this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm james reynolds. western countries condemn china's planned new hong kong security law — saying it threatens basic freedoms. targeting twitter. president trump signs an executive order aimed at social media companies. the national guard is called in to pacify protests in the us city of minneapolis, following two nights of unrest. easing the lockdown in england and scotland. from monday, people can gather in groups, while keeping their distance. and — the english premier league season is to restart on the 17th ofjune — subject to government permission.

hello and welcome. the british foreign secretary — dominic raab — has said he's going to make it easier for some hong kong citizens to move to the uk, unless china reconsiders its new national security law. along with the us, canada and australia, britain has said in a joint statement that the law, designed to criminalise acts of subversion, would curtail individual liberties. our correspondentjohn sudworth reports from beijing. as they arrived for the closing day of parliament, beijing's tiananmen square was quiet. there are no protests over lockdowns here. inside, china's president had a spring in his step, bringing the virus under control is seen as vindication, for him, and for a system untroubled by messy democratic debate. there can be no starker illustration of that than this. a new national security law

imposed on hong kong with 2878 votes in favour and just one against. the fear that any anti—china protest might now be classed as subversion has led to an international outcry, including this surprise announcement for the 300,000 hong kongers who hold british overseas passports. if china continues down this path and implements this national security legislation we would change that status and we will remove the six month limit and allow those bno passport holders to come to the uk and to apply to work and study for extendable periods of 12 months and that will itself provide a pathway to citizenship. the move will infuriate china which insists its new law will target only a minority of violent demonstrators.

translation: the decision adopted is designed for steady implementation of one country, two systems, and hong kong's prosperity. but china is slowly tightening control. as its parliament came to a close in beijing, hong kong's politicians were in disarray over another new law. if passed, it would make disrespecting china's national anthem a criminal offence. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. claudia mo, is a pro—democracy politician from hong kong. i asked her if the fight for democracy was now over. i would not say that because we never misjudge or underestimate the desperation and anger and frustration of our young in particular because they are

fighting for their future. but what happened yesterday in beijing marks the start of a bleak hong kong. if you support taiwan, you could come under separatism. if you protest, you can come under terrorism. the list goes on. the sort of political prosecution and persecution is just going to be an ending and that is why we are so an ending and that is why we are so furious and so desperate in hong kong. in practical terms, how do you think day to day life for you in hong kong will change if and when these laws come into force in the territory in a few months‘ time? it is obvious that taking to the street, that sort of protest is now going to be sustainable because they can keep harassing you and put you behind bars. as far as daily

life is concerned, you need to be more careful with what you say or what you do. you need to stay politically correct and thatis stay politically correct and that is just not hong kong. they are taking away our soul, oui’ they are taking away our soul, our soul being the core values which we have always treasured, the rule of law, human rights, democracy. this is not hong kong any more. and we need more moral support at least from the international community. president trump has signed an executive order ta rgetting social media companies. he said companies including google, facebook and twitter had unchecked power to censor and restrict the views of users. it comes after twitter on wednesday tagged two of his posts as misleading. the president had claimed that postal ballots would lead to voter fraud in this year‘s election. twitter reacted with this ‘fact—check‘ warning,

labelling donald trump‘s post as potential misinformation. mr trump has regularly accused social—media platforms of stifling or censoring conservative voices. they have had unchecked power to censor, restrict, edit, shape, hide, alter any form of communication between private citizens or large public audiences. there is no precedent in american history for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sphere of human interaction and that includes individual people controlling vast amounts of territory and we cannot allow that to happen. i asked our north america reporter anthony zurcher whether this was all because of twitter attaching fact—checks to the president‘s tweets. well, it certainly seems to be a direct connection to it. donald trump had been talking about this for years but what prompted this particular executive order just a prompted this particular executive orderjust a couple days after twitter took action to append that notice to some

of donald trump because my tweets to mail and voters. it is hard to miss the connection there. let practical difference might this executive order have? we have to look at the main... the heart of the executive order is instructing independent federal agencies to ta ke independent federal agencies to take another look at a federal law dating back to 1996 which gives social media companies protections from lawsuits based on the content generated by the user is. and summa went on to twitter and tweeted something libellous, the present who was a victim of libel cannot sue twitter. it is a threat essentially trying to force twitter and other social media companies to do what the president wants and what the president wants and what the president wants and what the president wants is to back away from attaching these messages 01’ from attaching these messages or warnings to his tweets and more broadly engaging and what he sees as censorship of

