daniel de simone, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.gladesh, after weeks of protests and violent clashes. it began in dhaka when the long reigning prime minister, sheik hasina, resigned and fled the country — these pictures show her helicopter leaving. more than 300 people have been killed since a student protest over civil service job quotas began last month, escalating into demands for the prime minister to stand down after 15 years in power. not long after sheik hasina left, thousands of anti—government protesters stormed her official residence, while crowds celebrated in the streets. widespread looting was also reported. in a televised address to the nation, the head of bangladesh's army promised "justice" for all the bangladeshi people and said an interim government would be formed. and in the last couple of hours, it was announced that the leading opposition figure and former prime minister khaleda zia would be released from prison. six years ago she was jailed on corruption charges that critics claimed were trumped up. the presid

daniel de simone, bbc news.k in southport after the fatal stabbings of three girls. seven—year—old elsie dot stancombe, nine—year—old alice dasilva aguiar and six—year—old bebe king were killed in the attack during a taylor swift—themed dance class. posts on social media wrongly blamed the attacks on a muslim migrant. eight other children and two adults were also injured — and tonight a vigil has been held in southport to remember the girls, with those attending releasing bubbles. fiona trott is there. in dark times, a place of light and colour where families in southport show their support. it means so much to the family of leanne lucas, who was running the class that day and tried to protect the children. i think it's amazing. wonderful to see. it puts a smile on my face every day. it gives you strength, does it? most definitely, yeah. yeah, most definitely. what would you say to people in southport? what would you say? thank you, thank you. i hold my hands up to everyone of yous, thank you. it's heart—warming

daniel de simone, bbc news. our political correspondent ben wright is in westminster.ng today and how the government can tackle and. irate the government can tackle and. we know the government can tackle and. - know the government wants to see violence and mayhem on the streets ended and this is a big early test for the prime minister. after chairing a meeting of the government? emergency response committee cobra this morning the prime minister said as he heard that there would be a standing army, police officers, specially trained, ready to help tackle these rioters. he said the criminaljustice system was ready to charge and sentenced people as quickly as possible, named and shamed, whether they were writing on the streets or inciting violence online. i think a trickier question for the government is how to get social media companies to bear down on this information and other material that has clearly killed some of this unrest and ministers have been meeting with big tech buses here in whitehall this afternoon. today the prime minister was emphatic about what we are

let's get more analysis now with our investigations correspondent daniel de simone.tives and misinformation. some of those involved, likejohn honey — seen here in a st george's cross t—shirt, attacking a car of romanian men in hull — have been linked to far—right groups. present at the southport riot was a convicted terrorist, matthew hankinson, who'd recently served a prison sentence for being in a banned neo—nazi terror group. but the vast majority of those involved — with hundreds already charged and convicted — have not been previously linked to far—right organisations. that tells us something about modern right—wing extremism — it's anarchic and no longer mainly about poltiical groups and parties, with people forming in looser networks, often online. in the years before the riots, there have been a series of attacks with similar targets, deemed to be terrorism byjudges and the authorities. the murder of muslim grandfather makram ali in a 2017 van attack in london, and this attack on a migrant processing centre in dover two years ago. the lone attackers were not

daniel de simone has been looking at the significant rule social media is having in the ongoing disordere tiktok and x. the telegram messaging app, which has long hosted extreme material, is being used to share lists of targets, including hotels believed to be used by migrants and immigration solicitors. many users hide behind online personas rather than using their real identities. and more closed, encrypted apps like whatsapp are also being used, which are even harder to police or monitor. false information — or the identify of a target location — can start on one platform and quickly spread to others. who is behind it? tommy robinson — real name stephen yaxley—lennon — is arguably the most promiment far—right voice, with over 900,000 followers on x. since last week, he's has written a stream of false and inflammatory posts — including this one, while a hotel was being attacked and set alight in rotherham. elon musk, who handed tommy robinson back his x account after buying the firm, hasjoined in, saying civil war in the uk is inevitable and directly challenging pm keir starmer, sugges

