thousands of people across britain take part in more anti—racism protests. in bristol a statue to a 17th century slave trader is torn down — and rolled into the river. it represents years of hurt, and just a lot of emotion and hatred that has been built up inside of us, that we have internalised for years. that is utterly disgraceful, and that speaks to the acts of disorder, public disorder, that actually have a debtor might become a distraction from the cars people are actually protesting about. -- that actually

have become a distraction. in london a huge crowd gathered at the us embassy — as anger over the killing of george floyd in minneapolis widens to a call for change here. we'll be reporting on the young people who organised today's protests — and the resonance of the black lives matter movement. also tonight: scotland records no new coronavirus deaths — as the uk daily death toll falls to the lowest figure since the lockdown. the madeleine mccann suspect‘s life in portugal — in the words of those who knew him around the time she disappeared. love it is, home comfortably! tight for second — cloak of spirits, quadrilateral, romsey made late ground on the outside of final song... well and truly back in the saddle — as racing's second classic of the year is run at newmarket. good evening. tens of thousands of people took

part in further anti—racism protests across britain today, with the statue of a 17th century slave trader pulled down in bristol. the monument to edward colston, which had stood in the city centre for more than a century was toppled and pushed into the river. the latest demontrations came 13 days after the killing of george floyd by us police — and despite the government here urging people not to take part because of the risk of catching or spreading coronavirus. tonight boris johnson defended the right to protest peacefully, but said the weekend's demonstrations had been "subverted by thuggery". from bristol, jon kay sent us this report chanting: get it down! 300 years after his death, edward colston‘s fall from grace. chanting: get it down! 300 years after his death,

edward colston‘s fall from grace. for centuries, he took pride of place in bristol, celebrated as a merchant, politician and philanthropist. now, reviled for his part in the slave trade. that statue represents years of oppression and years of hurt and just a lot of emotion and hatred that has been built up inside of us, that we have internalised for years, and that coming down today hopefully signifies change — hopefully we have sent a message, notjust to everyone in the uk or the usa, worldwide. cast in bronze, now daubed with graffiti — one of bristol's most famous sons. some protesters knelt on his neck, a reference to the death of george floyd, across the atlantic. this had begun as a black lives matter demonstration, but it ended in the historic docks, where colston‘s ships once sailed. gone! jasmine is a trainee teacher.

what do you say to somebody who lives in bristol who is horrified by the fact this is gone? people might say it's vandalism, but black people have to walk the streets — black slaves built bristol. we have to walk the streets and see that statue of him every day. that is what it means. that statue is a kick in the face to all black people. there has been a growing campaign in recent years to remove colston‘s name from buildings across the city, but many feel destroying the statue was the wrong way to do it. tonight, there was a small counter protest, claiming local history had been trashed. sheer vandalism and disorder, completely unacceptable, and it is right, actually, that the police follow—up on that and make sure that justice is taken and undertaken with those individuals that are responsible for such disorderly and lawless behaviour.

avon and somerset police say they deliberately took a low—key approach to the whole protest, due to sensitivities, safety and social distancing. some people will look at this and think, "hang on a minute, you should have intervened and stepped in and at least challenged the behaviour that was happening." this was a very difficult policing operation. there is a lot of context that sits around it and i believe we did the right thing. no regrets? no regrets. well, this evening, people are coming down here and laying placards and just standing, looking in disbelief at what has happened here, that in one afternoon, the city has challenged its history and changed its landscape. jon kay, bbc news, bristol. elsewhere, protests took place in several parts of the country — with thousands gathering at the us embassy in london. a small number remained near downing street into this evening, and havejust been ordered to disperse by police. chi chi izundu reports

another day where thousands have marched peacefully against racism. in london, the focus was the us embassy. i'm from california, so i grew up with a lot of police violence around me, 0akland, california, and it is something i don't want my son to experience in his life. that's one of the reasons why i'm in this country, because there's less violence, but there still racism so we have to fight it so still racism so we have to fight it so that's why we are here today. this is my deep passion and i'm here because i believe black people deserve the same chance as everybody else. we need to tackle racism and we've never really dealt with it in this country. there comes a time when we all have to speak up. in glasgow protester safety during the pandemic was a concern for organisers. i think the turnout is amazing, it's really inspiring, and it is really good to see people

