hello this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines... police in washington use tear gas to disperse peaceful protesters near the white house — before the president goes to pose for photos outside a church — donald trump says he‘ll send this is bbc news with the latest in soldiers unless mayors and governors across the country put headlines for viewers in the uk an end to the violence and around the world. at least five police officers donald trump threatens to send are shot and wounded as protests thousands of soldiers descend into violence. onto the streets of the us to stop the violence, as he calls himself and protests and looting "the law and order president." in the afternath of george floyd‘s death continue in new york — if a city or state refuses to take hundreds of arrests are made. the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property here, new figures show the number of their residents, then of weekly deaths linked i will deploy the united states to coronavirus has dropped military and to its lowest level in england quickly solve the problem for them. and wales since late march. the head of the uk statistics authority criticises the way the government presents its testing reports a police officer in data — saying it shows the largest las vegas is shot during protests — possible number of tests — his condition is unknown. at the expense of understanding. here, ministers look at ways to relax the government's 14—day travel quarantine for people coming into the uk because of potential damage to the travel industry. let‘s cross now to the scottish gvernment‘s daily briefing, which is being led by nicola sturgeon... european countries continue

their exits from lockdown as france opens bars and restaurants good by nicola sturgeon... afternoon everyone, thank y| for and germany welcomes back gym goers. good afternoon everyone, thank you for joining good afternoon everyone, thank you forjoining us. i will start as a lwa ys forjoining us. i will start as always on an update in the current position to covid—19. as of nine o‘clock this morning there have been 15,471 positive cases confirmed, which is an increase of 53 from the figures i gave you yesterday. however, i need to know today that this figure of 53 includes 40 older positive test results which have only been received today and are being added to the overall total our top story — the violent protests across the united states triggered now. a total of 1106 t8 patients are by the death in police custody of the black man george floyd. currently in hospital with either in an address at the white house — as protestors nearby were dispersed with tear gas and rubber bullets — confirmed or suspected covid—19 and president trump said thatis confirmed or suspected covid—19 and he was prepared to deploy thousands that is an increase of one to two of heavily armed troops to end the rioting and looting. from yesterday, however please note he said mayors and state governors that the number of confirmed cases must establish an overwhelming law in hospital actually decreased by 23 enforcement presence on the streets, and if they didn't act, he would send in the us military. compared to the figures yesterday. a total of 34 people last night were in intensive care with confirmed or after his televised

address, mr trump walked suspected covid—19 and that is an with security guards to a nearby church, which has been used by increase of seven from yesterday and presidents for more than a century — all seven of those are suspected where he posed for photographs, holding a bible. cases at this stage, not confirmed. iam also the church's bishop later said cases at this stage, not confirmed. i am also able to confirm that since she was outraged that tear gas had the 5th of march a total of 3721 been used against the nearby protestors so the president could go there. patients who had tested positive and required admission to hospital for for the latest on america's ongoing the virus have now been able to crisis, here's sophie long. leave hospital. unfortunately, in more than a week after george floyd became the latest african—american the last 24 hours, 12 deaths have to needlessly lose his life at the hands of been registered of patients a white police officer, confirmed through a test of having the pain is still palpable. covid—19 and that takes the total number of deaths in scotland under nowhere more so than here, the street in minneapolis where he died. that measurement to 2375 and his brother came to the makeshift tomorrow we will have the weekly memorial and made a plea for peace. if i'm not over here report from national records of messing up my community. scotla nd report from national records of what are y'all doing?! scotland which includes confirmed and suspected deaths from the virus. each one of these of course is an individual whose loss is being you are doing nothing because that is not going to bring grieved and mourned by many and i my brother back at all. wa nt grieved and mourned by many and i want again today to send my a second postmortem examination condolences to everyone who has lost

a loved one to this illness. lastly, found george floyd died from asphyxiation on statistics i can confirm that the and it was homicide. latest report on delayed discharges delivering the findings, has been published today and that his family's lawyer urged people to stand includes details on the number of older people discharge from with them peacefully. hospitals where they had no clinical need to be to care homes and in george died because he needed a april that figure was 510 and an breath. he needed a breath of air. additional 600 were discharged during april to their own homes. in soi breath. he needed a breath of air. addition to thanking our health and so i ample you all tojoin his ca re addition to thanking our health and care workers, as i do again today family in taking a breath, taking a from the bottom of my heart, there are two other groups i want to pay tribute to and these groups are breath for justice, taking releva nt to family in taking a breath, taking a tribute to and these groups are relevant to the two substantive breath forjustice, taking a breath issues i want to cover today. the for peace, taking a breath for our first group is our unpaid carers who of course provide vital support to family, friends and neighbours at country but, more importantly, taking a breath for george. all times, but this pandemic has meanwhile, crowds gathered been an especially stressful time for a seventh night of protests. for many of them and i want to thank thousands spilled onto the streets in cities each and every one of them, you, if from the west coast to the east, demanding an end to racial injustice. you are watching, for your efforts. one of the ways in which the in the capital, protesters were

forced away from the white house scottish government has already by police firing cannisters of tear gas, so the president could tell acted to support carers is by state governors, if you do not establishing a ca rer‘s acted to support carers is by establishing a carer‘s allowance supplement which is worth £460 a stop this, i will. mayors and governors must establish year. the supplement is paid to an overwhelming law enforcement presence until the violence around 83,000 people across the has been quelled. country who receive carer‘s allowa nce country who receive carer‘s allowance and people who are on low if a city or state refuses to take incomes and who provide 35 hours or the actions that are necessary more of unpaid care to a child or to to defend the life and property of their residents, then an adult on disability benefits. i will deploy the united states last month we announced that these military and quickly solve the problem for them. ca re rs last month we announced that these carers will receive a further coronavirus supplement of £230. chanting: nojustice, no peace! parliament approved our plans two weeks ago and people who are to do so would involve wielding eligible will receive this payment at the end of this month, together extraordinary federal authority. president trump declared himself with their normal carer‘s allowance an ally of legitimate protesters, supplement. the specific data like these here in los angeles, payment will be confirmed in the next few days, but let me stress but some fear his threat to use an antiquated act to deploy military personnel across american cities now, if you are eligible, you don‘t could spark more anger need to do anything to receive this and potentially further escalate an already increasingly coronavirus supplement, it will be paid to you automatically at the end tense situation. of the month. i know that this

on the streets of los angeles, pandemic has been really hard for the looting started before sunset and america braced itself for another difficult everyone, but it has been very hard and dangerous night. for carers emotionally, you are sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. inevitably concerned about your own health and the health of the people that you are caring for, however in there are reports that a police many cases it has also been very officer was shot in las vegas on monday night amid the protests difficult financially and this extra over the death of george floyd. payment is one way of providing you it's believed the officer with some additional help but it is was shot on the main strip, but no further details also an important way of us acknowledging the help and care that have been provided. you provide to others. i also want as soon as we have them, we will to acknowledge that this weight is bring them to you. volu nteers to acknowledge that this weight is volunteers week and that is an opportunity for all of us to four police officers in st louis were also hit by gunfire on monday, highlight and celebrate the service as protests turned violent there. of volu nteers two were shot in the leg, highlight and celebrate the service of volunteers in community is the length and breadth of the country. one in the arm and one in the foot, 0f length and breadth of the country. of course, like unpaid carers, the according to the police chief. effo rts of course, like unpaid carers, the efforts of volunteers are important michael georgiou is the cbs news at all times, but the covid outbreak correspondent at the site where has demonstrated once again just how george floyd was killed. it is about much they contribute. the scotland ca re rs much they contribute. the scotland carers campaign which will be 3am local time, we are at the site launched at the end of march received more than 80,000 sign—ups where george floyd died. arab protesters here even at 3am, in total and more than 60,000 of those were from people who wanted to

peacefully protesting, it has been volunteer through the british red peacefully protesting, it has been cross or volunteer scotland and some peaceful here all night —— there are of them have been shopping for their protesters here even at 3am. police neighbours making sure they get food and descriptions and other have let people congregate and chant essentials and others have been and share their thoughts so we had making befriending calls or seen a providing emotional support to and share their thoughts so we had seen a very and share their thoughts so we had seen a very different tone in minneapolis than we had seen in so isolated or lonely people. some are directly helping with the response many other cities, especially in dc and new york, now we are hearing to covid—19 and others are about las vegas, where things have volunteering through long—standing been very violent at times. in the community organisations. there are some people who signed up who may neapolis we are seeing a very large not have been asked to volunteer police presence outside of this yet, but you may well be needed in area. “— the future. for example, in police presence outside of this area. —— in minneapolis. the national guard has been mobilised supporting people who are asked to and if they are seeing crowds self—isolate under the test and violating the curfew they are protect the system and of course, arresting them. a unite to go we saw alongside the tens of thousands burned buildings and vandalism, we people who are signed up under the have not seen that year for the last scotla nd people who are signed up under the scotland carers campaign there are hundreds of thousands of people who two nights, the message has been of and many of you watching will be peace and justice for the floyd amongst that number who have been family. is that partly because mr volunteering for years and in some cases for decades and there are also floyd's brother himself, we played a clip of him, has said they do not many of you who are maybe not formally recognised as volunteers wa nt clip of him, has said they do not want violence in his name and he but who have been performing

urged people to simply vote in the important acts of kindness for neighbours and friends for a long presidential election in november? time and! neighbours and friends for a long time and i want to say today how grateful i am and how grateful the that took place right here, he came scottish government is to each and every single one of you. our right here and gave that message. national response to covid depends certainly for my conversations with on people being prepared to look out protesters here, they don't want the violence to take away from their for each other and show solidarity with each other and volunteers are message. there are murals here, people bringing flowers, there is a an essential and highly valued part very sombre mood at this location. of that collective national effort. 0f of that collective national effort. of course each and every one of us they consider this sacred ground, has a part to play in that effort there has definitely been an and it remains the case that the intentional effort to try to avoid best way in which all of us can show violence and keep that language out solidarity with each other is by sticking to the rules and the public of the chanting, here. it is very, very moving to see that memorial health guidance and that is the point i want to end on this afternoon. you should still be behind you, the people lighting staying at home most of the time candles, what kind of things are they saying to you today? there is a right now and you should still be meeting fewer people than normal. i would ask all of you to consider national trauma taking place here. whether or not your life feels as if it is very difficult for us all to it is going back to normal, i am sure that it‘s not the case, but if see americans beaten, tear gassed, it is perhaps you should think about

whether you are following all of the arrested. it is something that cuts public health guidance, because to the core of us all and so there u nfortu nately public health guidance, because unfortunately and regrettably, our is so much pain here. there is so lives should not feel completely normal right now. and when you do much anger here. people really want meet people from another household, a space to express that, that is when you are away from home, you what this place has become and it should stay outdoors at all times has been that way. days. and you should stay two metres apart from people in other households. you two separate autopsies have been made public, into the death of george floyd — might be reading or hearing in the media today some voices saying that one from the county medical examiner, and one paid for by mr floyd's family. the one metre is sufficient and i want first to emerge was the family's to ta ke one metre is sufficient and i want own investigation. to take the opportunity today to it found a homicide stress that the clear and the strong by mechanical asphyxiation. and it concludes that advice from the scottish government three police officers contributed to his death. is to stay two metres apart from so far only one officer, those in other households. do not derek chauvin, has been meet up with more than one other charged in connection household at a time, do not meet with the incident. more than one per day and please now a ex—officer. keep to a maximum and i stress a the official maximum of eight people in a group. report, from the hennepin remember to wash your hands often, county medical examiner, thatis remember to wash your hands often, that is actually more important as you start to mate, albeit at a also found homicide by asphyxiation. it said

mr floyd suffered cardiopulmonary physical distance, people from other arrest while being restrained households, and so wash your hands by police. often if you are away from home and but it added that he had home and out and about, please pre—existing heart remember to take hand sanitiser with and it found he had recently used drugs including you. where a face covering in shops fe nta nyl. and on public transport and i want to make a direct appeal to you here, and methamphetamines. (pres here's autopsy expert, dr michael baden, outlining his if you have not been wearing a face conclusions from the examination which was paid for by covering so far when you are in a mr floyd's relatives. shop or on public transport or other when he said, i can't breathe, enclosed spaces, i am asking you to please think about doing so now u nfortu nately when he said, i can't breathe, unfortunately many police are under the impression that if you can talk, because it can offer some protection that means you are breathing. that to other people, it protects them is not true, i am talking and from you transmitting the virus to talking and talking and not breathing in front of you. them, if you have it perhaps without the mayor of new york, knowing and other people who wear a bill de blasio, is moving forward face covering are offering you some the curfew from 11pm to 8pm, after looters broke protection as well. it is something into shops in midtown manhattan on monday evening. all of us can do to protect each police made around 200 arrests after groups of people smashed other. remember to avoid touching ha rd their way into upmarket stores. other. remember to avoid touching hard surfaces and when you do touch mayor de blasio said some people a hard surface, rememberto hard surfaces and when you do touch a hard surface, remember to clean it were out not to protest and if you have symptoms of covid—19 but to destroy property and hurt others — and described which is a cough, i new continuous their actions as unacceptable. cough, fever or a loss of or change

there were also peaceful in your sense of smell or taste, you protests in several american cities. should get tested and follow the in denver, demonstrators lay on the road, advice on self isolation and i want and continued walking through the streets, to underline that point as well. the despite a city—wide curfew. success of our test, trace and however, police did later use tear gas to disperse the protest near the colorado isolate system, test and protect, depends on everyone with symptoms coming forward and getting tested. state capital building. if you do experience symptoms, we can now speak to dj please do not delay, do not do that morris, who took part in a protest in beverly hills, thing that sometimes in normal times california two days ago — she's in los angeles. all of us do, wait until we feel also i'm joined by tiana bowman better after a day or so, the moment and miara williams, college roomates who marched you start to experience the in cape giradeau in missouri. symptoms, book a test, you can do that on the nhs website or phone the website on oh 800 028 2816. it is thank you also much for talking to us. thank you also much for talking to us. dj, why did you join the protest in beverly hills? it is personal. as you can see, my colour is not really important that if you experience the symptoms, a cough, something i can hide, i am not only walking for me that i have to older fever, loss or change in taste or smell, then you come forward and brothers that i saw in the face of book a test. above all else, and george floyd when i saw that this is my final point, please

