this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. thousands of people across the uk have demonstrated in soldiary with anti—racism protests in the united states huge protests over the death of george floyd have continued in cities across america — all of them peaceful. in washington, thousands gathered around the white house in the biggest demonstrations there in 12 days. the head of the world bank calls the current global economic crisis a "catastrophe" and appeals for debt relief for the poorer nations. brazil says it will no longer publish total numbers of cases and deaths from coronavirus, after their death toll passes 3a,000. the british medical association calls for face masks to be worn in gp surgeries and care homes.

and in a week's time, places of worship in england will be opened for individual prayer. 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. more anti—racism rallies are expected across the uk today, after the police killing of george floyd in the united states. british protests yesterday passed off largely peacefully. but in london, 1a people were arrested after clashes with police and 1a officers were injured. metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick has said she is "deeply saddened and depressed" that the officers were injured in what she called "shocking" assaults by a minority of protesters.

in the united states, there've been some of the largest demonstrations against police violence since george floyd's death in minneapolis nearly two weeks ago. in los angeles a crowd marched from hollywood to beverly hills, at one point kneeling down for five minutes and chanting " peaceful protest" before breaking into applause. in san francisco demonstrators briefly shut the golden gate bridge. and an estimated 30,000 people rallied in chicago to demand police reform. more on the protests in the united states in a moment, but first, let's look at the demo held in london yesterday. this report is from sean dilly. all chant more than 4000 miles from the scene of george floyd's death during an encounter with white police officers in minneapolis, the cries of injustice could be no clearer than on the streets of britain. chanting: black lives matter!

in central london, many thousands gathered in support of black lives matter. it's been our grandfather's fights, our father's fight, we don't want it to be our children's fight and that's why we want to make sure they're a part of this as well. police say the day passed mostly without events, but as the evening approached, the mood started to turn. many had already left when fireworks, bikes and other missiles were launched towards police lines outside downing street. officers in riot gear replaced those in less protective uniforms to disperse those who remained. shouting and yelling oh, my god, the horse has bolted! a mounted police officer hit her head on a traffic light when her panicked horse bolted. by then riderless, it ran into the crowd and trampled a person. both the protester and officer received medical treatment. the horse made its own way back to police stables. the justice for george floyd protests went ahead in heavy rain and despite the government strongly urging people not to break social distancing rules by

gathering in mass crowds. more protests will take place outside the american embassy in london later. sean dilly, bbc news. lead us tell you more about cressida dick. the commissioner of the police service about the protests and the injured officers in london. she said... "i am deeply saddened and depressed that a minority of protesters became violent towards officers in central london yesterday evening. this led to 14 officers being injured, in addition to 13 hurt in earlier protests this week. we have made a number of arrests and justice will follow. the number of assaults is shocking and completely unacceptable." she goes on to say... "there is no place for violence in our city. i would urge protesters to please

find another way to make your views heard which does not involve coming out on the streets of london, risking yourself, your families and officers as we continue to face this deadly virus." that is the statement this morning from cressida dick,. the health secretary matt hancock has said while he supports the argument for equality, there is a risk that gathering in large groups could see an increase in cases of coronavirus. he was speaking to sophy ridge on sky news. it is undoubtedly a risk, so i support very strongly the argument thatis support very strongly the argument that is being made by those who are protesting for more equality and against discrimination. about the virus itself does not discriminate and gathering in large groups is temporarily against the rebels precisely because it increases the risk of the spread of this virus. so i would urge people to make their

argument and i will support you in making that argument, but please don't spread this virus which has already done so much damage and we are starting to get under control. meanwhile in the united states, tens of thousands of people have marched in cities across the country, on the 12th day of protests sparked by the death of george floyd. from washington, our north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports. no peace! nojustice! no peace! it was the biggest demonstration in washington had seen since the killing of george floyd. but with none of the confrontation with security forces we saw previously. they sent in the national guard, there was the national guard here the streets, they were tear gassing people, shooting them with rubber bullets, you know, 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 are still getting arrested, we are still being pulled over, we are still being discriminated in everything in american life, so we have got to fight, not for now, but for the future. well, we may bejust 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 have now really given up on him doing the right thing. instead, the focus has become on changing the system, individuals and police departments. there are huge protests in london, in paris, in berlin, in sydney, in solidarity with african americans — how does that feel to you? i have cried every day since i have been seeing protests, out ofjust purejoy, that finally, finally the voices are being heard.

