this is bbc news, i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. tens of thousands of protesters march in washington in the biggest protest so far against the killing of george floyd. this is the scene live, just moments from the white house. thousands of mourners honour george floyd at a second memorial service, this one in his birthplace of north carolina. thousands of demonstrators have held rallies the uk, despite government warnings against mass gatherings during the lockdown. most were peaceful, but in london there were some clashes with police outside downing street, with mounted officers driving back protestors. police investigating a suspect in the case of the missing british girl madeleine mccann are also now looking

into the disappearance of two other children. hello. thousands of anti—racism protesters have marched through washington in the biggest turnout yet during 12 days of demonstrations. this is after the death of george floyd while being held by police in minneapolis. protests are taking place across the us. let's ta ke let's take you live to washington, just gone eight o'clock in the evening and thousands and thousands of people have been gathering just as they have been in other cities. we have been watching pictures throughout the day

from philadelphia, new york, los angeles, but our focus right now is going to be washington, dc. clarence williams is our reporter for washington post and joins me live from the street where these protests are taking place. just checking you can hear me? ican hear just checking you can hear me? i can hear you just fine lewis, how are you? can you hear me? they can hear you. there are lots of people, give us an idea of what is happening there?m has been a full day of much in protests, but largely or across—the—board i protests, but largely or across—the—boa rd i think protests, but largely or across—the—board i think also peaceful demonstrations. by far the largest in this area that we have seen. there have been demonstrations every night for the past eight days, but this brought tens of thousands of people to downtown washington. city officials shut down streets all around to make a wide swathe of pedestrian friendly vehicle free streets that demonstrators have. at times it has been a festival

and at other times there were quiet times that get intervened by some marchers who still remain angry at what they consider to be the unjust death of george floyd. how different are these protests? put it in a bit of context for us, you know the area so well. the first night, i was with protesters and they grew from 150 to well over a thousand. they stood in confrontation against secret service police outside the white house well into nearly four o'clock in the morning before federal law enforcement decided to clear lafayette park with smoke grenades, what appeared to be teargas and 0c spray. these demonstrations are all peaceful, federal law enforcement presence is barely insight. if they are around theyin insight. if they are around they in a support role, and the city officials tell me that

they have intentionally taken a step back and essentially given the streets to these people to allow them to demonstrate peacefully and get their point across as well as they want to today. give us a bit of an idea of the geography. what is happening behind you and where is the white house from where you are? i am standing three blocks east from the white house complex. i am standing outside thejohn wilson building which serves as the city hall, essentially, for the washington, dc local government. after this, protesters have been painting a mural in response to the creation of black lives matter plaza on 16th st, just outside of her own city government, and these protesters have painted a mural that says defund the

police, eight symbolic gesture and yesterday was simply that and yesterday was simply that and they would like to see officials take more concrete steps. and you have been speaking to people they are obviously throughout the day. what are some of the things that have stuck out to you that people have been saying there? i think what you see across—the—board is, i think what you see across—the—boa rd is, it i think what you see across—the—board is, it is fair to say that you see a lot of people here that feel like they realised that this has the potential to be a real historic moment for this country and for there to be a change, particularly when it comes to black people in this country. we are seeing a lot of them ta ke we are seeing a lot of them take pictures and try to commemorate their time to say, icame to commemorate their time to say, i came to have my voice heard, to speak against this injustice. the people of this generation, they think that this is their moment for their march on washington to affect

some kind of change for a more fair society. it is always so interesting to hear from you, thank you for painting a picture of what is happening on the streets of washington. let's get an update from our other correspondence in washington. it was the biggest demonstration washington has seen since the killing of george floyd, but with none of the confrontation from security forces we saw previously. they sentin forces we saw previously. they sent in the national guard, they were teargas and people, shooting them with rubber bullets. really perpetuating police brutality and violence in the streets of washington, dc and still people are still out here and showing up. we are not afraid. we are not backing down until we see change. we

are still getting arrested. we are still getting arrested. we are still getting pulled over. we are still getting discriminated in everything in american life. so we have got to fight, not for now but for the future. we may be just outside the white house but the sense we get through speaking to people here is that this has now gone beyond just getting a message across to donald trump. more people are telling us that they have now really given up on him doing the right thing. instead, the focus has become changing the system. individuals and police departments. there are huge protests in london, paris, berlin, sydney, in solidarity with african—america ns copy berlin, sydney, in solidarity with african—americans copy how does that feel to you?” with african—americans copy how does that feel to you? i have cried every day since they have been seeing the protest, out of just purejoy been seeing the protest, out of just pure joy that finally, finally, the voices are being heard. at the same time as the

