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this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk — and around the world. from monday anyone arriving in the uk must self isolate for two weeks — as the government is forced to defend its controversial plans. now that we are getting the virus under control in the uk, there is a risk that cases from abroad begin once again to make up a greater proportion of overall cases. if these measures are necessary from the 8th ofjune, why have they not be necessary in recent weeks or from when they were first announced by the home secretary on the 22nd of may? a ninth day of protests in the united states — after the death of george floyd in police custody — as the defence secretary says he's against sending in the army.
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the option to use active duty forces should only be used as a matter of last resort. and only in the most urgent and last resort. and only in the most urgentand dire last resort. and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. we are not in one of the situations now. thousands take to the streets in london — tojoin the protests at the death of george floyd. the uk prime minister says coronavirus test results will be available within 2a hours by the end ofjune. and — scientists take a closer look at ‘so—called' superspreaders — the 10% of infected people, responsible for 80% of all cases hello and welcome to bbc news — to viewers in the uk and around the world. to viewers in the uk from monday anyone arriving in the uk will have
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to self—isolate for m days. the home secretary priti patel has confirmed, that the government's plans will go ahead, with people in england being fined up to 1000 pounds, if they break the rules or — even face prosecution. but the plans have been criticised by mps on all sides — with many questioning why the quarantine measures weren't introduced earlier, and others expressing serious concerns about the impact on tourism and the economy. 359 more deaths have been recorded in the uk in the last 2a hours, bringing the total death toll to 39,728. we start — with this report from tom burridge. the experience for people arriving into the uk is about to change. from monday, almost everyone will be expected to self—isolate for two weeks. so what does it mean for holidays this summer?
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should anyone be booking a holiday anywhere in europe right now? what is your assessment? 0ur holidays abroad this summer going to happen? the foreign office guidance is that everybody at the moment should avoid nonessential travel. everybody should avoid nonessential travel. we have to knock this virus on the head. so how will quarantine work? when you book your ticket for a plane, train or ferry abroad, you'll have to provide a uk address when you will self—isolate on your return. when home, you will have to spend two weeks at that address. government officials will carry out random checks to see if people are self—isolating. anyone who breaks the rules might have to pay a £1000 fine. enforcement rules might differ in scotland, wales and northern ireland. airlines say the quarantine adds uncertainty, and the boss of one of the world's biggest travel websites told me brits are looking
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but not booking. we saw in the uk a lot of searches of people who want to travel outside, but they are not booking like in the other countries because they don't know what will happen when they have to come back. tens of thousands of people travelled into the uk during the lockdown. the government insists the quarantine wouldn't have been effective at the height of the pandemic because any cases imported would not have had any real impact on the overall prevalence of the virus. labour and conservative backbenchers disagree. unfortunately, like too much of the home office handling of the crisis, the management of arrivals to the uk has lacked urgency and coherence. i simply cannot get my head around the public health mental gymnastics of this policy. if such a barrier was required, why was it not introduced earlier in the outbreak? portugal wants brits to travel there this
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summer and says it is negotiating with the uk so, byjuly, people might not have to self—isolate when they travel home. tom burridge, bbc news. let's go over live to westminster and our political correspondent nick eardley. you heard, why now, when millions of people have come in and out of the uk over the last three months. that's the question. the argument that the government here is making is that now they want to avoid a second spike in this virus, the want to avoid people bringing coronavirus into the uk, but we had a debate in parliament on this today and mp after mp, many from the ruling conservative party were standing up and making exactly that point. if this policy was needed it should have been brought in at the start. there's also real concern here that
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bring ina there's also real concern here that bring in a blanket quarantine committee report people coming in from countries with the virus much more under control then it is in the uk will have a devastating impact on aviation industry, on tourism, on airports in the uk. so there's a real concern in parliament here that this policy is being brought in too late and also is being brought in to blank at this stage. how tight of the restrictions going to be and how long is this going to stay in place, do you think? we don't know for sure how long, we know there's going to be reviews every three weeks. we also know the government here is in talks with some european countries about this idea of air corridors, which means there countries agree that their citizens can be freely. at the moment none of those have been agreed and there was initially a hope and perhaps even an expectation here that such a move
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would be agreed with france. that has not happened so far it seems to bea has not happened so far it seems to be a reluctance of european countries to embrace this to embrace those proposals if the uk won't do the same. thank you. the us defence secretary, has put himself at odds with president trump, by saying he does not think the military should be used to control protests over the death of george floyd. it comes as tens of thousands of people continued to demonstrate — mainly peacefully — for a ninth day — following his death in police custody. 0ur north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, is at the white house. one thing to look out for in the next couple of hours is the attorney general of minnesota. that is where the killing of george floyd took place. the attorney general is due to make an announcement and it's thought that announcement may relate to whether more charges are going to be brought against the police officers involved in that incident. it is something being called for by protesters taking
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to the streets across this country, including here in washington, dc. say their names! it is clear the violent dispersal of protesters and threat of even tougher action by police has not been enough to keep demonstrators from coming back to have their voice heard. at exactly this time yesterday, this area in front of st john's church, close to the white house has been cleared with tear gas and with force of legal, peaceful protesters. you can see what happened today, hundreds of people are once again on their knees and with their hands up in memory of george floyd. given what has happened, did you feel apprehensive? definitely, but as a white person, my life is much more productive right now than other people's lives. —— protected.
