in londonderry, there were six nights of trouble in the bogside area. republicans who are opposed to the peace process. sinn fein condemned the rioting, and this may have been the retaliation for that — an explosive device, made up of large fireworks, was thrown at the home of the party's former leader, gerry adams. he appealed for calm and had a message for those who targeted him. i'd like them or their representatives to come and meet me. i'd like them to sit down and explain to me what this is about. i'd like those who are involved in exploiting children in derry to do the same thing. a similar device was thrown at the house of bobby storey, one of mr adams's closest allies. he's a former ira prisoner who is also a senior senior sinn fein member. sinn fein dominates irish republicanism. the party has greatly increased its electoral strength during the peace process. but there's a small minority of republicans who still think the ira should never have called a ceasefire, and they‘ re hostile towards sinn fein‘s political strategy. dangerous disorder i

in londonderry, there have been six nights of disturbances in the republican bogside area.last night wasn't as serious but youths still threw 16 petrol bombs at officers and two small crude explosive devices were left on the city's historic walls. there's nobody wanting this but for a very small minority. i know there are people working very hard right across the community to make this a better place, but it is disappointing. the disturbances happened in the run—up to the orange order's 12th ofjuly parades. the organisation's biggest event, but violence themselves has actually become very rare. they used to be a major flash point here at ardoyne in north belfast pub at an agreement between marchers and nationalist residents has solved the problem. it's taken a long time to get to this point and we have to keep working at it. it's a beacon of what we can do when we work together. northern ireland has changed greatly but the police say they are ready if there is trouble tonight. chris page, bbc news, belfast. we're not heroes — the words of a british diver who helped rescue 1

it follows several nights of rioting in londonderry. which police have blamed on dissident republicansin the 400 items have been recovered by police in the ongoing investigation over the couple affected by novichok. scotland yard says it does not know where the bottle that poison pen came from and cannot guarantee there is none of the substance left. now on bbc news, reclaiming the rock. it's considered one of the great natural wonders of the world. and is a deeply sacred place for australia's indigenous anangu people. one of the oldest civilisations on earth. this means everything to anangu. uluru, also known as ayers rock, a sandstone monolith in the heart of northern territory‘s red centre, dates back more than 500 million years. tourists from all over the world visit the site every year. for decades, there's been a bitter row over the controversial practice of climbing the rock. have you guys heard that the aboriginal people don't want people to climb? yes, i do. and i understand that. but i'm going to do it anyway. there are signs here at the base of the climb clearly saying, "ple

the attack comes after six nights of violence in londonderry.amed it on dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process. mr adams tweeted that no—one was hurt. officials in thailand say the 12 boys freed from a flooded cave with their football coach will be discharged from hospital on thursday. they are all said to be recovering both physically and mentally. the final few members of the team were brought out of the caves by divers on tuesday, having been trapped for more than two weeks. england's footballers face belgium in the third place play—off of the world cup this afternoon. can we please get excited about this? iam can we please get excited about this? i am worried everyone is a bit flat. this is still a match that, if we win, will mean that is the best we win, will mean that is the best we have done in the world cup since 1966. it would be brilliant. let's cross to st petersburg, and our reporter ashley john baptiste. we are excited. it seems a little bit calmer behind you than before, during the world cup. what is the atmosph

the attacks come after six nights of violence in londonderry.ttack on mr adams' home, and one on the house of another party activist, on dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process. mr adams tweeted that no—one was hurt. police in wiltshire are continuing their search for evidence in the poisoning of a couple with novichok. detectives say the substance which killed dawn sturgess and left charlie rowley in hospital had been in a bottle found at his house. scotland yard say they don't know where the bottle came from and say they can't guarantee there isn't any more of the substance left. england's footballers face belgium in the third place play—off of the world cup this afternoon. iam i am excited about this. are you? i am, it is the chance to get their highest position since 1966. it's a match regarded by many as meaningless, but if england win, it would be their most successful tournament on foreign soil. we do not at all. we do! let's cross to st petersburg and our reporter ashleyjohn baptiste. good morning! are you excited? wha

the attack comes after six nights of violence in londonderry.t on dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process. mr adams tweeted that no—one was hurt. officials in thailand say the 12 boys freed from a flooded cave with their football coach will be discharged from hospital on thursday. they are all said to be recovering both physically and mentally. the final few members of the team were brought out of the caves by divers on tuesday, having been trapped for more than two weeks. police in wiltshire are continuing their search for evidence in the poisoning of a couple with novichok. detectives say the substance which killed dawn sturgess and left charlie rowley in hospital had been in a bottle found at his house. scotland yard says it doesn't know where the bottle came from and says it can't guarantee that there isn't any more of the substance left. three o'clock this afternoon, i think. that is when england's footballers face belgium in the third place play—off of the world cup this afternoon. it's a match regarded by many as meanin

