this is bbc news, i'm mike embley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a stark warning from president trump that he will deploy the army to end the widespread protests across the country triggered by the death in police custody of the unarmed african american, george floyd. if a city or a state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then i will deploy the united states military, and quickly solve the problem for them. in minneapolis, the official post—mortem examination finds the death was a homicide. the victim's brother tells demonstrators violence would not bring the changes, the black community deserves. my family is a peaceful family, my family is god fearing. let's do this another way.

let's stop digging it up that it don't matter. i won't. protests against police brutality continue, at least a0 cities and washington dc have imposed curfews, with a heavy police presence at the white house. moments after he threatened to deploy "thousands and thousands" of us troops against the protests and riots that have engulfed dozens of american cities, president trump has been on an extraordinary walkabout through downtown washington dc. he eventually stopped for photos, holding a bible, in front of the so—called church of presidents, damaged in the disturbances. a peaceful protest outside the white house was tear—gassed by police, to clear the president's path. earlier he'd told state governors they must dominate

the protests and get much tougher. the death of george floyd, in minneapolis, which sparked the latest unrest, has now officially been declared a homicide. the following measures are going into effect immediately. first, we are ending the riots and lawlessness that has spread throughout our country. 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. if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then i will deploy the united states military and quickly solve the problem for them. i am also taking swift and decisive action to protect our great

capital, washington, dc. what happened in this 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 wanton destruction of property. we are putting everybody on warning, our 7 o'clock curfew will be strictly 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 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 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 safety, there is no future. we must never give in to anger or hatred. if malice or violence reigns, then none of us is free. i take these actions today with firm resolve and with a true and passionate love for our country. by far our greatest

days lie ahead. our north america correspondent peter bowesjoins me now. peter, the protests go on, and the big peaceful protest we are just seeing now in minneapolis despite the curfews, of course. the president's walkabout is bound to be the headline grabber, that photo of outside that church with the bible, but really the big news is the threat to deploy the military and the question of whether he can even do it. that is a question, some people wondering whether the president has the authority to deploy the military within the united states, and you are right, that is the clear headline from what he had to say, essentially an ultimatum to state governors around the country. he told

them to use the national guard to clear the streets and if they didn't get the job done he would then deploy the us military, but we have also heard about that extraordinary walkabout that is now being quite widely criticised. he went to stjohn ‘s episcopal church, sometimes described as the church of the presidents, just outside of the grounds of the white house, minutes earlier, that area had been cleared of peaceful protesters using teargas and rubber bullets that were fired on that crowd, heavy security presence, the police and the military in order to achieve that and a lot of people wondering at the time why it was happening so hurriedly. clearly it was because the president was about to go to that church and now we are hearing from the bishop responsible for that church, from the diocese of washington, and she said that she was outraged at what the president did. she said she didn't get any warning that the area would

be cleared using teargas, so that the president could use the church, he stood outside holding the bible, she said so that he could use the church as a prop. she said the first she heard about it was when she saw it on television, and those sentiments being reflected by others, certainly in social media, so there is the possibility now clearly that that action, that walkabout, that action, that walkabout, that visual stunt, as some people are describing it as, could well backfire on the president. and the new york times reporting, usually very good contacts within the white house, saying she can confirm that he did it because he was fed up, upset at reports of him hiding in the white house bunker? yes, much is being made of that, the fact that a couple of that, the fact that a couple of nights ago, when the tensions really began to rise outside of the white house, that he was apparently taken to the bunkerfor that he was apparently taken to the bunker for about an that he was apparently taken to the bunkerfor about an hour or so, within the white house, and

that he didn't like the fact that he didn't like the fact that that had been reported and that that had been reported and that what had happened over the last couple of hours, standing in front of the church with the bible, was in some way a response by the president to the fact that it was being reported, that he had had to go into the bunker at the white house. what other presidents are there for the president deploying the military against us citizens? it is certainly unknown n, i think, living memory. there is a very old law, it is a 19th century law, that does allow, does give the president power to do that, if the security situation with the cooperation of governors around the country warrants it. in other words, extreme circumstances would allow a president to do that, but we are living through quite unusual times, unprecedented times, but no—one had really