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ifelt apprehensive, but i think for me it was important to come out no matter what. what we are seeing is law enforcement is being used to antagonise us and they are the ones being violent. we are coming here to protest against police brutality and we are facing it at the protest. we are coming here to protest against police brutality and we are facing it at the protest. security forces weren't as visible here, a definite factor in taking the heat out of the situation. this is what things had looked like the night before, sound bombs and smoke canisters and pepper spray. and the president has been threatening the use of the military, something his own defence secretary now says he does not support. the option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. we are not in one of those situations now. i do not support invoking the insurrection act. a feature of the last week has been a tax on the media as well.
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cameramen charged down by an officer close to the white house. a cnn reporter arrested live on air. an australian cameraman punched by an officer in riot gear. and a german reporter shot at by police with a pellet gun. and yet, thousands are still taking to the streets across the country. these scenes from the latest protest in portland, oregon, featured demonstrators laying on their fronts in silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time a police officer knelt on the neck of george floyd, killing him. the mother of his six—year—old daughter said he'd been a good father who had provided for them. he will never see her grow up, graduate. he will never walk her down the aisle.
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a picture of george floyd has now been added to the spot where he took his last breath. america's stroking, strangled rallying cry for change. here — thousands of people have taken to the streets of london to join the protests. the event was organised by the group, black lives matter and began in hyde park. chi chi izundu was there. the gesture of a generation. a protest against needless death. thousands gathered at london's hyde park two march against racism solidarity with the protests in the united states. this is luiz, her mum margaret and her son. luiz says she dreads the day when she will have to sit her son down and explain why he may face discrimination. the truth of the matter is i will have to have that typical conversation. i will have to say there are certain things
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you should do and certain things you should be mindful of, who you are, your race and how people might see you and judge you and treat you. and if that treatment that the star wars actor is also angry about. black lives have always mattered. we have always been important. we have always meant something, we have always succeeded. and now is the time. people here are angry, they say this has been a long time coming and the death of george floyd in minneapolis in the united states is just a catalyst to express how they are feeling. they say that the uk is no different when it comes to racism. 0rganisers thought only up to 1000 people would walk with them today, so this is a turnout of support they didn't expect. this is a demand for change, echoing around the world and the voices from the uk
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also want to be heard. breaking developments in the story, because the us senator called bashar who was standing for the democratic nominee has been giving details that been talking to the attorney general locally and says that three other officers will also be charged in relation to the deaths of george floyd. we heard from the family legal team earlier in the day at the sight of where george floyd died that the anticipated charges coming for these three other officers, so that appears to be in train. she has also called for the charges against that main officer to be up to second degree murder. but the moment he has been charged with third—degree murder. developments on that story we get more and obviously we will
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return to that. let's focus now on the threat to controlling the spread of covid—19 — with these mass protests. i'm joined now from new york by dr tom free—den, former director of the us cdc — the organisation at the centre of of the administration's response. he's now president of resolve to save lives, part of the global public health initiative ‘vital strategies'. welcome here to the programme. i know you have been tweeting exactly about this issue that we have seen vast protests across different cities in america, and the potential for the spread of covid—19. what are your thoughts and assessments of that? i think we have to look past the moment to what is really happening here. in the real risk is the risk of a failure of trust in government, and if we look around the world and the us that trust in government is essential to effective public health action. two people getting tested, i slid quarantine,
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dissipating a contact tracing, that's the real risk here. 0utdoor activities are many, many, many times less risky than indoor activities and with mask wearing even less risky. the risk here is not the isolated incidents or even the large number of after protests, the large number of after protests, the risk here is the loss of our ability to engage communities and support communities, the loss of trust in government. and that could be really devastating to the ability to control an infectious disease. that's the real risk then. the knock on, when you have a situation like this, wrote many members of the public distrust with the effort from the administration, losing that trust has knock on implications into those absolutely basic essential public health messages, that's what you are saying? absolutely. even from the ebola epidemic in the drc. the areas where the government was
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not trusted took years to get under control. it's crucial that leaders level with the public, address both the racial and racist policies and practices that have been far too prevalent the us, and that we support the communities that are disproportionately affected not only by social and economic forces but also by health. we look in the us does a disproportionate impact of covid—19 on black communities and that's the combination of three different forces at least. there are individuals that have to work essential jobs that individuals that have to work essentialjobs that put them a higher risk, whether that's groceries or health care, or other essential jobs. second, groceries or health care, or other essentialjobs. second, before covid health status was less robust, higher rates of diabetes and high blood pressure, and less control and third, less access to health care. 0n coronavirus, anthony fauci has been a prominent voice as part of the white house coronavirus task force. he sat on the essay he is not
