this is outside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest developments and analyses here in britain and globally. some good news in england. backyard barbecues and garden gatherings are back on from monday for no more than six people, staying two metres apart. 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. i know that for many people, this will be a long—awaited and joyful moment.

the us city of minneapolis is still reeling from the death of george floyd, who died in police custody. we'll speak to the lawyer representing his family. donald trump is expected to sign a new executive order targeting social media firms, as he lashes out at silicon valley over twitter‘s decision to add a fact—check to his tweets. and the us, canada, the uk and australia have issued a rebuke of china's new security law, which they say curtails invididual liberties in hong kong. welcome. borisjohnson has announced that from monday, people in the uk will be allowed to meet outdoors in groups of up to six people, as long as separate households remain two metres apart from each other. the prime minister said a further 377 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in all uk settings in the past day. the overall uk death toll

from the virus has risen to 37,837. borisjohnson said the lockdown in the uk could be relaxed further because of a sustained fall in the death rate. here he is making the announcement. i cannot and will not throw away all the gains we have made together. so the changes we are making are limited and cautious. it's thanks to the caution shown so far that all five tests are being met. one of those five tests the prime minister mentioned is keeping the rate of infection down. this is what is referred to as the ‘r' number. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh to explain. now, hospital numbers with covid patients are still falling, the numberof

the number of —— you have to keep that below one to have a shrinking epidemic. patrick vallance that is currently between 0.7 and 0.9. he said still close to one, not a lot of room for manoeuvre. now, hospital numbers with covid patients are still falling, but it's estimated that fewer than seven in 100 people in england have had coronavirus, so it's most people still susceptible. a crucial part of keeping the rate of infection down is a test and trace system, which was launched in england today. our health editor hugh pym has more. for millions of people, a scheme in place today might make a big difference to their lives though they don't know it yet. potentially they could be told they have met up with someone recently who now has the virus and they will have two self—isolate for two weeks even if they are not ill. they could find out through an e—mail or text or phone call and then be asked to get in touch with the nhs. new n ew co nta ct new contact traces have been signed

up new contact traces have been signed up and trained and now work with health professionals. some of whom already have experienced talking to patients with infectious diseases and then trying to find out who they may recently have met up with. one contact racer who wanted to remain anonymous told us she couldn't log onto the system and couldn't start today. i was told that system was not even yet ready to start. the guy told me that so far, they have a start date for next monday but not before that. at that moment, i already thought, will that is quite disappointing. other contact tracers also struggled to login this morning. the department of health acknowledge there have been problems, but said they were being happily resolved. the system has been formally launched today, but it's not yet clear how many people have so far been contacted. officials have acknowledged it may ta ke officials have acknowledged it may take a week or two for the system to be working at its full capacity. hugh pym, bbc news.

while the number of covid deaths in the uk may be falling, today the financial times said the uk has the second highest coronavirus death rate in the world, after spain. the paper found that there've been nearly 60,000 more deaths than is usual in the uk at this time. so this indicates that for everyi million people, 891 have been killed directly or indirectly by this virus. also according to the data collected by the financial times, in terms of the total number of excess deaths, so not per million, the uk has the highest number in europe. globally the uk is second, with the united states first. with all of these pressures, there is still the issue of the prime minister's chief advisor, dominic cummings, and two trips he made during the lockdown. borisjohnson was reluctant to discuss the matter today, and he wouldn't let his scientific and medical advisors either. here's laura kuenssberg.

there was an outcry when it was revealed that the prime minister about my top adviser travelled from london to durham and made a 60 mile second 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. including, there might‘ve been a minor breach of the rules. if one of your most senior team wasn't paying proper attention to the rules, why should anyone else? and to the doctors, if i may, is that the kind of example you want people to follow? durham police said they would take no action and the matter was closed. i intend to draw a line under the matter. you asked chris and patrick, but may i impose myself to protect them from what may be an unfairand to protect them from what may be an unfair and unnecessary attempt to ask a political question. it's very, very important that our medical

officers and scientific advisers do not get dragged into what most people will recognise as 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's the prime minister here if that's an issue. he's been two weeks throughout this whole episode. —— he's been too weak. if i were prime minister, i would he's been too weak. if i were prime minister, iwould have he's been too weak. if i were prime minister, i would have sacked, dominic cummings without wasting a week. political drama as pale of course next to the loss felt by so many and the true effects on the country that are emerging piece by piece. if you would like to know the facts around dominic cummings' controversial journeys, the bbc‘s reality check team has been going through them with a fine tooth combe. theirfindings are on the bbc news website. let's move to france, where the prime minister has announced an easing of restrictions on bars and restaurants

which he says form a central part of the french way of life. however, in paris, where the disease is still not under control, only terraces can open. social distancing must be maintained, and no more than ten people can sit at a table. waiters will have to wear masks and drinks will not be served at the bar. next, to the us, to the city of minneapolis. the city is still reeling from the death of an unarmed black man in police custody. these were some of the scenes earlier this morning. people were still out on the streets. overnight, some buildings close to the demonstrations were set on fire. wednesday was the second night police and protestors clashed. tear gas was fired by police, while protesters threw rocks and sprayed graffiti. businesses were also looted. the mayor of minneapolis spoke a few hours ago about the protests.

