this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm david eades. 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. solidarity marches from london to helsinki — activists say european countries must look at their own records on racism. warnings the pandemic is causing millions of babies to miss lifesaving immunisations against other diseases. and, 13 years after the british girl madeleine mccann disappeared in portugal, a german prisoner is identified as a new suspect.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first, 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 mr floyd's neck, has had his charge elevated from third 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. the former us defence secretary james mattis has denounced president trump, calling him a threat to the constitution and accusing him of trying to turn americans against one another. the retired general, who resigned as pentagon chief in 2018, said he'd watched recent events "angry and appalled", and said americans should reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of the constitution. he said the united states was witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. let's get an update from our north america correspondent, david willis.

will come to those comments in a moment, but first, looking at this second—degree murder charge, the simple fact of the matter is it is that much harder to get a conviction then it may have been? absolutely, david. he traditionally has been very difficult to get convictions against police officers in the united states but, that said, the lawyer for the family of george floyd represented — that it represented — that it represented a significant step forward and there have been calls growing for all four officers involved in the death officers involved in the death of george floyd to be brought to justice and they have left open, the prosecutors, the possibility of enhanced charges from those that were levelled today. we will wait and see if this does actually quieten some of the protests there in minneapolis but the feeling is, i think, on the part of a lot of people here, that more needs to be done, there needs to be

systemic change in the way policing is conducted in this country, and more people need to resign, particularly the state governor, the missouri state governor, the missouri state governor. we will have an in—depth interview later with a us lawyer about the significance of those different categories. in the meantime, let's have a look at what james matus has said, the defence secretary has got his military boots on and kicking very hard indeed! he really is and has been disquiet, even amongst some of donald closest allies in regards to rhetoric he has used in regards to the protests, calling voters to thugs and talking about dominating to clear areas from the riots. but this criticism bya the riots. but this criticism by a former general, james

mattis, highly regarded in the pentagon, serving as defence secretary for two years and he left donald trump after a row over withdrawing troops in syria, but this critique, clearly incensed president trump and the white house. let me read to you one passage from the comments of james mattis. "donald trump is the first president in my lifetime he does not try to unite the american people, does not even pretend to try, instead, he tries to divide us." president trump ‘s response was swift to that. on twitter he wrote," probably the only thing barack obama and! probably the only thing barack obama and i have in common is the honour of having fired james mattis. he is the most overrated general. "i think that james mattis is just echoing many that are high up in the donald trump administration. certainly what is going on in the us is noted

around the world. we have seen demonstrations right across the globe in response to what has happened. demonstrations have taken place around the world in solidarity with the black lives matter protests in the us. rich preston has this look at the global picture in the last 2a hours. thousands gathered in london's hyde park on wednesday to show their support for the black lives matter movement, and calling for justice for lives matter movement, and calling forjustice for george floyd. before marching towards westminster... and gathering outside the houses of parliament. it was an image. across europe, and here in finland, where thousands chanted george floyd ‘s last words and sending their message to the us. the way that eve ryo ne to the us. the way that everyone showed up today, especially in a country such as finland, sending a big message that many more people than just black people are tired. protesters in denmark talk to

one knee in a symbol of support, condoning racism and calling for justice to support, condoning racism and calling forjustice to be done. —— — condemning racism. in central germany, protesters in frankfurt decried racism of all kinds. translation: the difference is that there was recorded but it does not mean it does not happen here and it is not bad here and have to stop. it is vital to stand up against, not just here in germany but all the world. translation: the most we can do is show solidarity with people over there. to go out on the streets and show them that they are not alone. crowds in the greek capital athens march towards the us embassy. the demonstration turned violent. protesters threw stones at police, he responded with tear gas. (explosion). in cape town, south africa, when legalised

discrimination in the form of apartheid is for many in living memory, messages of unity and solidarity. i think it's really important to show some kind of support and for all of us to stand against something that we know is not right. what started out as a seemingly innocuous call to police in minneapolis over a week ago, resulted in the death of a man, sparking an outpouring of emotion and a civil uprising. notjust outpouring of emotion and a civil uprising. not just in outpouring of emotion and a civil uprising. notjust in the city where it happened at around the world. —— but around the world. rich preston, bbc news. these allow pictures from denver, colorado, and you can see way past any curfew hours there may be but there is a presence there, all very quiet and calm, certainly not socially distanced but a considerable number there. we have seen pictures from