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spoken to the president in two weeks, how worrying is that? the bigger concern for me is that the degree to which the public health authority, the centre for disease control and prevention is able to speak directly to the american public on a regular basis. this has been a core component of every other infectious disease and health threat for the past 7a years. it's extraordinary that hasn't happened 110w. extraordinary that hasn't happened now. frankly, within the us we are safer we can hear regularly from the cdc and when they could face the press regularly. i hope that will happen again, separately it well. it will be at least a regular occurrence for more. it's a great deal of important and good work being done by the cdc but they are not allowed to talk about it, frankly. two final questions, the former academic adviser for donald trump said that if there ever a need to lock things down again with a second spike he did not think public would be willing to go backwards
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towards that. briefly, do you agree with him on that assessment?” towards that. briefly, do you agree with him on that assessment? i think it's going to be hard. that's we have to take a more nuanced view. it's not open versus closed, it's a dimmerdialat nightand it's not open versus closed, it's a dimmer dial at night and on off switch. may levels like red, orange, yellow, green with different things you can do at different times. with kiev we reopen safely and then box the virus and with isolation and contract tasting, dessert, mentoring measures that can give the virus database so we can resume as much economic activity as soon and as safely as possible. restart without rekindling. and a final question, we spoke at the end of april when the death toll was a 56,000, it's almost double that now. where do you think this ends in the united states? on the time will tell what's going to happen, but it is within our control. that's why it's important that we scale up those core public health systems and attached to a new normal where we have to take safety
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measures to reduce the risk of exposing the spread. thank you for taking time to speak to us here at bbc news. good to talk to you. stay with us — in about half an hour — we'll be talking to the poet, actor and musician benjamin zephaniah about the worldwide protests both in united states and in many, many other countries. the interview coming up here a little later. there's been significant new developments in the investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann who went missing in portugal 13 years ago. a 43—year—old german prisoner who travelled around portugal in a camper van is now the focus of scotland yard's investigation. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is with me now. tell me more about this. a 43—year—old german man, as yet
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unnamed by the authorities. this is a joint investigation led by german police but also with metropolitan police in london. they have identified this man who was, as you say, staying in a camper van around the time of the disappearance but also was lynch the area for many yea rs. also was lynch the area for many years. he thought to have been involved in burglary hotels and holiday apartments, and drug dealing but also has multiple convictions for sex offences including child abuse against children. there were people to lose any information about the camper van equity distinctive white cameraman with a yellow base. —— camper white cameraman with a yellow base. —— camper van. white cameraman with a yellow base. —— camper van. they're also looking for information in relation to a dark coloured jaguar car. this is significant because the suspect is thought to have been using this dark coloured jaguar car, it was
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registered in his name but the day after madeleine disappeared he had it reregistered in somebody else's name. please also looking for information on a mobile phone number that the suspect used at the time which he used that night in the area but an hour before madeleine mccann disappeared. what are detectives telling you about this new significance and leads and lines of inquiry. there's been so many false sta rts inquiry. there's been so many false starts in the years. there were so many questions that it became quite clear they regard this as a significant development. she was only three years old when she disappeared into thousand seven. there's been many, many false trails since then. the metropolitan police last made a major appeal three years ago and it's out of that that this sleep came. processed as far as they can without the public‘s help and
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they're now can without the public‘s help and they‘ re now making can without the public‘s help and they're now making it so significant that they're going public and will give the last few pieces of the jigsaw to see if they finally found the suspect. thank you so much for taking us through all of that. the head of the uk government's test and trace programme has admitted that she is unable to reveal how many people —who have tested for coronavirus — have had results back within 2a hours. facing a grilling by mps, baroness harding also refused to provide data on test and trace — saying that it had not yet been validated. after pressure from the opposition, the prime minister said that results would be available within 2a hours for all testing by the end ofjune. here's our health editor, hugh pym. if you test positive, nhs test and trace will contact you to trace people you might have infected. with the government advertising the new tracing system in england there is continuing debate over whether it is working. some contact process hired to call those people who have tested positive say they have had nothing to do since the launch last thursday, including one who wanted to be
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anonymous who spoke to the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire. it's frustrating to know that i am sat idle when there are people that need contacting. i can't understand why we haven't had any contacts. the issue was raised at prime minister's questions. the prime minister promised we would have a test, track and trace operation that would be world beating and, yes, it will be in place by the 1st ofjune. but it isn't. as a result of our test, track and trace system, which was up and running on the 1st ofjune, as i said, contrary to what he said, it was up and running, as a result of their efforts, thousands of people are now following our guidance. there were heated parliamentary exchanges about testing for the virus, with a select committee pressing the system's boss to tell them how many results came back within 2a hours.