taking social distancing measures seriously, doing the best we can to stay safe today. in reds and people also protested mindful of the two metre social distancing. this was the m6, partially closed for one hour after protesters blocked the roads. but the day has been marred bya roads. but the day has been marred by a minority. 27 police officers have been injured during this week's demonstrations, but that number is likely to rise after this evening. bottles, traffic cones and other objects were thrown at officers as they tried to clear protesters out of whitehall. it has been a week of protests across the uk and thousands have taken to the street to have their voices heard, but where does this go and what happens next? chi chi izundu, bbc news. the young organisers of today's protests have told the bbc they are the generation to bring about real change. in the past fortnight, the black lives matter hashtag has

been used a0 million times on social media — and many people have shared — and listened to — experiences of racism. our community affairs correspondent, rianna croxford reports: we're all black and we need to stand together. i don't want my children to have to do the same thing that i'm doing right now. we, the bereaved families that are left behind, are the voices of the cemetery. they are four decades apart, united by the same battle against racism. natasha is 21 and just a student. but today, she and her friend ayma have brought together thousands of people across the uk to protest over the death of african—american george floyd. you can't really tell the oppressed how to feel, because we are the ones who are experiencing it. just because people aren't, like, out on the street pointing at me and calling me the n word, it doesn't mean that racism isn't still alive. what do you say to people

who criticise lack of social distancing at these protests? we have a health pandemic happening right now. i don't want people to be affected but at the same time, we have another pandemic, a pandemic of black people being killed and shot every single day and no one is talking about it, no one is fighting about it. so i think we need to fight both of these pandemics. this isn't the first time people in the uk have taken to the streets to protest. the brixton riots in 1995, the london riots in 2011, and the protests today have all been triggered by the deaths of black people, killed by the police or in police custody. these are the faces of some of the people who have died, an uncomfortable history some say it is now time for the nation to confront. it has sunk in and then it doesn't sink in and then it has sunk in and then... stephanie lightfoot bennett is still fighting forjustice for her brother leon, who died in police custody in 1992. his case was reopened in november last year.

when leon died, it was nothing, you know, and now we have this movement where any death is now highlighted. and students, i love students. they are the future. they are the eyes and they are the ones that will help shut the door, not completely, but shut the door on racism. as yet another generation take to the streets, these organisers say they won't stop until those in power start to listen. rianna croxford, bbc news. the england and manchester city footballer raheem sterling has tonight told the bbc he has given his support to the protesters, calling for efforts to end injustice. he was speaking to emily maitliss in an interview which will run in full on newsnight tomorrow. the only disease right now is the racism that we are fighting. i think this right now, this is the most important thing at this moment in time, because, you know, this is something that has been happening

for years and years. you know, just like the pandemic we want to see something, we want to find a solution to stop it. that was raheem sterling. our home editor mark easton is here. what do you take away from the series of protests in this country, mark? why are people so frustrated and angry in britain in the 21st—century, angry enough to take to the streets in the middle of a deadly pandemic, angry enough to risk arrest and in some cases commit a cts risk arrest and in some cases commit acts of criminal damage? george floyd died thousands of miles away in minneapolis and yet his death i think feels deeply personal to many people in the black and ethnic minority communities in this country because it is a reminder of the prejudice and unfair privilege which still exists here, of the pain of racism, the injustice of profound racial inequalities that exist in this country today. of course there will be very real questions about the wisdom of mass protests in the

middle of a virus, and indeed about the violent behaviour of a few protesters, the thuggery the prime minister has talked about tonight. but as britain tries to identify what our new normal society is going to look like after this virus, perhaps we should try and think, how are we going to respond to the obviously deep unhappiness, frustration and anger that we have seen on frustration and anger that we have seen on our frustration and anger that we have seen on our streets over the last few days? mark, thank you very much. let's go live now to washington. tomorrow, it will be two weeks since george floyd was killed by police in the us state of minnesota. 0ur north america correspondent alem maqbool is at the white house. what is the latest there on the aftermath of george floyd's death, the response and handling from the ministration? yes, well, things have been extremely peaceful over recent days, you can barely see security forces visible here, too. i mean there is a sense they were a bit of a red rag to a book, particularly national guard troops, on the