over the last two days, and the emotion written conflict over last night is the result of so much built anger and sadness. anger and sadness that has been ingrained in our black community, not just because that has been ingrained in our black community, notjust because of five minutes of horror, but 400 years. if you're feeling that sadness and that angen you're feeling that sadness and that anger, it's not only understandable, it's right. just to remind you of what has sparked this. this is 46—year—old george floyd, the man who died in police custody on monday. here is a video of the incident that eventually resulted in his death, which i must warn you, is distressing. i cannot breathe. tough guy. check

his pulse! you can clearly hear mr floyd saying he couldn't breathe. you can clearly hear mr floyd saying he couldn't breathe. mr floyd was being arrested following reports of using counterfeit money. he died shortly after arriving at hospital. four police officers have been fired, and the mayor of minneapolis has called for charges to be pressed against the officer filmed holding mr floyd down. but, as the mayor suggested in that clip you heard, for many of the protestors, this is notjust about this one incident. george floyd's death has direct parallels with another instance of police brutality back in 2014. again, this video is distressing. this is 43—year—old eric garner, who died after being arrested by white policemen in ferguson, missouri. he was put in a choke hold and just like george floyd, he said "i can't breathe". and just like this week's incident, eric garner's death sparked a wave of protests and riots.

eric garner's mother was in minneapolis today. this is what she said. as you know, this happened to me almost six years ago. and this is just opening up old wounds and pouring salt into them. they keep coming into the police officers —— the police officers come into our neighbourhoods. they brutalise, they terrorise, they murder our children and we have done nothing. eric garner's mother whose death was the driving force in the black lives matter. i'm joined now by benjamin crump, a lawyer who is representing george floyd's family. he also represents the family of ahmaud arbery, the 25—year—old man who was killed jogging in georgia in february. we see once again the death of a

black man in police custody. once again, we are talking about this. what is going on? unfortunately, it has been open season on the killing of unarmed black man by the people who are supposed to protect and serve us, who are supposed to protect and serve us, the police. clearly, with george floyd, you do think back to eric gardner. this is i can't breathe in 2020. he was in handcuffs face down in the police officer has his knee on his neck, not burned one minute, two minutes, three, four, five, six, seven minutes, but almost eight minutes, he's begging, pleading for him to take his knee off his neck. even the citizens on the public sidewalk are saying" you're gonna kill him," but the police often have no humanity in the last eight minutes of his life is a

tragic documentation of him being killed and it is murder. and that's why we are outraged in minneapolis and all across america. like people in america saying how much more? we can't breathe. benjamin, george floyd is described by his family as a gentle giant. what does his family wa nt to a gentle giant. what does his family want to see? '5 family wants the police officers to be arrested immediately. and held to the full extent of the law for murdering george floyd while he laid there posing no threat to them. itjust makes no sense how you can try to justify this unjustifiable killing. and just remind us when it comes to the police officer and the three others who were present they are,

what are they saying in defence of themselves? they are trying to say that he was resisting arrest and that he was resisting arrest and that he was resisting arrest and that he posed a threat to them. how can you pose a threat when you're in ha ndcuffs can you pose a threat when you're in handcuffs and face down on the ground? it handcuffs and face down on the ground ? it makes handcuffs and face down on the ground? it makes no sense. in the police report they release, the night before that video got out, it was full of lies. it said he died of a medical condition. it did not mention anything about the police having his knee on his neck for over eight minutes. it did not mention anything about the people on the sidewalk saying, "take your knee off him, you will kill him." this was com pletely him, you will kill him." this was completely unnecessary what they did to george floyd, another unarmed black man in america who was killed by the police. what is happening with the us police? is it, when we

talk about these cases, so many of these cases, of course, including trave on martin's family —— trayvon martin, is it fair to say there is systemic racism and the american police force? whether it be the police force? whether it be the police force, whether it be the court system, we feel that they are targeting young people of colour especially black men. for the prison industrial complex. whether they are killing us on the street corners, like with george floyd, michael brown, or killing us in the tort do my courtroom, we are being targeted by systematic racism. george floyd's family area by systematic racism. george floyd's family are a feeling two people who

