lack of activity for the youths, lack of activity for the youths, lack of activity for the youths, lack of activity for the youths, like a positive role models. i mean, there are loads of factors.— are loads of factors. but they must think their lives _ are loads of factors. but they must think their lives are _ are loads of factors. but they must think their lives are cheap - are loads of factors. but they must think their lives are cheap and - think their lives are cheap and other people's lives are cheap. or maybe they think they will never use it. i maybe they think they will never use it. ~' maybe they think they will never use it. ~ , ., maybe they think they will never use it. i think when you speak to most of these youths, _ it. i think when you speak to most of these youths, they _ it. i think when you speak to most of these youths, they always - it. i think when you speak to most of these youths, they always will i of these youths, they always will say it's for protection, and i wouldn't use it, or i would only use it if i have to, that's what they often say. but it's a situation that you can't prevent, and i think there are studies that say when someone is armed with a weapon, they feel more empowered, so there is a likelihood once carrying a weapon that it will be used. and you showed me how easy it is to get the most horrific weapons, but you were stabbed as well? when i was a young man, i was stabbed. i grew up in the inner city of london, and i have to say, knife crime is not alien. it's not a new trend. i think what is different these days is the type of weapons that the children are carrying. the weapons that we've seen that we've just shown you. these are designed

for one purpose, that is to cause serious injury. my for one purpose, that is to cause serious injury-— serious in'ury. my recollection of what ou serious injury. my recollection of what you said — serious injury. my recollection of what you said was _ serious injury. my recollection of what you said was you _ serious injury. my recollection of what you said was you were - serious injury. my recollection of. what you said was you were literally on the to you, just sitting on the chin, an altercation started, and somebody had a knife? —— the tube. yes, unfortunately not that uncommon in london. i think these days it is more prevalent, but london is no stranger to knife crime force that we have a city of 7 million people. there was another stabbing in sheffield. it was with a broken bottle, but there were stabbings, you know, not so much guns, but sharp weapons, they seem to be the weapons of choice just now. i sharp weapons, they seem to be the weapons of choice just now.- weapons of choice 'ust now. i think it's art weapons of choice 'ust now. i think its part of. _ weapons of choice 'ust now. i think its part of. they _ weapons of choice just now. i think it's part of, they are _ weapons of choice just now. i think it's part of, they are easily - it's part of, they are easily accessible, as you've seen, easy to purchase now, and as you said, life is quite cheap for these youths. i wonder if there is some sort of desensitisation, what they have been exposed to, the internet, violence online. so there are a whole range of factors, i think, that contribute

to violent crime with youths. thank you very much. so let's take a look at some of the front pages. labour plan for channel migrants to get asylum. a picture they are of the boy that was killed in north east london there, and after clashes in us, top of the times, british students their gaza sit ins. tributes have been paid to daniel there down the right—hand side of the page. again, our hearts are broken. tributes to gentle daniel as a man is charged with murder. and finally, the telegraph, again. daniel in his school uniform. ireland sends police to border in migrant row. we were just talking about that earlier on. and then civil servants hatch legal plot to sink the rwanda bill. that's all from us tonight. we are so sorry we are so sorry we we are so sorry we could not speak to the georgian president as billed. she had to rush off. we'll try to get her back shortly. i'm back tomorrow. till then, goodnight. sleep well.

the one who was just thinking how thirsty it was thank you could on my translation: she thirsty it was thank you could on my translation:— translation: she said, help me dad. but he translation: she said, help me dad. iout he couldn't — translation: she said, help me dad. but he couldn't reach _ translation: she said, help me dad. but he couldn't reach her, _ translation: she said, help me dad. but he couldn't reach her, there - but he couldn't reach her, there a week after five people died off the coast of france as they tried to cross the channel in an overcrowded small boat, we have managed to piece together what happened to the youngest victim who was just seven years old. sara was visible as she was carried on her father's shoulders as the police chased them across the beach. our correspondent andrew harding who witnessed what happened that night has tracked down the little girl's father. he told him what happened and why the family took such a risk on what was their fourth attempt at crossing.

shouting. this was the scene last week as smugglers clashed with police on a french beach. and in the middle of the chaos, one unforgettable image of a small girl perched on herfather�*s shoulders — a seven—year—old girl with moments left to live. we now know her name was sara, and this is her story. sara was born in belgium but grew up in sweden, one of three children. here they are with theirfather, ahmed. he'd fled from iraq in 2009 and spent years trying but failing to get permission to settle anywhere in europe. he got married, worked, had children, but his asylum appeals were rejected. instead, he says, the whole family faced deportation to iraq. which is why ahmed brought them here instead, hiding with smugglers in these dunes near calais.

so you were with your whole family here, all five of you? with family, with everybody. family stay, seat for this side. ahmed brought us back to the french coast to explain what had happened and why he put his family in such danger. he shows me how they rushed towards the sea. you're racing them? yes. trying to get to the water before the police? yes. it must have been scary for the children. yeah. the police caught up with them near the water's edge. we were there, too, filming the whole incident. the smugglers fighting back. and then here on the right — sara, in a pinkjacket, making her way towards the boat, still holding herfather�*s hand. a little later, you can see her on ahmed's shoulders. then she disappears

into the wildly overcrowded boat. a rival group of smugglers had directed their passengers from sudan towards the same boat. as more migrants piled on board, you can hear ahmed shouting for help. translation: she said, "help me, i dad," but i couldn't reach her. i there were people standing on top of us, and sara disappeared below me. i was trapped. i told one man to move. i screamed and hit him. but he just looked away. ashore, the french police made no further attempt to intervene. it was only later at sea that a rescue boat finally took people away to reveal sara's dead body.

finally, when the rescue boat came, they started to pull people out, to pull out the dead. then i saw sara. she was in the corner. herface was blue. she wasn't breathing. there will be people watching this who will say, why did you take that risk? why were you prepared to take such a risk for you and yourfamily to try to get to england? how do you explain that? the sea was my last option. i applied 14 times for asylum, but they were all denied. i went to belgium, to sweden, to finland. i didn't want any hand—outs. my wife and i can both work. all i wanted was for my kids to go to school. to have dignity. before she left sweden, sara drew this family portrait.

that's her on the right. today, her old school teacher said the class was mourning her death. translation: she was a kind and nice i girl with lots of friends at school. i when we heard she'd died, we gathered in a circle and had a minute's silence. they were such a nice family. i was really shocked to learn they were being deported. sara and her siblings had only ever lived in europe. herfuneral is expected in the coming days. he sobs. for herfather, there is grief and guilt, and still no clarity about which country he and his broken family can ever call home. and harding, bbc news in northern

france. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... senators in the us state of arizona have voted to repeal a nineteenth century state law banning abortion, unless the mother's life is in danger. it was revived after the us supreme court overturned the constitutional right of women to a termination. arizona's senate voted by 16 to 14 votes to repeal the near total abortion ban. police have fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators outside georgia's parliament where legislation that critics say could silence dissent has been provisionally approved. protestors waved georgian and eu flags as they tried to block entrances to the building. they say they're defending free speech. the "foreign agents" law requires organisations to state whether they are funded from abroad. red bull have confirmed their design chief adrian newey will leave the team in early 2025. newey is regarded as the greatest designer in the history of formula i. the team's principal said he was "a true legend" and credits

him for all their greatest moments over the past 20 years. parts of asia are experiencing a scorching heatwave, they're the kremlin�*s war trophies and moscow is flaunting them. put on display — western military hardware. all these items had been sent to help ukraine on the battlefield, but were later captured by russia, including this the husky, a british armoured vehicle, now a museum piece in moscow. there are tanks, too. this american abrams had been badly damaged near the ukrainian town of avdiivkaa. it's now a prize exhibit at this military show along with the german leopard tank

the russians got, too. "it's incredible, jaw—dropping," says natalia. "it's amazing to think that our guys managed to collect all these trophies". there was plenty of interest from the russian public. russians crowded around to get a glimpse and a photo. family days out don't get much more bizarre than this. so why put all of this on display? well, i think the russian authorities have two aims here. the first is to reinforce the kremlin�*s narrative that in ukraine, the west is waging war against russia, even though it was russia that invaded ukraine. but there's also a big element of gloating here. the russians are increasingly confident about how the war is going, and their main message is written on a sign just over there. and it reads, "our victory is inevitable". russia didn't invent the wheel here. in the past, ukraine has exhibited

russian military hardware it captured on the front line. back in moscow, there may be confidence and captured armour, but that doesn't guarantee victory. the west has pledged more help for ukraine. russia has pledged to collect more trophies. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. i'm joined by tom bateman at the university of texas in dallas. thanks forjoining us, we heard from the la times reporter how violence broke out at ucla over the last 2a hours, can you get us up to speed about where you are?— about where you are? here in the last few minutes _ about where you are? here in the last few minutes tensions - about where you are? here in the last few minutes tensions have i last few minutes tensions have escalated, this particular spot was

where there was a tent encampment, a peaceful protest when we showed up, people were singing and chanting. there are around 12 tenths and gazebos in the spot here, protesters were handed a written note from the university administration telling them that they were breaching criminal trespass laws and if the tents weren't removed, they would be forcibly taken down and people risked arrest. we then saw the state troopers, riot police, armed with batons, many of them with zip coughs and sticks, they moved in and waves here towards the crowd. there have been some barricades, placed by some of the protesters effectively part of the protesters effectively part of the protesters effectively part of the banners that they had been using. and the police force their way through and ripped down the tents and gazebos. we saw around a dozen or so protesters linked arms, get down on the ground, they were very forcibly dragged away by the police here. what we now have is this stand off, so you can see the situation with the protesters still

