flaw" essence of this particular press conference which was pretty sure it actually was quite delayed, but what about the relationship that president trump has with china and the light of developments with china's relationship with hong kong. he said his administration you will begin the process to eliminate policy to give hong kong special treatment. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk government announces changes to the scheme that covers the wages, of furloughed workers, affected by the coronavirus lockdown — businesses will have to start paying contributions, from august. i believe it is right in the final phase of this eight—month scheme to ask employers to contribute, alongside the taxpayer, towards the wages of their staff. a man — sacked as a police officer following the death of unarmed black man george floyd in the us city of minneapolis has been arrested and charged with third degree murder, it follows three consecutive nights of rioting. president trump says the us is ‘terminating' relationship with world health organization.

and the wait for some is over reunions in scotland for the first time in weeks, as the lockdown eases. and, hallelujah, handel's messiah, gets an outing, as thousands of choirs, beat the lockdown. hello and welcome to our viewers in the uk or around the world — two big stories for us tonight on either side of the atlantic. here in the uk the government has confirmed it will continue to pay 80% of the wages of millions of workers well into the summer, to protect those furloughed who are affected by the coronavirus lockdown. in minneapolis, a former police officer, who detained george floyd — an unarmed black man who later died

has been arrested. it follows another day of unrest during which a police station was set on fire and tear gas was used on protestors. but lets start with that announcement from the chancellor here in the uk. rishi sunak, said the scheme, introduced to prevent mass redundancies, needed to adapt, as the economy reopens. employers will have to contribute towards pensions and national insurance from august. by september they will need to pay 10% of wages rising to around 20%, before the scheme runs out at the end of october. the programme currently supports more than 8.5 million workers, with the chancellor also pledging to extend support for the 2.5 million self employed who now receive grants, through to august. the estimated cost of both schemes stands in the region of £100 billion. our economics editor faisal islam has the latest. when the pub don't open, neither the burros. ——brewers the government wasn't new scheme has helped

keep eight and a half any change to that generosity might push some over the edge. it wouldn't be enough for us for the scheme to diminish and us to contribute more if we don't have clarity as to what is going on, because at the end of the day, if our bars close and there is no money coming in, how are we supposed to financially contribute to that? that willjust mean lots and lots of people out of work. at least those eight and a half million workers will now continue to get the bulk of their wages paid for by the taxpayer. injuly, this can now be on a part—time basis, offering flexibility to companies phasing workers back to work. in august, the government will continue to pay 80% of salary. in september, the taxpayer contribution will go down to 70% and then 60% in october. workers will have to get at least 80% of their wages.

a further two and a half million self—employed workers at least will be eligible for a slightly less generous grant. at six and a desk six and a half thousand pounds. a 99.7% slump and sailed in april. that's one reason both these unprecedented schemes is heading towards 100 billion pounds. of essentially borrowed money. the same thing to spent of the eight month period is the nhs. the chancellor says it's still value. the scheme is i think very generous. eight months is a long time to have the support. if you look at the total employer contribution over that entire period on a typical employee average, it will amount to the employer making a 5% contribution. the opposition says it's taking risks with unemployment. some sectors like hospitality look like they could be locked down for quite a long time.

they will not have the cash flow necessary to have employers coming into support staff. this could lead potentially to majorjob losses the government says a three way balancing act between the cost of the taxpayer. it's essential judgment today is to carry on spending generously more than expected, and that means a third of the workforce, 11 million workers, will continue to have their wages funded by the taxpayer for most of the year. it is the self—employed, like this folk singer, who feel relieved by the announcement but still concerned about future. i very much appreciate that we will be supported until august. i worry about my ability to keep touring and being a musician, especially after years and years of training with a degree in music. it's very heartbreaking.

but the treasury say that the self—employed were treated differently. the chancellor says his spending will continue through the summer, but as the economy reopens, it should come to an end. faisal islam, bbc news. it's just been announced that derek chauvin, the former minneapolis police officer who was arrested in connection with the death of george floyd, has been charged with third degree murder. derek chauvin was the officer seen kneeling on the neck of derek chauvin. here's the county prosecutor a short while ago. you have been charged with third—degree murder. we are in the process of reviewing there maybe subsequent charges later. i have failed to share with you a detailed complaint will be made available to the it this afternoon. i didn't want to wait any longer to share the news that he is in custody and has been

