this is bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. protests against police brutality continue in dozens of american cities a week after the killing of unarmed african—american george floyd. president trump says he wants to obtain justice. all americans were rightly sickened and revolted by the brutal death of george floyd. my brutal death of george floyd. my administration is fully committed that, for george and his family, justice will be served. he will not have died

in vain. my family is a peaceful family. my family is a peaceful family. my family is a peaceful family. my family are god—fearing. there's another way. let's stop thinking that our voice don't matter and vote! some children in england go back to school — but with new social distancing rules, as lockdown restrictions are lifted. european cultural and tourist sites re—open after months of lockdown, with new disinfection and social distancing measures. hello and welcome. within the past few minutes, president trump has urged the governors of american states to deploy the national guard to stop violent protests

triggered by the killing of a black man in minnesota who died after a police officer knelt on his neck. in an address on the steps of the white house, mr trump said that if states refused he would deploy the us military. the following... we are ending the lawlessness that is spread throughout our country for so we will end it now. today, i have strongly recommended to every governor to deploy the national guard in sufficient numbers that we dominate the streets. mayors and governors must establish an overwhelming law enforcement presence until the violence has been quelled. ifa the violence has been quelled. if a city or state refuses to ta ke if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residence, then i will deploy the united states military and quickly solve the problem for

them. iam quickly solve the problem for them. i am also taking swift and decisive action to protect our great capital, washington, dc. what happened in the city last night was a total disgrace. as we speak, i am dispatching thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers, military personnel and law enforcement officers to stop the rioting, looting, vandalism, assaults and the wa nton vandalism, assaults and the wanton destruction of property. we are putting every buddy on morning, our 7pm curfew will be enforced. those who threaten innocent life and property will be arrested, detained and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. i want the organisers of this terror to be on notice that you will face severe criminal penalties and lengthy sentences in jail.

severe criminal penalties and lengthy sentences injail. this includes antifa and others who are leading instigators of this violence. one law and order... and that is what it is, one law. we have one beautiful law. and once that is restored and fully restored, we will help you, we will help your business and we will help your family. america is founded upon the rule of law. it is the foundation of our prosperity, our freedom foundation of our prosperity, ourfreedom and foundation of our prosperity, our freedom and our very way of life, but where there is no law, there is no opportunity. where there is nojustice, there is no liberty. where there is no liberty. where there is no safety, there is no future. we must never give anger or hatred if malice or

rains, none of us are free. i ta ke rains, none of us are free. i take these actions with firm resolve and with a true and passionate love for our country. i far our greatest days lie ahead. that was president trump a little bit earlier. let's take you to washington. i'm not whether you can see but if the cameron does turn the camera, you would be able to see president trump has left the white house. he is now walking with a press pack ahead of him and flanked by a number of security guards come outside, i believe this is outside the white house grounds, and i'm not really familiar with the area. you can see right police. there is the white house right behind him. he is actually walking along the streets outside the white house grounds. reporters obviously trying to make way for him as he advances towards them and security guards flanking the president. he did mention he

was going to go somewhere, i think he said something but going somewhere very special, not entirely sure where he is going, butjust to read a rate what we heard, he is going to lafayette square apparently, not sure exactly why. that has been the scene of some protests over the last few hours and indeed few days in washington, dc. let's bring in our correspondence dc. let's bring in our correspondence peter bowes. peter, i don't know if you're watching these pictures, i am. i'm sure love people around the world are. what is president trump doing? do we have any idea? as you just said, he finished his remarks by saying he is going to pay respect to a very special place. seems are seeing right now are quite extraordinary and they do explain at least to some extent like what happened about 30

minutes ago outside the white house occurred and that was a tremendous presence by the police and the military on the clearing crowds from those streets. we heard rubber bullets being shot into those crowds, tear gas thrown into the crowds to disperse. this was a peaceful protest happening outside the white housein happening outside the white house in the moments, indeed the seconds, before the president came out to speak. the fact now that the president is indeed himself on those streets at least explains the dispersal of the crowd, but precisely what he is doing and what he is planning to do over the next few moments, we really don't know... i'mjust the next few moments, we really don't know... i'm just reading on social media, apparently according to some channels, reports, president trump is getting ready to walk through lafayette park to visit the

recently burnt church. that was a church he mentioned in his speech recently burned down by violent protesters. yes. if that's the case, clearly what the president is doing is perhaps, by turning himself at a place that he talked about in his speech, he is simply trying to stresses main argument, and thatis to stresses main argument, and that is that places are being destroyed, innocent people he says have been attacked by some of the protesters. there's been mindless damage to property around the country. the president clearly in a very graphic, very televisual sense, you might say, is determined to make that point. that was the essence of his speech, the action he is taking is to protect, as he put it, those peaceful protesters. he said he was the president of law and order and in was the president of law and orderand ina was the president of law and order and in a very dramatic sense, that is clearly what he is doing, right now. and he

