made in labs in china, nitazenes are being advertised on social media platforms and smuggled into the country, before being mixed into other illegal drugs by criminal gangs. colin campbell has the story. the 21—year—old southampton musician dylan rocha died after unknowingly taking synthetic opioids called nitazenes that were hidden in heroin. just really wanted to cuddle him. i put my head on his chest, really scared. i didn't want to put my head on his chest because because his heart wasn't beating. we've discovered the super—strength manmade drugs linked to more than 100 uk deaths are being openly advertised by chinese suppliers on major social media sites. on x, formerly twitter, we found more than 700 adverts for nitazenes. on the music sharing platform soundcloud, we found almost 3,000. finding adverts on this scale,

hundreds, thousands of adverts, it is horrifying with potentially a very significant risk to human life. posing as a drug dealer, we contacted suppliers in china and received a flood of offers, videos of the labs where the drugs are supposedly made and bags of powder ready to be shipped. our product is very, very good. and the purity is up to 98. are you a fan of me from soundcloud? do you have many customers from soundcloud? yeah, yeah. it's melodic, playful, but they can make an advertisement on it. we contacted 35 suppliers. 30 said they could post nitazenes to the uk. you promise it is safe? yeah, we have many customers and they all give us positive feedback. they said they are strong.

yeah, have the effect they want. after we contacted soundcloud, they removed all the posts. they say they were being targeted by bad actors for the purpose of selling or trading illegal drugs. they say they use staff and software to moderate posts and promise to take every possible action to tackle the worldwide epidemic of drug trafficking. after contacting x, hundreds of posts were removed, but, a month later, many remained on the platform. we asked if a failure to adequately moderate had allowed posts to remain online while the global trade of these dangerous drugs flourishes. they did not respond. dylan rocha used soundcloud to share his music. for his mum, there's only one course of action for the social media firms. take them down, obviously. have more stringent things in place to stop advertisements going on.

the very thing that dylan used for people to know about his music and love his music also advertising the drug that killed him. the bbc didn't buy any nitazenes and contacted all suppliers to ask why they were willing to provide illegal and dangerous products. only six responded, saying they'd never sent the drug to the uk and didn't know it was illegal here. the home office say amounts reaching the uk remain low and a recent tightening of the law means suppliers can now face life in prison. colin campbell, bbc news. the mother of dylan took the decision to talk the issue and she joins me now from southampton. thank you forjoining us and i don't underestimate how difficult an issue this must be to talk to us about. let's talk about dylan. for most people listening to the story, they

would never have heard of nitazenes. how do you think dylan ended up using them. he how do you think dylan ended up using them-— how do you think dylan ended up usin: them. ., �* ., ~ ., using them. he wouldn't have known either. i using them. he wouldn't have known either- i had — using them. he wouldn't have known either. i had never— using them. he wouldn't have known either. i had never heard _ using them. he wouldn't have known either. i had never heard of - using them. he wouldn't have known either. i had never heard of them - either. i had never heard of them before all this happened and pretty much everyone i've spoken since has never heard of nitazenes either. he wouldn't of had a clue they were there, i doubt he would have heard of them either.— of them either. what's your understanding _ of them either. what's your understanding as _ of them either. what's your understanding as to - of them either. what's your understanding as to what i of them either. what's your - understanding as to what happened? what do you mean, with how he took them? , ., , ., , them? yes, how they came to be in his system- — them? yes, how they came to be in his system- he _ them? yes, how they came to be in his system. he had _ them? yes, how they came to be in his system. he had taken _ them? yes, how they came to be in his system. he had taken some - them? yes, how they came to be in i his system. he had taken some drugs, he had taken — his system. he had taken some drugs, he had taken heroin _ his system. he had taken some drugs, he had taken heroin and _ his system. he had taken some drugs, he had taken heroin and the _ he had taken heroin and the nitazenes were found in the postmortem toxicology and they were found to be in his system. he had therapeutic amounts of heroin in his system for what he had taken heroin was wouldn't have killed him, he would have tolerated that, but was

this other side drug that was in or cut in there that he would never have known about. that is what has caused this and the scary thing is people here heroin and think hard core drugs, but this could be cut into anything. it's not necessarily heroin people are finding it in cocaine and all sorts of other drugs as well. in cocaine and all sorts of other drugs as well. ., ., ., , as well. in the extraordinary thing about nitazenes _ as well. in the extraordinary thing about nitazenes is _ as well. in the extraordinary thing about nitazenes is their _ as well. in the extraordinary thing about nitazenes is their strength, | about nitazenes is their strength, isn't it? they are extraordinarily strong and we have a slight bit of break up on your line but it's such an important issue i'd like to continue with it if we can. tell me a little bit about nitazenes a wide so dangerous. a little bit about nitazenes a wide so dangerous-— a little bit about nitazenes a wide so dangerous. when you watch the programme _ so dangerous. when you watch the programme you — so dangerous. when you watch the programme you will— so dangerous. when you watch the programme you will see _ so dangerous. when you watch the programme you will see just - programme you will see just the tiniest amount of nitazenes, just a few grams or a few granules can be fatal. the smallest amount that is in there that can be killing

