welcome to bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: the national guard is called in to pacify protests in the us city of minneapolis, following two nights of unrest. protestors call for justice as police officers are of george floyd, an unarmed black man. they terrorised, they murder oui’ they terrorised, they murder our children. we have done nothing. western countries condemn china's planned new hong kong security law, saying it threatens basic freedoms. and targeting twitter — president trump signs an executive order aimed at social media companies. easing the lockdown in england and scotland. from monday, people can gather in groups while keeping their distance.

welcome to bbc news, thank you for joining welcome to bbc news, thank you forjoining us. we will begin in the us. the us city of minneapolis is bracing for a third night of unrest, following the death of george floyd — an unnarmed black man — who died as he was being held to the ground by police. the usjustice department and the fbi say they're giving top priority to their investigation into his killing. let's cross now live. these are protests, a third night of protests, a third night of protests in minneapolis. thousands of protesters marching through the city, calling for justice.

the minnesota governer, tim walz, said he's called in the national guard to help keep order. community leaders also called for calm after yesterday police fired tear gas at rioters and looting took place at some stores on wednesday night. the police chief has apologised to the family of the victim, george floyd. video showed him saying he couldn't breath as a police officer knelt on his neck. four officers have been fired. nada tawfik has more. america's long and painful history of police brutality has always been an open wound. don't shoot! in minneapolis, for the second day, demonstrators spilt into the streets after the death of george floyd — their protests an 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! you are resisting arrest. 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. chanting: 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 smouldering from the chaos, and the city is preparing for more unrest even as george floyd's family calls for calm. nada tawfik, bbc news.

in the last few hours, mike freeman, the hennepin county attorney said his office is investigating the actions of the police officers "as thoroughly as justice demands." my myjob in the end is to prove that he violated criminal statute. we need to wade through all of the evidence to come through with a meaningful determination and we are doing it to the rest of our ability. —— best of our ability. let's get more of this from our north america correspondent david willis. we are keeping across the protests, third night in a row and it seems difficult so far, the protests have turned into rioting and violence yesterday. but let's go to this press conference a couple of hours ago by officials. it was quite

unusual, in fact, that they we re unusual, in fact, that they were having it at all? that's right. the press conference given by a local prosecutor, and federal prosecutors saying there would be no charges brought against the four police officers who were involved in the death of george floyd yet, at least they urged patients on behalf of the general public and said this was a very detailed investigation that they were undertaking. and one of those investigators, mike freeman, said although the video was at his words, graphic, horrible and terrible, there is other evidence that does not support a criminal charge against these police officers. he didn't go on to say what that made beer, but i think it's clear prosecutors on the ground there are very wary of avoiding the same sort of

paedophiles police in baltimore, prosecutors in baltimore, prosecutors in baltimore fell into five years ago, when a black man, freddie gray, was found dead in police custody. later, six officers we re custody. later, six officers were put on trial and charges against them either resulted in against them either resulted in a mistrial or the charges ended up a mistrial or the charges ended up being dropped. so, a very, very sensitive situation there in minneapolis right now, lewis. and david, it isn'tjust minneapolis that we have seen protests that, is it? it's not. we have had them in los angeles, we have had them in other cities across the country. there was a violent one here in la last night, at least pa rt one here in la last night, at least part of it were violent. two police cars were attacked. i think this sums up the feeling here. we are seeing a rekindling, a rebirth perhaps, of the black lives matter movement. and this of course follows what seems to be a continuous string of instances

of unarmed black men dying at the hands of white officers, or in the case of recent days in georgia, at the hands of white local vigilantes. the feeling here very much that this has to stop, and of course with people having time on their hands because of the covid—i9, people coming out increasingly to demonstrate against the death of george floyd. and resident donald trump has seen the video? while there was no problem with protesting, she urged people in minneapolis to do so peacefully. donald trump said yesterday it was very sad and he was calling for the fbi to investigate this with urgency, which indeed they are doing. that emerged from the press c0 nfe re nce doing. that emerged from the press conference today. but anybody who saw that video

wouldn't help but be horrified by what, nearly eight minutes in which the police officer, that weight police officer is seen with his boot on the knack of george floyd. thanks, david. the british foreign secretary, dominic raab, says he's going to make it easier for some hong kong citizens to move to the uk unless china reconsiders implementing its new national security law on the territory. the us, canada, australia and the uk released a joint statement saying 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, 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 2,878 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 will 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 future 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. victoria hui is associate professor of political science

at the university of notre dame in indiana, where her research focuses on china. victoria, thank you very much for being with us. so, this new law. we have had words like sedition, things that are quite obscure. can you tell us what difference this will make four lives of people in hong kong? it's going to be a huge difference. so last year we saw this overwhelming escalation of protest against the administration, the extradition bill would have allowed beijing to request anyone from hong kong, not just to request anyone from hong kong, notjust hong kong people but also you guys, anyone visiting hong kong, to be turned over the border. this new bill is actually, 0k, turned over the border. this new bill is actually, ok, you don't want this? well, in addition to we transferring you, you over the border, we are also going to send state security agents to come to hong kong. we are going to basically be able to keep a tab on everyone. and this is really scary to many people, just the

