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 — a 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. you are just raising the life of george boyd and every other person who has been killed —— you are disgracing the life of george floyd and every other person who has been killed in this country. four 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. the 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. 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 a black man, george floyd, in police custody. protestors have broken an overnight curfew in minneapolis after several nights of unrest. violent protests have spread to at least twenty cities across america. george floyd, who was not armed, 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 unrest is. anger has spread from the east coast to the west coast of the us. minneapolis has seen four nights of riots. violent protests have also hit other major cities including los angeles and new york, atlanta, houston, louisville and denver. this is the scene as dawn breaks in minneapolis with police still on the guard and fires burning in the streets. we have got these pictures in the last few minutes and you can see

smoke billowing from the buildings and afire smoke billowing from the buildings and a fire down the street. 0ur correspondent barbara plett—usher is there. minneapolis is under curfew, but the city is still burning. 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 again and again that he could not breathe. and then stopped moving. the governor of minnesota has said he expects swift justice 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 a long, 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 for air in a police chock—hold before he died. and in atlanta, one of the countries biggest protests turned violent, angering the mayor. what i see happening on the streets of atlanta is not atlanta. this is not a protest. this is not in the spirit of martin luther king jnr. this is chaos. the white house was under lockdown late friday evening. earlier mr trump gave his first extensive remarks on the protests. can‘t allow a 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 let's do the right thing now. 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. the government says it has followed the data and evidence at all times. the scientists‘ 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.

he told me it is quite "risky" to ease lockdown in certain parts of the country. we've got a complex situation where in the north of england particularly, a couple of weeks behind the curve of london, we've still got in each region of the north—west, the north east and the midlands, each region is having round about 100 admissions a day to hospital, so that is high. that is very high, actually. it gives you about 400 cases per hundred thousand. if we make multiple releases of the lockdown at the same time, we won't know what is causing the inevitable jump in time, we won't know what is causing the inevitablejump in cases. we don't have an established test, track and a silly process to follow these people up. —— test, track and isolate process. we could be taking the lead of a pot that is still

bubbling in places and risks overflowing. politicians have a very difficultjob viewing the good of the whole nation, but we are any difficult position where a large portion of the country is any good position, but a substantial portion above the midlands and north is still in a very precarious position. a comment coming through from number ten on the comments you and other members of sage, the science advisory group, have been making over the past 24 hours and it reads as follows, as the pm said on thursday, when this next step was on bail, 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 the

reproduction rate below one, the reproduction rate below one, the reproduction rate below one, the reproduction rate of the virus itself. what do you think of that statement? do think the reassurance weight there? it does not fill me with a huge degree of confidence. the r number territory by the increasing or decreasing rate, doesn't reflect the number of cases. . . doesn't reflect the number of cases... we have limited testing, the reality is we have probably close to 8000 cases a day, still fairly high levels of transmission in the community, we are making several changes to lockdown as we have excellent weather and people are desperate to get outside and the confidence and some of these restrictions has been eroded. we are ina restrictions has been eroded. we are in a precarious position and i think for the sake of a little more time

letting the taste, trace and isolate process become established and up and running, that would have been a better idea —— test, trace and isolate. why make the testing, are you satisfied it will work as mac the test, trace and isolate programme? and if so, when? we don't know if it will work, or when. it is new, and we need to see if society in britain will adhere to the restrictions. that requires a social contract. you have said a couple of times that there are several measures involved in using lockdown, would you rather have seen one aspect lifted at a time so that you are, the scientists, could measure the impacts of each of those relaxations are separately? yes, you have put that very well. the other

thing i wanted to put to you, the government has repeatedly said it is guided by the science, but obviously overnight we have seen not one, not so, but three, orfor by my overnight we have seen not one, not so, but three, or for by my current count of the scientific advisory group coming out raising concern. they think it's legitimate for the government to say they are graded by the science? hill and speaking wholly on a personal capacity, the scientific opinion i give... the scientific opinion i give... the scientific opinion i give... the scientific opinion i give is based on my data and the work either with a great team of people. we present the best we can, the decision made by the government and the policymakers is for them to make based on the science presented. we have just had a tweet from the mayor of london on this...

so that row continuing. while the world races to find a vaccine for covid—19, many countries are using contact tracing to help reduce the spread of the virus. your questions about contact tracing will be answered by two leading public health and tracing analysts. you can send your questions by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or you can use the hashtag bbc your questions — and we will answer your questions at 3:15 in the uk, that's 14:15 gmt. 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. the headlines on bbc news... a fourth night of violence in the us city of minneapolis, after the death of george floyd — a black man in police custody. a former police officer is charged with murder. 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. 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 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 1,124 new deaths in the past 241 hours. it has now surpassed spain in terms of the death toll. we are looking at more than 465,000 confirmed cases of the virus. every day these numbers keep on going up. every day there is some record, sadly, being broken. it comes 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 to 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 a supreme court investigation into allegations of fake news among his supporters, 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 rather than the concerning issue, of 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‘s accused it of failing to hold beijing to account over the pandemic and has said funds will be directed to other areas.