devastating video, i definitely remember that the individual walked for them as well. was it decisions that all of us take right african—americans and white now have an impact far beyond our americans together on the protest? own health and well—being. our yes, that was extremely beautiful individual decisions right now because my mother is almost three affect the well—being of our decades older than me and when she families, our communities, indeed was watching the protest she was they affect the well—being of the brought to tears because she said the riots and the protests before, entire country. the scottish it was just black people, to see government‘s is possibility to leave the country through this pandemic and to take all of the appropriate white allies is really powerful. did practical steps that we need to take you see any looting? yes, especially isa practical steps that we need to take is a responsibility way and i personally take very seriously. but in beverly hills, it is one of the the truth is that our success or failure in suppressing this virus and keeping it suppressed will also richest cities and parts of los angeles and la county and i believe the beginning message was to wake up depend on all of us as individual citizens and it will depend on our the beginning message was to wake up the white americans here that are collective efforts as a society. we silent about what is going on to must all continue to do the right black americans. what do you say to thing by each other, by following all the rules and following all the your fellow protesters who got involved in that looting? public health guidance. i want to stress today that if we all do that, your fellow protesters who got involved in that looting ?|j your fellow protesters who got involved in that looting? i want them to stop because it has taken we will continue to slow down the away from the important message of spread of this virus and we will

what we came here to do in the first save lives. my thanks to all of you place. it is distracting the for doing that so far and i ask you american people of the important to continue to do the right thing. i message and i'm very confident, am going to hand over now to fiona being part of the protesting myself, mcqueen, the chief nursing officer the majority of the protesters are to say a few words the we take not looting, it is just people taking advantage of the situation, questions as usual. thank you. over we to take an accountability but i the past few months the debt we owe think it is irresponsible we are reporting on that instead of why it to the professionals within our nhs started in the first place. we are has become incredibly clear and we not only reporting on that, just to would not have been in the position we are injust now in let you know. i see that. let me would not have been in the position we are in just now in terms of being able to support people in the health and care delivery without them. what bring in tiana and miara, why did you join the protests in missouri? is essential to them in doing their job, of course, is our army of just to let our voices be heard, to volu nteers let the younger generation know it job, of course, is our army of volunteers that we have within our nhs and many have had to set aside is ok to speak up and speak out. i did it to show my younger siblings their volunteering duties because of that it did it to show my younger siblings their volunteering duties because of thatitis did it to show my younger siblings that it is ok to participate in their own health problems, or indeed things like this as long as you stay because of the way that we have protected our nhs to essential and peaceful. it is ok to use your voice, to stand for something. using emergency services only. they have been coming year in and year out and

your voice gets you heard, i have provide that friendly face, the cup younger siblings and i protested because i want them to know that the of tea, the fundraising, in such a way i grew up in fear is not the way way that makes a huge difference to they should grow up, you should not the way that our services are be scared to get pulled over, you delivered and we owe our volunteers should not be scared to go grocery shopping while being black. ian an incredible thank you for all of black is not a crime at all. use the things that you do. some of the your voice to be heard, voice how your voice to be heard, voice how ca re the things that you do. some of the care that the volunteers have been you feel, it is important. —— being black is not a crime. we need to helping to deliver in recent times show how we feel. i can see how you has again provided that comfort, perhaps running errands, so that feel, i can see tears coming down patients who can‘t have visitors can still have things transferred, when yourface. feel, i can see tears coming down your face. why is this so emotional for you? when i grew up, i grew up the families bring them in and drop and go and they can take them to the wards, they have helped them perhaps worse things for the shops, that they are kneading, and they have been invaluable in making sure that ina for you? when i grew up, i grew up in a mostly white area, i went to our patients and their loved ones the poor schools in elementary have a bit more confidence and school, i had more black friends and security that the human kindness i still came home every day and that we are seen through our volu nteers that we are seen through our didn't understand. i looked volunteers is they are on a day and

daily basis. hospital radio, our different. i didn't see anyone in a place of authority that looked like chaplaincy teams all continue and me,| they are all continually well place of authority that looked like me, ididn't place of authority that looked like me, i didn't see anything that represented me. iwanted supported by our volunteers. they do me, i didn't see anything that represented me. i wanted to straighten my hair everyday. an amazingjob, supported by our volunteers. they do an amazing job, all through the wherever i go to high school, i year, and we know it also helps their health and well—being as well, didn't want to be one of those so it is good for your health, but people, i didn't want to be seen as at this time in particular, i would then, i wanted to be seen as proper, like to say thank you to all of our you know? iwanted volunteers, right across the country, whether you have had to then, i wanted to be seen as proper, you know? i wanted to be seen as something more than just temporarily step down from your role you know? i wanted to be seen as something more thanjust i and a or whether you have stepped up, you black african—american. you know, make a huge difference to the lives that it's racism, any form, that is of everyone and we are incredibly something i have had to unlearn, grateful to everything you do. thank because my black is beautiful and i don't want my younger siblings to you. many thanks, fiona and in case have to go through that and try to you‘re wondering where the health secretary is today, she is in the find themselves wondering why they scottish parliament and she will be hate the black that is in them. that answering questions later today and taking part in a debate about the is something you should never hate, your skin colour should never define re—mobilisation of our health who you are. how old are you, if you service and how we carefully and gradually start to resume services that have had to be postponed during don't mind me asking? 20. you talk the crisis and you will be able to watch that later on if you are interested. i will now go to about your siblings, are they questions from the media and the first question today is from bbc brothers? i have to younger brothers

and younger sister, my brothers are 13 and 14 and my is seven. it scotland. good afternoon, first eschewed a horrific what we have seen eschewed a horrific what we have seen with the death of george floyd, minister. yesterday you said you and not just him, would not hesitate to legislate to seen with the death of george floyd, and notjust him, other african—americans, men and women, ensure compliance with social and not just at the distancing rules. do you now regret african—americans, men and women, and notjust at the hands of african—americans, men and women, and not just at the hands of white police officers, sometimes at the relaxing those rulesjust before a hands of simple white americans —— very sunny weekend and do you think it is so horrific what we have seen. that legislation would be in which generation is this going to enforceable in a way that the scottish police federation has said end? i feel like now is the time to that they doubt it would be? no, i make change, now is the time to make don‘t regret taking the steps we took last week. i have always known your voice heard, make change, now is the time to make yourvoice heard, protesting. it lets the youth know that we stand that coming out of these locked on for something, saying the standard measures it was likely to prove in something creates change. black many different respect than going lives matter is way more than protesting on the side of the street into lockdown and going into lockdown was not easy and has not when there is an uproar in america, been easy for anybody. all along it is donating to poverty stricken here, we are having to apply some elementary schools where there is judgments, i have been very clear that sometimes we might get those systematic oppression, it is creating after—school programmes so judgments wrong, in which case we learn from that and try to adapt our they know somebody cares enough to

make sure they are not out in the response and that will continue to be the case. i remember when i streets, they are furthering their published the first paper, some education, building a bond in the weeks back, the scottish government community, they know somebody is there for them and that is when published, looking ahead at how we change starts to take place, might come out of lockdown and the whenever people from the community get in and get involved. lately factors and considerations we would there have been lots of questions, have to take into account, i remember saying then, there are no why do black lives only matter when certainties on this, the party is someone why do black lives only matter when someone is killed? to the people who unprecedented and uncertain, there are risks attached to everything we keep asking those questions, it is do, but we have to navigate that and your due diligence as a citizen to go into your community and think about what is happening in your i have two navigate that as perfectly as possible. the key point black community, we should not have i would stress today, which is one to tell you we need help at these that i took some time to stress schools, it shows in the statistics, yesterday and have actually mentioned already today, is that our it shows in the test scores. we need success and failure in this and help, we do not have the same remember, we are succeeding in suppressing this virus, but whether opportunity as privately funded we continue to do that or instead go schools. it really shows whenever we are taken from our poverty stricken backwards, is down to all of us, i schools and thrown into a public hope it has been obvious to you over schools and thrown into a public school where everyone has a the weeks how seriously i take my different education. we don't feel own leadership responsibility and like we have the same opportunities the leadership responsibility of the

as kids, we need help. that is when scottish government in this, but we you have to come into play. what can cannot do it on our own, we depend on every citizen of this country idoto you have to come into play. what can i do to help? you need to ask those questions within your community. let doing the right thing for themselves and for each other and it is that me go back to dj, what do you think about the way president trump has handled this? i think he handled it spirit of collective desire to do the right thing that has led to the progress we have made and that is in the way that he knows best, and what is ironic about it is he is what will continue, to deliver the progress and if we drop that in any condemning us for doing the same way, that is when we will go thing that he is projecting onto us right now. he is threatening to use. backwards. i don‘t take back anything i said yesterday, we will a lwa ys anything i said yesterday, we will always have to monitor the impact of what we are doing and if we decide violence to have us stop, which i that the regulation is required or think is pretty hilarious. what something in guidance has to go into should he do when people are regulation, we will do that and i ta ke regulation, we will do that and i breaking the law? how do you believe take the view that the police have he should respond? the only thing i done an excellentjob in enforcing agreed with that he said during the sensitively and proportionately the regulations we have had so far and speech was that anybody who breaks the law would be prosecuted to the if we chain you —— if we change those in future, i have no doubt the highest extent, i wish she had that police will continue to do that. same narrative for these police officers that killed an innocent black man in front of hundreds of stv. thank you, a question for both people and millions through the

yourself and the chief medical camera. it would have been awesome if you had that same energy with officer, very understandably in that situation. you did not feel re ce nt officer, very understandably in recent weeks, thousands of people heated, despite the fact that the police officer seen kneeling on mr have had operations, consultations, floyd's net has been charged with treatments, postponed. what impact do you think this has had on them third—degree murder? andindeed do you think this has had on them and indeed on the wider health of floyd's net has been charged with third-degree murder? which is com pletely third-degree murder? which is the country? i will hand over to the completely not... third—degree chief medical officer in a moment. murder means that you didn't mean to clearly a nd chief medical officer in a moment. clearly and again let me be candid kill, i don't know what you un and frank, that has not been something we did lightly or wanted expect by kneeling on someone's net to do and nobody can stand here and when that is what they need to bris. say it has had anything other than a negative impact and we have _by recognised that all along, but i when that is what they need to bris. —— by kneeling on someone's neck. hope people appreciate that all donald trump said there would be an along we have had to balance investigation, we can clearly see what is being done, we can clearly different risks and that is what we continue to have to do. we have had see people looting, you can see the to balance the risk of allowing hospitals to continue as normal with injustice, the injustice between hill years willing to protect until then the risk of not having the he does not care about. how do you capacity to deal with covid—19 and also the risk to individuals, the think he should stop people breaking the law? -- the adjustments between risk to individuals of going into hospitalfor who he is willing to protect. if he risk to individuals of going into hospital for unknown —— non—disease—macro procedure and been exposed to the risk of getting the

really wa nts who he is willing to protect. if he really wants to spark a change, he virus there which for people with has to see that oppression runs very other potentially serious health deep and racism needs to be talked conditions could make their health conditions could make their health condition worse. these are difficult about. it is not something you can judgments and have been the most just raise by always talking about difficultjudges —— judgments and have been the most good cops or showing quote "the good difficult judges —— michael judgments i am my ministers have ever had to take. it is because we understand the impact of that that whites. racism has started since we are very 1619, it is something i have known understand the impact of that that we are very keen to get services and my entire 27 years of life. there procedures in the health service are my entire 27 years of life. there a re lots of that have been postponed resumed as my entire 27 years of life. there are lots of things not talked about quickly as possible and i said a in america that is talked about another countries. i grew up moment ago that there would be a homeless in america for 18 years, as debate in the scottish parliament and the health secretary will leave that and she has published a i was at these hotels watching framework in which those decisions commercials about a penny a day or are being taken and that is a real 10 cents a table bring this child in focus of our work now and again, to africa meal, i have never seen that be candid with people, we have to do in america. america does not like to it carefully, because we do not know talk about poverty, about racism. we what lies down the path with covid and we need to make sure our health service has the capacity to deal have a huge reputation forjust going forward, it is time to pause with any spike in covid cases now or and reflect. i want to thank you all inafew with any spike in covid cases now or in a few months and we have to make sure that if we are asking patients so much for getting up in the early to come back into hospitals for more others and talking to our audience

routine procedures, then it is safe around the world, we really for them to do that on the last appreciate it. stay safe. dj, tiana point i would make it before handing over to gregor is that we have said all along, if you need urgent or and miara, thank you very much. emergency treatment, the nhs remains australians have joined protests against the murder of george floyd. open and you should not hesitate before these demonstrations in sydney, australia's prime minister, from calling your gp, nhs 24 or 999 scott morrison, called the us protests shocking and urged people as appropriate. gregor.” not to "import things happening in other countries". mr morrison demanded from calling your gp, nhs 24 or 999 as appropriate. gregor. i have a an investigation after two australian reporters were charged great deal of sympathy for people in at by police outside that position where they have been the white house. waiting extended periods of time for network seven's reporter amelia brace was live on air assessments or treatment as a when her cameraman tim myers was hit consequence of some of the actions we have had to take to ensure that in the stomach by a police officer with a riot shield. here's the assault caught on camera. we have had to take to ensure that we continue to provide safe and effective care within our hospitals. it is not easy for peace —— for we have just had to run because people, there is also an emotional police moved in, we have been fired and psychological impact as well as at with rubber bullets. my cameraman and psychological impact as well as a physical impact that we cannot underestimate as people gear has been hit. we have also seen tear themselves up ready for treatment gas being used, they are moving that they perhaps had been through again. this is exactly what anticipating and find themselves then that they are stood down. my it looks like. wow! amelia, can sympathies are with these people, but the truth of the matter is, for us not to have taken those actions,

would have been reckless. we have to you... recognise that it was clinical decision—making that was behind those decisions to postpone some treatments and assessments based on the assessment that people would the number of people dying each week due to coronavirus is at its lowest have had increased risk of level since late march. the office undergoing those assessments or treatments at that point in time. of national statistics has shown the important thing that we can do that 2500 cases where the virus was now, as we start to gear up and mentioned in the week ending 22nd of re—mobilised the nhs, that we will may. measures to relax a 14 day identify those people... if you are quarantine for arrivals to the uk watching in scotland, you can are being considered by government ministers. continue watching this news the proposed move comes amid signs of a rebellion among mps concerned conference on bbc scotland, but about the impact of the quarantine right here we are going to the house on the aviation and of commons. tourism industries. the health secretary matt hancock is making a statment on coronavirus — let‘s listen in. this rebellion includes some conservative mps. i announce that the level of daily andy moore reports. debts was lower than when lockdown the beaches of spain, like here at malaga, began on the 23rd of march. today are beginning to open up, the data showed that the level of but will we be able to get to them? spain's tourism minister says excess mortality is also lower than the uk's coronavirus figures at any will have to improve before british excess mortality is also lower than atany time excess mortality is also lower than at any time since the start of the tourists can be welcomed back. lockdown, falling on a downward and as well as problems

at our intended destination, trend. ons report 12,288 all cause we'll also have to deal with two weeks' isolation when we return. deaths in england and wales in the that scheme has alarmed many week ending the 22nd of may and this in the tourism industry is down from 14,573 in the previous and on the back benches of the conservative party. we'll get more detail today, but the plan week. this latest figure is still which starts next week will be above the average from this time of reviewed every three weeks. year and we must not relent in our one possibility to ease work to drive it down. but it is now the quarantine is to create so—called air bridges or travel corridors to places with similar levels of infection. broadly in line with what we might typically see during the winter. we never forget that each of these that might not come in the first review, deaths represents a family that will but could come towards the end ofjuly, just never be the same again and, mr at the start of the school holiday in england. speaker, this house mourns each one. the uk's test, track and trace programme mr speaker, we are moving though in is one of the keys to reducing the right direction, but this crisis levels of infection. it was launched last is very farfrom thursday, but we the right direction, but this crisis is very far from being over and we haven't heard much about it apart are now at a particularly sensitive from reports of some moment in the course of the staff having little to do. pandemic. we must proceed carefully but mr hancock told and cautiously as we work to restore the downing street press conference the vast freedom in this country, taking majority of newly infected people and their contacts small steps forward and monitoring the result. be prepared to pause in had been traced.

