this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a former police officer is charged with murder in the us city of minneapolis over the death of unarmed black man george floyd. after three nights of rioting, a night—time curfew will take effect in three hours. this is the scene right now live in new york city, where hundreds of activists are protesting against the death of george floyd. from august, businesses in the uk will have to start sharing the cost of the government's furloughing scheme, which is paying the wages of workers affected by the coronavirus lockdown. but can businesses afford it? president trump revokes hong kong's special trade privileges with the us, as he hits out at beijing

over its new security law for the territory. china has replaced its promised formula of one country, two systems with one country, one system. temperature checks, hand washing but no hugs. we're inside a south korea school to see how they're keeping kids safe in the pandemic. hello and welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world. two big stories on either side of the atlantic. in minneapolis, a former police officer who detained george floyd — an unarmed black man who later died — has been arrested and charged with third degree murder. it follows another day of unrest during which a police station was set on fire and tear gas was used on protestors. 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. but by september, employees will need to pay 10% of wages rising to around 20%, before the scheme runs out at the end of october. we'll have more details from our economics editor shortly. first, though, let's get more on the unrest in minneaoplis. president trump says he's spoken to the family of george floyd. days of looting and arson in minnesota city have boiled over into nationwide protests. with the latest, here's our north america correspondent nick bryant. fires of fury, fires of frustration. phrases from the civil unrest of the 19605 that apply once more in 2020 america. for the third night running, parts of minneapolis were burning, this a police station overrun and set ablaze. for protesters, it had become a landmark of racial injustice. they believe that an unarmed

african—american, george floyd, was murdered by the police. to bolster this wall of minneapolis local officers and to quell the protests and scattered looting, the state's democratic governor sent in the national guard. he called the unrest unacceptable but recognised there was a lot of pain and anger. i cannot breathe. this was the spark for america's latest racial firestorm — a white police officer filmed kneeling on the neck of george floyd despite him pleading he could not breathe. tonight, the sacked police officer, derek chauvin, was charged with third degree murder and manslaughter. and this video from a different angle showed other officers also pinning george floyd to the ground. do you mind telling me why i'm under arrest, sir? this morning on live television came what was widely seen as another act of racial injustice, the police handcuffing an african—american correspondent

from cnn who was simply reporting on the overnight disorder. donald trump initially called the video of mr floyd's death shocking, but went on twitter to describe the protesters as "thugs", adding that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts." that prompted the social media network to attach a warning to the tweet, saying it violated the company's rules about glorifying violence. as the unrest in minneapolis triggered protest in other cities, america's first black president, barack obama, issued a statement saying racial injustice had become painfully and maddeningly normal and shouldn't be any more. yet the past has always shaped the present in us race relations, and a country already confronting health and economic crisis is now in the midst of another racial reckoning. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. 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. the chancellor, 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. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has the latest. when the pubs don't open, neither do the brewers, and so the government's job scheme has helped hugely keep 8.5 million workers on payrolls, on tap effectively, including here at wild card breweries.

but any change to that generosity might push some over the edge. it wouldn't be viable for us for the furlough 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 a bar is closed and there is no money coming in, how are you supposed to financially contribute to that scheme? that is simply going to mean lots and lots of people out of work. at least those 8.5 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 for companies phasing workers back to work. in august, the government will continue to pay 80% of salary but firms will have to pay national insurance and pensions — about 5% on average. then in september, the taxpayer contribution will go down to 70%, and then 60% in october. a further 2.5 million self—employed workers at least will be eligible for a slightly less generous grant, representing 70% of wages over three

months, capped at £6,500. the car industry today revealed a 99.7% slump in sales in april. that is one reason why the total cost of both these unprecedented schemes is heading towards £100 billion of essentially borrowed money, about the same as is spent over that eight—month period as on the nhs. but the chancellor says it is still value for money. first of all, in aggregate, 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 employee on the scheme, it will amount to the employer making a 5% contribution. the opposition says it is taking risks with unemployment. some sectors like, for example, hospitality, look like they could be locked down for really quite a long time.

