good afternoon. scientific advisers to the government have warned of the risk of lifting the lockdown in england, with rules set to change next week. four scientists on the sage advisory committee have raised concerns that restrictions are being relaxed too soon. from monday, up to six people in england can meet outside. but police forces are reminding people they must still only meet on a one—to—one basis this weekend. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. allowing groups to gather outside, a

significant step out of lockdown, already taken in scotland and northern ireland, england and wales will follow on monday, with the number of coronavirus cases falling ministers say the time is right, but some of those advising the government have concerns.“ some of those advising the government have concerns. if we make multiple releases of the lockdown at the same time, we won't know what is causing the inevitable jump the same time, we won't know what is causing the inevitablejump in cases. and we don't have an established test, track and isolate process to follow these people up, so we are process to follow these people up, so we are at a process to follow these people up, so we are at a very process to follow these people up, so we are at a very risky point where we could take the lid off a pot that is still bubbling in places, and it risks overflowing stop is one of several members of the scientific advisory group for emergency to speak out, after boris johnson confirmed this week restrictions would be relaxed in england. these changes mean that friends and family and start to meet

their loved ones, perhaps seeing both parents at once or both grandparents at once, and i know that, for many people, this will be a long awaited and joyful moment. downing street insists these decisions are informed by data and evidence and decide to ease the lockdown while keeping the rate of infection down, but some want more detail about the risk at a local level. the time has come, i think, to empower the public with much more information about the level of risk in their own part of the country, andi in their own part of the country, and i think it's now imperative that the government publishes this regional r number on a regular basis so regional r number on a regular basis so that the public can judge what they should do, in response to the level of risk they are facing. the mayor of london, said it can't, as also expressed concern about a rush to lift lockdown measures, but others argue releasing —— that easing restrictions to be positive. there is a huge amount of stress and

strain which goes along with not being able to see friends and family, and being able to see them, albeit at a distance, might help people's mental health and help them to live with lockdown a bit better, and might help them comply better. the debate will not change decisions already made but, with so much at sta ke, already made but, with so much at stake, effect of easing the lockdown will be watched carefully. in the united states, there have been appeals for calm, after further violence across the country, in protest at the death of an african—american man in minneapolis. a police officer has been sacked and charged with the murder of george floyd, but protestors are calling for three others who were also there to be arrested. our correspondent, barbara plett—usher, reports. minneapolis is under curfew, but the city is still burning. outrage over the police killing of an unarmed black man has consumed people here for four days, with street protests but also arson and looting. the state deployed the national guard to

restore order, and local officials moved unusually quickly to charge the police officer with third—degree murder and manslaughter. he's the one in the video leaning on the neck of george floyd for nearly nine minutes while mr floyd cried out again and again that he couldn't breathe, and then stopped moving. the governor of minnesota has said that he 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 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 chokehold before he died. in atlanta, one of the country's biggest protests suddenly turned violent, angering the mayor. you are disgracing our city, you are disgracing the life of george floyd and every other

person who has been killed in this country. we are better than this. we are better than this as a city, we are better than this as a country. the wave of demonstrations reached right to the president's doorstep. the white house was under lockdown late friday evening. earlier, mr trump gave his first extensive remarks on the protests. we can't allow a situation like happened in minneapolis to descend further into lawless anarchy and chaos, and we understand that very well. it's 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. barbara plett usher, bbc news, minneapolis. brazil has reported nearly 27,000 cases of covid—i9 in 2a hours, a new daily record. almost 28,000 coronavirus deaths have now been recorded there — the world's fifth highest figure. the us has seen the most deaths, with more than 100,000. india has recorded its biggest single—day jump in coronavirus cases, bringing the total numbers to more than 170,000 cases of infection and close to 5,000 deaths. it comes as the country continues to ease restrictions, and its two—month countrywide lockdown is due to end tomorrow. here, private tenants are more likely to be in financial difficulty than home owners because of the pandemic, according to a new study. the report by think tank the resolution foundation

says many renters have seen their incomes fall. the government insists it's taken action to support tenants, including banning evictions for three months, as our business correspondent, katy austin, explains. paying the rent has become too much for denny while 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 thenjune is due the ist ofjune. i feel sick, actually. because at the moment, now, that's obviously one of our biggest outgoings, the rent. citizens advice estimates 2.6 million tenants expect to fall behind on rent because of coronavirus, and the resolution foundation think tank says one in five private renters have been furloughed or lost theirjob. it says they are struggling with payments more than homeowners. going into the crisis 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. 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 says further measures will be needed when the eviction ban ends in late june. what we want the government to do is make sure that there is protection for people who have fallen into arrears due to coronavirus, and then also to accept and make sure the landlords have to put in place things like affordable repayment plans. landlords say they are working out solutions with tenants wherever possible. the ministry responsible for housing said support for renters and landlords is being kept under review. katy austin, bbc news. from monday, many primary schools in england will open more widely for some year groups. there's been opposition from teaching unions, and some local authorities are concerned about the risks of spreading coronavirus, but the government says it's safe for children to go back.

