this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm tim willcox. all four officers involved in the death of george floyd are formally charged. but the state says it's only one small step towards justice. what i do not believe is that one successful prosecution can rectify the hurt and loss that so many people feel. what lies behind the prevalance of police brutality in the us? we have a special report. china warns britain not to interfere in its plans to impose tough national security laws in hong kong and — 13 years after the british girl madeleine mccann disappeared in portugal — a german prisoner is identified as a new suspect.

hello and welcome. we start in the us where all four police officers who were present when george floyd was arrested in the city of minneapolis are now facing charges in connection with his death. derek chauvin, the officer who was filmed kneeling on his neck, has had his charge elevated to second degree murder. let's just look at what that means in the state of minnesota. the law there defines first degree murder as one in which the defendant has the intention to kill and usually requires some element of premeditation second degree murder, the charges being brought here, requires

intention on the part of the defendant but is more related to crimes of passion or crimes in the heat of the moment and third degree murder would not require proof that the defendant wanted the victim to die, only that their actions were dangerous and carried out without regard to human life. barbara plett usher reports from minneapolis. for the past week protesters have been demanding justice for george floyd, tougher action against the police officers who arrested him. there has been frustration, sadness and pain. but today finally some news. the very fact that we have failed these charges means we believe in them but what i do not believe is that one successful prosecution can rectify the hurt and loss that so many people feel. the solution to that pain will be slow and difficult work of constructing justice and fairness in our society. these are the four officers

who arrested george floyd to ponder the one who pinned him to the ground with the knee to the neck what he struggled to breathe was charged but not the others who are now formally accused of playing a role in his death. today, the family returned to the memorial on the street corner where mr floyd took his last breath. speedy through their lawyer, they have been calling for the authorities to carry out a thorough investigation into the actions of the police force. we cannot have two justice systems in america, one black america and one for white america. we must have equaljustice for the united states of america. protests that began on the streets of minneapolis are spread across the country. in demonstrations not seen since the civil rights unrest of the 1960s. hundreds of thousands of people marched, defying cu rfews, clashing with the police, chanting, "i can't breathe" and black lives matter.

the table brought a threat from the president to deploy that military, is an aria that so alarmed the defence secretary he publicly opposed it. that option 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. the mother of george floyd's six—year—old daughter said he had been a good father who provided for them. he will never see her grow up, graduate, he will never walk her down the aisle. for charges announced today it may bring justice for mr floyd but they will not be enough to quell the demands for a radical reform of the way america polices black people. this feels different from previous protests against police brutality. it has galvanised more people across more divides than ever before, a movement against racial injustice that

will not be easily silenced. the attorney general said the justice system had failed to investigate and bring to justice these kinds of cases in minnesota and across the country. which is an extraordinary statement. now that the charges have been laid people will be watching very carefully to see how the prosecution plays out, but also what happens on the street. whether cases of excessive police force against black people continue and how they are handled. the former president, barack obama, has been speaking by video link at a virtual town hall on ‘reimagining policing in the wake of continued police violence'. he said this time, the protests feel different. i have to tell you, although i was very young when you had riots and protests and

assassinations and discord back in the 60s, i know enough about that history to say that there is something different. you look at those protests and that was a look at those protests and that wasa far look at those protests and that was a far more representative cross—section of america out on the streets peacefully protesting. people who felt moved to do something because of the injustices that they had seen. george floyd's name is the latest in a long list of black americans to die as a result of police brutality over many decades. clive myrie now looks at how a toxic mix of racism and bad policing, has led to the most serious racial unrest in the us, for many years. his report contains images you may find disturbing. america's original sin perpetuates. the notion of the supremacy of whiteness over blackness

as enshrined in slavery. where the negroes have come up against a determined white resistance, fighting has often broken out. it helps underpin the brutality of some in the police. it helps underpin the poverty of the inner city. and it fundamentally underpins the racial inequality of a land... ..where all are meant to be equal. i have been reporting from the united states for almost a quarter of a century. it a generous nation but, for some, the original sin is still a rule to live by, as slavery morphed into segregation and civil war battle flags became the proud emblems of identity.

hail, hail, state police! perhaps inevitably, the institution charged for centuries with enforcing discrimination is the one having the toughest time changing. policing in america is opaque. there is little transparency. powerful unions can protect bad cops and the principle of qualified immunity means officers accused of misconduct are almost always given the benefit of the doubt. i think that there are bad apples among many good police officers in most departments. but the fact that they don't get outed, quickly, and dismissed, is a problem. the fact that a lot of these people who do get dismissed because of misconduct quickly find themselves recruited by other police departments in neighbouring communities, theyjust go from one place to another. it also doesn't help that america's policing system is fragmented to the point of farce, with around 18,000 different forces. in california, training can last 24—48 weeks while in north carolina,

