this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president trump is facing widespread condemnation, for his handling of the unrest, in dozens of american cities. violent clashes between police and protesters continue, after 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. mr trump's likely rival in november's election comes out swinging. joe biden accuses the president of ‘fanning the flames of hate‘. plus, a report confirms that black, asian and minority ethnic people

are more likely to die of coronavirus than their white counterparts. 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. we start in the united states where 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. aleem maqbool has the latest from washington. 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. 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. 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 equal justice for african americans, especially an end to police brutality against black people. the 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 march for mr floyd and members of his familyjoined them. this is where he grew up and where he will be buried. packed streets 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 and in manhattan bands of 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 curfew, a 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 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? 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. but we have got to be better. in that city, faith leaders made clear they were siding with those calling for justice. 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. those protests have broken out in more than 75 cities across the united states, including st louis in missouri. last night protests there led to the death of a retired police captain —

and four more police officers were shot at during a long night of violence. tonight — the city has announced a curfew will be in place from 9pm. joining me now is the mayor of st louis — lyda krewson. thank you so much forjoining us. we heard there from john hayden, the police chief, just asking people can we make sense of this. it is a difficult time, is in a? it is a very difficult time. a difficult time all across our nation. yesterday afternoon, what began as a very peaceful protest at around 330 by nine o'clock last night had turned very violent. with looting and shooting and burning and attacks on police officers. four of our officers were shot and injured. i'm happy to report that they will recover for us be ok. happy to report that they will recoverfor us be ok. with happy to report that they will recover for us be ok. with a little time. but we also had a retired

police officer who was shot and killed last night. so it is a very sobering time for our community. and we arejust sobering time for our community. and we are just trying to work together to prevent any future evening site last night. and to prevent a future evening like that, you are not a cu rfew. evening like that, you are not a curfew. what are the details of that? we have it this evening, everybody needs to be at home by nine p:m.. unless you are not meant u nless nine p:m.. unless you are not meant unless you are going to and from your job, unless you are going to and from yourjob, or having an emergency that you're going to the hospital, you need to be off the streets at 9pm tonight. we expect for this cu rfew to 9pm tonight. we expect for this curfew to remain in place for as many days as need be in order not to have a repeat of the night before. they have been critics of curfews, in particular reverend grey who told

the press conference and i quote which you are doing in terms of cu rfew which you are doing in terms of curfew is setting up a situation for people to violate the curfew, violating the curfew is active civil disobedience, some people say cu rfews just disobedience, some people say curfews just don't work. disobedience, some people say curfews just don't worklj understand that point of view. and i do know the reverend. however what we have here is a situation where where the folks who are not interested and burning and looting and destroying our city and hurting people come i think those folks will be at home. and we hope that we can express our grief and the anger that we have over the killing of george floyd and many other people unjustifiable killings over the last decades, maybe even centuries. we need to express that anyway that can bring about some real sustainable

change and really once and for all, make those changes to give more opportunities to everybody in our country. there have been peaceful protest in st. louis. 0bviously there has been rioting and violence and looting. for these people were writing and becoming violent and looting? -- who are these people. we don't know exactly who they are. we know many are from or we believe that many are from outside of our community. we see this happening around the nation. but we also know that some are from our own communities. we are not going to entirely blame this on folks from the outside. but it really is a situation where everybody has to come together in order for a better future for all of us. and that means ferreting out those folks that are from outside of our community who arejust here to from outside of our community who are just here to really destroy our

community and the people of our community. donald trump has talked about local leaders and governors following his lead. dominating protesters was up do you think that is the answer? do you think he has given a good account of himself over the last few days in terms of how he has the rhetoric and dealing with this? i don't think that is the answer. i think that it is even more divisive for the people of our country. we are already more divided than most of us hope that we will be, but the fractionalization of our country is very detrimental for all of us. thank you, mayor. a pleasure to talk to you. thank you for answering our questions. let's turn to france now where police clashed with protesters demonstrating over the death of a black man in police custody four years ago. adama traore's death at the age of 2a sparked several days

