harry farley _ more criminals. thank you, sima kotecha. harry farley is - more criminals.in downing street. it's very sad that the government and authorities are back in control of our streets? —— is that a sense that the government and authorities are back in control of our streets? it authorities are back in control of our streets?— our streets? it has been the first real test for— our streets? it has been the first real test for the _ our streets? it has been the first real test for the new _ our streets? it has been the first| real test for the new government and from those i have spoken to there is a belief that there has not been the scale of violence that some feared, but as some put it this evening we will not get ahead of ourselves and say job will not get ahead of ourselves and sayjob done. another cobra meeting was held today and when i asked officials what more the government could do and what lovers they have a violence erupts again, they have more measures planned up their sleeve. —— and what levers they have. but they say most importantly people know they wi

harry farley at westminster, _ next week. harry farley at westminster, thank - next week. next week. harry farley at i westminster, thank you. you next week. harry farley at - westminster, thank you. you can next week. harry farley at _ westminster, thank you. you can get the very latest on the violent disorder online. our team of correspondence around the uk, harry at westminster, all inputting into our live page as well as a live stream of the latest pictures. you can of course find on the bbc news website or app. ijust want i just want to take you live to cardiff to the welsh parliament because a little bit of history has just been made there because the new welsh labour leader has been elected first minister of wales. she is the first female first minister 25 years after the post was created. she succeeds von gethin who was forced to quit afterjust succeeds von gethin who was forced to quit after just four succeeds von gethin who was forced to quit afterjust four months in thejob. let�*s listen in. we will leave the new welsh first minister there addressing the senedd.

harry, for the moment thank you very much harry farley _ working. uch harry farley and - working. harry, for the moment thank you very much harry farley and west. you very much harry farley and west minister. shops and businesses are being boarded up and closing early in a number of towns and cities including parts of birmingham which has already seen some violent demonstrations this week after false reports that far—right protesters were planning to march. our correspondent phil mackie has been gauging the mood there amid fears there could be more violence tonight. the last appointment was hours earlier than usual. what are you doing tonight? getting out of dodge? like everyone else here, they are worried about more potential disorder. i think it's quite scary. i think the one thing that birmingham has always done well, it's been one city for everybody. and i think that's one of the great things about birmingham. and i hope that doesn't change, really. it's a bit of tit—for—tat. it's meant to be a peaceful protest, but one bad thing gets said and it

harry farley brinuain further news on that. harry farley bringing us _ further news on that.urther 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 ha

harry farley. thank _ over as prime minister. harry farley, thank you _ over as prime minister.very much. | there are growing fears of region—wide conflict in the middle east. iran is holding a funeral procession for the hamas political chief ismail haniyeh, who was assassinated on wednesday. 62—year—old haniyeh was the political leader of hamas, the group that runs gaza. he was killed in an air strike in tehran while visiting the iranian capital. hamas blame israel for the killing but israel hasn't responded. iran has vowed to avenge his death. meanwhile, the un security council held an emergency session in new york. the secretary general warned of a "dangerous escalation". and israel's prime minister says his country has "challenging days" ahead. let's speak to our middle east correspondent hugo bachega, who's in beirut. we have seen those pictures from the funeral of ismail haniyeh. what are the fears of that potential response from iran? 50 the fears of that potential response from iran? ., , ., from iran? so we have seen two assassinations _ from iran? so we have seen two a

harry farley. you _ will be the turning point. harry farley. you very _ will be the turning point. today. now, right now, it's temporarily closed. the windows, the doors are all boarded up windows, the doors are all boarded up here because they believe they are under threat from a far right protest. that didn't materialise at all. still, many people said it was important to come out and show community. this is what toby told us earlier making here to show our support and i'm making here to show our support and i'm very— making here to show our support and i'm very sure — making here to show our support and i'm very sure you reared to protect our city. — it was a real diverse group of people and they wanted to show symbols of togetherness. that was seenin symbols of togetherness. that was seen in many other places and towns and cities across the uk. the result of an confusion and misinformation here, all of this sparked by a list of places like this. that is why people have turned up. people thought there was a mosque under attack, but that was all misinformation and wasn't true. th

harry farley, thank you.very latest on the violent disorder online, with our team of correspondents across the uk and a stream of the latest pictures online. you can find that on the bbc news website or app. talks are under way in bangladesh between protest leaders and the military, which has taken charge after sheikh hasina's dramatic resignation as prime minister. she was ousted following violent unrest over a period of several weeks that left hundreds dead. monday's events began in dhaka when the long reigning prime minister resigned and fled the country to india. these pictures show sheik hasina's helicopter leaving. at least 109 people were killed in unrest on monday alone. what began as student protests over civil service job quotas last month, then escalated into demands for the prime minister to stand down after 15 years in power. not long after sheikh hasina left, thousands of anti—government protesters stormed her official residence, while crowds celebrated on the streets. widespread looting was als

harry farley, bbc news in westminster.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. 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.