idea that you have central state security agents, and especially the secret police, in hong kong. you said the words very too many people. 0ther pro—democracy activists and campaigners in hong kong is that if this law was passed that if this law was passed that would effectively be the end of hong kong as we know it. would you go that far?|j end of hong kong as we know it. would you go that far? i will say that a lot of people would say that a lot of people would say hong kong is going to become just another chinese city. i'm worried it could be even worse, in fact. yes, this would definitely be the end of one country to systems, how bad is this going to be? look at macau, it's trying to do the same thing in hong kong. the national security bill is modelled on what has already been done in macau. the problem is the opposition is very weak in macau, but in hong kong the majority of the people support democracy, support the protests. and they want to

silence all of these people are. “— silence all of these people are. —— these people there. silence all of these people are. -- these people there. if it does take place, what sanctions realistically can the us and the uk do? how can it stop this law from being implemented? the first step is to recognise that hong kong no longer enjoys autonomy as promised by the britishjoint declaration. so this is the first step, as of today the uk is going to offer her citizenship to be a no —— a pathway to citizenship for bno passport holders. and then putting on sanctions on certain officials and suggestions and expect to enterprises, that is also important. 0n expect to enterprises, that is also important. on top of that, if beijing really wants to treat hong kong just like a chinese city, i suppose the rest of the world i just responding —— i just

rest of the world i just responding —— ijust responding things will happen if that is ewell west. interesting to have your thoughts on this hugely important issue. that was victoria hui. back to the us. 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 posted fact check labels on two of his posts. the president had claimed that postal ballots would lead to voter fraud in this year's election. twitter reacted with this warning which linked to other sources of information on the voting process. mr trump has regularly accused social—media platforms of stifling or censoring conservative voices. he repeated his criticisms as he signed the executive order. they

he signed the executive order. have had unchecket to they have had unchecked power to censor, restrict, edit, shape, height, altar, virtually 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 such a largea of corporations to control such a large a sphere of human interaction and that includes individual people controlling vast amounts of territory. and we can't allow that to happen. 0ur senior reporter in washington, anthony zurcher, explained what this executive order would mean. well, we have to look at the heart of this executive order is instructing federal agencies to ta ke is instructing federal agencies to take another look at a federal law dating back to 1996, which gives social media companies projections from lawsuits based on the content generated by their users, for insta nce generated by their users, for instance if someone went on twitter and twitter tidser —— tweeted something libellous, the person cannot sue twitter, isa the person cannot sue twitter, is a broad policy social media

companies need or they would need to police millions of posts per day. it is a threat trying to force twitter and other social media companies to do what the president wants and what the president wants is to back away from attaching these sorts of messages, wanting to his tweets, and, more broadly, to engage in what they see as censorship of conservative voices on the platform. the reality, however, is the law is the law and if they are going to try to change this it would bea to try to change this it would be a long process with regulations and lawsuits afterwards. donald trump also talked about changing legislation was passed through congress to more directly address this and realistically it would be more effective way do this although the chances of that also are relatively remote. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: easing the lockdown in england and scotland. we'll have more on the dos and donts as rules and guidance changes from monday onwards. 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 7:00am. 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 4,500 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 has left the spice girls. argh, i don't believe it. she's the one with the bounce, the go, girl power. not geri, why?

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the national guard has been called in to quell protests in the american city of minneapolis, following unrest over the killing of an african—american man by police. the us, britain, canada, and australia have issued a joint statement warning that china's new national security law would curtail individual liberties in hong kong. 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 political 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 advisor 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. in france, as lockdown measures continue to be eased, the prime minister has announced a re—opening of bars and restaurants, which he said were a central part of the french way of life. parks and gardens can open this weekend, and in some parts of the country, schools are preparing to open next week. rich preston has this report: police enforcing social distancing in paris. reminding people to keep apart and stay in groups of fewer than ten. now, as the country enters its second phase of lifting lockdown restrictions, restau ra nts a nd bars lockdown restrictions, restaurants and bars have been told they can reopen next week. waiting staff will have to wear masks and, in badly affected

areas like paris, only outside terraces can be used. translation: we are exhausted by this invisible and it —— enemy that has exhausted our morale and which may be bring us morale and which may be bring us to our knees financially. parks and gardens can open as of this weekend. their gates have been locked shut since march. translation: the virus is still present in varying degrees in the entire country, but the speed of its bread is still under control. we are where we hoped to be at the end of may, and, in reality, we are in a slightly better position than hope. so it is very good news. and restrictions on domestic travel are being eased. at the moment, there is a ban on travelling more than 100 kilometres from your home. as of next week and just in time for the summer holidays, that will be lifted. france has seen the fourth highest death toll from covid—19 in the world. but for the seventh day running

back death toll has risen by under 100 and authorities are confident that it is as safe as it can be for life to begin to return to normal. rich preston, bbc news. before we go, let's return to india, where a video of food being distributed to the homeless was posted online, with unexpected consequences. this is the footage of food being handed to an elderly man in punjab. now the man — who has speech and hearing difficulties — left his village in telangana two years ago to find work, before becoming lost and ending up homeless. well, his family struggled to trace him until spotting the video posted on the social media site tiktok by a punjabi policeman. his son has now travelled to punjab to take him home and the family has been reunited. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones.

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 hot in some spots. and with high pressure close by for friday into the weekend, most will stay sunny and dry, warm, very warm, even hot 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 will 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 coasts will 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. 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're expecting some spots, again, tojust dip down into single figures. and a largely sunny start to saturday morning. and again, just to show you the big 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, on 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 the breeze keeping some eastern coastal parts cooler than elsewhere. again, we're talking widely in the low to mid 20s. 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: 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. the state governor said he took the decision following widespread rioting on wednesday. 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.