talked in his speech about using the military to and protests ? using the military to and protests? yes, he did. this reflect what we heard about from earlier in the day, when he was on the telephone conference call with the governors around the country, speaking in very strong terms as well, suggesting that the governors were not being hard enough, that they weren't deploy the national guard in large enough numbers to bring peace to the streets and to get the situation under control, saying if that does not happen in the coming hours and days, he will indeed deploy the military. indeed he talked about deploying, as he put it, thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers to stop the rioting, he said, looting and assault, so it seems that deployment is indeed happening. he said it was going to go ahead as he was speaking. and it really puts the entire situation in a very different perspective. this really ramps up perspective. this really ramps up the tension, certainly not only in washington, dc but

around the country as well, where curfews are currently going into effect. i'vejust had on my phone here in los angeles warnings from the local authorities buzzing away, saying the entire los angeles cou nty saying the entire los angeles county will be going... it won't take long. not cody take long. it's coming back. it's coming back strong. it will be greater than ever before. that's president trump talking about, it's coming back, it's coming back he's outside st john's episcopal church, which isa john's episcopal church, which is a 204—year—old church. it's often called by people, described by people as church of presidents. it's across the street from the white house in washington, dc and, as you can see, from its boarded up windows, it sustained minor damage during the riots that followed those peaceful

protests against racial violence and police brutality at the end of may, the 31st of may, last night. it's... come on over here, robert. the president is holding a bible there and is standing in front of that church. a very symbolic gesture, this, peter bowes, because this church of course has had every president since james madison apparently attending a service there, so it's known as church of presidents. yes. and clearly, the president is making that point. the same thought winter mind might as well. it's the similar him of this moment that the president clearly to get across to people, coming moments after that very strongly worded speech, and it isa strongly worded speech, and it is a symbol as far as the president sees it of the damage and the destruction that is

being done not only in washington, very close to the white house, but in many, many cities around the country, as the president described it, the mindless violence, the attacks on innocent people and their businesses, and he talked about the help that he will eventually give to those business owners to get on their feet. these are businesses that are been suffering anyway, some from those here in los angeles, just on the brink of opening again and now their properties are in tatters, they have been destroyed or their front windows are out and many of their stocks stolen by people who broke in during the course of two days over the weekend for some the president, by stating a set of this very similar place in washington, dc is trying to make it in the strings possible terms the fact that he is showing his solidarity with those victims of some of the violence that we have seen over the last few

days and some of the attacks on those properties and people who have otherwise nothing to do, you could argue, with the bigger issues that are going on. that's the president sees it. what is also notable is that, in that speech, and a lot of people have been calling over the last couple of days for the president, as presidents do at times like this, to say something from the white house, often described as the consoler in chief, the chief consoler, who would bring the country together during difficult times it didn't reflect a ny difficult times it didn't reflect any of those kinds of sentiments and certainly did not address the issues of race relations that has been clearly of the most vast majority's minds in this peaceful protest. of course, there are curfews around the united states, peter, but he did talk directly, digging he, two states governors, if you do not

sort this problem out, i will. yes, and he was very clear and very firm about that, and as you say, it reflect the conversation he had on the phone, a conference call with those governors this morning suggesting, and very strong terms, that they were still enough to ring, and bring peace to the streets and that he would step in, and he repeated that, saying he would deploy thousands and thousands of military personnel essentially ta ke military personnel essentially take over the law and order effo rts take over the law and order efforts around the country that are traditionally in indeed, to the letter of the law, the jobs of local authorities and states to control the streets and to maintain law and order. this is the president now saying that he, from a federal perspective, let's ta ke he, from a federal perspective, let's take over that role through the plumbing of military personnel. and of course, is just a few months to go since -- till the —— till the november elections. how is this going to play out

in the coming months coachella at this tense stage, it is difficult to say how it is going to play out. what we are really watching, hour by hour, at the moment. you're absolutely right. we are at a very tense political environment, there are huge question marks of how both sides campaigns are going to play up sides campaigns are going to play up because of the coronavirus pandemic, question marks over whether the conventions will take place during the summer, whether there will be rallies, rather president trump especially will be able to hold those rally he clearly enjoys so much and so to his supporters, to get his message out, but clearly this huge issue that has been an issue for decades... notjust an issue that's been around for the three and half years of president trump in the white house, this is a lingering issue that simply and clearly has not been resolved and that is one of race relations and especially the behaviour of the

police towards people, black people in this country, african—americans, hispanics, asians for some it is a huge, lingering issue which clearly is going to be a very prominent issue during the election campaign and we wait to see, really, how the president's opponentjoe biden addresses that. how important it turns out to be perhaps is a deciding factor when people go to the polls in november. 0k, peter bowes, stay where you are for us bowes, stay where you are for us because we will be coming back to you for more analysis as these events unfold. these life pictures of president trump walking in between two lines of right police and being asked questions by the press pack standing there, being ushered out of the way by police and security, secret service agents, as he walks

