this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. thousands of people across britain take part in more anti racism protests. in bristol a statue of 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. it is utterly disgraceful and speaks to the act of disorder, public disorder that have now become distracting from the cause in which people are actually protesting about and trying to empathise and sympathise with. 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 — this is the scene live near parliament. thousands continue to take part in peaceful protests against police brutality and racism in the united states. hundreds of anti—government protesters demonstrate in brazil against their president's handling of the coronavirus. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. here in the uk thousands of people defied the ban on mass gatherings to join rallies triggered by the killing of george floyd, in police custody in the us. demonstrators in bristol pulled down a bronze statue of a 17th century slave trader, edward colston, and threw it into the harbour.

the prime minister boris johnson says that the anti—racism protests across britain have been — in his words — subverted by thuggery. jon kay has been in bristol where the statue was taken down. chanting: take 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, 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, 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 these streets, black slaves built bristol. we have to walk the streets and see that statue of colston 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, is 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 many are just standing, looking in disbelief at what has happened here, that in one afternoon, this city has challenged its history and changed its landscape. jon kay, bbc news, bristol. there were protets in several parts of the uk, with thousands gathering at the us embassy in london. this evening, there have been sporadic clashes between a small group of protesters and police officers near parliament. london police say they have made 11 arrests. chi chi izundu reports. another day where thousands have marched peacefully against racism. in london, the focus was the us embassy. i'm from oakland, california, so i grew up with a lot of police violence around me, 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 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, protesting safely 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 wrexham, 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 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. let's look at pictures now from whitehall in the centre of london full you can see the cenotaph and perhaps two rows of police officers there. they're looked to be protesters militating —— milling around behind them. we have been monitoring these pictures for some time and have not seen any clashes. so was that does seem to bea clashes. so was that does seem to be a face—off there have not been scuffles for quite a while

now. large numbers of people are continuing to attend peaceful protests against police brutality and racism in the united states. tens of thousands gathered in big cities including washington and new york, as well as small towns across the country. earlier on sunday president trump announced the national guard would begin withdrawing from washington, following days of unrest. our correspondent, aleem maqbool, has this update from washington. things have been extremely peaceful over the last few days and you can barely see the security forces visible. there was a sense that they are a bit of a red rag to the bull, particularly the national guard, for many of the protesters. we now hear that they will not be used going forward but still large numbers of people coming here to the white house and to protest around the country and while the overarching cause, of course, black lives matter against institutional racism is the same everywhere

there are many local causes being fought for as well. like in colorado, people are fighting for justice for a particularfamily of an african—american who was killed by local police here. in other places like virginia there are protests calling for confederate statues to be removed and in some cases, protesters have taken matters into their own hands, removing memorials to those who defended slavery or fought to keep it. 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, while there are still tangible demands that can be met around the country, i think we will see the protests continue beyond the memorial to george floyd tomorrow, in texas, and beyond his funeral on tuesday as well. mitt romney has become the first republican senator to join the protests. he posted this picture on his twitter page wearing a mask and marching to the white house in protest of george floyd's death at the hands of minneapolis police. along with the words ‘black lives matter‘.

president donald trump has sharply and repeatedly criticized the demonstrations and called for state and local officials to crack down on them. hundreds of anti—government protesters in brazil have staged a demonstration against racism and against presidentjair bolsonaro, over his handling of the coronavirus. last week brazil's death toll overtook italy's — and in the next few days it is expected to overtake the uk and become the second highest in the world. as katy watson reports from sao paulo, 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—i9 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." karine is also on the front line, receiving death registers in sao paulo. half of the names in this book, she says, were covid—i9 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 the country has struggled on many fronts, the labs are mostly in the south and it is difficult to transport tests there from areas such as the amazon. the government has also made bad decisions. there was a huge flood of chinese guests arriving in brazil and not com pletely arriving in brazil and not completely garbage. the government did not do anything. they bought the kids and distributed them, thinking it is better to do this and do nothing but that is not true. 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 to a worsening crisis, they feel undervalued. translation: i think this is still the country of football. i've nothing against football, farfrom it, but education and health, which need to be prioritised, are not. 0n the ground, healthcare workers keep going to battle against coronavirus. but the battle against censorship has onlyjust begun. katie watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the madeleine mccann suspect‘s life in portugal. we report from the village where he lived around the time of her disappearance.

the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorby—mania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who for them, has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. it happened as the queen moved towards horse guards parade for the start of trooping the colour. gunshots the queen looks worried but recovers quickly. as long as they'll pay to go and see me, i'll get out there and kick 'em down the hill. what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel

by your own power? it feels pretty neat. it feels marvellous, really. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: thousands of people across britain have taken part in more anti—racism protests. in bristol, a statue of a 17th century slave trader is torn down and rolled into the river. thousands of people have continued to take part in peaceful protests against police brutality and racism in the us. huge crowds have gathered in cities and towns across the country. the number of people confirmed to have been killed by the coronavirus around the world has now passed 400,000 just five months after china reported its first known fatality. the uk has recorded its lowest number of deaths from confirmed cases of coronavirus since the lockdown began in march, with 77 deaths in the past 2a hours. for the first time, no new deaths have been

recorded in scotland. the health secretary, matt hancock, denied that the failure to lockdown sooner had cost lives, as he responded to the view of a senior scientist who advises the uk 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 in too late? yes, we should have gone into lockdown earlier. the data that 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 judgement 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 it's 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 kind of 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 note 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. 0verall, 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 on monday as three airlines begin a legal challenge to them. the system will require

most arrivals to self—isolate for 14 days. british airways, easyjet and ryanair have written a letter to the government calling the restrictions unjustified and disproportionate. the home office insists the measures are needed to control the virus. the government has announced that places of worship in england can open for private prayer from a week tomorrow. number ten said the move would give individuals the chance to reflect. the new rules are not expected to include weddings of any size orfull services, which will come at a later date. earlier, i spoke to sheikh nuru mohammed, imam at ksimc of birmingham, who said he would only reopen his mosque when all the necessary safety measures were in place, but he said his community would be delighted by the news. you know what? senior citizens don't have a place to frequent every day of their lives and their mosque. some of there are retirees, they are not working, so mosque is like a second home to them. they've been missing these mosques ever

since the lockdown. they will be the first group to be happy once their mosque is opened. i can see just how happy that makes you, the prospect of those senior citizens being able to visit you. can you describe what yourjob has been like during lockdown? yeah, during this unprecedented time, i would say myjob has increased in the sense that you need to call people now and then to check on them. number two, when it comes to marital mediation, so as a residence caller or imam, we do mediations amongst people, so that also has increased, so we are always on the move via zoom. number three, because people are home, so you have a series of lectures, especially during the holy month of ramadan. there were times when i was having, like, four, five, six lectures in a day with different communities

because you need to keep people busy, otherwise challenges of mental health will come in. so, therefore, we have been very, very busy. the power of worship in many religions is that it's done as a group. people are able to pray next to each other. what is lost if people cannot pray physically next to each other? yeah, you see, from the islamic perspective, going to the mosque is not only to worship. no doubt the number one priority is to go and worship congregationally. but number two, it is also a means of socialising, where you get to meet people, share practices, share experience. so, for not going to the mosque for congregational prayers, we have missed that socialising part of it. 0therwise, when it comes to worshipping, people have now adapted ways of worshipping

with their family members — husband and wives and children. but definitely, it is not the same, because the holy prophet of islam mentions when you pray alone, you are given one reward by god. but when it is done congressionally, —— congregationally, you are given 27 rewards. so from this tradition, you will understand the importance of coming together to pray. a uk newspaper, the sun, is reporting that the us department ofjustice has reportedly filed a request that could force prince andrew to testify about his links to the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein. a source close to prince andrew's legal team told the bbc: "legal discussions with the doj are subject to strict confidentiality rules, as set out in their own guidelines. we have chosen to abide by both the letter and the spirit of these rules, which is why we have made no comment about anything related to the doj during the course of this year."

the prince stood down from royal duties late in 2019 following a poorly received interview that he gave to bbc newsnight in which he defended his friendship. 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 here, 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 5—year—old inga in 2015. and the father of another german child, 6—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. let's go back to the scene in central london right next to downing street. you can see it is almost half past midnight here in london and there are still rows of police officers, and near the cenotaph monument, there might be protesters still milling around. it is at the prime minister who may actually be in downing street has tweeted about what is going on. he says he will have a right to protest peacefully while observing social distancing, but they have no right to

attack the police. these demonstrations have been subverted by thuggery. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews. please do stay with us. hello there. the first week of summer has certainly brought a big change in the weather pattern. over the weekend, cool northerly winds, some rain and a good deal of cloud around as well. interestingly, at loftus in redcar in cleveland, there's been more rain in the last week than we've had during the whole of spring. the start of the new week, though, looks a lot drier, the winds won't be as strong either. that's because we've got this area of high pressure, at least the nose of it heading towards the uk. it may not last long, but for a while, it will keep those weather fronts at bay from the north—west of the uk. now, many places will have a dry day on monday, the sunshine coming and going. there'll still be a few light showers blown onto some of those north sea coasts.

during the afternoon, watch out for some heavy slow—moving showers in wales and the south—west of england. but on the whole, a lot of dry weather around. temperatures not very different from what we had on sunday, but we'll find that the winds are a good deal lighter today. and those light winds continue into the evening. it shouldn't be too long before we see the back of those showers from the south—west, and overnight into tuesday morning, it's going to be dry pretty much everywhere. a fair bit of cloud around, perhaps not quite as chilly across scotland and the north—east of england as it will be first thing on monday morning. moving into tuesday, and there's still quite a lot of cloud in the picture. whilst most places will be dry, there's the odd shower developing through the day ahead of the main change, which is this band of rain here arriving into western scotland and northern ireland, probably very late on in the day on tuesday if not in the evening. temperatures on the cool side for many, 15 to 17 degrees.

then more significant changes arrive from mid—week onwards. we've got that weather front driving some rain southwards, pressure is dropping, we end up with an area of low pressure across the uk on wednesday. we have got some cloud, some outbreaks of rain pushing towards the south—east, and whilst it may brighten up a bit further north, look at all the showers developing, and those could be heavy and thundery. because there is more cloud and more rain around, temperatures will be a bit lower, 1a to 16 degrees. that area of low pressure is still going to be around during thursday and perhaps into friday. it's drifting further south as well. so the wetter weather as we head towards the latter part of the week more likely to be across england and wales, we will see the winds picking up, but by the end of the week, it could be a warmer wind.

this is bbc news, the headlines: thousands of people defied the ban on mass gatherings to join rallies triggered by the killing of george floyd, in police custody in the us. demonstrators in bristol pulled down a bronze statue of a 17th century slave trader, edward colston, and threw it into the harbour britain's prime minister, borisjohnson, has said that the anti—racism demonstrations have been "subverted by thuggery", after a small number of protestors attacked police officers in central london for a second day in a row. mrjohnson said the violence was "a betrayal of the cause" the marches purport to serve. large numbers of people are continuing to take part in peaceful protests against police brutality and racism in the us. tens of thousands gathered in cities including washington and new york, as well as small towns across the country. the protests began as an expression of anger over the police killing of george floyd, but now encompass many local causes as well.