anticipated that it would come to this. it is quite possible, given the number of people we are seeing ignoring a curfew at the moment, that the president's threats would just mmp president's threats would just ramp up the situation. that had been the great fear of the past couple of days, a lot of people, some of his supporters have been suggesting that the president should say something from the white house, the console in chief, which is the title often given to the president speaking in times of crisis, but a lot of people we re crisis, but a lot of people were also concerned that what he would have to say, and i think that has been borne out, that it was a speech very much focused on law and order, didn't touch on race relations, many of the very serious and difficult issues that the protesters have been talking about for the last few days, and that the fact that the president said that, in terms of law and order and his perceived threat to the governors that they are not doing enough, that he would ta ke doing enough, that he would take over the situation himself, that that would simply

inflame the situation. we don't wa nt to inflame the situation. we don't want to protect that is going to happen. a lot of the protests i am seeing are still peaceful and it did seem through the course of the day to bea through the course of the day to be a ramping down of emotions and when we heard from george floyd's rather speaking, terrence floyd, he was echoing the sentiments as well, saying that they were a peaceful family and they didn't want to see any more trouble either. peter, thank you very much for that. lets just ta ke lets just take you to the live pictures from new york, you wa nt to pictures from new york, you want to be able to see the empire state building but in fa ct empire state building but in fact the lights have been dimmed there in honour of the death of george floyd. we will ta ke death of george floyd. we will take you to more on that and just a moment but the crucial bit of information further to thatis, bit of information further to that is, the official postmortem examination of george floyd has now declared his death a homicide. as a result of compression to the neck while being restrained. the official report published just after an examination

commissioned by the floyd family concluded he died from asphyxiation. his brother terrance spoke at the scene of his arrest. in every case of police brutality, the same thing has been happening. y'all protest, y'all destroy stuff and, if they don't move, you know why they don't move, because it's not their stuff, it's our stuff? so they want us to destroy our stuff. they're not going to move. let's do this another way. david weinstein is a criminal defence lawyer who also served as a federal and state prosecutor in florida. thank you very much for your time. how important is this revision of the medical report? it is very important because now you have an official

medical examiner indicating what he or she believed the cause of death was in that it was directly attributed to the officers action at the time of george's arrest. because of course there was a private autopsy from the family which came to the same conclusion, but i think those are really admitted as evidence? then not going to come in during the prosecution's case, they are often admitted by defendants and their attorneys when they are trying to attack the prosecution's theory of prosecution's theory of prosecution and say, no, we have a medical examiner's report that says that cause of death was not what you were saying it is but they don't come in during the prosecution's case. what you make of the findings of the presence of fenta nyl and methamphetamine? it doesn't tell us when he last took those drugs. it doesn't tell us why they were there, whether they we re they were there, whether they were metabolised, how much of it was in his system, certainly

the attorneys who are defending the attorneys who are defending the police officers are going to grab onto that and say that that contributed to the client's actions and why they we re client's actions and why they were being so aggressive in his arrest but if you look at the video, it did not appear that he was a violent, aggressive man, so time will tell when we get the full toxicology report, just what effect that is going to have on the prosecution. when you look at the scale of this case now and the scale of the protest, what do you conclude about having this case dealt with by a state prosecutor. should it be? it should not be. it should be handled by the federal government, it is certainly a case that is of great national importance. we have had other cases that have been prosecuted by the federal government instead of by the state, the rodney king trail is one that comes to mind immediately, we had a case done here in miami where officers were accused of beating a homeless man to death, and because of the sense of urgency that now exist and the fact that people have a

perceived mistrust of local law enforcement, the federal government needs to step in and be the voice, in this case, of reason and undertake this prosecution. given what happened and how clear the video is, a surprise among many people that the charge is third—degree murder. what should we make of that? that doesn't surprise me because in order to have a first—degree murder charge it has to not only be the cause of the death of the individual but it has to be premeditated, and here, although there was a moment of time, six to eight minutes where he was kneeling on his neck and causing him to no longer breathe, that shows more of either a depraved heart or culpable negligence which is why they initially went with the third—degree murder and the manslaughter charge. it's difficult if you overcharge a case to begin with, and then the defence is allowed to poke holes in an overcharge case, it becomes easierfor an holes in an overcharge case, it becomes easier for an outright acquittal, so it's better to be