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don't think there is any citizen service of this scale which would take six days to share 2a hour turnaround data. that can't be right. you are saying you don't actually know how many tests come back within 24 hours, and you are in charge of nhs test and trace. know i have not had the data. you've got data but it's not been validated. i have not had the data validated by the authority he was expressed concern over previous testing data. rob had to wait three weeks for a result in a care home after one test was invalid and had to be repeated. it was negative but a friend told me the experience had been upsetting. i feel really angry because he hasn't got a voice. the home has been brilliant but it is length of time waiting has been really traumatic on him as a vulnerable person. the prime minister said, by the end of
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june, all test results will be back in 2a hours, another new target which will be closely monitored by mps. hugh pym, bbc news. let's look at some of the day's other news north korean primary children have returned to classes, after the start of their regular school year in april was put on hold because of virus restrictions. north korea was the first country to close its borders and implement strict controls after the new coronavirus surfaced in neighbouring china. it has not confirmed a single case of covid—19, athough analysts have questioned whether that is possible. sweden's top epidemiologist has admitted that the country's strategy on tackling covid—19 could have been improved. anders tegnell — the public face of sweden's virus response — defended the decision not to impose the strict lockdowns seen in other countries. but he's now said adjustments to the strategy could have been made. sweden has more than 40,000 confirmed cases and over four thousand deaths — a toll far greater than neighbouring countries.
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good evening. it has been a different weather story to tell today. a different feel to our weather as well. this was melton mowbray a little earlier on, and you can just about make out the shower droplets along the river here. now some of the rain was fairly light and patchy through the afternoon, but this has been the story with the radar as it continues to drift south and east. so it is bringing a little bit of welcome rain to those parched gardens out there. behind it, a few scattered showers. these were the temperatures though, that was the real difference, the feel of the weather. yesterday, we saw high 20s, today, generally around the mid to high teens if we were lucky. so that rain continues to track its way south and east overnight tonight, and then a few scattered showers behind, quite a lot
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of cloud through the night, so temperatures will largely hold up into double figures, but we will start thursday off on a rather grey note. so yes, overcast, still some outbreaks of rain to clear away from essex and kent, but it will do so. as we go through the day, hopefully the cloud should thin and break in places. there will be a few isolated showers round. the winds not quite as blustery as today, but still coming from a northerly direction, so still a difference to the feel of the weather story. highest values of nine degrees in the northern isles, perhaps somewhere in south wales or the south midlands seeing highs of 18. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, we are going to need to keep a close eye on an area of low pressure that will develop off into the north sea, and that could enhance some showers or longer spells of rain eventually by the end of the day into eastern scotland. but ahead of it there will be showers, and some of these will be quite heavy as well. best of any drier, brighter weather perhaps down into the south—west,
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but in terms of the feel of things, again, still pretty disappointing — nine to 17 degrees the high. now the winds are likely to strengthen as well, as we move through the latter stages of friday. widely we will see gusts of winds in excess of 40—50mph across the northern half of the uk, and it is worth bearing in mind through friday night, into saturday morning, we are likely to see widespread gales across north—west uk, with wind speeds gusting around 60mph, so that could have an impact. and certainly for the first half of the weekend it is going to be blustery, with sharp showers slowly easing from sunday.