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, in washington. returning to the protests that took place across the uk yesterday, the metropolitan police federation chairman ken marsh has expressed concern that the protests were allowed to go ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic iam not i am not happy at all with what is

so i am not happy at all with what is so yesterday. my brave colleagues we re so yesterday. my brave colleagues were put in a position that they should not be put in at all. i can't for the life of me understand funny why the mayor isn't betraying this, why the mayor isn't betraying this, why the mayor isn't betraying this, why the home secretary isn't. we are in the middle of a pandemic, unless something has happened i am not aware of. i understand fully why they want to protest, but the circumstances are so they want to protest, but the circumstances are so different they should not be there and they should not have been allowed. kehinde andrews is professor of black studies at birmingham city university here in the uk. thank you for being with us. we will come to the wider context of the protests in a moment, but first of all the point we were hearing from the police federation spokesman that the police federation spokesman that the protests go against all social distancing rules and they shouldn't have taken place in the first place. i think the protests are a reminder

area i think the protests are a reminder are a matter of life and death because they are taking risk is so important. i have to disagree with matt hancock saying the disease does not discriminate. we saw in reports it discriminates against us but even in those circumstances people are taking to the street. they're not doing it lightly and people are talking about social distancing but is it -- it talking about social distancing but is it —— it isa talking about social distancing but is it —— it is a issue that does and last any longer. there were some incidences of violence yesterday in central london around whitehall. what would you say about that? we need to focus on justice. it has been over 1000 deaths in police custody in the last ten years. there has been violence on the streets from the police would stop and search and we have no justice for that. i find it search and we have no justice for that. ifind it very search and we have no justice for that. i find it very difficult to get upset and emotional that police are having to deal with the

disruption that has been brought on oui’ disruption that has been brought on our community since we have been here. what would you say about the protests ? here. what would you say about the protests? we have seen them spread right across the world, an extraordinary number and the size and scale of them has been enormous. have you been surprised at the death —— about the death of george floyd has sparked protests right around the world. we shouldn't be surprised and it was not that new, it was only 2016 that similar issues happened and there were thousands of protests. when you see the violence and racism so clearly, that is why spikes these kind of protests and it will happen again. it is a question of how sustainable it is and when it is not something as obvious, will people still be as supportive of the movements? the big question, whether the huge protests being changed?”

think that really is the question because it isn't new and it is something that was done because the situation we find ourselves in. we really start to have much bigger conversations for stub in america, the conversation is about defunding the conversation is about defunding the police bust up may be that is the police bust up may be that is the way, with over policing the problem, but it is about a bigger issue of racism, inequality, health inequalities, all these inequalities and we have just thrown money at the police. we need to throw money at making society for more equal. thank you very much. the head of the world bank has described the global economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic as a "catastrophe". speaking to the bbc, david malpass predicted the economic fallout could last for a decade and would adversely affet the world's poorest. 0ur global trade correspondent darshini david has more. the world bank says that 60 million

more people could find themselves with a less than £1.50 per day to live on as a result of the economic crisis prompted by covid—19 on top of the 730 million who already do so. the bank's president david malpass said millions, possibly billions of people had had their livelihoods disrupted. the poor around the world are in an unequal situation. they are getting hit harder, people in the poorer countries are being not only unemployed, but unable to get any work, even in the informal sector, and that is going to have consequences for a decade. restoring prosperity, he says, would require engineering the right environment to create newjobs, to replace those that may have been lost permanently in sectors like tourism. mr malpass says he is optimistic about a longer term recovery,

