this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. another step in easing the lockdown in england — new rules allow groups of up to six people to meet outside from monday. these changes mean that friends and family can start to meet their loved ones, perhaps seeing both parents at once, or both grandparents at once. and i know that for many people, this will be a long—awaited and joyful moment. uk police say the prime minister's adviser dominic cummings may have broken the rules when he travelled to barnard castle — they call it a minor breach

it's day one of new covid—19 tracking systems in both england and scotland — with the aim to move towards a more targeted approach to tackling the outbreak. police and protesters clash for a second night in the us city of minneapolis — after an unarmed black man died in police custody. several western countries tell china to ‘step back from the brink‘ over a new national security law for hong kong. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world — we will have all the latest news this next hour from around the globe. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, says he is confident that his government's five tests for the easing of lockdown restrictions in england were being met. these include a sustained fall in daily hospital admissions, a sustained and consistent fall in the daily death rates. and the rate of infection decreasing to manageable levels.

the prime minister said people in england can now travel to see loved ones in private gardens and parks. up to six people will be allowed to gather in back gardens — there will be barbecues — so long as people maintain good hand hygeine and social distancing. in scotland, people from two different households can meet outdoors at a distance from friday, and in wales people from two different households will be able to meet outside from monday. some retail outlets like car showrooms and outdoor markets will open on june one. and other nonessential retail outlets such as clothes shops are to open from june 15th. elsewhere a grim milestone in the us — the number of people who have died from covid—19 in the united states has now officially exceeded 100 thousand. and in france — prime minister edouard philippe has announced the reopening of bars and restaurants nationally. paris however is to have a more careful relaxation of the rules—

eating and drinking establishments in the city will only be able to serve customers on outside terraces. let's go back to the announcement from the prime minister. here is the report. what will it look like on the other side? the reflections of our new reality are slowly starting to appear. a different life after lockdown, as the rules begin to relax. the prime minister made it official today, the next phase in england is on the way. i cannot and will not throwaway all the gains we have made together, and so the changes we are making our limited and cautious. it's thanks to the caution we have shown so far that all five tests are being met. that means from monday, as long as you keep your distance, some freedom will return. we will allow up to six people to meet outside, provided those from different households continue strictly to observe social

distancing rules. these changes mean that friends and family can start to meet their loved ones, perhaps seeing both parents at once or both grandparents at once. and i know that for many people, this will be a long—awaited and joyful moment. we've been following one family in wolverhampton since the start of the restrictions. today, at a picnic, they sat apart from grandma in the park. but from monday, the web call with the cousins can take place in real life. it is great news, we are really looking forward to welcome friends and family back into the garden, or be unable to see them the park. ultimately we are still really cautious. but the limits are all too realforjames o'hara. his pub fell silent two months ago. he does not know when or perhaps if his business will be back. the great british pub, one of the really good institutions within this country, is genuinely at risk. in terms of what the future holds, it is really difficult to say.

as you can tell, empty shelves, an empty pub. it's been like this for two months, just over. now it is a question of how long can we survive with the doors closed? this is not a click yourfingers moment when suddenly things will snap back to normal. by moving safely into a different —looking world depends on all of us still respecting the government's keep your distance rules, but could that be more complicated after the last few torrid days? there was an outcry when it was revealed that the prime minister's top adviser travelled from london to durham and made a 60 mile separate journey out of lockdown to the town of barnard castle. police said today they would have told dominic cummings to go back to his family home, if they had stopped him that day, concluding there might have been a minor breach of the rules. one of your most senior team, if they were not paying proper attention to the rules, why should anyone else? and to the doctors, if i may, is that the kind

of example that you want them to follow? durham police said that they were going to take no action, and that the matter was closed, and i intend to draw a line under the matter. you've asked chris and patrick, but i am going to interpose myself if i may and protect them from what i think would be an unfair and unnecessary attempt to ask a political question. very, very important that our medical officers and scientific advisers do not get dragged into what i think most people will recognise is fundamentally a political argument. but the pressure on the prime minister won't disappear. nobody should be stopped from answering questions from journalists. but it is the prime minister here who is in issue. he's been too weak throughout this whole episode. he should have acted swiftly. if i have been the prime minister, i would have sacked dominic cummings. we have now effectively

wasted a week when we should have been concentrating on the safety of what comes next. political drama pales next to the loss of so many and the true effects on the country that are emerging piece by piece. and we can talk to laura kuenssberg now, who is in westminster. our political correspondent, helen catt is in westminster. the test have and essentially trying to restore confidence it is safe to open up again. i suppose the test will be on monday when the schools start to reopen. will parents send their children and will teachers turn up? and what does it look like on the streets. we had that methodical briefing of the various ways he said the government's five tests have been net. that is to allay the conservatives that it might start losing things to early. but then again, we know the