portland, oregon, and several cities maintaining this presence on the streets, some eight, nine days now after the death of george floyd. brazil has registered a record death toll in its coronavirus outbreak, over 1,300 deaths in the last day. it takes the total there to more than 32,500 with cases rising and intensive care nearing full capacity in a number of states. after three weeks, the country has onlyjust confirmed its new health minister, eduardo pazuelo, is the third in as many months. a sidebar to the coronavirus crisis, but a very significant one. millions of babies are missing out on lifesaving vaccines, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts immunisation campaigns around the world. the united nation's children's agency unicef has warned that it could lead to thousands

of children dying every day from diseases that had largely been brought under control. our global heath correspondent tulip mazumdar reports. new mothers trying to do their best for their babies in the midst of a pandemic. this clinic in the nigerian capital is usually packed but restrictions on movement, a shortage of healthcare workers and the fear of catching covid—i9 have kept many families away. this health worker says far fewer women have been coming to get their babies vaccinated since the pandemic and children are now at greater risk of other killer diseases, like measles. many countries were advised by health officials to suspend vaccination campaigns to avoid the spread of coronavirus but now there is a stark warning about the longer term impact of this disruption. measles is on

the rise. diphtheria, cholera, so all of these issues are going to be a real problem. as a world, we had conquered in his past century, many of these preve nta ble his past century, many of these preventable diseases for children and so we made great gains on childhood survival. what is now threatened is all of those gains in the last 30 yea rs, of those gains in the last 30 years, that we will wipe them away just because years, that we will wipe them awayjust because children are not getting immunisations. the pandemic is disrupting life—saving vaccination campaigns ona life—saving vaccination campaigns on a global scale. in south east asia it is estimated more than 3a million babies missed out on the routine vaccinations, both nepal and cambodia are currently reporting significant measles outbreaks. in africa, it is estimated 23 million babies missed out on routine vaccinations. ethiopian, for example, is currently fighting measles, cholera and yellow fever outbreaks. recent

research suggests disruption to these types of crucial services could result in additional deaths of more than 6000 children every day. medical staff around the world are working tirelessly to try and ensure those devastating numbers do not come to pass. here in bangladesh, vaccination clinics are reopening under a new normal. when you have a big effect on vaccines like this, it takes some time to rebuild some of the systems around it, and that will be important to make sure we deliver routine vaccinations but also, as a rapidly moved towards having covid—19 vaccines available, these are the same symptoms we we re these are the same symptoms we were used to deliver those, as well as look for further outbreak. despite the challenges, the work continues. these medics going door—to—door here in colombia as world leaders meet virtually for the global vaccine summit hosted by

the uk to ensure these life—saving campaigns can continue. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. some years coming in from south korea, where prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant against the defector head of samsung executive, and two former executives, part of an investigation into a highly controversial merger in 2015 and an alleged accounting fraud. prosecutors said the warrant was sought on suspicions. price manipulation and perjury and worth pointing out he had previously served a reduced prison sentence for offering bribes in 2018. 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 ina campervan. madeleine mccann was three years old when she went missing from praia de 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.

on the german version of crimewatch last night, 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, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the odyssey is finally over. the odyssey is finally over. the russian ship forced to spend six months at sea, courtesy of 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. it's 31 years since the tiananmen square crackdown. in mainland china, such commemorations are not allowed, and for the first time in three decades, the hong kong police have rejected a request to hold

a candlelight vigil. the authorities have cited coronavirus restrictions banning gatherings of more than eight people. let's speak to lee cheuk—yan, one of the organisers of the annual event in hong kong. he witnessed the situation in tiananmen square as well. thank you very much, lee cheuk—yan, for joining you very much, lee cheuk—yan, forjoining us. i wonder, given what you have been told very clearly, what you expect to happen today, and what you hope will happen today? we will still go to victoria park, the traditional 30 years of lighting candles to commemorate those who were massacred back in 1989 those who were massacred back in1989 and those who were massacred back in 1989 and also to support democracy in china, the symbol. we will still want to go into victoria park to light that candle. and when you imagine that the whole of china is

dark, and there is all for commemoration, even people going to the graveyard to mourn their beloveds will be closely monitored by authorities, so in such a situation, when the whole of china is not allowed to light a candle, it is very important for us to continue in hong kong, to show to all chinese, and people all over the world, but we have not forgotten and we still support democracy in china and condemn the massacre 31 years ago. —— that we have not. sadly this year the police expanding our gathering tonight, but still we will go in, and call upon the people of hong kong to light a candle and people all over the world to light a candle wherever you are. “— world to light a candle wherever you are. —— police is banning. and to still commemorate the event and the massacre and also to mourn those who have sacrificed. are you assuming you will be arrested? we you assuming you will be arrested 7 we understand thousands of hong kong police

