this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. remembering george floyd. the first memorial service is held for the man whose death in police custody launched a global movement. america, this is the time of dealing with accountability in the criminal justice system! in hong kong, thousands of people commemorate the tiananmen square crackdown — defying a ban and challenging china's rule. german prosecutors say madeleine mccann, is presumed dead, as a convicted sex offender, is investigated on suspicion of murder.

face coverings will be compulsory on public transport in england from the 15thjune. failure to comply you can't travel, or you could be fined. hello and welcome. amidst emotional scenes, the first of several memorial services have been held in the american city of minneapolis, to remember the life of george floyd, the 46 year old black man, who's death has sparked several days of protests across the us, and around the world. a lawyer for mr floyd's family, said his death was the result of a "pandemic of racism and discrimination." from minneapolis, barbara plett—usher starts our coverage. this is the beginning of official mourning for george floyd but not

the end of his story. a pause for breath after ten traumatic days. the unrest that has shaken the country in the wake of his death seem to demand a collective display of grief despite the risks of the coronavirus. # amazing grace. # how sweet the sound. one by one members of mr floyd's family remembered what he meant to them in life. every day he walked outside, just like when we came in, wanted to greet him and wanted to have fun with him. he had a way with words, he could always make you ready to jump and go all the time. everybody loved george.

he was this great big giant and when he would wrap his arms around you, you would feel like you were everything, any problems you had, any concerns you had would go away. but this service was even more about what george floyd's death means to the nation, but another black man in a list of so many killed in police custody. about beginning to shape the massive movement for racial justice it ignited. i saw somebody standing in front of a church the other day that had been boarded up as a result of violence. held the bible in his hand. i have been preaching since i was a little boy, i have never seen anyone hold a bible like that but i will leave that alone. the civil rights veteran reverend al sharpton delivered a attack on the president's recent controversial photo op but he was blistering about the violence

of structural racism in the country. what happened to floyd happens in this country in education, in health services and in every area of american life! it's time for us to stand up and say, get your knee off our necks! let us stand still. you that believe in faith bow your heads. they were silent for eight minutes and 46 seconds, at the time that mr floyd spent with a knee on his neck. that number has become a symbol of police brutality for protesters. in new york another memorial. seeking to build on momentum for change. promising that this time will be different. in minneapolis, streets by the scars

of the dark days that followed george floyd's death. residents hunkered down trying to protect their livelihoods as protests turned violent, laying waste to hundreds of businesses. but the community has rallied strongly, created a safe space to support each other, uniting against the forces that would divide them, determined to lead the country in pushing for lasting change. so it can finally be the land of the free. this been a seminal moment for america to take a look at itself and ask in which direction it is going. i'm joined now by jane o'brien in minneapolis. this first memorial service took place as of three of the former officers were in court and given some pretty hefty bail conditions as well. where are we now in terms of

the policing and the security and cu rfews across the policing and the security and curfews across america on disk of the day of the first memorial? well, we know that a number of studies are now starting to lift these curfews because this was a seminal moment in this whole sorry tragedy. we have said goodbye to george floyd in minneapolis, his body now moves to north carolina and then onto houston, where he will be buried. and this is obviously a place where those attributes and memorial is still taking place. as the site where george floyd was killed. it's become a makeshift memorial and the crowds have been here all day. they will probably be here all night, but there is virtually no police presence whatsoever. and i don't think that is going to change. this is one of the many legacies that

george floyd has left the city of minneapolis. the protests over the death of george floyd have continued right across the united states — and curfews remain in place in most major cities, dampening the potential for confrontation between protesters and police. the former us defence secretary james mattis has added his voice to the criticism of donald trump's response to those protests — he accussed the president of trying to divide the country. our correspondent, aleem maqbool reports. justice now! they haven't stopped taking to the streets, even though there are now charges against all four officers involved in the incident where george floyd was killed. the cause has become much broader, including protest against the way the state has often crushed peaceful demonstrations. even some of the most respected ex—military leaders in the us have condemned donald trump's response, including his former

defense secretary james mattis. "donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who doesn't predictably, the president responded on social media with insults. donald trump's attorney general has once again focused on those he says are fomenting violence on the streets. the voices of peaceful protests are being hijacked by violent radical elements. groups of outside radicals and agitators are exploiting the situation to pursue their own separate and violent agenda. but in an impassioned speech to students from her old high school in la, the duchess of sussex lent support to those calling for change.