the attack comes after six nights of violence in londonderry.e blamed it on dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process. mr adams tweeted that no—one was hurt. officials in thailand say the 12 boys freed from a flooded cave with their football coach will be discharged from hospital on thursday. they are all said to be recovering both physically and mentally. the final few members of the team were brought out of the caves by divers on tuesday, having been trapped for more than two weeks. england's footballers face belgium in the third place play—off of the world cup this afternoon. it's a match regarded by many as meaningless, but if england win, it would be their most successful tournament on foreign soil. let's cross to st petersburg, and our reporter ashley john baptiste. throughout the morning we have been talking to you, and i think people are building up behind you, the excitement is building. how is it feeling that? yes, so i am at palace square in st petersburg and it is iiam. square in st petersburg and it is ”am. more peo

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it follows several nights of rioting in londonderry, which police have blamed on dissident republicans week, young people from a republican area of derry have attacked the police. the chief constable said they were being directed by a group of violent dissident republicans who oppose sinn fein and the peace process. yesterday, a rally was held in the city, where sinn fein condemned the dissidents, saying they were using young people as cannon fodder. and this may have been the dissidents' response, a crude explosive device thrown at the west belfast home of gerry adams. it caused damage to a car parked on his driveway. today, mr adams called on his attackers to explain themselves. i would like them or their representatives to come and meet me. i would like them to sit down and explain to me what this is about. i would like those who are involved in exploiting children in derry to do the same thing. there was a second attack, not far away, at the home of another senior sinn fein member, though no damage was caused. dissident republicans are small in number. they have been heavily penetr

there are particular circumstances in a londonderry and east belfast that need for extra police resourcesief constable is asking for, and that is what the secretary of state has heard today. the chief constable put it to me that it has been a slow and dire process. i have received the request from the chief constable and i am considering it. karen bradley. now, even if theresa may had wanted to listen to borisjohnson‘s speech, she wouldn't have been able to. that's because there was another sort of prime minister questions happening at exactly the same time. theresa may was making her regular appearance before the liaison committee. this is a gathering of all the committee chairs who can then grill the pm on their area of expertise. the snp chair of the international trade committee felt leaving the eu would damage the uk. can i ask her... the best possible second—hand car for the united kingdom? this will not make up for the damage you have chosen with their government over a hard brexit. and economic damage you're doing, is it? first of all, what we're doing is delivering on a boat that

in the city of londonderry, hundreds of people have attended a rally, calling for an end to street violencelence has been orchestrated by dissident republican paramilitaries, who are opposed to the peace process. at least 120 people have been killed at an election rally in pakistan, and more than 100 others were hurt. the islamic state group said it carried out the attack. lebo diseko has more. we should warn you that there are some distressing images from the beginning of her report. a community gripped by shock and grief, as victims arrive in hospital, caught up in what is the worst militant attack in this country for nearly four years. more than 100 were killed in the suicide bombing at an election rally in the province of baluchistan. translation: we reached the blast site and found people scattered, there was hardly a person who was in a good condition. we alerted our vehicles and sent 30 ambulances to help the wounded. the army had claimed that militants had been cleared from the region near the afghan border, which has been marred by ongoing violence and instability. in a separate in

the attack comes after six nights of violence in londonderry.epublicans who are opposed to the peace process. mr adams tweeted that no—one was hurt. he is expected to make a statement today. he is expected to make a statement today. the headlines on bbc news. the word is over and the golf begins, donald trump arrives in scotland. further unrest in northern ireland — as an explosive is thrown at the home of former sinn f in leader gerry adams investigations continue in wiltshire after a small bottle found in the home of one of the victims is found to contain the deadly nerve agent novichok england's footballers face belgium in the third place play off of the world cup this afternoon. if england win it would be the side's most successful tournament on foreign soil. and one man who's captured the teams run in the world cup is paul cookson, a poet in residence at the national football museum. hejoins us now he joins us now from hejoins us now from sheffield. what have you made of this, highs and lows ? like most people of my generation, the last few

were thrown at officers in northern ireland on a sixth night of rioting in the bogside area of londonderryullets and three men were arrested. it's believed the attacks are being organised by dissident republicans. chris page has the story. this has been the worst rioting in derry for some years. in the republican bogside area youths attacked vehicles and set up burning barricades, blocking a number of roads. the trouble went on until early this morning. rioters threw 7a petrol bombs. police fired four baton rounds and arrested three men. one of them is being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder. although young people are carrying out most of the attacks, police say the violence is being orchestrated by a more sinister adult element. they are blaming dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process. officers stationed on derry city walls have been repeatedly targeted in the last few nights. the bogside lies at the foot of the historic fortifications. sinn fein says the violence is senseless. it's a miracle that until these days we haven't had a fatality, so we are very, ver