of violent protests, amid allegations of police brutality. campaigners want officers to be prosecuted for using unnecessary force, including a procedure in which the young man was pinned face down to the ground. the case has disturbing echoes of the death of george floyd in the united states, and many of those who took part carried placards expressing support for the black lives matter campaign. here in the uk 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. rianna croxford reports. 0ne 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. 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. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: picking up

the pieces, we'll speak to a small business owner in los angeles, whose shop was vandalised amid a wave of protests sweeping the us. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crediting come in accordance with the order of service, by a signal giving the great guns of the tower. tributes have been paid around the world to my ali, who has died at the age of 74. my ali, who has died at the age of 7a. 0utspoken but rally out for arkham he transcended the sport of boxing for which he was three times world champion. that's my minali. it was a fighter. he fought all the way to the end. even through his illness. that's muhammad ali. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on england clubs in europe.

todayis today is the 20th anniversary of the beatles lp sergeant peppers. a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. president trump is facing widespread condemnation, for his handling of the unrest, in dozens of american cities. his likely rival in november's election —joe biden — accuses mr trump of ‘fanning the flames of hate'. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, says the uk is prepared to react if china imposes a national security law in hong kong. in an article published a short while ago in south china morning post he writes...

meanwhile hong kong chief executive carrie lam is in beijing on wednesday, to give her thoughts on the new security law which would make it a crime to undermine beijing's authority. hong kong could be on the verge of changing forever, and many fear it is now part of a new cold war between washington and beijing. danny vincent looks at what all of this means for hong kongers. these are front—line members of the protest movement in hong kong. fearful of arrest, they agreed to speak to us under the condition of anonymity. a year ago, they were ordinary hong kongers. but now beijing says protestors like them represent a threat to national security. if the chinese communist party tries

to destroy hong kong, the hong kongers will try to resist and refringe in every sinlge way that we could. and every way that we can to try to make them burn with us — politically, economically, and internationally. if we burn, they burn with us. last week, china passed a national security law which would make it a crime to undermine beijing's authority. many fear this could bring the city under beijing's full control. the new law is aimed at stopping protesters exactly like them. critics fear that hong kong is now on the verge of changing forever. the details of this new national security law have yet to be discussed. but many fear that hong kong is already in the middle of a new cold war between washington and beijing. president trump said that the us would subject hong kong to many of the same restrictions as mainland china, especially on trade.

many businesses here say that it is america, not beijing, that is threatening the stability of hong kong, one of the biggest financial hubs in the world. the trump administration said they stand with hong kong and support hong kong people, but on the other hand, it is punishing hong kong. china and the united states are the two major trading partners of hong kong. it's now the two big countries who are having a fight with hong kong sitting in the middle. bella is a 17—year—old student who could go to jail because she has delivered supplies to front—line protesters. she worries that hong kong is losing its identity. translation: i am pessimistic about my future. now that the national security law has been passed, china keeps on restricting our freedom and basic human rights. i am so sad when i think about it.

the hong kong government insists that this city will maintain its level of autonomy from mainland china. but many fear the former british colony is living on borrowed time. small business owners are counting the cost after their shops were vandalised and looted amid the escalating protests across the us over the death of george floyd. a cafe named yuko kitchen was also vandalised as part of the protests in downtown los angeles. the owner of yuko's kitchen yuko watanabejoins me now from la. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. tell me, what happened to your business in cafe? after the peaceful protest, something happened and then people's

anger were boiled over and people started throwing stones through my window. and they broke my windows andi window. and they broke my windows and i wasn't at the restaurant at the moment because it was one a:m.. i rushed into the restaurant after the phone call. it was too late. they destroyed it and the kids are still throwing some stones and tugging the window displays. that is when i arrived and i tried to scare them away with my broomstick because there is no cops there. cops are everywhere but they are too busy doing their things and i had to protect my cell. what were these kids, these writers who demonstrate shops? what were they saying and doing? they were saying it is a liberation. this is the price that i

have to pay for this revolution. which is horrible. i'll not lapd. i am nota which is horrible. i'll not lapd. i am not a cop. which is horrible. i'll not lapd. i am nota cop. iam nota which is horrible. i'll not lapd. i am not a cop. i am not a violent person. the processing is about for the rights and injustice. —— the protesting. when i got was total injustice from those people. how do you feel about what has happened to your business into you? it is upsetting. it is right after it, not after, but still going on, covid—i9, that affect the business pretty bad. and we are trying to be ok. trying to be ok and working so hard to be 0k to be ok and working so hard to be ok but in this attack, it is it has destroyed my heart totally. but what is going on in this whole world, the

