this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. thousands of protesters are assembled in london and in other cities in the uk to protest against racism. with everything that is going on in terms of what is going on in the world, not just in america, but globally, it is our duty to do something. it's been our grandfather's fight, our father's fight, we do not want it to be our children's fight and that is why we want to make sure they are a part this. this is the scene right now in central london. this is any approach parliament square. so many people turned up that police had to close the roads. 15,000 are reported to have gathered in manchester. this is at piccadilly gardens.

across the country, people have ignored government warnings to stay away because of coronavirus. we are in a health pandemic across the united kingdom and coronavirus is a deadly virus and of course, i would say to those that want to protest, please don't. a further 204 people in the uk have died in the past 2a hours after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total in the uk to 40,465 across all settings. nhs trusts in england say they were not consulted — or given any notice — of a government announcement friday that all hospital staff will have to wear surgical masks from a week on monday. and prince william reveals he's become a volunteer counsellor on mental health.

hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. thousands of people have gathered in central london to demonstrate against racism, as the protests which followed the killing of george floyd, a black american who died after a police officer knelt on his neck, continue around the world. parliament square, in front of big ben, is packed — at one point a minute's silence was held and hundreds of protesters went down on one knee while raising one fist in the air. they'd been streaming over westminster bridge since mid—morning to join the rally, despite a warning from the government to observe social distancing guidelines and stay away for fear of coronavirus. that morning came from the mayor of london as well. —— that warning. so many people turned up that the police had

to close the roads. another protest is being held in manchester, where about 15,000 people are reported to have gathered. there are similar protests in towns and cities across the uk. this is a picture in central london right now. the crowd looks as though it has thinned a little bit since the early afternoon and it is mid—afternoon in the uk now, that there are still significant numbers of people in central london and they will eventually disperse, and of course eventually disperse, and of course even that process of dispersal becomes quite complicated in a time ofa becomes quite complicated in a time of a pandemic. well, we've been speaking to some of the people who were at the rally about why they felt the need to attend. with everything that is going on in terms of what is going on in the world, notjust america but globally, it is our duty to actually do something. it has been our grandfather's fight, our father's fight, we do not want it to be our children's fight and that is why we want to make sure they are a part of this as well. i think it is important to stand in solidarity with anti—racist

movements internationally because we are a globalised world, but i think it is really important that we do not forget that racism is a massive issue in the uk as much as it is a massive issue in the united states. we need to change, otherwise society is not, like... this is why the next generation, for my kids, and my kids come, they need to know that i did something to try and make a change. it is such an important cause, i think for everybody to really rally together, you know, to support everybody. i think if you expect other people to care about issues that are important to you, you have to care about issues that are important to everybody else. and ijust feel it's time that we come out and we speak out as a nation and just prove to the world that indeed black lives do matter. that is some of those who were taking part in the protest in central london this saturday afternoon, and you will note that almost everybody there was wearing oi’ almost everybody there was wearing or had a face mask on them, and that seems to have been the case with people, although it was difficult for those to observe the two metre

distance rule in the light of the numbers attending. yesterday, the health secretary advised people not to attend large gatherings, including demonstrations of more than six people. his words were echoed by the home secretary speaking at lunchtime. here's what priti patel had to say. what i would say, of course, i completely understand people's desire to express their views and have that right to protest, but the fact of the matter is we are in a health pandemic across the united kingdom and coronavirus is a deadly virus, and i would say to those who want to protest, please don't. the regulations are very clear in terms of gatherings and mass gatherings, in particular. we must put public health first at this particular time and i would also say to individuals and some of the organisers across the community, speak to the police because obviously the police are on the streets today, i have just had the operational briefing here from the metropolitan gold command team.