but he admits the impact on some livelihoods could last a decade. there are calls for the compulsory wearing of face masks at hospitals in england to be extended to gp surgeries and care homes. the british medical associaton says more consistency is needed across all medical settings. from 15thjune, outpatients and hospital visitors will be required to cover their nose and mouth under new government guidelines. dr chaand nagpaul is chair of the british medical association. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. tell us what you want in terms of face masks and face coverings? the government made an announcement on friday about the need for face coverings to be won by visitors and outpatients to hospitals. it made no mention of gp practices or other nhs

settings. it is also a requirement as of the 15th for all nhs staff in hospitals to be wearing face masks in allareas, hospitals to be wearing face masks in all areas, notjust when they are seeing patients. and this is important because we know the infection is still circulating the community and health care settings are areas where there are other ill people and if the infection spreads, it can have a really serious consequences. so controlling the spread is important. we need to make sure there is consistency and the public don't have mixed messages that it public don't have mixed messages thatitis public don't have mixed messages that it is only hospitals where they need to be wearing face coverings was up it needs to apply in gp practices. also, this is going to require from the government a clarity of how this will operate if all staff in hospitals at an hour where surgical masks, which is what is to be announced in all areas, it will require massive supplies and we have already seen shortages for stop we have to make sure there are

sufficient supplies of the surgical masks but also for the public we need to make sure that face coverings are readily available so you don't have a situation where patients attend a hospital or a gp without one and make that readily accessible to the public. again, we need clarity on how it will enable that to happen. the government have hesitated before issuing the advice because they were saying in weeks gone by that the evidence, the scientific evidence that they were effective was a week or marginal. how convinced are you that face coverings actually do work in preventing transmission?” coverings actually do work in preventing transmission? i think it is really important that the policy is really important that the policy is matched with very clear public education about the limitations of a face coverings. but they do is they reduce substantially the spread of droplets from the person wearing the face covering, so it is not necessarily going to be protecting

the wearer unless everyone around you is also wearing a face covering, and that is where you have the benefit of reducing transmission. also they need to be applied properly and advice given on how to not cross contaminate. with good public health messaging, there is every reason to believe that this can reduce the spread. the uk have actually adopted the policy, the england, rather late in the day compared to most other european nations so the use of face coverings in public places where social distancing has not been possible has been standard practice for weeks now in germany, france, italy, austria, belgium, spain. this is clearly something that the world health 0rganization has now recommended as pa rt 0rganization has now recommended as part of the official policy. we have seen part of the official policy. we have seen this huge demonstrations after the death of george floyd in many countries. a lot of the

demonstrators were wearing face masks. are you concerned that those demonstrators, as the police have been saying, have been too close and breaching social distancing?” been saying, have been too close and breaching social distancing? i have seen some breaching social distancing? i have seen some demonstrations, one in birmingham, that was very well organised where those that congregated were separate from each other and masks were being handed out. what we must do is we make sure that we enable people to be able to go outdoors when necessary and appropriate, but to be able to follow both social distancing rules but also where face coverings where there are crowds, and that applies to any area indoors or outdoors where social distancing is not taking place. the government had announced this hospitals but we also need to make sure they are being worn in supermarkets and other crowded places just because you have an outdoor market doesn't mean people aren't inches away from each

other, so it needs to be a consistent policy that is matched with good public education on how to use facemasks or coverings and how they can be accessible to the public. at the moment they are not readily accessible and although the government has said people can make these face coverings themselves, there will be many people for whom watching a youtube video on how to make a covering will not be appropriate or possible. we must make this an accessible policy if this is what the government wants to achieve this. thank you for being with us. thank you for your time. brazil this past week has overtaken italy in terms of deaths from covid—19, with 311,000 fatalities. on saturday brazil's health ministry said it would now only be reporting cases and deaths in the past 2a hours, not a total figure as most countries do. president bolsonaro said

the cumulative data did not reflect the current picture and had it removed from the ministry website. brazil is the worst—hit country in latin america. it's also the world's largest employer of domestic workers, many of whom have been laid off without pay during the pandemic. katy watson reports from sao paulo. there's no bigger contrast between rich and poor in this, the most unequal country in latin america. coronavirus is spreading fast here in brazil but it's these crowded neighbourhoods that are most affected. there's little opportunity to socially distance and with so many residents having lost theirjobs, no way to make ends meet either. hosangela works just one day a week now, her other employers let her go because they were scared. she's scared too. she needs to keep working to look after her grandson and her seven children,

six of whom are now unemployed. it's hard to get enough food, hosangela tells me, there's no way she can provide like she used to. hosangela and more than a thousand other domestic workers are on a waiting list for this crowdfunding campaign called adopt a housekeeper. it gives domestic workers a personal care kit, a food basket and some money each month to keep them going through the crisis. translation: the virus has been democratic in that it's affecting rich and poor. but the actions, the attitude and the lack of public policy have not been democratic. people were let go and told by their employers to come back after the crisis. but the majority of women are the sole breadwinners, they're single mothers, they pay rent, they don't have savings. while many have been left unpaid, others have had little choice but to carry on because their employers demand it. some of the children of these domestic workers have started a movement to make sure they're

paid and remain quarantined. translation: in brazil, we still live in a slavocracy. domestic workers are seen as essential services, which is absurd. they can contract the disease just travelling to work and their families too. some people don't seem to understand that we're in a pandemic and everyone should stay in quarantine for their safety. unregistered workers have been queuing up outside banks to take advantage of small government hand—outs. but millions are yet to receive the money. and for those lucky enough to even have a contract, most have had theirs suspended. so what happens next? translation: when this pandemic passes, what will happen? it's the domestic workers who will suffer the most. everyone is talking about bolsonaro, but i wonder sometimes is he really crazy? it's become such a political fight. he goes on about wanting to get the economy going again so it can flourish. the crisis has revealed some ugly truths in brazil,

notjust a huge reliance on millions of unregistered workers, but also an unwillingness by many to value them. katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. india has overtaken spain to be the fifth worst—affected country in the world for covid—19 infections. india's tally now exceeds 246,600 cases according to figures from johns hopkins university. the number of cases comes as restaurants and malls get ready to re—open on monday as lockdown restrictions are relaxed. dr ramanan laxminarayan is director of the us—based center for disease dynamics. he advises various indian state governments on the covid—19 pandemic. lockdown in india, which was put in place on march 24th, at midnight, was always meant to be a short—term measure to delay the peaks, so that the system could prepare with hospital beds and ventilators and personnel and guidelines.

it was never meant to be or could never have been a way of fighting the epidemic in the long term. i think the time for that preparedness has come and gone and lockdowns in a country like india are not as effective as they might be western countries in terms of containing the spread of the virus. they are also much more expensive and costly from a livelihood standpoint and for the economy. so i don't think there's a choice. i think back in april is when this process should have started and there will undoubtably be a lot more infections as we go forward, but the lockdown is not the way to fight this infection. it's going to happen by people enforcing social distancing themselves and for the system to deal with that lot of cases. almost 400 tip—offs have been generated since police said they were investigating a new suspect in the disappearance of british girl madeleine mccann. the 43—year—old convicted german child sex offender is currently

in prison in his home country. a metropolitan police spokesman said they'd received hundreds of pieces of information in calls and emails. german police say they are treating madeleine's disappearance from an apartment in portugal in 2007 as a murder investigation. places of worship in england will be allowed to open for private individual prayer from 15th june. the new government plans are not expected to include weddings or full services — which will come at a later date. northern ireland has already allowed private worship, but scotland and wales are yet to do so. reverend professor gina radford is the former deputy chief medical officer for england, and is now a vicar in devon. she welcomed the move and said churches were still finding ways to offer support despite the lockdown. you know, people think that because our church buildings are closed, soon to be reopened, which is wonderful,