back into the white house gardens and grounds. let's talk now to clarence williams. he is a washington post crime reporter in washington, dc. talk me through what is happening around you right now. it has been a fairly quiet here in the last few moments, as the president has moved outjust now as we are speaking... lot of protesters, demonstrators seem of protesters, demonstrators seem to be rising to their feet and going mobile around the white house and in downtown washington, a large police and military presence, you have had military presence, you have had military vehicles and military police officer supporting local and federal law enforcement, as they try to take control and clear certain downtown areas. you can hear people in the background, these demonstrators just after the 7pm curfew, about 20 minutes after the 7pm

cu rfew, about 20 minutes after the 7pm curfew, on their feet and mobilising for unclear what the night is on to hold it. president trump reiterated that the 7pm curfew in the city will be stiffly enforced. is there evidence of the strict enforcement? not at this moment in time. there were certainly a lot of officers from a variety of local and police agencies that are on the ground, dc police, the us secret service police, the us secret service police and a bunch of federal enforcement agencies, it'sjust not clear anyone has been arrested at this moment and we are 20 minutes into the curfew. overhead, we got helicopters, inters pa ce overhead, we got helicopters, interspace normally restricted just for marine one and military personnel to come to the white house, so this point in time, it'sjust the white house, so this point in time, it's just not clear what is going to happen in the coming minutes and hours after the curfew now. we are adjusting president trump walking back to the white house. why do you think he left the white house on foot in the way that he did in the middle

of protests? it's a strange thing to do. i am sadly not in a position to speak to the motives of this or any other white house, but he was very clear that just white house, but he was very clear thatjust prior, before he spoke, the police became very active, pushing demonstrators back in all directions. there was deployment of some kind of chemicals, either in smoke in the air, as my colleagues reported, people being pushed backin reported, people being pushed back in all directions. the intersection right was, police lines are pushing for a larger perimeter away from lafayette park, where the president was going to be. what is the mood like, do you think, amongst people out on the streets in washington, dc? it is really unclear right now, to be quite honest. i think that you have got areas and blocks that are disparately quiet, blocks that in the past few months were quiet because the city was shut down due to the pandemic, an

eerie calm as people were kind of wondering around. when i first arrived earlier this evening, out on the streets, there were hundreds of protesters around and they seemed to be quite diverse. this people lingering our little younger. it's just unclear how many folks will stay out and defy the curfew stopper president president trump has called protesters thugs, he has used the words tabor, terrorism. how unhelpful is that kind of lingerfrom the unhelpful is that kind of linger from the president? cannot speak to anything on how the president has to say, but it is distinct how the local dc response,, the federal response,, the federal response, dc police have had a long history of dealing with protests, they deal with them ona protests, they deal with them on a weekly basis. generally

speaking thus far, at least in the early days of the demonstrations, kind of a rather hands—off approach. they monitor protesters, they cleared streets and let them march, but they kept their distance. the federal presence that we've seen in terms of having hard targets to defend have stood firm and had a bit more of a confidential stance, i think it's fair to say, so those two different tactics, i think, and up in different results, as we have seen play out across america over the past few days. the issues, the problems, the grievances that these demonstrators are voicing for date the killing of george floyd, give us a sense of what it is that is just so troublesome right now in america that is causing this level of racial tension. i was in college in the late 80s and the early 90s when i did my first big research on a lot of

these very same kind of issues, and the videos that i watched from documentaries were older than i am, iam from documentaries were older than i am, i am nearly 50 years old now, a history of rioting in these kind of clashes, racial clashes, in this country, essentially since its inception for my don't know that there is any one magical cure or singular aspect, a lot of issues that are feeding into this fury, there's a lot of decades and generations of frustration and fear in people that are trying to fight against what they believe is an unjust system when it comes to people of colour, minorities. washington, dc is known, is it not, for the disparity of rich and poor particularly?” not, for the disparity of rich and poor particularly? i have been covering this city for more than 20 years. this city burned in 1968 in riots in

response to the killing of martin luther king junior. just two years ago, we have the anniversary of those rights. i covered and wrote a piece about the law enforcement response than full of the same issues, the same disparities going on in on in1968 the same disparities going on in on in 1968 in terms of the haves and the have—nots, where city services go, where poverty lies, are all in the same geographical locations and same representation of the poor here in this city. there are people who live and work in this city that are part of the federal and international response that often do not have any connection to the city that, to the rest of the city, as it ru ns the rest of the city, as it runs in the northern ignition parts of the city, and when these kind of events come up, those figures are on display. we have seen pictures of looters, violence, but it's important to underline that there are peaceful demonstrators who are trying to

