this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. cu rfews defied nationwide: thousands are on the streets of cities across the us as the country sees the eighth night of protests. this is the scene live in los angeles. clashes take place in paris as hundreds call for justice over a death in police custody four years ago. brazil registers a record number of deaths in a day, but there's no let—up on lifting the lockdown.

a warm welcome to the programme. we begin in the us. tens of thousands of people have been taking part in an eighth night of protests in cities across the us after the death of an unarmed black man in police detention. large marches took place in los angeles, atlanta, new york and washington, some in defiance of evening curfews. in george floyd's home town of houston, in texas, his relatives joined 60,000 people at a rally to honour his memory. nada tawfik reports. this is what those officers took from me. choked with emotion, the mother of george floyd's six—year—old daughter gianna speaks of the gaping hole left by his death.

we would never see her grow up, graduate, he will never walk her down the aisle. if there is a problem she is having and she needs her dad, she does not have that anymore. roxie washington says he was a good father who continued to take ca re of father who continued to take care of his family after he moved from houston to minneapolis. what she wants now is justice for minneapolis. what she wants now isjustice for him minneapolis. what she wants now is justice for him and minneapolis. what she wants now isjustice for him and gianna. sharing in their pain and the pain of the nation, tens of thousands marched through the streets of downtown houston, alongside them, 16 members of the floyd family who again urged protesters to remain peaceful. we are expecting you to behave, they are inspecting you to carry yourself like a fool, but we don't have to do that. 0nce

fool, but we don't have to do that. once again, look around! we are all we have got! we all we got! we all we got! the fight is more like a marathon, and they will continue to support us as we seekjustice for our cousin. one victory to come out of the demand for widespread change, the state where mr floyd died, minnesota, and as an investigation of the minneapolis police department. the governor said that release policies and practices over the last ten years will be scrutinise. you can expect our administration to use every tool at our disposal to deconstruct systemic racism, and as we move forward, we need to do it with the community, but i think the thing i am hearing from the protesters is, no, we don't care what you say, we are not watching. we care what you do. protests across the country showed no sign of waning tuesday night. in new

york union square, nurses took to their knees to show solidarity activists. healthcare workers have been shared daily for the efforts fight in the coronavirus, but they thought it more appropriate to applaud those honouring a different kind of disease. as an 8pm curfew set m, disease. as an 8pm curfew set in, visual brace for another night of demonstrations and possible unrest. after months of eerily quiet streets, epi —— new york was the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, they are starting to reopen. but as it does, american cities are facing another epidemic. racism. and the consequences of ignoring decades of injustice and equality. definite inequality. —— inequality. nada tawfik, bbc news. let's get an update from our north america correspondent peter bowes. i understand there has been a real shift in the mood last night in terms of how these protests are being conducted. yes, i think so. it has been

over a week now of these quite a violent protest, a lot of looting around the country, but i think there has been a tangible change in the mood, especially an improvement in relations between those demonstrators, protesters on the streets, still in many cities around the country, and the relations with the police. especially here in la, although right now, late into the evening in la, many people are being arrested on the streets of la, in the centre of hollywood, downtown la, because they have defied the curfew, which has been in force here for several hours now, dusk to dawn curfew, and that is a situation that is repeated around the country. a lot of those people say that they are doing that, they are refusing to go home because they believe what amounts to civil disobedience is worth it still to make their point. we are hearing 1600 troops on the streets of washington, dc, certainly in the capital, there

isa certainly in the capital, there is a lot of criticism aimed at president trump. there is a lot of criticism aimed at the presidents, although some of his, some who see it as heavy—handed threats, haven't really materialised yet, and for all those 1600 troops have been deployed to the washington, dc area, they were told they are not actively deployed at the moment in terms of law enforcement with the civil authorities. so there is a certain restraint there are, they are on high alert, but they are on high alert, but they haven't taken to the streets yet, and are not involved in rounding up people who are breaking the curfew restrictions in washington, dc. peter, for now, thank you very much indeed. of course, we will have more on what is happening in the us a little later in this programme. now let's talk to you about what is going on in france. because hundreds have defied a band 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. for more, i'm joined by cole stangler a journalist who's in paris. thank you for being on the programme. just tell us a bit more about what happened four yea rs more about what happened four years ago, and why the story of george floyd is resonating so much with those in paris. adama traore died on his 24th birthday back in 2016 in police custody in a suburb of paris. now, his family has helped to raise consciousness about his death on social media, organising protests, and his family has been engaged in a court battle for the last four yea rs, court battle for the last four years, trying to shed light on