are mobilised and ready for this moment. we do not know what to expect. and of course we are prepared to be arrested, and we have been arrested in the past for marching in so—called banned gatherings, so this had already been happening in hong kong over the past yea rs, in hong kong over the past years, and there is escalating police brutality and massive arrests. but still, we have the right under the basic law and one country, two systems to hold peaceful marches and assembly. and we are persisting in our exercising of our rights. so what will happen tonight, we do not know, but if something happens, it symbolises one thing. but banning already symbolised that hong kong is no longer one country, two systems. it is one country, two systems. it is one country, one system, and we are ina way country, one system, and we are in a way losing their freedom but we have enjoyed for 30

yea rs, but we have enjoyed for 30 years, and this is a symbol. but we have enjoyed for 30 years, and this is a symbollj mean, years, and this is a symbol.” mean, clearly the tensions and sensitivities are heightened at the moment, aren't they, with the moment, aren't they, with the hong kong security law having gone through. i can see that the leg co has now voted through the national anthem bill, so there will be no registration against the national anthem either. i just wonder, given all of that, and we have had international responses in terms of statements, do you think the international community is doing enough for you, for your supporters, for those pro—democracy activists who wa nt to pro—democracy activists who want to continue to remonstrate and feel they have got to hang on to that notion of a different wealth or hong kong? we have heard borisjohnson has said they will allow british nationals overseas from hong kong to go to uk, but the issue is, we do notjust want an exit door. we want to stay in hong kong and fight. and we want to

retain hong kong as it is, one country, two systems, and the realisation of democracy in hong kong. all these are denied to us, and there is now a threat now to even one country, two systems going to one system. so we want action. we don'tjust want system. so we want action. we don't just want an system. so we want action. we don'tjust want an exit door, we don'tjust don'tjust want an exit door, we don't just want to lipservice of statements condemning what the chinese, whatever they are doing on the national security law that will threaten hong kong, like a guillotine ready to come down. so we want action, and we know that we do notjust so we want action, and we know that we do not just want an exit door. and the issue is, why, since the uk government is not doing anything to really support hong kong to retain what we are promised under the sino—britishjoint what we are promised under the sino—british joint declaration. lee cheuk—yan, we will have to leave it there. we will watch carefully the situation in hong kong today.

the crew of on board one russian ship found themselves a long, long way from home because of the pandemic. tim allman explains what happened next. 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's quite different since when they set sail. translation: when we started the voyage, everything was different. now it's not clear how we will live on, communicate or move around. 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 oldest and tallest masted sailing ships in the world. it began its around—the—globe voyage in december last year, a journey of almost 211,000 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 were applied. translation: 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 crew members or sailor students fell ill. everyone is healthy. as for the 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. the knock on effects just go on and on. we have a little bit of news with regard to one trial being run by scientists to see whether a type of ib present can help treat coronavirus patients. what they are hoping is that this very low cost

drug, it is an anti—inflammatory, as you may well know, and also a painkiller, it could address breathing difficulties and that would help patients stay off ventilators. they are recruiting patients now. i do not expect to complete this study until next year. previous studies had recommended against the use of ibuprofen, saying it could worsen symptoms. so a little bit up in the air, but. german chancellor angela merkel says the country will plough 130 billion euros, some $116 billion and 100 £10, basically, into a stimulus package to kickstart an economy severely hit by the pandemic under this wide—ranging measure value added tax will be temporarily slashed, families will get 300 euros per child, and those who purchase electric cars will see the government rebate 22 6000 euros. ijust want i just want to close for the moment with some pictures from denver, colorado. black lives matter, the tarah kayne ——

campaign goes on in the united states as it gets later there into the night. it is not the only city. we will keep across that for you on bbc news. business is coming right up. 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.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. air rage or a softer landing7 the us threatens to ban all chinese flights later this month as tensions grow between the economic superpowers. plus, banking on china — hsbc and standard chartered voice support for hong kong's new security laws, despite international criticism. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments

here in britain and globally. and we will reflect on the business world as well. first, we start in the us, where the department of transportation says it will ban all chinese flights to and from the country from june 16th. us airlines have been seeking permission to resume flights to china after suspending them due to the pandemic but say this hasn't been granted. in the last hour, china has moved to ease those restrictions slightly. all this comes amid worsening relations between the two economic superpowers in recent days with rows over coronavirus and hong kong threatening to upset the truce in their two—year trade war. chris campbell is chief strategist at the business advisory firm duff & phelps, formerly an assistant secretary of the us treasury the trump administration. he's in tampa, florida.