streets, for a lot of the protesters. we now hear they won't be used going forward, but still, large numbers of people coming to the white house and to protests around the country. while the overarching because of course, black lives matter against institutional racism and brutality by the police, is the same everywhere, there are a lot of local causes being fought for as well, like in colorado, people are fighting for justice for a particularfamily of are fighting for justice for a particular family of an african—american who was killed by local police there. in other places like virginia, there are protests calling for confederate statues to be removed and in some cases, protesters have ta ken be removed and in some cases, protesters have taken matters into their own hands, removing memorials to those who defended slavery or even fought to keep slavery. in other cases, as with the authorities in virginia, they have agreed to the demands of the protesters to remove more statues. while that is still the case and there are still tangible demands that can be met around the country, i think we are

going to see these protests continue beyond the memorial to george floyd tomorrow in texas, and beyond his funeral on tuesday as well. aleem maqbool in thank you. the uk has recorded its lowest number of deaths from confirmed cases of coronavirus since the lockdown began. fatalities recorded at the weekend do tend to be lower than during the week due to delayed reporting, but the official figure today shows that 77 people died in the previous 24—hour period, after testing positive for coronavirus. there were no deaths recorded in scotland and northern ireland. that takes the overall coronavirus death toll in the uk to 40,542. the health secretary matt hancock denied today that the failure to lock down sooner had cost lives, as he responded to the view of a senior scientist who advises the government. dominic hughes reports. as the restrictions on daily life start to be eased, there are doubts. are we coming out of lockdown too soon? but also, did we go into late?

but also, did we go in too late? yes, we should have gone into lockdown earlier. the data we were dealing with in the early part of march and our situational awareness was really quite poor. and so i think it was... would have been very hard to pull the trigger at that point. i wish we had. i think that has cost a lot of lives, unfortunately. that is a judgment made with the benefit of hindsight, and one flatly contradicted by the health secretary. no, i think we took the right decisions at the right time, and there's a broad range on sage of scientific opinion and we followed, we were guided by the science, which means guided by the balance of that opinion. this argument matters because of fears over the r number, a measure of how the virus is spreading. overall, it is thought that infections are falling. the r is below one. but one study suggests in the north west of england, it is just above one,

which could mean increasing infections, while in the south—west, it is right on one. those concerns are especially acute here in the north west of england. some local councils have strongly advised schools not to reopen after half term, even on a limited basis, and there are questions, too, over the wisdom of allowing shops like these to start trading again in just over a week's time. so how to better manage different levels of threat across the country, when even at a local level, infection rates can vary? talk of putting communities under lockdown we don't think is helpful. some of our council leaders think it is simply unenforceable. so it does seem to me that a new approach is needed if we are to make sense of the challenge that we now have and that is what we are calling for with the government today, a closer partnership. and from scotland, some welcome news. for the first time since mid—march, no new covid deaths reported in the past 2a hours. i would offer a word of caution

about reading too much into today's figure. we know that fewer deaths tend to be registered at the weekend than on other days of the week. it is still very likely that further covid deaths will be reported in the days ahead. overall, the statistics across the uk do seem to be heading in the right direction, but this is still a dangerous moment and the future is full of risk. dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester. new quarantine rules for passengers entering the uk come into force tomorrow, as three airlines begin a legal challenge to them. the system will require most people to self—isolate for 1h days. our business correspondent katy austin is here. what's the basis for the airlines' action? ever since the prospect was first raised of a quarantine on people arriving into the uk, the aviation and travel sectors have voiced concerns that it would put people

off travelling and would cost thousands of jobs. this off travelling and would cost thousands ofjobs. this legal challenges by three airlines, british airways, easyjet and ryanair. they british airways, easyjet and rya nair. they have british airways, easyjet and ryanair. they have written to the government outlining why they think these measures are unjustified. 0ne of the arguments, they say, is actually, quarantine is more stringent than the guidelines apply to people who actually have covid—19. but this legal challenge is at its very earliest stage at the moment. there's no way it's going to stop the quarantine coming into force injust stop the quarantine coming into force in just under two stop the quarantine coming into force injust under two hours now, at midnight. and also, there has been further criticism today from the company which operates the channel tunnel. its boss has written to the prime minister, in fact, saying there was only limited consultation on this process, and the situation that has resulted is going to put a vital supply link, well, it is going to make it inefficient, he says, put that supply link at risk. now, the government has stuck to its guns and said the quarantine is the right thing to do. it is backed by the