it isjust 16 weeks, half the length of time it takes to become a licensed barber in the state. whatever the training, the real—life fear of stopping a suspect who may be armed in a country awash with guns can lead to bad decisions. this is atlanta in georgia. it's after curfew during protests over the death of george floyd. police stop a car with two college students inside, who protest they simply got stuck in traffic and didn't mean to break the curfew. the officers aren't convinced. the students are tasered. you can hear the tension and fear in the officer's voice. muffled shouting. but the students are unarmed. six officers now face misconduct charges. rogue cops, inadequate

training and weak oversight are a toxic mix. then add racism — a scourge in america that sleeps lightly when it sleeps at all. to wake, all it needs is the slightest provocation, as happened on a minneapolis street one day in may. clive myrie, bbc news. a german prisoner has been identified as a new suspect in the disappearance of madeline mccann from a holiday resort in portugal 13 years ago. the man in his 40s is a convicted sex offender who had been living in the algarve at the time, travelling around in a camper van. madeleine mccann was three years old when she went missing from praia de luz in 2007. daniel sandford reports this is the volkswagen camper van that was by the new suspect in the madeleine mccann investigation. with its distinctive colours, police hope it will tread that someone's memory and lead to new evidence about their as

yet unnamed suspect. —— trigger someone's memory. he used the vehicle to live in, and certainly the week preceding he was in there, living, so he would move around the area, using that van as probably his base. the suspect also used this jaguar car at the time. he registered the car into someone else's name the day after madeleine mccann disappeared. the three—year—old went missing on may the 3rd 2007. she'd been sleeping in her parents' holiday apartment while they were 50 metres away, having a meal with friends. her 17th birthday was last month. on the german version of crimewatch this evening, police there revealed that the suspect has previous convictions for sexually assaulting girls and is thought to have burgled hotels and holiday apartments. he is currently in prison in germany. his phone was used in praia de

luz, about an hour before madeleine mccann disappeared. tonight, the metropolitan police are asking for anyone who can help with information about the mobile number he took the call on that night. the vw camper van that he was using that summer and the old jaguar xjr6 that he registered out of his name the day after madeleine mccann disappeared. in a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said they'd like to thank the police forces involved in britain, germany and portugal. they said they'd never give up hope of finding madeleine alive. the german police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but madeleine mccann‘s parents said that, whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, as they need to find peace. china has warned britain not to interfere in its plans

to impose tough national security laws in hong kong. beijing has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the uk government after boris johnson promised millions of people in hong kong a route to citizenship if china goes ahead with implementing the new laws. our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins reports. china is determined to end all this, protests in hong kong, led by democracy activists, certain beijing will use new security laws to ensure they are crushed completely, possibly tried and jailed on the mainland. now boris johnson is threatening to stimulate a mass exodus from hong kong by relaxing the visa rules for many with british overseas passports. he wrote in the times, 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. prominent young activists in hong kong are delighted, believing any threat to its future wealth is power. being in hong kong isn't about being pro—china or not, it's about right and wrong, it's about how we can save hong kong as a global financial centre. china is outraged by britain's promise of a new home for hundreds of thousands, potentially almost 3 million hong kong people. translation: no foreign country is the right to interfere. the groundless remarks by the uk grossly interfere in hong kong's and china's internal affairs. britain's last governor of hong kong, chris patton, praises boris johnson's toughness. it's an example which doesn't happen frequently in politics where doing the right thing, fulfilling our moral obligations, is also in our national interest.

thursday is the 31st anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre of democracy campaigners in beijing, marked in hong kong each year until now for the usual planned visual has been banned, with china blaming coronavirus and activists calling that an excuse to disguise the future beijing plans for them. james robbins, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: two months ago this nurse said goodbye to her children to protect them from coronavirus. this was the scene when they were finally reunited. 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 7a. outspoken but rarely out—fought, ali transcended the sport of boxing for which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter. 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 beatles lp sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band. a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news, the top story this hour. all four police officers involved in the death of

george floyd, in the american city of minneapolis, have now been formally charged in connection with his killing. here thousands of people have taken to the streets of london tojoin in the protests at the death of george floyd. the event 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 to march against racism in solidarity with the protests in the united states. this is louise, her mum margaret and her son jago. louise 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 difficult conversation. and i will have to say there are certain things you should do and certain

things you should say and be mindful of — who you are, your race and how people might see you and judge you and treat you. judgment and treatment helped by star wars actorjohn boyega. and if that treatment that star wars actorjohn boyega 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 that the death of george floyd in minneapolis in the united states isjust a catalyst to express how they are feeling. they say that the uk is no different when it comes to racism. it was a largely peaceful protest but towards the end of this was at downing street and after the protest was officially over, more clashes. organisers thought only up to 1000 people would walk with them today, so this is a turnout of support they didn't expect. black lives matter!