acquittal, so it's better to be a little bit more conservative and reserved and to go with the third—degree or culpable negligence murder charges. having said all of that, the penalty is far more severe in federal court, should they be convicted of a civil rights violation, they would be looking at potentially life or the death penalty as opposed to a state court where the penalty is simply going to be 15 years in the third—degree murder charge. from a legal point of view, what about the other three officers present at the scene? certainly based on the actions on the two that were helping to restrain george when helping to restrain george when he was being arrested, they would certainly be considered to have participated in the civil rights violation or in the state charge, aiding and abetting or being accessories before and after the fact, with regard to their charges, it could be a conspiracy charge of a felony murder in state court or simply being co—conspirators to the main officer's violation of the civil right. thank you

so much. you are welcome, glad to assist. stay with us on bbc news, much more to come. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a real fighter and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs

playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles‘ lp, sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: president trump visits the washington church damaged by protesters, after issuing a stark warning that he will deploy the army to end the demonstrations triggered by the death of the unarmed african american, george floyd. protests against police brutality are continuing in dozens of cities across the united states, including the nation's capital, washington, where a curfew is now in place. derecka purnell is

a human rights lawyer who dedicated her career to end police and prison violence nationwide. i think i think it's a representation of what we've seen throughout history. since we've had people of african descent on what is the soils of when this land was called the united states of america, there's been a history of violence against them. the police we've seen in the streets right now other police that came out in slave patrols so it's another iteration of the same cycle. that's the concern as much as anything, there is the same cycle going on and in the past, this cycle has not changed anything. there must be a worry, mustn't there, among the people protesting, even people who are not involved in the violence or disturbance or any looting, all this plays into the hands of the president who says he is tough as he ceases. all this could help in the election. it may not ring any of the change that the protesters want. well, perhaps. it hink the most important thing is that donald trump ran on a campaign of law

and order and people have gone into the streets to reject that so he can continue to make calls to the military and deploy the national guard but at the end of the day, people are sick and tired of watching people, black people especially, with their faces on the pavement, with white officers kneeling on their back, so there's amount of threat that donald trump can do against people who have already seen that history. before there was donald trump, there was richard nixon, there was ronald reagan. we've had iterations of donald trump who have also been law and order police—focused and have decided to use that against people of colour, poor people, homeless people, queer people, native people. this country was built on using police in order to build—up the capitalist system we have today. so donald trump threatening today, people don't feel intimidated by that because they've had enough. as long as people

continue to go into the streets, we will keep ignoring on what he's spewing out of the white house. this is a president who is not known for is empathy, when his inaugural speech talked about american carnage. there must be concerned about what comes next from this president, surely? sure, the thing is, we don't need an empathetic president, we don't need to rely on donald trump's benevolence to stop the police violence. we can have the most benevolent president in the history of this country but until police officers start losing power, we start shrinking budgets, reducing contact between them and civilians, that's when we get to the heart of the problem. not putting all our hopes and dreams into someone who is the leader of the country and they are nice and empathetic or understand because we had a president who was empathetic to our cause and that did not eliminate the violence of police brutality that we still see today is one until we have complete transformational systemic change we can't rely on whether our leaders are nice or sympathetic to our cause.

there's broad agreement that america has not witnessed racial unrest on this scale since the late 1960s, following the assassination of martin luther king. the circumstances in which george floyd died, our correspondent nick bryant puts the events of the past week into a wider historical context. the words "state of emergency" seem inadequate to describe what's happening in america right now. not since the assassination of martin luther king in 1968 have we witnessed such widespread racial turbulence. chanting: black lives matter, black lives matter! if we render these pictures in black—and—white, they'd look like they came from the 60s. # we are not afraid...#. that was the decade when the struggle for black equality achieved such landmark success. the civil rights movement pushing for legislation that ended segregation across the american south and guaranteeing voting rights for black americans. but there was unfinished business. police brutality has always been hard to legislate against. african—americans have never

achieved equality in pay — a form of income segregation that persists today. the racism is a sore that has been festering over and over and over and over again. and it's like when the sore is about to heal, the wound is reopened again by incidents like this and you have to start all over again. and the question is, how much can people take? cheering many hoped the election of america's first black president would repair, even heal america's racial breach, but barack 0bama never wanted his time in office to be defined by the colour of his skin. in terms of racial progress, his presidency was less historic than the fact that he became president. this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. he was followed into office by donald trump, whose political rise started when he disputed whether ba rack 0bama was born in america — a groundless accusation.