great timing also, just perhaps a sign of a little bit of give here from the chinese authorities7 lots of ifs and buts around the possibility of the return of some flights, will this make a difference? look, i hope so, hope springs eternal. this is clearly a move by the us its administration to get leverage on china to make sure they treated the us carries the same way that the chinese government was hoping we would treat their carriers with access to us markets. so, if this move does materialise to get a 2—way trade and movement between the two countries, it is a significant move in the right direction. countries, it is a significant move in the right directionm would point possibly to a suggestion that the hardball approach, which president trump has tended to go forward china,

there are another 30 plus companies added to the blacklist, and we know about the wild way situation, a long list, let's be honest but it would suggest that the thought of arm—wrestling still works —— huawei still works? the president has a unique approach when it comes to negotiations but he does love to negotiate and it led to a phase i deal with china that former administrations have not been able to do. i think the chinese government was comfortable with the cadence of the former administrations, either republican and democrat, president trump has a com pletely president trump has a completely different way of negotiating. this is not typical of the american way and it really has yielded some results. but, in contrast, we have also seen statements by chinese state media suggesting that we could be on the brink ofa

that we could be on the brink of a cold war as well, so it is a lwa ys of a cold war as well, so it is always a delicate challenge. of a cold war as well, so it is always a delicate challengem is, chris, just quickly, what do you think of the chances of the phase i deal actually surviving this continuing tension7 surviving this continuing tension? i am concerned about it. i think you will see a ramp up it. i think you will see a ramp up from both republicans and democrats in the united states against china, all the way throughout this year, there has been a lot of concern about the lack of transparency which led to the worldwide covid—19 pandemic. many people in the united states believe that if china were more transparent we would be able to get our arms around the virus earlier and faster which would have lessened the challenges we have had in the united states. certainly less than the amount of money we have had to invest. the president of the united states is demanding that china pay for that money and some serious moves with perhaps delisting chinese companies

from trading. a lot of uncertainty to wade through. chris, thank you forjoining us. chris campbell. let's stay with those china tensions because uk—based banking giants hsbc and standard chartered have given their backing to china's new security laws for hong kong. that's despite widespread international criticism of china not least from the uk government, both banks made statements saying the proposed law can help maintain long—term stability in the troubled city. mariko oi is following this for us in singapore. i bet they spent a long time poring over the exact wording before they came up with this one, mariko7 before they came up with this one, mariko? nz, david, quite unusualfor one, mariko? nz, david, quite unusual for banks to end in political debate especially when critics over this controversial law says it could and the freedoms of hong kong but hsbc has been under a lot of pressure to make a statement

and we have heard mixed reviews from banks which operate there. as you said, hsbc and standard chartered have given their backing, saying it can help maintain the city ‘s long—term stability which of course has been rocked by months of pro—democracy protests just last year and that affected their branches as well. japanese banks are examining presence in hong kong and the boss of one major bank told the financial times that while hong kong is still the most crucial asian harbour outside japan, the situation is not the same as it used to be and he is looking at expanding into other markets, especially places like singapore. mariko, thank you, the latest there on another delegate situation. —— delicate situation. let's turn now to the economic response to the coronavirus pandemic because the european central bank is expected to boost the amount of cash it's pumping into the financial

system as soon as today by as much as half a trillion euros. markets are becoming increasingly optimistic. stocks have rallied for an eighth day, with the nasdaq in the us briefly touching the record high seen in february but are they right to be? joining me now is fiona cincotta, market analyst at city index. she's on skype from london. good to see you, fiona. it is like, money, money, money, it is pouring in and the markets are very is pouring in and the markets are very excited? they are, as you say, the levels we are seeing seem quite unbelievable, given the disconnect between the bad data that we are actually saying. as he said, there is a lot of optimism surrounding not only the gradual easing of lockdown measures and reopening of the economy but also the stimulus from governments and central banks and the expectation that there is more stimulus to come. but is that kneejerk optimism7

