this is bbc news — i'm lewis vaughan jones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. anger across america: this is the scene right now in boston where hundreds of activists and police have clashed at protests over the death of george floyd. protests continue in minneapolis after the police sacked after he was filmed kneeling on the neck of a black man in minneapolis was charged with his murder. president trump offers his sympathy to george floyd's family — he calls on protesters to hold peaceful demonstrations. a curfew is due to be imposed in the next hour. i spoke with his family today, terrific people, i think it is so bad for the memory when you see anything like that going on,

and hopefully that won't happen tonight, and as you know the national guard has arrived. in other news: coronavirus deaths in brazil pass 27,000 — overtaking spain to become the country with the fifth—highest death toll. and businesses in the uk will have to start sharing the cost of the goverment‘s furlough scheme, which is paying the wages of workers affected the lockdown. ——affected by the lockdown. protesters spreading across the united states again tonight after the death of an unarmed black man in police custody in minneapolis. george floyd died after derek chauvin knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes. the officer was sacked and has

now also been charged and arrested with murder. let's give you a taste of exactly what is happening right across the united states. this is live in boston, you can see it is 8pm, confrontations between protesters and police, and this is a scene that is mirrored frankly right across the united states, and lots of cities and towns from coast—to—coast, we can go now to atla nta, coast—to—coast, we can go now to atlanta, these are pictures of damage of police cars, and protesters again on the streets here, it is notjust in atla nta, here, it is notjust in atlanta, there have been protests in new york, a visual gathered there under the banner of "we can't breathe", "i can't breathe" were of course the words of the unarmed black man who died, george floyd, who has triggered these days of protest right across the us. in new york traffic was blocked and they have been a number of arrests. they have also been

gatherings in minneapolis, this is back to boston, but there are also gatherings and protest in minneapolis this evening of course where all of this started, when the protests started, when the protests started that turned into riots and looting and arson. minneapolis this evening is introducing a curfew, authorities there asking people to absolutely stay at home, with a few exceptions, but they are asking people to stay away from minneapolis, that comes in in aboutan from minneapolis, that comes in in about an hour or so. we have also seen people on the streets in washington, dc itself, and descending on the white house, we will have more on that in a moment. first though, let's get some of the political reaction to what has been happening today. a short time ago, president trump said he'd 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 into 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. that was donald trump. this is live again to atlanta, we have seen glass being smashed at cnn, the news network there, but you can see huge confusion and chaos there on the roads as they are blocked in atlanta. a

similar scene playing out in towns and cities right across the united states. to try and put all of this in context for us, let's get more from our north america correspondent david willis. david, let's start with the scene at the white house. there have been protests at washington, dc, the capital. what has been happening there? you are right, you mentioned protests across the country, cities from milwaukee, denver, san diego, san francisco and here in los angeles, a short distance from me outside the cnn building. you mentioned the white house, it is now under lockdown, the secret service and now clashing with demonstrators who got very close indeed to the white house, we saw pictures earlier rub some very ugly scenes there. meanwhile the dusk till dawn curfew comes into effect injust underan

dawn curfew comes into effect in just under an hour's time dawn curfew comes into effect injust under an hour's time in minneapolis, hundreds of national guard officers being deployed onto the streets there in the hope of preventing a fourth night of violence. last night we saw the central police station being set ablaze, there are promises of further protests over the weekend in various cities across this country, and it doesn't seem as though the arrest of that police officer who was captured on video with his knee on george floyd's neck is going to be enough to abate the very strong feelings that are running across this country. some people are saying this is an uprising, if you like, basically payback for hundreds of years of racial oppression, racial inequality, and the co nsta nt, racial inequality, and the constant, it seems, arrest and death of black men, black suspects by white police officers here. david, we heard

earlier on president trump's comments on the events of the last couple of days, what other political reaction have we been getting from senior political figures in the us? well, the first black president of this country, barack first black president of this country, ba rack 0bama, first black president of this country, barack 0bama, pointed out a fairly lengthy state earlier today, in which he said "we have to remember that for millions of americans, being treated differently on account of race is tragically, painfully, maddeningly normal. whether that is dealing with the healthcare system or dealing with the criminal justice system or just dealing with the criminal justice system orjustjotting down the street, that last reference, a reference to the death of ahmaud arbery, a young man in georgia a few weeks ago, who was caught again on camera

being shot, on this occasion by white vigilantes. and it is an issue that we have been covering on bbc world news, we saw the looting and the arson in minneapolis, which has led to this curfew this evening, and there have been calls for calm, not just from and there have been calls for calm, notjust from the authorities but from organisers of the protests themselves. that's right. and it is interesting, i mentioned the arrest earlier today of derek chauvin, the police officer ca ptu red chauvin, the police officer captured on film with his knee on george floyd's neck. i think there is a growing concern that there is a growing concern that the other officers involved in that arrest should also be facing criminal charges. mr chauvin was arrested today and he is facing a charge of third—degree murder and also manslaughter. and i think this crowd, these crowds in different parts of this country