lets get more on the news that there have been violent scenes across the united states — in response to the death of a black man, george floyd , in police custody. ruben vives from the la timesjoins me now... i understand you have been out on the streets for a few hours, it is after four the streets for a few hours, it is afterfour in the streets for a few hours, it is after four in the morning, the streets for a few hours, it is afterfour in the morning, recount is what you have seen in those errors. the peaceful demonstrations over police brutality got... demonstrators broke up into groups and began looting certain businesses... setting off fireworks and basically running around the city... rubin, i'm sorry, but the

quality of this line is not really up quality of this line is not really up to it i‘m afraid. we will have to leave it for now, we will try and get you back up in a couple of minutes and hope for a better line. private tenants are more likely to be in financial difficulty than home owners because of the pandemic, according to a new study. the report says many renters have seen their incomes fall. the uk government insists it‘s taken action to support tenants, including banning evictions for three months, as our business correspondent, katy austin explains. paying nearly £2,000 a month rent on herfamily home has become too much for deni while her husband‘s out of work and her hair salon is shut. her landlord has agreed to postpone two months‘ rent to be paid back in future. at the moment, we owe april and may, and then june, this june, june1. i feel sick actually, because at the moment now, that‘s obviously one of our biggest outgoings, the rent. citizens advice estimates that around 2.6 million tenants expect

to fall behind on their rent because of coronavirus and the resolution foundation says as one in five private renters have been furloughed or lost their jobs since the crisis began, with one in four are reducing other spending to cope with meeting their housing costs. the think tank says renters seem to be struggling with payments more than homeowners. going into the crisis, they were in a weaker financial position than homeowners. they had lower levels of savings for example, and critically, they also spent considerably more of their income on housing costs in the first place. but it‘s also fair to say that homeowners have been more successful at directly reducing their housing costs. the government has brought in measures to try and help struggling tenants. in march, evictions were banned for three months. but a committee of mps has warned a crisis is looming in the private rental sector. citizens advice is concerned about what happens after the eviction ban ends in late june. we want to make sure there is protections for people who have fallen into arrears due

to coronavirus, and also take steps to make sure landlords have to put in place things like full repayment plans to make sure the requirement given to landlords to work with renters. 0ne landlords group says numbers are working out solutions attendance wherever possible, but that can‘t be sustained forever, nor can the eviction ban. a number of our members are having issues with regards to issues that arose pre—covid and not able to get possession of their property. a careful reopening of evictions needs to take place that prioritises pre—covid debts, and prioritises domestic violence. the minister said it is keeping its support renters and landlords during the pandemic under review and said strengthening welfare is also helping prevent financial hardship. this woman is hoping herfamily income picks up again soon to avoid falling further into arrears. katy austin, bbc news.

let‘s ta ke let‘s take a look at parliament square, a protest going on by the climate change group extension rebellion. they are holding protests across the uk this morning. —— extinction rebellion. in birmingham, brighton, cornwall as well as london. they are socially dozens, say they are standing three metres apart. 0bviously say they are standing three metres apart. obviously a conversation going on there between a face covered protester and the police about that. their point is about emissions falling during the coronavirus lockdown, saying experts expect this year we will be down almost 8% as compared to previous yea rs. almost 8% as compared to previous years. according to them that shows the enormity of the climate change task, because we can‘t stay or knock down for ever and, yet, we have to

make progress on the emissions targets —— we can‘t stay on lockdown forever. we will keep an eye on this forever. we will keep an eye on this for developments. a story now away from the virus. 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 businesswoman with her cosmetics company that led forbes to add kyliejenner to its rich list last year. some eyebrows were raised when it described her as the world‘s youngest self—made billionaire. she grew up at as a member of the kardashian family, who have their own reality tv series and more than 500 million followers online. but forbes has now been

re—doing its sums. its conclusion on twitter, kylie jenner is no longer a billionaire. it says the sale of more than half of her cosmetic business revealed its value had been significantly inflated. she has hit back, where else? social media saying... she added... in case you are wondering, forbes now estimates her net worth as 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 crewed mission. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. another sunny weekend out they are to close out the month of may. we have still got this area of high pressure across scandinavia. it is influencing the weather story right across western europe. a good deal of dry weather and warm weather. the orange tones. whenever you are, whatever you‘re doing, i can guarantee seeing scenes like this. from cornwall all the way up to the north—east of scotland, blue sky and sunshine. a bit of a difference with the feel of the weather, critically on the east with that breeze coming in the nazi. from the satellite

picture, hardly a cloud in the sky. there is aberdeenshire down into cornwall. just a little bit of fear weather cloud into the north—west, but really, a settled story —— fairweather cloud. easterly breeze driving and a little more cloud across eastern scotland and north—east england. it will pull back to comfortable levels for sleeping, 8—30 injuries. any magnus will melt quickly away on sunday morning, then lots of blue sky and sunshine around. temperatures again quite promising. —— h— 13 degrees. now 17—19d. the warmest and best eat is likely to be through the midlands, south wales, we could see 26-27d, that is midlands, south wales, we could see 26—27d, that is the final day of may

in the sunny spring on record. the beginning ofjune, beginning of meteorological summer. the beginning ofa meteorological summer. the beginning of a change. this weather front will introduce potential for some showers through the middle part of the week and something a little cooler. we could pick up some showers coming from the near continent as well. the yellow and orange tones pushed back into the near continent, the northerly wind socks to pick up on drugs cooler air across the country. —— the northerly wind picks up and drags cooler air across the country. the risk of some welcome shivers towards the end of the week. that is it, take care.

this is bbc world news, the headlines: there have been violent protests in dozens of cities across the united states in outrage over the death of george floyd while in police custody. minneapolis, where mr floyd died, saw a fourth night of unrest anger has spread coast to coast across america. in atlanta, a state of emergency was declared for some areas to protect people and property. several other big cities have been affected including los angeles, new york and washington dc. the chair of the senate health committee in the united states has warned that president trump‘s withdrawal from the world health 0rganisation could interfere with clinical trials to develop a vaccine against covid—19. india‘s daily total of new coronavirus cases hit another record high today — with nearly eight— thousand new infections. more than a third of all cases