science and necessary to prevent a second wave, but the quarantine is due to be reviewed in three weeks' time. thank you forjoining us. the new suspect in the madeleine mccann case has been described as strange and intimidating by people in the portuguese village where he stayed around the time of the child's disappearance in 2007. 0ne resident claimed people were terrified of the man, identified by the german authorities as christian b, because he carried a gun. 0ur correspondent gavin lee sent this report. this small village is where christian b is said to have stayed in the weeks after the disappearance of madeleine mccann. the suspect is reported to have turned up, 30 miles from where she went missing, without money, asking for work. christian b is understood to have stayed in this village for several months and was often seen at this restaurant and with his camper van, that police have appealed for information on. and several people have told us they found him strange and that he was intimidating. they said he spent time with two friends who rented this house and claimed they were fostering

german children. this woman, who asked not to be identified, rented the property to the couple. she says locals feared him and he was seen with a weapon on his belt. everybody was really terrified of him because my friend's daughter had a health issue, a mental health issue, and my friend was very scared that, you know, he could really do something to her. and being seen with a gun, i suppose, you know, people would be frightened. in germany, police are also investigating the suspect over the disappearance of five—year—old inga in 2015. and the father of another german child, six—year—old rene, who went missing from this algarve beach in 1996, says police have told him there could be a link. this local fireman was part of the search team. translation: we never had any evidence about where rene had been seen. one person said he was near

the river, but was not very sure. normally, when people drown in this part of the coast, a body appears after a few hours. in four days, since the new madeleine mccann appeal, police have received almost 400 tip—offs from the public, help which is vital, they say, if there is to be a breakthrough in this case. gavin lee, bbc news, portugal. police in northern ireland say a gun found during a search in londonderry is similar to the weapon used in the killing of the journalist lyra mckee last year. forensic tests are being carried out on the firearm to see if it is the murder weapon. a bomb which was also recovered was primed to explode. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy is in derry. the death of lyra mckee last year had a huge impact here in the city. she was shot by the dissident republican group known as the new ira, believed to be a teenager who fired the gun that night when he was

aiming at police. now officers say they have had a significant breakthrough after searching more than 38 acres of land in the city, they have recovered a gun they think is the same type and calibre that was used to the night lyra mckee was killed. along with that, they have also recovered this device, a quantity of explosives are contained ina quantity of explosives are contained in a lunchbox, that they believe was to be used by the new ira to try to murder police officers. but police have also highlighted that dangerously, this device was being hidden in an area where children play. now these findings will be examined forforensics play. now these findings will be examined for forensics over the coming weeks and months to determine whether it was indeed the murder weapon used to kill lyra mckee and what else they can learn about the group's activities with this latest find. emma vardy in londonderry, thank you. the global death toll from coronavirus has now passed 400,000, with the epicentre of the disease shifting to south america. brazil's death toll overtook italy's last week and in the next few days it is expected to overtake the uk and become the second

highest in the world. as our correspondent katy watson reports from sao paolo, the brazilian government has been accused of trying to hide the true numbers. black lives matter in brazil, too. but here, president jair bolsonaro's handling of coronavirus is also enraging protesters. a leader, they say, who is threatening the country's democracy. in the past week alone, 150,000 people have caught covid—19 and 7,000 have died. but that's information the government doesn't want people to know. it's wiped those figures from its website because it says they are manipulated. behind those numbers, though, are real people. patients and health workers on the front line, trying to control a virus that is still spreading. "it's like a snowball," helio says. "the cases keep rising, people get infected. this never ends."

carini is also on the front line, receiving death registers in sao paulo. half of the names in this book, she says, were covid—19 related deaths. and far more people than usual have died from respiratory problems, too. many people put that down to underreporting the real coronavirus figures. i'm feeling like a soldier in a war. i need to receive the information. i need to have good eyes and a smile, to make my public service. while i'm feeling that everybody‘s very, very worried about the disease. brazil only tests around 5% of what most of europe does. but in this affluent part of sao paulo, the local government's trying to buck that trend. it wants to get a third of its population tested. about 600 cars are coming through every day. people are getting their details checked. only those who work or live in the city can get a test done. and that takes place over here.

