this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: tens of thousands of protesters march peacefully in washington in the biggest protest so far after the death of george floyd. this is the scene live near the white house. thousands of mourners honour george floyd at a second memorial service, this one in his birthplace of north carolina. go home, jacob, go home! the mayor of minneapolis is told to leave a rally after saying that he won't defund the city's police department. police investigating a suspect in the case of the missing british girl madeleine mccann are also looking into

the disappearance of two other children. how a former bomb—maker for an indonesian terror group is on a new mission to stop the next wave of terror groups in south—east asia. welcome to bbc news. thousands of anti—racism protesters have marched peacefully through washington in the biggest turnout yet during 12 days of demonstrations. this is after the death of george floyd while he was being held by police in minneapolis. protests are taking place right across the us. we can go to these live pictures in washington. you can see the crowds thinning out there just after 11 o'clock. earlier on in daylight, those streets were full leading up to

the white house in the park, and black lives matter plaza. thousands of protesters making their voices heard there, including the mayor of dc, he was one of the people in march. also one of the people in washington observing the march was a reporter. let's get this update from our correspondent, aleem maqbool, in washington. chanting: no justice! no peace! 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 sent in the national guard, there were national guard here on the streets, they were teargassing people, shooting them with rubber bullets. really, like, 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're still getting arrested, we're still getting pulled over, we're still getting discriminated in everything in american life. so we've 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. what people are telling us is that they've 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, there are huge protests in london, in paris, in berlin, in sydney in solidarity with african—america ns. how does that feel to you? i have cried every day since i have been seeing the protests, out ofjust pure joy that finally, finally, the voices are being heard. singing at the same time as the

demonstration in washington, there 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, but y'all watched as well. george floyd's body will now continue its finaljourney, but the reverberations of his death will be felt long beyond his funeral in texas on tuesday. aleem maqbool, bbc news. 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 suspended 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. the two officers have pleaded not guilty to the charges. kyle mackie is a reporter for 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. now, that is interesting. let's recap first of all, let's go back to what happened at court today with these two officers. right. my colleagues were on scene outside, because of some 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 just lastly, 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 officers 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 past couple of years in buffalo. 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 5—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. the egyptian president has launched an attempt to end the fighting in libya. he made the announcement flanked by his libyan ally, general khalifa haftar, whose forces recently lost an attempt to retake control of the capital, tripoli. libya's un—backed government now has full control of the capital, but there hasn't been a stable central authority in the country since 2011.

reged ahmad reports. forces loyal to li bya's un—backed government enter one of the last major strongholds of military leader khalifa haftar. his attempt to retake the capital of libya has failed after a 1a—month offensive. gunfire fighters celebrate their victory in driving out the general‘s forces near tripoli. gunfire and singing these troops have managed the task with military support from turkey. tooting the conflict in libya has divided regional backing. general haftar has substantial military support from egypt, russia and the uae, to name a few, while the un—backed government enjoys the support of turkey, qatar and italy. now, the egyptian president

speaking from cairo alongside his ally, general haftar, has unveiled fresh peace proposals. translation: it is our honour that the declaration comes from egypt. we want a peaceful solution to this crisis that includes the unity and safety of national institutions. earlier, the un—backed government, also known as the government of national accord, said that it intended to push even deeper to territory held by general haftar, so perhaps the timing of this plan comes as no surprise. translation: we appreciate what you are doing to help the libyan army in the fight against terrorism. we urge you to do more to stop turkey bringing weapons and mercenaries to libya. libya has been torn by violence since the overthrow of colonel muammar gaddafi in 2011 by nato—backed forces. since then, there has been a cycle of political talks,

fresh alliances between armed groups, and then more fighting. what many will be asking now is whether this initiative will succeed in restoring any sort of stability in libya where other plans have failed. reged ahmed, bbc news. you're watching bbc news. the main headline: huge protests against the death of george floyd have been taking place in cities across the us, all of them peaceful. in washington, thousands gathered around the white house in the biggest demonstrations in the capital over the past 12 days. local leaders in the us are facing increasing calls to defund their local police departments, with protesters calling for budgets to be slashed in order to pressure forces into reform. this was the rallying cry for protesters in minneapolis who took to the streets earlier today. following the main march, minneapolis mayor jacob frey went out to to address some of the their demands face to face.