gathered here, over this way if you look to the left of the protesters you can see the remnants of what were the tents and the food and supplies that they had. that's all been carted away by the police and we know of a protester who was, during the entire time we were here, very peaceable, very calm, it was the arrival of the police that utterly change the mood here. it's become quite angry, you can sense the frustration of the protesters about what it has happened. some of the chants have been around, demanding that they shouldn't be taking place, they were saying where were you in it with all day, a criticism of the police here in texas. and as i say, the mood here very difference and adding to the mood of protesting across us campuses. we mood of protesting across us campuses-— mood of protesting across us camuses.~ ., ~ ,., , , campuses. we saw an ucla, protesters were involved _ campuses. we saw an ucla, protesters were involved in _ campuses. we saw an ucla, protesters were involved in competition, _ campuses. we saw an ucla, protesters

were involved in competition, is - campuses. we saw an ucla, protesters were involved in competition, is a i were involved in competition, is a primarily the police presence here that has escalated this? ida. primarily the police presence here that has escalated this?— that has escalated this? no, it's the police _ that has escalated this? no, it's the police presence. _ that has escalated this? no, it's the police presence. i— that has escalated this? no, it's the police presence. i seen i that has escalated this? no, it's the police presence. i seen a i the police presence. i seen a very small group of counter protesters numbering around five or six people with an israeli flag, one wearing israeli defence forces t—shirts, but no sign of the friction that we've seenin no sign of the friction that we've seen in the other protests if it was very much the arrival of the state troopers that escalated the mood here. ., , troopers that escalated the mood here. . , . ., ., ., here. thanks very much for that, tom bateman they — here. thanks very much for that, tom bateman they are _ here. thanks very much for that, tom bateman they are speaking _ here. thanks very much for that, tom bateman they are speaking to - here. thanks very much for that, tom bateman they are speaking to us i here. thanks very much for that, tom | bateman they are speaking to us from the university of texas at dallas where you can see the tensions are certainly rising of those anti—gaza protests. we'll have more in our next edition of newsday, for the meantime, bye—bye for now. hello there. we're seeing a change across southern parts of the uk. eventually, some heavy rain and thunderstorms moving in here. we also got overnight some more mist and fog, low cloud developing more widely. and for some areas of scotland in particular, it was a struggle to clear that all day. in marked contrast, in norfolk here,

we've seen temperatures over 20 degrees in the sunshine. but at the same time, we've also seen this cloud moving up from france. and it's that that's bringing some rain into parts of england and wales this evening. that'll push up towards northern ireland as well before retreating back towards the south—west. and as that happens, we'll see some heavier rain later in the night and more of that mist and fog and low cloud pushing further inland further north. further inland, further north. temperatures, well, typically eight or nine degrees, so pretty mild overnight, but getting wet and quite stormy potentially across southern parts of england and wales by the early hours, some heavy rain, thunder, lightning and some large hail and gusty winds. maybe some disruption. the worst of it may push away, but it could stay wet for much of the day in south—west england and south wales. and we may well find some further heavy bursts of rain developing in other southern areas, drifting later into the midlands and north wales. further north, it's dry, increasing amounts of sunshine away from these coastal areas in south—east scotland and north—east england, where there's going to be a cold wind blowing.

temperatures not too high in the south—west, where it stays wet, but it'll be a warmer day for northern ireland, warming the sunshine for western scotland and again for the north—west of england. now, there is warmer air coming ourway from the continent at the moment. it's coming over the cold seas of the north sea, which is why we're seeing that mist and low cloud. that's to the north of that weather front, and that's bringing the rain on friday and it's moving northward. so we've got a bit more rain more widely for england and wales. some bursts of rain likely across southern scotland, perhaps northern ireland. northern scotland seeing some sunshine and later in southern—most parts of england. temperatures here only around 13—14 celsius. and on the whole, temperatures are going to be lower because of the cloud and rain, but we still could make 20 celsius in western scotland for one more day. but even here, the weather will change on saturday, as the cloud and what's left of the rain pushes into scotland and northern ireland. more cloud for northern england. but to the south, the weekend starts on a brighter note and a dry note with some sunshine. it'll feel warm in the sunshine and temperatures 16—17 celsius, but those temperatures

dropping in scotland.

welcome to hardtalk from new york. i'm stephen sackur. this city has always had an outsize influence on american culture. the buzz in this nation comes from right here in terms of the arts, entertainment, publishing, the media. but what happens in new york when america's political culture is riven with division? well, my guest today is the great american novelist, new york resident, paul auster. if america is experiencing a culture war, is he ready to fight? paul auster, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a pleasure to be in your home. your writing study is just below

us, the floor below.