welcome to bbc news, i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: tear gas and troops: live in the us city of minneapolis as a curfew begins. protests continue over the killing of george floyd — a police officer sacked over his death has been charged with murder. anger across america: this is the scene in boston where hundreds of activists and police have clashed at protests over the death of george floyd. and live pictures of clashes in atlanta continue where hundreds of activists and police have held running confronations of the main roads of the city. president trump offers his sympathy to the family

of the victim and calls on protesters to obey the law. i spoke with his family today, terrific people, i think it is so bad for the memory when you see a thing 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. hello and welcome to bbc news. within the last few seconds an overnight curfew has come into force in minneapolis after three nights of violence. but protests are continuing and are spreading across the united states. this is after the death of an unarmed black man in

police custody in minneapolis. george floyd died after police officer derek chauvin knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes. chauvin was sacked and has now also been arrested and charged with murder. these are live images in minneapolis, as we set a curfew was due to have started their two minutes ago, and it doesn't seem like it has come into effect. the request from authorities there was for a cu rfew authorities there was for a curfew from 8pm local time to 6am, officials calling for calm, they wanted everybody to stay away and stay indoors, exceptions being only for media organisations, if you had to go to work, or if you needed emergency care. but as you can see, thousands, hundreds and thousands of people on the street there in minneapolis. this is nice numberfor a protest there. last night we saw arson, buildings on fire, the night before that looting, of course there —— this is nice

numberfourfor of course there —— this is nice number four for protests there. —— —— night. this is like pictures from atlanta, thousands of people have been on the streets. thousands of people have been blocking roads, it seems confrontations between police and protesters. let's ta ke between police and protesters. let's take you, there are protests also in washington, dc, we will bring you those pictures when we get them. but this is just the scene in atla nta, this is just the scene in atlanta, one of a number of cities we have. washington, dc, new york, protested they are, they were a number of arrests, outlander as we see, boston, los angeles, chicago —— ata la nta los angeles, chicago —— atalanta as we see. here are those police on horseback. there are those police on horseback. there a re protesters those police on horseback. there are protesters near the white house, and we will bring

you those pictures of protesters near the white house when we get those. the moment, let's bring you a little bit what donald trump has been saying a little earlier. 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, a thing like that, but we're determined that justice be served. let's ta ke let's take you back to washington, just a bit of a warning as you may have sensed, the camera is a bit unstable for us there, you get the idea that there are protests on the

streets as well as back in minneapolis. it is the fourth night of protests there. david willis is our correspondent in north america and he can talk us north america and he can talk us through, as we say on these pictures of minneapolis, just talk us through david, what are the latest developments in the last few hours? as you can tell, and as you have been reporting, a lot of anger on the streets of america, protests literally from coast—to—coast, from new york and washington, dc in the east, to los angeles and san diego in the west. the white house currently under lockdown on the advice of the secret service agents there, following some angry demonstrations nearby, and in minneapolis which is now officially under curfew, there have been exchanges of teargas. the police firing teargas on demonstrators there, in order

to try and quell a demonstration. but hundreds of national guard officers deployed onto the streets of minneapolis after what the state governor, tim waltz, described as 48 hours of anarchy, that anarchy culminating in protesters setting fire to the central police station there in minneapolis. but earlier today prosecutors announced the arrest of one of the police officers involved in the arrest officers involved in the arrest of george floyd, the man who was captured on video with a white police officer kneeling on his neck, that police officer, derek chauvin, is now facing charges of third—degree murder and manslaughter. it appears that that is not enough for a lot of people here, a lot of protesters who want to see the other three officers who we re the other three officers who were captured on video involving themselves in the

arrest of george floyd, also brought tojustice. arrest of george floyd, also brought to justice. the local prosecutor there said that additional charges may be following, but they have been none so far, may be attributing to the sort of anger we have seen on to the sort of anger we have seen on the streets across america tonight. david, tensions are high right across the country and there have been calls for calm by the protesters themselves and also by officials and absolutely and president from trying to do his bit saying earlier on that he had expressed his sorrow to george floyd's family, he said the video arrest was a horrible thing to witness, and there was, as he put it, no excuse for it. although earlier on twitter he described the protesters in minneapolis as "thugs" and there was a point

by the president that was actually hidden by twitter because it was breaking the rules glorifying violence. the president said his tweets had been misinterpreted, subsequent to that, but yes, a wide range of calls for officials, local and national, for protests to be peaceful tonight, but we are seeing precisely the opposite. it is early days just now of course. david, the areas thick with there in minneapolis, people with makeshift shields, it looks like someone has some form of injury there. people coming to help. these are pictures that this time 24 hours ago we were covering these huge blazing fires, people in the streets, and there was an expectation that there was an expectation that the curfew would be upheld. and clearly, that hasn't happened. in essence, 24 hours ago, the

main concern from a lot of people was this police officer hadn't been arrested and hadn't been charged at that time. what is interesting here is that 24 hours on that police officer has been arrested, has been charged, and yet that hasn't been enough to stop the protesters coming out on the streets across the country. that's right, and one of the local activists in minneapolis put it this way. earlier on she described what is happening in the united states at the moment in response to the death of george floyd as an uprising, she said that it was basically a reaction to centuries of oppression, years of racial inequality, and with the seemingly constant death of black people at the hands of white police officers. but clearly, in many major cities here, tensions have reached a boiling point, and it remains

to be seen how this is going to play itself out but i can tell you lewis, further protests are planned in many cities across this country over the weekend, so this country over the weekend, soi this country over the weekend, so i don't think this issue is going to go away. not at all, for the moment thank you david, thatis for the moment thank you david, that is david willis for us there. these pictures in minneapolis, this is the fourth day of protests of people coming out onto the streets, many people coming up with their hands up in arms in the air in peaceful protest at times, and then confrontations and clashes with the police and other times. the national guard on patrol in minneapolis there. let's try and get a bit of context let's try and get a bit of co ntext a nd let's try and get a bit of context and try and work out exactly some of the root causes and what exactly is going on here. neill franklin is executive director of the law enforcement action partnership, and worked for the police force in maryland. he told me what the floyd case represents.