that was harry farley there.as called for a meeting with the bbc�*s director general after the former news presenter huw edwards admitted to making indecent images of children. he continued to be paid until his resignation in april, even after the bbc learnt of his arrest for serious offences. tom symonds reports. a household name, trusted to tell the nation that the queen had died. huw edwards delivered the news until he became the story. charged with having 41 indecent images of children sent by another offender on a whatsapp group, yesterday, he pleaded guilty. and now the new culture secretary, lisa nandy, wants to know more about how the bbc handled this, its reputation again at risk. here's the timeline. in may 2023, the corporation was told that huw edwards had been in contact with a 17—year—old boy. after the sun newspaper published further details injuly, edwards was suspended by the bbc. under its policy, he continued to be paid. in november, a critical development, the bbc was told he'd been arrested f

harry farley, bbc news in westminster.oining 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

harry farley reported.ed with the street drug spice, according to an investigation by the university of bath. the synthetic form of cannabis carries dangerous side effects, and now one teenager has spoken to the bbc about how he became addicted to spice at the age of 1a, after using spiked vapes. he�*s been sharing his story with our reporter annabel rackham. i was asking for it so much. it�*s like, ijust feel like a drug addict. i�*m literally doing itjust so i can feel normal. there still wasn�*t that voice in my head kicking in, like, you shouldn�*t be doing this. i still, like... you couldn't stop. yeah, i couldn�*t stop. this 16—year—old who, along with his mother wishes to remain anonymous, is describing what it�*s like to be addicted to spice, a lab—made drug which is supposed to mimic the effects of cannabis. ifound myself doing it literally every second of the day. were you doing it in class? yeah, i was bringing it to school. like, it was... actually in class, during lessons? yeah, i�*d literally

harry farley, bbc news in westminster.e widely at the recent disorder across england and northern ireland. much of the unrest we've seen since the fatal stabbings of three children in southport 11 days ago, was fuelled in part by misinformation, spread on social media about the alleged killer. our disinformation correspondent marianna spring has tracked down some of the people behind one of the first posts publishing false information, and asked them why they did it. all this week, we've been telling you a lot about how misinformation, false claims on social media, have been accused of fuelling riots in the uk. i've been investigating where it's coming from and why it's being shared. one of the first pages to share false information about the southport tragedy was this unregulated news site called channel3 now. they wrote a story about the stabbings in southport and quickly posted it on social media. some of the details were correct, but the name of the 17—year—old charged was false and the article wrongly suggested that t

. >> harry farley bringing us up to date. thank you. we can bring bring in mr.esidentf the foundation. thank you so much for being with us. i want to get your response from what we've seen this past week and also over the past 24 hours as well. >> yes, thank you. you never thought in my lifetime that i would see the likes of what's been shown on tv the last few days. with the riots that's been happening up and down the c country. and 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 did make you start to wonder how safe am i 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? and some of the things that i've seen on social media of black and brown people just have been approached and then attacked and punched and kicked and people ha just carried on filming and nobody's come to their aid and just like what is going on? i was just like, i can't believe that right-wing parties or people, members of r

let's speak to our political correspondent, harry farley. ly keir starmer, now of the view and has optimism that the momentum is going out of these riots. . momentum is going out of these riots. , ., ,�* riots. yes, from us officials i've been speaking _ riots. yes, from us officials i've been speaking to, _ riots. yes, from us officials i've been speaking to, there - riots. yes, from us officials i've been speaking to, there is - riots. yes, from us officials i've been speaking to, there is the l riots. yes, from us officials i've - been speaking to, there is the sense of relief that did not have the level of violence. there is that sense of relief, but as one official put, they wouldn't say job sense of relief, but as one official put, they wouldn't sayjob done. that emergency cobra meeting chaired, and told them to remain on high alert. he thanks them for the work and he said there is no doubt that the twin approach of making sure that the police have enough resources in the right places. secondly, criminal sentences are handed down quickl

