Our main story. It s wednesday, the 31st ofjuly. Hundreds of people attended a vigil in southport last night, to pay tribute to the three girls who were killed in a knife attack at a children s dance workshop. Just hours later, violent clashes broke out close to where the girls were stabbed to death. 39 police officers were injured, with 27 needing hospital treatment. Merseyside police described the violence as sickening, and the prime minister warned that the rioters would feel the full force of the law. Our correspondent lauren moss is in southport. Good morning. It s another quiet, solemn morning on the corner of hart street, where monday pass took place. As you can see behind me, the bunches of flowers that started appearing yesterday morning, have now turned into hundreds and hundreds, with flowers, teddy bears, scarves and balloons bobbing in the early morning sunlight. And i don t think there are any words to express how the families of the three little girls who died here in mo
Which includes the uk. Us armed forces apologise for their tragic mistake after killing ten innocent people, including seven children in a drone strike during their final days in afghanistan. A month after the taliban takeover in afghanistan, schools are reopening, but not for girls. Strictly s back but there s controversy as reports suggest two of the show s professional dancers are refusing to get covid jabs. Liverpool remain unbeaten in the premier league this season after sadio mane scored his 100th goal and manchester city lose points at home. That s all in sportsday in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, says protecting customers during a time of heightened global gas prices is an absolute priority for the government. Ministers have been holding urgent talks with representatives of the energy industry today and more discussions about the way forward will take place on monday. There are some wa
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Britain and the united states are sending troops back into afghanistan to help their nationals leave. The taliban continue their rapid advance across the country. It now appears that the militants have captured the country s second biggest city, kandahar giving them control of about a third of afghanistan s main cities, as well as much of the countryside. Let s get the latest from kabul and our correspondent, yogita limaye. We woke up talking about the fall of ghazni which is about 100 miles south of kabul, and we are ending the day with multiple provincial capitals falling to the taliban. Many of them significant cities for the afghan government. Herat, fiercely contested between the two sides but the afghan government was not able to hold onto it. Staring at defeat in kandahar, the second largest city in this country, lashkar gah the capital of the helmand province falling as well. And there are real worries among citiz
The cost of severe covid new research shows that half of patients admitted to hospitals during the first wave developed at least one extra complication. The five main parties in northern ireland make clear their opposition to the uk government s plan to end all prosecutions for crimes committed during the troubles. The police and the cps are involved in a blame game over a drop in rape prosecutions, a new report finds. And four time 0lympic medallist sir mo farah tells us he believes online racism against sportsmen and women is getting worse. He says social media companies must do more. The social media companies need to do a lot more. They have to be held accountable to what people get up to. Even myself, i have had some shocking ones. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. More than 100 people are confirmed dead after some of the worst flooding in decades devastated parts of northern europe. Many hundreds more are injured or unaccounted for across germany, belgium and the n