this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a police officer sacked over the death of george floyd has been charged with murder. after three nights of rioting over his killing in minneapolis, a night—time curfew will take effect in two hours. president trump offers his sympathy to george floyd's family. he says he said he wants justice for them and calls on protestors to hold peaceful demonstrations. i spoke with his family today. terrific people. i think it's so bad for the memory when you see a thing like that going on, and hopefully that won't happen tonight. as you know, the national guard has arrived. 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. 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. temperature checks, hand—washing but no hugs. we're inside a south korean 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. a sacked police officer has been charged with murder, for his role in the death of george floyd — an unarmed black man, in the american city of minneapolis, which has sparked days of unrest.

a police station was set on fire overnight, and officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets. the city's mayor has now imposed a night time curfew which will remain in place on friday and saturday nights between 8pm and 6am. speaking a short while ago, president trump says he's spoken to the family of mr floyd and passed on the nation's deepest condolences and most heartfelt sympathies for what he called a "terrible, terrible thing". he also outlined his plans for a federal investigation into the death. i've asked that the department ofjustice expedite the federal investigation into his death and do it immediately, do it as quickly as absolutely possible. it's a local situation, but we're also making it a federal situation, and it's... it's a terrible thing. we all saw what we saw. it's very hard to even conceive of anything other than what we did see. it should never happen, should never be allowed to happen, anything like that, but we're determined that justice be served. let's show you the scene

live in new york, where activists are rallying in protest over the death of george floyd. there have been protests right across the country in many cities, not just in minneapolis, but this is quite a large one that's taking place in new york city right now, a heavy police presence. people there protesting us what happened to this man. interesting to note the protests a re this man. interesting to note the protests are continued despite the fact that one of the police officers involved in this has now been charged with third—degree murder and manslaughter. a little earlier, i spoke to samuel sinyangwe, a black activist, data scientist and co—founder of campaign zero, a data—informed platform aimed at presenting solutions to ending police violence in america. he gave us his reaction to the news of the charges against the police officer. it's good to see that the officer has finally been charged. it came a little bit late, however. it's important to note that this is extremely rare foran

to note that this is extremely rare for an officer to be charged with a crime following a police shooting or other incident of deadly force. only 196 incident of deadly force. only i% of all officers who's killed with summoned in the united states are ever charged with a crime, so this is a start, but ultimately a charge is not any conviction, so ev lung which ago. —— we have a long way to go. what do you make of the third—degree murder charge? some specially that is... thinking about the three other officers who stood by and watched as george floyd was choked to death, over several minutes, and none of them have been charged yet. i believe this is a start, but indeed i believe we must go a lot further in order to getjustice in this case, in order to hold those officers accountable, all four of them for what is clearly a merger. barack obama, the country's first black president has weighed in. once

you make of his words, his intervention? do you think you will have any impact?” intervention? do you think you will have any impact? i think nationwide, this is not the first time we have gone through this. in 2014, protesters took to the streets, demanding justice for mike brown when he was shot and killed by police in ferguson. it's been nearly six years since then and every year since then, the police have killed more than 1000 people in the united states, between three and four people each day, so i believe what we need is fundamental structural and systemic change, and when we get that type of change, when we see the rates of police shootings and killings actually going down, down as they are in almost every other developed country, then i believe we will be in country, then i believe we will beina country, then i believe we will be in a place where we can actually say we've made the progress that we need to make. your focusing on progress that we need to make. yourfocusing on ending police violence in america, notjust against black people as you said but against all people, with many hundreds of people

killed every year by police officers in the united states. what can be done? we have heard from the state governor of minnesota, saying their work is on tackling institutionalized racism? their work is on tackling institutionalized racism ? is their work is on tackling institutionalized racism? is he getting the wording right? is the work going to be done, do you think? i hope it is done. because this is not the first time minneapolis police have killed a black man. there were demands for accountability. it is lamented if you policies but obviously not enough to stop this from happening again. if you look at the data, black people in minneapolis are more likely to be killed than white people in minneapolis. samuel sinyangwe talking to me a little earlier. 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. our 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. one of the leading scientists advising on the government's coronavirus response says he disagrees with the decision to ease lockdowns across the uk, because the level of infection remains in his words "very high." from monday, up to six people will be able to meet outside and in private outdoor spaces in the uk, as long as they adhere to social distancing measures. the use of bathrooms in private homes will also be allowed as long as they are disinfected afterwards but meeting within homes is still forbidden. the easing of measures comes despite the office for national statistics estimating that there currently 8,000 cases of the coronavirus in the uk alone. professor john edmunds says it was a "political decision" to lift restrictions and many scientists would prefer to wait. we could stay in lockdown, or we could keep measures in place. and in scotland for instance, they are not using restrictions anywhere near as

much, and wales as well, as much, and wales as well, as much as in england. the government here in westminster clearly made a decision that this is the sort of level of incidents that they are willing to tolerate. the point is that these decisions are value judgements, theirjudgements about what the level of incidence is and, can we tolerate this? and it's not our job to make that decision, thank god. i'd really have to make that kind of decision, it's a horrible thing, but that's what they are paid to do and that's what they clearly have done. at his news conference at the white house, president trump announced the us will begin the process of ending preferential treatment for hong kong in trade, travel and other areas. it 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. a short while ago, i spoke to nicholas r lardy, an economist at the peterson institute for international economics, who said that not as much may change in hong kong as may be thought. 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 tariff—free treatment, but their exports to the united states last year were about $450 million, which in international trade terms is approximately zero. 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 as being tough on china, which is part of his new strategy, but its economic significance is minimal. is this what it is about, the optics, to be seen to be taking a firm hand against china as the trade war between the country still rumbles on since the start of his presidency?

i 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 at 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 as tough on china as possible, 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 buy any of those. it's a service economy. they‘ re not interested in importing semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. they don't have those industries.

so that's another area where he will say we're withdrawing these special privileges, but it will have no effect on the trade. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we're inside a south korea school to see how they're keeping kids safe in the pandemic. 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 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. our top story this hour: 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. let's return now to the white house press conference. president trump said the us will break ties with the world health organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. he said the who had failed to introduce reforms earlier, i spoke to david miliband, a former uk foreign secretary and the president and chief executive officer of the international rescue committee. he joined me from new york.

donald trump is not alone in his criticism of the who. japan, for one country, agrees that they helped china cover up covid, and they acted too slowly. in your view, is that true at all? there has certainly been mistakes by the world health organisation, but they originate in the fact that the organisation needs more independence, more transparency, more funding as well, and at the moment, it's the imposition by various member states, it's a member—led organisation, that constrain its ability to speak truth to power. this is a very damaging decision, obviously, for the world's poorest people who depend on the world health organisation, but i'm afraid it's also going to damage american interests, because if president trump is worried about chinese influence with america in the world health organisation, then surely their exit is only going to increase the chinese say. is there any impetus to overhaul the who in the manner in which you think it needs to be to give a true

in which you think it needs to be to give true independence? there has been some efforts of reform from the outside. the international peace institute, for example, published an important set of papers after commission chaired by, kevin rudd, the former prime minister of new zealand, but those outside influencing activities have not yet got the kind of leverage that in fact is needed for member states. president trump referred to the fact that he detailed some reforms. no one has seen with the concrete proposals were. when he first announced them 11 days ago, they weren't published. i think that the agenda of transparency, of independence, of secure funding is very clear. however, in the midst of a pandemic, what we need the world health organisation to do is focus on its dayjobs, and that means getting to grips with this pandemic as it spreads from the richest countries in the world,

like north america and europe, to latin america now where it is growing exponentially, but also to the places where organisations like the international rescue committee work, the exposed fragile states in africa and asia, where the disease if we are not very careful indeed is very lucky will run riot. i want to move onto the situation in hong kong and ask you, in your view as a former foreign secretary here in the uk, what is your view on president trump saying he's going to end preferential treatment for hong kong in the past couple of hours? this is over a new security law which is being pushed by beijing. do you think he's right to sanction beijing in this way? i think that the draconian measures that have been announced in beijing should be of concern to everyone who values notjust the status of hong kong but international law. after all, hong kong was given special status in the agreement that was signed ultimately and concluded in the 1990s and was for a 50—year agreement between the uk

and china, backed up by international law. i think the big missing in president trump's description and announcement today was in a sense that there was international engagement, because the truth is that the state of hong kong as part of china but with a different system isn't going to be affected by protests from one country, even one as strong as the united states. it's going to take coordinated global action to protect international law and protect the states of hong kong. and the leaderless world that we are living in at the moment, where fragmentation and geopolitical squabbling takes the front page. so what needs to happen, then? we have seen the issue brought up in the un today and china just pushed back. they are powerful — can theyjust do that? well, they certainly have a veto power at the united nations, but i think that the next step is that the g7 summit, the group of seven, the leading industrialised democracies — that president trump is due to hold in the month ofjune — and it's there that there needs to be some hard talking about the way in which western countries co—operate with each other, but also negotiate and engage with china. we don't need a new cold war.

former uk foreign secretary david miliband there. 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 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. just before we go, let's take you like to minneapolis, where protesters appear to be blocking a highway. this is after three nights of violence of protests after the killing of protests after the killing ofan unarmed of protests after the killing of an unarmed black man, george floyd. a former us police officer has been charged with his murder. the mayor of minneapolis is

imposing a night—time curfew which will come into force in a half hours' time. stay with us. 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 on the 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines. more protests across the us and in minneapolis have been held after a former police officer was charged with the murder of george floyd. it follows three consecutive nights of rioting. police and national guard officers are preparing to uphold a curfew in minneapolis this evening. president trump has attacked china's plans to impose new security legislation in hong kong, and says the us will no longer give the territory special treatment. he said sanctions would be imposed on officials who were believed by washington to be involved in eroding the territory's autonomy. the uk government has announced 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. the chancellor said the scheme, introduced to prevent mass

redundancies, needed to adapt, as the economy reopens. now it's time for the coronavirus newscast. there have been so many words this week to describe the dominic cummings situation — what was it the government used officially to describe it? "entirely reasonable." yeah. "entirely legal." yeah. then it moved on to it being about " following instincts. " hmm. and then it moved on a bit to... "move on!" yes, more sort of end of story. "move on!" and then durham police said "might", and that was briefly the most used word on twitter in britain at one point today. and then there's the words the public have been using, here is emma barnett from 5 live with some of the words that have been on her daily phone in. foolish, furious and bored. more from emma later in the podcast, and plenty more words