this is bbc news: i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the police chief in the american city of atlanta resigns — a day after an officer shot dead a black man. 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.

we start this hour in the united states, where the authorities are investigating yet another killing of an african—american man by a white police officer. security video shows rayshard brooks being shot outside a fast—food restaurant in atlanta on friday. the city's police chief has already resigned in response, while the mayor says she does not believe the use of deadly force was justified. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more, and a warning — this story contains some distressing pictures. the police said mr brooks who was 27 had fall asleep in his car while waiting in a queue at a drive—through restaurant. he was shot during a confrontation with two white officers after

the police say he resisted arrest after having failed a sobriety test. as he is fleeing, he turns back over his shoulder with what appears to the naked eye to be this taser, but a witness has told us they saw the individual have that belongs to one of and has he turned it over, you will be able to see on the video, the atla nta able to see on the video, the atlanta officer literally reach down to get his service weapon and as he gets his weapon, mr brooks concerning his body away from him, i presume, simplya matters when it looks like the weapon goes off, just like that, literally. announcing the resignation of the police chief, the mayor said the police needed to rebuild trust with the communities they were intending to protect. while there may the debate as to whether this was appropriate use of deadly force, i firmly believe there is a clear distinction between what you can do and what you should do.

ido can do and what you should do. i do not believe that this was a justified use of deadly force and have called for the immediate termination of the officer. protesters gathered at the scene of the shooting and elsewhere in atalanta to express their anger at the way mr brooks died. they shot him in cold blood! the officers need to be arrested, period. the officers need to be arrested. it's not ok! is located everything today that i have to wake up every single day and learn a new name. follows almost three weeks of demonstrations over the death in police custody of george floyd in minneapolis. the lawyer for the brooks family has been speaking — let's take a listen. just watch the video as he lays there dying, the officers stand around. when it kicks in, flips him over. and then the witnesses tell us, what you can't see onto camera, but they filmed it. they went and picked

up filmed it. they went and picked up the shell casings. i wonder why. so all of you can't know how far away he was when they shot. so that you can't find that their positions when they use that weapon. they appear to be caring more about covering their tracks that providing aid. aid that could have saved his life if he was allegedly taken to hospital and died in surgery. taken to hospital and died in surgery. but they did not give that to him. so we agree with the mayor, saying that the officer who fired his weapon should be terminated and also prosecuted. i think we wantjustice but i don't even care anymore, i never know what that is. i've been doing this for 15 years and i don't know whatjustice is anymore. is it getting arrested, somebody getting fired, the chief stepping down? i know that this isn'tjustice, what is happening inside atlanta.

thank you live to atlanta. these are life pictures, processes out on the street. you can see it is late into the evening there, just past 10pm in atla nta. evening there, just past 10pm in atlanta. there are protesters out on the streets and we have had reports of a fire at fast food restaurant wendy's, where this altar place. earlier on, already have the police chief submitting their resignation. the mayor of ata la nta their resignation. the mayor of atalanta saying, this action, in her mind, was notjustified. the shooting of rayshard brooks, a 27—year—old black man in atalanta. he had reportedly fallen asleep in his car outside a drive—through which is when the police were called. there was an altercation, according to the police, he failed a sobriety test and then resisted arrest. and you saw, he turned as he ran away from police officers with what

appears to be, according to eyewitnesses, a taser in his hand. police then shot him and he died. there are now calls from the lawyer, as you heard their, for prosecutions and him saying, admitting himself that he didn't know whatjustice would mean anymore. protesters, you can see there, out on the streets of atalanta was not and we are going to keep right across these pictures for you on bbc world news. and when there are any developments, we will bring them straight to you. here in the uk, police have been hit with bottles and cans during clashes with far—right activists in central london. the confrontations came after large crowds gathered, some of whom claimed to want to protect statues such as that of winston churchill from anti—racism demonstrators. afterwards prime minister boris johnson said "racist thuggery had no place on our streets." 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. 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. chanting we tried to ask some of those protesting why they had come. report the truth! i am asking to speak to you so i can report what your truth is. it is quite hard for us to ask these protesters what their demands are. we have faced threats today. they are from a variety of backgrounds, different

groups, from right—wing activist organisations and organised football fans as well. 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, you know... i'm from south london. i've grown up with black people. we're all working class who live side by side. nobody here has an issue with blm. some antiracism protesters did gather today in central london, but black lives matter brought forward its latest events to yesterday to avoid trouble, though there were still some scuffles.

we have power to change... at a blm event in newcastle, the organisers 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 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. moving to france now where there have been clashes between protesters and police in several cities across france. demonstrators are demanding an end to racism in french society under the black lives matter movement following the death of george floyd in the united states. police fired tear gas after crowds threw fireworks and bottles. rich preston has this report. demonstrations were most intense in the capital, paris, but also took place in marseille, nice and lyon. chanting in the capital, around 15,000 gathered in place de la republique. they say the supposed glory of the republic doesn't apply to black people. rallies which started peacefully intensified.

some protesters threw fireworks, bottles and paving stones. police fired back with tear gas. officials say more than 20 people were arrested, including 12 far right activists, who draped a ‘white lives matter‘ banner from an apartment block. the killing of george floyd in the united states has sparked a global wave of protests against racism. many here see parallels with the death of a 24—year—old black parisian in police custody in 2016. chanting the police officers involved in adama traore's death were exonerated. these people say justice hasn't been done. translation: the death of george floyd echoed the death of my little brother. what's happening in the united states is exactly the same as what's happening in france. 0ur brothers are dying. there is a fractious relationship between police and ethnic minorities in france with frequent allegations of victimisation and excessive force. french officials say they will take a zero—tolerance approach to racism in law

enforcement and have banned restraints like chokeholds. police unions deny racism is rampant within the ranks. intense feelings of discrimination and unfairness have caused emotions to run high across france, but many say once the fog has lifted, much needs to be done to address systemic racism in french society. rich preston, bbc news. canadians have been reacting to disturbing footage which has emerged, showing police punching and applying a choke—hold 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 death 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 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 anti—racism 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. you're watching bbc news. a reminder of our main story this hour: the chief of police in the american city of atlanta has resigned, a day after officers shot dead a black man. she said the police needed to rebuild trust. let's get more on that story 110w. christian boone is a journalist based in atlanta. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you. so, what do we know about what happened here? well, it happened here? well, it happened friday night, at a wendy's. rayshard brooks had fallen asleep, two officers arrived on the scene, and what we are told tonight by the lawyers who are speaking for

the brooks family, and had spoken with some witnesses, is that it started off low—key. they seem to having a conversation. then brooks was arrested. things got sort of out of hand from there. he took off with a taser and he was shotin off with a taser and he was shot in the back. and what else have the lawyers for brooks‘ family been telling you? well, they have spoken to several witnesses and they said the officers on the scene, before they ever rendered help to mr brooks, they collected their sheu brooks, they collected their shell casings. which, you know... shell casings. which, you know. . . why shell casings. which, you know... why would they do that? perhaps the distance, they wa nted perhaps the distance, they wanted to alter the distance, i can‘t say exactly why they did it. but we were told that it was two minutes and 16 seconds before they ever rendered aid to mr brooks. right, yeah, of course, at this stage we don‘t wa nt to course, at this stage we don‘t want to be speculating at all

on any motives or anything for doing anything, apologies for putting you in that position. we have heard from the lawyers. interesting that when they spoke to the press, they were talking about this idea of justice, of him not really knowing what justice justice, of him not really knowing whatjustice would mean any more? that was chris stewart, who has handled virtually all of the big cases involving office shootings, walter scott in charleston, alton sterling in louisiana. he is one of the attorneys for the amount or briefcase. george floyd. —— ahmaud arbery. i think hejust had floyd. —— ahmaud arbery. i think he just had another one of those conversations today with the family, loved ones of someone with the family, loved ones of someone has been killed. and he has grown weary of it, because it keeps happening. we are watching, as we are speaking to you, live pictures from atla nta, you, live pictures from atlanta, with cars and police and protesters out on the streets there. what has been

happening with protesters on the streets in atlanta? well, they blocked the highway, the interstate, which goes down town, and if you have ever been town, and if you have ever been to atla nta town, and if you have ever been to atlanta you know what that entails. it seems to be building, protest had continued in atla nta building, protest had continued in atlanta since the last two weeks, but it has calmed down a little bit, things have not been quite so tense. but this escalates things back to square one, if not more, because this is spreading like wildfire. what do we know about the man himself, rayshard what do we know about the man himself, raysha rd brooks? what do we know about the man himself, rayshard brooks? well, he was 27, he had three children, one stepchild. today was his daughter‘s eighth birthday. she was waiting for him, infact, the birthday. she was waiting for him, in fact, the lawyer said that when they were speaking to the family, they were having her birthday today, because she doesn‘t know what happened. she was waiting on her dad to come and get her to take her

skating. so, it is a surreal scene, as the lawyers are talking about having snacks, brooks ‘s dad and this little girl is waiting for her dad to come pick her up. that is a tragic note to finish on. just awful to think about. thank you for speaking to us and telling us for speaking to us and telling us what you know so far as these very early stages. christian byrne, thank you. thank you. —— christian boone. to cuba now, which has seen some success in tackling coronavirus. no—one has died from covid 19 for 11 days. however, there‘s a significant economic impact on a country dependent on tourism. here‘s our cuba correspondent will grant. military vehicles weave the streets of old havana, dousing them with disinfectant and water in the cuban government‘s successful drive to contain the spread of covid—19. normally these streets would be awash with tourists, but restrictions on foreign visitors will stay in place until august. that‘s tough news for cuba‘s

economy, which could contract by 6% this year. especially its private sector. 0nce heralded as the next economic motor, the 0bama administration was confident that more private business would bring more democracy, more change to the island. now economists predict one in three cuban private businesses may close from the pandemic. fuumiyaki, a japanese restaurant in havana, has turned to delivery and has cut their prices in half to stay afloat. we don‘t expect to get some big profits with these offers. we are doing it to keep the business running and maintaining the workers having some support, some cash. it‘s less work and less salary but it‘s something. it‘s better than nothing. fuumiyaki can employ motorcycle couriers but many businesses can‘t innovate. from private homes offering tourist accommodation to taxi drivers, the main source of

income has completely dried up. since the reduction in us visitors, the private sector has been struggling anyway. so it was very much the main beneficiary, if you like, of the boom in tourists, but it was already suffering. the private sector is wonderful when you‘ve got a boom going on but when you have a problem you‘re much more vulnerable. despite their mutual distrust, some private businesses in to help the cuban state. artist and sculptor rafael has spent lockdown producing around 10,000 plastic face shields for local hospitals. "we donated some of the plastic and pvc but as we got going, the raw materials started to come from the healthcare system itself," he explains. in a rare example of private

and state partnership. havana‘s famous seawall, the malecon, that normally bustles with life lies empty. in the current crisis the government has offered business some tax relief but entrepreneurs expect little further support from the communist run state. the private sector in cuba is resilient and has overcome past crises, but coronavirus may prove one obstacle too great. will grant, bbc news. queen elizabeth‘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 the 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, 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 height 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. let‘s ta ke let‘s take you back now to our main story of the seller. this is alive in atlanta, in the united states, it is coming up to 10:30pm there and we believe that fire is at the wendy‘s fast food restaurant. that is the site of the killing, the shooting, of rayshard brooks, a 27—year—old black man who reportedly fell asleep in his

car while visiting the restau ra nt. car while visiting the restaurant. police were then called. it was a conversation between him and police officers. he reportedly failed a sobriety test, resisted arrest, and then ran from police, and there has been footage released of that moment. according to some witnesses there, he had hold of the taser, which he had taken from police officers, and pointed start at one of the officers, and it was at that point the officer shot and killed him. there have been protesters out on the streets in the area in atlanta. there have been calls for calm. we have been calls for calm. we have just been hearing from christian boone, a journalist in atla nta, christian boone, a journalist in atlanta, with some heartbreaking details. he has spoken to the lawyers, who say that brooks had children and in fa ct, that brooks had children and in fact, his daughter was having her eighth birthday today. that is it.

iam i am lewis vaughan—jones. you are watching bbc news. 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, the haar, 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, the haar, 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: the chief of police in the american city of atlanta has resigned a day after her officers shot dead a black man. video appears to show that the man, rayshard brooks, had one of the officers‘ tasers in his hand as he tried to flee. 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 4 years ago when he was pinned down by police officers in the city.