government said they are going to be very cautious about this and there is the underlying message of this is life back to normal and a very much is not. and certainly the chief medical officer going to... the absolute importance of that social distancing, keeping two metres apart and interestingly, the chief medical officer pointing out what this new test entry system that started today that actually by keeping two metres apart strictly from other people, thatis apart strictly from other people, that is how you end up not having to isolate and not being one of those people who has contacted. it is an interesting balance the government was trying to strike fair in its messaging. as we start to move and from that new phase from next week. went to make of that awkward moment there, the point where the prime

minister put himself between the scientific advisers and the people asking the questions? that was quite an extraordinary step really, and it did feel uncomfortable, partly, this is in its entirety, borisjohnson wanting to draw the line under this theory of erik dominic cummings which has been going on since friday night and we are now in today's six. it is clear that he wants to move on from that but stepping in and saying they will not answer it, it will probably feel to his critics who will question why he did it, we should say later on in the briefing that both said they did not want to be drawn into the politics and it should be said that borisjohnson said this is politics and not public health. it was an extraordinary thing for him to do and i think it will be interesting to see how that shakes down in the next 2a hours. good to talk to you, thank you very much.

coronavirus contact tracing programmes have begun in both england and scotland. anyone who's been in close contact with someone who's tested positive for covid—i9 will now be contacted and asked to self isolate. northern ireland has a version of the programme already up and running, while the scheme in wales is due to start in earlyjune. let's speak now to professor keith neal — an epidemiologist at the university of nottingham who has been involved in contact tracing for 30 years. it is going to happy with us on the programme. it strikes me the system that has been unveiled in the last 24 that has been unveiled in the last 2a hours is a centralised system. is that local and nimble enough tojump on any outbreaks that we get?|j think on any outbreaks that we get?” think the issue is when i finish working for public health england the contact tracing what is essentially done by the local teams which covered a whole region which for the east midlands was derbyshire, leicestershire and lincoln share. the idea of local and

this is an interesting concept because the contact tracing technique involves communication skills with people who have been infected or carrying a virus or have been exposed. the idea of fleshing it down to a local level does not strike me as being that sensible because he could end up with small teams disseminated across local authorities and who on sundays will not have enough to do —— on some days not having enough to deal and other cases occurring and a small area is random. the number of cases occurring in a small area is quite random. if you have a group of 3a people who are locking only when you do, do not need a local team that is ensuring that they are actually where they say they are? we not asking people to wear tags. when they go out of the house. i mean,

some countries have gone that far and phones to find people —— and using phones and then fining people for leaving their quarantine two hours early, which south korea has done. i do not think anybody would think that is a sensible strategy for this country. whether people comply with this will depend on whether they are able to afford to. in south korea they are offering financial support, do not think it should be the same here?” financial support, do not think it should be the same here? i think many apple employers will be covering it also. —— i think many employers will be covering it. it is knowing that people will comply, as many people as comply as possible, andi many people as comply as possible, and i do not think people want to go and i do not think people want to go and potentially infect their friends and potentially infect their friends and family, particularly if they have vulnerable their relatives or friends. just a final one, what i the challenges of getting these tests that quickly questioning

jeremy hunt was on yesterday at his apartment that they come back in 2a hours. when you listen to what is john cse, did you think that they are coming back in more than 48 hours? i did not actually listen to how quickly tessa coming back and if they are not coming back, the laboratory should be doing an audit and that exactly why it is not coming back so they can improve the service. the sooner you get the test back, the sooner that someone can stop isolating if they are negative is the point. the current advice is that if you have covid—i9 symptoms, you isolate, regardless of whether you isolate, regardless of whether you have had a test not for days. and then your household for 14 days, which seems to have been forgotten about. even if you have to wait an extra day for a test, you are actually five days better. professor neil, good to get your thoughts. was the fact that everyone can now get tested. thank you, we must leave it there. thank you very much. china's leaders are beginning

the drafting of legislation expected to bring sweeping restrictions to hong kong following approval from the country's parliament. delegates in beijing almost unanimously agreed to ban activities in hong kong that damage national security. chinese leaders will decide what conduct will be outlawed in the next few months — and then impose their decision on the territory. we'll be getting diplomatic reaction in a moment, but first, stephen mcdonell has this report. at china's rubber—stamp congress, the vote was never going to be close. in the end 2878 in favour and only one against. the bill for tougher security measures in hong kong now goes to a standing committee and should be law by the second half of the year. in hong kong the local legislature saw more pushing and shoving today. the numbers in the mini parliament are stacked so it will always remain under the control of the pro—beijing camp. it hasn't been able to pass a national security law so the central government imposed its own