are looking forjustice to the nth degree if you like, and they won't rest perhaps until they won't rest perhaps until the other officers involved in the other officers involved in the death of george floyd are brought tojustice. the death of george floyd are brought to justice. david, for the moment, thank you, that is oui’ correspondence the moment, thank you, that is our correspondence david willis there. and just to remind you that these are live pictures from boston, a stand—off between protesters and the police there, a scene that frankly is being replicated in many cities right across the country. let's try and explore now some of the issues at the heart of what is going on. ican speak i can speak now to major neill franklin, who is executive director of the law enforcement action partnership. he joins us now from maryland. . thank you for being with us, as we speak to you we are seeing these live pictures from boston of this stand—off. i

know it is a big question, but what is the issue here, what is really going on? so the issue here is not just really going on? so the issue here is notjust the death of mr floyd, he isjust here is notjust the death of mr floyd, he is just the last straw on the camel's back, there are many other straw underneath that one. and this is not an issue of the past decade, this is not an issue of the past decade, we are talking about 400 years of oppression in this country. we are talking about 400 years of racism in this country, we are talking about a police force in this country that historically, it was born out of slavery. with rounding up slaves, slave catchers, and we have never dealt with race appropriately in this country. so how do you try to address it, what needs to change within police forces? so it is obvious that this

current policing paradyne in this country just current policing paradyne in this countryjust does not work. we need a new policing paradyne in this country, we need policing paradigm that is under control of the people. a community controlled police department is what we need on every corner of this country. and to go further with just so people know what i am not a police review board that takes a look at an incident once it has occurred, we are talking about a police department that is truly governed by the people, a community board, people, a community board, people who live in the community who hired a police chief, who fired a police chief, who fired a police chief, who fired a police chief, who set the budget and the philosophy of how that lease department operates and goes about its policing business within that particular community. that sounds like an issue of transparency. it is definitely an issue of transparency. transparency is a big problem right now.

including derek chauvin there was another police officer, but a couple of those police officers involved in this incident, this isjust an example, have a history of using excessive force in minneapolis police department. and this isjust minneapolis police department. and this is just an example of what we see from one police department to the next, with these police officers and the history of using excessive force, history of corruption, and there is no transparency for the community to know about these offices and their tainted past. if that were the case, if they had that level of transparency, then we would be able to take action to get these police officers removed from the force and prevent things like this from happening. and on this specific case, earlier on on the bbc reverend jesse jackson called for the three other police officers to be charged, it

is... it is certainly a theme that we are hearing on these protest marches right across the country right now. absolutely. they should be charged. a lot of people still don't know that they had a duty according to their policy to intervene in such a case. and it was quite clear that there was a problem here. the nine minutes of derek chauvin kneeling on mr floyd's neck, the comments not just kneeling on mr floyd's neck, the comments notjust from mr floyd, pleading for his life, pleading to breathe, asking for his mother, but the comments from the people, the witnesses on the sidewalk, filming this, over and over and over again, begging the police to let him up, to put him in the police car, not to kneel on his neck any longer, basically to save his life. so those three other officers knew what was happening, there was no doubt, and they should be charged, they violated their policy, they violated their policy, they violated their oath of office, and they broke the law.

those investigations are obviously ongoing, we will leave it there but thank you so much for your insight and your experience, major neill franklin, thank you. these are the relatively calm pictures at the relatively calm pictures at the moment in boston, the stand—off between the police on one side and protesters on the other, but this is, make no mistake, a tense night right across america, with thousands of people on the streets in cities right across the country, and we will be keeping you right up—to—date with what is happening there in the us. let's move on to a different story now. brazil has reported nearly 27,000 cases of covid—i9 in the past 24 hours — a new daily record. 0ur correspondent, katy watson joins us now from sao paolo. katie, good to see you. u nfortu nately, katie, good to see you. unfortunately, another grim milestone here. that's right. we're talking ii24

milestone here. that's right. we're talking 1124 new deaths in the past 24 hours. it is now surpassed spain in terms of death toll. we're looking at more than 465,000 confirmed cases more than 465,000 confirmed cases of the virus. so every day these numbers keep going up. every day these numbers keep going every day day these numbers keep going up. every day there is some record, sadly, being broken. and it comes at a time when sao paulo here, the biggest state, is talking about reopening in some way as of monday, talking about getting back to some kind of normality, introducing protocols to be allowed to get shopping malls and visitors back up and running. meanwhile, the president, jair bolsonaro, has said very little about these figures. he has been more worried about a bit supreme court investigation into allegations of fake news among his supporters, something he calls political. and that is theissue calls political. and that is the issue at the moment, there isa the issue at the moment, there is a political crisis going on here in brazil that seems to be taking centre stage, rather

than the actual concerning issue, of course, of the pandemic here in brazil. 0k, thanks, katie. let's go back to the protests. these are low pictures from atla nta. these are low pictures from atlanta. when all is 1000 protesters have been marching from downtown to the state capital. 0n the way they have been blocking traffic there and we will keep on these pictures, because you can see that looks like a vehicle on fire there thatis like a vehicle on fire there that is trying to be put out. we'll stay on the pictures and monitor what is on in atalanta. but as we do, they want to bring in our next guest. barbara sexton smith is a city councillor for louisville's fourth district. shejoins me now. thanks very much for being with me. first of all, just a reaction, we're still watching these pictures in atlanta protesters out the streets. what's your reaction to what is happening there in america?