but because our church buildings are closed that the church is closed. very far from it. so we are providing a lot of pastoral support and here in our local communities, we have been offering practical support as well. so very much here to support people within communities, as well as of course running services on sunday through the wonders of things like zoom, skype and various other things. scientists say they've found slightly different versions of the coronavirus in different parts of britain. a team at the quadram institute, in norfolk, has been helping with a national project to map the genome of the virus as it circulates. by spotting these differences, it may be possible to track how the disease is spreading and to curb future outbreaks. 0ur science correspondent richard westcott explains. in a new lab just outside norwich, world leading research is going on that could

help ease the country out of virus lockdown. with one testing station visible from the lab window, if you've come up positive recently, your virus sample could well have ended up here. alex normally studies infections in people'sjoints but like many other scientists, he's been drafted in to study the virus. it's very interesting and exciting to come in and work on something that we're getting feedback straight away, we're seeing results in real time. in the early days, the first wave, we were getting 50 samples a day, maybe more in. now it's gone down a lot, positive samples coming to us a day, maybe five or six. so what are they looking for and how will it help? just like humans, the coronavirus is made up of lots of different genes. this machine can map or sequence all of those different genes, spotting tiny differences that can help tell us where it's spreading. 0nce they've sequenced all these

different versions of the virus, they can start to build up a feature of what's happening across the country. that's wherejustin comes in. you're running this project across the east but what are you finding out so far? the best way, richard, is probably to show you on this map. there are different types of the virus spreading around the country and there are different types spreading around norfolk, for example. as you can see here, they would be dominated by the colour green in this pie chart. compared to, for example, in scotland, where we have the pie charts dominated by red and different colours which represent different types of virus in scotland. knowing about these different versions will help us crack down on future outbreaks. an example might be if you have some cases in a factory, so maybe four or five cases, and you wanted to know if this was the start of an outbreak in this particular factory. so you could sequence these genomes quickly and return the information to public health experts, and if these genomes are the same

and they're the same type of virus, then that is evidence pointing towards transmission within the factory. but if they're different, that is evidence to show that it is not transmitting within the factory and the factory would not need to be shut down. this is one of 16 labs mapping the coronavirus across britain, in a project that's far bigger than anywhere else in the world. it's work that will help control the spread of the virus, and eventually aid scientists in developing a vaccine. richard westcott, bbc news, at the quadram institute in norwich. and now time for a look at the weather. hello. it's a day of mixed fortunes in terms of the weather out there today. still quite a cool and a breezy theme to the weather and there will be some showers around too, but it won't be as wet or as windy as it was yesterday. we've still got low pressure not far away, just drifting off towards the east and starting to fill but higher pressure moving in from the west, so that will gradually quieten the weather down over the next few days.

we've still got these northerly winds, particularly cold, strong winds across northern and eastern scotland and down the east coast of england as well. some rain around pushing out of northern england, down towards the midlands, into southern england, eastern wales as well. some of these showers could be potentially heavy with the odd rumble of thunder. and you will notice that breeze today for many of us, gusts of wind about 20 to 30 miles per hour, but certainly stronger than that down the east coast of scotland. so it'll feel quite chilly for the likes of aberdeen, down towards newcastle as well. 10 or 11 degrees here. further south and west, though, in those sunnier spells, 19 or 20 celsius likely. one or two heavy showers across the south of england, wales, just lingering into this evening, might hear the old rumble of thunder. they should fade away quite quickly and then it's mainly dry with clear spells tonight and a fairly chilly night, especially across the northern half of the uk with those clearer skies, temperatures down into the mid—single figures. many of us in double figures further south. but monday's weather fairly quiet due to this ridge of high pressure in charge, that stays with us into tuesday. by the end of tuesday, the next area of low pressure moves

in from the north west,