peaceful protest is. it's against the law when violence occurs. destroying property is not a peaceful protest. this is the scene live at the ucla campus, where you can see tents still being cleared away. could magic mushrooms be an effective treatment against depression? we'll take a look at the latest study. recreating a face from the past — meet the woman who lived 75,000 years ago. we return to our main story this hour, where hundreds of police officers massed on the campus of the university of california in los angeles after issuing pro—palestinian protestors in an encampment with an order to disperse or face arrest. outside the camp, large crowds of students gathered to show their support.

demonstrations against the war in gaza are continuing at dozens of universities across the united states, with arrests taking place on multiple campuses. i spoke to robert cohen, a professor of social studies and history at new york university who has studied student activism about how these protests compare to others in us history. the protests, initially, going on now were much more moderate in their tactics, whether it's 1960... actually, the greatest upsurges in active american history occurred in may 1970 after nixon authorised the invasion of cambodia. he had promised to end the war, and he was expanding it into cambodia. so that created a lot of fury that was compounded by the massacre at kent state, where four students were shot by, were killed by the national guard and nine were wounded. so that was much more confrontational. the war been dragging

on forfive years. so, i mean, compared to that, the protests, for example, that started at columbia and then spread initially at nyu were very moderate — people staying outside of the class, on the grass or in a plaza. they weren't disrupting the university. and yet they were still evicted by the police. so to me, i think that there is a similarity in that students were both protesting against us foreign policy — in this case not american troops, but american military aid to israel for its war in gaza. there aren't a half million american troops in gaza. but there's the same concern about foreign policy. it'sjust the reaction is so much more quickly repressive. and i think it's a symbol of how i don't know how a country sort of move to the right, where you could... here at nyu, at columbia, at the university of texas, the students who were not disrupting the university in any major way were evicted by the police. and i think at places like columbia, that started a cycle of escalation

when you did get building takeovers. the us campus protests have sparked student protests around the world, as meghan 0wen explains. most of the campus protests have been clustered in the us since the start of the war, but there have been protests at campuses across the world, many of them in recent days. now, in the uk, students in leeds, bristol and newcastle set up tents outside university buildings and called for supporters to donate food, drinks and hygiene products. now, here, we see protest scenes at newcastle university, with students chanting outside the main buildings now. students across the uk co—ordinated their protests for roughly the same time. let's cross over now to france. now, here, students showed their support outside paris's prestigious sciences po university, which has had some of its funds cut from the regional government until order is restored.

now, police were called to one demonstration and classes were forced online and some pupils have even gone on hunger strike after the university rejected their demands to review its israel ties. now, this image shows a protester trying to bash down a door at a university in lyon. now, the protests have even reached australia. these are scenes of students camping outside the university of sydney, and they have been doing that for more than a week now. so whilst most of the dramatic scenes have been at us campuses, with more than 1,000 arrests in total, there have been ripple effects worldwide. and that was meghan 0wen. police here have scuffled with protesters in south london after they blocked a coach that was collecting migrants and taking them to be housed on a barge off the coast of dorset. prime minister rishi sunak has made cracking down on illegal migration one of his key priorities. as part of that drive the government is trying to cut the cost of

accommodating asylum—seekers in hotels by using barges and former military sites. here's simonjones. this is the coach that arrived this morning to move several migrants from peckham to the south coast. but these protesters had other ideas, letting down one of its tyres and blocking the road. they insist the bibby stockholm barge is not a suitable place to house asylum—seekers and the people due to be taken there don't want to go. word quickly spread on social media, and the campaigners, now numbering in the hundreds, were joined by supportive local residents. this is so unnecessary. it's peckham. we all look after each other. they've been here for a while, loads of people in local communities know them and we don't want them to get forced out for no reason. there seems to be no reason behind it at all. well, tension remains high here. a short time ago, the police decided to move in and tell the protesters they had to get out of the road, but it's been met with a lot of opposition. several people were arrested for blocking the road. the home office insist the bibby stockholm barge is safe,

secure and appropriate. they described the protests as "intimidatory and aggressive". but the coach eventually left, without any passengers. simonjones, bbc news, peckham. to india next, where the general election is under way. all this week, the bbc has been speaking to influential voting blocs. amongst them, more than 18 million new, first—time voters heading to the polls. here's samira hussain. this is really delicious. are you talking with your friends about the election? and what are you guys talking about? decrease in the constitutional rights of indian people. major issue facing in this election is confusion