they're not going to have the cash flow necessarily to have employers paying in to support staff, so this could lead potentially to majorjob losses. the government has a delicate three—way balancing act between controlling the pandemic, saving jobs and the costs to the taxpayer. its 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 the vast bulk of their wages funded by the taxpayer for most of the year. it is the self—employed, like iona fyfe, a folk singer, who feel relieved by the announcement, yes, but still concerned about the future. first, i'm very much appreciative that we are going to be supported until august. i worry about my ability to keep touring and keep being a musician, especially after years and years of training and graduating with a degree in music.

it's very heartbreaking. but the treasury say that the self—employed were already treated differently, for example, being allowed to carry on working while claiming the support. the message from the chancellor — that his spending will continue through the summer but as the economy reopens, it must then come to an end. faisal islam, bbc news. different parts of the uk are relaxing their lockdowns in different ways and at different speeds. people in scotland are now able to meet friends and family again as the country begins to ease its lockdown after 66 days. the new rules mean that people from two households can meet outside so long as they keep at least two metres apart. in wales, people from two households will be allowed to meet outdoors from next week, but they will be asked to "stay local" when planning such meetings. wales' first minister mark drakeford said the rate of infection was falling more slowly than expected, so wales had "only limited headroom" to make changes. and in northern ireland, "groups of four to six people who do not share a household can meet outdoors maintaining social distancing".

president trump has said the us will break ties with the world health organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. at the same news conference at the white house, he announced the us will begin the process of ending preferential treatment for hong kong in trade, travel and other areas. president trump's announcement comes in response to china's plans for a controversial new security law which will apply to hong kong, which he said was a "tragedy" for the territory. china's latest incursion, along with other recent developments that degraded the territory's 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 its promised formula of one country, two 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.

let's cross now live to washington and speak to nicholas r lardy, an economist at the peterson institute for international economics. welcome to you. thanks very much for being with us. what do you make of president trump's comments? what do you think is going to do as far as restrictions or possibly new sanctions go? his speech was a lot of sound and fury but i don't think it will have much effect on hong kong. he will probably withdraw hong kong's special trade status, but a little—known secret is that hong kong exports to the united states consists almost entirely of goods that originate in other countries. those goods are already subject to the tariffs that apply to those other countries. hong kong itself has terror free treatment but their exports to the united states last year we re

exports to the united states last year were about $450 million which into international trade terms is approximately zero two tariff—free. hong kong is a huge service economy. they have almost no manufacturing. withdrawing their special tariffs on goods will have almost no effect on the hong kong economy, so this is a symbolic action that he's portraying is being tough on china which is pa rt is being tough on china which is part of his new strategy, but it's economic significance is minimal. part of his new strategy, but it's economic significance is minimalm this what it is about, the optics, to seems to be taking a firm hand against china as the trade war between the country still rumbles on since the start of his presidency?” think absolutely, it's very clear he's going to run on a very strong anti—china platform for his reelection, despite the fact that he had one time praised his trade deal with china as a huge breakthrough and said that xijinping was his best friend, but now he is turning

and wants to be tough on china, so he is taking actions that most people will think maybe has some real significant economic effect but at least so far, i would say revoking hong kong's trade status is very, very minor. one other thing he mentioned was that we give more relaxed treatment of exports to china, excuse me, to hong kong, of high—technology items, but hong kong doesn't by any of those. it's a service doesn't by any of those. it's a service economy. doesn't by any of those. it's a service economy. they are not interested in importing semi and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. they don't have those industries. that's another area where he will say we are withdrawing this special privilege, but it will have no effect on the trade. but what about hong kong's sort of status as a global financial centre? will beijing's interference actually change that, do you think?m

will beijing's interference actually change that, do you think? it could change that, do you think? it could change it somewhat, but i am somewhat sceptical. obviously i decry the fact they are introducing this new security law in hong kong, but hong kong has a very complex, effective ecosystem that supports its role as a global financial centre. obviously the financial firms are critical, but they have the legal firms and the accounting firms, the reading agencies and so forth that are all in their system and they work well together for decades. this is a strength that is not going to disappear overnight. i don't think anything that president trump can do will significantly erode the role of hong kong as a globalfinancial erode the role of hong kong as a global financial centre. 0k, nicholas r lardy, thanks very much for your views. thank you. a senior hong kong government minister has told the bbc that

threatened actions by the us relating to the territory could be unlawful and are counterproductive. the us, along with the united kingdom and other western powers, have warned beijing against imposing a national security law on hong kong. but the territory's justice secretary, teresa cheng, said the law was needed to stop violent protest, and that people's basic rights and freedoms would not be threatened. she spoke to vivian wu from the bbc‘s chinese service. now, what has happened in hong kong last year is that through this violence, the separatism ideas become very prevalent and is actually giving and creating a weak link within china, via hong kong as a special administrative region. the international communities may sometimes forget that we are one country before we are two systems. the us government had threatened that harsh measures would be taken if the beijing government is pushing forward this new law.

what's your comment on the potential sanctions? is the sanction being imposed with a view to coerce another state to change their policy? because if that is the case, that is something that perhaps the international law would say that it is in breach of the principle of non—intervention. us and hong kong have a trade surplus of $30 billion us, in favour of the us. any such sanctions is not going to benefit anyone. the uk government has a plan to make it easierfor the british nationals overseas to stay and work in the uk. is that a sign that the international community has lost its faith in hong kong? great britain may well have that right, and of course they were perfectly entitled to do that. similarly, therefore, we hope that what china wishes to do, in terms of national security law, which is also entirely within the purview of the sovereign state of china, is also similarly

respected by other states because this is within the purview of china as a sovereign state to legislate for its national security. how long will hong kong become a chinese city, mainland chinese city? hong kong will always be a special administrative region, practising the one country, two systems that is clearly set out in the constitution and the basic law. the autonomy of hong kong is not in any way affected, so on what basis do we then say that, "well, you know, something may happen"? this is fear—mongering which i hope we'll refrain from doing. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we're on the streets of manila as police enforce one of the strictest — and longest — coronavirus lockdowns in the world. 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 juventus 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'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: a former police officer in the us city of minneapolis has been charged with murder after the death

of the unarmed black man george floyd, who died on monday. the uk government has announced that from august, businesses will have to start paying contributions towards the scheme that covers the wages of furloughed workers. manila, a city of 13 million, will become the city that has the most number of people under lockdown for the longest period of time on saturday — day 77 of citizens' movement being restricted. during that time, there have been accusations of police abuses and creeping martial law. this report from our correspondent howard johnson. amidst the storm, a beacon of hope. for every night of manila's lockdown, this building's owners have turned on the red lights. they're doing it to show their support for the city's front liners. we are now implementing the extreme enhanced community quarantine. men and women, like police chief colonel dario menor. tonight, his officers are enforcing a strict quarantine of a community

in northern manila identified as having a cluster of coronavirus cases. and here's the plan. identify those infected by the virus, separate them from the majority, and then cure them. what do you say to those people who say you should fight this with mass testing, not with guns and armed forces? maybe they are insecure because they themselves have no contribution to alleviate the sufferings of our people. but elsewhere in manila, there have been accusations of heavy handedness by the police, captured on video and shared widely on social media. ariel casilao is from anakpawis, a leftist political party deeply critical of phillippine president rodrigo duterte's government. he and six volunteers were recently

arrested and detained for handing out food aid allegedly in breach of lockdown restrictions. some of the members had been charged with inciting sedition. the intention is to silence the people from criticising the inefficiency and incompetence of government and to use the situation for duterte and his tyrannical, authoritarian tendencies. a spokesperson for president duterte said anakpawis's statement was "absolute nonsense" and that 99% of the hungry have received social amelioration support. so has the lockdown actually curbed coronavirus cases in the philippines? a former health secretary says it undoubtedly helped. before we locked down, there actually was evidence that the pandemic was going out of control. we were able to slow down the epidemic, and there is data that had we not intervened with the lockdown, we probably would have had as many as 4 million infections. manila's lockdown has