the circumstances of his death. very recently there was the latest investigation where a judgement showed ultimately the officers were not responsible for adama traore's death, saying it was due to underlying medical conditions. at the same time, his family commissioned a separate report, and they said adama traore's death was due to the pressure put on him by the police officers, that arrested him, and that detained him back in 2016. so this case, certainly one in france, and as we saw last night here in paris, demonstrations called for by the family clearly resonated with the french population and people seeing similarities between the george floyd case and the adama traore case. and the response to this, what been from the authorities? we saw a largely peaceful

demonstration last night, 20,000 people according to police figures. paris police are not known to be generous with figures so 20,000 is a large turnout in front of the courthouse as called for by the family largely peaceful. we saw a scuffle following the demonstration around 9pm and what we saw after that was a really apparently spontaneous march that was started, that marched alongside the highway for a couple of kilometres and made its way through the north of paris in the 18th district, a very working—class district. i was at the march and it was a very impressive atmosphere. this had a very different feel, it was spontaneous, a lot of energy, a lot of the young people, a multiracial crowd. people seemed to be really galvanised by this adama traore case. and also what has happened in the us, seeing a real similarity. thank you also interesting to hear what is happening in paris at the

moment. 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 and the times, he wrote: "if china imposes its national security law, the british government will change our immigration rules and allow any holder of these passports from hong kong to come to the uk for a renewable period of 12 months and be given further immigration rights, including the right to work, which could place them on a route to citizenship." yet to reach its peak in the fight against covid—19, brazil is a country is divided. as the death toll climbs and tensions rise, parts of the country are beginning to reopen. tanya dendrinos reports. another day, another grim milestone for brazil. now, at

more than 31,000 coronavirus deaths, with more than 550,000 confirmed cases. translation: before this pandemic, we did about 25 burials per day. after the pandemic, the number of burials almost doubled. but as the staggering toll continues to rise, the country is beginning to reopen. rio easing measures saw shot back in business as local authorities announced a gradual return to trading. translation: terrible! we hadn't even reached the peak and everything is open. it is all about money. and on the city apartment famed beaches, it was a surfer‘s paradise. translation: surfing was released so we can practice the spot that we liked, that we are passionate about. let's go. from now on, back to normal

thanks to god. away from the ocean, though, things were less idyllic. crowds gathered, staging a protest against the president. then a nod to protests worldwide, demonstrators rallying in memory of george floyd, a symbol of their solidarity. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: britain's beekeepers try to fend off an invasion as the asian bee moves in on the mainland. 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: thousands of people in major cities across the us defy

cu rfews as protests take place for an eighth night. the for an eighth night. family of george floyd appeals the family of george floyd appeals forjustice the family of george floyd appeals for justice to the family of george floyd appeals forjustice to be done. let's stay with that story now. kandace montgomery is executive director of black visions, a black—led, queer community organisation. thank community organisation. you for being on the programme. thank you for being on the programme. tellers from your perspective how these protests are going and what they may achieve? thank you for having me on. i think that these protests are going amazingly. what we are seeing especially during the day is our community taking care of each other and providing its own safety and truly enforcing and reinforcing the reason why we don't need the reason why we don't need the police and i am first time believing that the young people coming up after us will grow up

ina coming up after us will grow up in a world where they do not have to worry about the violence and terror of the racist policing institution that we all experience globally. if you are not to have police, how would things work? yeah, such a good question and i appreciate you asking that because it's one of the most important ones that we can really be talking about and envisioning right now. firstly, we need to stop wasting resources on this violent, racist police system and rei nvests racist police system and reinvests that in community institutions and health. the amount of money we spend $193 million on policing where we only spend about $40 million on affordable housing, a major issue, and one of the first steps is actually investing the infrastructure and resources into the needs of the communities that we know ultimately guide us to safety. how do you see what is happening now and across the