conservative voices. but the law is a lot and if they want to try to change this it will bea to try to change this it will be a long process with lawsuits and regulations afterwards. he also talked about changing laws to more directly address this and realistically would be more effective way to do this but the chances of that also are relatively remote. with this new executive order make it easierfor the radio host alex jones who was banned a few yea rs jones who was banned a few years ago to return to those sites? well, if it does put pressure on companies like twitter to relax their regulations, their looking at posts on the site and banning people who they view as violating their terms of service and yes it would make it easierfor someone service and yes it would make it easier for someone like alex jones to get back on the site despite posting like twitter has deemed inflammatory or a factually incorrect

information. twitter is in a difficult position because they stepped in here and tried to essentially regulate some speech to say that donald trump‘s speech deserves a fat check notice and there are people on the left and right coming up with different exa m ples of tweets coming up with different examples of tweets by politicians saying that also deserves a fact check notice so they are trying to just step and an police a little bit some of the content particularly involved in electoral processes . involved in electoral processes. it will be a difficult road for twitter to walk down particularly with donald trump making these threats will eventually remove some of the protections that twitter has. the us city of minneapolis is bracing for a third night of unrest, following the death of an unnarmed black man in police custody. community leaders have called for calm, after police fired tear gas on protesters amid riots on wednesday night. the police chief has apologised to the family of the victim george ford.

—— george floyd. video showed him gasping for air as a white policeman knelt on his neck. four officers have been fired. the bbc‘s nada tawfik has more. america‘s long and painful history of police brutality has always been an open wound. in minneapolis, for the second day, demonstrators spilt into the streets after the death of george floyd — their protest the outlet for the emotional trauma of watching unarmed black men die at the hands of the police year after year. george floyd! but as the night wore on, the peaceful chants were drowned out by violence. as the unrest spread, a rush of people began looting and vandalizing property. for hours at this store, crowds took down the aisles, stealing electronics and other goods. the anger turned into a night of fires that engulfed the lake street neighbourhood. it‘s unfortunate.

it‘s sad. if people are there, truly there to honour the memory of the deceased and the family, this isn‘t how you do it. police said the 46—year—old was arrested for allegedly using counterfeit money and had resisted officers, but video footage of the start of the encounter bore little resemblance to that official account, and then this moment — which has left many sickened. a white police officer — identified as derek chauvin — knelt on george floyd‘s neck for more than seven minutes, even as he repeatedly said, "i can‘t breathe." i cannot breathe. i cannot breathe. new details are emerging about what happened once paramedics arrived. they found him unresponsive and without a pulse. for nearly an hour in the ambulance, they tried to revive him, but he was later pronounced dead at the hospital. we can‘t breathe! activists are keeping up the pressure, calling for the immediate arrest of the four officers to face criminal charges.

joining them was the mother of eric garner, a man who died under similar circumstances in 2014 in new york. the police officers come into our neighbourhoods. they brutalise, they terrorise, they murder our children, and we have done nothing. minneapolis is still smoldering from the chaos, and the city is preparing for more unrest even as george floyd‘s family calls for calm. nada tawfik, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: as the world opens up, life won‘t be what it was before. we find out what it might mean for our cities. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletics events to aid famine relief in africa.

the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 11,500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she‘s left the spice girls. ah! i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the go, the girl power. not geri. why? this is bbc news,

the latest headlines... the us, britain, canada and australia have issued a joint statement warning that china‘s national security law would curtail individual liberties in hong kong. president trump has moved to limit the legal protection that shields social media companies from liability for what gets posted on their platforms. borisjohnson has announced a further easing of lockdown in england. he said that from monday, up to six people from different households could meet outside. but he said people should still not meet up indoors, and should maintain social distancing even outdoors. meanwhile police say his top adviser dominic cummings, who‘s been at the centre of a policial storm after he was accused of breaking lockdown restrictions, may have done so in one minor instance. laura kuenssberg has this report. what will it look like on the other side? the reflections of a new reality slowly starting to appear. a different life after lockdown, as the rules