legislation on the city. it's unclear which types of speech or actions might constitute treason under the new law but secession and subversion crimes could mean decades in prison for activists. many in the pro—democracy camp are calling on the united states and others to impose sanctions on both hong kong and mainland china. action is what will make the chinese hesitate to propose this —— to impose at this draconian law on us. supporters of the law say it's needed to rein in protests which have become at times destructive and violent. others say it will mean the end of free speech in hong kong. it has certainly reignited tensions there. stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, beijing. the uk, australia, canada, and united states have issued a statement in response. it says china's decision to impose the new national security law on hong kong lies in direct conflict with its international

obligations under the principles of the legally—binding, un—registered sino—british joint declaration. morgan ortagus, spokesperson for the us department of state, has told the bbc this is a pivotal moment for the people of hong kong. people of hong kong are already losing out to the chinese communist party. the people of hong kong have been threatened and harassed and detained by the chinese communist party for the past year. and so, we know that they are the ones that suffer most from these actions by general secretary xhi. we will do everything we can to stand by the people of hong kong and stand up for the rule of law and what is right. we know that this is a series of broken promises that the chinese communist party makes to the world when they never had any intention of keeping those premises. they say is, again, ithink, keeping those premises. they say is, again, i think, an keeping those premises. they say is, again, ithink, an incredibly pivotal moment in history to stand on the right side. the british foreign secretary, dominic raab, said that

unless china changed its mind, the uk government would make it easier for british passport holders in hong kong to travel to the uk. there are more than 300,000 people with "british national overseas" status in hong kong and they can currently visit the uk for up to six months without a visa. mr raab urged china to think again. we are, obviously, deeply concerned about this step and working with our international partners, what we would now like to see is china just pause for thought and step back from this step and reconsider, above all live up to its international obligations and, indeed, its international response relatives as a leading member of the international community. dominic raab, the foreign secretary. let's bring in cathy, who is in washington for us. where do you think the us administration is currently? you have secretary pompeo come out yesterday with this pretty forceful

comment saying that hong kong never had its autonomy and said it was going to go to congress to try and bring the status of hong kong. that would have a big impact on business into the city, potentially affecting business scratch make billions of dollars of trade between the us and hong kong full stop it isa it is a ratcheting up of tensions that were already brewing over the pandemic between beijing and washington. if you remember, we go back to the beginning of the pandemic and how laudatory donald trump was of xie ping and that has changed, that rhetoric over the pandemic and now we have the us on the same side as its allies over china, whereas they have sort of been isolating before. —— xijinping. as we speak to richard haass —

formerly an advisor to the—then secretary of state colin powell, now president of the council on foreign relations, who's in new york. jeremy hunt was pointing out that the uk has especially ring in your —— special and unique role as at the former colonial past. need to take the role and value this international i do not know if they need to, but as they need to, but has you say, they have special standing here. and i would hope all the democratic countries in the world would come together, and central china for doing this and the united states should end hong kong special economic status. the whole idea was it was predicated on one country, two systems and if the chinese are now going to make it one country, one system, then it makes fio country, one system, then it makes no sense to treat hong kong as a special case. richard, has china kind of misplayed this in the sense that the us was a little bit isolated from the rest of the international community around the pandemic in its comments about china

and trying to pin the pandemic on a lab in wuhan and now you have an international community coming together with the us art of letting this move with pompeo's comments yesterday against china dashing the us leading this move. possibly and temporarily it will shift the focus of the well, but i think the chinese calculated if you things and the re st of calculated if you things and the rest of the world was so focused on other issues that the price they would have to pay for this would be small. hong kong is not as significant to china's economy now as it used to be. probably most important, the chinese leadership is simply in no mood whatsoever to allow, if you pardon the expression, the virus of democracy from hong kong to spread into the mainland where there is some criticism of sheeting ping's handling of the pandemic. —— xi jinping. sheeting ping's handling of the pandemic. -- xijinping. where sheeting ping's handling of the pandemic. -- xi jinping. where does that leave relations with washington? the relations were

deteriorating before covid—19 and they continue to get worse at the moment. they do not have a positive rationale for the relationship, economics have gone from a source of support to flexion. we disagree on the politics, we disagree on the strategic issues. —— to friction. this is actually the most dangerous and difficult moment in this modern relationship between the united states and china since it was founded in the 1970s. on that theme, richard, you have been writing in the wall streetjournal richard, you have been writing in the wall street journal and the washington post by the last few days about the lack of doctrine within the trump administration. it sorta speaks to what you had just insane. what you mean by that? what is a doctor in? what would you like to see questioning —— it sort of speaks to what you have just been saying. basic principle or basic compass from which, then specific policies are derived stop the truman doctrine, helping —— the truman doctrine, helping —— the truman doctrine meant helping countries in