to which party i need to vote. this is my first thought. so i don't want to waste that vote by giving a corrupted party. yeah. everything is kind of... everyone is doing that, - working for their own benefit. what is something that you want to see changed in your country? due to the lack of a financial structure, the wealth distribution is unequal. the right to vote is a constitutional right for me. i don't want to waste that right. i need to change caste discrimination from the country. i feel like this is the age that we start to form - our political opinions. we can actually vote for the first time right now and see how- it's going to unfold. so that is very exciting. what, for you, is the most important election issue? india lacks infrastructure on a huge ground. there have been times where i was kind of like sexually

harassed and there was... so i think that our government should focus on giving us such public transport where women can feel safe. if government are providing security to the women - and the female students, - then there will be more educated people in the remote areas of india. if you go to small villages, people have to travel a lot to get a better treatment. and plus, the government hospitals are not so much developed. there is some kind of dictatorship that is going around in the country, promotion ofjust one religion. so that should not be done. so does anyone else feel like that? having a clash between two communities, it is going to be really messy. political parties should not support any particular community or religion. we all have the right to profess our religion, our culture. and we should not get influenced by anybody else. we and we should not get influenced by anybody else-— and we should not get influenced by anybody else. we need someone who can sread anybody else. we need someone who can spread peace _ anybody else. we need someone who can spread peace and _ anybody else. we need someone who can spread peace and make _ anybody else. we need someone who can spread peace and make india - can spread peace and make india unite _ can spread peace and make india

unite again. and i was samir hussein reporting. —— that was samir hussein. local elections are being held today in many parts of england and wales. voters will elect councillors in more than 100 local authority areas in england, and there are 11 contests for regional mayors. there's a parliamentary by election in blackpool south, following the resignation of the former conservative mp. and across england and wales, 37 police and crime commissioners will be elected. people wishing to cast their ballots in person will need to show photo id. and if you're in the uk from 11.40pm tonight, you canjoin laura kuenssberg live on here on the news channel for all the results, reaction and analysis. with more on bbc news online and the app. britain's biggest indoor arena, the co op live in manchester,

has postponed its opening performance for the third time. the venue blamed a technical fault. the announcement last night came shortly before the doors were due to open to a sold out concert at the venue, leaving fans disappointed. here's colin paterson. it was third time unlucky for co—op live as, yet again, the biggest indoor arena in the uk had to cancel its opening night. people outside in the queues to see the us rapper a boogie wit da hoodie were simply handed a letter telling them it was off. nightmare. got sent away by security and told to go back home. we only found out 30 minute before and that is ridiculous. we was in manchester, we've - travelled all this way for nothing. it shouldn't have gone ahead anyway because the whole week has been cancelled, so it's just a bit of a joke. the problem? during the sound check, an air conditioning unit had come apart. how different it was less than two weeks ago, when the boss

of the oak view group — who are responsible for the venue — showed me round. we can get almost 10,000 people on this floor. but then that night's test event was cut in size as the venue wasn't ready. the grand opening by peter kay was moved twice. and the black keys had to postpone their show. the latest statement from the group said they were shocked and looking for a clear plan from the venue management team for opening the venue. us superstar 0livia rodrigo was supposed to be starting in the uk leg of her world tour at the venue tomorrow. both how weekend shows have now been cancelled leaving a gig by keane on sunday in theory being the opening night. it isn't surprised the co—op has been dubbed the co—flop. still to come on the world today: the original artwork for the first

harry potter book is up for auction. and piecing history together to reconstruct a 75,000—year—old neanderthal woman. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news.

depression affects an estimated 300 million people around the world, and now a study published in the british medicaljournal suggests the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, psilocybin, is an effective treatment for symptoms of depression. it's the latest evidence of how psychedelics could benefit mental health care. the study included a36 adults with clinically significant symptoms of depression. the average age of participants was 36 to 60 years old. the results of the studies showed a significant benefit of psilocybin on participants.