the attack comes after six nights of violence in londonderry.cans, who are opposed to the peace process. mr adams tweeted that no—one was hurt. 0ur correspondentjohn campbell is in belfast. what we know about what happened? around midnight there was a loud bang outside the home of gerry adams. we can see damage was caused toa car, adams. we can see damage was caused to a car, on his driveway. what was thrown at the house was some sort of crude, improvised explosive device. it damaged a car on the driver, did not cause any damage to the house. at about the same time in a different area of west belfast, there was also an attack on the home ofa there was also an attack on the home of a close ally of gerry adams, a seniorfigure in the party of a close ally of gerry adams, a senior figure in the party and of a close ally of gerry adams, a seniorfigure in the party and a former senior figure seniorfigure in the party and a former seniorfigure in seniorfigure in the party and a former senior figure in the seniorfigure in the party and a former seniorfi

police in londonderry say there were "prolonged and sustained attacks" on police officers throughouted explosive devices and 7a petrol bombs were thrown at police landrovers. three men have been arrested, one for attempted murder. last night was the sixth night of trouble in derry. the government should do more to help police officers dealing with the recent nerve agent poisonings in amesbury and salisbury — that's according to the police and crime commissioner for wiltshire. angus macpherson says he had been assured by ministers that the current situation was under review. however, he said rest days and annual leave had been cancelled, and a new approach was now needed. the chief inspector of prisons has described conditions at wandsworth jail in london as shocking, saying it is still the most overcrowded in england in wales. a report questioned security measures, support for prisoners and said staff were putting inmates in danger, by failing to answer emergency alarms quickly enough. the ministry ofjustice has called the report disappointing. a group of volunteer british divers who

headed for the status of a colony all right well for more i'm joined now by barrett mohsin the londonderry get lots too and that pact very strong words from the boris johnson of their us so that begs the question cancer research may survive this. that's when people asking themselves here in london and i think it depends a little bit what else happens she's lost to really prominent and really important cabinet ministers so far so are the people who are going to follow has she does need the support of a cabinet otherwise she cannot govern she had them summoned to checkers in order to agree on a common started you for breakfast which was long overdue people might argue so now the moment that she does come out with something that's very concrete that brussels and people in this country have been waiting for she is running into difficulties so the question is who is actually supporting her she's met with members of the m.p.'s members of backbench committee from all we know she's had support there but it's far from clear forty eight members of parliament in her own party need to write a letter a

wants to return to conflicts and what we've seen over the last few nights in what they call derry londonderry nights nights of rioting seeming to have been coordinated by these people where they got childrens against roseanne's the police seemingly hoping the police might but i can fire and then a missile fired at gerry adams house which seems to come from the same the same sort of people and so it's a fracture inside the republican movement their chin fine leadership behind me there is speaking to this this crowd of ours nationalists in west belfast saying to them you've got to police your own community we've got to stop these people from setting the agenda and if he's in the situation in northern irish politics what is a total power vacuum for eighteen months now with no functioning government and the fear from these people is that the hard core elements they want to resolve of the armed struggle will try to exploit that power vacuum and then now having to try to stop it themselves and how does this play against the backdrop of question marks about the hard border and bret's it. well it's i

last night six shots were fired at police officers in londonderry, in a joint statement the five partieswe've been hearing, the uk's data protection watchdog is to fine facebook half a million pounds, the highest possible amount. the information commissioner said the social media giant had failed to ensure that another company, cambridge analytica, had deleted users' details. we are nowjoined by steve kuncewicz, a partner at law firm blm, who specialises in privacy and social media—related issues. he's in our salford studio. thank you very much were joining us. what you think about this fine?” think it is important that this is not a fined just yet, what the information commissioner office has indicated that they intend to fine facebook the maximum amount possible under the old law before the general data protection regulation changed fairly recently. so i think it is a very clear statement of intent but given that under the old law the maximum fine that could be levied against any business or controller of personal data is £500,000, there is already quite a lot of chatter to say this ma

say too, that i share your concern about the episodes of serious disorder, in belfast and derry, londonderryernment, like the communities here, has been absolutely clear in condemning this activity, which is a matter of deep concern for everyone who wants to see a peaceful and prosperous northern ireland. this violence is not representative of the wider community. i pay tribute to the brave officers in the police service of northern ireland, and the emergency services and others in the community, who worked tirelessly to keep people safe. we are all committed to making sure that northern ireland continues to move forward. now the principles that define northern ireland's place as an integral part of the united kingdom, along its with unique relationship with ireland are of course enshrined in the belfast agreement. the belfast agreement reached 20 years ago is a landmark in the history of our island, it was endorsed by referendums here in northern ireland, and in ireland. successive uk and irish governments, together with all the parties in northern ireland, have worked tirelessly to bring a