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. three more police officers will be charged after the death of george floyd — as a ninth day of protests continue in the united states. thousands of people have marched in london to join the protests at the death of george floyd. a new suspect has emerged in the disappearance of madeleine mccann — it's a man in prison in germany who was in portugal when she went missing 13 years ago. from monday anyone arriving in the uk must self—isolate for two weeks, as the government is forced to defend its controversial plans. the uk prime minister says coronavirus test results will be available within 2a hours by the end ofjune, as the test and trace programme comes under scrutiny. and scientists takie a closer look at so—called superspreaders —
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the 10% of infected people responsible for 80% of all cases. let's return to the protests in the us, and the news that the us defence secretary mark esper has contradicted president trump by saying he does not think the military should be used to control the protestors. 0ur correspondent in new york, samira hussain, told me his intervention was significant. we're hearing that a key member of his team has said that he does not agree with the president, he does not believe that the insurrection act should be used to try and quell any of the thousands and thousands of protests that we've seen erupt
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here in the united states, across the united states, over the last few days. now, it is significant for the secretary of defence to come out so publicly and to disagree with the president, and it is being reported by some members of the white house press corps, unsurprisingly, that this message has not been very well received. but the fact that we're hearing the secretary of defence believe that he doesn't think that this particular act should be used in this instance is really quite significant indeed. now, samira, as you were hearing, we've just heard from the family, their legal team, and a very interesting part of that was the news that they are expecting later in the day for those other officers, the officers who stood by whilst that officer had his knee on george floyd's neck, they expect them to be charged as well at some stage today? this would be a very significant rule. remember, a lot of the chants that we have been hearing over
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the last several days have included, what about the three others? and these protesters have been referring to the three other officers that were involved in what happened with george floyd. now, part of this also is that we heard from the lawyer for the floyd family that he wants to see the charges against the police officer that has been charged, against 0fficer chauvin, to be increased to attempted murder, so first degree murder. he also wants... he expects that these other police officers will be charged with being accomplices. however, this is what he wants to happen, in no way are we saying that this is what is going to happen, but they are expecting the attorney general of minnesota, keith ellison, to make some sort of statement sometime later today. it is unclear what time that will happen, but it is sure that everyone will be listening very closely to what he has to say.
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already there are developments in terms of what samira hussain was saying about those three other officers. returning to the defence secretary, mark esper, the press spokesman at the white house has just said that the white house, as of right now, says secretary esper is still secretary, and if the president loses faith in him, we will let you know. very interesting comments after mark esper took a very different light to the president transcending in the army. she also said that us power police acted with appropriate levels of force when they push protesters back from la fayette square on monday, those scenes which have made headlines around the world. some of the latest headlines from the white house. the central grievance at the heart of these protests is how the us police use force — especially against people of colour. 0ne force that's been held up as an example of how to get the use of force right
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is camden county police force in newjersey. it was radically overhauled by its chief, scott thomson and was touted by president 0bama as a model for police reform. experts call its new, use—of—force policy, implemented last year, as the "most progressive" policy of its kind. i asked chief scott thomson, who retired last september, how concerned he was about some of the tactics he'd seen in the last week. well, i'm very concerned. you know, there are... particularly some of there are... particularly some of the clips that are getting a lot of attention, the police officers in atla nta attention, the police officers in atlanta who used a taser inside the car, some of the scenes of squad ca i’s car, some of the scenes of squad cars running people over, albeit we do not have all the facts of those situations, but on the surface, in a job themselves, it is very disturbing. we are showing some of exactly what you are describing on—screen 110w, exactly what you are describing on—screen now, a number of clips
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that have gone viral. in terms of some of the basic practicalities, before coming to what you did in camden, body cameras often appear to be turned off at the moment, it becomes very difficult with some of the uniforms they are wearing to identify individual officers, how much of a problem is that when we are talking about excessive use of is, exactly what protesters are complaining about? you know, it really starts with changing the culture within weaponisation. we started with policy, but culture will eat policy for breakfast if you do not have the training, from the levels of accountability to showing people what they are supposed to be doing. we have. as our absolute last resort and part of our policy is we mandate that officers must de—escalate prior to using force, so even though officers will engage people and use. if we did not see
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that they took an active effort to de—escalate the situation, if they contributed to the escalation of situation, they are in violation of policy up to dismissal and possibly prosecution. like doctors, you think police officers should have a basic oath they are following. tell me about that and tell me about de—escalation, how that works with some of these crowd scenes you are seeing paid out in so many cities in the us? the situation currently, what every police officer once on the front lines is to lower the temperature of that situation, and i can tell you that the sooner we can get out of the riot gear, the helmets, the night sticks and get to the softer look and the uniform, the quicker the temperature in that situation will lower. it is an extremely heated situation right now. i can tell you that american
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police officers on the front lines are not police officers on the front lines a re not interested police officers on the front lines are not interested in having the military come in, all that does is continue to further polarise communities, particularly the most aggrieved communities. briefly, the oath i referred to, what you think that should be? in our organisation it was the hippocratic oath, we do no harm first, that is the instruction to every officer in situations in which they may have to use force, we are going to use the lowest a mou nt of use force, we are going to use the lowest amount of force possible. just because we can use force, does not mean that we will. you mentioned disciplinary action and accountability, how important is that part of the system being robust? in minneapolis, for example, since 2012i have been 2600 misconduct complaints from the republic, only 12 officers have been disciplined, the most serious
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sanction was a a0 hour suspension. doesn't that tell you why this problem keeps happening? absolutely and, you know, what you are hearing there, the disparities in systems across the united states in the thousands of police departments we have, as many departments as we have, as many departments as we have, lots of it is governed by collective bargaining agreements and past practice and it really is not good. scott thomson, talking to me earlier. let's return to coronavirus. its been six months now since this virus first came to light, and scientists are learning more about it every day. so—called superspreaders are of particular interest — the 10% of infected people who are responsible for 80% of all cases. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. an outbreak in a nightclub district in south korea. one man with covid—19 is linked to more than 150 new cases.