joining me now is daniel de simone, our investigations correspondent.t in this disorder? the truth is, because there are so many people involved, we have already at least 440 people charged with relation to disorder in england and wales that there is a real range of people. and when you talk about far right riots, and it has been characterised as that from the prime minister downwards, you tend to think of far right groups and organisations. but the truth is that, although you can show there are some people who have been involved with groups at these riots, most of the people who work there, you cannot show them involved with groups previously. 50 it you cannot show them involved with grouns previously-— groups previously. so it wouldn't be riaht groups previously. so it wouldn't be ri . ht to groups previously. so it wouldn't be right to say — groups previously. so it wouldn't be right to say that _ groups previously. so it wouldn't be right to say that this _ groups previously. so it wouldn't be right to say that this is _ groups previously. so it wou

daniel de simone has been looking at the role that social media has played in the recent riots.spreading online? it's spreading on open social media platforms like tiktok and x. the telegram messaging app, which has long hosted extreme material, is being used to share lists of targets, including hotels believed to be used by migrants, as well as immigration solicitors. many users hide behind online personas rather than using their real identities. and more closed, encrypted apps like whatsapp are also being used, which are even harder to police or monitor. false information — or the identify of a target location — can start on one platform and quickly spread to others. who is behind it? tommy robinson, real name stephen yaxley—lennon, is arguably the most promiment far right voice, with over 900k followers on x. since last week, he's written a stream of false and inflammatory posts, including this one, while a hotel was being attacked and set alight in rotherham. elon musk, who handed tommy robinson back his x account after buying the firm, hasjoined in, saying civil war in the

daniel de simone reports. various first appearances today, we had a boy of ia up to an oap of 69.s he thinks some of the offences should be looked at as terrorism, it crossed the threshold into that, and that his successors should be investigating it as that. a lot of this is instigated online, and the most influential instigator is tommy robinson, real name stephen yaxley lennon. a really sinister and ludicrous figure, frankly, who is currently away on cyprus hiding, tweeting inflammatory material online, sitting on a sun lounger in cyprus tweeting away. and the former head of counterterrorism said he feels social media companies need to get a grip of this because it has become a lawler space where people like tommy robinson have free rein. —— a lawless space. all this violence began after the mass stabbings in southport in merseyside a week ago today. tonight a vigil has been held for the three children who were stabbed to death — 9—year—old alice dasilva aguiar, 7—year—old elsie dot stancombe and 6—year—old bebe king. eight other children and two adults were also injured. a 17—

let's get more analysis now from our investigations correspondent, daniel de simone.d misinformation. some of those involved, likejohn honey — seen here in a st george's cross t—shirt, attacking a car of romanian men in hull — have been linked to far—right groups. present at the southport riot was a convicted terrorist, matthew hankinson, who'd recently served a prison sentence for being in a banned neo—nazi terror group. but the vast majority of those involved — with hundreds already charged and convicted — have not been previously linked to far—right organisations. that tells us something about modern right—wing extremism — it's anarchic and no longer mainly about poltiical groups and parties, with people forming in looser networks, often online. in the years before the riots, there have been a series of attacks with similar targets, deemed to be terrorism byjudges and the authorities. the murder of muslim grandfather makram ali in a 2017 van attack in london, and this attack on a migrant processing centre in dover two years ago. the lone attackers were not in forma

daniel de simone has been looking at the significant role social media is playing in the ongoing disorderding on open social media platforms like tiktok and x. the telegram messaging app, which has long hosted extreme material, is being used to share lists of targets, including hotels believed to be used by migrants and immigration solicitors. many users hide behind online personas rather than using their real identities. and more closed, encrypted apps like whatsapp are also being used, which are even harder to police or monitor. false information — or the identify of a target location — can start on one platform and quickly spread to others. who is behind it? tommy robinson, real name stephen yaxley—lennon, is arguably the most promiment far right voice, with over 900k followers on x. since last week, he�*s has written a stream of false and inflammatory posts, including this one, while a hotel was being attacked and set alight in rotherham. elon musk, who handed tommy robinson back his x account after buying the firm, hasjoined in, saying civil war in the uk is inevitable and directly c