begin to relax. the prime minister made it official today — in england the next phase is on the way. i cannot and will not throw away all the gains we have made together, and so the changes we are making are limited and cautious. it‘s thanks to the caution we‘ve 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. this is not a click your fingers moment when suddenly things will snap back to normal, and 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. the 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. 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 that you want people 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. it‘s 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's the prime minister here who's in issue. he's been too weak throughout this whole episode. he should have acted swiftly. if i'd been 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 dramas pale, of course, next to the loss felt by so many and the true effects on the country that are emerging piece by piece. fans of english football have finally got the answer

they have been waiting for — when will the premier leagure return? league return? it will start in 3 weeks on june 17 with current champions man city taking on arsenal and aston villa hosting sheffield utd. an agreement in principle has been taken to play the full fixture list onjune 19th — but a final decision is still to be made. miguel delaney, the chief football writer for london‘s independent newspaper, outlined the re—start plan. the first two games are the games in hand before the full restart on the 19th will be a friday evening game. 0n the evidence in germany which has been influential on this i think it will work and it is amazing when it came to the boat today to get back to playing by those familiar with the process, it was a natural decision and that is in such a contrast to the situation a few weeks ago where it was so much debate. and now it all seems to be going so smoothly. what happens when a squad member at tests positive before it began,

with the game be put off? this is one of the issues that came up is one of the issues that came up in discussions last week particularly with players with m essa 9 es particularly with players with messages and concerns. it is to show the sophistication of the approach and to have constant texting and if anyone tests positive, they will be isolated from the squad and going to self isolation. they also have this new tracing programme. they if the player who has positive test or a staff member has a positive test, how many times he has come into contact with fellow squad members or opposition players and can test them as well. it is a bit more layered process and that has added to the confidence they can come back safely and securely. i understand these games will play behind closed doors. but how will they play with an atmosphere in empty stadiums? one thing came up in

discussions today was a broadcast group where they come up broadcast group where they come up with ideas to make the televised special much better and may cover the stands and one option is fan music being typed and and i do not think it will go with that but there are ideas to make it better and players not just playing ideas to make it better and players notjust playing in an empty area and asked. what they type and share his or her for opposition players, what are the ideas for this 0rwellian sounding broadcast group?m the ideas for this 0rwellian sounding broadcast group? it is quite interesting in germany, they actually used previous game and just took the soundtrack from that and i feel offensive chants were edited out. but i think it will be more issues like finding something creative to do with

stands and also i think they will maybe add, this is the where that was put to me, at some razzmatazz to the broadcast themselves i think they are trying to bring ideas like dressing room footage and maybe men them it made game interviews with team members and that will be discussed over the next few weeks. let‘s get some of the day‘s other news. france is reopening its bars and cafes, as the government further eases lockdown measures. a ban on traveling more than 100 kilometres — or 60 miles — has also been relaxed. but a ban on gatherings of more than 10 people remains in place. golf‘s european tour is planning a return onjuly 22nd. plans have been unveiled for six events to run back—to—back in the uk, with tournaments staged without fans and with strict health protocols in place. players will likely have to arrive in the uk two weeks prior to the first event if the uk‘s 1a day quarantine policy is still in place. and this act of charity led to an unlikely family reunion in india. the elderly homeless man receiving food left his home

two years ago to find work. his family struggled to find him — until spotting the video posted on the social media site tiktok. his son travelled to punjab to take him home and the family has been reunited. when the world locked down, we got used to empty streets, shuttered restaurants and empty offices. as the world opens up, its cities may not be what they were before. in the us big employers are reconsidering their leases on expensive city centre offices, as employees get used to working from home. katty kay reports. downtown washington before the pandemic. during lockdown. which one of these will the capital of the biggest economy in the world look like after covid? deborahjordan used to work in the heart of washington. she‘s glad to have given up her 45 minute commute during shutdown, and she‘s even gladder that the virus has prompted her employer to finally trust people to work from home.

