this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. major cities across the us have been gripped by another night of protests decrying police brutality following killing of an unarmed black man. there is a point of being policed where we just reach our wits and is oui’ where we just reach our wits and is our wits end. thousands of people also gather in london to protest against the killing of george floyd. the government has defended the easing of lockdown measures in england from tomorrow, despite the country's covid—19 alert system indicating high levels of transmission. on the beaches, how people — and the authorities in the uk are dealing with the challenge of covid—19

increasing numbers of people in hong kong seek advice about emigrating from the territory — following china's decision to impose a national security law. nasa astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken reach the international space station — onboard the spacex crew dragon capsule. 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. dozens of cities across the us are bracing for another night of unrest after cleaning up streets strewn with broken glass and burned out cars, as curfews failed to quell confrontations between protesters and police. this follows the death of an unarmed black man in police custody. president trump's national security

adviser, robert o'brien, has rejected a suggestion that there is "systemic racism" in the us police. an ex—minneapolis policeman has been charged with the murder of george floyd in minneapolis on monday. in kentucky, officers threw fireworks. elsewhere police in riot gear charged at demonstrators, and rubber bullets were used in many cities. barbara plett usher reports from minneapolis. security agencies tear gas to push protesters away from the white house. iconic streets were littered with the debris of rage, over the death of george floyd but also giving that two years of festering

frustration with police mistreatment of african—americans, care and security forces rounded them up, fighting to restore order. nearly a third of the arrest took place in los angeles. in minneapolis by the protest began, the national guard moved with military position, firing tear gas and rubber bullets. setting up tear gas and rubber bullets. setting up roadblocks throughout the city and shutting down movement. we are the press, where media. security forces have been pushing back the protesters, they came determined to make sure that this night would be different than the others, to retake the streets. it's in real show for here tonight. they are chanting i cannot breathe. the words of george floyd as a police officer sat on his neck to restrain them. most do not

support the violence, but some say without it, their voices are not heard. we have been peaceful, we have had peaceful protests, how many peaceful protest we have to have until he gets right. there is a point of being policed where we just reach our wits and. and this is our wits end. remake this is a war and they notjust wits end. remake this is a war and they not just stepping back and allowing us to win. they see this is allowing us to win. they see this is a pivotal moment in the march for racial justice, but the a pivotal moment in the march for racialjustice, but the country is marching a fine line between protest and anarchy. battling the space to find answers to the unrest. the lawyer acting for the family of george floyd, has been speaking to the cbs "face the nation" programme saying he didn't understand why all the police officers involved in the incident hadn't been arrested. he argued that the killing was done with intent.

over eight minutes, almost nine minutes, he kept his knee on the man's neck that was begging and pleading for breath. at what point does it not be about detaining a man who was face down with handcuffs, not posing any threat to an intentional will to cause bodily harm. live pics. boston protesters were seen gathered in downtown boston outside city hall. that is about four o'clock in the afternoon there. this is santa monica and california. or you saw a police line on the left and there's the helicopter zooming on the right and you can see several hundred people there, gathered stationary in the square. continuing this protests

in the recent count, there have been protests in 75 different cities across the united states. thousands of protesters also took to the streets in new york, setting police vehicles on fire in some areas. the state governor has announced an enquiry into police conduct during the protests. george floyd must not have died in vain. mr floyd's killing must be a moment in which this nation actually learns and grows and progress to make this place a better place. and we can do it. if we are smart together. taking the decision to walk alongside protesters. in videos that have been viewed over 4 million

times on twitter, sheriff swanson was encouraged to walk with them which she then did. sheriff swanson has been in the police force for more than two decades. he joins us now. sheriff, we did not get to hear your voice in the quick pictures we just showed you. what did you say to those protesters? you know, when you walked out and you saw so much rage and so much anger at my first instinct was, i want to find out what they need us to do. and i went right to the shot caller or the organiser and i embraced him and i told them what do i need to do. and isaid told them what do i need to do. and i said that officer is not who we are and in turn he said, tell the people. get their attention. you've got their attention and i called it out because wrong is wrong. and

after they heard that message from law enforcement leadership, i said what else do you need and that is when the cloud said, walk with us. and they continued and that was the change agent that turn this around to make that night historic. walk with us. we are used to seeing officers and almost military gear, but he made a conscious decision not to have body armour, your offices, you told them their batons were down and the impact of that is quite powerful. not only did i take my helmet off and we lowered our pathans, debts helmet off and we lowered our patha ns, debts of helmet off and we lowered our pathans, debts of the message that we are not here to create an enemy oi’ we are not here to create an enemy ora we are not here to create an enemy or a fight. that is why they're there in the first place. and when they saw that actions, especially with the crowd that is so passionate, that was a turning