we've hired, as you know, 25,000 people to work as contact tracers, our progress, if that is what public and the level of incidence safety requires. so, today, i would of disease has come down, and so, actually, like to update the house on two we have more capacity than we need. important aspects that we are taking. first, nhs test and trace is this is a good thing. now operational and this means that we have updated our public health there were 111 deaths reported advice. since the start of the yesterday in all settings prices, we have said to people that and an additional 445 deaths you must wash your hands, and previously not reported where coronavirus tests were carried self—isolate if you have symptoms and follow the social distancing out in private labs. bills. all of these remain incredibly important, but there is a but the death rate is generally new duty and it is a duty, that we trending downwards and britain is beginning to open up now ask and expect of people. if you again for business. a clear sign of that could be seen have symptoms, that is a fever, a outside the 19 ikea stores that opened up for trade yesterday. new continuous cough, a change in your sense of taste or smell, if you at some places, up to 1,000 people were have one of these symptoms, you must said to be queueing patiently in socially distanced lines. get a test. we have more than enough andy moore, bbc news. capacity to provide a test for anyone who needs one and we have more than enough capacity to trace all your contacts and to repeat, if

let talk more about this with our you have got symptoms, get a test. assistant political editor, norman smith. let's talk about the that is how we locate, isolate and quarantine first and the growing momentum against the government's control the virus. and by the way, i idea for this 14 day self isolation when you travel into the uk? the make no apology for this overcapacity. the fact that we have signs are there is going to be a rethink, in part because there is thousands of nhs contact tracers on now a sizeable body of tory mps, standby thousands of nhs contact tracers on sta nd by reflects thousands of nhs contact tracers on standby reflects that transmission of the virus is currently low and if quite senior tory mps, who say the we we re of the virus is currently low and if we were in a position where we idea of imposing a 14 day quarantine needed to use all that capacity, it would mean that the virus was period for anyone arriving in the uk running at a higher rate, something would just be disastrous for the that no one wants to say. second, i travel industry, it would send out wa nt to the message that britain was somehow that no one wants to say. second, i want to update the house on the work we are doing to understand the closed for business, it would be a body blow for people hoping that they might be able to go away on disproportionate way this disease targets people, including those from holiday. also questions about how on earth he would be able to enforce black or minority ethnic backgrounds. this is very timely work. people are understandably this 14 day quarantine period. there isa this 14 day quarantine period. there is a growing revolt over eight, added to which the government angry about injustices and as health themselves are actively looking at secretary i feel a deep response this idea of air corridors all air ability, because this pandemic has bridges to certain countries who exposed huge disparities in the

would be exempt from this blanket health of our nation. it is very ban. there is already an exception, clear that some people are significantly more vulnerable to for example, for ireland, they are covid—19 and this is something i am looking at whether you could extend that to other countries as well and determined to understand in full and ta ke determined to understand in full and take action to address. today i can mps are suggesting that rather than go for this quarantine, why notjust announce that public health england have completed work into disparities use rather more targeted measures such as encouraging people to add into the risks and outcomes of covid—19 and we have published their findings. they have found the face mask opp on planes, possibly testing people for their temperature following, first, as we are all before they get onto planes, those aware, age is the biggest risk factor and among those diagnosed sorts of ideas. one of the mps pressing for that its former with covid—19, people who are 80 or transport minister stephen hammond. older are 70 times more likely to i would like the government to consider a targeted approach to this die than those under 40. being male rather than the blanket approach it is taking. i think there are plenty is also a significant risk factor, working age men are twice as likely of ways we can introduce a targeting syste m of ways we can introduce a targeting system which could reassure people and mitigate the health risks but to die as working age women. allow people to travel around and occupation is a risk factor with also to show that britain is open professions that involve dealing with the public in an enclosed space for business. the difficulty is it such as taxi driving at higher risk. is not just a for business. the difficulty is it is notjust a case of britain saying we are quite happy to have people importantly, such as taxi driving at higher risk. importa ntly, the data such as taxi driving at higher risk. importantly, the data show that

coming in from certain countries people working in hospitals are not where we believe the infection rate more likely to catch or die from is sufficiently low, we also had to convince those countries that it is covid—19. diagnosis rates are higher safe for brits to go to them, and at in deprived or densely populated urban areas and we know that our the moment, because, we have a higher death rate and infection rate great cities have been hardest hit by this virus. this work underlines than many other countries and the question is can the government actually gauche eight a deal with that being black or from a minority other countries where they are ethnic background is a major risk relaxed for brits to go and visit factor. this racial disparity of them? thanks, norman. holes even after accounting for the mps return to westminster today, effects of age, deprivation, almost two months since religion and sex. this analysis did the introduction of ‘virtual‘ voting and a limit of 50 mps in the house of commons at any one time. not adjust for comorbidities and well, most of them will return. a vote on whether to reverse these measures has faced criticism obesity, so there is much more work from a growing number of mps across the house, who argue that the most vulnerable, to do to understand the key drivers will be unable to have their say. of these disparities, the but the leader of the house relationship between the different of commons says democracy will "once risk factors and what we can do to again flourish". close the gap. i want to thank public health england for this work andi public health england for this work and i am determined that we continue earlier i spoke to the to develop our understanding of conservative mp robert halfon who has been shielding at home standing and reshape our response and i‘m pleased to announce that the during the coronavirus pandemic,

and who was advised by his gp not to return to parliament today. equalities minister will be leading on this work and taking it forward, he wants those mps who cannot return working with phe and others to to parliament to be able to vote via videolink or proxy. further understand the impacts. we need everyone to play their part by staying alert, following the social what is democratically unjust and distancing rules, isolating and getting a test if you have symptoms. entirely wrong is to say to those we must not relax our regard but mps who genuinely can't go back if continue to fight this virus together. that is how we will get they are shielding, self isolating through this and keep driving the or unwell, that they will be denied infection down. and i commend the theirfundamental statement to the house. we now come or unwell, that they will be denied their fundamental parliamentary duty budgets to vote, and what that is doing is in essence making little to the shadow secretary of state.” parliamentary unix. am grateful mr speaker, there have now been 56,308 excess deaths since the beginning of march. 12,500 of which are not related to covid but —— parliamentary eunuchs. we do have one of the worst excess death rates in the world, why does let's speak now to pete wishart, scottish national party mp for perth the secretary of state think that is and what does he believe is the and north perthshire. cause of the non—covid—19 excess this is disenfranchising millions of people whose member of parliament is death rates? with respect to the

findings of the phe which i am unable to participate in votes, pleased to publish today, we have whether that is for shielding, a lwa ys pleased to publish today, we have always known there was a social grading and health, the poorest and health—related issues all, in my case, travel, it is almost most deprived have inequality in impossible to get down from rural access to health fire and an perthshire to london, there was only inequality in health outcomes and what the secretary of state has one flight from edinburgh airport and i'm not sure howl confirmed today is that covid one flight from edinburgh airport and i'm not sure how i am meant to make it. this is a travesty, a thrives on inequalities. indeed, if nonsense , make it. this is a travesty, a nonsense, and to observe members of parliament keeping up for over a black lives matter, it is surely a call to action that black asian and kilometre just to say yes or no to a minority ethnic people are more question will be utterly bizarre —— likely to die from covid and are queueing up for over a kilometre. i am sure the whole nation will be more likely to be admitted to watching the spectacle with laughter intensive care from covid. he has and amazement. or bafflement, i'm seen intensive care from covid. he has seen the findings and i note that the equalities minister is taking genuinely curious as to argue, for work forward, but what action will example, in your constituency, are be taken to minimise risk for black not allowed to vote by proxy or asian and minority ethnic people? online, and the sinfulness to health and on the point about risk, there and? it is utterly bizarre. rash and are other vulnerable groups also at risk. he will have seen today i am the same for robert halfon. sure the ctc report that shows 134% electronic remote voting has worked increase in deaths of people with perfectly, i have started rural learning difficulties. surely it is

perthshire with my iphone to decide now time to expand testing to those how i want to vote in the house of under 65 in receipt of adult social commons, nothing could be easier. nothing could be more difficult care? an easing of restrictions he today in order for me to exercise my said this is a sensitive moment, well, quite. our constituents have vote. one very obvious thing is the distress of boris johnson vote. one very obvious thing is the concerns and are looking for distress of borisjohnson in vote. one very obvious thing is the distress of boris johnson in the house of commons as he appeals to reassurance, particularly those in backbenchers who are no longer there to cheer him on in whatever the shielding group. they really should not have had to wake up on ridiculous assertion he is making. sunday morning to find out that they do you really believe that it's one could now leave the house once a of the reasons why you are day. they need clarity and detail is and why would gps not informed in effectively a parliamentary eunuch, to gives the fate of robert halfon, advance? we are still at around because people need to be back to 50,000 infections a week and can i sit behind boris johnson because people need to be back to sit behind borisjohnson when you ask him and press him further on the had to be socially distanced anyway, to bolster him and cheer him on easing of restrictions? the during pmqs on a wednesday?” bio—security level remains out for, but his own command paper from may to bolster him and cheer him on during pmqs on a wednesday? i think thatis during pmqs on a wednesday? i think that is a key reason. i think that be 11 say the changes to lockdown was the thing that started the must be warranted by the current debate about all of this, a general alert level and at the sunday news unhappiness amongst the tory whips conference, the communities which was then charged to find other secretary said all the proposed e—zines of restrictions had been modelled and showed that the r solutions. i believe the major number remained below one and that problem is that the conservative party really believe in this idea of is reassuring. will he now published

that modelling so that it can be headcount votes, something jacob rees—mogg refers to going back to the 15th century, this right to turn peer—reviewed? up the 15th century, this right to turn up and assert your democratic on nhs capacity, we know the nhs has principles by appearing physically in parliament. there seems to be the been overwhelmed, but that has been new fogeys in the conservative party on the back of cancelled surgery, who really respond to this type of pistoning of cancer screening, message. they get to speak to arguably the biggest rationing exercise in history of the nhs. will ministers in the division lobby. i he now publish the total number of have been in parliament almost 20 planned operations cancelled and years and i have probably wasted a detail them by procedure? add month of my life exercising the decision that is yes or no, but they seem decision that is yes or no, but they seem to really enjoy and appreciate it and ensure it will be foisted on the rest of it. it cannot work during a pandemic, it was nonsense during a pandemic, it was nonsense during normal times and now it is nonsense and dangerous. during normal times and now it is nonsense and dangerousm during normal times and now it is nonsense and dangerous. if you would, for those who want to learn more, physically, what happens when you vote in the house of commons? you walk into different lobbies, but just described it for viewers here in the uk and around the world? just described it for viewers here

in the uk and around the world7m is one of the most bizarre procedures in a democracy anywhere around the world, bells ring, you have to go into the lobby, you are in these cramped... what is this lobby? like a fourier of a hotel? it is probably not much wider than your living room. let's say the liberal democrats with ten members decide to call a vote. there could be 630 members of parliament in the lobby. members of parliament experiencing all sorts of health issues, that's been recorded recently, could be hot, that's difficult to vote. to do this during a pandemic, it's a nonstarter, what they've tried to do, instead of getting us back to voting, which we could all do seamlessly, easily, they are having a skewing up right out the lobby of the house of commons, down westminster hall, probably right into carriage gates and its acute they reckon will take

about an hourand and its acute they reckon will take about an hour and a bit to be able to conclude, snaking for 1.2 kilometres. just to go back to what happens when you go in the corridor, you are voting yes or no. how do you actually vote, what physically happens? well, there are some very nice clerks with a big sheet with your name on it, they have been given ipads, you give your name as you go through the lobby. and then there's two people, tellers, one from the government whips, one from the whips called the vote and they will count your head, traditionally going through on the knot applies to what happens in the division lobbies, you shake your head and go out, this could take up to 15—20 minutes and as there was during the brexit exercise, we could be going round in circles for exercise, just voting. this is how it happens normally when the house of commons decides to do its business, it's

like nothing else in any other parliamentary democracy in the world, most other democracies have buttons that you press, yes or no, that's it done, but not the house of commons, for some reason! pete wishart, thank you for talking to us. bangladesh has reported the first coronavirus death of a rohingya refugee. a million muslim refugees from myanmar live in crowded camps in cox's bazar. the 71—year—old man died on sunday and covid—19 was confirmed as the cause on monday night. the man was among at least 29 rohingya reported to have tested positive for the virus in bangladesh. the camps have been under lockdown since march 14th. the united nations has issued another warning about the worsening humanitarian situation in yemen. launching a campaign to raise more than two—billion dollars, the un says aid operations in yemen are just weeks away from running out of money. it also warned that with only half of its health system functioning, yemen will see a more

terrifying covid—19 outbreak than most other countries. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. the world's pandemic struck yemen when it was already on its knees. hollowed out by war and the pestilence of old — cholera, diphtheria, dengue all take their toll here. now, yemen confronts the coronavirus, what many fear will be its greatest catastrophe. this man shields himself as doctors everywhere do, but he is treating patients in the only dedicated covid—19 unit in all of southern yemen. every day is almost like suspending disbelief because more things keep happening that defy expectations or anything that, you know, i've been trained to deal with. what is your greatest fear now? i think what we worry

about is that we're going to get a deluge of patients over the coming weeks that we can't. . .we can't provide the care that they need. no—one knows the numbers here. how could they? there's almost no testing. this lab, assisted by the who, is medicine at its gleaming best. but much of yemen's health system barely functions. some help is arriving. there's not enough of everything. even the funds to keep the world's biggest aid mission from going broke. the humanitarian operation is on the breaking point. the week before the first case of covid was officially declared in yemen, we had to stop incentives for 10,000 frontline health workers all across the country. these are people that we had been paying in lieu of their salaries for years. if we don't get the funding that we're asking for, this operation will break — it will break.

a people who survived the worst are scared. listen to the woman wailing. wailing. videos like this posted on social media. fears that loved ones taken to hospital are certain to die. many more said to be dying at home. yemen urgently needs the world's help when everyone has their own crises at home. but the un warns nowhere will covid—19 spread faster, wider and with deadlier consequences than yemen. lyse doucet, bbc news. let's return to coronavirus now. figures show the numbers of people dying each week whose deaths are linked to coronavirus has dropped to its lowest levels in england and wales since late march. the office for national statistics review of death certificates showed 2,589 cases where the virus was mentioned in the week ending 22 may.

nick triggle, our health correspondent, is here. tell us what these show stop this data for england and wales looks at where coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate, unlike the daily figures produced that the lie ona daily figures produced that the lie on a positive test for coronavirus. two things to look out for, the number of deaths linked to coronaviruses shows in the most recent week to the 22nd of may there we re recent week to the 22nd of may there were 2589 fatalities were coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate, that brings the total linked to the virus since the start of the pandemic to over 43,000, that compares to nearly 34,000 at that point in time from the government statistics. this is showing perhaps the true total is much greater than the government figures show. the second thing is what has the pandemic done to the overall numbers of deaths? normally at this time of year we would see

about 10,000 people every week die and in this most recent week, there we re over and in this most recent week, there were over 12,000 but at the peak of the pandemic, there are actually over 20,000 people dying so we can see the numbers of deaths are coming down and that, of course, is good news. and this newsjust in, the head of the ukpos macro statistics authority has written to the health secretary matt hancock criticising his presentation of testing data. tell us more about that. yes, this letter is from sir david more growth, questions asked about these figures produced. we get blisters of statistics every day, at the daily briefing. what the figures are used, we remember the government talked about achieving a target of 100,000 tests by the end of april, these we re tests by the end of april, these were actually the tests provided, they included tests carried out in hospitals, in drive—through centres,

but also, those tests that were posted out to people or posted out to ca re posted out to people or posted out to care homes. we don't know how many of those tests, for example, have returned and that's one of the key questions about this testing regime. are the ones that have been tested —— posted out, done by individuals, posted back. we are not getting those figures back. as a result, we don't really know the true numbers of people who are tested, we do get a figure each day but because it excludes those, there are but because it excludes those, there a re lots of but because it excludes those, there are lots of questions about this and this is what this letter is about. going to coach a couple of sentences, i just managed going to coach a couple of sentences, ijust managed to read through some of it, sir david in his letter it said i'm afraid the figures are still far from complete and comprehensible. the aim seems to be said sir david in his letter, to show the largest possible number of tests even at the expense of understanding. thank you

more restrictions are being lifted in france today — as the country continues its exit from lockdown. in most of the country bars and restaurants can re—open, and a 100—kilometre travel limit has been removed. the bbc‘s hugh schofield is outside a cafe in paris. we are in paris, which is a special case but paris is interesting, because it's paris. in paris, bars, cabbies can open but only on the outside, only terraces can open because it's been calculated there is still i lingering risk of infection here in paris, it has to remain under a high degree of surveillance so as you can see behind me, this cafe hasjust opened after two months, we've been speaking to the owner who's absolutely delighted to be coming out of this long period of misery. people are gathering for their morning cup of coffee, as they would have done over the last two months but haven't been able to do. it means that certain cafe is and

restau ra nts means that certain cafe is and restaurants that do not have terraces are left out of this but the city authorities have extended a right to them to at least create makeshift terraces in parking spaces next to shops next to them and so on so they can benefit from the possibility of opening outside. that's paris. across the country, it's back to normal, more or less. bars, restaurants, opening as per usual, as can gyms, theatres, museums. in cafe is and restaurants there are rules, a metre distance between tables, for example, staff must wear masks, you can see over there and if you have your drink in a bar, you've got to sit down, you cannot stand at the bar but basically, it's a big, big step and in advance of the summer, of course, it's giving a certain optimism to people that the french will have a tourist season, holiday season stop something approaching it like

normal. christina montenegro owns the la cafe—o—tech in central paris. we can speak to her now. christina, i can hardly hear you so iam going christina, i can hardly hear you so i am going to ask them to turn the sound appear, and of course you are wearing your as well. have you got customers right now? yes, we do. with masks! great, thank you for showing us that. how do you feel about being able to reopen? we were very excited to be open. and to meet ourdear very excited to be open. and to meet our dear customers again. so that is very wonderful news for us. tell us how you have rearranged your cafe. what is the distance between tables, what rules, social distancing, have you put in place? well, we have a

number of rules, actually. first of all, if people have masks they should wear them. we all come of course, have masks. we have gel for our customers, they have to line in one metre. what we do is we had people to go into the cafe, to pay at the counter, too cute to the bar and then go out through the side door, we have a side door. people cannot cross each other. that is what we have done for the service. service is a self service right now. that is the first time we do that. usually we serve but we think it is a bit dangerous. and of course our tables, they are spaced one metre,

one from the other. i am talking to you from britain, it's so nice to hear the sound of a coffee machine and the clinking of caps commit such and the clinking of caps commit such a reassuring sound that we all took for granted about three months ago! that is wonderful, i was so happy to see everyone today, people are so happy, so thankful for each coffee. and we are very glad of that. it is a social matter. absolutely. it also, for you, it is your business. you need this to be back up and running, don't you? how has it been affected by the pandemic? for us it was a surprise. on the 14th of march, the prime minister talked and we had to close the cafe the day after. it was very hard. as i told you, we had 100 litres of milk that we did not know what to do with. you

know, we were not prepared to close. and it was really hard for us to have this news and not know when we we re have this news and not know when we were able to reopen. what we did with that 100 litres of milk was we gaveit with that 100 litres of milk was we gave it to the hospitals. and then we started delivering coffee all around paris by bicycle. that is the only thing we could do, actually. keeping in touch with your customers and also very generous of you. christina, thank you very much and i wish you all the best with your business. thank you so much. thank you for talking to me. let's return to the country—wide protests in the us following the death of george floyd. as we've seen, some of the clashes have turned violent between police and protestors, and in some cases it has led to tragic circumstaces. in kentucky's largest city louisville, a man was shot dead

after the national guard said they "returned fire." the dead man has been named locally as david mcatee, the owner of a popular barbecue business. the city has also seen especially passionate protests due to the police killing of a black woman, breonna taylor, in her own apartment in march. let's speak now to lavel white, he's a photographer who's been attending protets in louisville since thursday — and on that day and on that day he was hit by rubber bullets and gas cannisters thank you very much for talking to us. tell us about your particular experience. thank you all for having me on bbc world news. i went to the protests in louisville atjefferson square park on thursday evening, it was relatively peaceful. up until nightfall. and then, things got crowded, things escalated, the

crowd, people was there gathering, peaceful protest, showing solidarity for george and breonna. then things went crazy. the protesters saw the police department and the state troopers, they were being aggressive, they shot canisters, they was pushing the paddy wagon not to make a turnover and the crowd got riled and then there was several gunshots fired into the crowd in front of the mayoral office. and it was a tragic and scary event, to be a part of that protest, see violence raining down, in a peaceful protest. people gathering, people was there for the experience, to try to stand up for the experience, to try to stand upfor for the experience, to try to stand up forjustice for the experience, to try to stand up for justice for george for the experience, to try to stand up forjustice for george and

breonna in america. can you tell our audience, for those who want to learn what happened to david, the latest casualty, what happened? on sunday evening, around 12:15am in louisville, on 26 and broadway, shots rang out into the crowd. they said shots were fired, the police department, the kentucky national guard. they returned fire and killed david. as he was protecting his niece into the crowd. very tragic, on 26 and broadway, they always gather and hang out. they hang out at the gas station and stop in the evenings. i don't think that was involved in the protest. but the west end had a lot of protests that

evening, people had migrated and moved all over the city on sunday, sunday morning, into the late hours of the night. he was an innocent bystander. this gaslight, the issue of police brutality in america. bystander. this gaslight, the issue of police brutality in americalj of police brutality in america.” just want to read you a couple of messages, if i may. from our audience, a couple of e—mails from people around the world. and this is focusing on the protesters and denise says for example, protesters have gone too far and now, it is not 0k to have gone too far and now, it is not ok to instigate mob rule, to loot, vandalise, or commit attempted murder. it is not ok to make racist comments about white people either. president trump is within his rights to use force says denise. what do you say to that? i think people acting out their frustration, america is built on a racist system,

its systemic oppression on black people in america. people are voicing their concerns and stuff, people is tired, they have been pushed to the edge, every day you hear about officer involved shooting, police brutality, you see racial profiling in georgia, you see and hear these things. george floyd was stood on the neck by a white police officer, they support this war that is going on in america, people are tired, they are fed up with racism affecting black people in america. and there are, people, they reach a breaking point. they are going to get riled, they want to make their voices heard. we have been oppressed for so long here in america. and the system is trying to destroy black people and target us, calling us thugs, president trump says she had them, he is gas lighting the issue. george floyd 's

brother said he did not want violence in the name of his brother andy urged people to vote in the presidential election in november. is that the right way to get your voice heard? voting is getting involved in the political process, that helps things out. getting into the streets, demonstrating peacefully gets you the word and message out and people need to take ownership in the community, we need to train the police officers how to deal with blacks in america. how social bias training, the national politics affects race in america, community issues, race in america, community issues, race in america, community policing and we cannot have mistrust with law enforcement, police in our black and brown communities in america.” police in our black and brown communities in america. i have another e—mailfrom communities in america. i have another e—mail from nick. these communities in america. i have another e—mailfrom nick. these are

e—mails from a minority of years and i think actually, this is a message to me, to be honest, you realise the vast majority of black americans are killed by black americans, you also realise black americans kill black people, listening to you this morning you think only white people kill people, the measure of liberal bias in your reporting is reprehensible, that is from nick. that view out there, what do you think of that? black and brown people do kill each other. in situations, violence, impacted upon communities. but this is all because of the root cause issue in america. in equity, poverty, financial means, people act out of aggression and frustration, they grew up in communities and live in households where parents are not there, not dealing with the trauma they see in america. we are seeing real trauma right now in america, police brutality, black and brown sisters killing each other in the streets. there's a lot of issues that is

compounded together and america is on the breaking point, you are seeing civil unrest all across the country, in louisville, kentucky, this thing has been going on over 50 yea rs, this thing has been going on over 50 years, we've been seeing police brutality acted upon the black and brown community of louisville. who is the person, maybe there isn't somebody, who is the person who can unify your country, bring people together after this? you would expect president donald trump to lead and not gaslight situations, call people thugs, shoot them on the spot when they are looting and stuff, it's this bad leadership. people have to rise up peacefully and march and talk and go to the state capital, the us capitol, go to your local communities, rise up, tell them how we are feeling in america. there is not one player, we all have the power to change our

environment, our communities around the world. so we have got to rise up, voice our opinions and concerns and we really want president donald trump to speak out, to heal the world right now, because he's not doing that, he has talked, he is like the devil, he gas lights and feeds into white supremacy and that's how to stop. ok, obviously there are plenty who would disagree with those views but thank you for making them on bbc world news. and here in the uk. much of the music industry is shutting down today in response to the death of george floyd. artists, record labels and radio stations across the world have vowed observe a day long "blackout" in support of demonstrators. chi chi izundu reports. it's sad that it's taken somebody to lose their life. he's obviously been the catalyst, enough is enough, to be quite honest with you. words echoed by the music industry.

it's called blackout tuesday. hundreds of record labels and artists around the world have cancelled their work plans for today to join in with their own protest over the death of george floyd in the us, who was killed after a police officer knelt on his neck. # yeah, i needed a change...# rapper tinie tempah‘s label, disturbing london, is also taking part. dumi oburota is his manager and the ceo and says things need to change. we got into that industry, realised how whitewashed the industry really is, and it's not very reflective of what the real world looks like or who's really consuming the music or who's really contributing to making the music and making, like, the industry tick, you know? so this is what's happening, this is not the world i want to be in, and i'm going to try to make a contribution to change. racism is happening all around us, so take a stand. if you are white and you're listening to this right now,

this is your problem too. it's mine, it's yours, it's everybody's. it's uncomfortable to listen to, but we should feel uncomfortable about it. the words of radio 1's breakfast show presenter yesterday. but today a number of bbc radio stations are also marking the event. chanting: black lives matter! black lives matter! whilst the music industry goes quiet in protest, the sound of those taking to the streets in the uk is expected to rise. chi chi izundu, bbc news. inafew in a few minutes, joanna will be with you. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood hello again. if you are hoping for rain in the forecast in the next few days, there is some, but where it falls and how much there is will be very hit and miss most of the other thing you notice is it's turning much cooler than it has been,

pulling in more of a northerly wind and sometimes, the wind will be quite gusty. high pressure in charge of the weather today, keeping things across england and wales fairly settled. but for scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england, we do have a weather front and it's slowly sinking southwards, taking cloud and shrubbery outbreaks of rain with it, some of the showers could be quite heavy, possibly under in north—east scotland, northern ireland, later in northern england. behind that weather front it's turning much cooler than it has been, yesterday in the north—west highlands it was 26 degrees, today only 12, as we come further south we hang onto the very come further south we hang onto the very warm come further south we hang onto the very warm conditions locally in the south—east, conditions could hit 28. this evening and overnight the weather front continues descending, moving south—east. some of the rain across southern scotland, northern england, wales will be heavy. won't quite reach the south—east and double clear west in scotland and northern ireland. not going to be a cold night, most of us in double

figures. tomorrow the rain continues pushing south, the heaviest likely to be in wales, gloucestershire, the midlands, not much if any getting into the fat south—east corner and as we move further north, brighter tomorrow with a few showers but tomorrow with a few showers but tomorrow there will be a noticeable gusty northerly wind so temperatures lower, add on the wind, it feels much cooler than it has done. as we move into thursday we have various fronts, watch how the wind appears, still has this northerly component. it still is going to feel pretty cool it still is going to feel pretty cool, in fact, it still is going to feel pretty cool, infact, on it still is going to feel pretty cool, in fact, on thursday itself, it's going to be cloudy wherever you are and we are also looking at the risk of showers, almost anywhere. still breezy, temperatures, these are temperatures you can see on the chart between nine and 16 degrees, below average for this time of year. so we have gone way above average to below. by the time we get to friday, still a fair bit of cloud around, to a difference in approach and the west, one from the east, drier

conditions in between. still breezy. still going to feel cool.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. police in washington use tear gas to disperse peaceful protesters near the white house so the president could walk to a church where he posed for photos. donald trump says he'll send in soldiers to stop nationwide rioting following the death of george floyd. 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. but protests and looting continue in new york — hundreds of arrests are made as the city's mayor promises to restore order. here, new figures show the number of weekly deaths linked to coronavirus has dropped

to its lowest level in england and wales since late march. the head of the uk statistics authority criticises the way the government presents its testing data, saying it shows the largest possible number of tests, at the expense of understanding. three former british prime ministers are among world leaders calling for a g20 summit to commit to funds to support poorer countries in fighting the pandemic. we'll be hearing from one of those — gordon brown — within the hour. 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. the violent protests across the united states triggered by the death in police custody

of the black man george floyd. during an address at the white house as protestors nearby were dispersed with tear gas and rubber bullets, president trump said he was prepared to deploy thousands of heavily—armed troops to end the rioting and looting. he said mayors and state governors must establish an overwhelming law enforcement presence on the streets, and if they didn't act, he would send in the us military. after his televised address, and once the crowd was cleared, mr trump walked with security guards to a nearby church, which has been used by presidents for more than a century, where he posed for photographs, holding a bible. the church's bishop later said she was outraged that tear gas had been used against the nearby protestors so the president could go there. but not all of the rallies have ended in violence. these pictures are from the state of indiana. and what looked like a tense standoff between police and protesters ended with a simple hug. emotions are high — not only in the united states —

but right across the world. for more, here's our north america correspondent, sophie long. more than a week after george floyd became the latest african—american to needlessly lose his life at the hands of a white police officer, the pain is still palpable. nowhere more so than here, the street in minneapolis where he died. his brother came to the makeshift memorial and made a plea for peace. if i'm not over here messing up my community. what are y'all doing?! you are doing nothing because that is not going to bring my brother back at all. a second postmortem examination found george floyd died from asphyxiation and it was homicide. delivering the findings, his family's lawyer urged people to stand with them peacefully. george died because he needed a breath. he needed a breath of air.

so i emplore you all tojoin his family in tojoin his family in taking a breath, taking a breath forjustice, taking a breath for peace, taking a breath for our country but, more importantly, taking a breath for george. meanwhile, crowds gathered for a seventh night of protests. thousands spilled onto the streets in cities from the west coast to the east, demanding an end to racial injustice. in the capital, protesters were forced away from the white house by police firing cannisters of tear gas, so the president could tell state governors, if you do not stop this, i will. 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. chanting: nojustice, no peace! to do so would involve wielding extraordinary federal authority. president trump declared himself an ally of legitimate protesters, like these here in los angeles, but some fear his threat to use an antiquated act to deploy military personnel across american cities could spark more anger and potentially further escalate an already increasingly tense situation. on the streets of los angeles, the looting started before sunset and america braced itself for another difficult and dangerous night. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. those protests outside the white house, and the way in which they were cleared to make a path for president trump, have led to australia's prime

minister, scott morrison, demanding an investigation after two australian reporters were charged at by police. network seven's reporter amelia brace was live on air when her cameraman tim myers was hit in the stomach by a police officer with a riot shield. here's the assault caught on camera. we've just had to run about a block as police moved in. we've been fired at with rubber bullets. my cameraman has been hit. we've also seen tear gas being used. here we go again. this is exactly what it looks like. we're staying safely... media! whoa! 0h. ms brace said that she and her cameraman had also been hit by rubber bullets, but they were now both safe, just a bit sore. mr morrison has asked the australian embassy in washington to investigate the incident. there are reports that a police officer was shot in las vegas on monday night amid the protests. it's believed the officer

was shot on the main strip, but no further details have been provided. and in st louis, in missouri, four police officers were hit by gunfire, as the latest protests turned violent. two were shot in the leg, one in the arm and one in the foot, according to the police chief. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, is bringing forward the curfew from 11 pm to 8 pm, after looters broke into shops in midtown manhattan on monday evening. police made around 200 arrests, after groups of people smashed their way into stores like macy's. the mayor said some people were out not to protest, but to destroy property and hurt others, and said their actions as unacceptable. there were also many peaceful protests in several american cities... in denver, demonstrators lay on the road, and continued walking through the streets, despite a city—wide curfew. however, police did later use tear gas to disperse the protest near the colorado state capital building. two separate postmortems into the death of mr floyd have been made public — one from the county medical

examiner, and one commissioned by mr floyd's family. the first to emerge was the family's own investigation. it found a homicide by mechanical asphyxiation. and it concludes that three police officers contributed to his death. so far only one officer, derek chauvin, has been charged in connection with the incident. the official report, from the hennepin county medical examiner also found ‘homicide by asphyxiation.‘ it said mr floyd suffered cardiopulmonary arrest while being restrained by police. but it added that he had pre—existing heart disease. and it found he had recently used drugs including fentanyl and methamphetamines. here's autopsy expert, dr michael baden, outlining his conclusions from the examination which was paid for by mr floyd's relatives. when he said, i can't breathe, unfortunately many police are under the impression that if you can talk, that means you are breathing. that is not true, i am talking

and talking and talking and not breathing in front of you. michael george is the cbs news correspondent, at the site where george floyd was killed in minneapolis. here in minneapolis, everyone is watching and waiting. people don't feel like justice was served, despite the fact that the officer who put his knee on george floyd's neck has been charged. people do not feel like the charge was significant enough. third—degree murder. the family of george floyd wants first—degree murder charges. they want the other three officers charged, so people are waiting to see if prosecutors follow through with what they are looking for, and there is a lot of anger here. but so far, the protests have been peaceful. everybody is watching and waiting. many black people here in britain have been expressing their distress. one of those is radio 1xtra dj, sideman. we can speak to him now. you put out a video that went viral

on social media. i have you been feeling about all of this? a lot of feelings, really. with watching what has happened, there is a very interesting feeling that you have as a black person when you see another black person going through something like that and understand it is happening because of the colour of their skin, because as i watched that village, it is almost like i felt my own neck being constricted, not metaphorically, but i felt physical pain. it is a weird experience to quite describe how that feels to have such empathy for what is happening to another individual. that is a big part of the black experience, seeing what is happening to someone else and the understanding that it can happen to you, and what that can do to your mental health. the way you spoke has cut through and really expressed to many people who may not have understood what you've just described there. how important do you think that is? i had no idea how

important that was until i put that video out. i reflect usually what is going on, and i make videos about what is going on, and that day when i woke what is going on, and that day when iwoke up, what is going on, and that day when i woke up, i felt like i what is going on, and that day when i woke up, ifelt like i could make a video about nothing else. it felt like i duty, like there was nothing else in me to discuss. it would not come from a natural place, what to discuss. seeing the outcry of people, i never looked at myself, and ice thought that i can explain it better than other people or articulate it better, i never saw myself in that way, but now i have put that out there and see what people have said, it is almost giving me that extra motivation to speak out more. how do you feel about what president trump said and did when he went to the church after his address in the rose garden at the white house where he spoke of himself as being an ally of legitimate protesters, saying that they would not stand for violence? after that, when he went across to

the church where he held a bible for a photo shoot, protesters were cleared using tear gas. what is your view of all of that? well, to the first part of what he said, wrong is wrong, so if you are attacking peaceful protesters, that is just wrong. as with other stuff, i do not ca re wrong. as with other stuff, i do not care about him thinking he is an ally. people are free to think what they want to think, but i just don't... right they want to think, but i just don't. .. right now they want to think, but i just don't... right now i am focused on the movements and the people and what i am seeing happening right now that i refuse to really entertain too much of that. you understand what i am saying! do not want to put ——ido what i am saying! do not want to put —— i do not want to put my brain to that, i want to put my energy to positive things. i do not think he is getting in the way in a lot of ways, so he is not trying to stop the police officers from what we know publicly from being arrested, from being charged, so, yeah, he is staying out of the way of that. as

it pertains to protesters, innocent protesters that are not doing anything illegal, they should not be harmed at all. that is very wrong.” hear what you say about being focused on the movement and what happens going forward. do you think that this will be a watershed moment, and what is the constructive way to move forward? i'll say this, i have never seen this before in my entire life. i have never seen this level of outcry in my entire life. brands and corporations are being forced to make a statement on an issue where this man has not yet been sentenced by law to a crime, and you are technically innocent until proven guilty. what corporations are being forced to make statements not based on the law, not based on what is legal but on what is based on human morality. when you watch that video, knowing that right is right and wrong is wrong, knowing that one plus one is two, when you can see clearly what is happening in there, random

corporations are being forced to speak. some of what they say is tone deaf, but i don't care. let them speak so they can be corrected and what is tone deaf, because you cannot heal what cannot be revealed. the wind needs to be exposed and everything, not just the wind needs to be exposed and everything, notjust police brutality, but in white supremacy and institutional racism and so when that wind is revealed, it can be healed, and that is why i feel very optimistic, because i have never seen optimistic, because i have never seen what is happening happened before. thank you very much for joining us. let me bring you a statement from the eu's high representative for foreign affairs, he said that we here in europe, like the people of the united states, we are shocked and appalled by the death of george floyd. i think all societies must remain vigilant against the excess of use of force and ensure that all such incidents are addressed swiftly, effectively and in full respect for the rule of law and human rights. we have to be sure everywhere, especially in society is based on the rule of law, democratic representation and respect for

freedoms and liberties that people who are in charge of taking care of the other are not using their capacities in the way that has been used in this very, very unhappy death of george floyd. this is an abuse of power, and this has to be renounced. it has to be combated in the united states could and everywhere. we support the right to peaceful protest, we condemn violence and racism of any kind, and for sure we curl for a ds glaciation of tensions. which is the ability of americans to come together, to heal asa americans to come together, to heal as a nation and address the important issues during these difficult times, and allow me to repeat that all lives matter, black lives also matter. that is a statement from the eu high representative —— representative of foreign affairs. hong kong's leader carrie lam has accused the us of applying "double standards" in its response to violent protests. the us has been critical of how police in hong kong have dealth with pro—democracy protests. let's take a listen. translation: we have seen clearly in

recent weeks the double standards that are around. we know there are riots in the united states, and we see how local governments have reacted, and then in hong kong when we had similar riots, we saw what position they adopted them. let's return to coronavirus now. figures show the numbers of people dying each week whose deaths are linked to coronavirus has dropped to its lowest levels in england and wales since late march. the office for national statistics review of death certificates showed 2,589 cases where the virus was mentioned in the week ending 22 may. nick triggle, our health correspondent, is here. the trend continues, and that is good news. bring us up to date with the latest figures. it is, and the absence of a national statistics which covers england and wales looks at where coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate, unlike the daily figures produced by the government that rely on a confirmed case. “— government that rely on a confirmed case. —— office for national statistics. they showed just over

2500 deaths linked to coronavirus in the most recent week, the week ending the 22nd of may, that is the lowest since march when a lockdown is brought in for sub it brings the total number of deaths to 43,800 since the pandemic, and that co m pa res since the pandemic, and that compares the figure given by the government at the time which is just shy of 34,000. the other thing to look out for it with these figures is the total number of people dying. normally at this time of year you would expect to see 10,000 deaths a week. in the most recent week, there we re over week. in the most recent week, there were over 12,000. that is down from a peak in the middle of the pandemic when it was over 20,000, and that is double what you would expect. these are known as excess deaths and they are known as excess deaths and they area are known as excess deaths and they are a true picture of the toll of the pandemic, taking into account the pandemic, taking into account the deaths from people who are infected of the virus and also the indirect costs, perhaps linked to a lockdown itself. it shows since march in england and wales, there

have been 56,000 deaths above what you would normally expect if you add in scotland and northern ireland, it is 62,000. that is obviously a very large and shocking number. in terms of where we are now with the breakdown of where the cases are happening, there has been a great deal of focus on care homes, where the situation there lag between the situation and arsenal. what is the latest picture on what is happening in different areas? when we saw the hospital deaths are starting to fall in mid april, the numbers dying in ca re in mid april, the numbers dying in care homes was still going up, but that has now been following for a number of weeks. the most recent week to the 22nd of may shows a fifth of deaths were linked to coronavirus were in care homes, so that again is good news at least that again is good news at least that it that again is good news at least thatitis that again is good news at least that it is coming down, but as i say, we are still seeing reasonably significant numbers of deaths and more than you would expect at this time of year. the ons likened it to

seeing the numbers of deaths you'd expect in winter during spring or early summer. another separate but related issue, the head of the uk statistics authority criticises the way the government is sending its testing data. what is he saying and how powerful is that criticism? testing data. what is he saying and how powerful is that criticism7m is very powerful, the language is very strong. he says the government appears to be presenting the figures on testing to present the largest possible numbers of tests, even at the expense of understanding is that we get a blizzard of statistics at these daily briefings, and they include the numbers of tests carried out. this includes people who are tested in hospital her who may go through a drive through centre and get tested there, but also include the tests sent out in the post to peoples homes or at care homes. we never know if those are returned, and therefore we never know the true number of people who are tested. thank you very much.

measures to relax a 14 day quarantine for arrivals to the uk are being considered by government ministers. the proposed move comes amid signs of a rebellion among mps concerned about the impact of the quarantine on the aviation and tourism industries. andy moore reports. the beaches of spain, like here at malaga, are beginning to open up, but will we be able to get to them? spain's tourism minister says the uk's coronavirus figures will have to improve before british tourists can be welcomed back. and as well as problems at our intended destination, we'll also have to deal with two weeks' isolation when we return. that scheme has alarmed many in the tourism industry and on the back benches of the conservative party. we'll get more detail today, but the plan which starts next week will be reviewed every three weeks. one possibility to ease the quarantine is to create so—called air bridges or travel corridors to places with similar levels of infection. that might not come

in the first review, but could come towards the end ofjuly, just at the start of the school holiday in england. the uk's test, track and trace programme is one of the keys to reducing levels of infection. it was launched last thursday, but we haven't heard much about it apart from reports of some staff having little to do. but mr hancock told the downing street press conference the vast majority of newly infected people and their contacts had been traced. we've hired, as you know, 25,000 people to work as contact tracers, and the level of incidence of disease has come down, and so, actually, we have more capacity than we need. this is a good thing. there were 111 deaths reported yesterday in all settings and an additional 445 deaths previously not reported where coronavirus tests were carried

out in private labs. but the death rate is generally trending downwards and britain is beginning to open up again for business. a clear sign of that could be seen outside the 19 ikea stores that opened up for trade yesterday. at some places, up to 1,000 people were said to be queueing patiently in socially distanced lines. andy moore, bbc news. mps return to westminster today, almost two months since the introduction of ‘virtual‘ voting and a limit of 50 mps in the house of commons at any one time. a vote on whether to reverse these measures has faced criticism from some mps, who argue that the most vulnerable, will be unable to have their say. but the leader of the house of commons says democracy will "once again flourish". conservative mp robert halfon has been shielding at home during the coronavirus pandemic, and was advised by his gp not to return to parliament today. he wants those mps who cannot return to parliament to be able to vote via videolink or proxy.

what is democratically unjust and entirely wrong is to say to those mps, who genuinely can't go back, if they are shielding, self—isolating or unwell, that they will be denied their fundamental parliamentary duty, which is to vote, and what that is doing is in essence making us all parliamentary eunuchs. that is one mp. let us go to norman smith, our assistant political editor. just explain, they all have to show up today apart from those like robert who cannot, but they are going to show up and follow very long queue to vote. they are, because they have to vote on how they are going to proceed. are they going to go back to business as usual? either going to carry on with the hybrid virtual parliament? that means voting, and the scheme the speakers come up with is the euro disney queue, which means that mps

will have to queue by the dispatch box in the commons chamber. they will have to be two metres apart so you have 650 mp5, so the queue is expected to snake all the way through the commons chamber, out through the commons chamber, out through members lobby, out through central lobby, turn right down since stephen's chapel, down right again into the massive medieval westminster hall, a queue which probably will extend for around a kilometre, and may well take more than an hourformps kilometre, and may well take more than an hourfor mps to kilometre, and may well take more than an hour for mps to actually vote. i think there is such an ease about the idea of returning to business as usual that it is quite possible that mps might decide they are actually going to stick with the virtual parliament, because as we have heard, there are mps concerned about having to shield, other mps who have travel difficulties getting down from parts of the uk where there is limited travel options available. there are other mps who, because schools have not gone back for their year groups, have

childcare issues, so there is a lot of mps who are a pretty sceptical about returning to business as usual even though we know the leader of the house jacob rees—mogg is insistent that mps have got to set an example to the rest of the country by returning to work. and away from that issue, another issue, quarantine, 14 day quarantine for arrivals in the uk from travelling. it is not even begun yet but already looks like how they that make it looks like how they that make it look like they are looking how to unpick it. there is at sizeable body of tory mps who are dead set against the idea of forcing people to self—isolate for 14 days if they come back into the uk because they argue it would just be a complete killerfor argue it would just be a complete killer for the argue it would just be a complete killerfor the air and argue it would just be a complete killer for the air and travel industries. it would devastate many businesses, it would send out an message that britain is closed, and many people would be furious because they would say there is no chance of

being able to go away on a summer holiday if you have to come back and self—isolate for 14 days. the indications are that the government is minded to look at trying to get round this by setting up air corridors, is a country is where you can go to and come back from without having to self—isolate. the problem is it is notjust a case of us agreeing to allow people to come from other countries here because we think they're infection rates artificially low. we also have to convince those countries that it is 0k convince those countries that it is okfor convince those countries that it is ok for brits to go there, and there the difficulty is that our infection rates and death rate is higher than most other parts of europe, and so not surprisingly, a lot of other countries are a bit iffy about having brits going there. thanks, norman. let's talk more about element and voting, and let's go to the labour mp damon margaret hodge, who has been shielding during the pandemic. thank you forjoining us. i take it

you will not be going to parliament today for this vote. no, i won't, and sadly this is the first time in 25 years as an mp that parliament is denying me the right to vote. i feel both discriminated against and disenfranchised. i have to say, i am among many. there are people, my fellow m ps among many. there are people, my fellow mps with medical conditions, those over 70 like myself, there are people who are pregnant, there are people who are pregnant, there are people who are shielding family members who are worried about them and people with childcare response abilities. this is an outrageous, aggregation, actually of duty in behalf of the government. we should behalf of the government. we should be holding the government to account and we cannot if we cannot exercise the right to vote or the right to participate, even in a clunky way through virtual means. on that, the government says that the virtual tools which allowed or have allowed

members to debate and voted agility have not been effective and it is better done face—to—face. this is for democracy. letsjust better done face—to—face. this is for democracy. lets just say two things. first of all, the virtual tools for voting have been brilliantly effective, and what really matters from my constituents and for you and for everybody who wa nts and for you and for everybody who wants accountability is you should know how i have voted, and you do. you can look it up. i can vote in a minute or two, you can look it up. i can vote in a minute ortwo, i you can look it up. i can vote in a minute or two, i will not have to queue for miles across westminster hall and waste my time for an hour during that. the other thing i would say. two things, actually. jacob rees—mogg says we have to keep getting back to work, but we have all been working and working incredibly hard in new ways to represent our constituents, particularly through this pandemic ona particularly through this pandemic on a huge range of issues. of course i want to get back as soon as it is safe to do so, but we should be leading by example, and that example means that you have to take care,

you have to be kept in particularly if you are vulnerable. i have to tell you, this is more about politics than the public interest. i think whatjacob politics than the public interest. i think what jacob rees—mogg politics than the public interest. i think whatjacob rees—mogg and the government are seeking is people sitting behind boris johnson government are seeking is people sitting behind borisjohnson behind prime minister's question time, you can see how he always looks after his -- can see how he always looks after his —— over his shoulderfor support, that support is not there, and he wants that back was not even thatis and he wants that back was not even that is a nonsense, because the speaker has said he will not allow more than 50 members of parliament into the chamber at any one time, so it is clunky at the moment. of course, it is clunky, but we have been doing it perfectly well in other ways. if you have looked at a select committee hearings and all sorts of things, we are holding the government to account. jacob rees—mogg and the government are now trying to prevent acid from doing so. there is an amendment being put forward today that would enable mps like you to participate virtually,

and are you hoping that will come three? i hope common sense will prevail. i have spent years working across the house with members of parliaments from all sides of the chamber, trying to get change and legislation through that will make our lives better, and i hope that all mps will notjust go with the whip but will think logically about what is fair and just. is it fair to disenfranchise many mps? is it fair to discriminate against as? and i just say this to you as well. where we ordinary employees, all of this would be breaking notjust one law, not just health would be breaking notjust one law, notjust health and safety law, but probably the equality act and possibly the humans rights —— human rights act, so here we have a government that has enacted legislation and is taking advantage of the fact that we are not ordinary employees to ignore the legislation it itself has passed.

we know physical distancing of at least one metre lowers the risk of coronavirus transmission, but a new study published in the lancet, suggests for every extra metre further away up to three metres, the risk of infection or transmission may halve. in the uk people are advised to keep a distance of two metres from others, but there have been calls to reduce this to 1.5 metres — like in germany, in order to help the hospitality sector reopen. and the world health organization recommends people maintain a distance of at least one metre. our health correspondent michelle roberts is here... so, there is new evidence quantifying exactly what the risk is at different distances, what is it? this is a pull together of the research that is out there and it is important to say that the data we have, some of that is looking at coronavirus but a lot of it is looking at things like sars and mars. and the science is good, but it is not 100%, and it cannot give you the accuracy, this black and

white, will i get it if i do this? it is not as simple as that. it does show that the further away you are, the lower the risk becomes. if you approach people within one metre, according to this collective body of research, then your risk might be around 13% of catching coronavirus, if you then maintain the one metre distance, that moves down to around 396. distance, that moves down to around 3%. moving back to two metres cuts it in half and we are talking about one in100. it in half and we are talking about one in 100. is there evidence of how long you actually have to be with someone long you actually have to be with someone at the proximity? this was looking at the distance and it also looked at other measures like face coverings, which showed that they weren't beneficial, but with all of these things, it does not give you absolute protection, which is where the grey areas. it certainly backs up

the grey areas. it certainly backs up the uk advice that two metres is a good distance to try and keep from other people who are not in your household. this social distancing m essa g es household. this social distancing messages right, because we know that this virus can transmit by droplets, whether it can be eased a bit to 1.5 metres, like some people are calling for and we have heard from senior politicians and businesses saying, may be looking at the science, because everyone is looking at the same science, the who has looked at the same studies as the uk government and it is interpretation of the same science. is it fair to say that there are variables, we talked about the wearing of masks and in different environments people will be that close to people for differing periods of time, when you are walking around outdoors, that is different from being somewhere inside for a much longer period. we know that outdoors is far safer in terms of risk, because there is more

airflow. also, talking face—to—face, is probably more risky than being side to side or if you were sitting as colleagues back to back would be another way to minimise, but all of these are on a sliding scale and you cannot give absolute numbers which makes it really difficult to communicate risk. all important factors when companies decide about returning to work and how to position their workers and also how to manage customers. yes. and at the moment, it is two metres is the advice and you can see that lots of stores are buying up those signs, sticking them everywhere and it is clear that is what people should be doing now, is keeping a two metre distance to be saved.” doing now, is keeping a two metre distance to be saved. i remember for ages at the start of this, still shaking hands and saying, we must stop that and now maybe we have to start thinking about maybe turning away a bit when we talk. all of this information changing our perspective. michelle, thank you very much. an update on our

headlines. the headlines on bbc news... but protests and looting continue in new york — hundreds of arrests are made as the city's mayor promises to restore order. here, new figures show the number of weekly deaths linked to coronavirus has dropped to its lowest level in england and wales since late march. the head of the uk statistics authority criticises the way the government presents its testing data — saying it shows the largest possible number of tests — at the expense of understanding. gyms and bars will be allowed to reopen in several german towns and cities from today,

as the country continues to relax restrictions. germany gained international recognition for the way it brought the coronavirus outbreak under control, but there are now fears it may be moving too quickly. our berlin correspondent jenny hill sent this report. it's going to be a painful recovery. dusseldorf‘s gyms open again as germany relaxes most of its corona restrictions. "i'm torn," brita tells us. "i enjoy the new freedoms, but at the same time, i'm a bit scared. maybe it was too early." germany's cautious approach relaxing now. angela merkel continues to warn repeatedly that this country is still in the early stages of the pandemic. on a day like this, it's hard to believe it. germany has brought its outbreak under control, but there is now an intense public debate about what happens next. this country can still boast low infection rates, but it's early days. yes, i think it is too soon just now, we're easing up too fast, we're easing up too much, so we risk a second wave,

and i don't really understand why this is done so quickly, because, still, more than 80% of the population stand behind the federal agreements, which we had some time ago. small but voluble, a minority demanded angela merkel lift restrictions. so, more significantly, did germany's regional leaders, like armin laschet, who's a leading candidate to replace her when she steps down next year. translation: we have the health problem of the pandemic, but there's another damage — children from disadvantaged backgrounds who couldn't go to school, sick people who didn't get treatment because the hospitals were reserved for covid, people in care homes got lonely. this is damage too and it's claimed lives. nothing then to do with raising his political profile? translation: the measures we had to decide are so important, a matter of life and death. you couldn't act on a tactical basis. katarina's not impressed, though the relaxation's meant she's seen her family

for first time in weeks. "i'm very sceptical, very sceptical," she says. "it's like tipping over a sack of potatoes." this country, praised worldwide for its initial success, feels rather fragile now. jenny hill, bbc news. three former british prime ministers —john major — tony blair — and gordon brown — are among leading world figures who havejoined a call for an urgent g20 summit to help fight the pandemic, especially in poorer countries. the g20 is not due to meet until november, but the leaders say quicker action is needed to prevent an even deeper worldwide recession and health crisis. ican i can talk now to gordon brown who

joins us live from his home. thank you forjoining us. you famously and successfully led the charge for coordinated action during the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. looking at what is happening now, do you think there has been a failure of collective leadership? yes, i think this will go down as one of the greatest social and economic policy failures of our generation because there is a common enemy, the virus, a common challenge, we are all facing economic recession, there isa all facing economic recession, there is a ready—made vehicle for acting which is the g20 which was created in 2009 and it seems surprising, astonishing, quite reprehensible that it astonishing, quite reprehensible thatitis astonishing, quite reprehensible that it is not going to meet until six months from now to discuss issues that have to be dealt with now. people at home will be wondering how it affect their lives? if we don't prevent a second wave coming out of africa and the developing countries, if we cannot unite to get a vaccine which is available in every country to

eradicate the disease and if we can't get world trade and the world economy going again, then all of us, individually in our communities and ourfamily suffer, individually in our communities and our family suffer, so individually in our communities and ourfamily suffer, so it is in the self—interest of every country that we come together to deal with these problems. looking back to how you manage to back then and what is happening now, how difficult was it to marshal a global response and why do you think it isn't happening now? the remarkable thing in 2008 was when we initially proposed that we get the 23 biggest countries together to look at this, america was sceptical and some of the other countries were reluctant and some people wanted a wider discussion, some wanted a narrower discussion, but eventually we did come together and we found common purpose and i think the other 19 countries should be persuading america now, which seems to be hesitant about holding this event, and getting things moving. if we don't move in the next few weeks, i do fear that the

inadequate health systems and the very poor safety nets and protection in africa will mean that the disease will spread again out of africa and the developing countries into the west and if we don't get together, then the world recovery, which really we should be planning at the moment, we have been doing a rescue operation in each country for the last few months, we have been trying to savejobs, last few months, we have been trying to save jobs, save companies, last few months, we have been trying to savejobs, save companies, we really need to build a global recovery and it cannot be done as i found in 2009 without every country been involved in working together. there is an urgency about this and i believe that borisjohnson and others should be pressing the leaders of the g20, saudi arabia and america, that these events should ta ke america, that these events should take place very soon, or line of course and it could be done immediately. as you said, it requires all of the different leaders to agree that it is the right thing to do and there are different leaders now in place from when you were dealing with this, do you think that that leadership is going to be there? i think it is

difficult with president trump's wanting to call a smaller summit of his favourite friends and he would call to washington in september a few leaders, but he would exclude africa, the middle east, latin america, exclude most of asia. that is no substitute for getting everybody together and working together. we have got to give debt relief to some of the poorest countries and that has to happen soon countries and that has to happen soon because they are spending more on paying for their debts than on health protection in their countries. we have got to create this new international money, perhaps $1 trillion that is made available to countries, 100 of whom are appealing for emergency help at the moment. global poverty is going to rise by something in the order of 400 million, 250 million or so are going to sufferfrom 400 million, 250 million or so are going to suffer from malnutrition and many at the moment are already suffering, 1.5 billion children are not in school around the world. we can makea not in school around the world. we can make a difference if we could act in the short term and part of

thatis act in the short term and part of that is providing some international help to those countries who, if they cannot fend for themselves, may the carriers of the disease back into the developed world. it takes us back to what it said at the beginning, where people would say, how does this affect me, each country is dealing individually with what is a huge crisis, with what is required, huge financial outlay and difficulty in going forward, the pressures of how to recoup that, so when individuals, when leaders think, how does this affect me, to help others beyond our borders, what would you say? we found in 2009 that you could magnify the effect, it was probably twice as big of the action you took in one country was replicated in another country. and we are proposing that we set a global growth target, that we have an environmental element that we commonly agree is part of the stimulus for recovery, that we have a blitz on the tax havens because we

will need... unfortunately, gordon brown has frozen for a minute. he is back. these things need to be done. we lost you there at the point where you described a blitz on the tax havens. i think your picture has frozen but i'm hoping we can still hear you, just to pick up on that, how does the bill get paid now and in the end for all of this?” how does the bill get paid now and in the end for all of this? i didn't hear your question, i'm sorry. we had some communication difficulties. in terms of how the bill gets paid, now and ultimately, you mentioned about tax havens, is that the only way? there is 7 trillion held in tax havens and it is quite ridiculous that people in this country are paying tax when they are lower earners when multimillionaires and big companies avoid tax every day. i think you need a collective effort, you cannot be done by one country,

