a reminder that you catch up for the sport on a website. there's a whole section on the olympics, which i'm sure you have discovered by now. also latest on all the stories we are covering. there is the details coming in on the story in ukraine, where a strike on a supermarket has killed two and wounded 17. staging for more. —— stay tuned for more. hello. for some of us it was quite a humid and cloudy start to the day, but we're seeing fresher air now moving in and that's going to bring with it for the rest of the day some spells of sunshine. there'll be a few blustery showers in the forecast, but most of them will be across scotland and northern ireland too. we've got low pressure centred to the north and higher pressure towards the south.
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this is the cold front that moved its way eastwards overnight, so that's bringing us the fresher feel to the weather. lots of sunshine out there, quite windy conditions, particularly in the north west. we could see gusts over 40 miles an hour and showers pile in for scotland, a few for northern ireland. could get a shower, perhaps northwest england and north wales, but most of us further south should stay dry. temperatures 24 or 25 down towards the south east, but we're typically looking at high teens or low 20s further north. overnight, there'll be further showers rattling in across scotland, especially the northern half of scotland. more low cloud and patchy light rain and drizzle heading in from the west across england and wales. it won't be quite as warm and humid as last night, with temperatures around 11 to 15 to kick off your weekend. so the weekend's weather — for saturday, we've got this frontal system. it's a pretty weak affair, but it is bringing some quite low cloud drizzly rain to parts of england and wales to start your day on saturday, mainly in the west, heading its way eastwards but tending to fizzle out, that rain. i think it will improve for wales, the midlands and northern england. there'll also be some sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. a few showers in the north,
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could stay a little bit drizzly all day across some southern counties. top temperatures between about 15 to 25 north to south, but things turn hotter and more humid on sunday. so the wind direction changes, the winds coming in from the south or southeast. we've got rain sitting out to the west. this is a frontal system. could spill the odd shower towards perhaps northern ireland, far south west of england as well, but most places dry with long spells of sunshine. and that's going to lift temperatures to 29 or 30 degrees in the warmest spots in the south, mid 20s further north. but sunday night is when we see this weather front moving in. could see some heavy, thundery downpours as that frontal system pushes across that warm, humid air. into monday, the northern half of the uk again prone to some heavy showers, perhaps some torrential downpours and thunderstorms. a real contrast in temperature, 16 in stornoway, 31 in london — could be the warmest day of the year so far on monday. things then turn fresher from tuesday onwards. some scattered showers at times in the north, but a fair amount of drier weather
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holding on further south.
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rallying after the storm, markets claw back losses after a volatile week. and how to get young workers to pick up their phones. we'll hear about gen z�*s communications barrier.
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welcome to business today. i'm lukwesa burak. before i take you to the business news we've just been hearing from the prime minister said a clear selma who has just been commenting on... following those far right riots. we understand police will be remaining on standby sta nd by let's standby let's just listen in to what is had to say. i standby let's 'ust listen in to what is had to say.— is had to say. i think it's really important _ is had to say. i think it's really important that _ is had to say. i think it's really important that we _ is had to say. i think it's really important that we remain - is had to say. i think it's really important that we remain on | is had to say. i think it's really i important that we remain on high alert... my message to the police and all of those who are charged with responding is to remain... i'm absolutely convinced that having
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