demonstration in washington was a memorial service for george floyd in north carolina, close to where he was born. these images associated with this will affect all of our lives for the rest of our lives. not only did we lose a family member,... the only did we lose a family member, . .. the reverberations of his death will be felt long beyond his funeral in texas on tuesday. we'll have more from the us in a moment, but first: tens of thousands of people have taken part in protests against racism across the uk, in defiance of government appeals to stay at home because of coronavirus. they were largely peaceful, but in london, some demonstrators clashed with police. ten officers were injured, fourteen people were arrested. chi chi izundu reports. early evening,

after the official end of the protests, police were trying to clear whitehall. oh, my god, the horse has bolted. the officer knocked herself off her horse. it bolted into the crowd and trampled a protester. both are now receiving medical care. this is exactly what organisers called not to happen. just at the end of the protests, when the heavens had opened, trouble started. despite heavy rain, groups stayed behind, throwing bottles and flares at officers. other protesters called for calm. peaceful is what the main event had been. a much larger number had turned up than expected. but this is a movement growing with each protest,

not only over the death of african—american george floyd last month after a white police officer knelt on his neck, but to highlight that the uk is not innocent when it comes to racism. we are here to unite. because what we are fighting for is to stop institutional racism. the government had appealed for people to stay away. cheering. 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. the regulations are very clear in terms of gatherings and mass gatherings, in particular. we must put public health first at this particular time. organisers handed out masks and gloves and told people to keep two metres apart. but as the crowd grew, space diminished. it's just not defying the government. we're still going to be careful. it's to say that actually this is urgent and this needs an urgent action.

but london isn't the only place taking a peaceful stand. in belfast, they managed social distancing during the demonstration. in manchester, an estimated 15,000 people gathered in and around piccadilly square. i'm from america, so this isjust a really big deal, to see this impact in the world so far from home. it's actually pretty fantastic. in sheffield, thousands of protesters took the knee. a peaceful, symbolic gesture against racial inequality and police brutality that's fast becoming the emblem of this time. this is one voice with one message. black lives matter. and as thousands gathered in towns and cities around the uk, theirs is a hope that they'll be heard and real change can start. chi chi izundu, bbc news.

plenty of protests on the streets and that has been the same around the world, big protests in australia as well. but let's go back to the states, you can see those yellow letters spelling out black lives matter on the streets in washington and they are, they think, the largest number of protesters of any day of these demonstrators so far. we are now on day 12 of these demonstrators after the death of george floyd. we are going to stay with this subject but moves that he is now. —— but moves that he is now. —— but move cities now. two police officers have appeared in court, having been charged with the assault of a protester, in the city of buffalo in upstate new york. the two officers were supended, after video recorded by a local nprjournalist, went viral online. a quick warning, we're going to play the footage,

which may be upsetting. the video shows the two officers push martin gugino. he then falls backwards and starts bleeding from the head. after the officers were suspended, all 57 members of their unit, the buffalo emergency response team, resigned from that particular unit in protest. kyle mackie is a reporter for wbfo, the local nation public radio station which first captured the footage. shejoins me now. thank you for having me. give us thank you for having me. give usa thank you for having me. give us a sense thank you for having me. give us a sense of what is happening in the city now. you can see an empty square behind me, i am just across from buffalo city hall. this square was packed about a half hour ago but the protesters have since ta ken to the streets. they are now marching peacefully through the city and i have seen hardly any police presence here this evening. that is interesting.

let's recap, let's go back to what happened at court today with these two officers. my collea g u es with these two officers. my colleagues were outside, because of social distancing measures not all reporters were allowed and but we did see assault charges for the two officers involved and we have now also seen the 57 colleagues of the emergency response team resign in support of those officers. they are still employed by the buffalo police department as far as we know but are no longer on that team and the officers did come out in full force, they stood outside of city court which my collea g u es outside of city court which my colleagues reported this morning and were actually trying to block media, cameras and really showing a strong front of solidarity with their officers who are being charged today. interesting, and yet you say this evening there is not a particularly strong police presence. what have protesters on the streets been saying to you? tonight's protest was

organised by two long—standing activist groups here in buffalo so it was very on message, and the main message tonight was to defund the police. it really wasn't much of a call for reform although they do have a list of demands and the main two m essa g es list of demands and the main two messages i heard tonight was defund the police and also end white silence. there were a lot of white protesters out today. and on the video itself which has gone viral and is quite upsetting to watch for lots of people, what has been the reaction to that video? there has been quite an amount of disgust and shock. i think because of the gentleman's age in the video and actually his age also factored into the charges we heard this morning, the local da said that because of the age difference between the protester and the officer who pushed him, that is why it was such a felony charge. the reaction here has been shame

that this is the faith that buffalo is now showing to the world, but there are lots of calls, especially from people of colour in buffalo that they also want to see justice for officers who have killed or assaulted people of colour over the last couple of years and buffalo. thanks very much for that. i'm lewis vaughan jones. you're watching bbc news. these are the latest headlines: tens of thousands of protestors are marching in the us capital washington, in the biggest protest so far against the killing of george floyd. thousands of mourners gather to honour george floyd at a second memorial service — this one in his birthplace of north carolina. let's get more on our main story. those protists taking place not just across the us but right across the world. barrett pitner is a race, culture & politics writer

at the daily beast and founder of sustainable culture lab, a cultural think tank committed to combatting historic racism. we can talk to him now. thank you for being with us. we appreciate your time. thanks for having me. this feels lots of people watching around the world as different. we have seen instances of this before, depths at police custody. does it feel different to you? it is different and also more of the same. we have had protest before against police violence but what makes this difference is the cross—section of people protesting together. george floyd was a tipping point for a lot of americans on the fence, white americans that might have been sceptical. this seems to been sceptical. this seems to be the moment that these were

not random occurrences but systemic racism. when black lives matter first started, it was primarily african—american who were people protesting. i think what makes this different and this is different regarding and this is different regarding a lot of struggles across the us, it is not exclusively african—american but it is the friends that african—america ns have made over the last 30, 40, 50 yea rs. have made over the last 30, 40, 50 years. white, asian, latinos having a communal bond make the protists different. it has been a massively positive impact. given that coalition and positive impact, what a real underground compact do you think it will have? we have seen changes in police departments, hoping to change what they do around, for example, restraining on the

neck, changes to do with budget. but how big do you think they could be?” budget. but how big do you think they could be? i think it could be monumental, the change. this is also, most importantly, an election year so everyone protesting knows that if this turns them in terms of going to the ballot, change can happen. if this project was opening a year ago, two years ago, it might be harder to have that sustainable large—scale change harder to have that sustainable la rge—scale change but harder to have that sustainable large—scale change but everyone out there knows if they keep up the energy and keep on talking about this, talk to their house representatives up for election, their senator up for re—election, get words to the joe biden campaign and all other democrats combating this then seismic change can happen in november and that is what eve ryo ne in november and that is what everyone is looking for. a lot of americans still remember the

seismic change that happened in 2016 when donald trump unexpectedly one and how how country as change quite a bit then. —— won. but also on the ground and with politics and policies. i have not heard too many people raise that point about timing. lots of people talking about the fact that with camera phones and video, it is making a real impact but that issue of timing is interesting as well. we have used the word change quite a lot. what concrete changes would you like to see happen? there are so many changes. 0ne thing you just have to look at is the funding of police, how we find police in the us. we do not invest nearly as much money in community organisations that create strong communal structures that can pre—empt a lot of circumstances that

create violence and build relationship with police, where you feel connection with the entity that is supposed to protect you. there is such a stuck divide within communities. the community does not feel like the police is protecting them or has a connection to them and that is something that is a very, very sick and forget that we can do but there are so many things. —— very significant that we can do. we talk about police brutality. we have the infrastructure to prosecute an arrest release officers that break the law but do not apply to police officers. we have many structures in place that we can exercise. a key thing regarding funding and reallocate resources to keep american safe and have an equitable society where people feel like a government is here to protect us and not to harm

us to protect us and not to harm us is paramount. thank you so much for very interesting to talk to you. thank you for having me. police investigating a suspect in the madeleine mccann case, are also now looking into the disappearance of two other children. the 43—year—old convicted sex offender named ‘christian b', is currently in a german prison on drugs offences. the cases being reviewed include the disappearance of a german boy in southern portugal in 1996, and this the disappearance in germany of a five—year—old girl in 2015. 0ur berlin correspondent, jenny hill reports. in the tranquillity of the german countryside, the former home of a suspected child killer. christian b owned this land, lived here sometimes ina caravan. the impression you get is of a rather secretive man, someone who came and went, usually at night, who didn't want to speak

to the neighbours. in fact, gave them the very clear impression he didn't want to be disturbed. police have searched this land twice in the last four years. they found a memory stick containing child pornography, but no trace of a little german girl who went missing in 2015. inga was five when she disappeared from a family party. we've been told that police still suspect christian b of involvement in her disappearance. there are other suspects. detectives know he had an acquaintance who worked at the complex where the party was held. this lawyer represents inga's father. it's always when every few years, new evidence in ourcase appears, it is something between hope that his daughter is still alive and resignation that she might be dead already. christian b first came to portugal in 1995, on the run from germany, where he'd been convicted of sexually abusing a child. a year later, a german boy disappeared in the algarve. german police now reportedly

looking again at the case. more details are emerging about the man whose biography is chaotic, characterised by crime. christian b drifted between portugal and germany in the years after madeleine's disappearance. for a while he ran this shop in braunschweig. he is now in kiel prison serving a sentence for drug dealing and for the rape of a 72—year—old woman in praia da luz. german police believe christian b killed madeleine mccann but they say they still need the public‘s help if they're to bring him tojustice. jenny hill, bbc news, saxony—anhalt. left ta ke left take you back to the us. the tens of thousands of people protesting right across the us. this is washington, coming up to 8:30pm. but cities from

philadelphia, san francisco, people out on the street. largely peaceful protest. this is very different to what we saw not that many days ago. this is los angeles now which was the scene of looting and fires but not today. this is the 12th day of protest, possibly the biggest so far and that this is on the day that we have already seen earlier, a second memorial to george floyd being held in north carolina, ina being held in north carolina, in a church not far from where he was born. lots of people paid their respects at that service. that was followed by a private memorialfor the service. that was followed by a private memorial for the family and you will remember there was and you will remember there was a first memorial back in minneapolis on thursday and his finalfuneral minneapolis on thursday and his final funeral expected on tuesday in houston. this is a seen live in washington. yet again, another evening, thousands of people coming out to protest against the death of

george floyd. this is bbc world news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. hello there. it has been unusually windy again today. and very showery, feeling more like april out and about, i'm sure and that's because we have this deep area of low pressure, more substantial rain coming back into the north and then we have this cluster of showers and thundery downpours still to clear away from southern and eastern areas. some of the showers can turn heavy and thundering. although the winds are easing, keen in

the winds are easing, keen in the north, particularly in the north sea coast, taking the edge of the temperatures again. in the southern areas, it might be just in the southern areas, it might bejust a in the southern areas, it might be just a little warmer on saturday with slightly less wind and a little bit more dry and bright weather. through the evening and overnight, showers easing and in fact we start to see starry skies. a chilly start to monday morning with frost in the glens of scotland. that is due to the area of high pressure, from the azores. building on monday and tuesday as well. much needed rain on the clouds as this area of low pressure starts to take shape but from under it is looking like a but from under it is looking likea dry but from under it is looking like a dry day. quite a bit of cloud mulling around. strong sunshine for this time of year. slightly less windy. they could bea slightly less windy. they could be a few sharp downpours in the afternoon. into tuesday, and other foolish start. we are

losing the northerly wind. a south—westerly went instead which will bring some rain into the west but for many feeling warmer because we have lost the northerly breeze and have some sunshine. it is looking as if low pressure will start to develop to bring all of us some rental and that could hang around for much of the week and sink into southern areas and that will give some appreciable rainfall. it is looking as if southern areas may get some significant areas as we had to the middle part of the week. as ever, we will keep you up dated.

this is bbc news, the headlines: tens of thousands of protestors are marching in the us capital washington. it's the biggest protest so far during twelve days of demonstrations against the killing of george floyd. thousands of mourners gather to honour george floyd at a second memorial service, this one in his birthplace of north carolina. it comes after a service was held in minneapolis, near where he was killed. his funeral will take place in houston on tuesday. in the uk, thousands of people have gathered in cities across the country, despite warnings to stay at home because of the risk of spreading the coronavirus. the demonstrations were largely peaceful, but there were some clashes with police outside downing street on saturday evening, with mounted officers driving back some of the protestors. now on bbc news, the travel show. from the top of the world's tallest trees...