have been clashing with the police —— appealing to. they say they understand their anger but it is important to find their voice in terms of the legal system. what are you saying to the people who are clashing on the streets of minneapolis? we're talking to two people. people on the streets but also the people of authority. we are saying to them, we understand your pain, god knows nobody is hurting more than george floyd's family. but we wa nt more than george floyd's family. but we want you to protest peacefully, understanding it is emotional. to the people of authority, we're saying that black lives matter. we're saying what doctor martin luther king said, that protest and writing is the language of the unheard. we want to be heard, our lives matter. black lives matter. george floyd's life mattered.

powerful words. we will leave it there. thank you so much for your time. thank you. stay with us on outside source, still to come: we'll have the latest unemployment figures from the us, a new chinese law bringing sweeping restrictions to hong kong. as lockdown restrictions are officially eased in scotland, the first minister has confirmed that from friday, people will be able to meet their friends and family outside. nicola sturgeon says the country is ready to take the first step towards reopening. from tomorrow and the regulations on meeting other people change. you and your household will be able to meet with other household outdoors for example in a park or in private garden. we said last week this should be in small groups and to give you greater guidance on that we are asking you to talk to a number of people between the two households meeting up should be

a maximum of eight. -- the total number. please keep it to less than that if you can. now, we are not saying that you must pick one household and only meet the same one during phase one. we are saying that you should not meet with more than one other household at a time. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. borisjohnson has announced that from monday people in the uk will be allowed to meet outdoors in groups of up to six people, as long as separate households remain two metres apart from each other. the uk, australia, canada and us have released a joint statement expressing ‘deep concern‘ at a new security law for hong kong that's been introduced by china. the four countries say the law will "curtail the hong kong people's liberties,

and in doing so, dramatically erode hong kong's autonomy and the system that made it so prosperous." ros atkins has been looking at why china has brought in the law, and assessing its consequences. after the hong kong protest of 2019, china's government has had enough. we were told a new security law was aimed at safeguarding and enforcing national security. hong kong's chief executive sees no issue. the protest itself is an expression of freedoms and rights and opinions. even if it's done in an illegal way. but for some, this is farfrom over. if this law is imposed on us, that will be the end of hong kong. former hong kong governor chris patent says. mike pompeo argues.

are these criticisms fair? the law is being imposed by beijing after no meaningful consultation with hong kong. that's a significant change. and the law bans treason, suggestion, sedition, subversion and leaves room for anything deemed a threat to national security. this inevitably changes what can and can't be said and done in hong kong. this though is how carrie lam sees it. we are a very free society so people have the freedom to say whatever they want. a free society for the time being. that phrase has not ease concerns. there's a law being considered that will make disrespecting the chinese national anthem a crime. we've seen protests, clashes with the police and arrests as well. we need to go back to 1997, to —— when hong kong was handed back to the uk.

the end of the chapter of shame and the history of china. china promised her maintain hong kong's way of life. there's always been tension. we saw it last year. protests grew and grew, driven by a fear that beijing was extending its reach. that fear has not gone away. we are afraid our human rights will be exploited because the government can do whatever they want. the counter argument here is the 2019 shows that better laws were needed to stop violence like this. having seen previous efforts, they negotiate a new security law fail. this time they did not ask. whether this is needed or not, hong kong's autonomy has been diminished. america has noticed. this status is worth billions to hong kong's economy

and is conditional when hong kong being sufficiently autonomous. this is president trump's spokesperson. he says he's this displease with china's effort and hard to see if hong kong will seo hub if china takes over. —— will remain a financial hub. it means the stakes are very high. from and it economic point of view, this might be a loose, lose, lose situation for china and hong kong. this is about national pride and demonstrating the government's ability to control and govern. for people in hong kong, it is about their way of life. that is why it matters so much. it certainly does. president trump is expected to sign an executive order, taking aim at social media companies. —— hasn't signed an order.

