tonight at ten, president trump facing widespread condemnation for his handling of the unrest in dozens of american cities. as the president poses for the cameras, bible in hand, he's being accused of stoking divisions instead of promoting unity. on the streets of some cities, more protests following the death of a black man being detained by police, but the president issued this warning. 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. as the protests grow

outside the white house, mr trump's democratic rival called for a different kind of presidency. the country is crying out for leadership. leadership that can unite us, leadership that brings us together. leadership that can recognise pain and deep grief of communities that have had a knee on their neck for a long time. we'll have the latest from washington, and we'll be asking how these events are likely to affect the race for the presidency later this year. also tonight... an empty coronavirus testing facility, as the uk government is criticised for the way it presents testing data to the public. we report on the higher likelihood of death from covid—19 among black, asian and other ethnic minority groups. and memories of last year at silverstone, on the day formula one announced its comeback after the lockdown.

and later on, sport state will have all the latest reports, interviews and features from the bbc sports centre. good evening. president trump is facing widespread condemnation for his handling of the unrest in dozens of american cities. it follows the killing of george floyd, an african—american who died last week in minneapolis while being detained by police. his death has now been declared a homicide following an official post—mortem. on the streets of some cities there's been more violence and looting, prompting mr trump to say he'll send in the military. the president's democratic rival for the white house, joe biden, accused mr trump of using racist language and of failing in his presidential duty to unite the nation. for the lates, let's join our correspondent aleem maqbool in washington.

hundreds of people are outside the white house again this evening, right now with their hands up with the hands up, don't shoot charmed of recent nights. but at the same time over the last hour what we have seen isa over the last hour what we have seen is a huge convoys of military personnel fanning out across that city and donald trump has promised an even tougher response on people on the streets tonight. that is when he is already receiving heavy criticism for coming down hard on legal, peaceful protesters. lock him up! undeterred, they are outside the white house again. but the focus of their anger now is notjust violent police officers who kill unarmed black men, but the president as well. it is terrible that people can't protest, which, by the way, is their first amendment right. president trump likes to talk a lot about the second amendment, owning guns and everything, but will not even comment when we come to do what we are literally raised to do, born to do, as americans.

donald trump himself has appeared quite pleased with the way he has, in his words, dominated with overwhelming force. but those subjected to that force here late yesterday were peaceful protesters out in the memory of george floyd. as we speak, i am dispatching thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers, military personnel, and law enforcement officers. and with that, demonstrators were gassed and shoved and pushed back from the historic church outside which they had been protesting, though it was well before any curfew. i feel like i'm not even feeling one eighth of what black people feel every single day and i'm terrified. and what was it all for, particularly outside the church? well, this. the president took a short walk to saintjohn‘s to show he is in control and apparently to pose with a bible.

donald trump's democratic presidential rival has been critical of his handling of this crisis. the country is crying out for leadership. leadership that can unite us, leadership that brings us together. leadership that can recognise pain and deep grief of communities that have had a knee on their neck for a long time. but the security forces continued to force back demonstrators on the orders of a president who has claimed to be a champion of free speech. but there is a sense that this will go on. we have been martin luther king for ages, for generations. generations on end. it's time for malcolm x and marcus garvey. like, nojustice, no peace. like, that's notjust a mantra any more. that's got to be a way of life. although the military and the police have fairly successfully shut down a lot of zones across the american capital, there are still large

pockets of protest travelling throughout the city determined to continue to demonstrate. black lives matter! the president may have disrupted the protests in washington and with it, dealt with some of the looting, but his critics feel his actions compare to those of authoritarian leaders around the world the us would previously have condemned. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in washington. within the past hour, the family of george floyd took part in a march in his home city of houston, texas. and there've been protests across the united states, including in minneapolis, the city where mr floyd was killed. our correspondent barbara plett—usher is there with the latest. there have been a number of protests here today including one that involved faith leaders who marched right up to this memorial site. the situation has largely stabilised but attention is still very much focused