the issue here is notjust the death of mr floyd, he is just the last straw on the camel's back, but there are many other straws 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 ——paradigm in this country just does not work.

we need a new policing paradigm in this country, we need a policing paradigm which is one that is under control of the people. a community controlled police department is what we need in every corner of this country. and to go further with that, just so people know what i am talking about, i am not talking about 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 who live in the community who hire the police chief, who fire the police chief, who set the budget and the philosophy of how that police 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, and this is just an example, have a history of using excessive force in the minneapolis police department. and this is just an example of what we see from one police department to the next, with its police officers and the history of using excessive force, history of corruption, and there is no transparency for the community to know about these officers and their tainted past. if that were the case, if we 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 march 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 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 oath of office, and they broke the law. 0ur our thanks to neill franklin there. let's take you back to

minneapolis, this is what a cu rfew looks minneapolis, this is what a curfew looks like in minneapolis tonight. 0fficials asked for everyone to stay at home, and not come out onto the streets from 8pm local time to 6am in the morning, but that hasn't happened. people have come out for the fourth night ina row come out for the fourth night in a row to protest against the killing of george floyd. by the police officer, derek chauvin. we will keep you right up to date of course with all of those protests right across the united states. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we're inside a south korea school to see how they're keeping the students 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 7:00am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 4,500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as 'ginger spice,‘ has announced she has left the spice girls. argh, i don't believe it. she's the one with the bounce, the go, girl power. not geri, why? this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones.

the latest headlines: protestors in minneapolis have ignored calls to observe a curfew following riots over the killing of george floyd. a police officer sacked for his death has been charged with murder. anger across america. the killing has led to a number of clashes with police officers in boston, atlanta, and a number of major cities. brazil has reported nearly 27,000 cases of covid—i9 in the past 25 hours — a new daily record. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson is in sao paolo. we're talking 1,124 new deaths in the past 24 hours. it's now surpassed spain in terms of death toll. and we're looking at more than 465,000 confirmed cases of the virus. so every day these numbers keep on 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 be able to get shopping malls and visitors back up and running. meanwhile, the president, jair bolsonaro, has said very little about these figures. he instead, these past few days, has been more worried about a supreme court investigation into allegations of fake news among his supporters, something he calls political. and that is the issue at the moment, is that there's 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. that was katy watson there. as the coronavirus death toll continues to climb in the united states, so too does the immeasurable impact its having, more than 100,000 precious lives lost, with some families losing multiple loved ones. biba adams lost her mother, grandmother, and aunt to covid—i9. shejoins me now from detroit.

thank you very much for being with us and speaking with us. firstly, i'll just have with us and speaking with us. firstly, i'lljust have to say i'm so sorry. it's just simply awful having to read out that sentence to introduce you. i can't imagine what the last period of time has been like for you. you must going through a whole mixture and range of emotions. thank you, lewis. yes, it's very difficult grieving, the grief process has many stages. they have good days and bad days. ifeel really sad some days, i feel really sad some days, i feel really alone some days, and some days i feel super supported and loved by my friends and family. but it's been a very, very difficult time. i couldn't even put it in words if they wanted to. and having to go through all those emotions privately and, of

course, publicly, and in the context of a global pandemic and government handling of that pandemic, what do you make of the way the united states authorities have tried to deal with the coronavirus? i... 10096 put the onus on my government, the trump administration for their failure the trump administration for theirfailure to explain the trump administration for their failure to explain to the citizens how perilous this virus could have been for us. we should have been told much, much earlier to wear masks. we should have been explained, told about social distancing months and months earlier before my family contracted this virus and were failed by

this virus and were failed by this disease. so i'd do hold my government 100% accountable and responsible for their response to this virus and they really hope that, ultimately, the whole world is able to hold them accountable, because the buck stops at the white house. leadership needs to be top down. you know, we should have been —— he should have been much more explicit with us much earlier and he is trying to pass it off onto china, even today, he was just giving a press co nfe re nce today, he was just giving a press conference and it was all about china and it was very disturbing and it felt almost disrespectful to my family members that he doesn't hold himself at all accountable. 0k, thank you so much for sharing your story with us and we

really appreciate your time talking to us here on bbc world news. thank you. thank you so much. 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. 0ur 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? 0h, 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. 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. a quick reminder of our main and developing story. the protest spreading right across america. these are live pictures from atlanta. protests people angry at the death of george floyd, killed while under police custody. a police

officer has been arrested and charged with third degree murder. we are keeping right across these protest here on bbc world news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. thank you bbc world news. i'm lewis vaughanjones. thank you for watching. 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: in minneapolis protestors have ignored calls to observe a curfew, following riots over the killing of george floyd. a police officer sacked for his death has been charged with murder. clashes have also taken place between demonstrators and police in boston and atlanta. president trump has called on people to obey the law. 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. changes to the scheme that follows workers affected by lockdown. businesses will have to start paying contributions from august. wales' first minister has announced plans

for relaxing restrictions there.