rest of the united states about this issue playing into the elections in november? do you think you will get the numbers of people going to the ballot box to make a difference? of people going to the ballot box to make a difference ?|j certainly box to make a difference?” certainly hope so. i think that what is clear is that all across the country and all across the country and all across the country and all across the globe, communities are fed up with the government that they cannot rely on. they are demanding change and they are demanding change and they are no longer waiting for justice, they are taking it. but it is quite easy to point the finger at the current presidency in terms of with what is not being supplied who need it most but even the previous government under president 0bama, many would argue did very little on this issue of race and those in need not getting what they need?” think that is true and i think that what is necessary is total transformation of many institutions. right now what we are calling for its

transformation of policing because, for what we know is at least a 400 year history, that has kept people enslaved and in poverty and locked up and away from their communities and we need to address those things now. what you are calling for isa now. what you are calling for is a radical if not complete change in how things are run. in minneapolis, where you are, what is your strategy? currently this strategy has been to continue to engage our elected officials and really talk to them about a vision of community led safety. i really believe that is necessary if we start with that vision, if we only start with the negative then we cannot see a true path forward. so, working with elected officials to actually identify a clear, clean transition away from the minneapolis police department as soon as minneapolis police department as soon as possible. it's been really interesting talking to

you, thank you for sharing your thoughts on bbc news. that is executive director of black visions. from next monday, the uk is to impose a 2—week travel quarantine for almost anyone arriving in the uk. in an interview with the bbc, portugal's foreign minister has said british tourists will be "most welcome" this summer. augusto santos silva confirmed that his government was talking to officials at the home office about securing an air bridge agreement between portugal and the uk so that, in the future, tourists returning from portugal might not have to self—isolate for two weeks. you are welcome, so you can visit places in portugal, you can spend your holidays in portugal and if you are used to spending holidays in portugal, you can come to us this summer

because we are preparing well to receive you in the most safest conditions. we are already conducting in order to see if the quarantine that was imposed by the uk until the end ofjune cannot be prolonged throughoutjuly or august because it was prolonged, of course, the holidays of british people but also portuguese people but also portuguese people living in the united kingdom in portugal would be very severely damaged and put question. quarantine is an enemy of tourism. we will not apply any kind of quarantine to foreign visitors coming to

portugal. this is sure from our side. we believe that sanitary measures like for instance, the temperature control and, most of all, clear and clearly known by people, clear rules of behaviour in portugal replace ina much behaviour in portugal replace in a much more effective way the quarantine. a new predator could soon be threatening britain's bee colonies. the so—called asian hornet has been spreading across europe over the last two decades. the channel islands now gets dozens of nests each year and fears are growing that the uk mainland will be next, as our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, reports. it doesn't look much, just a

single queen feeding her first hatchlings this week, in jersey, but left unchecked, the nest will grow. this was found injersey in 2018 and it is reckoned to have contained thousands of hornets. they can be aggressive when disturbed.” think i will whizz around because... so the first hornets was discovered injersey in 2016 and since then, really hornets have become more established in jersey and the number of nests we have been finding have been rising. the fear is that the uk mainland could be next. 2016, 17 asian hornet nests have been found in england and the beekeepers of britain are organising a home guard to repel this potential invasion. i'm in the wilds of the west country among some of the west country among some of

the 30 hives owned by live, a master beekeeper and behind some of the efforts to protect a —— britainfrom some of the efforts to protect a —— britain from asian hornet. they are fantastic invaders, they really are! and honey colonies are a supermarket for an asian hornet, 50,000 bees, so if you're searching for food for your young, a hive isjust perfect. just watch this asian hornet dismembering a wasp, it can killup to hornet dismembering a wasp, it can kill up to 50 pollinators a day we are determined to learn from what we have seen in europe and not let that happen here. so the more people who know what an asian hornet looks like, the more people there are keeping their eyes peeled and the more there are who can report it. so how can you spot an asian hornet? the natural history museum has the largest collection of insects in the world, including a selection of hornets. you have basically a

dark hornet, mostly black with some narrow yellow stripes on the abdomen and is quite striking a parts to the legs. the hornet is out there hunting down bees, the line of the insect world. this box could hold about £30 of honey. bees have enough to worry about without a new predator on the lock but there is a fact you should know, the honeybee is itself an invasive species and by biological standards, a relatively recent one. the first honeybees arrived in the uk with settlers. —— with human settlers. justin rowlatt, bbc news. new research on the dead sea scrolls — which contain some of the earliest known texts of the bible — indicate they may not all have come from the desert where they were found — above the dead sea in what is today the occupied west bank. dna analysis suggests some

