welcome to bbc news, i'm mike embley. our top stories: 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. the british government announces plans to quarantine visitors for coronavirus, but it's criticised for being unworkable. and the odyssey finally ends. the russian ship forced to spend six months at sea by coronavirus finally comes home.

all four police officers who were present when george floyd was arrested in the us 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. the three other police officers who were there have all been charged with aiding and abetting murder. george floyd's death has sparked huge protests in cities across america. our north america correspondent, barbara plett usher, is in minneapolis. for the past week, protesters have been demanding justice for george floyd, tougher action against the police officers who arrested him. there's 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 a knee to his neck while 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 statement. 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. barbara plett usher, bbc news, los angeles. 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 riots 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 a far more representative cross—section of america out on the streets peacefully protesting. and they felt moved to do something, because of the injustices they had seen. barack obama, of course. the former defence secretary secretary mattis has accused mr trump of turning americans against each other and he's watched recent events and has been angered and appalled by them. he said the us is responding to the consequences of three years without mature leader shop. the retired general, who retired from the

pentagon two years ago, said the president was the first in his lifetime that did not try to unite the american people. tara setmayer is a political commentator and a former communications director for the republican party. she joins us from washington. fairto fair to say you are a republican and not a fan of mr trump. how would you characterise the way the trump white house and the republican party is addressing the current situation? it is an utter failure — disgraceful, despicable and certainly unfit for the office of the presidency, the way donald trump has been handling this. the republican leadership have acted like craven elliptical cowards, and i just acted like craven elliptical cowards, and ijust never thought... i knew it would be bad under donald trump, ijust never thought we would literally have a constitutional crisis to the point where we have troops in the street clearing peaceful protesters in

a quintessential american act of peaceful assembly so the president of the united states could walk across the street for a photo up in front of the church. it's a despicable display and i echo general mattis's display and discuss with what's happening, and i'm glad he finally made the decision to speak out. that's an intervention from the former defence secretary, we have one from the current defence secretary saying troops should not be used. why do you think there is this failure, as you describe it, and can it be fixed? so, i just you describe it, and can it be fixed? so, ijust think that it's all about political power, that the republican party made a decision that they want to getjudges and legislation, like tax cuts, past, and they figure the only way tuesday in power is to jump onto the trump train. i thought that was a terrible miscalculation, that president trump would eventually be an albatross and pull them all down with him, which is what we're seeing now.

republicans lost the house in 2018 in the mid—terms. donald trump's numbers are tanking because of his abysmal handling of the coronavirus and now the abhorrent handling of the george floyd protests. that is why, that is what moves and elected officials when they start to see the numbers, not what their principles are or the right thing to do is clearly because if they operated that way, kenwood house theme removed during the impeachment hearings in february. how will display in the election? president trump is saying he has done more for african—americans than is saying he has done more for african—america ns than ever. joe biden has a close connection with african—american voters but he can barely campaign at the moment. let me tell you something right now, the black community recognises pandering when they see it and donald trump thinks if he thinks he's going to buy off lack votes because he got funding for black universities or passed one bill on criminaljustice ravel, he's got another thing

coming. donald trump has been a racist his entire career, from the housing discrimination lawsuits, the racial discrimination act lawsuits in the 70s to the employment lawsuits when he owned casinos, the words that come out of his mouth, he calls them the" blacks", it is an insult, so for him to even say it, it is laughable and will be reflected in the fact that over 90% of african—americans do not support donald trump. joe biden has a long history of being favourable to the african—american community, passing legislation that improved black voting rights and was ba bar's improved black voting rights and was babar‘s vice president for eight years and there's no worry with the choice. it is morally impermissible for their to be no choice. there's people who say nothing

will change because he's a white supremacist, at least a white supremacist, at least a white nationalist, again, we don't know, but he says a lot of the things white supremacists do say. not only that, the white supremacists think he's on their side. there's a reason for that, why? why do they think they can take aid and comfort at a trump rally with donald trump? obviously they feel their kindred spirits and the way he's handled race relations in this country is pretty obvious. after charlottesville, pretty obvious. after cha rlottesville, i pretty obvious. after charlottesville, i think he made it pretty clear where donald trump stands. tara setmayer, thank you very much. thank you. 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 has enshrined in slavery.