i realised the only wrong thing to say it is to say nothing. because george floyd's life mattered and breonna taylor's life mattered and philando castile's life mattered and tamir rice's life mattered, and so did so many other people whose names we know and whose names we do not know. protesters continue to remind us of those agonising minutes george floyd lay dying under a policeman‘s knee. they're yet to hear what's being done to make sure nothing like it ever happens again. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in washington. let's ta ke let's take you to philadelphia. several thousands it looks like

people there, marching through the streets. in this, as we havejust been hearing, follows the first memorial service for george floyd. does not seem to be any marked police presence there at all. but the effects of this killing of the black 46—year—old sweeping right across the states and as we have seen come around across the states and as we have seen come around the world over the past 2a to 48 hours. june 4 is a solemn day for many people in hong kong as they mark the anniversary of the tiananmen square crackdown in china. every year, hundreds of thousands of people march in the vigil. but this year, police had banned the event for the first time, citing coronavirus restrictions. despite that, thousands of people gathered in hong kong, defying the ban.

it came hours after the territory's legislature approved a bill that outlaws insult on china's national anthem. let's go live to victor gao who is director these are some of the latest pictures that we had in from that vigil. let's go live to victor gao who is director of the china national association of international studies in beijing. he is also a former interpreter for china's paramount leader deng xiaoping. the vigils, the protest went ahead today. what do we read into that that there was no response from the hong kong authorities? first of all, please let me to use this opportunity to express condemnation for racial discrimination and racial prejudice in the united states. i

mourned the death of george floyd and hopefully everything will be addressed in the right way. for hong kong, i think people in hong kong should look at what is happening in the united states and draw a very profound lesson. what happened in 1989... hong kong people are not being discriminate against, there's no black lives matter dispute they are. hong kong people want to retain the privileges they had of being in that one country and two systems. the democratic rights of people in hong kong will be fully protected and the basic law and under the one country to systems. and i would say over the past year or so there has been chaos and violence, and arson and destruction of property, and an attack on rule of law in hong kong. which has been shared by many

overseas forces . which has been shared by many overseas forces. this is a profound moment and i think people in hong kong should learn what is happening in hong kong and as for the 1989 event i would say the whole nation of china have learned the big lesson, that is china cannot afford to have another revolution. they cannot afford to lose stability, and the top priority for china as well as for hong kong is to maintain stability... where is the freedom of speech guaranteed for the people of hong kong? if they are rude or poke fun at the march of the volunteers, the chinese national anthem, they could face three years in jail. well, people in hong kong have democratic rights of demonstrations and protests. if they do it legally. there are many, many ways to express reviews, but to express your views

through making ridicule of the national anthem is not the right way, because the law has said it. in hong kong it will be unlawful and illegal if you really make fun of the national anthem of china, and i would say this at the same case for many, would say this at the same case for any would say this at the same case for many, many other countries in the world. let's call a spade a spade. democratic rights do not mean that you can hold in contempt your national flag you can hold in contempt your nationalflag or your you can hold in contempt your national flag or your national anthem. is the calculation in beijing that china can push and clamp down harder on the hong kong now because the world needs china more than it used to need hong kong in terms of its financial and world banking system ? in terms of its financial and world banking system? absolutely not. you know for sure the ever since july one, 1997 to basic law in hong kong has been the law in hong kong. there isa has been the law in hong kong. there is a provision stipulating that hong kong is a government that should

adopt a law of national security. this is all very natural and logical. no territory could be abused by domestic or internal or overseas forces to constitute a threat to the national interest of the mother country. therefore, i think when hong kong has failed to do that for more than 23 years, it's logicalfor do that for more than 23 years, it's logical for the chinese government through the national people's congress to amend the basic law by stipulating that national security law for hong kong, no one in the world should pretend to be surprised that china is a sovereign power over hong kong can do that minimum thing. look at what the united states is doing for puerto rico, it would allow them to constitute a threat to national security interest of the united states. i'm sorry, but we are