somebody. it doesn't have to be a large amount at all. sorry.- large amount at all. sorry. claire, will have to _ large amount at all. sorry. claire, will have to leave _ large amount at all. sorry. claire, will have to leave it _ large amount at all. sorry. claire, will have to leave it there - large amount at all. sorry. claire, will have to leave it there and - will have to leave it there and we are so sorry for your loss and we know you want to talk with this and try and make sure other people are aware of this issue of nitazenes thank you so much forjoining us and we really appreciate the time. the metropolitan police commissioner will meet london mayor sadiq khan today, following a row over his force's handling of demonstrations. sir mark rowley has faced calls to resign, after an anti—semitism campaigner was threatened with arrest, at a pro—palestine protest. louisa pilbeam reports. thank you very much. it's an incident that's prompted not one, but two apologies from the metropolitan police. jewish anti—semitic campaigner gideon falter wanted to cross the road through a pro—palestinian march, but was stopped by officers. you are quite openlyjewish. it's a pro—palestinian march.

i'm not accusing you of anything. i'm worried about the reaction to your presence. when mr falter disagrees, the officer threatens to arrest him, caught on camera by the anti—semitism charity he works for. i was being treated like a criminal for being jewish, and after we'd been stopped by police, people started shouting abuse at us and the police surrounded us and not them. they told us we were threatened with arrest, not them. there were people crossing the road left, right and centre in any direction they wanted to. the incident has led to met chief sir mark rowley apologising twice in three days. he's since been summoned to an urgent meeting today with the mayor of london, sadiq khan. it comes amid calls for the commissioner to resign. sir mark and the met have come under fire for the way pro—palestinian marches have been accused of turning london into a no—go zone forjewish people. in a bid to mend those

relations, he will also speak withjewish groups today. if i remain here, you will arrest me? mr falter has been invited to a private meeting with the met, which he has accepted. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. we can speak now to independent adviser to uk government on anti—semitism lord john mann. do you think sir mark rowley should stay in his post? of course he should and he is one of the experts on counterterrorism in this country, the best the police has got, the most experienced and thatis has got, the most experienced and that is by far the most dangerous threat that the country and the jewish community faces. and so, i have spoken withjewish communal leaders over the weekend and there is no demand from them for him to resign, none whatsoever. he should stay in his post and i'm pleased his meeting with thejewish community. in fact, there is a meeting taking

place within the hour and then there are weekly meetings between the met now and the jewish are weekly meetings between the met now and thejewish community, through the londonjewish forum which is an excellent initiative from the jewish which is an excellent initiative from thejewish community and which is already having positive impact. he should carry on doing more of this. what do you make of the full video? i know short clips of this interaction between gideon fulcher and the police officer have been broadcast widely.— and the police officer have been broadcast widely. gideon fulcher... what do you — broadcast widely. gideon fulcher... what do you make _ broadcast widely. gideon fulcher... what do you make of _ broadcast widely. gideon fulcher... what do you make of the _ broadcast widely. gideon fulcher... what do you make of the video - broadcast widely. gideon fulcher... | what do you make of the video what does it tell us about the issues on the streets at the moment between jewish people and between these marches, these marches which are happening every couple of weeks. it tells me what i already knew which is mr falter came to protest and he came with his security and became with his media operation came to

protest. people are allowed to protest. people are allowed to protest but the police are also going to need to be rational if there are two sets of competing protesters and that is what this is then they need to ensure there is a separation between them. i used to organise major demonstrations and go to negotiate with the police but there are all sorts of complexities and how you do it and i think some things can be done better. for example, i think the shop owners and shop workers in particular, the customers who get disadvantaged when a splinter group break off and occupy a fast—food outlet or outlet in central london, i think the police could be more nifty on their feetin police could be more nifty on their feet in stopping that and arresting those people. but the police have a problem, parliament hasn't given them powers, thejewish community is complaining about some of the placards. parliament hasn't given

