this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a fourth night of violence in the us city of minneapolis — after the death of george floyd — an unarmed black man in police custody. a former police officer is charged with murder. anger has spread across america. a state of emergency is declared in georgia. atlanta's mayor calls for an end to rioting. you are disgracing our city. here's the scene live i milwaukee in the neighbouring state of wisconsin, where protests are ongoing.

scientists advising the uk government warn relaxing the lockdown is still too risky, amdist fears the warm weather this weekend could lead people to ditch social distancing. uk is reporting something like 2000 cases per day. italy about 300 cases per day. germany about 400 cases per day. the level of incidents in the uk is significantly higher. calls for the uk government to do more to help hundreds of thousands of small businesses and the self—employed who aren't covered by coronavirus support programmes. brazil reports nearly 27,000 cases of covid—i9 and more than 1,100 deaths in 24 hours — a new daily record. and — us business magazine forbes removes reality tv star and entrepreneur kylie jenner from its list of billionaires, accusing her family of inflating the value of her cosmetics business.

hello and welcome, if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. there have been violent scenes across the united states — in response to the death of an unarmed black man — george floyd. protestors have broken an overnight curfew in minneapolis after several nights of unrest. and there have been demonstrations in washington dc and los angeles. george floyd died on monday after a police officer, derek chauvin, who is white, was shown in footage kneeling on his neck. the officer has been sacked, arrested and charged with murder. let's get a sense of how widespread the protests are. demonstrations have taken place

all across the united states — from the east coast to west coast. of course, minneapolis has seen widespread unrest — but los angeles and new york have seen scenes of violence and peaceful protest. atlanta, houston, louisville and denver are just some of the places that have also seen protests. in washington, the white house was briefly locked down. 0ur correspondent barbara plett—usher has sent this report from minneapolis. minneapolis is under curfew. 0utrage over the police killing of an unarmed black man has consumed people here for four days with a street protest and also arson and looting. the state deployed that national guard to restore order and local officials moved unusually quickly to charge the police officer with third—degree murder and manslaughter. he is the one in the video kneeling on that neck of george floyd for nearly nine minutes while george floyd cried out that he could not breathe. and then stopped

moving. the governor of minnesota has said it expects swiftjustice but the question is whether that will be enough to quell the rage that was ignited here and is now spreading across the country. america is looking at it long and tense weekend. the protests have spread and grown. in los angeles demonstrators clashed with police officers. in manhattan they marched also in memory of eric garner, a new york man who gasped forair ina garner, a new york man who gasped for air in a police chuckle before he died. and in atlanta at one of the countries biggest protests angling the mayor. —— police choke hold. what i see happening on the streets is not at llandaff. this is not a protest. this is not in the spirit of martin luther king junior. this is chaos. the white house was under lockdown late friday evening.

earlier at donald trump gave his first extensive remarks on the protests. a violent situation like happened in minneapolis, to descend further into lawless anarchy and chaos, and we understand that very well, it is very important i believe to the family, to everybody, that the memory of george floyd be a perfect memory. america is reeling. in the middle of a pandemic, suffering its worst economic crisis since the great depression, and now once again watching its racial fault lines explode. in the last few hours, the mayor of the city minneapolis spoke at a news conference and made an impassioned plea for calm: if you care about your community you have got to put this to an end, it needs to stop. you are not getting

back at the police officer that tragically killed george floyd by looting a town. you are not getting back at anybody. if you have a friend or a family member who is out right now, call them, tell them to come home. it is not safe. it is not right. if we care about our city late as do the right thing now. let as goat now to los angeles where police have ordered residents to stay inside. let's talk to maximillian — he's been covering the protests in downtown la and joins us now. iam here

i am here on the streets in a large intersection in downtown los angeles. the intercontinental hotel is right behind me. heads of state hysteria. there is a burned—out car that i can show you. i am going to turn camera now. completely burned, charred, melted. this was on fire maybe 20 minutes ago. there is still police on that corner. there is still activity down that way, to the east, towards central, downtown los angeles. i am on the outskirts of downtown in the three pretty safe. we understand there has been an orderfor residents of we understand there has been an order for residents of la to stay at home. are most of them observing that as far as you can make out? if there was a stay at home from

covid that does not apply now because there were a lot of people out on the streets. i got caught up going home and ended up staying on the streets to see what would happen. people are dispersing now. people dispersing now. before they dispersed what was their message? could you assess the mood for us and message? yes. two words. cops. there was protests, police —— peaceful protests earlier. burning trash cans. breaking windows. burning cars. looting. ido windows. burning cars. looting. i do not know if our audience heard you clearly but i did not hear you clearly when you said what the message was. can you repeat the message was. can you repeat the message of the protesters?