newsreel: 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. tough guy, huh? i have been reporting from the united states for almost a quarter of a century. clive myrie, bbc news, los angeles. 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. 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. 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. 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. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the odyssey is over. the russian ship forced to spend six months at sea by coronavirus finally makes it back to home port. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower. tributes have been paid around

the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a 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 of george floyd in the american city of minneapolis have now been formally charged

in connection with his killing. earlier i spoke to kristen clarke, president of the national lawyers' committee for civil rights under law. i asked her if it's likely that the new charges will make it harder to get convictions. it's hard to predict what will happen. but one issue in these cases is, is there be a prosecutor who is fair and independent? is there a prosecutor on hand who will not be biased by a close working relationship with the police officer who is the subject of the case? the state attorney general is the most appropriate person to be prosecuting this case. they are distanced from the facts and from the officers, someone who will carry out the case with integrity. but as a former prosecutor of these kinds of cases, they are incredibly hard and difficult. what you want is a prosecutor, again, who will be fair and independent and leave no

stone unturned in uncovering the facts, and someone who will ably carry out theirjob of presenting those facts to a jury or a judge at the end of the day. the family here and the community is crying out for justice. i wonder if you have a few on this from your long experience. clearly policing is a very difficult and dangerous job. any employee needs a strong contract and union to protect against an abusive employer. but just about everybody we have spoken to who has looked into this ease police unions and police contracts is a block to real reform. that is indeed a real issue and it is an issue that is front and centre for us, the lawyers campaigning for civil law. we know the road map, bans on racial profiling, we need officers to be disciplined and held accountable when they violate people's civil rights. too often this is made difficult by collective

bargaining agreements which are really hamstring the ability to put in place meaningful reform that can transform a police department and make it possible to hold officers accountable. it's time we start having conversations about police unions, their grip on the way that policing is carried out in our country is significant. and too often an impediment to progress. and of course it is bizarre and troubling, as our correspondent reported, that the same police responsible for enforcing segregation are supposed to treat african—american people like anybody else? underlying all this is racism is something we are living with. racism is alive and well and affects every aspect of our justice system, including the way communities are policed. it's time we had some tough conversations about these issues. the tragic death of george

floyd has ripped the band—aid off of these issues, forcing a national reckoning with issues we have tried to avoid for far too long in this country. 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 office 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 on coronavirus. an experimental vaccine developed at the university of oxford is to be tested from mid—june in brazil. researchers chose brazil because it is in the accelerated curve of the pandemic and 2,000 volunteers are currently being recruited there. the university says the results will be fundamental for the vaccine's approval in the united kingdom, which it says it expects late this year. german chancellor angela merkel says the country will plough 130 billion euros, around $146 billion, into a stimulus under the wide—ranging measures, value—added tax will be temporarily slashed, families will receive 300 euros for each child, while those who purchase electric cars will see a government rebate doubled to 6,000 euros. 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. 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 drugs, use saying it can worsen symptoms. 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 405, 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 de luz in 2007. they want to speak to someone he spoke to on the phone on the night madeleine vanished.

police say he transferred a car he owned into someone else's name the day after. when the coronavirus lockdown came into effect, many people found themselves stranded and alone. flights all around the world had to be cancelled and plans had to be changed. this was certainly true for the crew of the russian ship kruzenshtern, which found itself a long, long way from home. tim allman reports. when it comes to self—isolating, it doesn't get much more extreme than this. sailing into port in kaliningrad, the tall ship kruzenshtern gets quite the welcome. cadets back on land, though it is quite different since when they set sail. when we started the voyager betting was different. now it is not clear how we will live on, communicate on the ground. we don't know if we will be able to communicate with our families after not seeing them for six months. the kruzenshtern is one of the

old est kruzenshtern is one of the oldest and tallest mastered sailing ships in the world. it began its around the globe voyage in december last year, a journey of almost 2a,000 nautical miles. but then coronavirus struck, and the ship was effectively stranded on the high seas. she was allowed to dock in a handful of countries, but strict rules we re countries, but strict rules were applied. all the crew remained on board. when we received food and supplies, we disinfected them. for us, it was a positive experience and a good result. no crewmembers or sailor students fell ill. everyone is healthy. as for the ship itself, she appears to be infine ship itself, she appears to be in fine fettle. this voyage was cut short, but no doubt there will be more voyages still to come. welcome home, for now. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley.

hello there. we're 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 don't be surprised, we could see gusts reaching 60 miles an hour in places. those 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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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 14—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 13 years ago. he's currently serving a prison sentence in germany.