many reasons explain his victory in 2016, but mr trump certainly benefited from a backlash against a black president among some white voters. america is being hit right now by three simultaneous convulsions. a pandemic that's disproportionately affecting people of colour, an economic shock that's disproportionately affecting people of colour and civil unrest caused by police brutality that disproportionately affects people of colour. racial division is america's default setting. so what we're seeing here is not some aberration, but rather the continuation of an unbroken historical thread. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. the music industry is to observe a day—long "blackout" on tuesday, in response to george floyd's death last week. a number of major record labels, including sony and warner, have announced they are suspending business and working with communities to fight racial inequality. earlier i spoke with

ronnie traynor — from various artist management, a company that will be closed on tuesday. we need to be seen to be stood sholder to sholder with the black community. can't continue to profit from our culture while ignoring difficult conversations around justice and race. what will it actually involve? no emails, no work—related correspondence, our artists won't be releasing any music, they'll be cancelling any interviews and we'll be taking the time to think and consider what we can be doing and to question ourselves in terms of what we are actually doing to help get rid of this dreadful racism that continues to this day. many, many artists, of course, are very active on social media without any record company or business involvement at all. will they be continuing that at least? absolutely, and that's one thing we hope to get from this.

this is not a 24—hour thing or indeed a i—week thing, this is something that needs to continue to change and move on. something that is part of a daily conversation we had to eradicate it. the music industry is a multibillion—dollar industry and an industry that's profited enormously from black art, benefitted from the struggles and successes of black people so it's time we stopped and really paid attention. what needs to happen for you to count it as a success? a success will be an end, and end to these horrific deaths and the police brutality but i think, we've already seen the lockdown, had once been attached to their mobile phones and social media platforms, in a matter of a few days, of a few days, the whole industry has been mobilised. this is a time that we can really do something. thanks for being with us.

there is much more any time on the bbc website. 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 going to 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. so here, temperatures will be 22 degrees. the highest temperatures are likely to be towards the southeast of england, say, 27 in the london area. it will be as windy as it's been over the past few days also. so we've got cooler air heading ourway. there's also going to be some rain in that cooler air, but it could prove rather hit and miss, and of course there were large parts of the country that were extremely dry during may. and we're uncertain as to how much rain there will be on wednesday across east anglia and the southeast of england. maybe a bit wetter across other parts of england and into wales, and probably largely dry in northern ireland and the western side of scotland. but there will be a stronger northerly wind, which will make it feel cooler everywhere. temperatures are continuing to drop away, probably peaking at 20 degrees in the south east. and those temperatures actually are near—normal, really, for this time of year. given how warm it's been,

this is going to be a bit of a shock to the system. move things to thursday, and those temperatures fall even further, perhaps a few degrees below average for this time in june. and on thursday, there'll be a lot of cloud around. it may not be quite as windy. at one stage, it looked like most of the showers will be in the north. now it looks like the showers are moving further south across england and wales. where is the high pressure by the end of the week? it's here, well away from the uk. we're going to be dominated by low pressure, some stronger winds, some cooler air and still the potential of some showers on friday.

this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump has visited the washington church damaged by protesters. his walkabout came after he issued a warning that he will deploy the army to end the widespread demonstrations. across the country. they were triggered by the death in police custody of the un—armed african american man, george floyd. protests against police brutality are continuing in dozens of american cities, despite the impementation of more than a0 curfews. the official post—mortem examination has declared mr floyd's death a homicide. derek chauvin, the officer seen kneeling on the victim's neck before he died, will appear in court next week. the music industry is to observe a day—long blackout on tuesday, in response to george floyd's death. a number of major record labels, have announced they are suspending business, and working with communities to fight racial inequality. some artists have also cancelled radio appearances and media interviews.