this is a demand for change echoing around the world, and the voices from the uk also want to be heard. chi chi izundu, bbc news. representatives from more than 50 countries are due to hold a virtual summit hosted by the uk on thursday with a view to raising money for the development of vaccines. the fundraiser comes as researchers scramble to find a treatment for covid—i9. there are concerns though that a small but vocal anti—vaccine movement could stop some people from taking one. according to a recent survey, one in five americans have expressed unwillingness to take to a covid—i9 vaccine. matt motta is the author of that survey — and assistant professor of political science at oklahoma state university. he told me more about its findings. the united states stands out from the rest of the world in respect to how much vaccine skepticism there is, a lot of americans doubt vaccine safety and efficacy, and these numbers are pretty much in line with what we have seen from previous surveys, of course not with respect

to a covid—19 vaccine stop by more than 100,000 people have died in the united states can be would think it would be looking at coronavirus as something more serious you would think they would be how much is this to do with things like social media, misleading campaigns, fake news or genuine belief that vaccines are bad for you? absolutely, so like we document in this study we find about six in ten people hold vaccine sceptical views, people that are misinformed and tend to be consuming the types of misinformation that circulate in small circles online. six in ten of those individuals planned to refuse a covid vaccine. also a lot of opposition from the american public more generally. vaccine sceptics are not the only people who plan to refuse the vaccine when and if one is development. where political leadership come into this?

one of the things we can start thinking about right now is how we might be able to convince americans that the covid—19 vaccine, wanted is the abuse, is safe and effective. right now we have a couple of vaccines making their way through clinical trials and one of the things that our political leadership can do is emphasise the rigors of clinical trial and to make it clear to americans that although this vaccine may have been developed and accelerated timetable it is nevertheless safe. when you look at the demographics in terms from monday anyone arriving in the uk will have go into quarantine for 2 weeks. but the new plans have been heavily criticised almost everyone will now have to to self isolate when they come to the uk. tom burridge reports

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? should anyone be booking a holiday anywhere in europe right now? what's your assessment? are holidays abroad this summer going to happen? you know what the foreign office guidance is — the 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 the quarantine work? when you book your ticket for a plane, train orferry abroad, you'll have to provide a uk address when you will self—isolate when you 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 £1,000 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 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 summer and says it's negotiating with the uk so, byjuly, people might not have to self—isolate when they travel home. tom burridge, bbc news. and finally at the start of this pandemic, a medic working with coronavirus patients for britain;s natiuonal health service made the difficult decision to send her young daughters to live with her sister to protect them. she didn't see them for more than two months — but now they're back together as daniela relph reports 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 because she had to help and save people's lives. oh, bless you. suzie 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. you can reach me on twitter —

hello there, we are going to end this week on a very different note than we began the week certainly. we have lost our area of high pressure and low pressure starting to take control, it is going to bring windier, wetter, and cooler conditions and thursday looks like being another cool day, cooler than it was on wednesday in fact, and we will have some spells of rain at times too. our area of high pressure is continuing to retreat away westwards, low pressure is beginning to develop to our east and that is going to bring further spells of rain. northerly winds as well which is why it is going to feel on the cool side for the time of year. so, for thursday we start off on a grey note across the south—east with early rain. that should clear away and it'll turn dry for a time but we will have areas of showers or longer spells of rain moving down from the north — scotland, northern ireland — into northern england.

it will turn breezy as well. windy across the far north of the country as temperatures range from 10—17 or 18 degrees in the south. so, much cooler than how we started the week off. through thursday night, it stays rather breezy, variable amounts of cloud, further showers or longer spells of rain at times and those temperatures falling to lows of around 5 to around 10—11 in the south. now, as we head on into friday, we start to see our area of low pressure to the east of us developed further and it starts to push in towards our shores. you can see the isobars squeezing together indicating that the winds will turn stronger through the day on friday. so, it looks like being a blustery one with a bit of sunshine around. but there will also be plenty of showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery particularly across northern, central, and eastern areas. and then later in the day, an area of more persistent heavy rain starts to push into the north of scotland. here, it will really feel cold for the time of year, nine or 10 degrees. further south, 14—17 degrees. but you factor in the wind, it's going to feel more

like autumn than it willjune. gusts of 50 miles an hour in the north, 30 miles an hour in the south, and those winds pick up further friday night into saturday as you can see our area of low pressure, a real squeeze in the isobars across central and northern parts of the country. and on't be surprised, we could see gusts reaching 60 miles an hour in places. various sorts of gusts this time of year could lead to some disruption — remember, trees in full leaf. it stays very blustery on the cool side on saturday with further showers or longer spells of rain. then, it starts to quieten down a little bit as we head on into sunday. those winds begin to ease down, too.

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all four police officers involved in the killing of george floyd in minneapolis have now been formally charged. the officer who was kneeling on mr floyd's neck when he died has had his charges elevated to second degree murder. mr floyd's family called the move a significant step. the chinese government has told britain to stop meddling in hong kong's affairs and shed what it called its colonial mindset. the warning came after britain said it was prepared to take in millions of people from hong kong if china imposed draconian new security laws in the autonomous territory. police in germany and britain are appealing for information about a german national who has become the new focus of a long—running investigation into the disappearance of the british girl madeleine mccann in portugal 13 years ago. he's currently serving a prison sentence in germany on an unrelated matter. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk.