this is outside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm kasia madera. we're covering all the latest developments and analysis here in britain and globally. all four policemen involved in the death of george floyd will now be charged, as protests across the us stretch into their ninth day. george floyd's family have visited the spot where he died more than a week ago. america needed to be listening when george floyd said i can't breathe. because when he can't breathe none

of us could breathe. protests have been taking place in solidarity. this was london. we'll also show you pictures from across the world, from australia, to kenya, to canada. welcome. we start with breaking news out of the us in relation to the death of the unarmed black man george floyd. the minnesota attorney has increased charges against derek chauvin, the police officer involved in mr floyd's death, while also laying charging against the three other officers present. this is according to minnesota senator amy klobuchar. she's called it an ‘important step for justice‘. earlier george floyd's son visited a memorial in honour of his father in minneapolis — as protests continue across the us. here is quincy mason visiting the spot where his father was arrested and then died. he spoke to supporters at the scene. reunited with my family trying

to get justice for my father. and no man or woman should be without their we wa nt we want justice for what we wantjustice for what is going on right now. i appreciate everyone showing support and love i thank you all for that. standing next to him was the family's lawyer, ben crump. we come here today to this spot to remember george floyd who was tortured. who was tortured to death. and so we thank the minnesota governor for bringing human rights charges against the minneapolis police department. because we absolutely believe that he was

tortured. in the last eight minutes and 46 seconds of his life. benjamin crump the lawyer representing george floyd's family. that press conference was given before we've heard about these increases in charges. we've heard about these increases in charges. lets go straight to samira hussain in new york. this is something that the protesters have wanted. they've been asking about what is happening with the other three police officers who we re the other three police officers who were present when george floyd lost his life. for several days we've seen protesters in america and around the world take to the street to demand some sort ofjustice. on last friday we heard about charges being levied against derek chauvin that was the officer who was seen putting his knee on george floyd's neck. now we are hearing reports suggesting that if that came from a senator from minnesota who said that not only will the charges against

that police officer be increased from third—degree murder to second—degree murder but now there are charges that will be levied against these other three officers. to be clear, we have not heard this directly from the attorney general for the state of minnesota. that is keith ellison we are still waiting to hear from keith ellison we are still waiting to hearfrom him in a press conference. but this tweet does come from the senator from minnesota herself to protesters who have been demanding some more justice. herself to protesters who have been demanding some morejustice. this certainly will come as i'm pretty good news. and do you think it will calm the protesters? or are we expecting yet a tenth night of protest? it's hard to say. if you look at the way the protest that was sort of, unfolded overnight last night, we saw that there was a lot less violence and a lot less looting. and protesters weren't really allowed to take centre stage.

whether or not that is going to change in the coming days is a little bit unclear. if these charges are infact little bit unclear. if these charges are in fact levied against these police officers, that will go a long way in trying to acquiesce some of the anger that we are saying. but the anger that we are saying. but the larger issue of systemic racism in america which is certainly been exacerbated or at least highlighted by the spread of the coronavirus and how it's impacted the black and latino communities here, those wounds have been ripped open and i think that's going to take a very long time for all of that to heal. yes indeed. we are going to keep the focus on this staying with this story — the us defence secretary has publicly disagreed with donald trump over deploying the army to dispell protestors. mark esper has said he's opposed to invoking a law that would allow mr trump to send soldiers onto the streets.

i've always believed and continue to believe that the national guard is best suited for performing domestic support to civil authorities in these situations. in support of local law enforcement. i say this not only as secretary of defence but also as a former soldier and a former member of the national guard. the option to use active duty force ina law the option to use active duty force in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire situations. we are not in one of those situations now. ido i do not support invoking the insurrection act. let's cross over to rochester. from rochester in new york state we're joined by dr cedric alexander, a former police chief in the state, and a member of president barack obama's task force on 21st century policing. cani can ijust can i just get can ijust get your initial reaction on this developing story that according to the attorney general there are plans to elevate the charges against the police officer

