this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. black lives matters protestors and right—wing groups clash in trafalgar square, after right—wing activists surrounded the statue of sir winston churchill in central london, saying they want to protect it from vandalism by anti—racism demonstrators. police have come under attack as they try to keep the they try to keep police have come under attack as they try to keep the two groups are pa rt they try to keep the two groups are part of her. —— apart. virus deaths surge in brazil. it now has the second highest toll in the world. british airways‘ treatment of staff during the coronavirus crisis is a "national disgrace" according to a group of prominent uk politicians. they say ba has used the pandemic to cut thousands ofjobs. hundreds of black and minority ethnic doctors in the uk have told the bbc they are still waiting

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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. a crowd of several hundred people — some of them from the far right — has attacked the police, throwing bottles and cans, during a demonstration in central london. these are the live pictures at the moment in central london from trafalgar square. you can see the crowds there moving along with the police. these are helicopter live images coming in at the moment. lots of people moving around on the ground. they were part of a larger group of protestors which had surrounded the statue of sir winston churchill in parliament square. some of the demonstrators said they wanted to protect symbols of british history from vandalism by anti—racism protestors.

the home secretary, prit patel, has condemned the violence, describing it as "unacceptable thuggery". she warned any perpetrators of violence or vandalism should expect to face the full force of the law. these are some pictures from early of us to you can see running groups of us to you can see running groups of people with at the police basically facing assault, in some cases you can see things being thrown towards officers there and protesters from a number of different groups, we believe. some saying they want to protect the statues, some are singing the national anthem, some from far right groups also. and no evidence of any of the black lives are matters protesters in that area. but these we re protesters in that area. but these were the pictures from a few minutes earlier. police were trying to contain it. these are the live shots in trafalgar square at the moment.

police have been trying to keep the protest away from an anti—racism demonstration going on starting in hyde park. that has so far been completely peaceful. the demonstrations you are seeing now are claiming they are there to protect statues, some singing the national anthem, and amongst them we believe a number of different groups. some possibly from the edl and otherfiery rat —— other far right known groups. but possibly a mixture of different people gathering from different parts of the country, possibly. we are not entirely sure of the numbers as of yet. but this how the question of statues and the black lives matter initial protest sparked by the

tragic events in the usa has proved a polarising. our correspondent chi chi izundu is in hyde park for us. she spoke to us earlier from a height pack —— from hyde park, where the black lives matter protest was happening. there is a very small group of antiracism protesters that have decided to gather here in hyde park. the black lives matter organisers we spoke to said today's, the planned protest had been cancelled on advice and over fears of a possible clash with counter protesters. we know in and around whitehall and parliament, they have been clashes with counter protesters throwing objects at police, and the home secretary has commented, tweeting earlier about what she called the thuggery and violence and said anyone throwing any sort of violence to the police will face the force of the law. the

mayor of london has urged people to stay—at—home, just over their safety but also because we are still within the pandemic and covid—19 is still a real threat. they have been asking people to social distance as much as possible here, but it is difficult during a protest. the protesters say they will be following police conditions. the police are set out a very strict conditions in terms of a route to follow to parliament square and also have urged people to make sure whatever protest they are part of ends at a 5pm. therewith the small gathering in hyde park, but the live pictures from another group of protesters, some far right known groups and they have gathered around trafalgar square. there have been scuffles with the police, and we know the leader of the far—right group britain first say they have turned

up britain first say they have turned up to guard monuments, fed up how evangelism has been allowed. the police warned people to keep away from central london. these are the shots live in trafalgar square. you can see people standing around a bit quite a heavy police presence and we have seen people throwing bottles, possibly other things, at police officers. and different groups moving, running at times. and this was initially centred around the churchill statue, which has been boxed up in the knowledge the protests were going to be held today. a section 60 order has been put in place for part of london that allows police to stop and search in

the capital. these are say it is the priority to keep the community is a safe and the home secretary priti patel has also responded on 22 the footage of the clashes we have seen. she says it is thoroughly unacceptable, any perpetrators of violence should expect to face the full force of the law. violence will not be tolerated. coronavirus remains a threat. go home to stop the spread of the virus and save lives. but this is parliament square now. you can see british flags and a number of different groups. we know some have been singing the national anthem, talking about saving the statue. you can see the statue boxed up statue. you can see the statue boxed up of winston churchill. it had been the subject of graffiti marks,

carling the churchill statue racist and that has provoked a certain degree of anger, but it all centres on the case around winston churchill's record on empire which has been very controversial down the yea rs. has been very controversial down the years. which are not carbon counter protesters, because they are people turning up for protesters, because they are people turning upfora protesters, because they are people turning up for a variety of reasons, but they are made up of some of the far right groups that we know exist. 0bviously said they would come into central london. that is why the black lives matter protests have moved their demonstrations largely to yesterday to avoid a direct confrontation with these groups we are seeing here. the black lives matter protesters are in hyde park.