out of time. thank you very much for joining us on bbc news. 13 years after she vanished, german prosecutors today said they believe that madeline mccann is dead. a 43—year—old german national has been identified as a murder suspect. known only as christian b, he's currently in prison for sex offences and was living in portugal near the resort of praia de loosh, in the summer of 2007, when the three—year—old dissappeared while on holiday with her family. our correspondentjenny hill reports now from north—eastern germany. they have looked everywhere for madeleine mccann. it's13 years since she went missing during a family holiday in praia da luz. herfamily have never given up hope that they'd find her, but today, investigators in germany announced they had opened a murder enquiry. they believe a german man killed madeleine mccann. translation: we are assuming that the girl is dead and the suspect, we are talking

about a multiple sexual predator who has already been convicted of crimes against little girls and is serving a long sentence. the suspect has been named, though not officially, as christian b. his full surname has been withheld in line with german privacy law. in 1995, he left germany for portugal where he lived until 2007. for some of that time he used a house between lagos and praia da luz. police say he was in the resort and made a call from his mobile on the night that madeleine mccann disappeared. he is now serving time in a german prison for drugs offences and what police describe as a sex crime. that, reports suggest, was the rape of a 72—year—old american woman, attacked in praia da luz two years before madeleine's disappearance. so what you have now is you have an individual with a history of sexual offending that spans girls through to older women.

extremely dangerous, he is not a preferential offender, he is someone you know that, from what we're told, he will offend across a range of ages. also with a history, we are told, of burglary, so fits the profile. the man is believed to have driven around the algarve in this camper van. police have released the picture as well as that of the man's jaguar in the hope that somewhere someone will remember something. they are also focusing on two houses. he is known to have spent time in both of them. one is close to a site which attracted the interest of detectives six years ago. they scoured this area of waste ground in 2014. it is just inland from praia da luz. there have been so many searches, so many supposed sightings, so much disappointment. for madeleine's family, the wait, the hope, the longing unimaginable. of all the thousands of leads and potential suspects that have

been mentioned in the past or discussed in the media, there has never been something as clear—cut as that from, notjust one but indeed now three police forces, so it does appear to be significant. still, so many questions, so much anguish but finally perhaps some answers. jenny hill, bbc news, brown—shweig. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we meet south korea's army of contact tracers — using technology to track down coronavirus carriers. 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. 0utspoken but rarely out—fought, ali transcended the sport of boxing for which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter. he fought all the way to the end. even through his illness. yes he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the beatles lp sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band. of the beatles lp sergeant pepper's a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. the family and friends of george floyd, the african—american man killed at the hands of minneapolis police last week,

have paid tribute to him at his memorial service. german prosecutors say they believe that madeline mccann — the british girl who went missing 13 years ago while on holiday with herfamily — is dead. from june 15th face coverings will be made compulsory for anyone using public transport in england. if you don't wear a mask or something to cover your face you won't be allowed to travel and you could be fined. the government says people should start wearing them now — but the rules will be enforced from the week after next. here's the transport secretary making the announcement. ican i can announce that as of monday the 15th of june face the 15th ofjune face coverings will become mandatory on public transport. it does not mean surgical masks which we must keep for clinical settings, it meets the kind of face covering you can easily make at home.

let's get some of the day's other news a court in the us state of georgia has heard that one of the men accused of murdering ahmaud arbery used a racial slur after shooting him. travis mcmichael allegedly used the language —and an expletive as the young black man lay on the ground. mr arbery wasjogging when he was chased down by mr mcmichael and his father in february. nba basketball is planning a return to the court. the sport's board of governors approved a plan that allows 22 teams to resume the regular season. they intend to play all games without fans, in orlando, florida. but — the plan still needs approval from the players association. south korea is clamping down on those breaking quarantine as it battles clusters of coronavirus popping up across the country, stepping up its track and trace measures. it's using technology to find covid—19 carriers in less than an hour, before they infect others.

