by far the largest in this area that we have seen. welcome to bbc news. there have been demonstrations every night for the past eight days, but this brought tens of thousands of people i'm lewis vaughan jones. to downtown washington. our top stories: city officials here shut down tens of thousands of protesters march in washington in the biggest protest so far after the death streets all around to make of george floyd. this is the scene live near the white house. 20 minutes ago everyone was thousands of mourners honour dancing in the streets. the george floyd at a second memorial service, this one in his birthplace of north carolina. atmosphere has changed. has the thousands of demonstrators have held rallies in cities cu rfew atmosphere has changed. has the around the uk despite government warnings curfew been in? exactly, the against mass gatherings during the lockdown. cu rfew was curfew been in? exactly, the curfew was at 8pm and at around two us police officers plead not guilty in court 830 or so officials came and to the assault of a 75—year—old they said that people needed to protester in upstate new york. leave. the tension started to police investigating a suspect in the case rise, protesters and police of the missing british girl madeleine mccann are also we re rise, protesters and police were facing one another and looking into the disappearance there was less and less space. of two other children. next thing you know, it was

like that for 20 minutes. i saw a couple of water bottles thrown. an observer try to calm eve ryo ne thrown. an observer try to calm everyone down and told them to back off, take into the protesters and, about four minutes later, i would say that hello. officials kind of backed off thousands of anti—racism protesters have marched and they said that people can through washington in the biggest turnout yet during 12 days stay here as long as they are peaceful. that is interesting, of demonstrations. that tactic, directly resulted this is after the death of george floyd while being held by police in minneapolis. ina that tactic, directly resulted protests are taking in a deescalation. has it been place across the us. largely peaceful throughout the they place across the us. have been all day, day? absolutely. earlier, you actually. they have been all day, actually. now it's into the evening. this is the capital, washington, just gone 10pm might have seen on social there and there are thinner crowds than there were earlier on but still plenty of protesters out on the streets, and you can see the yellow markings on the street — that media, we had tens or thousands is their now famous writing, "black lives matter", — that

leads up to the white house stop the protesters not directly outside the white house itself, a black fence has been put our around the white iam sure i am sure people from philadelphia are sick of it. but it was that the centre, those steps? yes, that is the house. —— out around the white art museum. if it isjust house. it isjust gone it is just gone 10pm there. let's get this update from struggle is that a left, is aleem maqbool in washington. there any sense that people it was the biggest demonstration washington has seen since the killing will stay on? it seems that, as of george floyd, but with none of the confrontation from security forces we saw previously. a time goes on, more people they sent in the national leave and, as i say, this crowd guard, they were teargassing is kind of different. it seems people, shooting them they may to provoke something. with rubber bullets. really, like, perpetuating police brutality and violence but now, there is probably in the streets of washington, dc and still people are still out here and showing up. we are not afraid. about 100 people now and we are not backing down earlier, about an hour ago, it until we see change. was about 200— 250 so as the night goes on it seems some we're still getting arrested, people are going home. it is

we're still getting pulled over, interesting... sorry to we're still getting discriminated in everything in american life. interrupt dash it is so we've got to fight, interesting to see how the not for now but for the future. protest is changing over time we may be just outside the white house but the sense and at the numbers are we get through speaking changing. what about the to people here is that this has now gone beyond just getting a message across to donald trump. messages? this is definitely what people are telling us is that they've now really given up on him doing the right thing. instead, the focus has become the explosive group, more of a f the police. earlier in the day it was black lies matter, no justice, no peace day it was black lies matter, nojustice, no peace but this is definitely a more rowdy changing the system. bunch. we are on day 12 of these demonstrations, extraordinary scenes right across the us. have people been out making their voices heard individuals and police departments. sydney, in solidarity in philadelphia every day? yes, with african—america ns. how does that feel to you? i have cried every day since i have been seeing i would say this is about the the protests, out ofjust seventh day. i am not 100% pure joy that finally,

singing sure. last saturday is when things started to take off. 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. definitely a day of unrest and, these images associated with this will affect as time has gone on, it has all of our lives for gotten a lot more peaceful, a the rest of our lives. 00:04:14,598 --> 2147483051:38:54,889 not only did we lose a family 2147483051:38:54,889 --> 00:00:01,234 member, but you all lot more peaceful protesting but today, saturday night, things are still close, we are still dealing with businesses, we are in the yellow phases, as the governor would like to call it but nothing is opened. we will leave it to get back to monitoring how things are changing their. thank you for joining us. you are welcome. clarence williams is a reporter for washington post and has been covering the protests for over a week. he told me how today's protests are different from the previous days.

the atmosphere has changed. has the curfew been in? it has been a full day of marching, speeches, 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 here 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 bit festival and at other times, those quiet times get intervened by some marchers with people 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 in sight. 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, for example? i am standing three blocks of the white house complex,

or three blocks from the white house total, only about a block and a half from the white house complex on the ellipse. i am standing outside thejohn wilson building which serves as the city hall, essentially, for the washington, dc local government. after this here, for the last hour, have been painting a mural in response mayor muriel bowser‘s creation of black lives matter plaza on 16th st north—west, just outside of her own city government building, and these protesters have painted a mural that says "defund the police", trying to say that her symbolic gesture yesterday was simply that and they would like to see her take more concrete steps to invest in communities. and also divest in police, which is what the activists have told me here. interesting. and you have been speaking to people there 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 it's fair to say that you see a lot of people here that feel like they realise 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've seen a lot of them take pictures and trying to commemorate their time here 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. that mirrors what people have been marching for all across the country. our thanks to clarence williams there. 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, 1a 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. nojustice, no peace! no justice, no peace! 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. you're watching bbc news. these are the latest headlines: huge protests against the death of george floyd are taking place in cities across the us. in washington, thousands gathered around the white house in the biggest demonstration of the past two weeks. two us 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 reporterfor wbfo, the local nation public radio station which first captured the footage. i caught up with her about an hour ago, just after buffalo's curfew began. i am here in niagra squarejust across from buffalo city hall. this square was packed about a half hour ago but the protesters have since taken 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 colleagues were on scene outside, because of social distancing measures not all reporters were allowed into the courtroom today, 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 colleagues reported this morning and were actually trying to block media, cameras and really showing a strong front of solidarity with their officers who were 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 but 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's 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 face 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 either killed or assaulted people of colour over the last couple of years in buffalo.

and those two police officers have pleaded not guilty to the charges. away from the protests, 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 the disappearance in germany of a five year old girl in 2015. 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 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 months or 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. a growing number of schools in north—western england have delayed plans to reopen to pupils on monday. it is over fears of rising rotavirus infections. judith morris reports.

well, here we are, russell scott primary school in very changed times. and it's all about welcoming your children back in a safe and sensible manner. yesterday morning, head teacher steve marsland posted this video on his school website as he prepared to open up to more children on monday. but by the afternoon, those plans were put on hold. the school told to delay by the local director of public health. we want the children in school where they should be but in terms of the health of our community, i salute the decision, that somebody has actually come out and followed the guidance that was issued originally, where if the r level is anywhere near one and the contamination rate rises, looking after the health of the community and our school. it's not just schools in this area which are being advised to delay their wider opening. it's the same in blackburn and on the wirral, schools are being asked to pause and reconsider. it's all based on the same worry, that the coronavirus infection rate is rising in the north west.

there's also a feeling that not all parts of this region are the same, and there are calls for more localised information. we still could do with at least understanding what's happening in our localities, and they can take it to a sub—regional level. 0k, we might not even be able to go down to a district level but we'd understand what we would need to do and the advice we'd need to give, which may be different from the national government's. the government's scientific advisers believe that across the uk the infection rate remains at a safe level. the north—west‘s two metro mayors say there's been pressure on schools to reopen. tomorrow, they'll call on the government to reassure head teachers that they can stay closed if they wish. judith moritz, bbc news, denton in greater manchester. let's just finish by returning to washington, and the scenes of thousands of protesters on the streets. they have been marching all day. it is coming up marching all day. it is coming up to 10:30pm in the evening

there. the 12th day of protests since the death of george floyd in cities not just since the death of george floyd in cities notjust in washington but right across the united states and right around the world. i am lewis vaughan—jones, and this is bbc news. hello there. it has been unusually windy the past couple of days. and we will still have a keen north wind with us during the day ahead, making it feel quite chilly near the north sea coast, around this area of low pressure, but gradually high pressure building in for the next couple of days. so that will start to dampen the winds down in southern and western areas and the showers. but, as you can see, there are still further outbreaks of rain or showery rain to come, making its way southwards, across england and wales. it does allow drier and brighter weather for much of scotland and northern ireland. just a few showers around, some sunshine in sheltered spots, but some of the showers, as they sink southwards, across england and wales,

could turn heavy and thundering. and although the winds are easing in southern and western areas, still quite keen in the north, but particularly as well near the north sea coast, just taking the edge off those temperature again — 12 or 13. but in southern areas, it might be just a little warmer on saturday, with slightly less wind and a little bit more dry and bright weather. and then through the evening and overnight, any of those showers will ease away and, in fact, we start to see some starry skies coming through. so quite a chilly start to monday morning. there could be some grass frost in the glens of scotland. and that is all due to that area of high pressure, that ridge of high pressure from the azores, starting to build in, for monday and for many, we think, on tuesday as well. however, thereafter there's some more much—needed rain, we think, on the cards, as this area of low pressure starts to take shape but, as i say, from monday, it is looking like a drier day. still quite a bit of cloud mulling around but some sunshine, some strong sunshine for this time of year. slightly less windy so it will start to feel warmer. there could just be a few sharp downpours developing into the afternoon.

into tuesday, another coolish start but we are, at long last, losing that northerly wind that we've had. we pick up a south—westerly winds instead, and eventually that will bring some rain, we think, into the north and west but for many feeling warmer because we'll have a bit more sunshine and we've lost that northerly breeze. then, as we get towards mid—week, some uncertainty still but it is looking now as if low pressure will start to develop to bring all of us some rainfall, and that could well hang around for much of the week, and can sink into southern areas and that will give some appreciable rainfall. so certainly one to keep our eye on. it is looking, as you can see, as if southern areas might get some significant rain as we head towards the middle part of the week. as ever, we will keep you updated. bye bye.

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 after the death of george floyd. crowds gathered near the capitol, but security forces blocked any approach to the nearby white house. two us police officers have appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to the assault of a 75—year—old protester in buffalo in upstate new york. after the officers were initially suspended, all 57 members of their unit, the buffalo emergency response team, resigned in protest. in the uk, there were protests across the country despite warnings to stay at home because of the risk of coronavirus. the demonstrations were largely peaceful, but there were some clashes with police outside downing street.