commanding. so if you really had planned all this, you probably wouldn't have put someone like kier starmer in charge of it, and you probably wouldn't have put as the chief of police, a man who in front of all the television cameras, knocks the microphone out of a sky news reporter's hand in whitehall, how's that for dealing with violence? the chief of the preeminent police force in britain. hands tonight accused of willfully striking from the hand of a mainstream broadcaster his tool of his trade, you probably wouldn't have chosen evet cooper, evet cooper, i mean i've seen retreads, but there's retreads and retreads, we had the situation today in the so-called mainstream media, evet cooper, the home secretary of britain, that means the interior secretary of britain, was interviewed closely on good morning britain, on independent television, the second biggest network in britain, i say closely, i mean intimately, she was intimately interviewed by her own husband, that's the farse that the british media and government uh... have uh become, so if it is a plan, if i were them, uh, tony, i'd go

do indeed work uh before calling a cobra emergency planning meeting, you wouldn't have put up kier starmer to make the speech he made last night, because it sounded more like david brent of the office, some middle manager of some small building society somewhere, than a commanding national leader, he simply cannot find the words, the narrative, even the internation, he's got an unfortunate nasal problem, which makes... sound like he's mwining rather than commanding, so if you really had planned all this, you probably wouldn't have put someone like kier starmer in charge of it, and you probably wouldn't have put as the chief of police, a man who in front of all the television cameras, knocks the microphone out of a sky news reporter hand in whitehall, how's that for dealing with violence the? chief of the preeminent police force in britain stands tonight uh accused of willfully striking from the hand of a mainstream broadcaster his tool of his trade, you probably wouldn't have chosen evet cooper, evet cooper, i mean i've seen retreads, but there's retreads and retreads. we had the situation

on tuesday, we expect from kier starmer are pretty negative message on the state of things.— ursula vonfirst—everfemale president, is meeting resistance from eu governments in her request to create a gender—balanced executive team, known as the college of commissioners. despite asking each country to nominate both a man and a woman to the 26—person team, 16 men and just five women have been put forward for the role so far. to discuss the implications of this struggle, i'mjoined by jacob kirkegaard, senior fellow at the german marshall fund's brussels office. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. just explain that what this 26—person body is. this news. just explain that what this 26-person body is.— 26-person body is. this is the commission. _ 26-person body is. this is the commission. these _ 26-person body is. this is the commission. these are, - 26-person body is. this is the - commission. these are, according to the eu treaty, each member state has one commissioner and they are led by the president ursula von der leyen, but then their portfolio, and this is the key political issue, t

a protest outside of the prime minister kier starmer's office has demanded that his government impose an arms embargo on israel over its war crimes in gaza. say pura has more: emergency protest for an urgent situation. palestine solidarity demonstrators outside the british prime minister's office renewing their demands. the main demand of today's demonstration is to stop arming israel. i think they should stop all arms sales, arms transfers to israel. it's it's just because of basic humanity. there are people being killed in their thousands and over the 10 months of slaughter. it's just not on, the call to action came after israel bombed a school in gaza city on august 12, killing more than 100 people sheltering in it. according to the uk strategic export licensing criteria, no weapons should be exported if there is a clear risk of them being used for serious violation of international humanitarian law. it's ridiculous that a genocide is taking place and this after 10 months there is still no concrete. arms embargo, we know if this was any other nation, there'll be an arms embargo rig

, with far right demonstrators fueling racist violence, prompting newly elected prime minister kier starmer to label them a violent mob. well, the government is struggling to regain control of the situation. the protest begin late last some month after false rumors that spread online, which claim that 17-year-old axel ruda kubana, a british-born teenager, was involved in a knife attack that..." now stop the boats is something the previous government led by the former prime minister r and other officials like b have been faulted for, especially the migration policy, which fashion terms like stop the boats. when it comes to far right groups agitators like this man tommy robinson that you see there are stoling the tensions. he's the co-founder of the english defense league, the edl known to be anti-islam, islamophobic, nationalist or ultra nationalist. and obsessed with jews. he has posted inflammatory video rants to his 800 thousand followers on x, decrying muslims, migrants, the political establishment, and the police. the for right groups and anti-muslim british citizens posted social media

more than 400 people have been arrested over the weekend, british prime minister kier starmers described on as pure violence. press tv side reports from london. a tense few hours in this part of london, ahead of a potential anti-immigrant, anti-muslim far right attack. their target, legal center in this public building that supports refugees. there is fear in the air. shops and offices have closed early. there's heavy police presence. before long, anti-racist protesters assemble to protect the building, their numbers swelling quickly. i've heard of multiple points being targeted tonight by the far rights and i think refugees. i feel safe, but there's a lot of people who don't feel safe, they might not come for me the first time, but it might come the second time on the ethnic cleans or whatever craziness going on. the far right threaten online, they'd be here by 8 p.m. the dark has st. started setting in, police are still lined up outside the library to protect it a counter protest still behinds say shut down earlier in the day and anticipation of far right rioters showing up in the area

