Good afternoon. There have been more arrests in towns and cities in england and northern ireland after another night of violence. In a moment, we ll be reporting from birmingham, where cars were smashed and a pub was attacked. We ll also have the latest from plymouth, where a number of police officers have been injured. First, though, police say they are treating the serious assault of a man in belfast as a racially motivated hate crime after witnesses reported seeing people stamp on his head. Our ireland correspondent chris page joins us now from belfast and can tell us more. Chris. Yes, this area has seen more trouble for the second time in just a few days. The south of belfast, where i am now, is the most diverse part of the city, and it is worth saying the vast majority of people, politicians, community leaders, business people, have been trying to send out a message that everyone is welcome here and that this violence has to stop. Just behind me as a grocery store that was all but
At her medal ceremony tonight after her sensational 800 metres gold we ll hear from her. And stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team a correspondence in the uk and around the world. Good evening. The prime minister has held the second emergency cobra meeting in two days as concerns grow ahead of around a0 demonstrations that are planned tomorrow. Sir keir starmer has promised communities that they will be kept safe, saying the government is doing everything it can to ensure that there s a police response where needed. And he warned that anyone involved in disorder, directly or online, will feel the full force of the law. Here s our home affairs correspondent daniel sandord. Yet another clean up after yet another night of fear and violence. The crowd should disperse immediately as force is about to be used against violent individuals. This time the worst of it was in belfast. Yet more fires and missiles on the seventh day of rioting. And tonigh
Is cnn breaking news well good morning, to you you, are live in. The cnn newsroom. I m pamela brown in washington, jim acosta is off and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the middle east the world is watching as the region inches closer to the very real possibility of a widening war. This morning, hamas accuses israel of assassinating it s political politer, it s smile hugged me airstrike, taking place during a visit to tehran. And now iran supreme leader is vowing to avenge the killing, quote, you killed our dear guest in our house and now have paved the way for your harsh punishment. We consider it our duty to ask for the blood of our dear guest when asked israel s military said it is not responding to reports about the attack which would not be unexpected the us says it will defend israel if attack, but hopes at the sky high tensions in the region can be defused i don t think war is inevitable. We re going to work hard to make sure that we re doing things to help take the
That the protection given by two doses of the pfizer and astrazeneca covid vaccines starts to wear off within six months. Do you have any questions about the protection offered by these jabs? we will be speaking to an expert at 10 clock this morning. Get in touch on twitter @annita mcveigh using the hashtag bbcyourquestions a new lead in the case of the missing chef claudia lawrence 12 years on, police search gravel pits near her home in york and it s a golden start in tokyo for paralympics gb as cyclist dame sarah storey takes the 15th gold of her career. President biden has rejected british calls to extend the united states forces airlift in afghanistan beyond the 31st of august , saying it would be too dangerous. In a televised address from the white house last night, president biden said each day of operations brings added risk to our troops of an attack by extremists linked to the islamic state group. Some us soldiers have already started to leave as the rescue effort enters i
Of south africa s sardine run and the predators it attracts. Hello and welcome to the programme. Welcome to the programme. To our viewers on pbs welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the world. Let s begin in afghanistan, where in a major escalation of the taliban s offensive, the militants have captured a provincial capital, zaranj, close to the border with iran, and assassinated a close aide of the president s. They ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. The united nations special envoy has warned the country is facing a possible catastrophe, and called on the taliban to halt the violence and take part in meaningful peace talks. Our world affiars correspondent richard galpin has more. Our world affairs correspondent richard galpin has more. In the heart of the afghan capital, another assassination. Taliban gunmen opening fire on this car, killing the head of the government s media information centre, dawa khan menapal. They d