on accountability. is one of the officers was charged and the attorney general is saying prosecutors are working as quickly as they can to see if the other three who were involved in the arrest should be charged as well. but the unrest that began here is still rolling across the country. minneapolis is reclaiming the place that sent the city into spasms of anger and unrest, smothering with flowers at the spot where george floyd stopped breathing, pinned down by the knee of a police officer on his neck. become a pilgrimage site for those demanding justice for george. at the state capital, a sit in echoing the civil rights movement. 60 years later, still demanding equaljustice movement. 60 years later, still demanding equal justice for african americans, especially an end to police brutality against black people. them minnesota government has announced it will investigate the conduct of the state's largest police department stretching back ten years. in houston, texas, it

seemed like the whole city had turned out to much for mr floyd pandit members of his familyjoined them. —— to march. this is where he grew up and where he will be buried. pa ct street grew up and where he will be buried. pact street in new york city, emptied in recent months to contain the coronavirus pandemic, now full again with protesters. the anger has taken a destructive turn here as it has elsewhere. unfortunately, there are people looting but you can't tell angry people how they can't be angry. that is like telling slaves not to burn down master's house. but this looks like more than protest about racial injustice pinned up in manhattan bans young people dressed mostly in black took advantage of the unrest to pillage stores that have been shattered because of coronavirus. police struggled to respond and the mayor imposed a cu rfew, respond and the mayor imposed a curfew, double quarantine. the vast majority of protests are peaceful. but it doesn't take much for the

mood to change. police have been responding with more and more force. and they have been attacked. in several cities last night, and four we re several cities last night, and four were shot and injured in st louis. some coward fired shots at officers and now we have four in the hospital but thank god they are alive. they are alive. but... can we make some sense out of this? can we make some sense out of this? can we make some sense out of this? can we make some sense out of this? police are struggling to make sense of their role to restore law and order and also respond to the tragedy of minneapolis. we are appalled at what happened in minneapolis. period. that we have got to be better. in that city, faith leaders made clear they were siding with those calling forjustice. they were siding with those calling for justice. people are they were siding with those calling forjustice. people are demanding that all of the officers involved in mr floyd's arrest to be charged.

accountability in this case might be the beginning of an answer, but only the beginning of an answer, but only the beginning. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, minneapolis. artists, record labels and radio stations today suspended business on what's been called blackout tuesday in response to the killing of george floyd. celebrities and social media users across the world joined them in solidarity to show their support for the black community. the oscar—winning film director spike lee has long been an outspoken critic of police brutality and racism suffered by america's black community. he said scenes witnessed in the united states over the past week were not new, and had been going on in various ways since the advent of slavery in america four centuries ago. spike lee was speaking to will gompertz ahead of the release of his latest film. black gi, is it fair to serve more than the white americans that sent you here?

in the broad sense, is the vietnam war through the viewpoint of black vietnam vets. i see...ghosts. happens to all of us, man! you are more than a film—maker. you're an intellectual, an activist, and you are very eloquent on the situation of racism. how do you bring about change? we have to talk about how the united states of america was founded, the foundation. the foundation of this country is immoral. the land was stolen from the native people. genocide was committed against the native people. and my ancestor was stolen from africa, and brought here to work. so the foundation of the united states of america is genocide, stealing the land and slavery!

and so any architect will tell you that if you don't have a strong foundation, the building's going to be shaky. and it's been shaky from day one. the whole music business has come out in solidarity for george floyd. this seems to have resonated beyond america. yes, and i think that's a good point that you're bringing it up because united states of america, racism, they do it better than anybody else! but it's not just. .. racism is all over the world. this is a global pandemic before corona. we've been dying for this country from the very beginning. i shall resign the presidency. what did you think of president trump's suggestion that he'd put military on the streets if the protests didn't cease? well, i was watching this last night with my family, and we were all

screaming in disbelief. that this thing was staged, the show of force, gassing innocent, peaceful bystanders, so you could clear the street? he's a gangster, you know? he's trying to be, you know, a dictator. mookie, they killed him! they killed radio raheem! it's murder. they did it again, just like michael stewart. murder... talking about the young spike lee, young film—maker, enraged, angry. does this apply to spike lee today? let's take a step behind that. why are people angry? people are angry because black people are being killed left and right, cops walk away free.

