this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm mike embley. 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 ease the hurt us that so many people feel. what lies behind the prevalance of police brutality in the us? we have a special report. the british government announces plans to quarantine visitors but the plan is criticised as unworkable.

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 1st 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

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 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 turmoil provoked a threat

from the president to deploy that military, something 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 6—year—old daughter said he'd been a good father who provided for them. he will never see her grow up, graduate, he will never walk her down the aisle. the charges announced today 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 kind of cases in minnesota and across the country, which is an extraordinary state. now that the charges have been laid, people will be watching very carefully to see how the prosecution plays out also what happens on the street, whether cases of excessive police force against black people continue and how they are handled. the former american president, barack obama, has said it's vital to channel the momentum built up in the recent street protests across the us in order to bring about change. i have to tell you, although i was very young when you had rights and protests and assassinations and discord back in the 60s, i know enough about that history to say there is something different. you look at those protests and that was

at those protests and that was afar at those protests and that was a far more representative cross—section of america out on the streets peacefully protesting. andrew felt moved to do something. because of the injustices they had seen. let's get an update from our north america correspondent, david willis. david, it is possible, isn't it, that given the different levels of proof and evidence in the tightness of police contracts, these changes and the charges might make convictions more difficult. it might, and it's been difficult in the past two prosecute police officers have been involved in these sorts of incidents. indeed, the minnesota attorney general acknowledged that, the press conference it held to announce the charges. three other police officers who are involved in the arrest of george floyd and enhance charges for derek

chauvin, the man who was caught with his knee on george floyd's neck. he will face charges of second—degree murder as well as the previous charges held against him of third—degree murder and second—degree manslaughter. what that basically means is that he can be sentenced to much longer in jail. he can be found guilty up to 40 jail. he can be found guilty up to a0 years. proven difficult in the past depress these cases home. we know this all too well here in the city from which i'm speaking to you from. in los angeles, whether rodney king riots of 1992 was sparked after the acquittal of four police officers who were involved in that meeting. david, looking at the bigger picture, you wonder if there has been reaction from the white house to comments from an unexpected quarter.

you're probably referring to mark esper, the defence secretary, who said today he does not prove of the use of active—duty troops being deployed as president trump has threatened to do. to quell violence in cities where there have been violent protests. mr esper said the option to use active—duty enforcement —— forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort. in the last hour or so, matter of last resort. in the last hourorso, mr matter of last resort. in the last hour or so, mr esper‘s predecessor at the defence department, james mattis, has given some withering comments in regards to the trump administration's handling of the crisis. james mattis essentially accused donald trump of seeking to divide the american people and he praised those demanding justice following the killing of george floyd. he said donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people, does

not even pretend to try, instead he tries to divide us. that is from somebody, when he stepped down back in 1989, i believe, two years ago, a year and a half ago, i'm so sorry, when he stepped down. he vowed actually to stay out of politics, james mattis. now he clearly believes the time has come to add his voice to what isa come to add his voice to what is a very concerning situation here in the united states. 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.

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 ofa land... ..where all are meant to be equal. i have been reporting from the united states for almost a quarter of a century. it's 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! all: hail, hail, state police! perhaps inevitably, the institution charged for centuries with enforcing discrimination is the one having the toughest time changing. all: troopers' life is made for me. 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 2a—a8 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. you want to go to jail? 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. more on this injust a moment. from monday, anyone arriving in the uk will have go into quarantine for two weeks. but the new plans have been heavily criticised by mps on all sides. 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 0ffice guidance is — the guidance is that everybody at the moment should avoid non—essential travel. everybody should avoid non—essential 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. let's get some of the day's other news: here in the uk, business secretary alok sharma is self—isolating after becoming unwell in parliament. mr sharma looked uncomfortable while taking part in a debate earlier, mopping his brow several times while speaking. a spokesman said the mp had since been tested for coronavirus and was waiting for the result. sweden's top epidemiologist says the country's decision not to impose the kind of strict lockdowns seen elsewhere, was a sound strategy but admitted more restrictions could have been imposed. anders tegnell says he has faith in what he called the country's long—term approach to tackling covid—19 but said more should've been done to prevent deaths in care homes. scientists are running a trial

to see whether a type of ibuprofen can help treat coronavirus patients. they hope the low cost drug which is an anti—inflammatory as well as a painkiller could address breathing difficulties, and keep patients off ventilators. they are recruiting patients now, and don't expect to complete the study until next year. previous studies have recommended against the drug's use, saying it can worsen symptoms. do stay with us on bbc news. still to come: mummy! the moment a medic was reunited with her daughters after two months away working on coronavirus wards. 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 outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles' lp, sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news. the latest headlines:

all four police officers involved in the death, george floyd, in the american city of minneapolis, have now been formally charged in connection with his killing. let's return to our top story now. abdul el—sayed is a former health director for the city of detroit and has written a book called healing politics, looking at ways of bringing different groups together. welcome. good to talk to you. what are your thoughts at this time? this country has experienced tragedy after tragedy. and coming off the heels of covid—19, the murder of george floyd by police officers, pupils want to protect public safety. but the way these things are connected, indeed, you look at how covid—19 affected americans, it took disproportionately black lives, and hearing the kind of news and watching the videos we

saw of george floyd being killed because of the colour of his skin, it brought out the need to address not only covid—19, but the virus of racism in america. we are having a lot of trouble with the connection, the sound is not good. we are trying to clea n not good. we are trying to clean it up. but let's stay on for a moment. it's a major problem, clive myrie was saying, the same police officers who were required to dash who are required to —— officers who were required to enforce segregation are now assigned to clean it up. we need to make sure we are not just not racist but antiracist. that we take on systemic racism in our society, whether that is in public safety and the way oui’ in public safety and the way our police have murdered

innocent black folks in the streets or how covid—19 affects black communities. all were, it is the failure of utilities in michigan, flint, where the water quality was insufficient. we cannot sit by while this continues to happen. people must do something about it. abdul el—sayed, i would really like to talk longer but we need to clean up this connection and come back to you. we will leave it there, but just for now. 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 a0s is a convicted sex offender who had been living in the algarve at the time, travelling around ina campervan. madeleine mccann was three

years old when she went missing from praia da luz in 2007. daniel sandford reports. this is the volkswagen campervan that was by the new suspect in the madeleine mccann investigation. with its distinctive colours, police hope it will trigger someone's memory and lead to new evidence about their as yet unnamed suspect. 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. 0n 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. daniel sandford reporting there. at the start of this pandemic, a medic working with coronavirus patients for britain's national 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. etty and bella had not seen their mum for more than two months. this was the surprise reunion. mummy! oh, 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. 0h, 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. mummy! the separation was due to lastjust a month. the pressures of working in intensive care saw it stretch 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. a quick reminder of that main story, and i think while i do that we can take you to some live pictures of the protests still going on spate curfews around much of the united states. all four police officers who were present when george floyd was arrested in minneapolis are now facing charges in connection with his death. derek chauvin, the officer who was filmed kneeling on mr floyd was back neck while he was rearrested and handcuffed with his hands

behind his back were nearly nine minutes has had his charge elevated from third to second degree murder. much more on all the news, any time for you on the news, any time for you on the bbc news website. thank you for watching. 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. 0ur 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, 1a—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.

this is bbc news — the headlines: 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 government's insisted that a 1a—day quarantine on people arriving in britain from monday is needed to prevent an upsurge in coronavirus cases. the new plans have been heavily criticised by mps on all sides, including senior conservatives who are concerned about damage to the travel industry. 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 thirteen years ago. he's currently serving a prison sentence in germany