all countries have to say to these tax havens, we will find you and penalise you and isolate you unless you take action to transparently pass information about who is not paying taxes who are based in your area. ten years ago it was more difficult because interest rates we re difficult because interest rates were not as low as they are now, you could run a deficit for some period of time on the basis of not having to pay big debt servicing course, but you have to have a plan for recovery and the missing element at the moment is that there are no national plans for recovery, there are national rescue plans but no global plans for recovery and that is why the leading economies should really be meeting together. you cannot get global trade going again u nless cannot get global trade going again unless the countries find a way to do so by working together. there has been a lot of discussion about how society, how our perceptions change after what we have been through with covid—19. what do you think? do you think this will have a lasting

affect and change in attitudes?” think we have got some very big changes. it is notjust that we are moving to a more online economy, i think people have been aware now that they have been taking risks and they are worried about the risks they are worried about the risks they have taken with health and employment and i think people will wa nt employment and i think people will want more security. it means that governments will have to do a better job, a more efficientjob, because people will rely less on markets and will want the government to be able to provide efficient services for the future. i think it has made us a more caring society, more compassionate, you can see every thursday that people want to support the people who are caring for them and in social care homes, people are very angry that so many people have been let down by the lack of provision for both the residents on the workers and care homes. i think it isa the workers and care homes. i think it is a more compassionate society, more generous that is emerging from this and i think we are seeing and america that people are not prepared to a cce pt america that people are not prepared to accept policies that divide and

rule. or not, the killing of george floyd and the outpouring that has happened since then, do you believe this may be a watershed moment, where other communities who have not perhaps where other communities who have not perhaszulie where other communities who have not perhaps julie understood where other communities who have not perhaszulie understood the impact of certain behaviours and actions will start to see things differently and that that solidarity might need to change? all around the world, i think we should be saying that racial discrimination and injustice anywhere is unacceptable and it is unacceptable in america, unacceptable in america, unacceptable in america, unacceptable in every country as well and you see what is remarkable about this period of time, is there isa about this period of time, is there is a reason for people to come together, a common disease as i said at the beginning, a common economic challenge, and yet some people are practising the policies of divide and rule and it is really unacceptable and that is why i think all of the world today, people are saying, this form of racial

discrimination in america has got to be brought to an end. gordon brown, thank you forjoining us. thank you. some regional leaders in germany want to scrap the national requirement to wear face masks in shops and on public transport. countries across the world have different policies on wearing masks to contain covid—19. so how effective are they? dr ben killingley is consultant in acute medicine and infectious diseases at london's uclh and has also advised the uk government on the wearing of masks. hejoins us now. thank you he joins us now. thank you for joining us. so what do you say? should we all be wearing masks or not? i think the evidence to say that we should all definitely be wearing face masks all the time is not there. your reporter before were saying it is not a black—and—white answer. we know that facemasks are useful in some situations, such as health care workers wear them and we do have some reasonable evidence that health care workers are protected by wearing a face mask,

but whether that evidence translates into the community wearing face masks, obviously people in the public wearing masks is quite a different scenario in terms of the risks involved. but the studies that have been done to try and get to some of these answers have been done with different viruses in the past and not in a pandemic situation. one might expect that the answers are a little bit different. for example, some of the studies done showed that people were not very good at adhering to facemasks when they were supposed to be wearing them, perhaps ina pandemic supposed to be wearing them, perhaps in a pandemic situation when people are more worried orfierce, adherence to wearing a mask would be better and quite importantly, in this infection, there does seem to be that infection is transmitted before symptoms come on, more so than we have seen for other infections, so wearing a mask all the time, perhaps, before symptoms

begin, might be helpful. that is one of the reasons why perhaps when you are mixing in crowds, and you are up close and personal to people and cannot avoid that, that is where the role for a face mask is. it is not about walking through the park or driving in your own car, but it is when you cannot effectively social distance that a face mask could be helpful. that just distance that a face mask could be helpful. thatjust sounds like pure common sense, doesn't it? in terms of getting people back to work, hairdressers, for instance, say that they could get back to work with facemasks, we have the dentist, who have not been able to work throughout this, they have been used to ppe, is going to be a way that we can get these people back, these vital services back? some of it. in germany, it does not make sense to me that you can be increasing the contact with between people and at the same time reduce the need for facemasks. if you are saying that

people are going to meet each other more often, then perhaps that is where the facemask becomes more important. ons data shows that perhaps one in 500 people in this country are currently infected with coronavirus and if we are all socially distance, the chances of meeting a person is relatively slim but if we are going to be meeting more people, then you're more likely to meet someone. different professions have different risks and dentists is quite a different risk from going into a shop, for example, just because of what a dentist does. it is quite specific in terms of where a facemask might be important and what people are wearing them for. there has been also a discussion since the beginning of whether facemasks can do more discussion since the beginning of whetherfacemasks can do more harm than good. what do you think about that? has that hampered actually is getting to a point where society can

return to whatever the new normality is, with the help of facemasks? there are two types of concerns, one that we should be making sure we have got enough facemasks for health ca re have got enough facemasks for health care workers to use them and we are not using them for instances where the science behind them is less robust, for example, so making sure that we do not run out of them for health care workers is definitely a priority. and then there are some other, potential disadvantages, perhaps people feeling more brave to go out and about, a false sense of reassurance from wearing a mask and that they don't need to be aware of hygiene or they can take social distancing risks. there is also the concern that you could contaminate yourself by touching your mask. i think that is theoretical and as long as the messages about hand hygiene remain, but when we have done facemask studies before, we do not find that people are getting

more infections from wearing a facemask, so that theory about being self contaminated execs, but i am not sure it is something we should worry about particularly, as long as the hand hygiene messages remain robust. thank you very much. thank you. and if you use a fabric mask you. and if you use a fabric mask you just need to wash it after you use it every time. the amount loaned to businesses in the uk under government schemes to help them through the coronavirus pandemic has reached thirty billion pounds. it comes as new figures, from nationwide building society, show house prices in the uk fell 1.7% in may from the previous month, the largest monthly fall for 11 years. i'm joined by our economics correspondent andy verity. so, it is the largest monthly fall and it does not sound so dramatic, put it in context. exactly. when you say it is the largest monthly fall in11 say it is the largest monthly fall in 11 years say it is the largest monthly fall in” years and say it is the largest monthly fall in 11 years and it is only 1.7%, you mightflip it in 11 years and it is only 1.7%, you might flip it around and say, we

have had 11 years when house prices have had 11 years when house prices have never fallen by more than that amount it says as much in a way about the last 11 years as it does about the last 11 years as it does about the last 11 years as it does about the picture since the coronavirus crisis. the transactions we re coronavirus crisis. the transactions were down by about 53% and you might have expected that they would be down by even more, given the fact that the housing market was essentially frozen. the fall is not very much and it is quite likely thatis very much and it is quite likely that is only the beginning of the impact on the housing market of this huge economic shock, the bigger shock we have had in decades, if not hundreds of years. you would expect house prices to fall by more than that, but let us stop before we say that, but let us stop before we say that it's necessarily a bad thing. only 60% of the country are homeowners and a lot of them have a lot of unearned wealth and all they will be losing if the house prices fall is a bit of unearned wealth and there are a lot of people who have less property than they need, families and flats who need to buy houses, every time there are price rises, it makes it harder for them

and if house prices fall, for them it helps and it is only for the minority who are in a position to downsize for him at house price fall is bad news. what are the indications on the appetite for people to move home now as we start to move out of this, because there are obviously all sorts of economic difficulties in restraints and uncertainties that people are facing? i think the demand for housing is as it ever was, housing is not getting built or has a bane for the last couple of months. we have an ongoing housing crisis, if you can call it that, it is not really a crisis because it is always there, but the problem is the supply of housing needs to rise to meet demand in order that housing is not unaffordable. but we have at the moment is a situation where the houses that we need to be built are not being built and there is lots of pent up demand, families and flats are expanding and need a bigger place and they cannot find it. there area place and they cannot find it. there are a lot of over occupied houses

where two people have a five bedroom house that they are rattling around and have far more house than they need but they are not selling. thank you very much. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. we had a dose of summer and i'm quite sure it will be back but in the short term, a wind of change upon us and in fact this change is already taking place across scotland, rain clouds have been moving in and the temperature is dropping and the outlook is looking distinctly chilly right across the country over the next few days. the weather fronts are coming in from the north, really spreading across the uk and behind it, a current of much cooler air all the way from the arctic will set in and the winds will strengthen as well, it will really become quite windy across northern areas. as far as tuesday afternoon is concerned, still very warm in many areas, certainly england and wales and

northern ireland and even the lowla nds northern ireland and even the lowlands of scotland but later this evening and into tonight, that persistent rain in the east of scotla nd persistent rain in the east of scotland spreads further south, rain on the way for newcastle, carlisle, the lake district, into the pennines and possibly more patchy rain there into the midlands and wales as well. it looks as though the south—east and east anglia just about stays dry through the course of the night. the rain through tomorrow, as it moves further south tends to become a little bit more patchy and you can see some blobs of blue rather than one large coherent band of rain and as far as the gardeners and growers are concerned, i would not get too excited. we are not going to get enough rainfall, it has been so dry and we need more and the rain is going to be hit and miss but there is the chance of one or two downpours, even thundery in the south later in the afternoon. much cooler, temperatures of 12 in newcastle, mostly in the teams across the country right across the board and if anything, those temperatures will drop even further

as we head into thursday and you can see the wind blowing straight out of the north, out of the norwegian sea, viking winds keeping things cool around the north sea coast. temperatures of only 12 degrees in newcastle, adding 30 or 40 mph wind, and patchy rain in places on thursday. low pressure quite close to the uk on friday and at low pressure will probably hang around through the weekend, so again the weather is going to be changeable, u nsettled weather is going to be changeable, unsettled and have produced in london down to 14 degrees at one point. that's it for me. goodbye.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. police in washington use tear gas to disperse peaceful protesters near the white house — before the president goes to pose for photos outside a church — donald trump says he'll send in soldiers unless mayors and governors across the country put an end to the violence 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. at least five police officers are shot and wounded as protests descend into violence. and protests and looting in the afternath of george floyd's death continue in new york —

hundreds of arrests are made. here, new figures show the number of weekly deaths linked to coronavirus has dropped to its lowest level in england and wales since late march. the head of the uk statistics authority criticises the way the government presents its testing data, saying it shows the largest possible number of tests at the expense of understanding. yemen confronts a coronavirus crisis as the un warns the world's biggest aid operation there is on the brink of collapse. 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 hello and welcome to audiences both in the uk and around the world. our top story — the violent protests across the united states triggered

by the death in police custody of the black man george floyd. during an address at the white house as protestors nearby were dispersed with tear gas and rubber bullets, president trump said he was prepared to deploy thousands of heavily—armed troops to end rioting and looting. he said mayors and state governors must establish an overwhelming law enforcement presence on the streets, and if they didn't act, he would send in the us military. after his televised address, and once the crowd was cleared, mr trump walked with security guards to a nearby church, which has been used by presidents for more than a century, where he posed for photographs, holding a bible. the church's bishop later said she was outraged that tear gas had been used against the nearby protestors so the president could go there. but not all of the rallies have ended in violence. these pictures are from the state of indiana. and what looked like a tense standoff between police and protesters ended with a simple hug. emotions are high — not only in the united states — but right across the world. for more, here's our north america correspondent, sophie long.

more than a week after george floyd became the latest african—american to needlessly lose his life at the hands of a white police officer, the pain is still palpable. nowhere more so than here, the street in minneapolis where he died. his brother came to the makeshift memorial and made a plea for peace. if i'm not over here messing up my community. what are y'all doing?! you are doing nothing because that is not going to bring my brother back at all. a second postmortem examination found george floyd died from asphyxiation and it was homicide. delivering the findings, his family's lawyer urged people to stand with them peacefully. george died because he needed a breath. he needed a breath of air. so i emplore you all tojoin his

family in taking a breath, taking a breath forjustice, taking a breath for peace, taking a breath for our country but, more importantly, taking a breath for george. meanwhile, crowds gathered for a seventh night of protests. thousands spilled onto the streets in cities from the west coast to the east, demanding an end to racial injustice. in the capital, protesters were forced away from the white house by police firing cannisters of tear gas, so the president could tell state governors, if you do not stop this, i will. 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. chanting: nojustice, no peace! to do so would involve wielding extraordinary federal authority. president trump declared himself an ally of legitimate protesters, like these here in los angeles, but some fear his threat to use an antiquated act to deploy military personnel across american cities could spark more anger and potentially further escalate an already increasingly tense situation. on the streets of los angeles, the looting started before sunset and america braced itself for another difficult and dangerous night. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. those protests outside the white house and the way in which they were cleared to make a path for president trump have led to australia's prime minister, scott morrison, demanding an investigation, after two australian reporters were charged at by police.

network seven's reporter amelia brace was live on air when her cameraman tim myers was hit in the stomach by a police officer with a riot shield. here's the assault caught on camera. we've just had to run about a block as police moved in. we've been fired at with rubber bullets. my cameraman has been hit. we've also seen tear gas being used. here it goes again. this is exactly what it looks like. we're staying safely... media! whoa! 0h. ms brace said that she and her cameraman had also been hit by rubber bullets, but they were now both safe, just a bit sore. mr morrison has asked the australian embassy in washington to investigate the incident. there are reports that a police officer was shot in las vegas on monday night amid the protests. it's believed the officer was shot on the main strip, but no further details have been provided.

and in st louis, in missouri four police officers were hit by gunfire, as the latest protests turned violent. two were shot in the leg, one in the arm and one in the foot, according to the police chief. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, is bringing forward the curfew from 11 pm to 8 pm, after looters broke into shops in midtown manhattan on monday evening. police made around 200 arrests, after groups of people smashed their way into stores like macy's. the mayor said some people were out not to protest, but to destroy property and hurt others, and said their actions as unacceptable. there were also many peaceful protests in several american cities... in denver, demonstrators lay on the road, and continued walking through the streets, despite a city—wide curfew. however, police did later use tear gas to disperse the protest near the colorado state capital building. two separate postmortems into the death of mr floyd have been made public — one from the county medical examiner, and one commissioned by mr floyd's family. the first to emerge was the family's own investigation.