point. so, yes. it was probably the worst tactical decision i could ever make, but the risk was not one that i was going to even think about. the benefit far outweighed that and it turned out to be a historic evening by that one action. what are your thoughts of what happened use of those pictures of george floyd.|j could tell you, any good police officer in the world does not need to look at any more than eight minutes and 46 seconds to come to a conclusion that that is not who we are. when someone is handcuffed in the fight is over, it's over. you put your knee on the back of someone's neck and you do that while the guy is pleading for his life, pleading for his mother and the crowd is pleading, it is horrifying and disgusting and those that were there right now are enraged and shame on me for not coming out sooner shame on me for not coming out sooner because shame on me for not coming out sooner because you cannot shame on me for not coming out sooner because you cannot make a wrong a right. thank you.

our correspondentjon donnison has been at the protests outside the us embassy here in london and has the latest. there's still quite a few police here outside the us embassy, but this demonstration is now over. they started off in trafalgar square — i'd say about 1,000 people at its peak. they headed down towards parliament and then here to the embassy. the majority of people, but not all, were black and most, i'd say, were quite young, and many were carrying placards with the words black lives matter. this demonstration looked to be almost entirely peaceful. there was some anger when police made a number of arrests outside the us embassy here, but one of the things that i think a lot of people will be asking is that the organisers of this demonstration today on social media had called for people to bring facemasks and to keep two metres apart. well, some people had

facemasks, but there was very little social distancing, with many of the protesters, when it was at its height, this demonstration, simply cheek by jowl. the uk government has defended its timing of a further easing of the lockdown in england from tomorrow. the communities secretary robert jenrick said they were "reasonably confident" the steps being taken were manageable — but people also had to play their part. from tomorrow, all four uk nations will have guidelines in place allowing more than two people to meet outside. vulnerable people in england and wales, who have been advised to stay home since the lockdown began, will also be able to go outdoors again. shielding advice in northern ireland and scotland hasn't changed. the first phase in the reopening of schools will begin in england, with children in nurseries, reception, and years one and six being allowed to return. and, provided they meet safety guidelines, open air markets and car showrooms in england can also

start to trade again. it comes as another 113 deaths were recorded in latest 2a hour period — which brings the total death toll for those who've tested positive for the virus to 38,489. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. this spot in shropshire was so popular today for the car park at the close. scientists say the chance of catching the virus is pretty small but there pleading with us to be cautious. it is notjust about what is possible to do, it is about what is possible to do, it is about what is sensible to do and what is sensible to do is to have as few interactions as possible. by tomorrow, all parts of the uk will have guidelines in place to allow more than two people to meet outside. in england, groups of up to six people can gather from different

households in wales, and a number of people from two different households will be able to meet and family should aim to travel no more than five miles. in scotland, two separate households up to a number of eight people can meet and in wales, people are encouraged not to travel far. in northern ireland, groups of up to six people who do not live together can gather. wherever you are in the uk, social distancing rules still apply in people from different households must stay two metres apart. we have heard how crucial it is in the next stage that we stick scrupulously to the rules. this is a very dangerous moment, very sensitive moment, so i wonder how worried you are, having seen wonder how worried you are, having seen the pictures this weekend where social distancing is difficult, or impossible. those additional things, will in all likelihood keep the rate of infection below one. so we're reasonably confident that the steps that we have taken and will be

taking monday are manageable. yorkshire dales, is the government being reasonably confident in getting this right, labour are sceptical. we do not know where the diseases, we will not be with us shut it down we could see another lockdown. geographical difference around the uk. using lockdown could be perfectly ok in areas like london, which were hit early and hit hard, but up north, it is still a very large number of cases. relaxing the rules is loaded with uncertainty. no one can know what the consequences will be.

the first american astronauts to travel on a commercially— built craft have arrived on board the international space station. the two crew members were welcomed by a fellow nasa astronaut and two russian cosmonauts. the docking was the first by a us spacecraft carrying crew members in nearly a decade. the spacex rocket blasted off from the kennedy space center in florida yesterday. it marks the start of a new era in which nasa will buy space transport services from the commercial sector. the two crew members — doug hurley and bob behnken — were welcomed by a fellow nasa astronaut and two russian cosmonauts. mr benkhen spoke after his arrival to say it was good to be part of a new era of us space exploration. we have to give credit to space acts, the commercial crew programme and national, it is great to get the united states back in the launch