difficult to see how that will be sustained over the weeks and months ahead because, as the detail perhaps comes out over how the money can be used and spent, we all have to recognise this is going to be an incredibly painful road ahead? exactly, and that's very true, which is why we have the sensation that there is a disconnect between the optimism in the market and perhaps a reality. especially if we look at the unemployment numbers in the us, the number of people who are without a job, slightly different in europe because at the moment we say the governments are supporting those people and paying wages and that as we know, that is not something that can go on forever. so, yes, it will be a long, painful road to recovery, without a doubt, not a com pletely without a doubt, not a completely 1—way direction. would you expect this sort of u pwa rd would you expect this sort of upward trend to go on as long as we get, angela merkel yesterday, she laid out the

latest raft of support in germany, for example, as long as governments keep doing that, this is the direction of travel7 this is the direction of travel? it seems pretty, pretty goodidea travel? it seems pretty, pretty good idea that could be the case. this is cheap money, supportive of businesses and giving them a stimulus higher, if you like, but this is not something which is sustainable over the long—term, as you said, but it may get us through this particularly nasty, rocky patch. and it is particularly nasty, true, thank you for joining us, fiona. let's stay with the pandemic. virus testing is crucial to the way most governments hope to contain the pandemic and allow people to return to work but it's proved difficult to come up with a test that quickly produces accurate results. at the beginning of april, a uk—based company, diagnostics for the real world, adapted its on—the—spot hiv test for the coronavirus.

its machine is now in use by addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge, uk. joining me now is dr helen lee, ceo of diagnostics for the real world. she's in cambridge. thank you forjoining us helen, you talk about it being the real world , you talk about it being the real world, in the real world, these tests have got to be two things, haven't they? they have to be accurate. they have got to be accurate. they have got to be accurate. they have got to be fast. have you nailed that? i hope we did. i think so. tell me, you have adapted the kit from a hiv test, how straightforward is that a change? it is not so straightforward because at the time we developed it, the genetic sequences of the virus was not completely known and, so, we were like everyone else, doing the best guesswork and

kept improving it as we got more and more information. so eve ryo ne more and more information. so everyone is improving. you are calling it a game changer, you would, you are promoting something, you are onto it here. it is being used in hospitals within england but what about the scaling up? how quickly can you do that and is it your view that this is something that is easy enough, cheap enough, perhaps, to be exported around the world? there are many countries around the world who cannot afford the same prices that you may get in the uk and the western world? well, it is never easy to scale up well, it is never easy to scale up without using quality and this is a scaling of notjust diagnostics, but therapeutics and vaccine for when we eventually get it, it is a very, very rapid scale up in a precipitous way. so i think it is always a challenge for any diagnostic company to come up with the number of tests

required. when you scale up something, quickly, it is quite a challenge but also the advantage is that it can actually reduce the price, so as we scale up, the price will go down, and i really hope very much that it will be affordable for the developing world. right, you sound realistic and quite honest about the speed at which you can do that though, and that is critical, isn't it? let's be honest, we need it today and tomorrow? it is true, but it still takes nine months to make a baby. 0k, right. i am serious about it, when can you expect to be piling these machines out so, again, across—the—board, we machines out so, again, across—the—boa rd, we can machines out so, again, across—the—board, we can get a pin prick test, a quick result and an accurate one for pretty much everyone? well, we are already having hundreds of

machines in the nhs hospitals and as we speak, we are building thousands of machines, so we are doing quite a rapid mmp so we are doing quite a rapid ramp up and i think we will be able to make a difference in the hospital. helen, thank you for joining the hospital. helen, thank you forjoining us. let's stay with the pharmaceutical industry because later uk prime minister borisjohnson is hosting the world vaccine summit. the goal? to raise more than $7 billion to help produce and administer vaccines and make sure they are available to children in the world's poorest countries. the summit comes as the race is on around the world to find a vaccine for covid—19. katie silver reports. working at the price of a vaccine can be pretty tricky. on the one hand you have the cost, affected by such things such as how it is manufactured? the availability of ingredients? cost of storage and transport? doses required? and the biggest constable,

research and development. some big pharmaceutical companies spend up to 20% of revenues developing and testing new medicines. on the other hand, well, how much are your customers willing to pay? with vaccines, governments customers willing to pay? with vaccines, governments are typically the main buyers which means you can end up with a tiered system where wealthy countries pay more and that is one of the reasons why the global vaccine industry was estimated to be worth $60 billion this year alone. vaccine makers have in the past admitted to charging based on benefit they think a vaccine will bring. and i have been accused of charging unreasonably high prices, a practice known as price gouging. something the us lawmakers debated back in february because they were worried it may happen with the covid—19 vaccine. governments themselves have also been shipping in for the cost of vaccines. a number of big pharmaceutical companies are on record saying they will not charge for a covid—19 vaccine and what it cost to make it but mass—producing a vaccine quickly is not easy. for