been long and testing for the city's residents. but with the government aiming to ease restrictions to kick—start the economy early next week, the end could finally be insight. the economy early next week, the end could finally be in sight. howard johnson, bbc news, metro manila. more than 200 schools in south korea have been forced to close just days after they re—opened, due to a new spike in virus cases. our correspondent laura bicker spent the day with pupils at one school before the latest closures. here's how it went. hundreds of schools have had to stay closed in south korea. this one is open, but life is far from normal. so how are they keeping students safe? how long since you've

seen your friends? about five months. have you missed your friends? oh, very much. we can't hug each other, so we are sad. but this is the first temperature check of the day. and as you can see, it's going off, and that's because i have a hot coffee in my hand. if the temperature gauge does go off like this, you get a manual check. is it ok? yeah, it's 36.4. 36.4. so i'm good to go. but this is just the first temperature check of the day. there are many, many more to come. in south korea, every student has to fill in a phone app

there's also a lot of hand—washing required. in south korea, every student has to fill in a phone app to monitor their symptoms. they have to do this every day or they can't come to school. how do you feel? or do you have a fever? what else? and then i login. i can see my students. so they do this and you check it? yes. 0k. but the hardest part of the school day is keeping your distance from friends. there are reminders everywhere, markers to tell you where to stand. and in classes too, you're kept apart from the person sitting next to you.

even at lunch and in gym class, students must stay apart. no contact sports allowed. but when the teacher isn't looking, sometimes the rules are broken. getting back to some kind of normality there. just before we go, let's ta ke normality there. just before we go, let's take you to minneapolis, where a memorial has now appeared at the

location where a police officer held down george floyd, a black man who was unarmed and later died. derek chauvin has been charged with third—degree murder. well, friday was a very warm day across the uk. in fact, the hot spot was scotland. temperatures got up to 28 degrees. and saturday, in most parts of the uk, will be every bit as warm, at least the low to mid 20s in most major towns and cities. it's been so reliable during the lockdown that the spring has ended up being the sunniest one on record. so, this has been confirmed by the met office. now, high pressure is in charge of the weather across a large chunk of europe. it's centred across scandinavia and it's clearing the skies across the uk, ireland, much of western and central europe. these are the 6am temperatures. a little fresh in parts of east anglia. maybe in the rural spots, temperatures could be around 6

degrees, but elsewhere, not quite as nippy. very quickly, the temperatures will rocket during the course of the morning and into the afternoon. let's take a closer look. so, on friday, we had temperatures up to around about 28 in some parts of western scotland. probably not quite so hot on saturday, more like the low to mid 20s. very warm there in glasgow at 24 celsius. we'll match that in liverpool, in birmingham, and probably the hot spot will be somewhere in the south of england. temperatures will get up to around 25 celsius. now, the sun will be very strong as well. you can see high uv levels pretty much right across the country, so take note if you're planning to enjoy that fine weather outdoors. saturday night's looking absolutely fine, and then sunday, we do it all over again. the winds are light, the skies are clear, the temperatures are going to rise. in fact, in one or two spots, it could reach around 26 or 27 celsius, so a hot day on the way, especially across western parts of england, on sunday.

and over the next few days — so this is including the weekend and into next week — that warm plume of air from the southern climes continues to spread across the uk, as far north as scandinavia, even pushing to the arctic circle. so those temperatures are expected to affect peak across the south of the uk come tuesday. we could see temperatures getting up to around 28 degrees celsius. but after that, a big change under way. look at that — back into the teens by the time we get to the weekend. in fact, next weekend, we're expecting colder air coming in from the north. that's it for me. goodbye.

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the headlines. 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. the move is seen as an escalation of washington's confrontation with beijing. 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. and more than 200 schools in south korea have been forced to close just days after they re—opened, due to a new spike in virus cases. most of the new cases are linked to large distribution warehouses.