being used by soldiers. yourance president, in a telephone call with the british prime minister kier starmer has said that tehran is not in favor of war, but considers a pun response to the aggressor, the legal rights of countries. made the remarks in an apparent reference to the israely assassination of the hamas chief ismalania and tehran. he criticized western countries for their support to the... with the regime, calling it irresponsible and contrary to international norms. the iranian president also condemned the international community silence in israeli crimes. starber, for his part, expressed deep concern over the tense situation in the region over the waza war and the assassination of haneiya. his commons game as israel keeps spiring into deeper anxiety as hewan has vowed to avenge hannah's assassination in tehran, which was violation of the country's sovereignty. iran's for ministry spokesman has reacted to a joint statement by three european countries asking tehran to refrain from any retaliatory attacks against israel. kanani called france, germany and britain hypocritical. he sa

decade with far right demonstrators feuling racist violence prompting newly elected prime minister kier starmer to label them a violent mob, well the government is struggling to regain control of the situation. the protest begin late last some month after false rumors that spread online, which claimed that 17-year-old axel ruda kubana, a british-born teenager, was involved in a... attack that killed three girls and injured several. well the disorder has mostly targeted muslims, black people, and also migrants. hotels housing asylum seekers have had their windows smashed and mosks have been pelted with rocks. police officials have said many of the actions are being organized online by shadowy far right groups who are mobilizing support with phrases like enough is enough, save our kids, and stop the... now stop the boats is something the previous government led by the former prime minister r and other officials like b have been faulted for, especially the migration policy, which fashion terms like stop the boats. when it comes to far right groups agitators like this man tommy robinson that you se

iran's president in a telephone call with the british prime minister kier starmer has said that tehran is not in favor of war but considers a punitive. response to the aggressor to be the legal right of countries. fissian made the remarks and it appeared reference to the israeli assassination of the hamas chief ismail hanh in tehran. he criticized western countries for their support to the israeli regime, calling it irresponsible and contrary to international norms. the iranian president also condemned the international community silence on israeli crimes. starmer for his part expressed deep concern over the tense. situation in the region over the gaza war and the assassination of hania, his comments came as israel continues to spiral into deeper anxiety as iran has vowed to avenge hania's assassination in tehran, which was violation of the country's sovereignty. iran's acting foreign minister ali, candy has once again stress that israel's recent assassination of the hamas chief in tehran is violation of. ceremony honoring the late hamas chief baqadi khandi described israel as the root

government has described as thugs up and down the country uh yesterday we saw the uk prime minister kier starmer going to that so-called cobra meeting which is emergency meeting of himself the members of his cabinet. security chiefs, intelligence chiefs trying to uh and get a handle um on the situation um after the meeting the prime minister announced uh things like uh a special standing army of police officers which you mentioned at the top of the the program ready to deploy the different communities to tackle the riots uh he also warn those who break the law that they would be prosecuted uh and that the online agitators um would also feel the force of the law, we're yet to see that happen, of course, more prosecutors we understand, have been enlisted, have been brought in to deal with more than 400 at last count of people who have been arrested across the country, what the authorities are also saying that they're sifting through cctv footage, intelligence footage uh and their warning that people could be arrested. between now and and in the next weeks or months, um, i think all attempts being

you see up to a thousand people having gathered outside the residence of the uk prime minister kier starmer to tell him that they want the uk to stop feeling weaponry to the israeli regime, weapons that israel has been using um against the palestinian people. um, over the past hour or so, people have come here taking time off their day, this of course a weekday, people having come here after working hours, um, still a sizable uh number of people here outside the uk uh residents, uh, prime ministers. residencets uh the message, as i mentioned, is basically for the uk to stop selling arms to the israely regime, in addition to call for immediate ceasefire uh in the genocide that we've seen live streamed over the past 11 months. you could hear the uh chance that we've been hearing for months now, such as free free palestine from the river to the sea, palestine will be free. and the like by the speakers and members of the crowd that you can see behind me and of course extending from where the podium is back there all the way um few meters from where we are standing um the uk of course after the

. >> kier starmer has only been on the job for a few weeks but already managing expectations about hown achieve in five years. previous prime ministers have been accused of overpromising and under delivering. he seems to be trying to do the opposite. invited to downing street today were campaigners and business owners that the prime minister met during the election. what did they make of his message? >> i think he will do the right things for the right reasons. some of them will be unpopular. >> we've been in shambles for years. i voted for that shambles and i am horrified. >> we are concerned about any tax rises. we have to wait and see. >> conservatives deny the left the economy in a mess and say labour want an excuse to put up taxes pai. >> they found billions and billions of pounds for payments for going on strike and paying those pay demands, and labour has no plan for tackling welfare. >> and the liberal democrats want more detail from the government about health plans. >> the liberal democrats thought on a bold and ambitious program to reform nhs, properly funded. the mp will be