europe that were facing a communist threat and for carter it was countries facing threats in the persian gulf. what we're seeing is a pattern of american withdrawal from a host international agreements and multilateral agreements and we are also seeing a steady pull out of american forces from the middle east andi american forces from the middle east and i think it is obvious soon from afghanistan. he likes the power of withdrawal, though, this president. does it give the us more options? does it give the us more options? does it give him the leverage that he once in future negotiations? on paper it does, but in practice one of the great advantages of american foreign policy is that we have partners. we had allies. unilateralism is not much of an advantage, particularly when the principal challenges are dealing with global issues like climate, like pandemics, like terrorism, where we need to come together or, in the case of china or iran, where we have countries with those problems, we end up isolating

ourselves more than them. we have been isolated in europe about 5g, we have obviously been isolated vis—a—vis iran over sanctions. have obviously been isolated vis-a-vis iran over sanctions. and pretty much isolated over the pandemic toe because the us has not been there at the key meetings discussing a vaccine —— pandemic two. connect i throw this forward to the election in november and how you think the president's, i will not collect his foreign policy, but his foreign standing, his reputation around the world is going to play. is it going to be a factor in the 2020 election? given that america is so 2020 election? given that america is so wrapped up in the crisis of the pandemic? i think is your question suggests it is not going to matter a whole lot. also toughness towards china is something that the democrats, a lot of them sign on criticism of trade is something the democrats sign on to. i think the whole country is going to be looking inwards and there will be a sense that we have to look after ourselves, we now have 40 million unemployed, obviously more than 100,000 dead. i actually do not

think foreign policy is going to be front and centre, which is ironic or dangerous, even, because whoever wins this election is probably going to inherit the most daunting inbox that any american president has ever begun with, but i simply do not think it is going to be a big factor in the elections and a democratic debate suggest the same. they issue barely came up during that dozen democratic debates. one factor could change that, i guess, richard, and thatisif change that, i guess, richard, and that is if the united states does not come up with a vaccine first for the coronavirus and that is putting america any position of dealing with whatever country does. that is an interesting point. by notjoin the european led initiative, we put ourselves to some extent at the end of the kid. i think that will matter, obviously, even where the economy. “— matter, obviously, even where the economy. —— the end of the queue. statistical trends with health, the trends with the economy, whether it is improving, and as you say, if we end up, the united states producing relaxing, that will be a real boon. if it happens before november. and

of someone else does —— producing the vaccine. and if someone else does it will be, how what has the united states fallen behind? we have more figures today of the led states pulling back figures support. if the government here are still pushing stated, do you see that as a new source of tension? stated in terms of what? countries still pumping money into their economies. he has only said that the germans put too much aid into companies. i wonder if that could be a new flashpoint?” much aid into companies. i wonder if that could be a new flashpoint? i do not think so because we are going to be doing a lot more of it. i think in the future this whole in the name of adjusting our vulnerability, the foreign sources of supply and supply chains, ithink foreign sources of supply and supply chains, i think we're going to see a much larger government role the american economy, calls for domestic self—sufficiency, stockpiling. i actually think that maybe there will be something of a new paradigm emerging in the united states, much larger safety net for citizens, much larger safety net for citizens, much larger government role in the economy. richard, it is i was good to get your thoughts. thank you so much for being with us today. katty,

stay with us. we will get to that. a second night of rioting in minneapolis. it has been a sunny, been a sunny, warm been a sunny, warm and mostly dry day for us today. there was some rain at the first thing in morning in scotland. the closed end 91 came out. —— recently met. it has been the warmest day of the year so far in scotland and also in northern ireland, with temperatures making 25 celsius. they dry weather, though, isa celsius. they dry weather, though, is a major theme at the moment. for some parts of england, with no rain in store through the rest of the month, it is going to be the driest may on record. there has been little or no rain across the south—east of england and central england. it could be the driest may for the north—west of england as well. by contrast, it has been wetter than average across highland scotland. the general dry weather throughout