business and we are just really glad to bea business and we are just really glad to be a part of this magnificent complex. i want to show you when the two incoming astronauts came through the docking was successful and that they are embracing with their american colleague and with two russian cosmonauts. the docking was successful. i'm joined by a former nasa astronaut who has been to the space station and later served as director of space operations at space acts. it was an amazing and successful achievement but doesn't simply get america back to where it was in 2011 when it routinely took astronauts to the space station without having rights from russia? yes and no. we are back down and we we re yes and no. we are back down and we were hitching rides in with the russians. but the rocket are not

owned by nasa, they're owned by a private company and that private company can now use those vehicles for the missions. in addition to having the united states, it opens up having the united states, it opens up the opportunity of commercial space flights and ordinary citizens flying in space. this mean a private company can go all the way to the moon if it wants? letter to ask permission from any other country to do this? no, spacex intends to do just that. a client to take ordinary citizens, very well healed, around the moon and do exactly that. please say that, how well‘s how much will it cost to take a trip around the moon? connected with the operators, we are talking orbital flight,

spending time at the space and orbiting around the earth, we are talking tens of millions of dollars, we re talking tens of millions of dollars, were talking about a magnitude greater than that, but if you just wa nt to greater than that, but if you just want to go up and that's an experience of weightlessness is the curvature of the earth and the view of the earth, and a few moments and the suborbital flight, their companies right now that are spooling up to do just that and ordering a couple hundred thousand, there are different price points. what is the next achievable and then for nasa? nasa, first of all has one more vehicle that will make its maiden flight, there are two companies selected for the programme, space x is the first night of the gate and there will be another one, but in the long term, they're working on the artemis programme which is a return to the moon and a potential capability to go further than that, that is a very large programme with a lot of

challenges associated with it, but thatis challenges associated with it, but that is what nasa so be to accomplish. the space station where your colleagues now are, will they be doing and how long for? they'll be doing and how long for? they'll be staying for a while, we do not know how long because there is competing interest and they want them to do work, up until they arrived this morning, they had just one american crewmember and so they area one american crewmember and so they are a little short handed. they now create the ability to get more of a ma nifest create the ability to get more of a manifest more of a scheduled com plete manifest more of a scheduled complete and they want to keep them there to get their productivity but until dragon comes back with bob and duncan splashes down and get the data and analyse it, we cannot savour the process is done to this test flight —— save this process is done until this test flight is complete. we are hoping to have this done by the end of the summer. i just want to say, this is a rough time over here and am glad that at least one thing went correct. we

ta ke least one thing went correct. we take that on board and we appreciate those words. the headlines on bbc news... a lawyer for the family of george floyd, whose death has sparked unrest across the us, has accused a police officer a lawyer for the family of george floyd, whose death has sparked unrest across the us, has accused a police officer of "premeditated murder". the government has defended the easing of lockdown measures in england from tomorrow, despite the country's covid—19 alert system indicating high levels of transmission. nasa astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken reach the international space station — onboard the spacex crew dragon capsule. increasing numbers of hong kong people are seeking advice about emigrating from the territory following china's decision to impose a national security law. there are no officialfigures —— but consultants helping people emigrate say they've seen a sharp rise in inquiries over recent days. taiwan and britain have already indicated they're willing to help those who want to leave. the uk's foreign secretary,

dominic raab, said britain would not look away from its responsibilities to the people of hong kong. if china follows through with this national security legislation, which very clearly violates not just the autonomy that is guaranteed under chinese law, and that the chinese agreed under the joint declaration as a matter of international law to uphold, it undermines the freedoms that were also protected in the same way. if it seeks to follow through on this legislation, we will give those people who hold bno passports the right to come to the uk, we'll lift that six—month restriction, allow them to come to the uk to live, to apply to study and work for extendable 12—month periods, and that will provide a path to citizenship. joining me from west london is benedict rogers, who used to work in the territory and is now co—founder and chairman of hong kong watch. bidden, the uk is offered at this path to citizenship the people in hong kong and how many people might

be eligible and do you think they will take the opportunity to leave the territory? that remains to be seen, there are an estimated 300 and perhaps 400 people that are holders of british nationals and a large number who may be eligible, but i really welcome the foreign secretary's announcement that it is a major breakthrough that sends a great message of reassurance to people in hong kong and it is a very strong message to beijing that if they proceed with this, this is the consequence. i think there is more that the british government could and should do and that his work with other governments to provide some sort of rescue package to other vulnerable political activists in hong kong who are not be in oh holders this is a really welcome start. those who do not have access to british national passports, are