harry farley, bbc news in westminster.ian grammaticas joins us now from westminster. morning, damian. another development on this story is a suspended labour councillor. his name is rickyjones. we understand he has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging murder after comments he made at a london counterprotest. there has been swift reaction. what more can you tell us?— more can you tell us? yes, good morning- — more can you tell us? yes, good morning. what _ more can you tell us? yes, good morning. what are _ more can you tell us? yes, good morning. what are the _ more can you tell us? yes, good morning. what are the police - more can you tell us? yes, good. morning. what are the police said yesterday, the metropolitan police, in a statement, they said officers had arrested a man in his 50s at an address in south—east london. the bbc understands that that is ricky jones, dartford councillorfor jones, dartford councillor for labour. jones, dartford councillorfor labour. he had been earlier suspended by labour. and in thei

our political correspondent harry farley has been giving us the latest from uk government reaction fromsa ne cesane concerned about criminal activity online such as inciting violence but also separately about the spread of misinformation online. and urging social media companies to do more. and in that context, we heard briefly as you mentioned there, there is a war of words that has emerged between the prime minister and the ceo of x, elon musk, one of the richest men in the world. elon musk highlighted a post by the far right activist stephen yaxley lennon also known as tommy robinson to his $193 million, then in response to another post about the rights, he posted "civil war is inevitable in the uk". the prime minister's spokesman yesterday criticising that comment, saying that there was no justification for comments like that. then elon musk followed it up directly criticising the prime minister. he said last night that he would not tolerate attacks on muslim communities and in response elon musk said shouldn't you be concerned about a tax on all communities? so, there is that conte

to prevent further unrest — that had been expected on wednesday. 0ur political correspondent, harry farley yesterday. but widespread riots expected on wednesday night never materialised. antiracism protesters instead thronged the streets chanting their support for refugees. government sources insist it is too early to tell whether a corner has been turned. ministers and police chiefs were tightlipped 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 is pleased station across the country acted as a deterrent to prevent violence on wednesday night. we will continue with this strong policing response and making sure that there are additional police officers ready to respond and also making sure we continue with the prosecutions, with the taking cases rapidly to court and getting sentences. we have seen prison sentences following. the home secretary think the police for their role. the 6000 extra specialist officers were obliged to tackle v

let's get more on the speak to our political correspondent harry farley.ting that is continuing, ongoing at the moment. what does this tell us about what the government is anticipating ahead of the weekend? i the government is anticipating ahead of the weekend?— of the weekend? i think the government _ of the weekend? i think the government is _ of the weekend? i think the government is anticipated, | of the weekend? i think the - government is anticipated, what the government is anticipated, what the government says it's important we don't let out. that was the words of keir starmer, the prime minister earlier on a visit to the mosque in the west midlands. and senior people in government, they are relieved that there wasn't the scale or level of violence that some had feared last night. but as keir starmer said today, they are very much not saying job done. an emergency meeting of cobra is happening right now in downing street, it's with law enforcement officials. i think that tells us of the focus of the government that has had so far in policing, making

harry farley, thank you very much.ht across the country with numerous protests breaking out in a number of cities, particularly across northern cities. merseyside police have said that more than 50 police officers were actually injured and five people were arrested on tuesday night. john maguire has been to southport to hear how the local community is dealing with the aftermath. once again, this community is responding. they came together once more, just as determined to help a neighbour. i willjust clear the leaves of. i think everybody is coming together and try to help everybody else. it is just not right, it is just not what southport is about. i don't think half the people who were here fighting last night were from southport. fighting last night were from southport-— fighting last night were from southort. ., , ., southport. volunteers from the buildin: southport. volunteers from the building trade _ southport. volunteers from the building trade were _ southport. volunteers from the building trade were going - so

