this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lukwesa burak. far—right protesters clash with police in central london, saying they're protecting a statue of winston churchill. in paris, clashes as anti—racist protestors demonstrate against police brutality. the canadian prime minister calls for an independent investigation after the violent arrest of an indigenous chief is caught on police camera. and a socially—distanced official birthday parade for queen elizabeth — a scaled—down celebration at windsor castle.

hello and welcome. british police have been pelted with bottles and cans during clashes with far—right activists in central london. the confrontations came after large crowds gathered, claiming to want to protect statues such as that of winston churchill from anti—racism demonstrators. the uk home secretary, priti patel, has described the violence as "unacceptable thuggery". this report from tom symonds contains some violent scenes from the start. there had been some peaceful protesting. but it wasn't long before this started. throughout the day, the police have been repeatedly attacked.

explosions, shouting these lines of officers were there to keep the protesters apart from an anti—racism demonstration nearby. this team were pushed back from outside parliament. the crowd broke through. they attacked photographers. we tried to ask some of those protesting they had come. we tried to ask some of those protesting why they'd come. report the truth! i'm asking to speak to you so i can report what your truth is. it's quite hard for us to ask these protesters what their demands are. we have faced threats today. they are from a variety of backgrounds. there are people from far—right activism here, there are organised football supporters groups. the one thing they say they aren't is racist. the clearest motivation today? protecting, in the protesters‘ words, the statues in this area, though winston churchill, nelson mandela and the others had already been covered up.

one protester who would talk said he felt churchill, british history were under attack. come on! i mean, he had some racist views, but at the end of the day, he led us through our darkest hour. i mean, i'm from south london, i've grown up with black people. we're all working—class, we live side by side. nobody here has an issue with blm. some antiracism protesters also gathered today but black lives matter held its protest yesterday to avoid trouble — though there were still some scuffles. at a blm event in newcastle, the organiser said there had been threats. we have received a lot of opposition and threats from far right groups and whatnot, so we had to keep this quite low—key.

and elsewhere in the city, the tension was clear on the streets — but nothing to compare with london, including scenes like this. police are investigating. the memorial is to pc keith palmer, murdered there in a terror attack in 2017. the prime minister tweeted... this from the home secretary. the individuals that are basically putting the safety of our police officers and the safety of the public at risk will expect to face the full force of the law. it went on and on. waterloo station this evening. a massive police operation‘s been needed to restore order — 100 arrests, another six officers injured, protesters too, including this man, carried to safety. but an angry day is finally over. tom symonds, bbc news, central london.

meanwhile in france, thousands of anti—racism demonstrators gathered in paris and other cities to protest against police brutality. sparked by the death of george floyd in the united states, french campaigners are highlighting similar local issues. the rallies have been organised under the banner "truth for adama", after adama traore — a young black man who died in police custody — with protesters chanting slogans calling forjustice. the government allowed the demonstrations to go ahead despite the coronavirus restrictions. david chazan, a journalist in paris, had spent much of the day out on the streets of the french capital. the police say that about 15,000 demonstrators gathered in place de la republique in the heart of paris. that's where i was, and i'm sure there were at least that number of people there. and the protests were generally peaceful, but some demonstrators did throw fireworks at the police,

who responded with tear gas. now, most of the protesters had dispersed by the time i left a few minutes ago, but there were still a few left, and police were clearing the square. riot police with shields and helmets prevented the protesters from carrying out their plan to march from place de la republique through paris to the place de l‘0pera, but they did allow the rally to go ahead in the place de la republique and thousands of protesters also gathered in other french cities, in particular highlighting that case you mentioned of adama traore, a young black man who died in the custody of french police. lots of similarities and parallels being made between his death and george floyd's death.

that george floyd's death. was david chazan speaking tongues that was david chazan speaking tongues earlierfrom paris. —— speaking to us earlier. let's get some of the day's other news. four european countries have signed a deal with the pharmaceutical giant astrazeneca, in the hope of vaccinating up to 400 million people against coronavirus from the end of the year. the deal is the first signed by an alliance of germany, france, italy and the netherlands, to secure doses for all eu member states. the prime minister of italy says it should turn the coronavirus crisis into an opportunity to push through long—delayed reforms. among the plans announced by giuseppe conte are for the country to simplify bureaucracy, improve education and support the poorest. italy is set to be the largest beneficiary of a huge eu recovery fund. russia has reported more than 8,000 new coronavirus cases on saturday, raising its total to over 520,000. it means russia has

the third—highest number in the world after the united states and brazil. its official death toll stands at 6,829, many times lower than the figure seen in other countries with serious outbreaks. canadians have been reacting to disturbing footage which has emerged, showing police punching and applying a chokehold on an indigenous chief in alberta. it's prompted the prime minister to call for an independent inquiry into the incident. the release of the video coincides with recent protests in canada calling for police reform in the wake of the killing of george floyd in the us. reged ahmad reports. and a warning — some viewers may find some of the following scenes upsetting. it's nearly 12 minutes of difficult—to—watch dashcam footage. initially, there are tense exchanges.

chief allan adam grows increasingly frustrated with police officers. an officer and mr adam continue in heated argument. as the situation deteriorates and more officers arrive, one is seen running, tackling mr adam to the ground. he repeatedly punches him while shouting, "don't resist," as bystanders plead with him to stop. before this footage was released publicly, police said they had viewed the video and found the officer's actions reasonable. mr adam later released a picture of the injuries he says he sustained in the attack. the incident is now being investigated by the alberta serious response team, but the canadian prime minister is calling for an independent inquiry. and he and other officials are now talking about racism in the royal canadian mounted police. the events that have been brought to light over the past days highlight that, without question, there is systemic discrimination

within our institutions, including within the rcmp. we need to move forward to correct that. mr trudeau, seen here taking a knee at a recent antiracism protest in ottawa, has himself faced serious criticisms of his government's track record on indigenous issues — and personal allegations, too, of racism after photos surfaced of him in blackface. but this latest footage of mr adam's violent arrest comes at a time when the black lives matter demonstrations in canada — initially denouncing the death of george floyd in the us — have prompted a wider discussion about race and policing in canada. since covid, since april, we've had nine deaths from the hands of police in this country of indigenous people, and that has to stop. a country normally known for its politeness and multiculturalism, canada has its own history of violence against indigenous

people to contend with. many will be hoping this is a galvanising moment, when things finally start to change. reged ahmad, bbc news. in the uk, thousands of volunteers are being recruited to test an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by oxford university. the whole process is a race against time because the fewer cases there are in the community, the harder it is to see if the vaccine is working. 500 of those volunteers are front—line health workers in cambridge. 0ur science correspondent richard westcott went to meet some of them. the best way to test a vaccine is to give it to an army of volunteers and see how many go on to catch the virus. so you have literally just had a vaccine. why have you got involved? you work on intensive care, don't you, as a nurse? yeah, that's right. i thinkjust seeing first—hand the devastation that

covid—19 has caused, really, it was a no—brainer for me, i felt like i had to. what have the last few weeks been like? devastating. for the patients and more so for the families who haven't been able to be there by their relatives' side through some horrendous weeks. it normally takes months to set up with a trial like this. a volunteer every 15 minutes, on a conveyor belt of tests and checks, before they are given either the experimental new vaccine or another control vaccine. they aren't told which. so none of this would have happened without jo, who's the head nurse here. she's organised this absolutely meticulously for the last four weeks. so, jo, you're the boss? yes! how complex has this been? this has been a very complex thing to organise because we're trying to get through a lot of people in a short period of time for the screening and for the vaccination, and we're also working together with three hospitals,

so there's three different sets of nurses that have worked together, and it's all gone amazingly well. across britain, 10,000 volunteers will trial this oxford university vaccine, including 500 in old rival cambridge. they are all front line health workers because they need people who are regularly exposed to the virus. well, i'm a doctor here and i've seen what covid does. i'm just fed up with it. i want to do all i can to get rid of it. of course, what people want to know, always, is when might you have some results? when might you know if it's going to work or not? well, ithink oxford have been saying that they would hope to have some results or some preliminary results by the autumn or by christmas of this year. and certainly, at the moment, as you're aware, vaccination production has been scaled up massively, so if the trial is shown to be beneficial, they will be able to roll out vaccinations very speedily. there are no guarantees that this vaccine will work,

but the research is being fast tracked because everyone hopes it's a way out of this crisis. richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. you're watching bbc news. the headlines this hour: the british prime minister, boris johnson, has condemned what he called "racist thuggery" following attacks on the police by crowds of protesters, including far—right activists in central london. french police have clashed with protesters in paris and other cities, as thousands of people demonstrated against racism and allegations of police brutality. the prime minister of greece has personally delivered a message to international tourists that the country is ready to welcome them back after its coronavirus outbreak. kyriakos mitsotakis chose the whitewashed island of santorini for his mission, two days before the reopening of the country's tourist season. an action plan drawn up for its islands includes increased medical staff and testing sites, as well as setting up quarantine hotels.

greece has been relatively unscathed by covid—19, with just 183 deaths, but mr mitsotakis said the safety of holidaymakers would be its number one priority. greek tourism is back. we are about to lift most remaining flight restrictions, we are opening up to visitors, but we are doing it with your safety as our utmost priority. today, my message to you is very simple — come to greece. tell your friends, your readers, your listeners and your viewers that we are open and that they're welcome. that was greece's prime minister speaking there. the dalai lama says the response to the coronavirus pandemic has shown there is much to celebrate

about humanity. many people, he says, have put their own safety at risk to help others. in an interview with the bbc‘s justin rowlatt, the tibetan spiritual leader reflected on the pandemic and the fragility of the world. when i met the dalai lama in 2017, the world was very different. back then, the leader of tibetan buddhism could even tap me on the head. that is for educated people. how are you, your holiness? in the age of coronavirus, we meet by video. he admits being locked down in a palace is pretty cushy. i personally stay here peacefully. he recognises the pandemic has been a terrible burden for many, but he says there has been much to inspire and celebrate. many people don't care about their own sort of safety, but helping.

wonderful. in a way, it's revealed something positive about humanity, about us all. negative things, sometimes helpful. one way frustration, anger, and one way, you're a member of your own community suffer, then there are a sense of concern, more compassionate feeling. his hope is that the coronavirus crisis will help foster international co—operation. in the past, there has been too much emphasis "my continent, my nation, my religion." now that thinking is outdated. we should think humanity, seven billion human beings. one of the key concerns for the buddhist leader now is the environment. the current dalai lama was born in a remote

village in tibet. he was exiled in 1959. that's when the tibetan people rose up against the chinese occupation. the dalai lama says he has seen dramatic changes in the environment within his own lifetime. 1960, i came here. that winter, a lot of snow. then each year, less and less and less. so we must take very seriously global warming. now to a more delicate subject, his own death. he has said he may not be reincarnated and could be the last dalai lama. dalai lama institution, a few centuries now and with this... great dalai lama!

are you saying you are the last dalai lama? the concerned people should discuss about the future of the dalai lama. they should decide. i have no idea. my main concern is my own life spent something useful. it hasn't finished! four years. the dalai lama has been an extraordinarily effective ambassador for the tibetan people since the chinese invasion 70 years ago. he may say he is not interested in what happens when he's gone, but his passing will raise major geopolitical as well as religious issues. the queen's official birthday has been marked with a military ceremony in the grounds of windsor castle. the traditional trooping the colour on horse guards parade in london was cancelled because of the

coronavirus pandemic. the queen was the only member of the royal family attending today's celebration, as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. a birthday parade for changed times with windsor castle substituting for horse guards parade. there were no crowds and no cavalry. but under perfect summer skies, under the castle's central but under perfect summer skies, into the castle's central quadrangle, marched the soldiers who form the castle guard, accompanied by the rather less than massed ranks of the band of the household division. and on this, the day that officially marks her 94th birthday, the queen was there to watch. she emerged, accompanied by officials, from the castle where she's been in isolation with her husband since the start of the coronavirus lockdown. social distancing was very much the order of the day.

the soldiers, from the welsh guards, were all standing at least two metres apart. all the troops had learned new marching techniques to maintain safe distances. this was something called feathering. watching intently, the guest of honour. a birthday celebration this may have been, but we shouldn't forget that windsor castle has been the hub of the monarchy during the lockdown. it was from here that the queen broadcast to the nation at the heart of the pandemic. today, there was a note of hope that, very slowly and carefully, life can be restored to a version of normality. nicholas witchell, bbc news. despite running for almost two decades, the popular us reality tv show the bachelor has never once featured an african—american lead in its main role. but this year, that is finally going to change.

the star of the show‘s 25th season — and its first black bachelor — will be 28—year—old real estate broker matt james. he'll be tasked with finding a wife from a group of female contestants. earlier, i spoke to la—based journalist kj matthews. and i asked her why abc had decided to make the change now. i think this was the right time. you have to understand that the bachelor has been on the airfor 18 years, a0 seasons, 2a bachelors before this gentleman — and all of them had been white. for the last, i'd say, maybe five or six years here in the states, there have been various petitions, various calls for them, a lot of backlash, saying, "why can't we get somebody other than a white gentleman to be the bachelor? why not an asian? why not a hispanic? why not a black?" and it really fell on deaf ears. i think we're seeing the change now because of all the unrest that's happening in this

country and that we are at a pivotal turning point. we are finally, really finally starting to examine racial injustice in the us and trying to make a lot of wrongs right, and perhaps abc said, "this is the perfect time for us to be part of that change," and so that's what you're seeing a black bachelor for the first time in history. kj, why has it taken so long? you just pointed out, you know, how well—developed the franchise is, how well—known it is. when you think about what karey burke said, she said, "we know we have a responsibility to make sure that the love stories we're seeing on screen are representative of the world we live in." what did you make of that? she's absolutely right, but you know what? what's happening outside of that? ratings. that's the one word. i would say ratings. what has happened is, they have a great franchise, 18 years. they have the bachelor and the bachelorette.

and the ratings are pretty much solid. they make a lot of money, and so i think the producers for so long have dragged their feet because they've said, "we don't need to change if we have a successful tv show that's bringing in millions and millions of dollars. why fix what is not broken?" even though we know it doesn't represent all of america. ok, so what can you tell us about matt james, then? well, he's an interesting guy. he is 28 years old, he just graduated a few years ago from wake university of north carolina and he works as a research analyst with a commercial real estate company in new york city. he also says, as young as he is, he's looking for the woman of his dreams and he really wants to settle down and get married, and he loves kids. can you believe, he actually started a food tour company specifically for kids in new york city? he's a great catch — and good—looking, of course! and obviously he's reacted to this news, so what's he said? yes, he says he's very happy that he could carry the torch and be the first black bachelor. you know, a lot is put on his shoulders, but he's

hoping that once people tune in — no matter what colour they are — they will be able to identify with him and understand he's just a normal guy out there looking for love like all the guys ahead of him. do you know what? as you were saying, it's all about ratings, and ultimately it's whether the viewers will accept matt. yeah. and, you know, looks has a lot to do with it. 0bviously, he's a very attractive guy. he used to be a football player and he went to wake university. actually, he wanted to be an nfl player, didn't make the cut, and then switched over into real estate. but i think the people will find a lot of similarities with him. he's really just like all the other guys — all—american guy, loves football, loves his mum, loves kids and wants to get married. i think that once people get comfortable with him and really get to know him, i think they'll probably fall in love — if not in like with him, at least. i'm going to have to look him up now! kj matthews, thank you very much. kj matthews, obviously already in love with matt james! you've

been watching bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lukwesaburak. stay with us. more coming up. cheerio! hello again. the next few days will bring a real mixture of weather across the uk, just like we saw during the first half of the weekend. the sunshine in the north west of wales lifted temperatures to a high of 25.5 degrees here. whereas the low cloud, the fog that affected eastern scotland meant the temperature in edinburgh was only 12 degrees in the afternoon. we also saw quite a few heavy and thundery showers breaking out, but we've still got this area of low pressure sitting close to the south west. that's where we had more frequent showers earlier on. and there may well be some further thundery showers breaking out on sunday, but large parts of the uk will be dry, warm and humid as well. it will start off grey and misty and murky, though, across much of scotland and the north east of england. that low cloud retreating back to coastal areas, and we'll see

some sunny spells developing. that will trigger some showers, particularly into the afternoon across parts of england and wales. it may stay dry in the south east of england. there won't be as many showers in the south west. the main focus of the thundery showers breaking out probably across wales and the midlands. further north, some sunshine, but also areas of low cloud lapping onto coasts of north east england and affecting eastern scotland. so it's likely to be about ten degrees warmer, perhaps, in western scotland than the eastern side of the country. there may be a bit of rain up towards aberdeenshire. those heavy showers, though, continuing through the evening across england and wales, tending to fade away as the sun goes down. but as we move into the beginning of the week, we've still got this very warm and muggy air and an area of low pressure sitting close to the uk, so that's a recipe for more heavy and thundery showers to break out. again, there'll be a lot of low cloud starting the day across scotland and the north east of england, tending to lift in most areas. but when we get some sunshine coming through, that'll bubble up the showers again, more especially for the western side of the uk.

and again, those temperatures will typically be reaching around about the low 20s or so. and as we move into tuesday as well, it's a similar sort of story. perhaps not so much of that low cloud in the north east of the uk, some sunshine, but more showers more widely on tuesday. notjust in the west this time, and again they could be heavy and thundery and they're not going to move very far at all, so some torrential downpours and temperatures into the low 20s. not a great deal changing, really, through wednesday and thursday. more heavy and thundery showers to come. probably a bit drier on friday.

this is bbc news, the headlines: more than 100 people have been arrested at a protest in central london where demonstrators, including far—right activists, clashed with police.

a crowd surrounded a statue of sir winston churchill, which was boarded up after it was vandalised during the black lives matter demonstration last weekend. french police have clashed with protesters in several cities, where thousands of people demonstrated against racism and allegations of police brutality. marchers in paris demanded justice for adama traore, a 24—year—old black man who died four years ago when he was pinned down by police officers in the city. canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, has called for an independent inquiry after the emergence of a video showing police punching and applying a choke—hold on an indigenous chief in the province of alberta. mr trudeau said everyone knew the incident, earlier this month, was not an isolated one. now on bbc news, with coronavirus

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