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coronavirus clusters aren't unusual — as few as 10% of people could cause 80% of all infections. this is how coronavirus spreads. if the virus is left unchecked, one person will infect three others, who will then pass it on to three more, and this keeps on repeating. but this is the average picture. in reality, some people won't pass the virus on at all, especially if they are self—isolating. 0thers, though, will spread it more widely, so one person could give the virus to ten people, and a few of those could do the same. this is a superspreading event. some people mightjust shed more virus than others, but i think a lot of it is going to depend on what people do when they are infectious, so if someone particularly, just before symptoms, when they are most transmissable, happens to go to an all—day meeting with a large number of people and go out for dinner afterwards, you may well see a superspreading event.
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right now, this is the only way to sing together. but prelockdown, choirs saw several superspreading events. bars and restaurants also had clusters, and gyms too. it is notjust about close indoor contact. there are more classes linked to zumba classes than pilates, for example, so it might be not only the noise level in the settings, they have to shout to expel more breath, that might cause more transmission, or you are engaged in an exercise that requires you to breathe more and heavily and deeper, as opposed to more gentle breathing. with lockdown easing, we are being encouraged to spend time outside. but what is the risk? definitely being outdoors is less risk, for transmission, than being indoors, but if you spend a lot of time together in a group, and sharing food, and if you don't
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maintain social distancing, or hand hygiene, then there's still risk of infections. it is crucial to know where superspreading is most likely to happen. scientists say targeted restrictions will help to control covid—19 spread. rebecca morelle, bbc news. let's get more now on the controversial quarantine restrictions which will be imposed on travellers to the uk. from monday, anyone arriving in the uk will have to self—isolate for 1a days. so what are other countries doing? italy has reopened its borders to travellers from most european countries, with no quarantine rules in place. there are concerns, however, that visitors from the uk will be dissuaded by having to quarantine on their return. france has said it wants the european union's internal borders reopened from the 15th ofjune and has passed a law allowing it to impose quarantine on visitors from specific nations
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if it deems it necessary, with reciprocity a key factor. in greece, people arriving from locations considered high—risk will be tested for coronavirus. those testing positive will be quarantined for 1a days. those testing negative will have to self—isolate for a week. portugal's foreign minister has described quarantine as an enemy of tourism. people arriving from european countries — except spain and italy — can enter portugal freely without quarantine requirements. most european travellers are allowed to enter bulgaria freely, but citizens of eight countries heavily affected by the pandemic, including britain, spain and italy, must spend 1a days in quarantine. and austria will lift all coronavirus—related border restrictions, including quarantines, from tomorrow for new arrivals from all neighbouring countries except italy. that is a round—up of what different countries are doing. let's speak to sophie griffiths,
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who is the editor of trade travel gazette. thank you forjoining us, let's start out looking at outwards travellers from the uk. what impact do you think these new measures will have? these quarantine measures are, in short, devastating, both to the uk outbound and inbound travel industry. it beggars belief the government has waited so long to prevent these comedies were due back in march, not now, it seems like too little, too late, a desperate pr stu nt for little, too late, a desperate pr stunt for ministers desperate to look like they are doing something. we have had warnings of hugejob losses from various trade associations and they are irrelevant a nyway associations and they are irrelevant anyway right now, because with the foreign sel advice advising against all but essential travel, brits cannot go on holiday as it is and until we get some firm guidance brits are not going anywhere anyway. are basic contradictions is what you are saying, but in terms of what the government says, they say they are doing this to avoid a second wave,
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has strict in terms of what you have heard and read so far do you think the self isolation will actually be? that is the thing, we are hearing today you will be required to fill out a form and give your phone numberand able to out a form and give your phone number and able to spot checks, but how often will they be doing spot checks? we are hearing lots of ambiguity and vagueness, as i understand it you will still be able to travel into london on public transport to get back home to where you live, surely you will be spreading it on route anyway? there are rumours you might be able to do your shopping, is this really self isolating? how strict will they be? considering the huge devastation it will cause the uk travel industry, it does not seem they have been thought through at all. it was interesting, running through all the provisions in place in different countries, it differs. do you anticipate that those countries where there will be very few restrictions will be the places where tourists eventually flock to?