the month has been due to persistent areas of high pressure. that is what has been dominating our weather over the past few days. it is keeping it dry this evening and overnight. there are still more in the way of cloud across the northern isles of scotla nd cloud across the northern isles of scotland and some of this cloud could make its way southwards through the north sea and perhaps on some eastern coastal counties. with it will be a little chillier, but on the whole temperature as well be in double figures overnight. any cloud thatis double figures overnight. any cloud that is developing eastern england will not last long. we will see the sunshine pushing its way northwards into the northern isles as well. it will turn out to be a dry and sunny day once again. there will be a noticeable breeze, easterly or south—easterly, and where you get that onshore, some coastal areas will be a little bit cooler. otherwise, typically the low to mid 20s and temperatures could get higher than today across some northern parts of scotland. perhaps 27 or even 28 celsius. over the weekend, the weather pattern does not change very much. high pressure is centred across scandinavia and

these weather fronts are kept at bay and we are going to draw air in from continental europe. that means more warmth and more sunshine, and significantly no rain as well. it is very strong sunshine, high or if not very strong sunshine, high or if not very high uv levels. we have got some city for per year. temperatures may start to drop away a little bit across scotland and northern ireland, but a little bit of fair weather clock too. generally sunny across england and wales with the higher temperatures across wales and western parts of england with 26 or 27 celsius.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. another step in easing the lockdown in england — new rules allow groups of up to six people to meet outside from monday. these changes mean that friends and family can start to meet their loved ones, perhaps seeing both parents at once or both grandparents at once andi once or both grandparents at once and i know that for many people this will be a long—awaited and joyful moment. uk police say the prime minister's adviser dominic cummings may have broken the rules when he travelled to barnard castle — they call it a minor breach it's day one of new covid—19 tracking systems in both england and scotland — with the aim to move towards a more targeted approach to tackling the outbreak. police and protesters have clashed for a second night in the us

city of minneapolis — after an unarmed black man died in police custody. several western countries tell china to ‘step back from the brink‘ over a new national security law for hong kong. scotland will begin easing its lockdown measures — from tomorrow. first minister nicola sturgeon said it follows what she called a "sustained" downward trend in the spread of the virus. the new rules cover some outdoor activities. these include sunbathing, golf and fishing. members of two households will be able to meet outdoors for a picnic or a barbecue in groups of up to eight people. and garden centres and drive—through takeaways can re—open. these measures amount to the first of four phases in scotland‘s plan to re—open the country. with more here‘s our scotland editor sarah smith.

scotland is taking some cautious steps out of lockdown. a sunny weekend will see people allowed to meet up with those from one other household. up to eight people gathering in total as long as they are outside and two metres apart. these greater freedoms go alongside a new contact tracing system, test and protect. everyone with possible coronavirus symptoms is urged to book a test. if the result is positive, all their recent close contacts will be traced and told to self—isolate for two weeks. test and protect relies heavily on public cooperation. it only works if everybody sticks to the rules, so public confidence in the system is essential. a significant coronavirus outbreak happened at a nike conference in this edinburgh hotel in late february, when track and trace was government policy. there is controversy over why some people who came close to the nike delegates were never contacted.

ten of them spent over an hour in this shop being fitted for kilts. the manager, who was in very close contact with those delegates, later developed flu—like symptoms and she is angry she was never contacted and told she could be at risk. i would have self isolated, i wouldn‘t have spent time with my elderly dad, my fiance‘s mother. i wouldn‘t have gone to the retirement party i went to. so are you worried you endangered other people because you didn‘t know you were at risk? yes. yeah. questions persist about that conference as nicola sturgeon introduces a new testing regime. in order that people can try to have full confidence in your test and protect regime, can you tell us, have you changed the guidelines for who will be contacted after someone has tested positive for coronavirus? the definition of a contact for test and protect is threefold. firstly it will be members of your household. secondly, face—to—face contact which gregor went into detail about on tuesday in terms of what that means and thirdly,

if you have been within two metres of somebody for a period of 15 minutes or more. has that been a change to the guidance? we will go into that face—to—face contact in much more detail so there is a full understanding with the contact tracers as to what is meant by that. people in scotland are being asked to comply with test and protect. there is no legal requirement to do so but the government says it will only work if everybody plays their part. sara smith, bbc news, glasgow. trading standards officers in the uk are hoping to stop the sale of a device that claims to offer protection against the supposed "negative" health effects of 56 mobile networks. our technology correspondent has been investigating this particular device let‘s speak to rory cellan jones now. this is a us stick that you could

put in your computer that could protect you from this threat of 56 masks. it is quite extraordinary. there are number of people worried about 56 but there is no scientific or medical evidence that suggests sg networks will be harmed. this company was selling this usb key claiming it could protect their health, house and home and family. this is actually a much better one. this is actually a much better one. this is actually a much better one. this is 16 gigabytes and the one in question was 128 megabytes. it is almost impossible to buy one so small and stories these days. security analyst had a look at the device and paired it and broken apartand said device and paired it and broken apart and said that‘s what, it was a usb key, there was no technology and it but there was a ordinary sticker

on it. the cost of this device, £339, something like $500. you can get a much better when and the use for a few pounds or a few dollars. how many people have been scammed by this? it is extraordinary, iwas in touch with a company who sent me frankly a lot, what i described as gibberish saying there was a lot of science behind this but they cannot tell me because it was secret. they said thousands of people bought this and reviewed it well and were excited about it. it appeared and a report by a council which were worried about 56 and one member wrap —— recommended this device.