of the scrolls were made from different types of animal hide, casting new light on their origin. as the coronavirus lockdown begins to ease in many countries, shops, bars a nd restau ra nts are opening back up. plenty of regulations are still in place, limiting the number of customers. at one restaurant in the netherlands, even the staff have undergone a transformation, as tim allman explains. meet amy, a robot that is very serious about social distancing. she, along with her colleagues aker and james, is working as a waitress at this restaurant in the dutch city of maastricht. long-haired man: coffee for you? amy arrives with your order and you have 20 seconds to take your drinks before she departs. all in all, an unusual experience for some patrons. i like it that we're able

to go to restaurants now, but i think that getting food from a robot seems a bit strange and i prefer humans. what the owners are trying to do is limit the interaction between the human staff and the customers. robot waiters mean people can be kept further apart and limit any chance of infection. translation: our team is very happy with the robots. they each have their own secretary who helps with the work so they can come in to more contact with the guests. walking from the bar to the tables and from the kitchen to the tables is no longer necessary. for now, amy, aker and james only serve drinks, although there are plans for them to diversify. they don't provide much in the way of conversation... thank you. ..but they won't be upset if you fail to give them a tip. tim allman, bbc news. so many things are changing, aren't they? you are now

up—to—date with regards to the latest on what is happening in the united states, coronavirus et cetera. i will be back with all the top business stories in just a moment. see you soon. hello there. the temperature reached 27 celsius in hampshire on tuesday, but that was the last of the very warm days for probably quite some time. 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 south—east 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 south—east 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 14—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, we're 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 news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. lockdown winner: zoom's revenue jumps nearly 170% as more people work from home. after being one of the hardest hit in the pandemic, italy opens up for tourists today. but will they come? if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, you are very welcome. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments

here in britain and globally. as many of us work from home, virtual meetings have become an essential tool of communication and companies offering those services have seen a surge in popularity. 0ne benefiting from the boom is zoom. its latest quarterly revenue skyrocketed by nearly 170%. the california firm only became a publicly traded company a little over a year ago. its stock started trading at around $62 per share. but in the last few months, zoom's share price has more than tripled as michelle fleury reports from new york. zoom proves you can turn popularity into profit, sales at the company to make online voice and video calls grew by 169% in one year with quarterly

revenue of $328 million. the pandemic has forced many of us out of the office to work at home. this woman is doing her marketing job remotely. my days we re marketing job remotely. my days were filled with a lot of meetings before and they are still filled with a lot of meetings, the biggest difference is that the meetings are all done with a screen. when bbc news went remote, our homes became makeshift studios and zoom is one way to gather the news. the company makes its money from corporate users who base ascription for enhanced features. but zoom isn'tjust for work. since the pandemic, we are using it for everything from learning to partying, even finding love. all right! welcome to your date. in a time social distancing, this woman turned to the zoom dating. what about my profile? did you like it? maybe she is cool and into murder mystery, so i thought we could strike up a conversation about that. the coronavirus has

unleashed an incredible judgement incredible growth for zoom. it has about 235,400 corporate clients with more than ten employees. a near fourfold increase than a year ago. as more people log john, its security and privacy was exposed in a trend that became known as zoom bombing. some people began disrupting online school classes as a prank to share on youtube. don't do that with your head, no, you did. who are you? what about who am i?i who are you? what about who am i? i don't think there is a realistic way they could do anything about that. it is open season for me. zoom polymer earnings report shows issue has had little impact on its ability to grow and generate only confirming its status as a wall street star.

i bet you have used it in recent weeks, loved or hate it, zoom. do tell me what you think, if you like remote meetings or if you'd read them. all those quiz nights with the family! but now, let's talk about italy. italy was one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic. today, it's opening up to international tourists. travellers from eu countries will be able to enter the country without going into a 2—week quarantine. it will also allow travel between the regions, which has so far been tightly restricted. tourism is crucial to italy's economy and employs an estimated 4.2 million people, just under a fifth of the entire official workforce. the tourism sector accounts for 13% of italian gdp. up to 420 million people visited italy annually in the past few years. will visitors return in the same numbers? let's talk this through.