instance, for a normal flute jab, this may surprise you, but it can involve chicken eggs, yes, that is right, the chicken egg! in fact, australia's csl index 50 million chicken eggs every year with the flu virus, acting as many factories or the vaccine. it is a whole lot of eggs! so, go on, get laying! a vaccine for covid—19 would require capacity on a scale we have never seen before. who would pay for that? one man, bill gates, has offered. that is because he says he wants to see poor countries being offered the vaccine as well as the rich ones. but for that, unique global collaboration, something that has been hard to find during the crisis. still to come: all four officers involved in the death of george floyd have now been charged. how easy will it be to obtain convictions?

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the album of the century. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: all four police officers involved in the killing of george floyd in minneapolis have now been formally charged. the officer who knelt on mr floyd's neck when he died has had his charges elevated to second degree murder. what exactly does that mean? we will stay on this story, but first of all i want to show you what the situation is in the united states as we speak, because this is the scene in san francisco. we have been to portland in oregon, denver, colorado. this is san francisco. on each occasion, there are still people out there, making their views,

theircampaign on there, making their views, their campaign on black lives matter, very clear, late into the evening, once again in the united states. that is a picture that you will get in many parts of the country, and as we focus on that story, my colleague mike embley has been speaking to kristin clark. she is president of the national lawyers' committee for civil rights under law, and asked her if it's likely that the new charges will make it harder to get convictions. the good development about today is the offending officer has been charged with a higher offence that will come with a longer sentence if he is indeed prosecuted at the end of the day. three officers who were present during the time of this killing have also been charged with aiding and abetting second—degree murder. they face a sentence of up to 12 years in prison. right now people are demonstrating and protesting because they want accountability.

i am pleased that state attorney general keith ellison has made the decision to elevate the charges in this case. it is most appropriate here, given the gravity of the offence, given the fact that his actions, if any officer's actions result in loss of life, under the law in minnesota, prosecutors have to show the officer used force in a way that intended to kill while committing another felony. and what we are hearing, what is underlying these protests is a desire for reform and accountability of officers in the united states, who too often kill with impunity. it is possible there may not be a conviction or they may be reinstated in another area. if there are convictions in this case, the explosions of feelings then are likely to make this perhaps seem like nothing 7 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 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. we had spike lee on the

programme recently, making the point that the big picture, as he sees it, is that tensions in the us go back hundreds of yea rs the us go back hundreds of years to slavery, the horrors of thejim years to slavery, the horrors of the jim crow years to slavery, the horrors of thejim crow era, which followed that, and more recently, of course, frustration over poverty, deprivation, over much worse healthcare for african—americans. this is a very big picture to deal with. spike lee hit the nail on the head and i couldn't agree more. for too long in our country, we have ignored the legacy of slavery. we have been uncomfortable having conversations about racism, and discrimination that remains so pervasive in our society today. the pandemic started that conversation. the pandemic is impacting people across the world in even ways, but has had a disproportionate impact on african—americans a disproportionate impact on african—america ns because of racism and discrimination. it rears its head in virtually every aspect of our lives.

george floyd's death is really the straw that has broken the camel's back in our country, and we are going to have to start getting very comfortable having hard conversations about racism, white supremacy, and the legacy of slavery and start to co nfro nt the legacy of slavery and start to confront the manifestations of this, which we see so often with police violence and racial violence, which have devastating impacts on the lives of african—america ns. that was kristin clark. she was speaking to my colleague mike embley. let me just show you once again, the late evening pictures from san francisco in california, protesters are gathering once again to demonstrate against racism, to demonstrate against racism, to demonstrate against racism, to demonstrate against the killing of george floyd, and as we have seen on so many evenings now, this has been copied in other cities around the country. portland in oregon, denver, colorado. we have seen pictures

there in the last hour of peaceful protest on black lives matter. you are watching bbc news. 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.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: a major breakthrough in the madeleine mccann case — a german prisoner who's a convicted sex offender is now the main suspect. detectives believe he was travelling around the area in this campervan when the three—year—old went missing. all four of the police officers who were present at the death of george floyd in minneapolis are to face new more serious charges. the row over quarantine continues as the aviation industry meets ministers today. i'll speak to airport and airline bosses about their concerns