and they want to engage with people so that people, if they do come out, can be safe, and importantly we can try to stop the spread of this horrendous virus, particularly in the community when we are certainly not out of the woods yet. priti patel, the home secretary, speaking just before the protests began. earlier this afternoon, speaking just before the protests began. earlierthis afternoon, i spoke to 0ur correspondent, chi chi izundu, has been at that protest in central london. well, at the start of this protest the organisers were very clear. they said that they had face masks to give to people if they didn't feel comfortable and also asked people to maintain a distance. i must stress that when we first got here there were about 200—300 people, and now, as you can see, it is in the thousands, so the ability of people to maintain a two metre distance is virtually impossible. but what we keep hearing again and again, the message is loud and clear. yes, coronavirus is dangerous. yes, people are aware about the risks to their health, but they feel that the message about racism against black people is far more pressing and far more

vital to get across. have you got any sense of why people feel that this particular death of george floyd in minneapolis, ten days or so ago now, as opposed to other deaths, evenin the uk, has galvanised people in this way? well, we must remember that the death of george floyd is in fact being seen as a catalyst against a number of different issues that have happened, notjust in the uk, but across the world. the issues in the uk are stemming from things like the windrush scandal, things around the grenfell tower issue. people are angry about the railway worker, belly mujinga, who worked not far from here at victoria station, who was spat on at work. the british transport police said that when she was spat on that didn't contribute to her death. she tested positive for covid—i9 and died. people say they want justice. the cps have just said they will review the evidence

in that case, but it is an amalgamation of different issues in the uk that have forced people onto the streets and it has been galvanised by the protests and the amount of people on the streets in america that have encouraged people to come out and show how they are very anti—racist in the uk as well. we can speak now to martha spurrier, the director of the rights organisation, liberty. thank you very much for being with us thank you very much for being with us here on bbc news. your group, among others, has campaigned over the years on issues like deaths in police custody, wrongful arrest and all kinds of issues you have been concerned about. one of the interesting issues here is the legal question. where do people stand? are they potentially liable to arrest if they potentially liable to arrest if they are attending these protests, given that we are still under emergency regulations to deal with the pandemic? yes, if you attend the

protest today i'm afraid you are potentially putting yourself at risk of arrest because gatherings of more than six people not from your house hold it against regulations. having said that, it is there to say the law is unclear and no court has considered whether those regulations, past as you said under emergency powers with no power of scrutiny, actually protect the right to protest. in recent weeks, we have seen a lessening of the restrictions, so we now have some education opening and people going back to work and people being allowed to use public transport if they have to do and i would argue this is an issue of life and death, this is an issue of life and death, this issue of police brutality and racism and there is therefore a very strong argument that just as there are exceptions to get kids back into education and get the economy working again, so there should be an exception for people to exercise their democratic right to protest. there is another side of that, that it isa there is another side of that, that it is a life—and—death matter in terms of coronavirus, which can be fatal for terms of coronavirus, which can be fatalfor some terms of coronavirus, which can be fatal for some people and as we know

is particularly hit hard black and minority ethnic communities in terms of the number of people who have suffered serious infection. that is a dilemma that presumably a lot of the people who have been at the protests have had to deal with.|j the people who have been at the protests have had to deal with. i am sure. it is a deep personal dilemma and of course, like so many things in society, black and ethnic minority people have suffered the brunt of the coronavirus, both in terms of the death rate and the economic and social consequences for those communities. we have also seen asa those communities. we have also seen as a policing of those communities, which is normal but has also been exacerbated with the new, very broad powers that a police now have due to the global pandemic. everyone will have to try to stay safe on these protests a nd have to try to stay safe on these protests and we have been hearing in countries all over the world that it is possible to do protest safely, people are being encouraged to wear masks and stay as far apart as they can, but it is there to say, as you say, it is about weighing up a light matter of life and death on the one

hand and a matter of life and death on the other hand and it is absolutely not clear that to make your voice heard to stand up to power is necessarily the wrong thing to be doing. in terms of the uk situation in terms of the deaths of black people, who are in contact with the police, what is the overall picture and how has it changed over the last decade or the last 20 yea rs ? the last decade or the last 20 years? so we continue to see a disproportionate number of people of colour, particularly black men, be the victims of police brutality, deaths in custody, the violence by the police on arrest or being stopped and searched across the board. your prospects of having a bad outcome from perhaps the inconvenient and unpleasant to the fatal are worse if you are from and minority ethnic community. things are better than they were 20 years ago, but we absolutely still live in ago, but we absolutely still live in a society where we face structural racism across the board, and when