i understand that the culture within the department and the way business has been done has to be radically reshaped. correct. we need to rethink everything now as we move forward. you are correct. i am with you. as far as the full abolition of the department, the full on getting rid of police officers in our city, i will tell the truth, and i don't agree with that. that moment was captured by tim nelson, reporter for minnesota public radio. hejoins me now. hello, tim. hello. so, what was going on there and that exchange we just saw? well, this protest, viz ,archers went through the city, starting at a park in north—western minneapolis and ended up in front of the building where the mayor lives. —— viz marchers went through the city. they called on him to bow to disband 01’ called on him to bow to disband or abolish the police department and with some

explanations, offering some reforms and some of changes, he said, no, he wasn't going to that, which elicited howls of objection and chants for him to go home and a very tense few minutes as he left the crowd there. but it didn't spill over into violence or anything? it did not. it was a peaceful protest. people were gathered peacefully, you know, the police kept their distance and he left safely. 0k, and it is interesting now, so much anger, understandable, rage and frustration, moving on to quite specific demands, you know, people want to change, people wa nt people want to change, people want reform, but actually get into specifics, defunding police departments, one of them, what else would people there in the crowds talking about? —— what else were

people. what kind of changes do they want to see? they have talked about change before, there have been promises of reform, promises of requirements that officers report misbehaviour by their colleagues, the distribution of body cameras in the department. deescalation training, sensitivity training. there have been a lot of other changes suggested for that department. and they have not satisfied most of the people at a much like this. and ultimately, did not prevent the death of george floyd. and a lot of people were saying, we are beyond reform. they think that it are beyond reform. they think thatitis are beyond reform. they think that it is time for something truly radical, and some members of the city council, the city council president and another member, have called publicly for the police department to be disbanded and said they will act against the agency in budgetary discussions. so there is setting up to be quite a struggle inside city hall over

this, and clearly the people on the streets today let their feelings be known, that they wa nt feelings be known, that they want the department to go away. that is really interesting, radical is the word you used. briefly, unfortunately, because we are running out of time, what do you think the chances are of the success of that, given what we heard and saw earlier? i think there is a lot of work to do in the city. everything from traffic enforcement and pedestrian safety, to child protection, and it is unclear how those objectives would be accomplished by community organisers or community safety. but this has been at a boil for a long time and people think that half measures just aren't going to work anymore. a fascinating issue. thank you for talking us through that so clearly. we appreciated. —— appreciate it. barrett pitner is a race, culture and politics writer at the daily beast. i asked him if the ongoing us protests are different from other protests

throughout history. we have had protests before against police violence but what makes this feel different is the cross—section of people that are protesting together. i think george floyd was a tipping point for a lot of americans who may have been on the fence, a lot of white americans who might have been sceptical. this seems to be that moment where they no longer could think that these were like random occurrences, there wasn't systemic racism. ans so, if you look at the protesters in the united states, it's very diverse and, you know, when black lives matter first started, it was primarily african—america ns who were the people protesting. and so i think what makes this different — and this is different regarding a lot of the civil rights struggles in the us — is that it is a struggle that seems to be exclusively african—america ns but it is the friends that african—americans have made

in the us over the last 30, 40, 50 years, that are white, asian, latino and, having those communal bonds i think has made this protest different. and i think it is having a massively positive impact. given that coalition that you were describing, and that positive impact, what a real on the ground concrete impact do you think it will have? we have seen changes — changes in police departments, hoping to change what they do around, for example, restraining on the neck, and things, changes to do with budget. there are small changes but how big do you think they could be? i think it could be monumental, the change. this is also, most importantly, this is an election year, so that everyone that's protesting right now knows that, if this protest turns into them going to the ballot, and voting in people who care about their issues, then change can happen. if this protest was opening a year ago, 01’ two years ago, it might be harder to have that

sustainable la rge—scale change but everyone out there protesting now knows that, if they keep up the energy and keep on talking about this, talk to their house representative who is up for election, and their senator who is up for re—election, get word into the biden campaign and all the other democrats who are combating this, then seismic change can happen in november, and i think that is what everyone is looking for. because a lot of americans still remember the seismic change that happened in 2016 when donald trump unexpectedly won, and how our country has change quite a bit since then. so i think we definitely realize that this can have an impact, on the ground but also with policy, with politics, with the overall shape of our country. that's really interesting, i haven't heard too many people raise that point about timing and how influential that can be. lots of people talking about the fact that, with camera phones and so much

more and video, that means it is making a real impact but that issue of timing is interesting too. we have used the word "change" quite a lot. what actually concrete changes would you like to see happen? oh, there are so many changes. one thing you just have to look at is the funding of police, how we fund our police in the united states. we do not invest nearly as much money in community organisations that create this strong communal structures that can pre—empt a lot of circumstances that create violence, that can build a relationship with police, where you feel that connection with the entity that is supposed to protect you. right now, in many communities, there is such a stuck divide between law enforcement and the community, that the community does not feel like the police is protecting them or has a connection to them. that is something that is very, very significant that we can do but there are so many things at the us, like, policy—wise, that we can change. but regarding the topic right now of police brutality, we have the infrastructure to prosecute and arrest police officers who break the law, we just do not apply that as often to police officers.

so like, we have many structures in place that we can just exercise. but a key thing regarding funding and where we allocate resources to keep americans safe and have an equitable society where people feel like our government is here to protect us and not to harm us is paramount. ali fauzi was a chief bomb—maker for an indonesian terror group with links to al-qaeda, responsible for string of bombings in south—east asia, including the bali bombing in 2002 that killed more than 200 people. after serving time in jail, he is now on a new mission — to try stop recruits from joining the next wave of terror groups in south—east asia. the bbc‘s asia editor rebecca henschke reports from his hometown in eastjava.

ali fauzi used to be behind bars for his role in acts of terror, but now he is here for a very different reason, to meet and try to deradicalize inmates. translation: i know what helped me to change and i use that to change others. the soft approach by the police, access to education, and meeting the victims of the bombing was what changed me. his sleepy javanese village was the base camp of his group, jemaah islamiyah, responsible for a string of deadly attacks, including the bali bombing in 2002 that killed more than 200 people. but now the village is the centre for his group, the cycle of peace, a place bomb victims are invited to so they can talk about the pain caused by the attacks, and the group also helps former militants who have served

their time find work. like sumarno, who played a minor role in the bali bombing and now runs this travel agency. translation: i want to be of use to society now i am out of jail. with my travel company i hope that i can leave a life of violence behind me. i want to show the friendly face of islam. for nearly a decade, this village was the centre of terrorism in indonesia. now it is hoped, with these activities, that this generation will be a force for peace and tolerance. translation: we teach the children that not everyone has the same faith and that we have to respect non—muslims around us. but lulu fauzi admits they have not convinced everyone. translation: after the bali bombings we changed because there were too many

victims, it was not right. but many of our friends have not, and we cannot influence everyone. lam not i am not afraid, because lam not afraid, because i believe what i am doing now is right. i believe what i am doing now is right. lam ready believe what i am doing now is right. i am ready to die fighting this. a battle he says against extremism and intolerance. 0ne he is determined to win. before i go, let's ta ke determined to win. before i go, let's take you back to the united states, and our main story this hour. the protests and lots of major cities across the us, this is new york. you can see people still on the streets there, just as they are

in washington, dc, philadelphia, san francisco, new york and los angeles. i am lewis vaughan—jones. 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: tens of thousands of protesters are marching in the us capital, washington. it's the biggest protest so far during 12 days of demonstrations after the death of george floyd. crowds gathered near the capital, 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. the mayor of minneapolis has been told to leave a rally after saying that he won't defund the city's police department. mayorjacob frey faced the backlash for saying he supported siginificant change within the police, but not shutting it down completely. —— significant.