charged with murder. a short while ago we spoke to dr cornel west, the legendary civil rights leader, from cambridge, massachusetts, and asked him whether the announcement of third degree murder charges against police officer derek chauvin would dampen the protests. the matter really i think peoples concerns cut itiuci'i the matter really i think peoples concerns cut much deeper than that. it's notjust a matter of concerns cut much deeper than that. it's not just a matter of a concerns cut much deeper than that. it's notjust a matter of a charge we want to see accountability in terms of conviction. they want responsibility taken on those of behalf who are killing fellow citizens. as you know, these are deeper issues. we've got some wonderful human beings in america but the united states is a failed social experiments to the degree to when it comes to black people and poor people it's capitalist economy failed. it's militarizing nation state fails. it's commodified culture and everybody for sale, everything for sale, fails. and so far for hundred years now this failure has been unfolding, unraveling and even though it's been

successful for some others about when it comes to poor and working people and more and more poor and working people of all colours but especially black and red, it's a failure. this is chronic. this is something that's chronic, this is something that's chronic, this is something that's chronic, this is something that we are talking about that has deeper stored routes. i think samuel beckett is right when you state you try again fail again, failed better. america's history of dealing with a legacy of white supremacy is failing. but trying to faila supremacy is failing. but trying to fail a little bit better. accountability, a little bit better. conviction, a little bit better but in the end the white supremacy cut so in the end the white supremacy cut so deep in the country. the predatory capitalism is cut so deep in the country. that it is hard for decent americans who really hate white supremacy. they come in all colors. who are anti—racist to have the kind of power to have the kind of organisation that allows for the fundamental transformation required in the american empire.

joining me now from new york is criminal defence attorney rebecca kava nagh. welcome to you. in the past hour or so welcome to you. in the past hour or so it was announced that the former minneapolis police officer has been charged with third—degree murder. what does that mean? so in minnesota as with many states in the us there are degrees of murder. he could have been charged with first or second degree murder and they chose to charge him with 3rd. third—degree murder is what we call depraved indifference murder. meaning it's not intentional murder. i think that that's a real problem here. the problem being that what made this video so horrific was that you saw a police officer with his knee on mr floyd's neck for ii police officer with his knee on mr floyd's neck for 11 minutes. and i don't know how many people watch the whole video because as disturbing as it is to see the police officer with

his knee on mr floyd's neck not only while he was saying he could read but for at least four minutes after mr floyd was clearly unconscious was i think, the most disturbing part of it. i think evidence that what happened there was deliberate and calculated. so i think to charge the police officer with murder that's not intentional is not going to be reassuring to a large number of people. it's not going to, if there was any sort of, satisfactory outcome that we could've expected today this is not it. so what do you make of the timing of this announcement? they have to do something. i mean, people arejust fed up. these protests are as doctor west said a response to something thatis west said a response to something

that is much more than this one incident. there is just that is much more than this one incident. there isjust a history of horrific police violence and brutality towards black people in this country. and then obviously the protest has escalated. when we seen the completely inadequate response by the district attorney and the us attorneys yesterday. so they had to act quickly but they shone at each juncture, they show yesterday when they held the press conference that their responses are just so much less in what they need to do. i don't think anyone is going to feel that this was something that is going to in any way quell any feeling of discontent. and what do you make about donald trumps involvement or intervention in this? he tweeted earlier that he would sendin he tweeted earlier that he would send in the national guard and followed up with a warning that when the looting starts the shooting starts ? the looting starts the shooting starts? that tweet as we know, this

president tweet things that are incredibly in sensory and inappropriate. but to tweet that in the context of this massive police violence when he knows he has the audience that he does, the receptive audience, that could be interpreted i think as anything less then a message to law enforcement. i don't think it's any coincidence that after he tweeted that we saw this morning police arrest a black cnn journalists on tv. i think a very clear message to the rest of the country that police are listening to the president. they may be state police, local police but ultimately, they are listening to what the president is saying to them.

in the past few minutes president trump has announced the us is terminating its relationship with the world health organization. in a short press conference at the white house he said was directing his administration to begin the process of eliminating special treatment for hong kong in response to china plans to impose new security legislation in the territory. the chinese governments move against hong kong is the latest in a series of measures that are diminishing the cities long—standing and very proud status. this is a tragedy for the people of hong kong. the people of china and indeed the people of the world. china claims it is protecting national security. but the truth is that hong kong was secure and prosperous as a free society. beijing's decision reverses all of that. it extends the reach of china's invasive state security

apparatus into what was formerly a bastion of liberty. china's latest incursion along with other recent developments that degraded the territories freedoms makes clear that hong kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous to warrant the special treatment that we have afforded the territory since the handover. china has replaced this promised formula of one country, to systems with one country, one system. therefore i am directing my administration to begin the process of eliminating policy exemptions that give hong kong different and special treatment. my announcement today will affect the full range of agreements we have with hong kong from our extradition treaty to our export controls. on dual use technologies and more with few exceptions. we will be re—sizing the state department travel advisory for