0ur seoul correspondent laura bicker has more details each gasp for breath. each drop of blood painted an alarming picture. do you have any cough? no cough. headache? wan yu from wuhan, china, was south korea's first coronavirus patient. her scans revealed she had been ill for days before showing symptoms. doctors realised then that carriers could infect others without knowing they were sick. at the peak of the outbreak, hundreds of contract tracers were mobilised, lessons south korea learned from previous epidemics. she is allowed to ask personal questions and record private details because of special laws brought in to combat infectious diseases.

tracers then hit the streets to seek out cctv footage. they will look at phone and bank records to get the most accurate information. the details are sent out as emergency messages across the country. this was my team and i in daegu in february. alarm sounds. that's the kind of thing. are we getting another one coming? tracking down covid—19 carriers once took days. after gaining access to even more data, it now takes less than an hour. how are you feeling? pretty tired, actually. i've come from south carolina. technology is used at the border too. and you have no symptoms? luckily not. this woman is taught how to download a quarantine app on her phone. she won't be allowed to switch her phone off or move from her quarantine address for 111 days.

this foreigner is told he will be deported if he doesn't comply. but this woman feels this is right. i'm so grateful that i can be on this territory. nothing i can describe better. i'm just so glad. few have complained about any intrusion in privacy. it's been seen as a price worth paying. track and trace has kept this country out of lockdown. meanwhile, hugs from dad at the arrival gate are replaced by hosing down with hand sanitiser, an act of love in itself in these extraordinary times. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. scientists in ireland have developed a very clever way to keep public places covid—free. they have autonomous drones

that can help sterlise public places by cleaning. here's how it works , using an u—v light they sterilise surfaces and help reduce the transmission of coronavirus. that is it. back with another look at the papers. hello there. the warm and sunny days at the start of the week feel like a distant memory now as it's turning cooler and more unsettled to end the week. friday into the weekend will be cool and shall worry, longer spells of rain in the north also going to turn unusually windy for this time of year as well. the theory of the pressure was continues to deepenjust to theory of the pressure was continues to deepen just to the northeast of scotland. continue to push in during the course of friday to bring you some persistent rain across the north will stop furthest of winds picking up in a blustery day for all. with sunny spells but also blustery showers and some of these will be heavy and country at times too. the winds gusting 30 or a0 mph. for the north, a50 50 mph and even

stronger than that by the end of the day this ring becoming persistent and heavy across the northeast of scotland. don't be surprised as well with these sorts of temperatures of only around 9 degrees and a bit of snow in fact on the mountaintops of scotland. for the south around the mid teens associates. just making 17 degrees across an extreme south. as we move through friday night it stays blustery and the rain in the north begins to push southwards into northern ireland and into northern england and wales. those temperatures fall into loads of around six to 8 degrees. an area of low pressure still with this moving very slowly southwards on saturday and a real squeezing the isobars central and western parts of the country. what can dale's for friday night into saturday is this area of low pressure slowly moves southwards and cost of 60 mph which could give rise to some disruptions particularly strong for this time of year. as the area of low pressure spiralling off the coast of england bring further bands of rain or

showers against these heavy infantry, for the reporting into northern scotland. a bit of a temperature recovery in the north, isa 17 degrees there in fact, it mid to high teens for the south. on sunday a little bit quieter. area of low pressure weakening stilljust the east of england. he surprised could see most of the rembrandts for the rest a bit drier with a little bit of brightness breaking. winds will be lighter and so it will feel that touch warmer across the board. as we had an next week exec starting a further cloud the and cool and maybe mainly drive. the high pressure will start to build back in through the week.

you're watching bbc world news. the headlines. the family and friends of george floyd, the african—american man killed at the hands of minneapolis police last week, have paid tribute to him at his memorial service. prosecutors in the us state of georgia say one of the men who shot and killed blackjogger ahmaud arbery used a racial slur after shooting him. mr arbery was chased down and killed by two white men in february. german prosecutors say madeleine mccann — a three—year—old british girl who disappeared in portugal more than a decade ago — is assumed to be dead. police are investigating a german national with sex offence convictions on suspicion of murder. face coverings will be compulsory on public transport in england from the 15thjune. failure to comply means you cannot travel, or you could be fined.