they are angry for a reason. you're angry because you live every day in this world where the system is not set up for you to win. the director spike lee, talking to will gompertz. our north america editor, jon sopel, joins me now. let's ta ke let's take stock on where we are, and do think we have reached the position where it is impossible to separate what is going on in the us from the politics of this year? you would think it was a grave enough politics would not intrude but they happened at the light bulb morning permit was yesterday morning when donald trump tweeted, after a night of terrible writing, how good his poll numbers were. in the last hour he has tweeted about sleepyjoe biden again, saying he thinks he knows the answer is, he doesn't even knows the answer is, he doesn't even know the questions. that follows joe biden breaking cover, coming out from the basement where he had been for the past three months and taking

off his face mask and launching a scathing attack on donald trump for his handling of the race riots we are seeing across america. donald trump does not want to back down, he wa nts to trump does not want to back down, he wants to say, look, i'm the guy that will bring law and order back to the streets. that will be his pitch. i think it is notable how few republicans have come out and back to what happened yesterday when he went to that church and held up a bible, leading to thousands of peaceful demonstrators tear gassed in the protests process. one prominent support of the president said, oh, is that what happened? i didn't see it. no one can say in november there will not be a clear choice between donald trump, mr law and order, mr tough guy, and joe biden, mr unity, mr empathy project the only thing i think they have in common is both are in their 70s. many thanks. jon sopel, our north american editor. let's turn to the day's other main story — the latest on the number of deaths from coronavirus, the effect of the pandemic, especially on ethnic minority groups,

and the criticism of the way the uk government has presented data on testing. so these are the latest government figures. the uk recorded 324 deaths in the past 24—hour period. and that brings the official uk total so far to 39,369 deaths. experts have pointed to one hopeful sign — the number of weekly deaths linked to covid—i9 in england and wales fell to 2872 — its lowest level for seven weeks according to the office for national statistics. but on a separate measure called excess deaths, from march to late may across the uk there were almost 62,000 more deaths than might have been expected based on previous years. the elderly have suffered most from the pandemic and care homes, as we have often reported, have been particularly affected. one care home in county durham has lost 25 residents from the disease. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports.

a survivor of covid—i9 in a care home where many have perished. her family gather outside, in part to clap the carers who have had much to deal with. no one blames them for what has happened, so we have an anonymized them, but we have discovered at least 25 people have died at melbury court, thought to be the highest single death toll in a care home in britain. samuel wilson became a victim of coronavirus in early may. his family believe he became infected after the home insisted he go to hospital for day treatment. in a statement they told us... the home was relentless for a family member to take my grandad into hospital for a non—essential procedure in the middle of full lockdown. in my opinion, they took an unnecessary risk, a risk that cost grandad his life. the owners of the care home say their sympathies are with all of the families who have lost a loved one and say that the place is now in recovery and that many of the residents have

returned to good health. but locally, the sense is that this is yet another consequence of a decision that put the nhs above the care homes. coronavirus has killed more people in care homes in county durham than anywhere else in england. local providers told council and health officials in march not to discharge untested or covid—positive patients into care homes from hospitals. they were ignored. instead, financial funding was, at one point, explicitly linked to them taking people with the virus. cup of tea and a slice of cake? the owner of this care home, which has not had covid, is appalled by what has happened. we do feel that this was neglect. they knew how vulnerable this sector was and i thinkjust with a little bit of forethought, collaborative working, we could have easily gone through this without the number of deaths we have had. more than half of the care homes in county durham have had coronavirus, a consequence of both nationwide problems on testing and ppe,

for instance, and local decisions. in a letter seen by the bbc, the county durham care home association said that the council has pursued a policy which has caused and/or increased covid—i9 infections and deaths within care homes in county durham. 96—year—old barbara wells died of coronavirus in april. immensely sociable, her family says she was thriving at the stanley park care home but the place has been hit hard by the pandemic — at least 16 residents have died. barbara's family blame the government, not the care home, for her death. most of europe was locking down before us, so why didn't we do it? if we did do it, i'm certain my grandma would still be with us and all the other poor people who have died in that home. durham county council vehemently deny that anything they did added to the problems in care homes. we followed national guidance and put in place support for our care homes.