let's speak to athina—marina metaxa from the university of oxford. she was one of the researchers on the study. thank you forjoining us. thank you for having the. this is fascinating. _ thank you for having the. this is fascinating, take _ thank you for having the. this is fascinating, take us _ thank you for having the. this is fascinating, take us through - thank you for having the. this is | fascinating, take us through your findings. fascinating, take us through your findinus. , ., , findings. yes. so what we did is ull all findings. yes. so what we did is pull all the _ findings. yes. so what we did is pull all the data _ findings. yes. so what we did is pull all the data that _ findings. yes. so what we did is pull all the data that was - findings. yes. so what we did is i pull all the data that was available to date and create sort of a mega study, where we examined all of the data from previous individual studies together, and what we found was that overall psilocybin is an effective antidepressant, compared to other non—psychedelic substances and controlled conditions that were used. so this is overall very encouraging for patients and for physicians. encouraging for patients and for physicians-_ physicians. were there any downsides? _ physicians. were there any downsides? obviously - physicians. were there any downsides? obviously it'sl physicians. were there any| downsides? obviously it's a psychedelic drug, so did that have any effect on the people that were taking it? so any effect on the people that were takin: it? ., ., , ., taking it? so the good thing is that we found very _

taking it? so the good thing is that we found very little _ taking it? so the good thing is that we found very little side _ taking it? so the good thing is that we found very little side effects - we found very little side effects and especially very little severe side effects. there were only a few reports of mostly minor side effects, like a bit of a headache or nausea during the day of the administration, but distended to go away quite quickly. find administration, but distended to go away quite quickly-— away quite quickly. and 'ust give us away quite quickly. and 'ust give us a sense of how * away quite quickly. and 'ust give us a sense of how much _ away quite quickly. and 'ust give us a sense of how much of- away quite quickly. and just give us a sense of how much of an - a sense of how much of an improvement to the depression symptom the magic mushrooms actually gave? symptom the magic mushrooms actually ave? . �* , symptom the magic mushrooms actually ave? ., �*, , symptom the magic mushrooms actually ave? ., �* , , gave? that's the interesting part, actuall . gave? that's the interesting part, actually- it _ gave? that's the interesting part, actually. it seems _ gave? that's the interesting part, actually. it seems that _ gave? that's the interesting part, actually. it seems that the - actually. it seems that the improvement depends on various factors that so far we were not looking at, but for example it seems that patients who have secondary depression, which basically means that they have depression as a result of another life—threatening or comb—over condition, like cancer for example, tend to benefit even more than patients have primary depression —— co—morbidity. also

patients who have prior experience with psychedelic substances also tend to get a greater benefit, which is really interesting, so the range of benefit depends on various factors that we will definitely look more into. 50 factors that we will definitely look more into. ., ., , , , more into. so what happens now? you've got — more into. so what happens now? you've got a _ more into. so what happens now? you've got a study _ more into. so what happens now? you've got a study here _ more into. so what happens now? you've got a study here that - more into. so what happens now? | you've got a study here that found that magic mushrooms are pretty effective at treating certain depression, so how soon can it be that people are given edging mushrooms? so that people are given edging mushrooms?— that people are given edging mushrooms? ., ., mushrooms? so there are a few barriers -- _ mushrooms? so there are a few barriers -- giving _ mushrooms? so there are a few barriers -- giving magic- mushrooms? so there are a few- barriers -- giving magic mushrooms. barriers —— giving magic mushrooms. giving psilocybin any clinical practice. for example, the treatment is quite costly and it is quite complex, because it involves a special space where the treatment is administered, the patients need to be there for a few hours, there also needs to be a trained therapist present to make sure to guide them through the process, so all of that makes it quite an expensive and complex intervention, which could be a barrierfor it complex intervention, which could be a barrier for it to complex intervention, which could be a barrierfor it to be complex intervention, which could be a barrier for it to be used

complex intervention, which could be a barrierfor it to be used in complex intervention, which could be a barrier for it to be used in click a barrier for it to be used in click a practice. however, on the other hand, we have some wonderful researchers working on this, and trying to find their way to make the therapy more accessible, so hopefully this research will stimulate even more of an effort to do that as soon as possible. qm. do that as soon as possible. ok, athina metaxa, _ do that as soon as possible. ok, athina metaxa, it _ do that as soon as possible. ok, athina metaxa, it is _ do that as soon as possible. ok, athina metaxa, it is a _ do that as soon as possible. 0k, athina metaxa, it is a really interesting study. thank you for telling us more about it.- interesting study. thank you for telling us more about it. thank you. i want to telling us more about it. thank you. i want to bring _ telling us more about it. thank you. i want to bring you _ telling us more about it. thank you. i want to bring you of _ telling us more about it. thank you. i want to bring you of them - telling us more about it. thank you. i want to bring you of them a bit - telling us more about it. thank you. i want to bring you of them a bit ofl i want to bring you of them a bit of news we are hearing from one of our culture journalists and this is, you will remember we just heard collin patterson talking about the co—op arena in manchester which has had all sorts of teething problems, had to delay and cancel the initial shows. we are just hearing now that take that,, which were due to play there, they have moved most of their shows to the a0 arena. take that have moved most of their shows, so good news for fans