the police the powers that they need and the powers that mark rowley and the extremism server in the past recommended to government. they haven't been implemented and that is video, placards, both inciting hatred and on promoting terrorist organisations. i would say give the police, and i have said give the police, and i have said give the police more powers and the police can then be held to account for using them. if there not using the powers that you have a problem. can i interru -t powers that you have a problem. can i interrupt you? i would say mr falter would disagree with you suggesting he was there to protest. he would argue he was simply walking in london and he was stopped from doing so... in london and he was stopped from doing so- - -— in london and he was stopped from doing so- - -_ doing so... know, he wasn't. let's be uuite doing so... know, he wasn't. let's be quite clear- _ doing so... know, he wasn't. let's be quite clear. that _ doing so... know, he wasn't. let's be quite clear. that is _ doing so... know, he wasn't. let's be quite clear. that is not - doing so... know, he wasn't. let's be quite clear. that is not true. i doing so... know, he wasn't. let'sj be quite clear. that is not true. he wasn'tjust be quite clear. that is not true. he wasn't just walking be quite clear. that is not true. he wasn'tjust walking in london. i

mean it was shabbat at the time and he has been there before at the protests. he has been quite explicit. before he went on this protest he had already called publicly for mark rowley to be sacked. there is no ambiguity. let me show you how he operates. let me show you this. this organisation... has bit has blocked me from seeing their social media. i'm an adviser to government on anti—semitism and they have other objectives in this. if you're going to block people like myself from seeing your social media, you are not playing it straight. media, you are not playing it straiuht. .,. media, you are not playing it straiuht. ., ~ straight. the fact that the met police commissioner - straight. the fact that the met police commissioner will - straight. the fact that the met| police commissioner will meet straight. the fact that the met - police commissioner will meet city can today suggest there is an issue. of course there is an issue, the of course there is an issue, the jewish community is under tremendous

problems, huge problems and i'm dealing with it every single day. people being intimidated at work, people being scared in relation to what is going on. of course this problem for thejewish community but what we don't need is a destruction of falter turning up with his so—called walkabout protesting. what we need is somewhat stronger laws, what we need is effective policing, what we need is effective policing, what we need is effective policing, what we need is the police meeting the jewish what we need is the police meeting thejewish community what we need is the police meeting the jewish community and what we need is the police meeting thejewish community and they have been every week and there has been some significant progress from that, the jewish some significant progress from that, thejewish community doing hard work, the police officers doing hard work, the police officers doing hard work and we need to get the police public relations act together... there has been a shambles in the last week. there are many improvements of the police can make. the best way to do that is to do with they are doing, talk to the jewish community and if they need more powers to ask powers from ——

parliament for those powers. more powers to ask powers from -- parliament for those powers.- parliament for those powers. thank ou. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

this you are watching bbc news. 100 years of bbc education is being celebrated this month. it's a century since the first schools radio broadcast was aired in the uk. the service has evolved since then, from bbc television for schools in 1957, to programmes like bitesize, created in 1998 during the internet boom, and bringing a variety of lessons to children during the covid lockdown. 0ur reporter ricky boleto looks at bbc education's progress.

a house with a door. windows — one... for many, this is the sound of their childhood. ready to play? what's the day? it's monday! we found your very first appearance on play school. it's even got the old clapperboard there at the front. oh, my goodness me! have a look at that. and this is floella. hello! she chuckles. this leaf's almost as big as my hand. one of play school's best—loved presenters, baroness floella benjamin, first appeared in 1976. i did play school — it wasjust 16 years after i arrived in england. suddenly there i am on television, being part of the children's world for the future. who would have thought? don't you look smart, big ted? so do you, little ted. it was terribly important, because education should be fun. education should be fulfilling.

education should be exciting. and that's what we used to do for the children — make them feel excited about learning. but in the early days, it was quite different. certainly not as colourful. this afternoon, we present the first of five programmes on canada... in 1957, bbc television for schools began. and slowly, more teachers wheeled out their rather heavy school tv into the classroom. the first of this afternoon's programmes for schools and colleges follows in one minute. and remember this voice? hello, word watchers! ha—ha! i'm wordy! 0h. who are you? where did you spring from? i'm mr watchword the word watcher. i think after a very short space of time, we realised that wordy was extremely popular with the children because of the feedback from the teachers and all the schools. but the most important thing was that, not only

were they being entertained, but they were learning. hey, word watchers! what makes martin a real artist? st does! and while some things definitely haven't changed... look at this — always wanted to see what's behind there. ..the way that young people and children get their educational content from the bbc has definitely evolved with the times. as we race into the �*90s, technology transforms bbc education. bitesize — the online learning portal for young people — is launched... we've got a little page here. there we are. the gcse bitesize revision... ..becoming even more relevant during the covid—19 pandemic, as schools across the uk closed. the site attracted almost four million weekly users. this is the bbc live programme... from gathering around the wireless, to live lessons streaming on smartboards — a lot has changed in the last 100 years.