who knelt on george floyd's neck. also to add those charges of aiding and abetting murder against the three other officers who were present there. your reaction to that? well, first thing i want to say i'm in pensacola florida. back ca re say i'm in pensacola florida. back care fiow. say i'm in pensacola florida. back care now. ijust want to make sure we all knew that so it didn't confuse anyone. to your question, what we have seen in... and certainly what is forthcoming these charges being levied against these office rs charges being levied against these officers is certainly the very right thing to do. i think it begins a healing process for this nation, and it gives us an opportunity now to go back and look at some reform in this nation as it relates to public safety. as it relates to our criminal justice safety. as it relates to our criminaljustice system safety. as it relates to our criminal justice system because safety. as it relates to our criminaljustice system because in the us we certainly have had a numberof the us we certainly have had a number of these types of events that have occurred to young men of

colour, more specifically, more frequently that we care to count. many times they have been unarmed. so it isa many times they have been unarmed. so it is a grave concern. someone who's been a two—time police chief in this country as i have i know the challenges that are out there. but we've got to do some work here. because something really is inherently wrong and something went horribly wrong on may 25. with a loss of life in such a tragic, horrific and heinous way. you were on the task force on the 21st century policing. it was something that was organised by president obama in reaction to the shooting of michael brown by a police officer there in ferguson missouri. this task force was created in 2014. you brought in, you suggested some recommendations, 59 recommendations, 92 action points back in 2015, have any of those been brought forward?

that task force came after the death of michael brown. which occurred on august nine, 2014. during that time then president barack obama put together 11 person panel and i was privileged enough to be on the panel. we were charged by the president of the united states in 2014 to come up with recommendations that would enhance relationships between police and community and also advanced policing in this country. we had about three months to put that document together. on march two, 2015, we delivered that document to then president obama at the white house. we had an opportunity to share with them our findings and to our surprise he had studied that document the day or two before, he implemented many of those recommendations that were in there. one of the biggest recommendations that came out, probably most popular with most people come up with a body

woi'fi cameras with most people come up with a body worn cameras that we seek. so a lot of progress was made. we had a road map, we had a gps system, police departments were adopting this document for their use. they saw the benefit of it. and then a new administration came into play. and once that new administration came into play under then us attorney jeff sessions, they took that document and they deep—sixed it. so fiow document and they deep—sixed it. so now here we are today in 2020 with fio now here we are today in 2020 with no gps, no guidance, no nothing and we are in deep trouble in terms of trying to maintain our relationships with people in this country. really because what we had worked but the politics played itself out and it was not to the advantage of the american people. so to build those relationships over is not impossible but it certainly isn't going to be met with challenge. when we look at

some of the most recent incidents that have occurred in this country just prior to the loss of george lloyd. aubrey, in south georgia who was chased down in a truck by two white men and killed. and we had rhianna taylor in louisville, kentucky who was shot in the middle of the night in a warrant that should have never occurred. and then of course, we had the infamous case of course, we had the infamous case of the white woman in central park who wasjust of the white woman in central park who was just undoing because a of the white woman in central park who wasjust undoing because a black african american scholar, graduate asked her tojust put her leash on herdog. asked her tojust put her leash on her dog. and she her phone and called then as we all witnessed that a black man is assaulting me. that led up to and the tipping point was a black man who was choked to death in the middle of the street in this country. and america has had enough notjust country. and america has had enough not just communities of colour but as you can see from the diversity of the crowds of people in this country

are sick and tired of it. and our brothers and sisters white, black, blue green and from asia all around the globe are now voicing the horrible, horrible death of george flight. horrible, horrible death of george flight. and his spirit lives on and we are going to use that spirit to change and reform policing in this country. thank you so much. and just the past week we've seen antiracism protests spread from america from america across the world to new zealand, rome, nairobi and now london. this was hyde park earlier, where organisers asked people to bring facemasks and to spread their arms out to maintain a two—metre distance from each other. the crowds chanted "the uk is not innocent". the bbc‘s chi chi izundu was with there. police have urged people that if they want to make their voices

heard, that they should remember that the coronavirus restrictions are still in place. so organisers asked people to walk into this park with their arms spread out wide to maintain a two—metre distance socially. but the black lives matter group who organised this protest say that, as much as they understand what's going on in america, it is not that much different than what is going on in the uk. they say there are a whole host of different issues which uk that communities are undergoing. and they are disturbed by the death of george floyd. they tend to march to victoria station where they feel that the rail well water who died with covid—19 after being spat at work is not justice. with covid—19 after being spat at work is notjustice. they want to have a protest to acknowledge that a disproportionate amount of black people in the united kingdom face racism.