have moved most of their shows, so good news forfans in have moved most of their shows, so good news for fans in that it has not been cancelled, so it has been moved, so we will bring you more details on that as and when we get that, because i know there are a lot of take that fans out there. what would it be like to meet one of our closest relatives from 75,000 years ago in the flesh? scientists have produced a remarkable reconstruction of what a neanderthal woman would have looked like when she was alive and in the process are reassessing their understanding of neanderthals. 0ur science editor, rebecca morelle, has more. revealed for the first time — a face from the ancient past. a female neanderthal who lived 75,000 years ago. she's been called shanidar z. her face was recreated from this skull. we can say that she's neanderthal from various features, so perhaps the most obvious one is this quite large brow ridge that runs across above the eyes. she was probably around her mid—40s, with particularly worn teeth.

her chewing's not as effective as it would have been, so she's not able to eat in quite the same way. we've got some other indications of poor dental health, some infections, some gum disease as well. probably by the time the skeleton and the teeth are this kind of worn, you're actually getting to the natural end of life. the skeleton was discovered in a cave in the kurdistan region of iraq. the excavation was followed by a documentary team. since the 1950s, archaeologists there have found bones from at least ten neanderthals. they think it's a burial site. they were looking after other members of the group, and that care went on after they died, because they were carefully placed and probably covered. there's absolutely no doubt that they maintained a tradition over several hundred years of, "this is where you put grandma." neanderthals and modern humans — that's us — separated from a common ancestor at least 500,000 years ago.

neanderthals then evolved across europe and asia while we were evolving in africa. about 60,000 years ago, though, modern humans headed north in a major migration. but 20,000 years after that, neanderthals disappeared. we could be the prime suspects in their demise, perhaps outcompeting neanderthals. but we did coexist for a while — the two species interbred, and most of us have about 2% neanderthal dna. it was once thought that neanderthals weren't very sophisticated. but there is evidence from the cave they used tools, built fires and cooked together. you can see neanderthals sitting around, preparing food, heating them up, some kind of simple cooking going on, and presumably that beginning of socialising in ways. so that's just another example of they're more and more like us. learning about shanidar z could tell us more about our

similarities and differences. her story is also ours. rebecca morelle, bbc news. the 1997 novel harry potter and the philosopher's stone byjk rowling was the start of what would become a global phenomenon. and now the original illustration for the first edition of the book is going on sale at a record estimate. it will be auctioned at sotheby�*s injune and it's expected to go for more than $400,000. earlier, i spoke to kalika sands, sotheby�*s international specialist for books & manuscripts, and asked her about the cover�*s significance. it's really thomas taylor, who was given the press galley, or the proof galley, of harry potter and the philosopher's stone. and he was one of its earliest readers. so he was using the prose from the text, the wonderful description we have of

a young harry with his knobby knees, his lightning bolt scar. and that was his inspiration for the cover. so he was the first person to really visualise what harry would look like. and just remind us about what you expect it to go for and why it's going to go for that amount of money and possibly more. yeah, that's an excellent question. so it was offered through sotheby�*s london, actually, in 2001. and at that time, it had the highest pre—sale estimate for any harry potter material to appear at auction up to that point. so really, it's in keeping with that. but i think as a point of reference, around the same time, if a first edition of harry potter and the philosopher's stone that was in fine condition was offered, a standard pre—sale estimate was about £4,000—6,000. now, a standard pre—sale estimate for the same book would be more in the region of $80,000-120,000. so there's been an astronomical rise. and then in 2021, a new record was set for a first edition of philosopher's stone,

and that was 471,000. not sure i can afford it! there we go! dua lipa's last two albums sold more than 3 million copies in the uk, establishing her as one of the country's because pop stars. this year, she's set to get even bigger — with a headline slot at glastonbury and the release of her third album, radical 0ptimism. the 28—year—old met up with our music correspondent mark savage. # you can fly away with me tonight... # four number one singles, seven brit awards... this is sick! ..a starring role in barbie, and later this year, a headline slot at glastonbury. how much does that occupy your thoughts on a day—to—day basis? 50% of my thoughts goes to glastonbury, and then the rest are every other day tasks! it lives and has lived in my mind since the very beginning. # 0oh, it's amusing... # before glastonbury

