this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. america's top general apologises for appearing alongside president trump at the height of the anti—racism protests. as many of you saw, the result of the photograph of me at lafayette square last week, it sparked a national debate about the role of the military in civil society. i should not have been there. has the uk abandoned plans to introduce full border checks with the european union in january? us stock markets suffer their deepest one—day falls since equity markets crashed in march. the british rapper stormzy pledges millions of dollars to organisations tackling racial inequality

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. i'm kasia madera, stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. we start in the in the united states, where statues of confederate leaders and the italian explorer christopher columbus have been torn down, as pressure grows on authorities to remove monuments connected to slavery and colonialism. america's top military officer said that he was wrong to have joined president trump during his controversial walk to a damaged church near the white house after a peaceful protest at the death of the african american george floyd. aleem maqbool reports. it's arguably the most controversial moment of the demonstrations. the white house told security forces declare peaceful protesters from an area,

which they did, violently, so the president could walk out with an entourage that included america's top military official, general mark milley, seen here on the right in uniform, to go and pose briefly outside a church, to show he was in control, something general milley now says he regrets. i should not have been there. my presence in that moment, and in that environment, created a perception of the military involvement in domestic politics. as a commissioned, uniformed officer, it was a mistake that i learned from. and the president is setting himself on another collision course with military leaders. he says it is out of the question the us rename bases that currently commemorate confederate generals, but there are growing calls from present and former military leadership to do just that. and it's time we name us army bases after a us army leaders or soldiers who did not take up arms against the united states to support slavery.

this is the right time and this is the right moment to get this done. across the country, activists are taking matters into their own hands, bringing down statues that glorify white supremacy and of violent colonisers. they deny it's vandalism. our entire lives have been vandalised by the state since these laws were created. probably one of the most exciting times of my life was running next to people dragging christopher columbus on the ground to the lake. welcome it feels like a completely different landscape to a couple of weeks ago. we have got generals criticising the way the military‘s name was besmirched during the protest, the discussion about the renaming of military bases, and the bringing down of confederate statues. the president may not be on board with these things, but they are happening at pace in any case. aleem maqbool, bbc news, washington. the british government is expected to apply much less rigorous checks to goods coming into the uk

than it was initially planning to, after the brexit transition period finishes at the end of this year. the bbc‘s been told it's necessary due to the impact of coronavirus. our political correspondent chris mason has this update from westminster. remember, we formally left the european union at the end ofjanuary and we are in this transition period when technically yes we are outside of the eu, but in pretty much all practical terms we are still in and we are in a transition period that runs until the end of this year. now the government is likely to confirm formerly very soon that that transition period will not be extended, that is what they have been saying repeatedly for the last few months. but a report in the financial times tonight saying that they will change their approach to imports coming into the country immediately after the end of the transition period at the start of next year. they will have a more flexible pragmatic approach, and a source confirming that tonight saying to the bbc that is essential given

the impact of the coronavirus as businesses adjust to the reality after the virus but also to being outside of the single market and the customs union, two of those big economic structures of the european union. you might have thought you had heard the last brexit. you haven't. staying in the uk — the government says its new track and trace system, aimed at halting the spread of coronavirus, is working well in england. however new figures show tracers failed to get in touch with a third of the people they were chasing. here's our health editor, hugh pym. if you test positive, nhs test and trace will contact you to trace people you might have infected. testing and tracing is vital to prevent future coronavirus outbreaks developing. a new system for england was launched two weeks ago. now we have some details of how it's working. in the first week, two thirds of those testing positive handed over details of people they had recently been in contact with. save lives.

are you a bit concerned that with one third of people who tested positive, for whatever reason, you couldn't get details of recent contacts? i think that the system has worked well, and to get two thirds in the first week of operation, it beat my expectations, and then to have the vast majority, 85% of the contacts that were given, self—isolating, that beat my expectations too, and this system gets better and better. here's how contact tracing should work. if i test positive for the virus, i'd be contacted by officials by phone or e—mail and asked who i'd met up with in recent days. and that means meetings at less than two metres, face to face, not someone i might have bumped into in a shop. that might include, for example, friends i'd spent time with, and work colleagues i might have been in meetings with, or a wider circle of recent contacts.

all that would then be assessed by a clinical team and those people might be contacted and told to self—isolate for 14 days. testing's carried out at drive—through centres, at locations visited by mobile teams, and in hospitals and care homes. home test kits are sent out, then information on those testing positive is sent to health officials who find out more about the contacts. one of them isjosie. she's working from home in redcar. everybody that i've spoke to has been more than happy to share the information that we need. and at the moment i've only had people that have had a couple of contacts, or, you know, a handful. but i guess once lockdown measures ease, then maybe we will see more contacts. then the tracers have to follow up the contacts. some, who wish to remain anonymous, have told us they have had very little work to do. it's not right that you're

paid to do nothing. i think the time could be better spent. there is mass confusion about the system and about what to do, what advice to give, and to say it's world—beating is a bit of a joke. in a similar system in scotland, there is an average of one and a half contacts traced for each case. northern ireland were the first to be launched in the uk and wales also have testing and tracing programmes. the authorities in england say the system works but it's early days and there's more to do to reach a wider public. hugh pym, bbc news. us stock markets have fallen sharply, the dowjones index of leading shares closed down by almost 7%. it seems investors are becoming much less optimistic about the coronavirus situation in america. our new york business correspondent michelle fleury has more. well, the us stock marketjust suffered its worst day in three months, since march. but recently there's been a lot of talk about how well the american stock market has been doing. that's led to this talk

about this disconnect reporting what's going on on wall street and what was happening on the ground. the economic reality that most americans were experiencing which was high rates of joblessness and an unemployment rate above 13%. today, there has been this sort of crashing back to reality for investors. and a lot of this was driven by news that some of the states that have begun to reopen are seeing a rise in the number of coronavirus infections. several us states have started to reopen in the last few weeks are seeing increasing case numbers and hospitalizations. that coupled with comments from america's central bank on wednesday suggesting that the rebound could take several years, and the unemployment picture will remain pretty grim for several years. all of this has spread doubt or hope for a quick recovery,

and if you look at the stock market they had been hoping that the openings would lead to a recovery from the damage, from the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. that optimism has taken a huge knock. the government has been accused of failing to publish a report containing measures to protect ethnic minority groups from catching coronavirus. last week public health england's review confirmed that people from black, asian and minority backgrounds were dying at disproportionately higher rates. a senior health official has told the bbc a second report containing recommendations to protect bame communities exists. public health england has said the report will be published next week. our community affairs correspondent, rianna croxford, has this exclusive report. applause. sohail spent more than three weeks in a coma after catching coronavirus. he is one of thousands of people from ethnic minority

groups to have become seriously ill with the disease. i still haven't come to terms with it or haven't fully processed it because of the trauma i went through. the government commissioned a review into why people like sohail were being disproportionately affected by covid—i9. the report, published last week, confirmed that those from mainly black and asian backgrounds were at a higher risk of death, but caused great controversy for failing to make any recommendations. bbc news has learned a second report exists that has not yet officially been made public, and understands it makes a number of proposals. i have printed out the first three pages. i can't show you them but there they are. the bbc has spoken to a senior academic who was asked to review the second report. he says the documents, which contain both

recommendations and a lengthy community consultation, must be published. if you consult the public, you must publish the results, otherwise you have wasted their time, you have wasted your own time, you have wasted taxpayers' money and you have lost trust. i know what a government report looks like and i know what a government report looks like when it is ready to go to press. but last week in parliament, the equalities minister did not even acknowledge the existence of this report. the phe did not make recommendations and that is because they were not able to do so. some of the data needed is not routinely collected and acquiring this data will be extremely beneficial. as i said in my response, that is why i am going to be taking work forward to fill the gaps in our understanding and review existing policies, develop new ones where needed, off the back of this. the government now says she was referring only to the published report. the shadow health secretary told the bbc blocking the second report was scandalous. i'm utterly shocked and i think

it is totally unacceptable that this report has not been published so far, that ministers were not clear about this report when they addressed the house of commons just a few days ago. if there is a report sitting on a shelf with recommendations, those recommendations should be implemented. we need action to protect some of the most vulnerable people in society. public health england said:. these are just some of those who have died with coronavirus. a report designed to protect others in their communities public health england said: these are just some of those who have died with coronavirus. a report designed to protect others in their communities currently lies unpublished and unseen by most. rianna croxford, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... as grime artist stormzy pledges £10 million to help tackle racial inequality in the uk — we hear the experiences of four young black men.

the day the british liberated the falklands. and, by tonight, british troops have 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 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 see me, i'll get out there and kick them down the hills.

what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power? it feels pretty neat. feels marvellous, really. this is bbc news, our top story: america's top military officer apologises for accompanying president trump to a photo—op at a church during black lives matter protests. let's stay with that now: the bbc‘s katty kay has been speaking to democratic congresswoman, karen bass, who's also the chair of the congressional black caucus. ms bass criticised president trump use of the us military and welcomed general milley apology. well, i am glad he apologised. i think what we have seen over the last few years is president trump's inappropriate use of the military.

the only thing that has been surprising to me is the fact that the military has gone along with so many things that the president has asked them to do, that they very well know is inappropriate. congresswoman, you have spent years working on the issue of police brutality in trying to bring about reform during the rodney king riots in los angeles in the early 1990s, you were living there at the time. do you feel that this time is different? do you feel more optimistic there can be change in the country? i absolutely do. i still live there and i was working on this issue for a good 20 years before rodney king. i do. i think we are in a different moment in our country and i have been so inspired by the protests. the protests that have even taken place in your country. in solidarity over what is happening here in the united states. there have been protests in every single state, and the character of the protests are very different and in some instances,

you can look at the tv screen and you see an absolute rainbow and in some instances it is majority white. so i think it has raised the level of a discussion that finally the american people believe what african—america ns have been saying, and i hate to say this, but literally african—americans have been protesting about this issue for over 100 years. and finally because of cell phones and because of such a tragic death that the world saw, a slow murder of an individual, on video, and i think that has moved the country to act, and i am very proud to be carrying the legislation that i hope will bring about significant change to policing in the united states. you have been leading that legislative process up on capitol hill with the democratic bill. you have had tojuggle from one end of the spectrum, people on the streets calling for police forces in america to be defunded entirely,

and from your more moderate democratic colleagues who are and perhaps more moderate even trump voting districts. how have you managed to balance those two and keep the coalition together? it actually has not been difficult and i will tell you first of all i do not support defunding police departments. but really what is at the heart of that cry is the fact that the police officers, they will tell you this every day of the week, they don't like the fact that when society doesn't take care of its problems, they are left to clean up a situation. in the united states, we have chosen not to invest in education, and health care, and jobs, and so you have communities who have been disenfranchised, so why should a police officers, and they said this all the time, they are not social workers, why should they have to deal with problems of homelessness, substance abuse, mental health, a lot of what they do is they are catching the people that fall through the cracks of society.

a wealthy country like the united states should reprioritize funding. and i agree with that. congresswoman bass. whilst the rate of covid—i9 infections is slowing in many countries, the world health organization says the situation is deteriorating in war—torn yemen. the country's prime minister has described the situation there as a tragedy. much of the country's health system has been destroyed. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet has more. in a nation scarred by war a new landscape of loss, the dead taking more space from the living as a graveyard grows in southern yemen. no one knows how many are dying of covid—i9, but with every day more yemenis know this. this pain of life and death at the time of the virus. and doctors see the worst.

this doctor works in an intensive care unit in the southern city of aden. she's just finished her night shift. the whole situation in aden is very bad. there are people dying in hospital, there are people dying in an ambulance where they are waiting for empty beds. there are people dying at home. we can't do anything for them. they are just suffering and they die. there is little dignity in this death, and great disquiet. here in northern yemen the houthi authorities try to hide how many died from the virus. so some bury the dead in the dead of night. men dressed in white fearing for their own lives. but someone at this graveside sent us these images so his friend isn't forgotten. a young dentist said to be killed by covid—i9.

his father died two days before him, his wife fell ill. we have heard so many stories. a doctor in northern yemen tells me he's stopped going to work at the health ministry. it's too dangerous, he says. the houthi authorities say that the situation is under control now. is that true? this deadly virus is moving undetected across a country twisted in two by a long war and all the old pestilence, including cholera. yemen's health system has all but collapsed. testing for covid—i9 among the lowest in the world.

the british rapper stormzy has pledged £10 million to organisations and charities tackling racial inequality in the uk. he said the uk continuously fails to admit that black people have been at a constant disadvantage in every aspect of life. with black men three times more likley to be arrested than white men, our correspondent ashley john—baptiste — has been hearing some of their experiences. four black men from different walks of life, but there's one thing they all have in common — experiences of racism. guys, as black men, what's been your experience of racism in the uk? so this time last year, i was racially profiled by the police. i was coming home from football with a mate of mine and we drove up to my house. a couple of officers, i think six or seven of them, arrested me on suspicion of arson, and i was so confused. i was locked up for 2h hours and didn't have a phone

call for the first, like, ten hours. the case went on for five months and then it was dropped. the ptsd and the trauma that comes with that situation, i still go through it until today. dayo didn't make a formal complaint about his arrest, but in the last financial year over 1,200 black people in england and wales made complaints about the police, and according to the home 0ffice black men are three times more likely to get arrested in england and wales compared to white men. adam, from birmingham, first experienced what he calls racism at school. it was a teacher asking you if you speak english, that kind of stuff. it was going to play the cello and having cello lessons and being told that basically your face doesn't fit. will says racism is a regular occurrence, but was especially impacted in the workplace. i run a successful business now, but before that i was working in the city as a recruitment consultant. one of my managers comes up to me one day because i was really hard working

and was like, "oh, you're hungry for money just like our nigerian contractors, aren't you?" i'm actually looking with my wife and daughter to completely leave the country. i'm looking to move to ghana in west africa, where my parents are from, because i think the problem is so deep rooted in society that you can't escape it. ric's first encounter of discrimination was as a foster child in bournemouth. when i was seven and i was privately fostered with white parents, they called me the n word behind closed doors. yeah, it was a crazy period. do you think things will change as a result of the black lives matter protests? i think people are more aware, more enlightened than before. i think a lot of people are. i'm still seeing pockets of society that are refusing to acknowledge it's even a thing, it's even a problem. while many welcome the current spotlight that's been put on racism, for dayo, it's uncertain whether real change will take place. i feel things can definitely change.

will it change? i'm not completely sure. like the guys have said, it's literallyjust like it's ingrained into the dna of the uk. ashleyjohn—baptiste, bbc news. another of europe's biggest football leagues, spain's la liga, has restarted, three months after being suspended because of coronavirus. the first match is one of the country's most fiercely contested derbies, seville versus real betis. the game is being played behind closed doors, but tv viewers have the option of watching it with computer generated spectators. finally — we end with a story of abandonment and adoption — featuring a baby deer and a goat. this is silver hoof — a roe deer cub that was found alone in a forest in the crimea. the animal was brought to this wildlife park — and is now being looked after by a goat called roza — who feeds silver hoof every three hours.

excellent. every three hours. —— excellent parenting excellent. —— excellent parenting skills. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbckasiamadera. hello. a lot going on with our weather the next few days, and it's all being driven by an area of low pressure — this beautiful swirl of cloud here on the satellite picture. and rather than moving through quickly, this area of low pressure willjust sit around and spin areas of rain up in ourdirection. brisk winds for a time, as well. and with the flow of air around this area of low pressure, we will tap into something rather warm and potentially quite humid. so to sum up the next few days, there will be some heavy, thundery downpours with some sunny spells in between, and that warm and humid feel across most parts of the uk. now over recent hours, we've had a lot of rain across northeast england. that rain continues here, pushing into northwest england, northern ireland, eventually into southern and eastern

scotland, and across southern england, another pulse of very heavy rain working into the afternoon. some flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder are likely as rain starts to get into the southeast of wales and south midlands, the odd heavy shower following on behind. the temperatures a little bit higher than they have been, 21 celsius there in london. sunshine and showers to the north of midlands into wales, a lot of cloud with some outbreaks in rain for northern england and northern ireland, with some of that rain eventually pushing to the southeast of scotland. but towards the northwest of scotland, we'll here have the best of the dry and sunny weather, although for some coast in the northeast, it's likely to stay more murky, and it'll be quite a breezy day, as well. now as we move through friday night into saturday, you can see further pulses of wet weather pushing across the map with some clear spells, as well. it'll be a very mild night, we've got quite a few mild nights to come, actually, with temperatures starting saturday in the double digits for most. now potentially another area of rain pushing across northern england into northern ireland, parts of southern scotland. to the south of that sunshine, really heavy

showers breaking out — they will be quite well scattered, not everyone will get a shower. if you do, it could bring some thunder, lightning, large hail and certainly a lot of rain in a short space of time. but look at the temperatures, 25 celsius in norwich, 20 celsius in glasgow, a bit cooler for some of these northern and eastern coasts where we keep a lot of cloud, some mist and fog. it could be quite grey and murky again for north eastern coast on sunday. for most it's another day of sunny spells and torrential, thundery downpours. and once again, it will feel warm, with temperatures of 17 celsius in aberdeen, 2a celsius in london.

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america's top general says accompanying donald trump to a church and appearing in a photo—op near the white house was a mistake. mark milley, the chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff, said the event created a perception of the military being involved in domestic politics. us stock markets have fallen sharply, as investors became less optimistic about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the american economy. the dowjones index closed down by almost 7%, losses in other indices were almost as great. stocks suffered their worst day since march. the british government says its coronavirus test and trace system is working well in its first week since being introduced. however, new figures show thousands who tested positive couldn't be contacted.