a very warm welcome to bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. my name's mike embley. a president under pressure — protesters gather outside the white house, and criticism continues for donald trump's handling of the continuing unrest. these are live pictures from the us capital. violent clashes between police and protesters have continued in cities countrywide after the death of a black man being detained by police. but the president issued this warning. ifa if a city or state refuses to ta ke if a city or state refuses to take the actions necessary to defend the life and property of their residents than 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. relatives of george floyd, the black man killed as he was detained by police in the us city of minneapolis, are accompanying tens of thousands of people on a march through his hometown of houston, texas. george floyd's brother, terrence, has again called for peace. there've now been seven nights of protests over the killing across the country. this is the scene in washington. the nation ‘s capital, of

course. the nation ‘s capital, of course. many cities are under or will come under strict curfew after violent clashes between protesters and police on monday night that left officers and demonstrators seriously injured. the president taking flak for having protesters cleared for him to have a path to a church. he has been criticised for using it as a prop to make a political point. aleem maqbool has the latest from the us capital. chant: lock him up! 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. ifeel 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 not just 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. chant: black lives matter! 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. in the last few hours, george floyd's widow made this statement to reporters in minneapolis, accompanied by their six year old daughter. i don't have a lot to say because i cannot get my words together right now but i want everybody to know that this is

what those officers took... at the end of the day, they get to go home and be with their families, tiana does not have a father. he will never see her grow up, graduate. he will never walk her down the aisle. iam here never walk her down the aisle. i am here for my baby and i am here for george because i want justice for him... i want justice for him... i want justice for him because he was good, no matter what anybody thinks and this is the proof

that he was a good man. george floyd's we go along with his six—year—old daughter. let's get an update from our north america correspondent, peter bowes. still a lot of protest. the character perhaps slightly changing? i detect that the mood has indeed changed over the last 2a hours. certainly different to the mood and nature of the demonstrations that we witnessed over the weekend. a very large demonstration taking place right now here in los angeles. a large crowd close to city hall in downtown los angeles. a famous intersection, hollywood and vie, close to the capital records buildings, one of the best—known site in la. noticeably, very peaceful crowd, a relaxed atmosphere and you can tell the relation

between those protesters and the police on the time was a very good and that was an atmosphere that we did not see atmosphere that we did not see a couple of days ago in los angeles and the scenes repeated around the country. in houston, another large protest, led by some members of george lloyd's family and friends. in new york city and in washington as well and cu rfews have city and in washington as well and curfews have already come into force in some of those cities, much earlier in the evening than on previous days and at the big question is, will people decide to go home oi’ will people decide to go home or stay and protest for the rest of the evening. some of the protesters say they view defying the curfew as an act of civil disobedience which they believe is justified to get the m essa 9 es believe is justified to get the messages and points across. we have also been looking at the pictures coming in from washington, dc. people still protesting outside the white

house well after eight in the evening and strong feelings about what the president did 2a hours ago. i suspect the crowd is probably bigger than what it might have been because of what the president said and dead, his action of walking to the church with a bible, clearly a photo opportunity and it has been widely criticised by members of the church and also byjoe biden, his likely political opposition candidate for the democrats as the election grows closer. joe biden saying he believes the president is more interested in power than people and he said he wished the president would actually open the bible as opposed to brandish it. thank you very much that. hundreds have defied a ban by french police to protest against the death in police custody of a black man four years ago. a large crowd in central paris is calling forjustice for adama traore's who lost consciousness in a police vehicle and died at a nearby police station.

the officers who detained him have never been charged. 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. 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 i am, 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. 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 in the south china morning post he writes:

meanwhile, hong kong chief executive carrie lam is in beijing later to discuss 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 single 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.

stay with us on bbc news. still to come: spike lee speaks out — the director tells the bbc he thinks donald trump is trying to act like a dictator. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a real fighter and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe.

today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles' lp, sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: resident 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 recent unrest across america is being compared by some historians to the so—called "long, hot summers" of the late 19605 — a time when many us cities were racked by violent racial unrest that left a huge trail

of death and destruction. joining me now from detroit is heather thompson, pulitzer prize—winning author and professor of history and african american studies at the university of michigan. thank you very much for your time. so many reasons, ijust way america is combustible at the moment. this feels like a moment. it definitely is a moment. it definitely is a moment. one that is reminiscent of others in american history as you mentioned. like the 19605, as you mentioned. like the 1960s, but also different. because we have notjust one or two or three things that are motivating people to take to the streets but many. certainly racial tensions are continuing and there are economic inequalities and other issues being found by the trump administration. professor, do you think there are lessons to be learned from the 605? absolutely. the first one is

when we allow a citizenry to go through the system, do everything they are supposed to do to remedy wrong is and get things addressed and when that never happens, eventually there i5a never happens, eventually there is a collective sense of despair and trauma and anger and people take to the streets. and the 605 so does that. but i think the other le55on and the 605 so does that. but i think the other lesson is the people on high, the people in power can certainly do something to respond to this level of outcry from the 5treet5. so far we're not seeing that, we're just being more peace being deployed. we have spike lee on the programme ju5t have spike lee on the programme just a little later. he points out if the tensions —— he point5 out if the tensions —— he points out the tensions in the united states go back centuries, the land grab from the native americans, the genocide, much of the country i5 genocide, much of the country is built on slavery. how does a country move on from that?

well, spike lee is absolutely correct. racism and white supremacy i5 correct. racism and white supremacy is baked into the dna of this country. so one might think there is no way forward, but in fact there are all kinds of ways to make a society more ju5t of ways to make a society more just and humane. and it really has to start with the reigning in the criminalju5tice system that completely penalise is black and brown citizens are here more than white citizens, and also some economic redistribution. we have economic inequality that rivals the gilded age here. we don't know the exact solution but we have a long way to go before we can say that there are no solutions. we know what they would look like. professor heather thompson, thank you very much. thank you so much.

well, 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 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. that's right. this seems to have resonated beyond america. yes, and i think that's a good point and i'm glad 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, fist raised, 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're 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. spike lee speaking to will gompertz there. let's ta ke let's take you back. no, we can bring you this which may cheer up, might not. formula i and international cricket have announced plans to return from next month. motor racing officials have approved an initial eight—race calendar across europe.

england will host the west indies in three test matches over a 21—day period, subject to downing street clearance. now, let's take you back to that top story. the protests are still happening across dozens are still happening across d oze ns of are still happening across dozens of american cities. relatives of george floyd have accompanied 60,000 people on a memorial marched through his hometown of houston, texas. it is also where he will be buried. his brother, terrence, has again called for peace. after seven notes of protests, this is washington, dc, where a cu rfew was this is washington, dc, where a curfew was meant to be in effect. the archbishop of washington said the space was being agreed justly misused and manipulated. on monday night, 21! hours ago, protesters outside the white house were cleared with tear gas well before curfew so mr trump could go to that church.

that's it for now. thank you very much for watching. hello there, the temperature 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 111—15 degrees 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 16—17 degrees, 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.

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protesters across the us are turning out for an eighth night of protests, many defying curfews that are just getting under way in major cities. crowds are, again, gathering near the white house as criticism continues of president trump's handling of the unrest. hundreds have defied a ban by french police to protest against the death in police custody of a black man four years ago. clashes broke out in central paris as crowds called forjustice for adama traore. the officers who detained him have never been charged. here in the uk, a report confirms that black, asian and minority ethnic people are more likely to die of coronavirus than their white counterparts. the health secretary matt hancock said it was still unclear why this was the case but that the government would get to the bottom of it.