you talking about then being given the right to citizenship and other western countries? yes, potentially. in the uk could work together, perhaps a from commonwealth nations, may be also with non—commonwealth nations like the united states, but a group of like—minded democracies that could share responsibility for helping those most vulnerable in the situation. is what happens in hong kong have any implications for taiwan, which china considers to be a breakaway province? it does. taiwan, which china considers to be a break to :y province? it does. taiwan, which china considers to be a break to systems :e? it does. taiwan, which china considers to be a break to systems modelloes. taiwan, which china considers to be a break to systems model that was taiwan, which china considers to be a br conceptualized model that was taiwan, which china considers to be a br conceptualized foriel that was taiwan, which china considers to be a br conceptualized for hong it was first conceptualized for hong kong was done at least in part with an eye towards taiwan when they are offering that model for taiwan and very clearly, china has violated it and it is overfor one very clearly, china has violated it and it is over for one country to systems in hong kong for the time being in taiwan is not going to be attracted to that but the language

coming out of beijing suggests that their aggression towards taiwan is going to increase, particularly if the international community doesn't respond to what is been happening in hong kong. what leverage would western countries have of china considering they did not want to jeopardise their trading relationship. i think the world and particularly the uk and across the western world, there really waking up western world, there really waking up to the dangers of the regime, not the people of china but their president's very aggressive foreign policy. if you have seen to the pandemic that really, the pandemic began at least in part because of the regime's repression of the truth about the virus and people are waking up to that end i think there will be a big rethink about how much we are dependent on china, how much we are dependent on china, how much we really benefit economically from china and whether or not we should

be diversifying both our trade, our supply chain and are overreliance on china. eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has warned britain — there will be no trade agreement if the country fails to abide by its commitments in the political declaration that accompanied the brexit withdrawal deal. british officials accuse the eu of trying to bind the uk to european law. talks between the two sides will resume on tuesday. scientists in new zealand have found a link between whales, their prey and changing ocen temperatures which they say could help with conservation efforts. the research found that the mammals did not move around randomly but pursued their prey — krill — in cooler waters. taking you back to the united states, these pictures are from washington, dc. continued protests in america after the death of the

unarmed man, george floyd, last monday. these protesters appear to be on the southern side of the white house. we will continue our coverage of the story here on bbc news. please do stay with us. thousands of people have flocked to beaches around the uk today to enjoy the warm weather as the lockdown starts to be eased. but how difficult has it been to follow social distancing rules? our correspondent, duncan kennedy reports from bournemouth. the beach at bournemouth was packed by mid—morning. people out to enjoy the sun and keep their social distance as best they could. there are tens of thousands of people here not socially distancing. it became so crowded that the leader of the council herself came out to warn people of the danger. every household i've met so far has said, we all live in a house together. she says, with numbers like this, social distancing can become challenging step these people

are not ignoring the rules, these people are not ignoring the rules, they are not interested for after what happened last week nationally, people are saying they are not interested in the rules. the gaps between people were clear in many areas but some didn't feel comfortable. i've lived here for ten years and i've never seen at this busy on a non—lockdown day, let alone today. it's crazy. how much social distancing do you think is going on? none at all, to be honest. but most were happy to stay. although the vast majority of people here are trying to keep socially distant, the rules change again in england tomorrow, allowing up to six people together. allowing up to six people to gather. the council says it's writing to mps and the government to ask them for more help to keep places like this safer. with the arrival of summer, the issue of how we come together to stay apart remains with us. the end of the pier sign sums up one council's view and what they think we should be doing about it.

now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. it's been another dry day, capping off an exceptionally dry month, with england and wales just seeing 10% of their normal rainfall. plenty of sunshine around today and across the north—west of wales, in porthmadog, 27 celsius, the warmest day of the year so far in wales. overnight, we will keep the clear and starry skies although there could be a bit of low cloud drifting onto some of the eastern coasts in scotland. otherwise, clear, temperatures overnight, 6—13dc, a little bit cooler in the countryside. tomorrow, more dry and sunny weather on the way. a bit of fairweather cloud is likely in the afternoon but it will not spoil the sunshine. temperatures will be widely again reaching the low to mid—20s. highest temperatures once again in the westernmost areas.

it is turning cooler as we head towards the middle of the week.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... protests in the us over the killing of george floyd spread from minneapolis to at least 30 different cities, despite a number of curfews being in place. riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets. the government has defended the easing of lockdown measures in england from tomorrow, despite the country's covid—19 alert system indicating high levels of transmission. increasing numbers of people in hong kong seek advice about emigrating from the territory following china's decision to impose a national security law. nasa astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken reach the international space station onboard the spacex