to george floyd, the man whose killing sparked protests for racialjustice. the police officer accused of his murder has appeared in court for the first time via a video link. the judge set derek chauvin‘s bail at over $1 million. democrats in the us congress have set out a series of proposals on police reform, following the killing of mr floyd. senior leaders also knelt in silence for nearly nine minutes — the length of time a police officer put his knee on mr floyd's neck before he died. lawyers representing prince andrew say he has repeatedly offered to speak to american police investigating his former friend, jeffrey epstein, a sex offender who killed himself injail. a spokesman said he was disappointed that a formal request had been made to interview the prince.

it isi.30 it is1.30 in it is 1.30 in the morning and you area to it is 1.30 in the morning and you are a to date on the headlines. time 110w are a to date on the headlines. time now for three years in wyoming. are it has been confirmed that a new virus that has been spreading across china can be passed from person to person. the infection is a new in the spring of 2017 we set out to type of coronavirus. the rapidly spreading follow the fortunes of two companies respiratory virus originated as they fought to establish in the chinese city of wuhan. themselves in the cities of dicks hospitals are overwhelmed. valley. a dedicated zone for new there is a degree of panic technology enterprises, it is part and concern amongst residents. of the move to transport the cities public transport has been shutdown. residents are being transform the city's economy. this is the story of some of the people urged to stay put. who live and work in the city. wuhan is in lockdown.

and the story of work hand —— wyoming before and after the arrival of the coronavirus that would change all of their lives. previously on the speed and scale of the lockdown three years in wyoming, they faced took everyone by surprise. and its impact would be some difficult truths. and a immediate and far—reaching. relationship falters. six months applause. senguo's attempts to promote software to retailers around china was a huge success and brought in another investor who injected 5 million yen, over $700,000 into the business. his intervention also helped get many of the staff back home before the lockdown was imposed.

have passed and it is autumn in wuhan. temperatures have fallen and there is much less rainfall than in there is much less rainfall than in the intense summer months. people are preparing to celebrate the midautumn festival, a time of thanksgiving. wyoming is a major transportation hub with a multitude of fairways roads and expressways linking it to other chinese cities. after successfully delivering and many will return home for the their contract, fenjin won several other commissions from major distilleries around the country. but the lockdown in wuhan meant all on—site work came to a complete standstill. celebrations. during the course of the lockdown, fenjin made a loss of 3 million yen. almost $500,000. the couple have reconciled, at least

for the present. although money is tight, they decide to move their office to the heart of 0ptix valley where graduates can get preferential rental rates. the change of environment has bar —— boost staff during the course of the lockdown, fenjin made a loss of 3 million yen. morale. the sales team spent the almost $500,000. though he stayed in constant summer morale. the sales team spent the summer promoting software to fruit touch with his family, sellers and they have had some tiesen decided it would be safer to see out lockdown alone. success.

sellers and they have had some success. the sales team will now cover ten major cities in the space ofa cover ten major cities in the space of a month, promoting software to retailers. for pearson and his team, this is the moment they have been waiting for. even the programmer is persuaded to stay on. as the delivery deadline for the distillery loomes, he has been given a zero interest loa n loomes, he has been given a zero interest loan of 700 us dollars from the government to build a new factory premises.

for xu's partner, the seriousness of the situation also took time to set in. one of the defining moments of lockdown for both xu

and tiesen was the night when the city came together with a rallying cry. tiesen and his team are also celebrating a second anniversary. applause. they sing happy birthday laughter

for over two months alone, tiesen tried to keep himself busy. from his home in the suburbs, xu reflected on his relative good

from his home in the suburbs, xu reflected on his relative good fortune. for both men, the threat of a backlash against people of wuhan was a constant concern. after 76 days of lockdown, the trains were lined up and ready to

at fenjin robotics, they have put aside their differences. 00:10:39,677 --> 2147483051:42:04,553 everyone has worked flat out 2147483051:42:04,553 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 to meet their deadlines.

go. the barriers taken down from the highways and wuhan reopened its links to the outside world.

their offices have reopened but during the three months lockdown, senguo like fenjin robotics lost 3 million yen. almost 500,000 dollars. completely wiping up 2019's profits.

they remain upbeat but senguo and fenjin robotics now face an uncertain future. as china tries to reinvigorate its economy.

but the after—effects of the epidemic can be seen and felt across wuhan. and it's difficult to predict what the long—term impact will be on the residents of the city whose name will be forever etched in our collective memory. many, like tiesen, would rather forget.

hello again. for many of us, monday was a dry day with variable cloud, some spells of sunshine, and the skies looked like this for quite a few of us. however, we did see some heavy downpours across southwest england. looking at the forecast over the next few hours, we do still have quite a lot of cloud in the sky across the uk. there are a few clear spells for the majority. it's dry at the moment, so those temperatures ought to account for all the cloud — not too low, we're looking at 8—10 celsius as we start

off tuesday morning. so i suppose a fresh start to the day, but we will see some further changes in our weather as we go through tuesday. although we start off on a dry note, we do have this weather system moving into the northwest, which will be bringing outbreaks of rain particularly to scotland and northern ireland. but it's the rain here which should arrive quite late in the day for england and wales, and it is a dry start, but we might see showers developing particularly across parts of northeast england,

running down the pennines and perhaps into parts of the midlands and southern and central england. don't be too surprised if you see an odd shower formed here as we head into the afternoon. wednesday, the area of low pressure starts over the uk, so a cloudy day with outbreaks of rain. rain is usefulfor a number of us — dry last month, so the rain is welcomed by gardeners. more of that rain to come, and it is kind of yo—yo rain, because as this pressure deepens and moves to the south, outbreaks of rain moves southwards, as well. thursday we are looking at some rain around, across parts of the south. northwards, there's heavier rain set to move in across the swathe of northern england, particularly northeast england, perhaps even a bit of thunder mixed in with some of that. but generally further north, the quieter the weather gets, so it may stay dry in inverness in glasgow this weekend.

welcome to bbc news. i'm mike embley. our top stories: paying their respects — thousands of mourners file past the casket of george floyd in his home town of houston. democrats in congress introduce a sweeping police reform bill and kneel for the time a police officer kept his knee on george floyd's neck. prince andrew is embroiled in an increasingly bitter dispute with american prosecutors investigating his friend, the late jeffrey epstein. and hong kong marks one year since protests began against a controversial extradition bill. we'll look at what —

if anything — has changed.