michele geraci, is the former undersecretary of state at the italian ministry of economic development. good to have you on the programme. what are your hopes for italy, for tourism this summer for italy, for tourism this summer season? surely, you will see a lot fewer visitors. yes, indeed, because many of the summer indeed, because many of the summer bookings do happen in the springtime, march, april, especially tour operators. so we do expect a little bit of a pickup, mostly individual tours, but we do also have italian tourists, may be spend more time in italy than they would otherwise. travel restrictions are being lifted across europe, but as you know, airlines, travel arrangements won't be as it used to be for even travelling outside, it will be less convenient. we expect them, a little bit of a pickup. as you said, tourism

represents almost 14% of the italian economy. in the centre of rome, all hotels and restau ra nts of rome, all hotels and restaurants have been closed for three months, many of them, they will not be able to reopen because they will go out of business. the government has not been strong enough and early enough to give them the liquidity to allow them to survive. it will be tough, also the related sectors such as fashion, duty—free shopping by foreign tourism, which accounts foreign tourism, which accounts for 50 billion, so it is a little bit of a challenging time in italy. and there are also other challenges, although your borders are open and visitors will not have to go through quarantine periods, when they go home, they might have too. and also of course, there is a psychological barrier, the images all in our minds of italy going through the crisis, it was beamed

across the world, wasn't it? people will wonder if they will be safe in italy. this has been a little bit of damage that we have done at the beginning, not handling the situation extremely well. we have underestimated. 0ther extremely well. we have underestimated. other countries have done the same. luckily, the health issue has been concentrated not even in milan, but another relatively basis. everything has been relatively ok everything has been relatively 0k in rome. we have not been able to go out. but i can assure you in the last few days people have been out like normal. restaurant are starting to open again. it doesn't seem safe to me, so yes, it was banned in fabry and march, but hopefully what we are working on, it will be improved. and tourists are most welcome to italy and i think the measure

that we are now taking to allow for a lot of tourist flow that would make people feel safe, and the hot weather, which people say is another potential limit to the spread of the virus, should actually welcome tourism into italy and the southern part of italy, which have been even less affected by the virus. in the hot weather, warm, safe and not really impacted badly by the virus. good to talk to you. thank you for your time this morning. thank you. let's get some of the day's other news. german chancellor angela merkel failed to broker a deal on a stimulus package on tuesday, delaying plans to spend as much as $110 billion to reinvigorate germany's faltering economy. the ruling coalition of her christian democratic—led bloc and the social democrats didn't reach an agreement after nine hours of talks in berlin. talks are said to resume this morning.

the us has launched a formal investigation into new digital taxes over concerns they "unfairly ta rget" american tech giants like facebook. the inquiry will examine tax schemes in 10 jurisdictions including the uk, european union and india. it is the first step in a process that could lead to the introduction of tariffs or other trade retaliation. a senior nissan executive has told the bbc that the compa ny‘s operations in europe, including its plant in sunderland, would be unsustainable if tariffs are imposed on cars at the end of the brexit transition period. as trade talks between the uk and the eu continue this week, the company's chief operating 0fficer urged the government to reach an agreement as soon as possible. it follows an announcement by nissan last week that its plant in the north—east was safe for now.

mr gupta was talking to our business editor simon jack from the company's base in japan. during the covid—19, nobody can forecast what is going to happen this year, and that is why last week when we announced our transformation plan, we did not announce the forecast for 2020. having said that, this year, the market should be 30% less tha n year, the market should be 30% less than last year, and this is what we are anticipating. then we have to go market by market, we are seeing china coming back very fast, so this morning i issued the results of may, we are increasing, but then we have to see how the us is recovering and how europe is recovering. in europe, you said you will let your alliance partners renault take a lead in that market. will that involve renault using the sum of the spare capacity in the uk and shifting production to sunderland? when we go to