the police have greater powers, as they do at the moment, that structural racism is embedded in those communities are at the very sharp end of it. is it possible to make any meaningful comparison between the uk and the us on this? it is possible in the sense that we also face structural racism and we face police brutality driven by racism. 0ne face police brutality driven by racism. one of the differences is that the police in this country, most of them aren't armed with fatal weapons like guns, although of course we have seen, for example, the use of taser against black and minority ethnic communities is disproportionate in this country. so i think that is a difference, but of course the george floyd tragedy was nothing to do with hierarchies, it was to do with unlawful restraint. anyone who works in this area and represents people who come into contact with the police, like i used to, will know that incidents of violent restraint, deaths in custody and then a complete lack of learning

from police forces up and down the country, looks very similar to what people in the us are protesting about right now. martha spurrier, director of the campaign group, liberty. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. an estimated 15,000 people have also descended upon central manchester.a dense crowd filled piccadilly square to listen to a series of speakers in support of the black lives matter movement. the number of people there mean it will be very difficult to observe social distancing effectively. plenty of people wearing face masks, and of course we know that the number is regarded as being up towards the higher end, up to one or

above, meaning people are particularly nervous in the north—west of england about the risk of potential interaction, in particular. black lives matter protestors in the australian state of new south wales have won a last—minute appeal against a court order that tried to stop them from taking to the streets. demonstrators have focused on the treatment of indigenous australians. prime minister scott morrison warned that protests risked undoing the progress made in fighting coronavirus. a warning: shaimaa khalil‘s report contains some distressing images. black lives matter! a day of high tempers and high spirits for protesters in central sydney. politicians had urged them to stay away, fearing another wave of covid—19. i say to them, don't go. not because you shouldn't express your view. find another way to express your view. but that didn't stop them. i'm an aboriginal woman so it's a subject very close to my heart,

and it'sjust so nice to see people from all creeds come together for this. i don't want to be a white person who sits by and does nothing, so that's why i'm here today. in the past three decades, more than 400 indigenous australians have died in police custody, an issue many here say has long been ignored. but with the very public killing of george floyd in the united states, the aboriginal community is using the international outcry to express their own anger. i can't breathe! stop resisting. this seems all too familiar. stop resisting. a black man restrained by officers, screaming, "i can't breathe." these were the last minutes of david dungaer‘s life, caught on camera in a sydney prison hospital in 2015. the inquest into the 26—year—old's death found that the officers' conduct was a result of insufficient training. but his family has called for them to be prosecuted. seeing george floyd die in such similar circumstances to her son has

been distressing for david's mother. tears just come from my eyes, and pain came to my heart again. i say, be strong, the floyd family, for we are in pain the same, and we do understand what you're going through. protesters hope marches like this highlight notjust black deaths in custody, but the centuries of inequality indigenous australians have suffered, and that a new—found momentum could mean a betterfuture for the community. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. the headlines on bbc news: thousands of protestors are assembled in london and in other cities in the uk to protest against racism. in the uk, 204 more people have died in the past 24 hours from coronavirus, taking the total to 40,465.

that is the total number of people known to have died and having been tested before they died for coronavirus. thousands demonstrated in sydney saturday against racism. some treated themselves after having pepper sprayed on them by police. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. the biggest sporting event in the uk since lockdown takes place in a few minutes' time at newmarket. this 19 guided a great shot, and stunning the favourite in third. it obviously hasn't sunk in and there isn't a same atmosphere after there isn't a same atmosphere after the race, in that there is no atmosphere, but it means just as

much to me. i'm afraid to drink too big because often the races don't work out as if you wanted to go, but this horse had trained very well without doing anything silly in the home and i was really pleased. immense premier league resumes on wednesday and jordan pickford is busyin training, but it is not what he is planning this summer. he should have been celebrating his pre—lockdown wedding, ahead of playing in goal for england at euro 2020. the euros will now be next summer, and despite increasing competition, pickford is not budging. people can say all they want, but i've got the shirt and i'll keep the shirt by keeping striving to get better for my club, everton. for me, that's all i can keep doing, keep working hard and the shirt will be mine because i know how good i can be and i know how good i've been for england. i just want to get better. yeah, i think another season, another year of experience, also. former manchester city and liverpool striker mario balotelli looks set to have his contract terminated at italian side brescia.