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here's hoping. we have had this talk ofair here's hoping. we have had this talk of air bridges, air corridors. they are they, the travel industry was hoping forfurther are they, the travel industry was hoping for further announcements. we have suggestions of which countries might be open but until we have them guidance no brits can plan holidays and no no travel companies can plan where to take them. priti patel said there will be an announcement from june 28, that is too late, brits need to plan some holidays and travel businesses need to start planning, if they do not there will be severejob planning, if they do not there will be severe job losses. we have had the collapse of flybe, the collapse of shearings, thousands ofjobs lost already in the travel industry and they need to be more categorical support for the sector from the government but also clear guidance for british consumers and the industry. briefly, if you are sitting there trying to work out what to do in the coming months, what to do in the coming months, what would your basic advice to people who still might be tempted to book a holiday be? that's the thing,
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we are seeing signs that britain still want to go abroad, we're hearing from our uk travel agent readers that there are signs of green shoots of people wanting to book, my advice would be to book with your local, trusted travel agent so that you know your money is protected and you have somebody to talk to if there are problems further down the line. sophie griffiths, thank you so much for your time. let's say with this. while the uk is tightening its border controls, other european countries are loosening theirs. this morning, italy reopened its borders to european travellers, as it seeks to revive its tourism industry, while germany says, it will ease travel restrictions from the middle of the month. gavin lee reports. venice this morning, one of the world's busiest tourist destinations empty for three months, now slowly coming back to life. tourism, for better or worse, is the economic lifeblood of this city and it's open for business again. from today, people can travel around the country and enter without restrictions from other
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european destinations. the first nation to lock down entirely, is unlocked, with social distancing the only rule in place. in germany, the city of dusseldorf has started to open up too. the relaxation measures differ across different states here. germans have been told this morning they will be able to travel abroad for summer holidays with travel warnings lifted, though the government will continue to advise against uk travel while britain enforces a 1a—day quarantine system. there are more details too for british tourists planning to travel to greece this summer. there won't be a blanket quarantine, instead, a seven—day self—isolation period will be required for those travelling from 13 airports, including heathrow, birmingham and manchester. and on the british 0verseas territory of gibraltar, there is a "don't touch" policy in place from today for visiting the rock's biggest tourist attraction, the colony of macaque monkeys. it's a fine of a000 euros for anyone
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breaching the rules. here in belgium, which is less reliant on tourism, the borders are still closed and the government is yet to decide if some sort of quarantine system should be in place and how that would affect belgians travelling back from possible summer holidays, and there's no sign of rushing that. for example, a year ago, there were 600 flights a day to and from brussels airport. today, there are just 18. the covid is there. we cannot fight it completely. but we can do our best while washing your hands or keeping your mask on, but we cannot stop living. governments across europe are juggling that difficult balance between opening up and avoiding the risk of a second wave. gavin lee, bbc news, brussels. brazil has registered another new record number of deaths — but parts of the country
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are beginning to reopen. brazil is the now the worst—hit country after the united states in terms of infections. and experts have warned that the real figure may be far higher due to a lack of testing. as tanya dendrinos reports. i never day, another grim milestone for brazil. now at model 31,000 coronavirus deaths with more than 550,000 confirmed cases —— now at more than 31,000 coronavirus deaths. translation: gal before the pandemic we did eventually five burials a day, it has more than doubled. but as the staggering toll continues to rise, the country is beginning to reopen. easing measures sought shops backin reopen. easing measures sought shops back in business as local authorities announced a gradual return to trading. translation:
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terrible, we haven't even reached the peak and everything is open, it is all about money. and on the city's famed beaches, it was a surfer‘s paradise. translation: surfing was released, so we can practice the sport we are passionate about, so let's go, from now on, back to normal, thanks to god. away from the ocean, let it to angry crowds gathering, staging a protest against the president. then a nudge to protests worldwide, demonstrators rallying in memory of george floyd, a symbol of the solidarity. meanwhile universities in the uk are trying to work out what student life will be like when campuses reopen in the autumn. social distancing could mean that students are forced to live and study in the same small group — or ‘bubble' with online lectures