it's used denmark as an example, as the first country in europe to reopen schools and daycare centres — and, according to official data, that hasn't led to an increase of infections. 0ur education correspondent, elaine dunkley, reports. can schools in england mirror what has happened in denmark? six—year—old hanna has been back in her class in the danish capital, copenhagen, since mid—april. hanna now learns and plays with just a small group of children. nearly all of her classmates have returned, and the infection rate for coronavirus in denmark is currently falling. meet hanna's parents, jens—christen and louise. and, in england... hello, i'm kate. i have two boys. hi, my name is marvin harrison. i'm based in london and i have two children. can the danish experience convince these parents who are sceptical about schools in england partially reopening from monday? so, every monday, they start the working by reminding them, 0k, remember distancing, remember washing your hands, and even the six—year—olds

are pretty good at quote unquote self—policing these things, because they also want to do the right thing. if the death rate was higher in your country, would that have changed your approach and how you felt about going back to school at that time? i think we had the sense that a lot of the efforts that were made had an effect, although they sound really, really basic, but some of the simple guidance in terms of washing hands and keeping distance and so on has really worked. i think it may be, if we had someone at particular risk in our family or our household, we would have been more anxious about sending hanna back to school. that is very much my situation. my 11—year—old is shielding, so he is in the extremely vulnerable category, so he will not be returning to school, but then i have my other little boy, who is in year one, he's nearly six, and i have a real concern that, unless the school can guarantee us that he could maintain strict social distancing, he places his brother at risk

by bringing something into the house. have you heard anything from denmark that would reassure you, or is there anything that you think we could learn from denmark? my personal concerns are that we have seen more black people die from covid—i9. at this point, the risks are way too great, and so we're just going to have to take a view stronger than what's being said and reallyjust protect ourfamilies. schools in wales will not reopen on the ist ofjune, and schools in scotland and northern ireland are due to start in august. it's home time in denmark, but going back to school in england is a personal and difficult decision for many parents. creating confidence in the new school rules is crucial in getting children back in the classroom. elaine dunkley, bbc news. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:30pm. bye for now.

the bournemouth manager eddie howe has been speaking about the added pressure he feels trying to keep his players safe, as the premier league season gets closer to restarting. he says his team were feeling more vulnerable after, one of his team, goalkeeper aaron ramsdale tested positive for corona virus earlier this week. if there are more positive tests within the squad, if there is any member of my staff that fell ill or their family fell ill, i would feel that responsibility personally and i think health, for me, is a way to come above sport, it comes above football, so that is sort of where i am out but i'm very keen to get back to work

and to play football again. despite numerous proposals to help reduce the risk of coronavirus in rugby union, the head of world rugby bill beaumont, has told the bbc that while the sport is resuming in other parts of the world, now is not the time in the uk. i think it is only when we get testing, vaccines, etc when i think we can be absolutely confident, but because of the physical aspect of the game of rugby, it makes it very, very difficult and we were told we had to keep two metres apart. well, you just can't do that on a rugby field. during lockdown most talk about football has been on it's return but many players and staff of clubs have still been working — not directly for their clubs — but for their community. some have been helping with the education of young fans. and as mike bushell has found, it's brought clubs and schools closer than ever before. this is how you keep the wheels

turning in lockdown. pupils in a school where a pe lesson is been run by a code from the manchester united foundation. it is one way the club continues to support the teachers who have carried on during the pandemic. educating the children have still had to come to school. manchester united has also given £10,000 to nearly 30 schools in the area to help their pupils learn in whatever way they need. since lockdown, it has been massively enhanced because of this, we know they are supportive of us, they recognise that there is a need and families are struggling, to put that in place very quickly. it has been magicalfor some students who have had to isolate at home, carrie. the club money paid for an online magic course. a bit too scared to go outside, it is magic. it is his thing.