and it's time for us to go now — until tomorrow. bye — bye. ricky boleto, bbc news. that was a nice step back memory lane. joining me now is one of the hosts for bbc education show live lesson and newsround — de—graft mensah. tell me, do you feel like more of a tv presenter or a teacher? i definitely feel more like a tv presenter, but doing live lessons is given even more respect about all the amazing teachers are there because the teacher live lesson in itself is incredibly hard, let alone a class filled with 30 kids. absolutely. bbc education has had a really important place, hasn't it, over the years, educating different generations and we saw in the piece

particularly during the pandemic it absolutely came into its own when lots of us parents were stuck at home wondering how on earth were going to educate our children around and bbc really stepped up. you know what, in a period _ and bbc really stepped up. you know what, in a period of— and bbc really stepped up. you know what, in a period of time _ and bbc really stepped up. you know what, in a period of time was - and bbc really stepped up. you know what, in a period of time was a - and bbc really stepped up. you know what, in a period of time was a very i what, in a period of time was a very interesting period of time. we filmed newsround in a building and media city in salford and at the time it was only newsround and live lessons who are the only sort of live bit of children's output during the time period and i think we really understood how much children did rely on services like newsround and live lessons. it was the only opportunity for many children to access... , . ., ., , opportunity for many children to access... , .., ., , .., access... one second, wages could sing about — access. .. one second, wages could sing about our— access... one second, wages could sing about our viewers _ access... one second, wages could sing about our viewers on - access. .. one second, wages could sing about our viewers on bbc- access... one second, wages couldl sing about our viewers on bbc world and they will come back to you. thank you. do stay with us on uk viewers. sorry to interrupt you there. this go back to what you are talking about, the importance of during the pandemic of how it came

into its own. carry on and sorry to interrupt. ida into its own. carry on and sorry to interru t. ., ., , into its own. carry on and sorry to interrut. ., ., , �*, interrupt. no worries, it's similar to what my _ interrupt. no worries, it's similar to what my colleague _ interrupt. no worries, it's similar to what my colleague were - interrupt. no worries, it's similar| to what my colleague were saying then, the programming we were outputting was entertaining learning and i think for children to be able to see some of your favourite presenters and favour people you recognise on screen teaching lessons, it became something that they really enjoyed and wanted to do. looking back at some of the programming that we saw in that vat earlier on it reminded me of some of the programming that we saw in that vat earlier on it reminded me of similar lessons got a lot better and they have become a lot more entertaining so i'm glad we were there for all of them.— entertaining so i'm glad we were there for all of them. what do you remember — there for all of them. what do you remember from _ there for all of them. what do you remember from your _ there for all of them. what do you remember from your childhood i there for all of them. what do you i remember from your childhood when you're watching? i remember from your childhood when you're watching?— you're watching? i have this very distinct memory _ you're watching? i have this very distinct memory of _ you're watching? i have this very distinct memory of being - you're watching? i have this very distinct memory of being in i you're watching? i have this very i distinct memory of being in school in primary school and having the teachers we love this massive tv that was kind of rickety and with a vhs and what a weird wash today? and as you get older, engagement with

educational content became more of a choice as opposed to something that was given to you. bite size was mentioned in the vt and i remember growing up and doing my gcses in particular and i am somebody who struggled with maths all my life and i was probably bite—size at number one userjust i was probably bite—size at number one user just trying i was probably bite—size at number one userjust trying to revise all of that maths content. you one userjust trying to revise all of that maths content.- one userjust trying to revise all of that maths content. you are so riaht i of that maths content. you are so right i remember _ of that maths content. you are so right i remember the _ of that maths content. you are so right i remember the massive i of that maths content. you are so right i remember the massive tv | right i remember the massive tv being wheeled in and being excited because it meant we weren't having to do at school, were going to watch telly for a little bit. it was great. when there are so much online content now, how much has bbc education had to change the way it presents stuff because there's just so much competition? yes. presents stuff because there's 'ust so much competition?i presents stuff because there's 'ust so much competition? yes, there is loads of choice _ so much competition? yes, there is loads of choice for _ so much competition? yes, there is loads of choice for kids _ so much competition? yes, there is loads of choice for kids right - so much competition? yes, there is loads of choice for kids right now i loads of choice for kids right now but i think were bbc education really sort of strides is the fact that it really sort of strides is the fact thatitis really sort of strides is the fact that it is a trusted brand. newsround falls into the bbc education as well and we know that it newsround we are watched by an

estimated 3.2 million kids at least once a week. i think the reason we are seeing those numbers is because it's trusted and it's entertaining but it's also never done in a patronising way. we talk to kids at their level, but never to patronise or say, their level, but never to patronise orsay, hey, we their level, but never to patronise or say, hey, we are for you, this is all for you what you want to know? and is teaching that to you. share and is teaching that to you. are they watching — and is teaching that to you. are they watching on tvs other mobile phones these days?— they watching on tvs other mobile phones these days? interestingly, i know in the — phones these days? interestingly, i know in the case _ phones these days? interestingly, i know in the case of— phones these days? interestingly, i know in the case of newsround, i phones these days? interestingly, i know in the case of newsround, we| know in the case of newsround, we know in the case of newsround, we know that they are watching that a lot in the classrooms which was never the case when i was younger. when i was young it was watching newsround before a programme like blue peter at home but now kids are watching them in massive classrooms on their interactive screens or laptops, engaging with us in that way and we do know that kids do engage with content on different social media platforms but i think right now that big main engagement

is in classrooms and in the setting but we also know that they are engaging on iplayer and programmes at home and platforms like their laptops and phones but i think that big interactive viewing experience is probably the main one for them. it's been really good to talk to but doing a very importantjob and thank you so much and helping to educate the children of the nation. well done. we will be presenting a special lesson to be broadcast to children across the uk today. stay with us and we will find it bus had a son but certainly it would be really good to celebrate what has been 100 years of bbc or educational. all the latest news on the bbc website such catch up on any news tune into that but for the moment stay with us here on bbc

news. hello again. yesterday was northern ireland's warmest day of this year so far. today, temperatures will be a little bit lower here. but by the time we get to wednesday, we'll all be in some chillier conditions with temperatures below the seasonal average. there'll be the risk of night frosts and then we'll see some rain coming our way this weekend, particularly saturday night into sunday as low pressure comes back to our shores. but today we've got this weather front sinking south. you can see there's a lot of cloud around and that weather front is producing some patchy light rain and some drizzle extending from south west england, eastern parts of wales, the midlands, northeast england. we could also see the odd shower across parts of south east scotland, but brightening up across much of scotland and northern ireland

through the afternoon. and this is where we'll have the highest temperatures, 16 degrees in glasgow, we're looking at ten or 11 in london and norwich. the average in the far southeast is 1a or 15. now through this evening and overnight, this is the weather front, still producing some patchy light rain and drizzle. behind that, though, the skies do clear, it's going to be a cold night once again, colder in the north than last night, a little bit milder under all this cloud in the southeast than last night. so a real change in fortunes. as we head through tomorrow, we still have this weather front draped across southern areas, producing cloud and patchy light rain, the clearance in the sky especially out towards the west. so we hang onto quite a lot of cloud in parts of the southeast through the day, but brightening up southwest england, wales, northern england, scotland and northern ireland. but we'll have a brisk wind coming down the north sea coastline and that will accentuate the cold feel. the temperatures are quite low

anyway, but quite a blustery day really wherever you are. then for wednesday, again there'll be a few showers coming down this north sea coastline, getting into norfolk, for example. some of these could be wintry in parts of the highlands and the pennines, but more cloud around during the course of wednesday. but there will be some brighter breaks nonetheless. and these are our temperatures, seven to about 13 degrees north to south. as we move on through thursday and friday, there'll be some showers around. temperatures rising a little bit through the weekend. but then that low pressure comes in saturday night and sunday, bringing some rain.

live from london, this is bbc news. the head of israeli military intelligence, aharon haliva, has resigned — the first senior israeli official to step down over the october 7th hamas attack. parliament is set for a final showdown over the rwanda asylum plan — we'll have the latest live from westminster and kigali. ukraine's president welcomes washington's military aid deal, saying it could help turn the tide in the war against russia. and tens of thousands are forced to evacuate their homes after torrential rainstorms hit southern china threatening massive floods.

hello, i'm sarah campbell. the head of israeli military intelligence, aharon haliva, has resigned — the first senior israeli official to step down over the hamas assault in october. mr haliva had accepted responsibility for security failings which allowed the attacks to take place. 1,200 people were killed and hundreds more were taken hostage by hamas and allied groups. meanwhile, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to reject any sanctions on the country's military, after reports that the us plans to cut aid to one unit. amid ongoing violence in the occupied west bank, the us says it will respond to any human rights violations against palestinians. explosion in gaza, 15 children are among the dead,

after an israeli air strike on the southern city of rafah,