this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: 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.

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. let's ta ke let's take you live in these alive to this. it is at wendy's, the fast food restau ra nt wendy's, the fast food restaurant nearby where this took post on friday and you can see policing vehicles backed up, there are protesters on the street tonight in atlanta, it's just gone to 11 pm. protesters have climbed up at basi ——

grassy bank. they blocked the highway there. there have been clashes swing protesters and police. police have used tear gas and you can see the fire burning at the fast food restau ra nt. burning at the fast food restaurant. we been monitoring this over the last couple of hours. it was smaller a little while ago but it seems to have taken up the whole block. that was set on fire earlier this evening, the location where 27—year—old rayshard brooks was shot and killed by police. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more. and a warning, this story contains some distressing pictures. the police said rayshard brooks, who was 27, had fallen

asleep in his car while waiting in a queue at a drive—through restau ra nt. 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 atlanta officer literally reach down to get his service weapon and as he gets his weapon, mr brooks begins turning his body away away from him, i presume, to flee and 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. 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 —— atlanta to express their anger at 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! it's not ok 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. one kicks him, flips him over. and the witnesses tell us, what you can't see onto camera,

but they 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. 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. richard rose is the president of the atlanta branch of the national association for the advancement of colored people. thank you for speaking with us. first of all, can i get your reaction to what has happened? this is a continuation of police brutality. america is defended —— wedded to a defence and denial as if racism doesn't exist. which declares that their cause is just even though they lost a war. 50 their cause is just even though they lost a war. so much of america encourages white supremacy and all the evils that go with it. those evils you've been talking about, it brought people out onto the streets of atlanta. as we are speaking to you, we are showing live pictures of a wendy's restau ra nt

live pictures of a wendy's restaurant on fire. there are police cars and protesters on the street. what do you make of the street. what do you make of the protesters out on the streets of atlanta right now? earlier i was there with some of the protesters. it was very peaceful. after i left, it a p pa re ntly peaceful. after i left, it apparently escalated. there are influences tojoin some apparently escalated. there are influences to join some of these protesters to create situations where there is violence, where there is looting, whether as destruction of uppity unfortunately. even at one of doctor martin luther king's marches. —— property. troublemakers and joined the march, started throwing bricks into and so forth. that will happen. there is a lot of frustration because where young black people see, it's the continued drumbeat of injustice, instead of a drumbeat towards justice. they

are unemployed, underemployed, uneducated. they know they do not have a fair shake in america. they see this opulence around them and of course they feel disenfranchised. several of the emotions that come from sustained generational pressure are apathy, anger and despondency, all of which you see on display. i want to get reaction to what the authorities have done. given your experience and knowledge, what do you make of the fact already that the police chief has resigned, that there needs to bea has resigned, that there needs to be a rebuilding of trust, the mau coming out and saying the mau coming out and saying the police response was not justified. you welcome those responses? this is not the first killing by an unarmed black man under this police

chief so i think it's appropriate. it's clear she did not have the leadership ability because some of these things we have addressed with her in one—on—one meetings to say you need to do would deep dive into these offices —— officers to judge theirfitness to these offices —— officers to judge their fitness to serve. the current process is, when they first sign up, you do some kind of cursory psychological variation. we think those ought to be periodic and regular psychological evaluations for all of those who have the potential of life and death in their hands by interface and with the community. those are some of the changes. we have asked the police, the atlanta police department to adopt president obama's 21st century policing policy. which has not been done. there are a lot of things to do. we have to

recognise it, which is involved. more than 100 years ago. we have to deconstruct and reconstruct the approach to public safety and i'd like to call it public safety. on reconstructing that approach, just before we leave it there, given what's happened here on friday in atlanta, given what happened three weeks ago. how optimistic now are you that those changes could be implemented? i am optimistic. much of america has echoed the sentiments of all of us who beenin sentiments of all of us who been in the fight for a long time. america needs to change. racism has been bipartisan and we have to admit to where we are. you cannot change unless

you recognise that you need to change and put forth the effort to change. i am soberly optimistic, i would say. thank you very much for sharing your experience and time with us this evening. we will be returning of course to that story in a moment but here in the uk, police have been hit with bottles and cans during clashes with far right activists in central london. the confrontations camera 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. winston churchill, nelson mandela and the others had already been covered up. 0ne 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: 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. 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. well, christian boone is a journalist for the newspaper atla nta journalist for the newspaper atlanta journal constitution. he gave us more details of the shooting. 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 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 shell casings. which, you know... why would they do that? 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 want to be speculating at all on any motives or anything for doing anything, apologies for putting you in that position. that's ok. we have heard from the lawyers. interesting that when they spoke to the press, they were talking about this idea of justice, and him not really knowing whatjustice would mean any more? that was chris stewart, who has handled

virtually all of the big cases involving officer shootings, walter scott in charleston, alton sterling in louisiana. he's one of the attorneys on the ahmaud arbery case. george floyd. i think he just had another one of those conversations today 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 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 to atlanta you know what that entails. it seems to be 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, raysha rd brooks? well, he was 27, he had three children, one stepchild. today was his daughter's eighth 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 what happens next, brooks being dead and this little girl is waiting for her dad to come pick her up.

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 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 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.

let's ta ke let's take you back now to our main story. we can take you through exactly what we know so far. the chief of police in the us city of atlanta has resigned after police shot dead a black man on friday. this is after weeks of nationwide unrest over the killing of george floyd in minneapolis. a warning these pictures are disturbing. the video we are about to show is from the security camera outside a fast—food restaurant. the 27—year—old black man, rayshard brooks, was running from police. we've frozen the video there. but immediately after this point he was shot by an officer. police say he was shot after failing a sobriety test, resisting arrest and fleeing. hundreds of protesters are now gathering in atlanta. we will bring you more on this story as we get it here on bbc news. we canjust we can just show you some pictures from the scene. this is wendy's, a fast food restau ra nt is wendy's, a fast food restaurant where this incident took place, and we have been monitoring these pictures over

the last few hours. this started as a relatively small fire in one corner of that block, but in the hours after that, it was clearly that it has clearly spread to quite a substantial fire. protesters have taken to the streets of atla nta a nd have taken to the streets of atlanta and they are still on the streets of atlanta right 110w. the streets of atlanta right now. they have blocked traffic, they have locked highways, and police have used tear gas in response. this is a political issue two, of course. 0fficials have reacted, the police chief has resigned, the mayor saying the police response was not justified in this instance. these are live pictures from atla nta. these are live pictures from atlanta. you can see the camera position has moved back behind that police cordoned, just beyond those police officers is some petrol stations and beyond thatis some petrol stations and beyond that is the wendy's. that is where the incident happened, where the incident happened, where rayshard brooks, 27 years old, was shot by police. i am lewis vaughan—jones. this is 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.

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crowds have set fire to a drive— through restaurant in atlanta, which was close to the scene of the killing of a young black man by police on friday. the chief of police in the city has resigned. 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 a hundred 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.