hong kong to reflect the increased danger of surveillance and punishment by the chinese state security apparatus. we will take action to revoke hong kong's preferential treatment as a separate customs and travel territory. from the rest of china. the united states will also take necessary steps to sanction prc and hong kong officials directly or indirectly involved in a neck eroding hong kong's autonomy and just if you take a look, smothering, absolutely smothering hong kong's freedom. our actions will be strong, our actions will be meaningful. within 200 decades ago ina rainy meaningful. within 200 decades ago in a rainy night in 1997 british soldiers lowered the union flag in the late mac and chinese soldiers raised the chinese flag and hong kong. the people of hong kong fell simultaneously proud of their

chinese heritage and their unique hong kong identity. the people of hong kong identity. the people of hong kong identity. the people of hong kong hoped that in the years and decades to come china would increasingly come to resemble its most radiant and dynamic city. the rest of the world was electrified by a sense of optimism that hong kong was a glimpse into china's future. not that hong kong would grow into a reflection of china's past. in every decision i will continue... let's talk to zhoayin feng who works for the bbc chinese service(os) over the past few days there has been international outrage about this new law that's going to come into place in hong kong what do you make of president trumps comments? well, president trump today announced that he would direct his ministration to remove hong kong's special status and as we discussed

in the past few days, this is going to have a huge economic impact on hong kong as long as china. and us businesses in hong kong also would not be scared. but at the same time it's important to note that the geopolitical impacts of president trumps an announcement will be even larger than the economic impact. we all know the us china relations have been quite unstable. in the past few months during the global pandemic and trump today also mentioned the phrase wuhan virus. which is a term that has angered beijing repeatedly because it's very controversial and some people even say it might be racist. he's not his announcement today will further anger beijing and jeopardise an already fragile relationship with beijing. and we've seen many flashpoints between the two points right now. and i'm sure

also reacting to his statements in a negative leave because the world is trying to recover from the pandemic while the two largest economies of the world are locked into this fight. meanwhile at the un today the us in the uk said in a private session the law could curtail the cities freedoms china blocked a formal meeting by the un and told them effectively to but out. does china actually care at this point? because they know what they're doing is going to rile many western countries had to come to a point now where they say actually, we just on to push ahead, this is our policy and, may? that's very likely. beijing is certainly under a light of international pressure right now. but that's not different from what beijing has faced in the past few months during the hong kong protest. earlier today the foreign ministries press co nfe re nce earlier today the foreign ministries press conference in beijing the spokesman announced that if the us would impose sanctions on china

regarding hong kong beijing would ta ke regarding hong kong beijing would take all necessary measures to resolutely counter what he terms wrong acts. it also accused the us and many foreign countries of interfering china's domestic affairs. we know that beijing has long conceded that hong kong affairs as purely chinese domestic affairs. so even amid all this international pressure beijing is unlikely to budge. this is the hometown of george floyd. this is the hometown of george floyd. activists rally in the home town of george floyd, black man killed by minneapolis police we've seen huge protests in the past few days. now this is happening in houston as well. in the past couple of hours. derek who is one of for police officers who had been fired by the police force after mr floyd's death in custody has been charged with third degree murder. we know

having spoken to district attorney us defence rather in new york that there may be some disquiet about that given what we know about what happened she said in the 11 minute video which sought derek siobhan leaning on the neck of mr floyd in which he repeatedly said he couldn't breathe. and whether or not this will allow him to take full blame when it comes to court. will keep an eye on those pictures in houston for you. hundreds of schools in south korea have closed due to a spike in coronavirus infections, just days after they reopened. over eight—hundred sites have gone back to online classes and authorities there are once again asking businesses to allow flexible working. our correspondent laura bicker has been in seoul throughout the coronavirus outbreak — she sent this update. health officials in south korea are describing the cluster outbreaks as a crisis situation.

the reason they are concerned is because these outbreaks are in areas of high population. they are all linked to a distribution warehouse for one of the country's biggest e—commerce firms. so far over 90 people related to that warehouse outbreak have been confirmed having coronavirus. there have been secondary infections within the community. as ever, south korean health officials are excellent at tracking, tracing and testing everyone in relation to the warehouse. but these cropping up of outbreaks continue to happen and that is why one of the reasons is that they are putting out this morning. so far they have urged people to stay indoors if they can this weekend. they have said this is a criticaljuncture. if they are to stop secondary spread within the community. now, they have rolled back some kind of restrictions. public parks and museums have been closed.