it would be a bad word and police. so, forget the police, see? that is what the action of the rioting and looting was, just frustration with the police, systematic oppression of minorities. thank you forjoining as. we appreciate your eyewitness account from the streets of early. doug sovern is a political reporter for kcbs radio in san francisco. what is your assessment at this point of the night. it has been a long and crazy night. i was on the streets in oakland, california, four hours, what started asa california, four hours, what started as a peaceful process turned into chaos. rioting, looting, burning of businesses, the police had to use tear gas and rubber bullets, i got

tear gas and rubber bullets, i got tear gas and rubber bullets, i got tear gas as did many other people at the scene. this went on for hours. again as was said in los angeles, it began as a peaceful protest and ended as a very anglo —— angry one. repeated clashes between police and protesters. most people have now gone home but there are still some people out there on the streets, intermittently, still clashing with police downtown, which hasjust intermittently, still clashing with police downtown, which has just been stretched —— trashed by this demonstration tonight. can you get a sense why their mood changed from peaceful protest to rioting? do you get a sense of what those triggers where? night fell, which always brings out a rougher element. a lot more people showed up. it started with a few hundred people, it soon became if you thousand. right around sandown and its tenfold. suddenly thousands of people. they marched to police headquarters where the police held them at bay, a line of riot cops keeping them away. then if you

people in the crowd started throwing firecrackers, bottles, the police responded with tear gas, once that happens, all hell broke loose, as they say. people went on the rampage all over downtown. we are familiar in the last few days with discussing the virus in the united states and the virus in the united states and the economic challenges that the lockdowns have caused in the united states. astonishing thought that world to sit by and observe what is happening now with these huge racial gulfs opening up into a conflagration again. our people on the street not worried about getting infected? i think they are. frankly, everybody was wearing masks. i personally have been working from home for months, many of us have been, this is the first time i have been, this is the first time i have beenin been, this is the first time i have been in —— within six feet of an unrelated human for a long time. i was worried about that. almost

eve ryo ne was worried about that. almost everyone wearing masks. there was some anxiety and some unease initially. there was a different vibe at the start of this protest because people thought, what am i doing? why am i sadly in this huge crowd of people when i have been nowhere near anyone for so long? as the night wore on i think that anxiety gave way to fear about getting tear gas, getting hit by rubber bullets. even though they we re rubber bullets. even though they were wearing masks. as leaving i heard people saying, i hope we do not see a spike in virus. 0ne persons exposure to another. a lot of people are thinking about that now. thank you forjoining us from auckland. here in the uk, a number of the government's leading

scientific advisers have questioned the decision to ease the lockdown in england. members of sage — or the scientific advisory group for emergencies — say ministers are taking risks by allowing the gradual reopening of shops and schools, while there are still thousands of new infections confirmed every day. their warning comes amid fears that this weekend's warm weather will encourage people to ditch social distancing and ignore the rules. charlotte rose has the latest. ahead of the official easing of lockdown restrictions in england on monday, beaches and beauty spots have already seen increasing crowds. with more hot weather expected this weekend, there are fears some people are ditching social distancing. scots can now meet in groups of up to eight in parks or gardens, but they mustn't enter each other‘s homes and must follow the two—metre rule. sunbathing in parks and outdoor sports will now also be allowed. in wales, an unlimited amount of people from two households can meet up outside from monday, but they must stay within five miles of their own home. people in northern ireland can

already meet in groups of up to six, and from june 8th, weddings with a maximum of ten people may be allowed. in england, the government believes they've made positive steps to tackle the virus. we are past the peak, we're flattening the curve. we protected the nhs and the number of deaths is falling. over the coming weeks, we can now take careful, but deliberate steps to reopen our economy. but scientists who advised the government about the spread of the virus have warned it's too early to be lifting the lockdown. jeremy farrar, the director of the wellcome trust who sits on the scientific advisory group for emergencies, or sage, tweeted last night to say infection rates have to be lower, and the test, trace and isolate system being set up by the government needs to prove it's working before restrictions are eased. and he's not a lone voice.