the uk prime minister's, borisjohnson also had a message for protesters in america and in the uk. we mourn george floyd and i was appalled and second to see what happened to him and my message to president trump, to everybody in the united states from the uk is that i don't think racism or grace in its opinion i'm sure it's shared by the overwhelming majority of around the world. racism, racist violence has no place in our society. protests against the death of george floyd have resonated across europe. this was amsterdam earlier this week. thousands gathered in dam square to rally against police brutality in the us and europe. this was paris on tuesday. up to 20—thousand people gathered in protest against excessive use of force by police in the death of a black man in custody in 2016. his case bears simiralities to the killing of george floyd. and this was berlin

over the weekend. dozens held a rally outside the us embassy. the us protests are featuring heavily in european papers. centre—left spanish paper el pais calls it a ‘black spring with unpredictable consequrences. while this polish conservative paper took aim at donald trump as america face two crises — the pandemic and the protests. both cases demonstrate the lack of strong leadership on behalf of the white house, similar theme in german conservative die welt which doubted mr trump's chances of re—election. the corona crisis, with over 104,000 deaths, more than 40 million unemployed, and now another racism debate — all of this has wrecked trump's former track record. african leaders and institutions have also spoken out. the chairperson of the african union commission released a statement strongly condemning what he called the murder of george floyd.

he reiterated the african union's rejection of the continuing discriminatory practices against black citizens of the united states of america. while ghana's president tweeted this statement, in which he said "the unfortunate incident should inspire change in how america tackles racism. there have also been protests in countries across the continent. this was capetown earlier. people have been placing placards in support of the protest movement. south africa's government has urged us security forces to use maximum restraint. and this was nairobi earlier this week. protesters held signs saying ‘silence is violence‘ and chanted ‘down with impunity, down with police brutality‘ outside the us embasssy. here‘s one of them. we are here to express our solidarity with the american people but to also say that white supremacy is also affecting us. protests across the world. protests stay with us on oustide

source, still to come. there will be significant investigation into the disappearance of the young english girl who went missing in portugal 13 years ago. nissan has warned that its plant in sunderland will be unsustainable if the uk fails to agree a trade deal with the european union. the japanese company says the jobs of the six—thousand workers there won‘t be safe without tariff—free access to the eu. our business editor, simonjack, has been talking to the nissan boss. one of the big senior executives told me, refresh the message that without tariff free access to the eu this plant would not be sustainable because you get 10% tariff on the experts there. and send that at a crucial moment because we know trade negotiations are going on as we speak. make no mistake, nissan loves the plant it‘s one of the most

efficient. they‘re saying it‘s not enough if they have to put those ta riffs enough if they have to put those tariffs on for it to be economically viable. just a reminder that rather than smothering the covid—19 smothering all over 19 feet case of brexit covert is actually an funk fight it for some companies. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom all for policeman in the death of george floyd will now be charged as protests across the us stretch into the nine day. there‘s been significant new developments in the investigation into the disappearance of the young english girl, madeleine mccann who went missing in portugal 13 years ago. a german prison inmate, who travelled around portugal in a camper van, is now the focus of scotland yard‘s investigation.

a 43—year—old as yet unnamed by the authorities, this is a joint investigation led by german police but also with the metropolitan police in london and the police in portugal working alongside them. they‘ve identified this man who was as you say staying in a camper van around the time of madeleine mccance disappearance. but also was linked to the area for many years. he‘s not to have been home and berglund hotels and thought holiday apartments. and drug dealing but he also has multiple convictions for sex offences including child abuse against children. what police want is for people to tell them any information they have about the camper van that he was using which isavw camper van that he was using which is a vw camper van, quite a distinctive white camper van with a sort of yellow base. anybody who saw that in the weeks around the time that in the weeks around the time that she disappeared. also looking for information in relation to a dark coloured jaguar car. this is

significant because again the suspect is not to have been using this dark—colored jaguar car. it was registered in his name but the day after madeleine mccann disappeared he had it reregistered in somebody else‘s name. police also looking for information about a mobile phone number that they suspect used at the time. which he used that night about an hour before she disappeared. the death of george floyd and the ensuing protests have once again raised questions about how police in the us treat african americans, and how protests there are policed. ros atkins has been looking into the for us. hi ros. thank you. this week of turmoil in he us began with the horrific video of george floyd, a black man, struggling to breath while being kneeled on by a white police officer. since then hundreds of other videos and testimony have followed —