italian media are reporting that the serie a club have made the decision after balotelli failed to return to training, ahead of the league's restart later this month. capped 36 times by italy, balotelli has also played for both milan clubs during his careeer. michaeljordan is going to donate $100 million — to groups fighting for racial equality and social justice. the nba legend said that he and his jordan brand would distribute the money, the equivalent to £78 million, over 10 years. the money will go to organisations in a bid to tackle "ingrained racism". the donation follows protests across the us and around the world following the death of george floyd as he was restrained by police. world no1 novak djokovic has dealt a further blow to the hopes of the us open going ahead in late august after criticizing its safety conditions. players will have to stay at an airport hotel, not travel to manhattan, and bring just one person to flushing meadows, which the 17—time grand slam champion condemned as impossible. earlier this week world no 2

rafa nadal said he was currently not prepared to travel abroad due to the pandemic. and there have been some unusual sporting trophies down the years, but have you ever seen someone had to resort to using something from the kitchen cupboard to celebrate a tournament victory? well, that's exactly what darts player nathan aspinall had to do, after winning the latest pdc at home tournament. having nothing to hold aloft, he converted one of his dinner plates into a trophy. one for the mantelpiece! and at least it wasn't a wooden spoon, you could say. that's all the sport for now. a little later on on this channel, we had a special sporting your questions answered show, so we will see you questions answered show, so we will see you a questions answered show, so we will see you a bit later. anyone in his household, don't put that blatantly washing up!

the latest figures released in the uk show that a further 204 people died from coronavirus overnight bringing the total number of deaths to 40,465. meanwhile nhs trusts in england say they weren't consulted — or given notice — of a government announcement that all hospital staff will have to wear surgical masks from the 15th ofjune. the government insists the nhs was warned about the changes. here's our political correspondent, helen catt. from june 15th, everyone who visits a hospital in england will have to wear a face covering. all staff working in them will have to wear medical grade masks. the government announced the shift in policy late yesterday at the downing street daily briefing. now, a group which represents hospital trusts in england claims it is being done on the hoof, with little notice. we would have liked to have seen a longer period of time to discuss this with the government and for them to consult front line leaders about what is actually the right way to go on this, and for us to work it out together with the government. the department for health and social care says it will publish more guidance this week to allow hospitals to stock up on masks and plan for the changes. it comes just a day

after the transport secretary announced that face coverings will also be compulsory for all passengers on public transport. separately, the world health organization has changed its view on mask wearing. in light of evolving evidence, who advice is that governments should encourage the general public to wear masks where there is wider spread transmission and physical distancing is difficult, such as on public transport, in shops or in other confined or crowded environments. uk government advice currently is that people should wear cloth face coverings, rather than medical masks. it is also reinforcing its message on social distancing. the guidance on wearing masks in hospitals, the government says, will be kept under review. helen catt, bbc news. authorities investigating the new suspect in the madeleine mccann case are examining links to the disappearance of two other children, according to reports. the 43—year—old convicted german child sex offender — named by german media as christian b — is currently in prison in his home country.

he is serving a sentence for the rape of a woman pensioner. german prosecutors believe madeleine is dead after she vanished from an apartment in praia da luz, portugal, in 2007. 0ur europe correspondent gavin lee has the latest on the investigation from there. there are two main strands to this investigation. there is this ongoing public appeal, with photographs of the vehicles and the properties here in praia da luz, used by christian b, the main suspect, following the disappearance of madeleine mccann in 2007, but we are getting more of a picture, certainly of what has been happening here, at least, in terms of the portuguese police saying they have been carrying out their own investigations for the past three years. when this became a joint investigation, when german police first got a tip—off that christian b had made some sort of partial confession in a bar on the tenth anniversary of the disappearance of madeleine mccann, that first alerted them to what they say is a significant development. now, the house to house enquiries here, mixed response on the thoroughness of that

and some people say they have been shown a photo list of men and have been asked to point out who the suspect could be over the past two years, and many of them have actually said it has been quite effective and some say they recognise this man, that he had distinctive features. other people who have lived here for a long time say they are surprised that they haven't been contacted at all and the portuguese police say this is an ongoing investigation. also, in germany more details are coming out about this five—year—old girl named as inga, who went missing from her family party back in 2005, that she had gone out to a forested area to collect wood, we are told, in the grounds of the party and disappeared. now, that has been formally linked to christian b and another incident — portuguese and german newspapers are reporting that german police have contacted the father of a six—year—old boy who disappeared from a place about 20 kilometres from here, back in 1996, when christian b first moved here and whether there is a link.