well, all across this great nation of america we are seeing tensions reaching an almost all—time high and it is all at the hands of police brutality and police killings that are com pletely and police killings that are completely unjustified and unwarranted. and i was horrified when they saw it happen in my very own city and on march 13, just a couple of months ago, young breonna taylor, a 26—year—old woman who was a trained emergency technician, and she was serving asa technician, and she was serving as a first responder during our global pandemic for the coronavirus, she was gunned down and murdered in her home in the middle of the night while she was rest thing, due toa while she was rest thing, due to a police group bombarding their way into her home on a narcotics raid. and it is simply heartbreaking and it is com pletely simply heartbreaking and it is completely unacceptable. we must do things in our country to change the laws to protect the citizens who count on us. what kind of changes then would

you like to see brought in? well, we only have one state in the entire united dates of america that has totally banned no knock warrants by law enforcement. and that is the state of oregon. the state of florida has a supreme court ruling in place that does not allow a no knock search warrant. and what a no knock search warrant is, it is signed by police officers, signed by a judge, officer of the court, and then the police officers are permitted, in many places, to use a battering ram to bust their way into a premises unannounced. and we must stop that. another councilwoman anai have failed legislation here in louisville, kentucky to strictly reduce the use of no knock warrants and my belief is that the only time a no knock wa rra nts that the only time a no knock warrants should be used by law enforcement is when there is imminent danger of harm or death, such as murder,

terrorism, hostage situations, kidnapping, or human sexual trafficking. that is a concrete example of one thing that would change and you think would help. what think your chances are netting that change? help. what think your chances are netting that change ?|j think are netting that change?” think our chances are becoming increasingly more positive every day, because as a ground swell of support right here in louisville, kentucky, from hundreds and hundreds of advocacy groups and individuals and organisations calling upon elected officials to ban these wa rra nts elected officials to ban these warrants altogether, except for what a mention. and then the other thing we're going to do is we are to pass legislation, it is my hope, to use body cameras at all times by police officers in the line of duty. u nfortu nately, officers in the line of duty. unfortunately, when breonna taylor was killed, the plainclothes police officers not wearing body cameras, therefore we do not have any of that video or audio footage of

what exactly happened that night. we are going to change that in our community. 0k, thank you very much for speaking to us, barbara sexton smith. just so you know, we have moved the live pictures from atlanta back to boston. you can see outside boston police department. protests going on in cities from boston, atlanta, new york, washington, dc, as well as minneapolis. we are keeping right across those protests here on bbc world news. president trump says the united states will revoke hong kong's special trade privileges with the us, in an escalation of washington's confrontation with beijing. it's in response to china's decision to impose a new security law on the autonomous territory. he made the annoncement earlier. 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. uk businesses have been told that, from august, they will have to start paying towards the cost of keeping staff on furlough under the government's job retention scheme. the chancellor, rishi sunak, said national insurance and pension contributions would need to be met first — with increasing shares of workers' salaries being paid by employers in the following two months. the scheme will finish at the end of october. more than 8 million people are currently receiving most of their pay from the british government. 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's 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's 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 judgement 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. let us return to our top story now. the wave of protests right across america. angus spilling out into the streets state to state —— anger. this is live in atla nta. state —— anger. this is live in atlanta. this is the reaction to the killing of george —— george floyd by a police officer. the police of the has been charged with third—degree murder and manslaughter but that has not dampened the protests. thousands of people out on the streets from los angeles, chicago, boston, even washington, dc, where the white house was surrounded at one point. protesters marching down to the white house. we will keep you right across all the

protests right across the united states. for now, i'm lewis vaughan jones. this united states. for now, i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. 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.

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we have one major story this our, and that is the wave of protests taking place right across the united states. these are live pictures of protesters out on the street in atla nta, protesters out on the street in atlanta, these images are mirrored from los angeles, chicago, boston, washington, dc and new york. these are all protests over the death of george floyd, an unarmed black man who was being restrained by a police officer when he died, thus police officer when he died, thus police officer was derek chauvin. —— that police officer was derek chauvin. there were calls for him to be arrested and charged that he was on friday, with third—degree murder and manslaughter. that has not stopped the protests, they are out on the streets right across the united states.