whenjill fell ill with coronavirus, she was worried about how she would cope with her daughter until the schools supported by the club delivered packs of art and crafts. and for edwin, the foot for club med his dream of finally having his own ipad finally came true. this is something amazing, there is no word to say that. right across the country, premier league clubs have been setting up their support with education of students during this pandemic, whether it be here, supplying the equipment, funds or indeed coaching support for the staff. just like in manchester in the north—east where newcastle united had been delivering equipment and activities to those isolating at home, and providing online lessons to follow. and where possible, players themselves have been offering messages of support. for those pupils who still to attend school, special deliveries

from their clubs, it has been a reminder of what everyone has been missing. that feeling of wanting to tell everyone about it. everything is in i absolutely love, and when my mum picked me up, she will be absolutely amazed just like me! that's all the sport for now. cities across the united states have been rocked by yet another night of violence, as anger over the killing by minneapolis police of george floyd remains unchecked. protests spread across the country from new york to los angeles. in minneapolis, crowds defied a night—time curfew and buildings were set alight. the city's mayor, jacob frey urged demonstrators there to return to their homes. tim walz, the governor of minnesota, in an early morning news conference, revealed the scale of the protests in the city of minneapolis saying he takes full responsibility for underestimating their size and anger.

this is the largest civilian deployment in our history that we have out there today and quite candidly right now, we do not have the numbers. we cannot arrest people when we are trying to hold ground because of the sheer size of dynamics and the wanton violence thatis dynamics and the wanton violence that is coming out there. to put this into perspective, the force that we have out there now is three times larger than the one in the 60s which was the largest in the race riots. i will take responsibility for the underestimating the destruction and the size of this crowd. we have deployed a force that would have been any other civilian police operation but the terrifying thing is, people have seen this, it looks more like a military operation now as especially ringleaders are moving from place to place. let's cross to new york now and speak to civil rights lawyer gloria browne—marshall. she teaches constitutional law and classes on race, gender and justice at the john jay college of criminaljustice.

what is your assessment on seeing this fourth night of violence in many american cities? well, this has been going on a long time and when i say a long time, i mean hundreds of yea rs. say a long time, i mean hundreds of years. it is really sad to know that a country that reports to be one based on liberty has been telling african—americansjust based on liberty has been telling african—america ns just the way based on liberty has been telling african—americans just the way we have witnessed for hundreds of years and so this riot that you see in minneapolis and spread around the country is not about one town, one man, one death, it is about thousands of african—america ns killed by police officers in other racist white people over decades and so racist white people over decades and so it has come to pass that this is the way it has happened. it is brittle, ugly and is tearing our neighbourhoods apart but it is also a scent and disgrace that america had not dealt with this race issue and having donald trump and others

instigating racial conflict is making a whole situation worse. do you believe the handling of this, whether by minneapolis or about whether by minneapolis or about whether the state or at the federal level over the past week, is there a way of handling this better?|j level over the past week, is there a way of handling this better? i don't think so. when the governor of minneapolis, minnesota, said he took full responsibility, he could take full responsibility, he could take full responsibility, he could take full responsibility for underestimating the anger because white america takes full responsibility underestimating how long you are supposed to suppress people in the country and crashing african—americans from birth until their elder, what do you want to happen? how is this supposed to be done better? how was it supposed to bea done better? how was it supposed to be a peaceful march when peaceful

marches are not listened to, they are not respected. the law is put in place in a way to undermine the constitutional rights of african—americans and other people of colour. what was supposed to happen? when was it supposed to break? how much are african—americans break? how much are african—america ns supposed to break? how much are african—americans supposed to take when have, just for a position, two weeks ago, we had white americans with loaded weapons, and whole world saw them, he went on to capital city and district with loaded weapons because they were protesting social distancing that was meant to say their lives. we are limited for time, cani their lives. we are limited for time, can i bring you to a question of the relationship of all of this flare—up of anger and obviously triggered by a very, very awful event which all of us have seen on video but can i bring you to the way that does relate to the virus itself, the number of lives lost,

the number of african—american lives lost and the cost of the lockdown with more than a0 million americans now out of work. do you think all these things related to each other and have made this explosion of rage more intense? i think it relates to a chat there. ifigured americans and people of colour in the us and in uk are in industries on the front line and that is why they have more ofa line and that is why they have more of a virus and their families and the spread of virus based on their jobs and pre—existing medical conditions, but this is also about it is not about the lockdown itself, it is not about the lockdown itself, it is not about the lockdown itself, it is about what has been happening in this country for generations and thatis in this country for generations and that is racial oppression and of african—americans. that is racial oppression and of african—america ns. that is that is racial oppression and of african—americans. that is the core of this, so the pandemic of course, it has an effect but that is not the direct cause of these uprisings.