at the moment, the police are not saying much more about that case, but this is clearly developing day by day. events to mark the 76th anniversary of the d—day landings have been scaled back because of the lockdown. ceremonies are taking place in normandy throughout the day and being streamed online. tributes are also being laid at graves and memorials on behalf of those unable to attend this year. a new image has been released of the duke of cambridge, prince george and princess charlotte volunteering to pack and deliver food parcels. the photograph, taken by the duchess of cambridge in april, shows prince william and the couple's children on the sandringham estate in norfolk in the east of england, delivering food parcels for isolated pensioners in the local area.

let's ta ke let's take a look at the pictures of the protests. that is that the us embassy, just south of the river thames. you're watching bbc news. it's being claimed that many care home residents in england have seen a steep increase in fees because of the extra costs of the coronavirus pandemic. the charity, age uk, says some people who fund all, or part of, their care are being asked to pay over £100 a week more. it's estimated that more than half the 400,000 people who live in care homes in england fall into the self—funding category. we can speak now to caroline abrahams, who's charity director at age uk. how widespread is this? we don't know, but what we do know is we have had lots of calls from older people and their families telling us the

different situations in which they have essentially been asked to cough up have essentially been asked to cough up some have essentially been asked to cough up some more have essentially been asked to cough up some more during the pandemic, in order to pay for extra ppe and to help care homes, who obviously having hard time at the moment, not only with all they have to deal with with the virus, but the extra costs they are incurring. we can't say how many. it may be a lot, it may be a few, but we would say that me is too many. just to be clear, people being asked to make a voluntary contribution, or are incurring. we can't say how many. it may be a lot, it may be a few, but we would say that me is too many. just to be clear, people being asked to make a volu nta ry clear, people being asked to make a voluntary contribution, or, all sorts of different names for it and it is varying in the amounts. the worst case we have heard of someone who has been asked to pay an extra £200 a week, but in other cases it has been rather less. essentially, this is because care homes are having to pay more for things like ppe and there have been some reports that the price of things like masks and gloves have gone up by 1000%,

which is honestly really regrettable and profiteering on the part of people selling them. in terms of the system we have at the moment in england and just to remind people watching this is devolved intensity care, so in your case are we talking about england? we are, yes. in terms of england, it is true that currently people who found themselves effectively cross subsidise the people whose fees are paid by the local council? yes, this is extraordinary and when people hear that they are outraged because you can have two people who are living next door to each other in a ca re living next door to each other in a care home, in adjacent rooms and one might be being paid for by the state because they are on a very low income and the other person might be paying for their own care because they are on a higher income, the person paying for their own care is paying on average 40% more for the exactly paying on average 40% more for the exa ctly sa m e paying on average 40% more for the exactly same room, service and everything else. what is happening

is because that is not enough money in the state system because governments over the years have been very lean, we're actually really imposing another tax on people who are paying for their own care to cross subsidise the state. how confident are you, in light of the attention that has been focused quite properly on carers and the tremendous work they do for people living in full—time care and in sheltered accommodation or in their own homes, and battle keeping the bill down for the taxpayer for those people still living in their own homes, but this time it will lead to a proper care service for england? the government has promised, we haven't seen it though. how hopeful are you that we will get a system out of the terrible events at the last three months? well, this is an incredibly important question for us at adelie and for all our old population and their families. —— adelie. i think this time i am

confident that the government is going to have to come forward with really solid and progressive proposals. it can'tjust talk really solid and progressive proposals. it can't just talk about the cost of care and obviously we at age uk want more money in the care system, but care homes are being left to deal with people with lots of medical problems without the proper back—up from the nhs and all sorts of problems to do with quality will have to be addressed at the same time. i think that is all to the good and at the reason i think it will be different this time is because seeing all these horrible stories play out on your channel and other channels has made a public awareness about how important care is and how much it needs to change, soi is and how much it needs to change, so i think that is going to put government under pressure and all politicians on all sides to come together and agree a sensible solution. caroline of age uk, thank you very much. a look at the weather now. it is going to stay windy through

the afternoon and with gusts around 30-40