protest, and it is not helpful to try and put all of these people under 100 list of yellow i don't —— under one on barela. —— under one on barelalj -- under one on barela. i don't think you can... i have seen people, protesters policing one another, young people, some people throwing debris at the police line and having other protesters either curse them out or snatch them and say, not here, you're going to get someone here, you're going to get someone killed. we have seen these images play out across these images play out across the country. on friday night, i was out and watched leaders of the march going out on friday night stand between police and demonstrators, pushing and shoving near capitol hill. you have these kinds of confrontations that happen on the protesters side that support the point you just made, which as it is difficult to lump them all into one group. 0k, clarence williams,

washington post crime reporter, in dc. thanks so much for giving us your insight. thank you for having me. let's go back to our north america correspondent peter bowes. you've been covering events for more yea rs you've been covering events for more years than you would care to remember. have you ever seen anything like that, a president walking out like that in the mill ofa walking out like that in the mill of a huge write and protest just outside his mill of a huge write and protestjust outside his front door? i have not. we are living through truly extraordinary times, unprecedented times. i've never seen anything like that. we did not see that coming either. we knew the president was going to make some remarks within the grounds of the white house, which is what he did, but for him to walk outside and make that very symbolic block and gesture by standing in front of that church, that famous church, very close to the white house that was damaged, quite badly damaged, by summary protest

last night in washington, it is very unusual but it is unusual at times we are going through. we have not ever really seen a presidency like that of donald trump, so in that respect, perhaps we should not be surprised at some of the decisions like this that he ta kes. decisions like this that he takes. interesting some of the american media that's being covering this made the point that it was a very televisual moment, if you like, and that we did have coverage before of the events of the feminist before the speech, how the streets were being cleared, tear gas, rubber bullets into the crowd, very traumatic and frightening for lots of people who were there peacefully protesting. and then for the president to make his or marks and walk out into those three streets, very unusual indeed, andi streets, very unusual indeed, and i think the question is, how are the events of the last 30 minutes or so going to influence what happens tonight and over the next few days? what the president has been

saying to the state governors, will they heed his words and mmp will they heed his words and ramp up their security on the streets by using the national guard? will piece he brought to the streets? will the protests die down? and if they don't, will the president go ahead with his threat to deploy thousands and thousands of troops. and all that is simply to do with the law and order situation. it still leaves hanging, of course, the big issue about race in america, and that isn't something that's going be resolved in the next few hours. that's would be a very slow process and the question is, is that process really starting right now? and of course, one can argue all this talk about violence, protests, it is taking away from the main point of a lot of what has been peaceful demonstrations in many parts of the us, about race relations

and raise tensions in the united states. yeah, and that's the great criticism of president trump and his attitude through all of this, that he focuses on the law and order issue, which clearly is important to a lot of people. a lot of people's lives are being destroyed by collateral damage, if you like, from what has happened through these demonstrations, but the debate that isn't being had at the moment within the white house, it seems at least publicly, is that bigger issue about race relations in america and those simmering fears of people, thoseissues simmering fears of people, those issues that have been around for so many decades, and keep boiling to the surface. every time we see a new video ofan every time we see a new video of an african—american being harassed by the police or, indeed any tragic circumstance we have seen in past week, it brings that issue alive again and there never seems to be any

end to it. that's what those peaceful protesters are saying right now, that there has to be some sort of uprising, they say, to at least begin that healing process and a com pletely healing process and a completely different attitude in this country towards race relations. and equality amongst all people. 0k, peter bowes in los angeles, think you very much indeed for that analysis. these are pictures, i think they are from earlier on, these pictures. can we bring some... these are life pictures. they are not from washington, dc, though, which is what we've been showing you. this is new york city and these are protesters holding up a banner with the name of george floyd, the african—american man killed by police officers in minneapolis. 20 more on the protests throughout the evening here on bbc news and of course on our website. bye—bye. here on bbc news and of course on ourwebsite. bye—bye. —— here on bbc news and of course on our website. bye—bye. —— 20 more.

hello there. on monday, the temperature reached 28 celsius, and it was the warmest day of the year so far in northern ireland. and whilst it's gonna be another very warm day for many today, the outlook is for it to turn much, much cooler. what's happening? well, we've been dominated by high pressure for weeks now, which has brought us the warm and sunny weather. the high is retreating into the atlantic, and to the north of that weather front, there is much cooler air. that cooler air will get swept down across the whole of the country later this week as a northerly wind develops. there is likely to be some rain around as well. now early morning, we've got rain across the far north of scotland. otherwise, it's dry, clear, temperatures typically 8—11. and once any early mist and fog patches clear away from england and wales, it's going to be another sunny, warm day for many places. but we've got rain in northern scotland, where it's cooler, and we could see showers and cloud developing

further south across scotland into the far north of england later, and also potentially in northern ireland.