whole nation, angry at the injustice, i'd feel connected to that so it has a mixed feeling. i think a lot of kids, they are frustrated and desperate for money and angerand frustrated and desperate for money and anger and that is nothing to do it my business, but theyjust targeted us because we are in downtown la in a very iconic corner, so we were downtown la in a very iconic corner, so we were unfortunately targeted. do you understand the anger felt by so do you understand the anger felt by so many protesters about the killing of george floyd in the way in which that happened ? of george floyd in the way in which that happened? yes. i came here 20 yea rs that happened? yes. i came here 20 years ago from japan as an immigrant to pursue the dream. as i learned living here for a long time, i learned about racism and what is how people have been mistreated by police and the law and injustices

andi police and the law and injustices and i have seen a lot of protest in downtown la, but this was totally never got back i never expected it would be this violent. it was a shock to me. thank you for talking to us. thank you for having me. this is the scene in houston right now — george floyd's home city. they are marching in protest at his killing. it will be later... his funeral will take place in houston next week. with some members even flying in from other state and we're up to 20—thousand people are expected to attend. the family are playing a central role in the march, with some members even flying in from other state and we're

expecting to hear from houston's police chief art acevedo — more on other stories on our website. we leave you with these messages. goodbye. hello there, the temp reached 27 celsius in hampshire on tuesday, but that was the last of the very warm days for probably quite sometime. the next few days at least will be feeling much cooler, thanks to a northerly wind. more cloud and some wet weather around as well. that rain certainly arrived in scotland during tuesday — knocking temperatures back as well. the cloudier weather, together with the rain, is continuing to push its way southwards overnight. many areas by the end of the night will have had some rain, the exceptions really being towards the southeast and east anglia where it is going to be a little chilly in the countryside and probably drying off later in the night for northern ireland and western scotland. cloudier skies for wednesday in england and wales. some outbreaks of rain as well, could be little heavy at times.

across northern ireland, largely dry, little bit of sunshine and missing most of the showers across western scotland, where temperatures may make 18 degrees in glasgow, much cooler with the showers in eastern scotland and across the rest of the uk temperatures quite a bit lower than they were yesterday. continuing that cooler theme through the rest of the week, because pressure is lower across scandinavia where we once had high pressure. instead, high pressure we are treating out into the atlantic. it's not close enough to the uk, and it means that we are drawing down a northerly wind which will feed in that cooler air and continue to feed in some showers. perhaps a longer rain to clear away from the southeast of england early on thursday morning, and then a little bit of sunshine but on the whole, pretty cloudy skies and further showers which could be heavy at times as well. if anything in that northerly wind temperatures may be even lower on thursday, typically iii—isd or so, quite a bit cooler than it should be at this time of year. so this weather is quite a change from what we have seen for a long time.

those cooler northerly winds pick up again on friday. we will blow down some heavy showers from the north. south wales may get up to i6—i7d, but for northern scotland, weird struggling to make double figures. as we head into the weekend, we no longer have high—pressure close to the uk. instead, we are dominated by low pressure, and it's quite a deep one as well. it could bring some unusually windy weather to some northern and western parts of the uk, at least for a while on saturday, some risk of gales. even without the strong winds, it will feel cool in the cloud with some showers, and longer spells of rain.

this is bbc world news, the headlines.

the family of george floyd, the black man who was killed while being restrained by police in the us city of minneapolis last week, are joining tens of thousands of people on a march in his hometown, houston. in philadelphia, the us democratic presidential candidate joe biden said black communities — already hard hit by the economic and health fall—out of the coronavirus pandemic — were being victimised, and their cries of anger were being ignored. president trump is facing a backlash over visits to two religious landmarks in washington. the president and the first lady — melania trump — visited the saintjohn paul ii national shrine in washington as well as st john's episcopal church. clashes have broken out in paris between riot police and protesters demonstrating over the death of a black man in police custody in france four years ago.