harry farley, thank ou.ion after dominating the race and becoming only the tenth british woman to win an athletics gold at the games. the 22—year—old claimed silver on her 0lympic debut in tokyo three years ago, but this time she's gone one step further and taken the crown. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks was watching. it's the life—changing moment she knew was her destiny. finally, after years of silvers, the ultimate upgrade. in the balmy evening heat, fans came decked out for glory. forfriends from home, the anticipation was building. we are really nervous for her, butjust because it's also exciting. so it's that kind of like, butterflies, like, what's...what's going to happen? but we kind of know what's going to happen! but there's no such thing as a sure bet in sport. keely hodgkinson already decides to move to the front. she wants to control this. we knew keely had the speed, and her mental strength was never in question. but in the brutal 800, strategy is key. world champion mary moraa was plot

let's talk to our political correspondent harry farley.t claimin: it. , ., _, . claiming it. there is a concern in government _ claiming it. there is a concern in government and _ claiming it. there is a concern in government and across - claiming it. there is a concern in government and across age - claiming it. there is a concern in i government and across age related charities that around 800,000 people are thought to be eligible for this benefit, pension credit, but are not claiming it either because of confusion as to whether they are in fact eligible, or because they don't know how to claim it. so the government is launching this drive to encourage people to check if they are eligible, they say that if you are eligible, they say that if you are —— if your weekly income is less than £218 for a single person or £332 for a couple and you are a pensioner, it is worth checking to see if you are eligible and this all relates too as you are saying the decision to means test the winter fuel payment, so there is a payment for pensioners who a

our political correspondent harry farley is in downing street for others. harry.ncidents of public disorder. as you say, here in westminster but also aldershot, hartlepool, just yards away from where i'm stood now, protesters last night hurled flares at the gates of downing street, bottles and beer cans thrown at police, ugly scenes in many places and the purpose of summoning police leaders to downing street today, is, i'm told, to offer them the government's full support. it's an indication of the level of concern in the building behind me both about the violence we've already seen and about the possibility of more to come. keir starmer will tell the police that they have his full support, but also that those in the words of downing street who sow hatred and carry out violent acts should face the full force of the law and i'm told the prime minister will encourage the police to use their full powers to stop what the government is calling mindless violence. it's worth remembering that it's less than a month since keir starmer became prime minister and already he i

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that was harry farley there. costs. it comes as the department of health announces plans to recruit more newly qualified gps this year. here's health correspondent catherine burns. the bma says that 98.3% of those who voted have backed some kind of collective action. we have seen strikes a lot in england recently, this is not such a blunt tool. essentially, gp practices will be encouraged to pick from ten possible actions that they can take, and they can do as many or as few as these as they think appropriate. the headline—grabbing one will be to limit the amount of daily patients they see. the bma says 25 would be a safe amount. in reality, gps often see 30 or even 40, so after 25, the idea is that they would send them off to urgent care. another measure is looking at how they refer a patient on to specialists. essentially, normally there are certain guidelines they have to follow, and that will ensure the most urgent cases are seen first, but now they are saying that they could just refer people in the way they

harry, thank you, harry farley for us at westminster.ocial—media influencer, and his brother in custody as they investigate new allegations against them including sex with a minor and human trafficking. the pair have previously denied all charges and allegations against them. 0ur foreign correspondent sarah rainsford is outside the court now. what more do we know about the new allegations? well, ben, we understand that the hearing was due to start is just take few minutes ago, that the tate brothers and others accused or mentioned in his new case are in court to hear whether or not their custody will be extended. now, the serious crime agency here in romania issued a statement detailing some of the very serious allegations, they involve trafficking of underage person, they also include one accusation of repeated sexual intercourse with a 15—year—old girl. now, the statement that was issued does not name specific names, but it does not name specific names, but it does refer to two foreign citizens, in reference to those very serious alleg

. >> harry farley from bbc news. you talk about losing the confidence. >> okay. well there you go.pe putting his question on priti patel's record on immigration. how is she going to win back reform voters? also on whether she'd remove tony blair from the wall there and also a question to on. well tobacco plans. and she said police should be on the streets not policing beer gardens. so there you go. we're going to catch up with christopher hope very shortly after the break. and also we're going to reflect on the astounding number of non—uk nationals who are neither in employment nor looking for in this country. how does that right. so shortly we are going to be crossing to christopher hope, who was in the room, who put that question to priti patel at her leadership campaign launch. priti patel swerved some of those answers on her record on immigration when she was in the home office. she did make a joke about her putting margaret thatcher straight back up on the wall. i also want to tell you that we're going to be discussing a story about jess phillips, labour's jess phillips. appar