they have been peaceful there, as far as we know, but these are protesters saying they want to preserve englishness, preserve the statues. and this is by saint martin's in the fields. you can see large numbers moving. we see missiles being thrown. we can't see that activity at the moment, but you can see in line of police there. many warnings from the met police and government urging everyone to stay away from protesting for obvious reasons because any crowds will risk extra chances of catching the coronavirus. but in addition, people are aware of the tensions that have been building up and nobody wants to see those getting any worse. there is a strong police line, on horseback as well, trying

to confine and curtail the actions of anyone who is intent on any violence amongst the groups. we have seen hundreds, possibly thousands, it is hard to know the numbers, of people gathering right in the heart of london. they have been singing the national anthem, chanting, england! some said they were there because all lives matter. we know the ed daly atmosphere has been tense. a number of objects were thrown towards the police. scotland ya rd thrown towards the police. scotland yard has told the group they need to stay in the area around parliament square and the antiracism protesters have been kept in a separate group with a very heavy police presence to try to make sure these groups do not clash directly in any way. the

commander on the ground has said the safety of protesters, offices and the public is of the utmost importance and for that reason we have put in place a section 60 and they are protecting anyone that comes into central london. the section 60 will allow us to seize offensive weapons that have no place on our streets at any time of day. the police say they don't believe there is any imminent threat to the public. this was issued earlier, the statement. but they are urging eve ryo ne statement. but they are urging everyone to stay calm and they do not want protesters in the centre of london and are certainly out to stop any violence we have seen from some of the right—wing groups. we will keep right across at those images. still quite busy in the centre of london, but we are following those events closely on the ground for you. you can see a long line of police there, in fact. not too many

crowds by them. you see police vehicles and they are going to have a lot of reinforcements there, i am sure to make sure it does not get out of hand. we know there are protests in other parts of the country and around the world on the question of racism which has been triggered by the tragic events in america. meanwhile in france anti—racism protesters are gathering in paris and other cities for demonstrations against police violence. sparked by the death of george floyd in the united states, french campaigners are highlighting similar local issues. the rallies are organised under the banner truth for adama, after adama traore, who died in police custody, with protesters chanting slogals calling for justice. the government is allowing the demonstrations to go ahead despite the coronavirus

restrictions. brazil has now recorded the second highest number of deaths from covid—19 after the united states, overtaking the uk. the brazilian health ministry says more than 900 people died from the virus in the past 2a hours, bringing the total to over a1,800. president jair bolsonaro has consistently downplayed the severity of the crisis. densely populated cities like sao paulo and rio dejaneiro have begun lifting restrictions, even though many brazilians fear the worst is yet to come. professor anthony pereira, who is director of the brazil institute at kings college london, says that the situation is very worrying for brazilians. it is very sad, because the numbers are still going up in brazil, even as lockdown is being eased in a lot of places, so we don't know where this is going to end. it even is possible that brazil could exceed the number of deaths

in the united states byjuly or august, and it comes amid a political war of each against all between the branches and levels of government. we know about the fight between the governors and the president about how to deal with the pandemic. but yesterday a supreme court justice gave a preliminary decision, saying that the army couldn't be a moderating power. in other words, it could not act in defence of the president if there was a conflict between the powers. the president tweeted a response, saying that the army would not obey senseless orders from the other powers. so in digging in and perceiving that he is losing popularity, bolsonaro, he is reinforcing his power in congress, but also trying to reemphasise his control over the armed forces. so it is a very troubling moment for brazil's democracy, as well as for its public health. research carried out for the bbc suggests that hundreds of doctors from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are still waiting for

a risk assessment for coronavirus. more than 90% of the doctors who have died with covid—i9 have been from ethnic minorities. of more than 1600 doctors who were questioned, more than a thousand said they had not had an assessment. amara sophia elahi reports. the nhs heroes who lost their lives to coronavirus. 94% of doctors who've died from covid—i9 have come from ethnic minority backgrounds, according to the british medical association. they worked in general practice as well as in hospitals. what ethnicity are you? indian. have you had a chance to calculate your bmi? 30. that's why these gps in manchester created a coronavirus risk assessment framework, so doctors can do theirjob safely. listening to colleagues passing away nationally affects everybody within the health service.

but with a local colleague who we knew very well, saad al—dubbaisi, and having to then go to his funeral, and to the cemetery to bury him, touched a group of gps and practice managers in this area. at the end of april, nhs england recommended ethnic minority health care workers should be risk assessed for coronavirus. scotland, wales and northern ireland issued similar guidance. but bbc research has found that many doctors still haven't had a risk assessment. in the last two weeks, over 1600 doctors volunteered to answer questions for us. out of those, over 1000 said they hadn't had a risk assessment yet. out of 701! doctors who answered a question about their risk level, 408 told us that they were at either moderate or high risk from coronavirus. and some ethnic minority doctors also told the bbc that nothing had been done to protect them in their workplace. large numbers of bame

doctors do feel let down. they feel they haven't been given timely information. it is important this is a priority. what is critical is that we must avoid further deaths and further ill—health amongst our medical workforce. nhs england told us that covid—i9 has put a spotlight on health inequalities. scotland, wales and northern ireland also say they are prioritising risk assessments for ethnic minority staff. hi, doctor. you 0k? very good. as the lockdown eases, doctors like mo feel it's even more important they have the right protections in place so that their risk from the virus is minimised as much as possible. amara sophia elahi, bbc news. the bbc has obtained a copy of a leaked draft report into the impact of coronavirus on ethnic minority communities. the report includes recommendations on how to protect them. our community affairs correspondent rianna croxford

explained more earlier. this leaked draft is a second report from public health england, including recommendations and contributions from 4000 organisations about how to reduce the impact of coronavirus on ethnic minority communities. the report is dated from the end of may and says that racism, stigma, occupational risk and social inequality may increase the risk of covid—i9 for these groups, and says people from black backgrounds are at the greatest risk. now, the key recommendations they call for are better data collection about ethnicity and religion, including having this recorded on the death certificate to really monitor the real impact. it also suggests making it law for health risk assessments to be brought in for ethnic minority workers and generally calls for better personal protective equipment, better representation in the nhs, but also suggests there needs to be more culturally sensitive public health messaging to really reach these communities. to make clear, this isjust a draft.

there are still questions around the role of diet and vitamin d and no work has been done by the government yet to review this evidence. after being approached by the bbc last week, the government did say it will officially publish this leaked report next week and that this work is being carried forward by the equalities minister. joining me now from north london is the bma's council chair, dr chaand nagpaul. thank you forjoining us. what are the most important recommendations in this report in your view? this report you have been talking about is actually leaked, i have not seen about is actually leaked, i have not seen it, and that is the problem, that the report the government commissioned was meant to be launched by the end of may and when it was launched on the second june, it was launched on the second june, it had not included any recommendations. it was basically a statistical analysis of the risk to the bame community and one of the

terms of reference of the review was specifically in recommendations. so it seems the recommendations were not published when the review was published on second june and what we are referring to now is this 69 page document that should have been part of the review but wasn't. so i haven't seen it. you haven't seen the leak either? 0nly you haven't seen the leak either? only on social media and you have parted, which is the problem. what we expected was the review to fulfil its term of reference, which included specifically the final terms of reference which was to have recommendations for action for stop and remember we are talking about a serious and disturbing issue here, where bame people are at a significantly higher risk of death, black people that times as compared to the white population, and in terms of doctors that i represent, over 90% of all doctors who have

died have come from a bame background. the statistics are stark and disturbing and what we expected from the review and the review was called for back in april, was to try and understand why this is happening and understand why this is happening and we didn't expect all the answer is to be there because it is a new virus. but we were expecting clear recommendations for action it seems the leaked report, the bit that wasn't published, does have those recommendations. what the bame community was expecting was to have the information when the report was published last week. why do you think the government has not published this and not put any practical recommendations out? to be honest, ifind it inexplicable because when the report was published, it was in a week where there was a national and global outrage and outcry about the impact of race inequalities. it was precisely the right time for the

government to have produced the full report that included recommendations, to show the population in the uk that the government is serious about putting in place mitigations and actions to protect our bame community. what could those look like in practical terms? if we are saying, if you are a doctor and you have to have co nta ct if you are a doctor and you have to have contact with patients, if there isa have contact with patients, if there is a shortage of ppe, it should be prioritised, or they should be pulled back from front line duties and still be paid? it is complex. but it is perfectly an achievable aim. infact, but it is perfectly an achievable aim. in fact, as you know, but it is perfectly an achievable aim. infact, as you know, we but it is perfectly an achievable aim. in fact, as you know, we have categories of people who should be shielded or vulnerable who have medical conditions which would place them at risk should they be in contact with the virus. what we didn't have was the bame status as

an independent risk factor. health ca re an independent risk factor. health care professionals are within inches of the patients who are highly contagious. what we therefore need and what we have been calling for under what your report has said before i came on is to have a risk assessments and for those bame and health workers who are at highest risk, who are older or have a heart condition, would be put in, redeployed in roles that did not require them to be providing covid—i9 facing care. the nhs has a huge backlog of care it needs to provide to patients who don't have covid—i9 and it is a case of redeploying the doctors and health ca re redeploying the doctors and health care workers. it is not about removing them from patient delivery services, not removing them from the front line, it is about redeployment. and we also know it has been very possible that a lot of

consultations and care to be provided remotely by video consultations. it is about removing ham from those doctors and health ca re ham from those doctors and health care workers at highest risk because the nhs has a duty of care to its workers. absolutely point made. many thanks for your time today. taking you back to the live pictures from central london that are coming in of the clashes we have seen amongst some right wing and far right groups. a number of different demonstrators, some people there clashing with the police, some standing and showing their support. they gathered around parliament square. also around the boxed of churchill statue, and some are shouting england, some chanting the national anthem, some saying all

lives matter. there has been some violent missiles thrown at police officers who are out in advance. this is bbc news. let us bring you some more events today. the queen's official birthday has been marked with a ceremony at windsor castle this morning. it took place instead of the annual trooping the colour parade, due to the coronavirus lockdown. it is only the second time in her majesty's 68—year reign that the parade in london has not gone ahead. instead, windsor castle hosted a ceremony with a small number of welsh guardsmen and military musicians. social distancing rules were in place for those who were marching. i can now speak to angela levin who's a royal

commentator. amazing images, but not what we are used to. not at all. but i found it very comforting. i was riveted to see how they manage to keep the 2.2 metres social distancing of the time, how they did new matches, a feathered one where they walked from a rightand feathered one where they walked from a right and the left and came back tojoin each other. i a right and the left and came back to join each other. i also felt very protective of the queen. i thought she was safe here. we didn't have to worry about her health or some stranger in the crowds throwing something or shouting. and ifelt it was very peaceful and very much to do with the times. i think we are all quieter now than we were before, more is subdued, and we appreciate more is subdued, and we appreciate more are simple things and i thought

it fitted at the day extremely well. when you are at all surprised to see the duke of edinburgh are not there today? he has not been taking part in public duties recently. i think the photograph that we saw just a few days ago on his 99th birthday was to let us know that he is still ramrod straight, still there, but he chooses not to go to ceremonial occasions, even this one which is a huge royalfavourite and a very big on their calendar. i was slightly disappointed that prince charles was not there. i wonder if he could have come from scotland and had a spare room in the castle and had a spare room in the castle and had another place where he could stand. is that as the heir to the throne and someone so interested and committed to the military it would have been nice. the sun was shining,

the queen looked marvellous. she obviously enjoyed it. she was concentrating 100%. for her majesty, it is not about hair as an individual, it is about doing her duty. she said she felt she had to be seen to be believed and there she was today, sina, believed and obviously knew absolutely everything we we re obviously knew absolutely everything we were doing and could appreciate all of the changes. many thanks indeed forjoining us. very nice to talk to you. thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah. that is the way this looks to the rest of the weekend, there will be sunshine, quite warm and humid with the humidity kicking off at some of downpours. england, they shower

fading overnight, cloud in scotland and north—east england. wherever you are, it will be a mild night. tomorrow, fairly similar to what we have had today, sunshine, a bit cloudy of the north—east of england with some showers, south—west of england, wales, north—west england and northern ireland seeing the potential for thundery showers, but pretty one for the time of year. monday, the theme continues, sunny spells, heavy, thundery showers, particularly towards the west, some sunshine and top temperatures around 15 to 23 celsius. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: counter protestors — including right wing activists — clash with police in london's trafalgar square. they were part of a larger group of protestors which said they wanted to protect symbols of british history from vandalism by anti—racism demonstrators.