perhaps people have stepped up as well because they‘re not in the office and there‘s nobody checking on them. it really becomes a matter of, you know, what is the product that you‘re supposed to deliver and are you delivering it? it‘s a perfect storm of technology that allows us to work successfully from home, employers who need to save money on rents and people who don‘t want to be in crowded spaces. i don‘t live in an apartment building, so this is my first time in an elevator in nine weeks. and it feels like a virus petri dish. i cannot wait to get out of here. and it‘s notjust me, or deborah, oryou making these calculations. millions of employers and their employees are now making the same decisions. the majority of tenants are starting to think that their space is going to shrink over the next couple years... just because they‘re not going to want to have employees in the building? they're not going to want to

have employees in the building and they want to comply with social distancing. and also because work from home is working. frank pinto works in the commercial real estate business in downtown washington. smart retailers are looking for options — options being "do we move to the suburbs and open more in community—centric, neighbourhood—centric locations? " they may not have as much foot traffic as they have in an urban area like a city like a dc, but their cost basis is much lower. but what about the drycleaners, nail salons and cafes that are the collateral damage of offices not filling up? places like immigrant food, which opened its doors just five months before the pandemic, back when you had to queue to get lunch here. the good old days, they‘re gone, and i‘m afraid they may be gone for good. peter schechter owns immigrant food. the impact, he says, stretches far beyond his restaurant. i just don‘t think the money is going to be there to drive a real estate boom that is going to bring in this mixed use of restaurants

and real estate and living that we‘ve had driving cities like pittsburgh or denver or even washington, dc here, which has really created an enormous boom — a boom not only in real estate but a boom in gastronomy, a boom in restaurants, a boom in bars, a boom in places for music. that‘s all in danger now because commercial real estate cannot be the driver of that any more. this virus came from cities, it spread in cities, it hit cities hardest. the question now is whether it kills our cities even after it‘s been beaten. katty kay reporting there. a reminder of our top story... the us, britain, canada and australia have issued a joint statement warning that china‘s national security law would curtail individual liberties in hong kong.

more on our website and you can reach me on twitter. i‘m @jamesbbcnews. please stay with us. hello. we know this spring has been warm. it‘s been very dry in some spots. and now news aboutjust how sunny it‘s been, with the met office saying provisionalfigures indicate that it‘s been the uk‘s sunniest spring on record. and with high pressure close by for friday into the weekend, most will stay sunny and dry, warm, very warm, even hearty in some spots. in fact, friday, the flow of air around this high—pressure as it moves north across the uk will favour parts of scotland to see the uk‘s high temperature of the day, close to 28 celsius. now, we start the day with temperatures for some in single figures, though they will rise quickly in the sunshine. any low cloud across parts of eastern coastal england would disappear, along with any misty low cloud around the murray firth in scotland.

0rkney brightening up, shetland staying mainly cloudy. but for most of the uk, it‘s sunshine all the way. it is now a prevailing east—southeastly breeze. and that means that east facing coast‘ll see temperatures towards the teens rather than the low to mid 20s across the bulk of the uk, and, again, nudging the upper 20s in the hottest parts of scotland. around murray or highland. temperature not the only thing high. uv levels as well. strong may sunshine. do take care if you‘re outside for any period of time. and pollen, moderate to high for many of us, as grass pollen levels are on the increase. now, friday looks like a fine evening, plenty of sunshine to end the day. again, temperatures will head down overnight, so if you do try to cool the house down overnight, we are expecting some spots to just dip down into single figures. and a largely sunny start to saturday morning. and again, just to show you the picture, it‘s high—pressure maybe just pushing out towards scandinavia, but it is still

blocking weather fronts that would give us some rain otherwise from getting to us from the atlantic. so saturday, there may be a bit of patchy cloud developing here and there, the sun may turn hazy in some spots, but for most, it‘s a sunny story, a brighter one in shetland as well. still a breeze keeping some eastern coastal parts cooler than elsewhere. again, we are talking widely in the low to mid 20s. away from anyone where to close. and then on sunday, again, some patchy cloud developing here and there, but for most places, it will be sunny, it will be dry, it will be very warm. just a hint of something cooler at the end of next week.

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the headlines: the united states, britain, canada and australia have issued a joint statement warning that china‘s national security law in hong kong would curtail individual liberties there. they said it raised the prospect of people being convicted of political crimes and would make existing tensions worse. president trump has signed an executive order targeting social media companies, after being angered by twitter tagging two of his posts as potentially misleading. the measure limits the legal immunity the companies have against being held liable for what people post on their platforms. legal challenges are expected. the national guard has been called in to help restore order in the american city of minneapolis, following two nights of unrest. crowds have been protesting against the killing of an african—american man at the hands of the police. —— unarmed african—american man, george floyd, at the hands of the police. the state governor said he took the decision following widespread