we've put in additional financial support and have provided ppe, we provided training and support, and psychological support for our care home staff as well. give me an example of where the care sector was put ahead of the nhs. hard to think of an example off the top of my head. sorry. that's the problem, isn't it? the nhs was prioritised. and the result of it is all these deaths in care homes. the uk government insist that they threw a protective ring around care homes. michael buchanan, bbc news, durham. a report by public health england has found that although age is the biggest risk factor when it comes to covid—i9,

black, asian and other ethnic minority communities in the uk are more likely than others to die from the disease. our correspondent rianna croxford reports. one family, one household, with the odds stacked against them. abdullah used to collect passengers to his taxi but now only picks up groceries. he is black, male, aged 59, and was born outside of the uk, putting him at high risk to catching covid—i9. he lives with three generations in milton keynes. feeling unsafe, he chose to stop working at the start of the pandemic and has no income. the government is supposed to really help them but they have been ignored because there is no ppe, there's no help, there's no even proper advices. his daughter khadijah is a nurse, a key worker, and says she has been unprotected on the front line. the ppe, to be frank, is very, very selective, very, very selective. but it depends on where you are working. if you are working in a low risk area, it's fine,

but if you are working in an area where you are in contact with those with coronavirus, i think it is right for you to have the right ppe. but khadijah‘s concerns have not been addressed in the government review released today confirming that people from black and asian backgrounds are disproportionately dying from this disease. i put those concerns to the health secretary, matt hancock. many people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds will be confused why it has taken six weeks for the government to simply confirm what studies have already shown, that they are dying with covid—i9 at significantly higher rates. why haven't you done more to protect and support these communities? you are absolutely right that there is much more work that needs to be done and this report shows that. so we are asking... i have asked the equalities minister, kemi badenoch, to take this forward and to look into the causes and what further can be done. divina is a nurse from birmingham looking for an answer. yeah, it makes you even more anxious, thinking how can you sort

of minimise the risk slightly. but i can't, because of the colour lam, and i can't change it. it makes me really angry and the government is supposed there are many factors driving these figures and they point towards socioeconomic inequalities — an existing problem the pandemic has only further exposed. rianna croxford, bbc news. under scrutiny today has been the government's 5—level alert system for coronavirus, which was introduced last month. it's become clear that boris johnson's ambition to reduce the alert level at the same as easing the lockdown was blocked by all four of the uk's chief medical officers. our economics editor, faisal islam, has the story and joins me now. we are used to the phrase that ministers are following the science. is that still the case? the government has the delicate balancing act of trying to get the economy out of an historic hole and at the same time keep a lid on a deeply contentious pandemic. the way it did this while trying to

communicate clearly to the public was with this traffic light system, which i think we can see, the covid alert level system. remember we are now at four on that level. and if the prime minister said last week he wa nted the prime minister said last week he wanted to get that down to three at a meeting on thursday. also, when that was launched, addressed to the nation and in the document that followed, some connection was made between the alert level and the loosening of the lockdown. now, it didn't happen. it stayed at four. my understanding is because the chief medical officers of all four uk nations didn't agree it should be lowered from four, which is quite interesting. you ask the question if we are still following the science and the government will argue it agreed with leaving it at four eventually, even though it wanted to come down to three and the loosening of the lockdown was modest. but it

does show how delicate this is, the loosening, and how it could be reversed if necessary and that scientists and medics were worried and the balancing act is there and playing down that alert system. faisal islam, economics editor, thank you. the health secretary for england, matt hancock, has been sharply criticised by the government's leading statistician for the way key data relating to coronavirus testing is presented to the public. in a letter, the head of the uk statistics authority, sir david norgrove, said testing statistics were incomplete, difficult to understand and of limited value to public understanding. our health editor hugh pym has the details. a drive in test centre today but with very little activity as a new debate on precisely how many virus tests have been carried out has flared up. health secretary matt hancock made great play in recent weeks of the plans to boost testing. lam now weeks of the plans to boost testing.