businesses are being urged to let people work more flexible hours. to work from home. schools have had to close their doors, some of them. around 800 schools have stayed closed. that is just days after the next phase of reopening. the minister of education has said that next week they will continue with the phased opening of schools but this is the plea that they are making two people, they are saying to continue with the social distancing measures, continue to wear a mask, continue to remain vigilant for the sake of your children's education we've all missed being with friends, families and colleagues over the last few weeks, but the two million people in the uk who belong to choirs, have missed the experience of singing together. this weekend thousands of them will gather online for a singalong of handel's messiah, which lasts hours. jon kay has the story. if i could ask everybody

if possible to stand up for me. what would handel have made of this? # hallelujah # hallelujah # hallelujah # hallelujah # hallelujah #. it was mark strachan's idea. missing his friends in a dorset choir during lockdown, he suggested singing online. music is more than just notes on a piece of paper. the feeling of singing with your friends, there's a feeling of going to the same place to be together. there's a feeling of the performance where you're doing it together with other people. this virus has taken all that away. meet choirmaster ben england. just make sure. he agreed to lead nightly rehearsals of the messiah. hello to andrew. he expected a couple of dozen to sign in. but soon, there were three

and a half thousand. andrew and nora are twins. he's in berkshire, she's in yorkshire. but the choir means they can be together, despite lockdown. what's it like singing on your own with headphones on a computer? it might be a little bit odd, but knowing that andrew might be 300 miles away but he's singing at the same time as me and three and a half thousand other people just makes it good. this has just been a fantastic way of still getting that togetherness and still getting the fun that you get from singing the messiah. it's a plus, you know, in the middle of a very big minus. the self isolation choir is now so big it's not technically possible to stream the final performance live. # hallelujah. so on sunday night, they'll all sing along to this

three—hour backing track. isolated no more. john kay, bbc news. thank you, everybody. that's definitely want to enjoy is in it. that's definitely want to enjoy is in it. spanish top flight football matches are to resume on the 11th ofjune. games were suspended three months ago because of the coronavirus pandemic. the first game to be played will be a derby between seville and real betis. the season is now due to finish by the 19th ofjuly. renault has announced nearly 15,000 job losses worldwide almost 10% of the workforce. the carmaker is battling a slump in demand for cars made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. kris says it open its airport the relaxing of rules comes into force for the 15th ofjune. that countries weather still a high rate of current virus infection while in italy, france and spain will not be on the safe list.

that's it for me. that's don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter i'm @ good evening, we literally have had sunshine topping and taming the country today. beautiful weather watch your pictures have been sent in. look at st ives, currently a cloud in the sky. looks gorgeous. but further north there was a veil of high cloud that's where we see some of the warmest of the weather across highland scotland a stunning weather watcher sent in. probably come as no surprise here that it looks likely that's earning 2020 will be confirmed as the son he is on record. and we are going to close out the month with more sunshine to come this weekend. so if you like the dry, sunny and pretty warm weather that is exactly what we are going to get. through the evening tonight with those clear skies and still the breeze coming in off the

north sea, the temperatures will fall down into single figures in places. a comfortable night for getting a good night sleep and starting our weekend hopefully on a refreshed note. saturday morning plenty of sunshine to look out for because high pressure stays with us. we still get the breeze circulating ina we still get the breeze circulating in a clockwise direction around that high so coming in off the chill nazi. always on exposed east coast is going to bejust nazi. always on exposed east coast is going to be just that —— unexposed certainly for the west that's where we're likely to see the burst of sunshine. wall—to—wall sunshine yet again across the country. temperatures likely to peak at highs of 25 degrees in a few places that 18 to 20 on that east coast looked up with a sunshine strong at this time of year it's worth bearing in mind that we are likely to see some high uv levels. widely across the country. sunday the most a repeat performance. a little bit of early—morning low cloud may be drifting in off the north sea. that should ease away and again more sunshine coming through

and with a lighter breeze a little warmer, 21 across the east coast maybe highs of 27. that's18df. the high pressure slowly starting to ease away into next week. this weather front could introduce some cloud and some salary outbreaks of rain. one think that is more noticeable is that behind that front we are going to start to see the winds change direction. two more northerly and that is going to allow a fresher feel as we go through the week next week. we start off warm and sunny but noticeably cooler from wednesday onwards.

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the headlines... the uk governement announces changes to the scheme that covers the wages, of furloughed workers, affected by the coronavirus lockdown — businesses will have to start paying contributions, from august. a man — sacked as a police officer following the death of unarmed black man george floyd in the us city of minneapolis — has been arrested and charged with third degree murder and manslaughter — it follows three consecutive nights of rioting. president trump attacks china's plans to impose new security legislation in hong kong, and says the us will no longer give hong kong special treatment. china has replaced its promised formula of one country, tea systems with one country one system. you're watching bbc news. the chancellor has set out details of how employers will have