comes dua's new album. on this album, i feel like your vocals have grown again, like you're singing more powerfully, i think, and your upper register is stronger. oh, it's so much stronger. the voice is a muscle, and i trained it for a whole year, every night, while basically running at the same time. it was such an energetic show. i was dancing nonstop for an hour and half, i had to really figure out my breath control. dua lipa's new album comes out at the same time as releases by ariana grande, beyonce and taylor swift. # i love you... # the singer says it's notable that female artists aren't being pitted against each other. i think we're definitely growing up. i think people are being held accountable for the way they choose to portray women in competition.

we're in a moment in time where there is so much cameraderie, and i think it's working in ourfavour, and i think it's amazing to see so many women at the same time. # i'm not here for long # catch me or i go houdini...# glastonbury reflects that shift. for the first time ever this year, there'll be two female headliners. jump, jump, jump! dua says it's herjob to make the pyramid stage feel as intimate as this show from 2017. i got to figure out a way to make 150,000 people feel like they're in a small little nightclub, somehow! i got to do it. if there is one place to do it, it's going to be glasto! # i could do this dance all night... # we'll find out in june. mark savage, bbc news. a new picture of princess charlotte has been released to mark her ninth birthday. the photo was taken by her mother, the princess of wales, at windsor in the last few days. she has previously described her daughter as feisty compared to her older brother george

and "the one in charge". talking about the one in charge, it's christian fraser up next with the context. that is it for me. i will leave you with the weather with elizabeth. hello there. good evening. it was stormy last night across the south, around 4,000 lightning strikes recorded, and still the potential for more thunderstorms overnight tonight and throughout the day tomorrow for some. once again, the best of the warmth and the sunshine for western areas of scotland. 0vernight tonight, we've still got that waving front across england and wales, lots of cloud here with some outbreaks of rain. watch out for some heavy, thundery showers pushing into lincolnshire in yorkshire by the time we get to tomorrow morning, perhaps. still with that onshore breeze for north sea—facing coasts, a misty start to the day. plenty of cloud here. and it's a frost—free start to the day tomorrow, of course, as well. now, through friday, we're going to see our waving front

slowly push its way a little further northwards, introducing cooler—feeling conditions across the far south coast. but to start with, through the morning, there'll be outbreaks of rain. watch out for these thunderstorms tracking further northwards and westwards through the day, into north—west england, perhaps parts of northern ireland as well. it's a bright start to the day here, but it will cloud over through the afternoon. again, still that onshore breeze — cloudier, coolerfor north sea —facing coasts. a huge drop in temperature for east anglia between thursday and friday. highest temperatures, best of the sunshine across western areas of scotland once again, 21 or 22 degrees. now, as we head through saturday, our front continues to push further northwards across scotland and northern ireland, so this is where we're likely to see more cloud across the north as we head through saturday. watch out for some showers as well. and i wouldn't totally rule out the possibility of some further showers across the south—east of england. perhaps the best of the sunshine will tend to be across northern england. temperatures more or less the seasonal average. and on saturday night into sunday, we start to see this area of low pressure roll in from the south—west, so possibly the focus for the showers, the cloud will tend to be out towards the south and the west,

gradually pushing further northwards and eastwards through the day. so, again, more sunshine for northern england, perhaps more showers and cloud across northern scotland into northern ireland. but it's important not to take the graphics too literally at this stage through the bank holiday weekend, because they're still likely to change. it's a very messy picture all in all. what we do know is that there will be some sunshine at times and, of course, the sun fairly strong at this time of year, so it will feel warm in the best of that, but expect to see more wet weather, showers and longer spells of rain, too. bye— bye.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. violent protest is not protected. peaceful protest is. it's against the law when violence occurs. destroying property is not a peaceful protest. police moved in in the early hours of the morning. a massive police operation took

place here, and systematically they formed this ring of steel, really, around the encampment, around the campus. to me, this feels like a place we didn't need to end up- being and something that many of us did not need to go _ through last night. president biden breaks his silence about the college protests in america and a peaceful cease—fire hangs in the balance. we here tonight from a former nato weapons expert about ukraine and is there a

rusted assault on ukrainian