detailing police violence and discrimination across america. new york state senator zellnor myrie was hit, tear—gased and handcuffed during a peaceful protest. he describes what happened. instead of being met with peas i was met with pepper spray. i was compliant, i was listening to orders, i was moving back as i was told. got hit in my leg and my back with bicycles that the officers had weapon eyes. was forcefully putting my hands behind my back and subsequently pepper sprayed. i have never been arrested, have never been peppe" never been arrested, have never been pepper sprayed. and the first time this happened to me was as a state senator protesting police brutality. i wore a bright green neon shirt with my name and title on the back precisely to de—escalate a situation just like theirs. and so i informed them of who i was, they saw my shirt and still proceeded to be aggressive. and there are any number of statistics — at city,

state and national level — that detail the racial discrimination that exists in us policing and the us justice system. here‘s the new york times reporting that minneapolis police use force against black people at 7 times the rate of whites‘. you can see the graph which shows how black people make up 19% of the city‘s population, but that 58% of times that police use force it‘s directed towards african america ns.the article quotes one academic david schultz who calls the minneapolis — "a living laboratory on everything you shouldn‘t do when it comes to police use of force." we also know the state of minnesota is launching a probe into the city‘s police department. the state governor has talked of rooting out ‘systemic racism that is generations deep‘. then there‘s the national story. these figures show us how police shootings disproportionately

kill black people. in 2019 african—americans made up 13% of the population, but 23% of those killed in a police shootings that year were african american. the statistics for previous years are similar. also, as you can see, white people are far less likely to be killed by the police. there‘s also racial injustice playing out in america‘s prisons. african—americans are imprisoned at five times the rate of white americans — and at almost two times the rate of hispanic—americans. or to put it another way in 2018, african—americans made up around 13% of the us population — and made up almost 33% of the prison population. white americans made up more than 60% of the population, and around 30% of the prison population. and force used by us police officers has been on display all week. this was in seattle as police seek to clear a protest.

this is an nypd car driving into the crowd in brooklyn on saturday. new york‘s mayor bill de blasio said he‘d investigate — and that never wants to see something like that. he did though highlight the behaviour of protestors — saying some were putting lives at risks — and some directly attacked officers. we also saw these quotes one officer says law enforcement today is a very difficult job, says law enforcement today is a very difficultjob, you‘re forced to make split decision. another says the last thing an officer wants to do is you have to resort to force. but looking across the us. across the us. it seems in many cases, the response to these protests about the police‘s excessive use of force has been to use force. now there‘s no doubt some protestors have been violent, and we don‘t have the police side of the story in many instances — but there are many examples from the last week where police force has appeared either difficult to justify at all — or at the very least

is significantly out of proportion to what is happening. and many people are now calling for a fundamental change in how policing is conducted. one example that is frequently cited is the camden county police force in newjersey. it was radically overhauled with new guidelines on when to use force — and was touted by president obama as a model for police reform. chief scott thomson led those changes and spoke to the bbc earlier. well i'm very concerned. there are particularly some of the clips that are getting a lot of attention. the police office rs lot of attention. the police officers in atlanta tased inside the car some of the scenes of squad car is running people over, i'll be at we still don't have all the facts of the situations but on the surface in and of themselves, it's very disturbing. it really starts with changing the culture within organizations. what we did in camden, we started with policy but cultural eat policy for breakfast.

if you don't have the training and the levels of accountability to ensure people are doing what they're supposed to be doing. we have scheduled we will be back with the next edition of outside source in half an hour's time. 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 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,

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.

this is bbc world news. the headlines: minnesota‘s attorney has increased charges against derek chauvin, the police officer involved in the death of the unarmed black man george floyd. charges have also been laid against the three other officers who were present. the us defence secretary has said he opposes invoking a rarely used law to deploy military troops to put an end to protests, as suggested by president trump. mark esper also said keeping politics out of the military is hard in an election year. a new suspect has emerged in the disappearance of the british girl 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 coronavirus control plans. you‘re watching bbc news...