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and even a virtual freshers week. danjohnson has been speaking to a level students in loughborough who are considering their options. iam hoping i am hoping to study english at bristol. physiotherapy at leicester. business management at york. imagine making one of life's biggest decisions when everything is up in the air. i considered deferring, the worst thing i could do would be to ta ke worst thing i could do would be to take a worst thing i could do would be to takea gap worst thing i could do would be to take a gap year and then i can't go and do the things i wanted to.“ take a gap year and then i can't go and do the things i wanted to. if i am not going to get away from home, is there any point in paying all that money if it is not something i 100% want to do? that money if it is not something i 10096 want to do? i am so nervous about losing out on the student experience, i feel like that is a big part of university. and across the road at loughborough university? welcome to our brand—new, unused, 560 seat lecture theatre. even the most modern facilities feel
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redundant. we miss the students and are keen to have them back and give them the best experience given the current government restrictions, we might not get 580 but we could get 50 or 60. timetables are being redrawn to help social distancing, stu d e nts redrawn to help social distancing, students may have to live and study with the same small group to limit or they mix with. freshers week will go online, like most lectures. no wonder some are reconsidering. if stu d e nts wonder some are reconsidering. if students are thinking about deferring, do not make that decision just yet, gather as much information as possible before making that final determination. a lot will change between now and september.‘ determination. a lot will change between now and september. a lot has already changed here in bolton as they try to keep students on campus. i had cleared and can go through. we have followed all the social distancing guidelines for the workplace and for social space to ensure that students have a covid
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secure environment. these students are valuable, especially if international numbers fall, so universities need to ease their anxiety. it is stressful and confusing at times, but you just had to get on with it. you pay a lot of money to be there, you are put into a lot of debt afterwards, the idea of going through that are not quite getting what you hope for is a bit disappointing. and finally, at the start of this pandemic, an nhs medic working on hosptial covid wards made the difficult decision to send her young daughters to her sister's house so they wouldn't get infected. she didn't see them for more than two months — but now they're back together. as daniela relph reports, it was an emotional reunion. hetty and bella had not seen their mum for more than two months. this was the surprise reunion. mummy! it was an amazing feeling. it's so hard to describe, i thought my heart was going to burst. it was brilliant. i think it was a really good choice
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because she had to help and save people's lives. oh, bless you. susie was working in intensive care at the queen elizabeth hospital in kings lynn. knowing the risks she faced, she decided to move her daughters to peterborough to live with her sister. i needed to put more hours in at work during, obviously, the pandemic. so, yeah, we both agreed that it was for the best. as hard as it was, it was definitely for the best. the separation was due to lastjust a month. the pressures of working in intensive care saw it stretched to more than double that. the girls say they now don't want to let their mum out of their sight. daniela relph, bbc news. the go, me take you to live pictures in whitehall in whitehall in central london. —— before we go, let me take you. some scuffles between
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protesters and police at the black lives matter event. those are live pictures. george floyd's family has reacted to that news that three other officers will be charged, and derek sage, to second—degree murder, they have welcomed it as a bettor to —— a bittersweet moment but they say they are deeply gratified. thank you for watching, goodbye. it they are deeply gratified. thank you forwatching, goodbye. it has they are deeply gratified. thank you for watching, goodbye. it has been a different weather story to tell, a different weather story to tell, a different feel to the weather. this was melton mowbray earlier, you can just about make out the shower droplets along the river. some of the rain was fairly light and patchy through the afternoon but this has been the story with the radar as it continues to drift south and east, bringing a little bit of welcome rain to those parched gardens, behind it a new scattered showers. these are the temperatures, that was a real difference, the feel of the
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weather. we saw high 20s yesterday, generally the mid to high teens today if you were lucky. that rain tracks south and east overnight tonight, and safety scattered showers behind, quite a lot of cloud through the night, temperatures largely holding up into double figures but we start thursday on a rather great note. overcast, still some outbreaks of rain to clear away in essex and kent but it will do so, but hopefully the crowd should sing and break places. there will be a fewer isolated showers around, the winds not as blustery as today but still coming from a northerly direction so still a difference to the feel of the weather story. highest values of 9 degrees in the northern ireland, perhaps bases in wales and the south midlands seeing 18. into friday we need to keep a close eye on an area of low pressure developing into the north sea which could enhance some showers or longer
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spells of rain by the end of the day into eastern scotland. showers ahead of it, some quite heavy, the best of any drier, brighter weather towards the south—west, but in terms of the feel of things, pretty disappointing, 9017 degrees the high. the winds are likely to strengthen through the latter stages of friday, gust of winds in excess of friday, gust of winds in excess of a0 or 50 mph across the northern half of the uk and it is worth bearing in mind through friday night and into saturday more we are likely to see widespread gales across the north west uk with wind speeds gusting around 60 mph. that could have an impact. for the first half of the weekend it will be blustery with sharp showers slowly easing from sunday.
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