thousand people is expected to um appear here just outside the residence of the. prime minister kier starmer, the main demand, apart from the constant, the usual refrain of calling for seaspire is an urgent call for an arms embargo a ban on arms exports to the israeli regime. just before we came on air, a graphic account really by one of the speakers on the stage, not too far from here, on the impact of those weapons on the palestinian. women and children in the gaza strip. um, the uk, of course, one of the top suppliers after the us, germany and italy of weaponry to the israeli regime. this importantly, of course, comes to days give or take after that attack on that palestinian school in gaza, that killed more than 100 people among them children, people who had been sheltering there. um, "and that is what the people here are calling for, they're saying an arms embargo on the israeli regime, they are saying that the uk by not imposing a ban on those weapons, shipments to israel." is complicit in what is happening in the gaza strip, which is indeed genocide that has been unfolding before the

palestinians, the uh administration has ended here outside the residence of the prime minister kier starmer, the message of course is very clear as i say that the uk has to move to uh stop arm sales to the israeli regim uh they have also of course important to uh note the have welcomed uh the uk move to uh restore a funding to undra, the un agency that provides. leave to millions of palestinians, of course, um, they're also saying, the people here, those i've talked to, that the uk withdrew funding to andra based on completely sporious allegations brought forth by the israeli regime that members of the uh un agency were uh involved in the retaliatory attacks on israel uh by hamas back in october last year. the uh warning uh came from the us, the breaking news as you see here, now it's coming from the uk government where it is advising his british nationals in lebanon to leave now, so... so the us has made that announcement earlier and now the uk warning is british nationals to leave lebanon. a large crowd of protesters have flooded the streets of paris to show their support for palestine. o

of germany, olaf scholz, at a joint press conference with the prime minister of great britain, kier starmer. there is nothing in the budget. 4 billion have been allocated for the military support of the armed forces of ukraine for the next year euro. additionally, together with the j7 countries, berlin will provide kyiv with a $50 billion loan. it will be covered by profits from the frozen assets of the russian central bank. two schemes for illegal departure from ukraine were blocked by the security service, among the organizers, the headman of one of the territorial communities of the lviv district and two lviv women. for money, the official guaranteed the conscript a safe escape route to eu countries, outside the established checkpoints . also, for $2,600, he promised to help update military registration data without the presence of a husband. the police detained the headman after receiving the first part of the $700 bribe. two more organizers of illegal traffic were exposed while receiving $20,000. all detainees have already been notified of the suspicion in accordance with the committed

the prime minister sir kier starmer has been meeting the german chancellor in berlin as he starts hismen are proposing a new bilateral treaty, covering science, technology, trade and business, but sir keir says he has no plans for a youth mobility scheme, which could've given young people in the eu, the right to live and work here in the uk. our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman reports. clearing the way for something new. the prime minister's first official visit to germany, with early steps towards greater unity. the launch of talks on a treaty between the two countries, encompassing trade, defence, migration and plenty more. a new agreement, a testament to the depth and potential of our relationship with deeper links on science, technology, development, people, business, culture. a boost to our trading relations. the german chancellor was notably promising too. he said a better relations could point the way for the whole eu. translation: i am happy about the announcement l by keir starmer to seek a reset in the relations to the european union. we want to take this hand w

and sir kier starmer�*s "wider reset" with europe.e, technology, trade and business. but it's not — he says — a reversal of brexit. and of course we are keeping one eye on paris, where the opening ceremony for the paralympics is underway. thousands of athletes from around the world set

and sir kier starmer�*s "wider reset" with europe. prime minister was in berlin to announce a new uk—germany treaty to tackle immigration, science, technology, trade and business. but it's not — he says — a reversal of brexit. and of course we are keeping one eye on paris, where the opening ceremony for the paralympics is underway. thousands of athletes from around the world set to compete across 22 sports, with the first events starting tomorrow morning. we start in the middle east, where at least nine people have been killed in the biggest israeli operation in the occupied west bank for 20 years. last month, the international court ofjustice ruled that israel's continued occupation of the area, captured in 1967, breached international law. violence has been increasing in the occupied west bank since hamas�*s deadly attack in israel on seven october, with the un saying more than 650 palestinians have been killed by israeli soldiers or settlers there. attacks have also been launched from the occupied west bank against israelis. since

kier starmer expected to talk about having to make unpopular decisions.re more broadly talking about this speech, the idea that things are so bad at being a ruse, in their view, for rachel reeves wanting to put up taxes in the budget in the autumn. it is clear that the labour government does want to do a bit of expectation management as we go into this next parliamentary session and delete up to the budget.— this next parliamentary session and delete up to the budget. nasa says two astronauts who went into space for eight days will now have to wait eight months to be rescued. sunita williams and butch wilmore have been stranded on the international space station sincejune and won't be brought home to earth until a space x mission in february next year. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle has more. the start of a mission that was supposed to lastjust eight days on the international space station. lots of cheering here in the room, big hugs. but nasa astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams have now found out their stay has been extended to a total of eigh