according to us media, the order will review a longstanding law that protects silicon valley firms from lawsuits. here's anthony zurcher in washington. —— has assigned. the president had claimed that ballots would lead to voter fraud claimed that ballots would lead to voterfraud in this claimed that ballots would lead to voter fraud in this year's collection. twitter reacted with a fa ct collection. twitter reacted with a fact check mourning against his tweets and this is what mr trump then wrote. so to see twitter trying to make the our election process will become badly tainted & a laughing stock here is our disinformation and social media reporter marianna spring. trumps row with twitter continue today. trump tweeted that that there are examples of fraud when it comes to postal voting or mail voting. and says that twitter was wrong to fact check a previous tweet he made. in the tweet he suggested that there is

lots and lots of fraud when it comes to postal voting. however however, experts and fact checkers to whom twitter pointed site otherwise. actually there is a very low incident of fraud when it comes to postal voting for top even slightly higher than in person voting. twitter today has actually gone back and labelled a tweet made by a spokesperson for the chinese government as misleading. and said that it doesn't just do this to trump. however it raises a question, if it is going to go back and labelled tweets as is leading retrospectively this was a tweet about coronavirus and where coronavirus came from. —— as misleading. my then surely it's also going to have to go back and fact checked tweets by drop and other world leaders which for instance they were mistaken claims about the drug hydroxychloroquine or misleading claims about the severity of coronavirus suggesting that it wasn't a big deal. _by —— by trump. twitter is going to have

to find, come to a consistent, find a consistent policy because otherwise this row is going to continue for days. let's bring in anthony zurcher in washington. we were expecting this, talk us through it. it has happened now although we don't have the actual text release yet. there was a signing by donald trump in the global offices just minutes ago. they said they would do what is expected. they will try to direct some of the agency to look at social media companies and see if they could be held liable for post if they don't respect the website. donald trump also said he was going to be pushing for legislative solutions as well, so not only changing regulations, but also perhaps changing the laws to put more pressure on social media companies for free speech. anthony, thank you so much for that brief

analysis they are. we will have much more on our website. thank you for joining us here on outside source. see you next time. now on bbc news its time for coronavirus newscast. there have been 70 words to describe this week what was it the government used officially to describe it? entirely visible, entirely legal thenit entirely visible, entirely legal then it moved onto a bit following instincts. and then it moved on a bit to move on. move on. and then durham police said my, that was briefly the most used word on twitter and britain at one point today. and then the words the public have been using, here's ella from five lives with some of the words

that have been on her daily phone in. foolish, furious and bored. more from emma later in the podcast. and plenty more words on plenty more subjects. but mostly about coronavirus. welcome to the coronavirus. welcome to the coronavirus newscast. the coronavirus newscast. the coronavirus newscast. the coronavirus newscast from the bbc. hello it's adam in the studio and laura in these aims to do but for about two metres apart. and fergus ina studio about two metres apart. and fergus in a studio all by myself. miles away but still with us in spirit. now it's another one of those milestones because the restrictions of our movements in england certainly, get reviewed every three weeks. today was one of the review days. borisjohnson was at the downing street podium describing it all. and some stuff we do already so some primary school classes going backin some primary school classes going back in england from monday. yep. some shops reopening in england from

the 15th of june. some shops reopening in england from the 15th ofjune. yep. dentist, if they can. yes the reinecke casters have been taken a big notice on this. dentistry is back in england at least. but if they got enough to eat pbe and can operate safely. and borisjohnson eat pbe and can operate safely. and boris johnson officially launched the start of barbecue season with your mates. here's how he did it. we will allow up to six people to meet outside provided those from different households continue strictly to observe social distancing rules by saying two metres apart. at the moment people can meet in parks but not in private gardens. this was a cautious first step. but we know that there is no difference in the health risk. so, we will now allow people to meet in gardens and other private outdoor spaces. fergus, is this to be true?

is it garden parties morning noon and night in england from now on? this is the joy of sex, adam. —— six. let's get into the detail here. you've got to be really careful when you hand over that charred sausage to your maiden aunt who you haven't seen for two months. and you've also got to be really careful if one of your invite he's says, i really need the lou was up can they really go in your house? and the answer, chris when he said yes, they can if they're desperate. go and use your lou. but you have to do a thorough clean afterwards. so this is a way you can get people to come in and clean your toilet for you. yeah, i have to say when i heard him say that don't people leave other peoples bathrooms tidy anyway? maybe there's a cheap gender point to be made here perhaps. what you don't

use eight antiseptic white to wipe down surfaces. he said a thorough clea n. down surfaces. he said a thorough clean. also, a foreign nation staying as well because prime minister of scotland said something slightly different. in scotland actually although overall the scottish government has been more cautious generally. actually the number in scotland will be eight. i think it's really important to note that whether it's eight or six you still absolutely have to keep your distance to people. this is not meant to be a free—for—all. but it represents a very big move into phase three. remember we had that sort of going for gold, anyone remember that? we sort of gone for five which is the terrible sort of almost dreadful peak of the virus. we been in face for an hour into phase three which means the government has passed confusingly they are five tests and through lots of numbers out there but it's a big moment for monday in england and scotla nd moment for monday in england and scotland and northern ireland and wales. although the finer details are slightly different it's a big

deal that we