it found a homicide by mechanical asphyxiation. and it concludes that three police officers contributed to his death. so far only one officer, derek chauvin, has been charged in connection with the incident. the official report, from the hennepin county medical examiner, also found ‘homicide by asphyxiation.‘ it said mr floyd suffered cardiopulmonary arrest while being restrained by police. but it added that he had pre—existing heart disease. and it found he had recently used drugs including fentanyl and methamphetamines. here‘s autopsy expert, dr michael baden, outlining his conclusions from the examination which was paid for by mr floyd‘s relatives... when he said, i can‘t breathe, unfortunately many police are under the impression that if you can talk, that means you are breathing. that is not true, i am talking and talking and talking and not breathing in front of you. michael george is the cbs news correspondent, at the site where george floyd was

killed in minneapolis. here in minneapolis, everyone is watching and waiting. people don‘t feel like justice was served, despite the fact that the officer who put his knee on george floyd‘s neck has been charged. people do not feel like the charge was significant enough. third—degree murder. the family of george floyd wants first—degree murder charges. they want the other three officers charged, so people are waiting to see if prosecutors follow through with what they are looking for, and there is a lot of anger here. but so far, the protests have been peaceful. everybody is watching and waiting. earlier, we spoke to three women, who had been to demontrations in different cities. in a moment we‘ll hear from dj morris, took part in the protest in beverly hills two days ago, but first tiana bowman and miara williams, college roomates who marched in cape giradeau in missouri explained why it was so important for them to be there. honestlyjust that our voices to be heard to let the younger generation know it is ok to speak up and speak out. that is what our voices are for, and also to show my younger siblings that it is ok to participate in things like this as

long as you stay peaceful. it is ok to use your voice, it is ok to stand for something. using your voice gets you heard, you know. i have younger siblings, and i protested because i want them to know that the way i grew up in fear is not a way they should grow up, you know. you should not be scared to get pulled over. to go grocery shopping while being black. being black is not a crime at all. it's personal. as you can see, my colour is not something i can hide. i am not only walking for me but i have two older brothers that i saw in the face of george floyd when i saw that devastating video, so i definitely walk for them as well. my mother is almost three decades older than me, and now she was watching the protest before i actually got here. she was brought to tears because she said the riots and protests before, it was just black people, but to see white allies is really powerful to her.

let‘s turn to the coronavirus pandemic now. figures show the numbers of people dying each week, whose deaths are linked to coronavirus, has dropped to its lowest levels in england and wales since late march. the office for national statistics review of death certificates showed 2,589 cases where the virus was mentioned in the week ending 22 may. nick triggle, our health correspondent, told me more about what these figures show. they showed just over 2500 deaths linked to coronavirus in the most recent week, the week ending the 22nd of may. that is the lowest since march, when the lockdown was brought in. it brings the total number of deaths to 43,800 since the pandemic, and that compares to the figure given by the government at the time, which is just shy of 34,000. the other thing to look out for with these figures is the total number of people dying. normally at this time of year, you would expect to see about 10,000 deaths a week. in the most recent week, there were over 12,000.

that is down from a peak in the middle of the pandemic when it was over 20,000, and that is double what you would expect. these are known as excess deaths, and they perhaps are a true picture of the toll of the pandemic, as they take into account the deaths from people who are infected of the virus and also the indirect cost perhaps linked to lockdown itself. it shows since march in england and wales, there have been 56,000 deaths above what you would normally expect. if you add in scotland and northern ireland, it is 62,000. that is obviously a very large and shocking number. in terms of where we are now, the breakdown of where the cases are happening, there has been a great deal of focus on care homes, where the situation there lagged between the situation and hospitals. what is the latest picture on what is happening in different areas? when we saw the hospital deaths starting to fall in mid april,

the numbers dying in care homes was still going up, but that has now been falling for a number of weeks. the most recent week to the 22nd of may shows a fifth of deaths linked to coronavirus were in care homes, so that again is good news at least that it is coming down, but as i say, we are still seeing reasonably significant numbers of deaths and more than you would expect at this time of year. the ons likened it to seeing the numbers of deaths you‘d expect in winter during spring or early summer. another separate but related issue, the head of the uk statistics authority criticises the way the government is presenting its testing data. what is he saying and how powerful is that criticism coming from him? it is very powerful, the language is very strong. he says the government appears to be presenting the figures on testing to present the largest possible numbers of tests, even at the expense of understanding.

we get a blizzard of statistics at these daily briefings, and they include the numbers of tests carried out. this includes people who are tested in hospital or who may go to a drive—through centre and get tested there, but they also include the tests sent out in the post to people‘s homes or at care homes. we never know if those are returned, and therefore we never know the true number of people who are actually tested. britain‘s foreign secretary dominic raab has confirmed that if china enacts a national security law in hong kong, holders of british overseas passports there will be ‘given a route to citizenship‘ in the uk. under the legislation it would be a crime to undermine beijing‘s authority in the territory. mr raab urged china to "step back from the brink". bnl passport holders are already entitled to consular assistance in other countries, and the british

government also provides these people viz a free entry into the uk forup to people viz a free entry into the uk for up to six months as visitors. mr speaker, if china follows through with its proposed legislation, we will put in place new arrangements to allow bbeeeenn odes to come to the uk without the current six month limit, enabling them to live and apply to study and work for extended periods of 12 months, thereby also providing a pathway to citizenship. three former british prime ministers — john major, tony blair, and gordon brown — are among leading world figures who havejoined a call for an urgent g20 summit to help fight the pandemic, especially in poorer countries. the g20 is not due to meet until november, but the leaders say quicker action is needed to prevent an even deeper worldwide recession and health crisis. earlier i spoke to gordon brown, who said it was vital that global action is taken. people at home will be wondering how it affect their lives. if we do not prevent a second wave coming out from africa and developing countries, if we cannot

unite to get a vaccination available in every country to eradicate the disease, and if we cannot get world trade and the economy going again, then all of us individually in our communities in our families suffer, so it is in every country‘s self interest that we can bring the world together to deal with these problems. looking back to how you managed it back then and what is happening now, how difficult was it to marshal a global response, and why do you think it isn‘t happening now? the remarkable thing in 2008 was when we initially proposed that we get the 20, actually 23 biggest countries together to look at this, america was sceptical, and some of the other countries were reluctant. some people wanted a wider discussion, some people wanted a narrower discussion, but eventually we came together and we found common purpose, and i think the other 19 countries should be persuading america now, which seems to be hesitant about holding this event, and getting things moving. if we don‘t move in the next few weeks, i

don‘t move in the next few weeks, i do fear that the inadequate health systems and the very poor safety nets and safety protection in africa will mean the disease will spread again out of africa into the west. mps return to westminster today, almost two months since the introduction of ‘virtual‘ voting and a limit of 50 mps in the house of commons at any one time. a vote on whether to reverse these measures has faced criticism from some mps, who argue that the most vulnerable, will be unable to have their say. but the leader of the house of commons says democracy will "once again flourish". conservative mp robert halfon has been shielding at home during the coronavirus pandemic and was advised by his gp not to return to parliament today. he wants those mps who cannot return to parliament to be able to vote via videolink or proxy. what is democratically unjust and entirely wrong is to say to those mps, who genuinely can‘t go back, if they are shielding, self—isolating or unwell, that they will be denied their fundamental parliamentary

duty, which is to vote, and what that is doing is in essence making us all parliamentary eunuchs. let‘s talk about this with our assisa nt political editor norman smith. he is not alone, there are other mps who are shielding who will not be able to go. there is going to be this very long queue there today as they line up to vote for it. why is they line up to vote for it. why is the government are doing it this way? it is being led by jacob rees—mogg, the leader of the house, who i suppose is a parliamentary traditionalist and instinctively wa nts traditionalist and instinctively wants the house of commons to get back to business as usual. he also argues that mps have to give a lead and that it is much easier for mps to hold ministers to account when he can actually see them face—to—face, and it is also more effective in terms of mps organising and pressing particular campaigns when they can talk and meet with each other. but i have to say, there does appear to be

a mounting backlash against his idea, because a growing number of mps take the view that now is simply not the time. too many mps are having to shield, others have to shield because of members in their family, others cannot travel easily because there are not flights from different parts of the country. or because they are too old and in an at—risk category. there are very large constituencies of mps who want to continue with the current virtual parliament, and it seems to me quite possible the government may indeed have to retreat on this, and we learned in the last hour or so that the chief executive of the equalities and human rights commission is now also urging the government to backtrack and pave the way on an more inclusive form of work place. so it is going to be close, but it seems to me that once all the votes are counted up through this queueing system, which mps are going to have to indulge in today,

where they literally have to queue, all 650 of them, to go past the dispatch box. when that vote is actually counted, it is going to be close, but it is quite possible that these plans could be rebuffed, and we may continue with this virtual parliament. thank you very much. the united nations has issued another warning about the worsening humanitarian situation in yemen. launching a campaign to raise more than $2 billion, the un says aid operations in yemen are just weeks away from running out of money. it also warned that with only half of its health system functioning, yemen will see a more terrifying covid—19 outbreak than most other countries. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. the world‘s pandemic struck yemen when it was already on its knees. hollowed out by war and the pestilence of old — cholera, diphtheria, dengue all take their toll here. now yemen confronts the coronavirus, what many fear will be its greatest catastrophe.

this man shields himself as doctors everywhere do, but he is treating patients in the only dedicated covid—19 unit in all of southern yemen. every day is almost like suspending disbelief because more things keep happening that defy expectations or anything that, you know, i‘ve been trained to deal with. what is your greatest fear now? i think what we worry about is that we‘re going to get a deluge of patients over the coming weeks that we can‘t. . .we can‘t provide the care that they need. no—one knows the numbers here. how could they? there‘s almost no testing. this lab, assisted by the who, is medicine at its gleaming best. but much of yemen‘s health system barely functions. some help is arriving. there‘s not enough of everything. even the funds to keep the world‘s biggest aid mission

from going broke. the humanitarian operation is on the breaking point. the week before the first case of covid was officially declared in yemen, we had to stop incentives for 10,000 frontline health workers all across the country. these are people that we had been paying in lieu of their salaries for years. if we don‘t get the funding that we‘re asking for, this operation will break — it will break. a people who survived the worst are scared. listen to the woman wailing. wailing. videos like this posted on social media. fears that loved ones taken to hospital are certain to die. many more said to be dying at home. yemen urgently needs the world‘s help when everyone has their own crises at home. but the un warns nowhere will covid—19 spread faster,

wider and with deadlier consequences than yemen. lyse doucet, bbc news. she is here with me now. there have been warnings about what is happening in yemen for some time, and now it is coming to fruition. happening in yemen for some time, and now it is coming to fruitionm is easy to forget that before this happened, they were living in the worst humanitarian crisis, and for yea rs worst humanitarian crisis, and for years it has been the biggest humanitarian aid station, and it has been dealing with the oldest pandemics, like cholera for examples of yemen struggles to cope, and in a country where less than 50% of hospitals and clinics are still operating, then arrives covid—19, and because yemen also has one the world‘s lowest levels of testing, we do not know how bad it is. the united nations say it is spreading

fast, and as we said in our report, with more terrifying consequences than anywhere else, because it is so fragile. on top of it, the un is running out of money. within weeks, they will not have money. not even soap. today‘s conference, the pledging conference in the saudi capital is very important, they need the money and need it now. capital is very important, they need the money and need it nowm capital is very important, they need the money and need it now. it is at a time when everybody needs money, needs support. what are the prospect of actually getting the money that they need? we ask this question to all of the aid agencies, and they are all of the aid agencies, and they a re painfully all of the aid agencies, and they are painfully aware that the donors who have been generous in the past now have to look first at home, but they also say they will not turn their backs, so britain for example, dominic rab announced last night they will be giving an aid package worth £160 million. it is a small percentage, but it still sends a signal. we are not going to forget you, but the question is how much will they be able to give at a time when they have to give to so many other places, most of all their own

people. they are not ending the support. and what about other african nations and the spread of covid—19? african nations and the spread of covid-19? covid-19 is spreading in a lot of places. we talk so much about the nhs, protecting the nhs, we hear the nhs, protecting the nhs, we hear the reports about needing more ppe, needing more i beds etc, throughout the pandemic and the lockdown. but think of countries like yemen, sub—saharan africa think of countries like yemen, sub—sa ha ran africa out think of countries like yemen, sub—saharan africa out with not enough labs or testing, not enough of anything, and in the global race for resources, those who do not have money and power are not able to compete like others, so basically the world‘s biggest aid agencies are repeating time and again, no one will be safe until everyone is safe. that is obviously a powerful message that may be the thing that does galvanise the support. you would hope, there is some support, not enough, but at least some support. that is where the united nations ——

thatis that is where the united nations —— that is what they are hoping for today, if they get enough of the 2.4 billion they say they need to keep the programme is running and keep people alive. thank you very much. you‘re watching bbc news. measures to relax a 14 day quarantine for arrivals to the uk are being considered by government ministers. the proposed move comes amid signs of a rebellion among mps concerned about the impact of the quarantine on the aviation and tourism industries. andy moore reports. the beaches of spain, like here at malaga, are beginning to open up, but will we be able to get to them? spain‘s tourism minister says the uk‘s coronavirus figures will have to improve before british tourists can be welcomed back. and as well as problems at our intended destination, we‘ll also have to deal with two weeks‘ isolation when we return. that scheme has alarmed many in the tourism industry and on the back benches

of the conservative party. we‘ll get more detail today, but the plan which starts next week will be reviewed every three weeks. one possibility to ease the quarantine is to create so—called air bridges or travel corridors to places with similar levels of infection. that might not come in the first review, but could come towards the end ofjuly, just at the start of the school holiday in england. the uk‘s test, track and trace programme is one of the keys to reducing levels of infection. it was launched last thursday, but we haven‘t heard much about it apart from reports of some staff having little to do. but mr hancock told the downing street press conference the vast majority of newly infected people and their contacts had been traced. we‘ve hired, as you know, 25,000 people to work as contact tracers, and the level of incidence of disease has come down, and so, actually,

we have more capacity than we need. this is a good thing. there were 111 deaths reported yesterday in all settings and an additional 445 deaths previously not reported where coronavirus tests were carried out in private labs. but the death rate is generally trending downwards and britain is beginning to open up again for business. a clear sign of that could be seen outside the 19 ikea stores that opened up for trade yesterday. at some places, up to 1,000 people were said to be queueing patiently in socially distanced lines. andy moore, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with tomasz.

hello. a change in the wind on the way and in the coming days it is going to feel a lot cooler and on top of that, we have some rain on the way, not enough but there will be some rain for our gardeners and growers. this is what it looks like this afternoon, you can see the much cooler air setting and across the northern half of scotland, but for many of us, it is still a warm and sunny day and basically this evening and overnight that change spreads across the country, persistent rain in scotland, northern england, perhaps spreading into parts of the midlands and wales, but the further south you are, the more patchy rain will be and the extreme south—east not getting a drop until a little bit later on perhaps in the morning. tomorrow the rain will be hit and miss across the uk, so some may get a downpour, a brief downpour, others willjust get overcast skies and bits of rain and for many of us in the north—west of the country, the 02:29:51,466 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 sun will be back.