now, the idea is that the local government wants to get an idea of how far along the curve it is, how big a problem it is in this part of the city. but doctors here are feeling deflated with a president who is failing to lead this country through a worsening crisis, they feel undervalued. translation: i think this is still the country of football. i've nothing against football, far from it, but education and health, which need to be prioritised, are not. 0n the ground, health care workers keep going to battle against coronavirus. but the battle against censorship has only just begun. katie watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. horse racing is back on track after its lockdown suspension, and today, the second british classic of the year, the 1000 guineas, was the feature race at newmarket. adam wild was watching. they say "love" conquers all. well, today at newmarket,

that is exactly what happened. love it is, home comfortably. the second of the british classics, the 1000 guineas. like yesterday's 2000 guineas, there was only a select few there to take in the atmosphere, but empty grandstands are for now the backdrop to all sporting events. this, the day for the fillies, plenty of eyes on jockey 0isin murphy after victory yesterday, looking for a guineas double. but his mount, millisle, never really challenged. in fact, none could get close to the 4—1 shot, love, winning by a social distance and a sixth success for trainer aidan 0'brien. everybody has put her lot of work into her. delighted for the lads, really. listen, she is a very special filly. so, love, another aidan 0'brien horse to win the 1000 guineas. as racing continues to adapt, some things don't change. adam wild, bbc news.

there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. the last weekend of may brought warmth and sunshine. the first weekend ofjune was very different. it was cool, we had some rain at times, it was often windy as well but the wind has been easing. lighter wind to start a new week and some drier, brighter weather with some spells of sunshine. high—pressure taking charge. centred across the azores, pretty much where we expect high pressure to be a lot of the time. but it's bulging towards us. see this ridge extending across the british isles, that is going to settle things down through monday. still one or two showers around, across eastern scotland, eastern england, maybe northern ireland and the odd downpour or thunderstorm cannot be ruled out for wales of the south—west of england. 0therwise fine, fairly large mitts of cloud,

0therwise fine, fairly large cloud, some sunny spells and temperatures generally between 11. high—pressure still with us as we move through monday night and into tuesday. another dry day for most but this frontal system will be approaching from the north—west, that is eventually going to change our weather quite a lot in the second half of the week. but tuesday another mainly fine day sunny spells, large amounts of cloud developing into the afternoon comment would not completely rule out a shower and then the frontal will bring rain into parts of western scotland and northern ireland later in the day. as we head into the middle part of the week that weather front is going to push its way south eastwards and actually we're likely to develop an area of low pressure right on top of the british isles. this will make for an unsettled wednesday with showers or longer spells of rain at times some drier brighter, the wind at this stage won't be especially brisk but temperatures below par for the time of year, 12—16. as we move towards the end

of the week, things are gonna stay unsettled with more rain at times. and it'll become breezy. the wind will pick up, now look at what happens to the area of low pressure as we head into thursday. it sinks southwards and will stay to the south of the uk throughout the rest of the week. more white lines on this chart by this stage, that means a stronger wind, coming in from the east, it will bring some outbreaks of rain across england and wales particularly where you are closest to the area of low pressure, looks like it will be dry with sunshine for northern ireland and scotland. certainly a windy day, those are the average wind speeds but there could be gusts of around 40 miles per in places. those temperatures still no great shakes, 14—17, but those temperatures are going to start the climb as we move on into friday. a similar—looking day on the face of it with some showers longer spells of rain, dry weather and sunshine further north and across northern ireland and scotland, still fairly busy and scotland, still fairly breezy

but some slightly warmer area into the picture, 20 for glasgow, 21 degrees there in london. that trend continues into the coming weekend. low pressure still likely to be somewhere to the south of the british isles, this pattern is always going to bring some areas of rain, perhaps some thunderstorms for the near continent but with it some rather humid air and it's not going to be raining all the time. where we get sunny spells it will feel very warm indeed. through next weekend and the beyond, some heavy, perhaps thundery, the wettest weather likely to be in the south. there will be some sunshine as well and a rather warm and humid feel. plenty of changes to come through the week ahead. that's all from me. bye for now.