i am now setting the goal of 100,000 tests per day. currently just i am now setting the goal of 100,000 tests per day. currentlyjust over 50,000 tests available will stop i can announce that we have met our goal. but today he has been criticised by the head of the uk statistics watchdog over the numbers, who cast doubt over how many numbers, who cast doubt over how ma ny tests numbers, who cast doubt over how many tests have actually been carried out and on how many people. in his letter sir david norgrove welcomes the addition of some new data but adds... i'm afraid though that the figures are still far from com plete that the figures are still far from complete and comprehensible. the way the data are analysed and presented currently gives them a limited value. the aim seems to be to show the largest possible number of tests even at the expense of understanding. the health secretary was challenged by labour in the commons. the uk statistics authority have written to him today saying that his figures are still "far from complete and comprehensive," that the testing statistics still fall far short of standards in the code. and that it is not surprising that testing data is mistrusted. this is quite damning, i have to say

to the secretary of state. we will work with the uk statistics authority to make sure that they are happy with how we are publishing that data, to make sure that we get the data published in a reasonable and sensible way. the daily figures show tests for whether people currently have the virus. in one recent day over 128,000 tests were provided. 27,500 were for hospital staff and patients. around 29,400 were for the public at testing sites. around 43,700 were test kits sent out though not yet returned. and nearly 28,000 were for research and antibody tests, finding out whether someone has already had the virus. the number of people tested isn't currently published. officials say it will be restored soon after data checks. i didn't feel i was connecting to the system. some, like michael, have reported delays getting results. they said don't call back for five days. i then phoned back five days later.

they said, no, it's actually now seven days. i phoned back seven days later, then it was nine days. i would just perhaps get some form of confirmation or not, and i haven't since, and that was nearly two weeks ago. the government wants to extend testing and tracing of people who might be infected in england, but today's developments confirm there are still many questions about how the system is working. hugh pym, bbc news. ministers at westminster are said to be examining ways of relaxing the planned i4—day quarantine for people entering the uk over the coming months. from next monday, most people arriving by plane, ferry or train — including british citizens — must go into isolation. but many mps and businesses have expressed concern at the plan, warning it will damage the travel industry and the wider economy. the government is expected to publish more details of its plans tomorrow. our transport correspondent

tom burridge is at heathrow airport. a blanket travel quarantine will ta ke a blanket travel quarantine will take effect on monday. the home office insisting tonight it is necessary to help control the virus. but the government insists it is also working hard to secure these air bridges, agreements with countries with low infection rates so people don't have to self—isolate. the portugal foreign minister has confirmed to me tonight that talks are ongoing and he hopes an air bridge between portugal and the uk can be in place by the end of this month. he says british tourists will be welcome in the algarve this summer as long as they follow rules on social distancing and heed warning systems to avoid crowded beaches. but spain on the other hand says british tourists will not be welcome there until the infection rate here in the uk falls more significantly. the government has confirmed tonight it is looking at testing and tracing people arriving in the uk is another possible way of

getting rid of quarantine but the government is under huge pressure on the policy from business and within its own conservative ranks. tom burridge, thank you for the update from heathrow. mps returned to westminster today, forming long queues in line with social distancing rules as they prepared to decide how they should hold hold votes in the house of commons from now on. the government wanted to end the virtual, or online system which was introduced in april and to return to voting in person, but critics say such a move would exclude vulnerable mps and those with caring responsibilities. our chief political correspondent vicki young has the latest. mps had been told to set an example and get back to work. for some it's a round trip of almost 1500 miles. a journey in excess of 18 hours for something that frankly is of questionable necessity. others say it's their duty to return to parliament rather than take part via video link. my home is here on the island of anglesey, and i'm going to westminster to do the job

that i was democratically