europe, obviously the car market and just the market schar, are we going to do everything by ourselves? the a nswer everything by ourselves? the answer is no. i we going to focus on out on expertise? yes. whether we will manufacture in this plan or that plant, that is something which is the decision of each company to ta ke decision of each company to take based on that. there is... you announced last week nissan will be preserving its plant in sunderland, but what happens in the event of a no—deal brexit with tariffs on cars? will the plant be safe in that situation? we believe and we urge that the agreement between the uk and eu, because we can sustain this business with the correct tariff structure. if the tariffs are imposed, it is not a question of sunderland. 0ur not a question of sunderland. our whole business in the uk or

in europe will not be sustainable because 70% of our operation is exported out of sunderland. as you know, breads and negotiations are happening right now, and given what you said about sunderland last week, many people think it is safe no matter what happens with brexit now. we want to continue, we are committed, we have shown our commitment by launching the new duke, we are investing in the next line, and we are doing everything which makes sense for the company, the employees, the economy of global customers in europe and in the uk. having said that, if we are not getting the correct tariffs, it is not our intention, the business will not be sustainable. that is what everybody has to understand. that was the chief operating officer thereof nissan. let's

show you the financial markets so show you the financial markets so you show you the financial markets so you can show you the financial markets so you can have a show you the financial markets so you can have a sense show you the financial markets so you can have a sense of how things have been going stop in asia, have seen a bumpy session. why can't show you the numbers. most numbers are higher. nick cave is a common 196, higher. nick cave is a common 1%, hong kong up by 1.2%. higher. nick cave is a common 1%, hong kong up by1.2%. iam looking up the numbers —— nikkei. in the us, gains across the board as well. it would seem the board as well. it would seem markets investors are very much focused on economies opening up and lockdown measures being eased, and is bringing back economic growth, thatis bringing back economic growth, that is the hope was not of course the second what is expected to be pretty dire across the board. if we can look at the us markets... investors always looking further ahead and buying on the hope of a speedy and better recovery tha n hope of a speedy and better recovery than some of the gloomier predictions when economies return to growth.

you are with bbc news. 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: thousands of people in major cities across the us defy cu rfews as protests take place for an eighth night. the family of george floyd whose death in police custody sparked the protests, appeals forjustice to be done. hong kong chief executive carrie lam is in beijing today to give her thoughts on the new security law passed last week, 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, and where the protest movement goes from here. 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 revenge 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,

is punishing hong kong. china and the united states are the two major trading partners of hong kong. so now the two big countries 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. danny vincent, bbc news, hong kong.

returning now to the top story. thousands of return to the streets, protesting at what has happened to george floyd in the united states, more than a week ago. many are defined curfews put in place earlier at seven o'clock northern time. our northern american correspondent has been following the protests, in washington, dc. it is well after the curfew here but there are hundreds of people close to the white house but it is, excuse me, it is com pletely but it is, excuse me, it is completely peaceful, trouble—free. not what can be said as to what was happening just 24 hours ago, this time yesterday, it was utter chaos. teargas is being used by security forces, a of force to clear the area so a bit later, donald trump could visit this

church over here for what in effect was a photo opportunity. it appears that that has not deterred people from coming out today. we are from bbc news, what has brought you out today, given what has been going on in recent days, where you intimidated? i was out of town andi intimidated? i was out of town and i drove back up to be here because the thing is, teargas does not kill people, the cops are killing people and for the fear that people have to live with every day, i can do it for a few hours today. you are prepared to break the curfew... . i have an armband, i'm prepared to call for legal systems. what comes from this today with yellow hopefully some action but we can only stay hope. i stay safe. there has been lots of criticism here

of the way the president of the hand of the situation. of course, his supporters were differently but for people here who are out here to peacefully, legally protest, they are still determined that their voice is going to be heard. the oscar—winning film director spike lee has long been an outspoken critic of police brutality and racism. the scenes in the united states in the past week, he points out, are nothing new and have been going on since the first enslaved people were brought to america four centuries ago. spike lee has been 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? 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. thank you for your time her today here on bbc news. i will see you soon. “— today here on bbc news. i will see you soon. —— here today here on bbc news. i will see you soon. —— here today. hello there. the temperature reached 27 celsius in hampshire on tuesday, but that was the last of the very warm days for probably quite some time. 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 south—east 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 south—east 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 14—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, we're 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.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: demonstrators defy curfews in cities across the us to take part in an eighth night of protests over the death of george floyd in police detention. the mother of his daughter appears in pubic to make an emotional plea for justice. —— public.

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