the government here in westminster clearly made a decision that this is the sort of level of incidence that they're willing to tolerate. the uk is reporting something like about 2,000 cases a day, italy, about 300 cases a day, germany, about 400 cases a day. so the level of incidence here in the uk is significantly higher. yesterday, a further 324 people died with coronavirus, taking the total to 38,161. just one of the stories behind those figures is that of hospital porter mike brown who delivered linen and post around the wards at southampton general hospital. applause yesterday, his colleagues lined the streets to clap his funeral cortege. hundreds came to pay their respects to a man described as down to earth and who liked to make people laugh. mike tested positive for covid—i9 last month. he died in the hospital he'd worked

in for more than two decades. his story a reminder of why getting the right balance between opening up the economy whilst keeping infection rates low matters so much. charlotte rose, bbc news. calum semple is a professor of 0utbreak medicine at the university of liverpool, and is part of the sage group of scientists who advise the government. where do you stand on all of this? we have got a complex situation where in the north of england particularly a couple of weeks the curve, particularly a couple of weeks the curve , we particularly a couple of weeks the curve, we have still got in each region of the north—west, the north—east, the midlands, each region is having round about emissions per day —— admissions per day to hospital, that is very high. round about 400 cases per 100,000. if we make multiple releases of the

lockdown at the same time we will not know what is causing the inevitable jump in cases and we do not have established test, track and isolate process to follow these people up. we are at a very risky point where we could take the lid of a port that is still bubbling in places and its risks overflowing in these places. politicians have a very difficult decision to take viewing the good of the whole nation but we are in a position now where a large chunk of the country isn't a good position a substantial proportion, essentially above the midlands and north, as still in a precarious position. just as you were speaking, a statement coming through, or a comment, from number ten, statement coming through, or a comment, from numberten, on statement coming through, or a comment, from number ten, on the comments that you and other members of sage have been making in the last

204i of sage have been making in the last 2041 was. the statement reads, as the pm said on thursday when this next step was unveiled we have at all times been informed by the data and evidence and this package of measures has been carefully designed so that we can ease the burdens of lockdown while expecting to keep that reproduction rate below one. what do you think of that statement? do you think that they are carries weight they are? it does not fill me with a huge degree of confidence. their sage number tells you about the increasing rate decreasing it, it does not tell you about the number of cases in the community, we are still in the position where we have 2000 proven cases per day, that is because we have limited testing, the reality is closer to 8000 cases

per day, we still have high levels of transmission in the community, and we are making steps to ease lockdown at a period of excellent weather, people desperate to get outside, and their confidence in some of these restrictions has been eroded. we are in a curious position. for the sake of a little bit more time, letting the test, trace and isolation process become established, that would have been perhaps a better idea. the testing, are you satisfied that it will work? test, trace, isolate programme. if so, by when? we all hope it will work but we do not know yet. it is a new process. it is new for society. we have to see if society in britain will adhere to the restrictions. that requires a social contract. it is very hard to see how that social contract will be sustained.

you have said a couple of times, you have mentioned that there are several measures involved in easing the lockdown. would you rather have seen one aspect lifted at a time so that you, the scientists, could measure the impact of each of those relaxations separately? yes. you have put that very well. the other thing i wanted to put to you is, the government has repeatedly said it is guided by the science. but obviously overnight we have seen not one, not to, not three, bat for, ithink, by my current account, members of the advisory group coming out and expressing concern. do you feel it is legitimate for the government to claim at this point they are guided by science? i am speaking in a personal capacity as a professor of outbreak medicine. the scientific opinion i give is based on my data and the work i do with a great team

of people. we present the best evidence that we can. the decision made by the government, the policy makers, is for them to make based on the science that is presented. thank you so much forjoining us. brazil has reported nearly 27,000 cases of covid—19 in the past 24 hours — a new daily record. the health ministry also announced that more than 1,100 people had died because of the virus in the same period of time. brazil has now surpassed spain in the total number of virus deaths, with the fifth highest figure in the world. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson is in sao paolo. we are talking 1124 new deaths in the past 2041 was. it has now surpassed spain in terms of the death toll. we are looking at more than 165,000 confirmed cases of the virus. every day these numbers keep

on going up. every day there is some record sadly being broken. it comes ata time record sadly being broken. 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 businesses back up shopping malls and businesses back up and running. meanwhile, the president has said very little about these figures. he instead these past few days has been more worried about supreme court investigation into allegations of fake news, something he calls political. that is the issue at the moment, there is a political crisis in brazil that seems to be taking centre stage, rather than the concerning issue or course of the pandemic here in brazil. the chair of the senate health committee in the united states has warned that president trump's withdrawal from the world health 0rganization could interfere

with clinical trials to develop a vaccine against covid—19. lamar alexander, who's a republican, also said it could make it harder to work with other countries to stop viruses reaching the us. on friday, president trump announced he was terminating america's relationship with the who. he accused it of failing to hold beijing to account over the pandemic and said funds will be directed to other areas. there are calls for the uk government to do more to help hundreds of thousands of small businesses and self—employed people who aren't covered by coronavirus support programmes. the chancellor has extended the job retention furlough scheme and support for self—employed workers, while asking employers to pay more from august. the government says it's talking to every sector of the economy to see where it could offer further help. people who rent privately are more likely to be struggling with their housing costs during the pandemic than those who own their homes, according to new research by the resolution foundation. the think tank, which focuses on people on low incomes, says one—in—eight private