we can go live to minneapolis now and speak to cbs correspondent micahel george. it is getting lighter there now, tell us what has happened overnight? yes, the unjust real is you hours ago and minneapolis is still burning. look behind me, you will see fires and the national guard here. these fires were set overnight by protesters, more than 30 different businesses. i will ask my photographer out of the way of a vehicle coming through. still a very active situation here now. police, the national guard and firefighters have been overwhelmed by the number of protesters who have been out here so of protesters who have been out here so it has just been a nonstop process , so it has just been a nonstop process, trying to extinguish these fires and trying to get the situation under control and what is happening and it minneapolis is really happening in cities across

the us right now. law enforcement and firefighters are trying to get a handle on things. we have had a mare out and the governor out, pleading with people to stay home and to stay calm. do you think the voice of those politicians is carrying any weight or being heard at all? we have not seen a strong response to the curfews that have been put in place in many american cities. here in minneapolis, cathy was set at 8pm while most people living here were home, there were still hundreds and in some cases, thousands of protesters defying those curfew orders. president trump yesterday urged the nation to become but last night we saw anything but calm in cities across the nation, so while one of the officers involved in this incident has been arrested, there's still a lot of anger that we are seeing nationwide and there is a lot of people with eyes on america again tonight to see if we have a repeat

of what we last night. tonight to see if we have a repeat of what we last nightlj tonight to see if we have a repeat of what we last night. i suppose one of what we last night. i suppose one of the things that is still driving the anger is the sense that perhaps the anger is the sense that perhaps the other three officers involved in that incident and the death of that african—american, george floyd, that those three should themselves also be arrested. what a police saying about their investigation at the moment? very little. they are saying they are still looking into this incident but they are not revealing whether or not additional charges may be coming so for a lot of people, it is the lack of information is causing a lot of frustration and anger and a feeling that justice is not frustration and anger and a feeling thatjustice is not being served. we are seeing that play out on the streets of the us and here it minneapolis. we are going to have to leave it there but thank you so much for joining leave it there but thank you so much forjoining us.

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bbc your questions — and we will answer your questions at 3:15 in the uk, that's1a:15 gmt. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. another sunny weekend out there. we still have this area of high pressure a cross still have this area of high pressure across scandinavia which is influencing the story right across western europe. a good deal of dry weather and warm weather. the yellow and orange tones denoting were busy temperatures above average for the time of year. so, yes, wherever you are, ican time of year. so, yes, wherever you are, i can guarantee you are seeing scenes like this, from cornwall up to the north—east of scotland, blue skies and sunshine. a bit of a difference in the field of the weather, particular in the east with that breeze stop you can see, hardly

a cloud in the sky. just a little bit offair a cloud in the sky. just a little bit of fair weather cloud into the north—west but really, it is a settled story. we keep that quiet theme through the evening. the breeze driving in a little more cloud across eastern scotland and north—east england but it is going to allow the temperatures to full back to more comfortable temperatures for sleeping. tomorrow, the murkiness will melt away and we are back to doing it all again with lots of blue sky and sunshine around. temperatures again, quite promising. that easterly breeze a lwa ys promising. that easterly breeze always keeping it back to more of a co mforta ble always keeping it back to more of a comfortable level, 17 to 19 degrees. not as warm into western scotland is a few days ago. the warmest and the weather is likely to be through the midlands, south wales where we could see 2627 degrees. so tomorrow is the final day of may of what is now

going to be the sunniest spring on record. so, the beginning ofjune, the beginning of materialjiggle summer the beginning of materialjiggle summerand the beginning of materialjiggle summer and what a surprise, the beginning of a change as well as this weather front will introduce the potential for some showers through the middle part of the weight and something colour. we could pick up some showers coming from the new continent as well. the yellow and orange terms pushing back into the new continent as a northerly wind started to pick up and drag colourair northerly wind started to pick up and drag colour air across the country. all that basically tra nslates country. all that basically translates into the beginning of the week will be warm, settled under sunny and cooler with the risk of some welcome showers towards the end of the week.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: 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 with demonstrators clashing with security forces in several cities including new york, atlanta and la. 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. 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. with coronavirus outbreaks at different stages around the world, we explore what might happen as restrictions change and people adjust to a new reality.