—— recommended this devicem -- recommended this device. it is this conspiracy theory about 56 and the masts that are going up. is there a theme? it is a big industry and it has started with people being worried about all sorts of things, two g, 36, 46 worried about all sorts of things, two g, 3g, 4g and being able to buy what you might describe as tinfoil hats on a giant scale, shielding devices, to protect you from radiation whereas mainstream scientific opinion is that is not a danger. at lots of people are buying we re danger. at lots of people are buying were enough people are buying this material and frankly they are wasting their money. what is to become of owners and scientific advisers of 56 bio shield? they have advisers of 56 bio shield? they have a business which sells a product which apparently gives you almost

eternal life so they are pretty inventive characters these folks. good work, thank you very much indeed. official figures released in the past few hours show 2.1 million more people in the us filed for unemployment benefits last week. businesses across the world‘s biggest economy have been hit by a series of lockdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic. today‘s numbers mean that since mid—march — more than 40—million americans have lost theirjobs. the downward trend i suppose is good news. but that it‘s a quarter of those who were employed at the beginning of march. i asked our new york business correspondent michelle fleury whether it‘s good news at least that the rate is falling. the good news and this is that the pace of these job losses are starting to slow. early march we saw

a figure of more than 6 million americans filing unemployment so the number is clearly steadily coming down but here is a thing, it remains at historically high levels and if you look at the total, 40 million americans claim to unemployment benefits and ten weeks which is greater than the total during the financial crisis of 2008. there is a huge concern when you talk about the scale of unemployment what happens next. how long will it take to but all of those people into work. putting in context, we are talking about a quarter of the american working population at the moment relying on benefits. everyone of those 2.1 million people over the next —— last week needing help to pay the bills. we will stay in the

united states. police and protesters have clashed for a second night in the us city of minneapolis after an unarmed black man died in police custody. protesters set buildings and parked cars on fire througout the city. they also threw rocks at police, and looted shops. police responded with tear gas, while the mayor has called for the assitance of the state‘s national guard. the protesters are angry about the death of this man, 46—year—old george floyd. here is a video of the incident that eventually resulted in his death, which i must warn you, is distressing. i can‘t breathe. think you're a tough guy. check his pulse kyle. george floyd was being arrested following reports of using counterfit money. he died shortly after arriving at hospital. let‘s bring in katty kay. there is a second video to go with one you see george lloyd and handcuffs. he had already been said david. —— george floyd.

handcuffs. he had already been said david. -- george floyd. police said that he was resisting arrest but there is no evidence from what we have seen that that is the case, so there it remains a huge amount of anger and many there it remains a huge amount of angerand many in there it remains a huge amount of anger and many in indianapolis and america had this problem of -- racial —— racial handling. date invoked centuries of. but we have seen in the lassie days and the emotion written conflict over last night was the result of so much built—up anger and sadness. anger and sadness that has been ingrained in our black community, not just because has been ingrained in our black community, notjust because of five

minutes of horror. as she was saying there were parallels of other insta nces there were parallels of other instances of this and we think back to 2014, eric garner, and in ferguson missouri, he was but any chokehold and just like george floyd, he complained he could not breathe. the protesters were saying the same thing, we cannot breathe, that slogan, that is something that you have heard in new york and now you have heard in new york and now you are hearing and the streets of minneapolis as well. let‘s talk to one former adviser, minneapolis as well. let‘s talk to one formeradviser, george minneapolis as well. let‘s talk to one former adviser, george w. bush who has been watching the reaction and the sense that we are here again, why are we here again is what i am hearing from

protesters and people who say this has happened when too many times in america recently. good afternoon to you, it is disturbing to watch the video we had up in a few minutes ago of clearly someone who has been subdued and in police custody and you have to ask yourself whether or not there is systemic racism involved with white officer dealing with black suspects in custody and what is showing as we heard i cannot breathe with a gentleman who died in york several years ago and this gentleman for nine minutes had a me on his neck and said i cannot breathe. and the police in this instance look like they killed him. the knee on the neck was not sanctioned in the minneapolis police department which had incidents at provoked criticism and as a former

prosecutor, do you think this police officer and the other police officers who were there and watching and did not do anything to help mr floyd, do you think charges will be brought and do you think they will be charged with murder?” brought and do you think they will be charged with murder? i think charges will be brought but the question is what will the prosecutor ta ke question is what will the prosecutor take to the grand jury, will the prosecutor is believed that the office rs prosecutor is believed that the officers were acting in self—defense, i do not think so. will they be guilty of murder or indicted on murder or manslaughter which is murder in the second degree. i will be shocked once a grandjury is degree. i will be shocked once a grand jury is convened if no charges we re grand jury is convened if no charges were brought before then. yesterday i was watching the views and one said that he would be alive if he was a white man. so you have white

protesters and michigan going to the statehouse with guns but if that was a black man going into the statehouse, that would be a different response. and that is the problem in the united states. good evening andi problem in the united states. good evening and i hate to agree with you but i agree with you, if you have 50, 75 armed black people storming the state capital building. the reaction of the state troopers guarding the complex would have been different but the question is why, why is it that here we have so is why, why is it that here we have so many decades put behind us after slavery and after brown versus the board of education which unshackled black americans in the 1950s. do we confront many of the same problems? and it is notjust a white on black problem, it is a problem we, all americans, regardless of our skin

colour must confront this problem so we are not having this conversation about another tragic death of an unarmed individual by the hands of the police. president trump said that he would get a full report and is he out and head of this or was he wait? i think the president was about right here. in the justice department rightly so, as she mentioned a few minutes ago. they should look at the techniques employed by the police officers, whether or not this individual civil rights were violated in some way shape or form and and i think from the state, local and federal level we will get to the bottom of this and we need just ask. one thing i will say i am worried about is and just ask. it is notjustice for people to be burning, not leading or taking other people's property in the case of the death of a black

man. can i move on from minneapolis, the president has been on a twitter storm the last couple of days. attacking specifically that tv host here in the united states, raising false charges against this tv host and now he is saying that he will try to restrict twitter because twitter says it will put, check the veracity of the tweets. i do not think that has happened before. what is going on with the president and his social media platform? full disclosure, my wife is a senior executive at twitter and i have worked forjack executive at twitter and i have worked for jack dorsey executive at twitter and i have worked forjack dorsey in the past so we worked forjack dorsey in the past so we have never worked forjack dorsey in the past so we have never seen a governor or most elected officials take to the platform to demean or insult or

plate very wild accusations against american citizens, that this is a president of the united states, you are not president of the republican or democrat party but all americans and twitter to the right step to say we are very sorry let the president has been saying about a gentleman whose wife has died many years ago. but other social media platforms need to be very careful about looking at the veracity of the statements by those who utilise their platforms. the president has been tweeting that he was denied his freedom of speech. but he has picked up freedom of speech. but he has picked up on the people who are doing that fa ct up on the people who are doing that fact checking and highlighted who these people are in fact one of them out and i listened to kelly mack and allie today the white house communications secretary and she said look if you‘re going to be fact

checking we need to know the fact checkers are. i think that is a fair statement and twitter right now is looking at those who are fact checking and looking at the manner in which they are going to be looking at the veracity of the statements and move forward in a way that gives people the confidence that gives people the confidence that big brother is not looking at the end that it will be a tough road to go down for twitter, google, facebook and those who are in the business of being on a social media platform. the question is can we did this the right way so certain americans, there are a lot of conservatives here in the united states who believe they are discriminated against on the social platforms, whether or not it has been done in a neutral manner rather thana been done in a neutral manner rather than a discriminatory one.” been done in a neutral manner rather than a discriminatory one. i am amused if i am honest about what twitter is doing here. they are not think for instance what china is saying about coronavirus. —— they are not censoring for instance. but

where mail ballots are a fraud and they are not picking up on comments, joe scarborough comments that he allegedly murdered his former staffer. there are no allegations on that but they are on mail ballots. it cannotjust that but they are on mail ballots. it cannot just be that but they are on mail ballots. it cannotjust be the republican president of the united states or just democratic members of congress let you like them or not. if they wa nt let you like them or not. if they want to take to the platforms and for say things like this, as a company that can allow anyone to use or not use it but given the historic nature of the president of the united states able keep the tweets up united states able keep the tweets up there. a need to devise a system so up there. a need to devise a system so people did not feel discriminated against and we are not there yet. heading into it this election where

the president cannot hold rallies, do either of you think he was abstained from twitter? it is his drug of choice at the moment. why would he stop? i do not think he will shut down his biggest voice to the people, he has talked about twitter and you said expansively through his presidency and we are still waiting for details on the executive order. whether that executive order. whether that executive order. whether that executive order means anything, or whether he can actually do this, i do not know anything about it except for on the plane back from florida that there will be something. he wants to initiate an executive order which has been issued as the head of the executive branch to executive employees saying that i am the president of the united states are directing you to do or not do something. i question the reality of

the president telling a private company or publicly held company a nyway company or publicly held company anyway what they may or may not do. that seems to be from a constitutional standpoint to go over the line so we will have to see, the president allegedly will come out with something later today with more specifics. i worry as a lawyer that the government not intrude so much on the activities of american citizens. all of this happening against the backdrop of 100,000 deaths. a grim milestone the usjust passed. he was not quick to comment on itand passed. he was not quick to comment on it and has commented today and finally there have been tea tweets, one looked very scripted fair to say and the next one was a bit more like the president. went to jamaica plain he said? what i question the

president about is a seemingly lack of empathy. you have 100,000 people who died thus fire, where is the empathy and compassion for those who have lost theirjob. you are talking 40 millionjobs. the american workforce has been wiped out and he has the classic and cynical tweets about him, it is not about him, he is supposed to lead all americans andi is supposed to lead all americans and i have not like his response on twitter with its 80 million followers of late. it is causing a huge amount of tension in this country. something that christian would not know of course. i want to play you the 100000 and how much it is beginning to unnerve people across the country. this is from the nbc programme. i am sorry? know you

are not. i am sorry. nbc programme. i am sorry? know you are not. lam sorry. go nbc programme. i am sorry? know you are not. i am sorry. go i nbc programme. i am sorry? know you are not. lam sorry. go i had nbc programme. i am sorry? know you are not. i am sorry. go i had let the news. you panicked about covid—19, the ventilators, about ever going out again. eatjoseph, you did not have anything. 100,000 people died. 100,000 people died and all you did was try to help your friend, the president. he went on to excuse his colleague of abusing his position. you are not sorry, you talk across my interviews, and talk to iran more than me. you are not sorry. i did not know how they recovered those two from that one. —— you talk to ron more than me. recovered those two from that one. -- you talk to ron more than me. you look for someone who has been in lockdown for two months, you

survived pretty well.” lockdown for two months, you survived pretty well. i am in the red zone. not as well as ron who is looking spiffy. the use the buzz cut at number one? up my life has turned to barbara extraordinary and that barbara extraordinary. it is starting to go upwards now and i was thinking today about you that i saw the cartoon on the telegraph here, here you have snow white, i did not know why i think of you when i think of snow white. but there is a caveman, hanging over the top of snow white. can we get it? there we go. you have been asleep for a hundred years he says and now we can buy loo roll and flour but the hairdressers are still closed. but guess what, hallelujah on friday, at

the hairdressers are opening in washington, dc. tell me what it is like. i will. good washington, dc. tell me what it is like. iwill. good to washington, dc. tell me what it is like. i will. good to see you. hello there, and has been a sunny, warm and for most of us dry day today. there was a little bit of rain but then the cloud band and sunshine came out and the warmth moved its way northward as well. wa nt to moved its way northward as well. want to stay the year so scotland and northern ireland with temperatures making 25 degrees. the dry weather is a major theme at the moment and for some parts of england with no rain in store for the rest of the month it will be the driest may on record. there has been little or no rain across the southeast of england and central england and could be the driest may for the

north of england as well. and has been better than average across highland scotland. the high whether it has been due to consistent areas of high pressure. it is keeping it dry this evening and overnight. more cloud across the northern scotland and southwards through the north sea, eastern counties of england. chile are on the whole that temperatures will be in double figures in double figures overnight. cloud that does develop in eastern england will not last long and sunshine will push its way through the northern aisles as well and try not to be a dry and sunny day once again. there will be a noticeable breeze, easterly or southeasterly and the more you get that onshore, some coastal areas will be a little bit cooler because otherwise low to mid 20s and temperatures could get higher than today across the northern parts of scotland, 27 or 28

degrees and over the weekend the weather pattern does not change very much, hi pattern centred across scandinavia and we will draw our air and from continental europe. that needs more warmth and more sunshine and significantly no rain as well. very strong sunshine, i am not very high uv very strong sunshine, i am not very high uv levels. city forecast for you here. temperatures may drop away a little bit across scotland and northern ireland but still dry and a little bit of fair cloud as well. generally sunny across england and wales and across some western parts of england at 26 or 27 celsius.

it's it‘s eight o‘clock for thursday evening. for ten weeks now, millions of people across the nation have been coming out to applaud our cares and key workers. this is the woman who came up with the idea. outside her home. she has suggested that this should be the last, a big thank you from the nation. welcome to the celebration. it‘s

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