renters have fallen behind with housing costs. the government says it has taken action to support tenants including banning evictions for three months. reality tv star kylie jenner has been removed from forbes magazine's list of billionaires.the publication, which declared her a self—made billionaire last year, has accused her family of going to "unusual lengths" to present her as being much richer than she actually is. a warning this report from simon jones contains flash photography. a social media sensation, but it was her success as a business woman with her success as a business woman with her cosmetics company that led forbes to add kyliejenner to its rich list last year. some eyebrows we re rich list last year. some eyebrows were raised when it described her as a self made billionaire. she grew up at as a self made billionaire. she grew up atasa a self made billionaire. she grew up at as a member of the kardashian

family, but forbes has now been re—doing its sums. its conclusion, kyliejenner is re—doing its sums. its conclusion, kylie jenner is no re—doing its sums. its conclusion, kyliejenner is no longer a billionaire. it says the sale of more than half of its cosmetic business revealed its value had been significantly inflated. she has hit back, where else? social media. seeing, all i see are a number of inaccurate statements and unproven assumptions. i never asked for any title or dry to lie my way there either. period. she added, i can this 100 things more important now than fixating on how much money i have. in case you are wondering, forbes now estimates her net worth is being just under $900 million. a prototype rocket developed by elon musk‘s company spacex has exploded during testing in texas. the rocket is being designed to take heavy payloads to the moon and mars for nasa. there are no reports of any injuries. the blast was not connected to the planned launch later today

of the organisation's first manned mission. more now on the uk government's furlough scheme — which the chancellor announced changes to yesterday. he said that, from august, employers will have to pay national insurance and pension contributions. they'll also have to pay 10% of pay from september, rising to 20% in october. so what impact will this have on employers and small businesses? we can speak now to alan price who is ceo of bright hr, a software and hr advisory business based in manchester. what is your view of these announcements, what impact will they have? like a lot of the chancellor's announcements the devil is in the detail. with this in its region not yet have the full details of the furlough scheme. we have some basic details, we will get more on the

12th ofjune. there is a lot of guidance for small businesses and they are not sure how to navigate it. we have heard a lot in the past 24 hours or so about the impact on the hospitality sector because it is possibly going to be the very last to be allowed to reopen again and that raises the question of what on earth employers are going to use to pay their staff with, august, september, october, thereafter? that isa september, october, thereafter? that is a challenge. businesses we are speaking to in that sector do not plan to reopen until later in the year and therefore the 5% announced yesterday and further contributions from small employers is coming from an empty pot. they do not have that cash or money to pay this to their employees but they want to retain them, which ultimately is the aim of them, which ultimately is the aim of the scheme. but look at the government guidance, over 500 pages for small employers and small business firms to read through. that

is not practical to get them back to work. what should happen next? 0ne of the things that we have seen is that the government has been able to listen to the views at some points on economic policy as this crisis has unfolded. what should they be listening to now? a lot of the clients we have spoken to would have liked to have seen a different industry specific sector of the payments, let us say for example, the hospitality industry, you would have had 80% feral perhaps until 0ctober, have had 80% feral perhaps until october, november, that industry specific support is missing from the current announcement, and again, practical guidance, one or two pages rather than hundreds of guidance pages which normally tend to come out on friday evening. there will be some people, i imagine viewers will hold different camps on this, there will be some people who are seriously at risk of losing their businesses, those who are at risk of losing theirjobs, on the other side ofa losing theirjobs, on the other side of a fence if there is one, there

will be some taxpayers who will say, this is going to have to be paid for at some point, some of these jobs may not ever come back, we should not be prolonging their misery and supporting this forever because it will fall on the rest of the economy year after year after year. what would you say to those people? those employees and employers and taxpayers want certainty, this gives us taxpayers want certainty, this gives us that but the economy will need a jump us that but the economy will need a jump small businesses are the backbone to the uk economy, they need that support, it will be repaid both in tax, corporation tax as businesses get back on their feet but some industries are worse affected and they need longer on that life support the chancellor talks about. thank you. we have to leave it there for now. now let us take a look at the weather? it is more of this same this weekend. more dry and sunny weather after what has already been that

sunniest spring on record. plenty of sunshine to take us through the rest of this afternoon. clear whether and there. that's on may turn hazy at times across scotland and northern ireland. a keen easterly breeze making it feel cool for north sea coast and further west highs of 26 degrees. this evening and tonight we will continue to see clear skies. cloud could just dent from the north sea. into tomorrow, early fog should clear. there could... lots of sunshine in the forecast. temperatures highest on the western side of the uk. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: