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there was tension today in glasgow following a protest from a group called the loyalist defence league. they want a statue of the former prime minister, sir robert peel, to remain in place after there were calls for it to be removed. meanwhile, around the country, there has been a series of peaceful demonstrations this is bbc news with the latest headlines in support of black lives matter. for viewers in the uk this was leeds. and around the world. chanting nojustice, no peace! in tottenham in north i'm aaron safir. london, they remembered black lives lost. and in caernarfon, railway carriages in india people of different ages are being turned into and backgrounds makeshift hospital wards as also took a knee. june kelly, bbc news. coronavirus cases surge. the daily number of confirmed new cases has reached almost 12,000. france's president says stay with us on bbc news, his country has scored still to come: a first victory against coronavirus as he announces the killing that shook the world. a significant lifting is the death of george floyd of the remaining lockdown restrictions. a watershed moment for the politics of race in america? there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one the killing of another african american man used by the ira was given. during an arrest in atlanta army bomb experts were prompts fresh condemnation examining a suspect van and despair. the london protest image of one when there was man carrying another a huge explosion. to safety that's become the south african parliament a symbol of unity. has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing and sushant singh rajput, the population registration one of the biggest stars in bollywood has been found act, which for 40 years,
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dead in his apartment forcibly classified each in mumbai. citizen according to race. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into hello and welcome to bbc news. the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. we start with the indian government's new plans the real focus of attention to deal with a surge today was valentina tereshkova, of coronavirus infections the world's first in the capital delhi. woman cosmonaut. what do you think of railway carriages are to be the russian woman in space? converted so they can take i think it's a wonderful patients, and nursing homes achievement and i think we might be able to persuade will also be requisitioned. across india, the daily number the wife it would be a good of confirmed new cases has idea if i could to get her to reached almost 12,000, and the total number of cases — go up there for a little while. more than 320,000 — puts india fourth in the world. reged ahmad has the story. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: new emergency measures are being introduced in india to tackle a surge in this is the coronavirus coronavirus cases in delhi. intensive care unit in delhi in the united states, at one of india's top the shooting of another private hospitals. african—american man the beds and treatment during an arrest has prompted
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fresh condemnation of the use like this is expensive and hard to come by as the number of deadly force by police. of covid—i9 cases climb. the shortage of beds has become so acute, atlanta is one of many us patients have told stories cities to have seen protests of going from hospital to hospital in search since the killing last month of george floyd of treatment. by police in minneapolis. now in an attempt to deal with the crisis, and around the world, india's home minister says 500 thousands of people have joined marches against racism. railway coaches will be the bbc‘s clive myrie looks now converted to create 8,000 beds at whether this could for covid—i9 patients in delhi, be a watershed moment and has promised a rapid for the politics of race in america. increase in testing too. india has been converting train carriages into isolation wards george floyd's death since april, but doctors say was an american tragedy that a failure to test adequately sparked an outpouring has been one of the reasons of anger and soul—searching. behind the surging cases. we don't want no more police. but look at the faces. i think the one thing which our government we are done dying! is underestimating from this it wasn't just black is the increased testing, america that was appalled, but white america too. because we have to stop chanting: don't the spread, stop the chain shoot, don't shoot! of transmission. this is a seismic shift in attitudes towards police brutality and racism.
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on friday, the supreme court criticised delhi and three it was a point addressed by one other states, saying covid—i9 black veteran civil rights patients were being treated activist at george floyd's worse than animals. funeral who had marched but delhi's chief minister has side—by—side with dr largely defended his state's handling of the pandemic. martin luther king. translation: we have been back in the days when i used making a note and trying to be part of marches, to identify the problems in the system and to all the marchers were black. rectify them so that more people don't suffer in the coming days. but we aren't perfect. but now, there are white not everything is alright. people who know the story, there is a lot lacking and there are hispanics in our system, but at the same time, not who know the story, everything is broken either. and there are asians the situation has been further complicated by india's easing of its lockdown after who know the story. restrictions began to take a huge economic toll on the country. it's the denial on the part some businesses, markets of much of white america that racism is widespread and real and places of worship have been that's helped perpetuate the discrimination that they allowed to open back up, but the move has claim doesn't exist. been criticised for being too soon and too fast. listen to charlie sykes, a former right—wing talkshow i think this is not the right host and staunch time to open up the economy. republican conservative. the government must first control the coronavirus because coronavirus if you're a white american you might think this happens is a deadly disease. but it's random, it's a few bad people's life has much more importance than any other apples here and there, factors and the government must but i think what we have been take care of people's
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life first. delhi is the third—worst seeing the last couple of weeks is the recognition that it's affected state in india, notjust a few bad apples, it is systemic, it's incredibly and the chief minister says widespread and that this the number of infections situation, in fact, we have in the city could be more than 500,000 by the end ofjuly. been in denial on it. so it's a race against the clock now to get the pandemic under control. penny sitz lives in one reged ahmad, bbc news. of minneapolis' comfortable health officials are suburbs, three streets away warning that latin america from the police officer is now the epicentre who knelt on george of the coronavirus pandemic, with some of countries floyd's neck. reporting record numbers of infections. for the first time in her life, she's been taking part in street protests with her family. in mexico city on sunday, drivers took their cars what has surprised me to the streets to protest in the past week has been the president's handling seeing how widespread the abuse of the outbreak. mexico reported 424 new deaths is and the brutality is. on saturday, taking the total to almost 17,000. this is something on saturday, chile, argentina, i had no idea about. peru and colombia all reported record numbers i knew it happened in a few big of coronavirus infections. but the worst affected country cities but i didn't think in the region remains it was as widespread as it is. brazil, where more than 43,000 people have died of covid—19, second george floyd's brutal death only to the us. held up a mirror to this country and most americans didn't like what they saw. if lasting change does come, it has more than 850,000 confirmed cases. it will be because of and on sunday, the mayor the sacrifice of one man of sao paulo — brazil's biggest city — who managed to bridge a once who has cancer, unbridgeable racial divide.
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confirmed that he's clive myrie, bbc news. now tested positive. one of bollywood's translation: after four best known actors, negative tests, today sushant singh rajput, has been found dead in his apartment unfortunately, i tested in mumbai. positive for covid—19, police believe the 3a year—old may have killed himself. for coronavirus. rajput was best known my doctor's advice since i have for his acting in a bi—opic on former indian cricket no symptoms is to stay at home. team captain, ms dhoni. bollywood's biggest stars have camilla mota, our been paying tribute to him correspondent in sao paulo, told us it's a mixed picture on social media. for coronavirus cases in different parts of brazil. pablo sat—bhambra, from the bbc may was a really green asian network show, raj and pablo, joins me now. month for some states, it was when we saw the healthcare system really collapse, so people were dying at home, they were dying you met sushant singh rajput, at basic healthcare units because they were not able what was he like? a very lovely to get icu beds. quy- what was he like? a very lovely guy. we met him initially on the situation started to look a bit better now injune, the green carpet at an awards either because health authorities were able to increase the system's capacity or because quarantine measures were able to flatten the curve of infection, night and we got to spend time so that's what state governors are relying on to reopen the economy. with him and he was very approachable and very
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down—to—earth. but in other parts of the country, we still see approachable and very down-to-earth. it is interesting that, as you would that the infection is accelerating, and not only that, the disease is moving from big expand, there have been lots of cities to medium and tributes, also from the prime small cities where the minister which kind of gave me a sense of just minister which kind of gave me a sense ofjust how big a name infrastructure is weaker he was in the bollywood industry. he was notjust a big so authorities fear that we may see those name, he was loved for his sad stories unfold once again in the coming weeks. generosity because in terms of let's get some of the day's other news. jihadists in nigeria have his aura and how he came killed twenty soldiers and at least a0 civilians across, he was just absolutely in two attacks in the north east of the country. appreciative of other people. people in the village he started his career in of goni usmanti in borno state television. he dropped out of university to pursue a career say gunmen arrived on motorbikes and pick up trucks during saturday's raid. in acting and events started in the killings are thought television and made the to have been carried out transition to be of his. how by the an offshoot of boko haram known as islamic state west unusual is that in hollywood? africa province. it is not unusual but it is the united states‘ top infectious disease official, anthony fauci, has warned difficult but plus, what is that it may be some time before really difficult is the movies restrictions on foreign travellers can be lifted. he ended up doing were huge he told a british newspaper that he hoped a degree of normality would be reached
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hits. i mean, some people, when they come from tv and transition to films, the films within a year or so. do not usually work because just generally, as a society, we are so just generally, as a society, we are so used to watching them the french president emmanuel macron says his country has scored a first on tv and then we cannot make victory over the coronavirus the transition. but he managed and has strongly defended his latest strategy in dealing with the pandemic. in his latest televised to do it. so many industries address to the nation, more than three months after lockdown, are opening up and talking he set out his roadmap for getting the country about the mental health back to normal. challenges specific to those freya cole reports. in france, the mood is upbeat. industries and working environments. is that happening in bollywood as well? yes, i the plan to reopen society to save the economy has been think it is happening across the board at the moment, where accelerated. translation: we are going to be able to turn people are kind of talking the page on the first chapter, about, apart from how to keep ina the page on the first chapter, in a matter of speaking, of the crisis we have just been yourself safe et cetera et cetera, it is more to do with through. from monday, the whole spending time with family country, apart from the areas where the virus is actively because with sushant singh rajput it was a lot to do with spreading, the whole country will be part of what we now his background, his family et call a green zone which will allow a greater return to work cetera and so i think, you know and a reopening of cafes, and
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what, you kind of wake up and restau ra nts and a reopening of cafes, and restaurants in the paris region. it has now been a month since the country started 90, what, you kind of wake up and go, oh, my god, what is going easing lockdown measures and on in my life. briefly, if you there has been no rise in new coronavirus cases. it means can, what you think his legacy will be? i think his first businesses will reopen fully and residents can travel across europe. from next week, film, kai po che, all his films nurseries and both primary and secondary schools will work —— have been massive, and i think welcome back students and by july one, international travel he's also going to be will be omitted between countries where the virus is under control. resident remembered for being a really lovely, lovely guy and the emmanuel macron is keen to sensitivities that played into support local companies —— president emanuel macron, and whatever we see now because everyone, even if the other pivot away from global supply chains, a move that will not stars that i met, they loved him but he was a bit of a come cheap. translation: we will not increase taxes, the loner. thank you so much for only answer is to build an economic model which is your time loner. thank you so much for yourtime and loner. thank you so much for your time and talking to us about susha nt your time and talking to us about sushant singh rajput. sustainable. stronger, and produce more so thank you. sustainable. stronger, and produce more so we sustainable. stronger, and produce more so we don't depend on others. hand sanitiser, face bells at churches across london have rung 72 times to honour masks and social distancing the victims of the grenfell tower fire,
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will all play a big part in on the third anniversary of the disaster. discovering the new french way the grenfell united campaign of life. freya cole, bbc news. group says the fight for safe homes and justice continues, as "nothing has changed", since the fire. sima kotecha reports. another european country slowly opening up. bell tolls. a white policeman involved in the fatal shooting of a black man, rayshard brooks, in the us city church bells tolled in unison of atlanta has been sacked, after a night of unrest across london this evening. over the killing. another officer involved 72 times to remember each has been put on leave, and the city's police victim who died on that day. chief has resigned. atlanta is one of many us cities to have seen protests and then came their names. since the killing, last month, of george floyd, by police in minneapolis. mohammed al—haj ali. a warning, you may find some of the images and details in aleem maqbool‘s jeremiah deen. zainab deen. report, distressing. # hallelujah, hallelujah. ..# due to coronavirus, america is here again, services were online, analysing the killing involving song and prayer. of a black man at the hands of the police. we are still going through somebody called 911 because you were asleep behind the wheel the grieving process while you were at and the rest of the country right now is grieving the drive—through, right? because of covid and people rayshard brooks have lost families and friends had been asleep in his car ahead of their time. beside a fast—food restaurant. i'm not causing any problems. and we're grieving with them
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we've got to make sure that you're safe and, you know, covid brought to operate a vehicle. a lot of bad emotions for us, independent investigators especially for how things have released this footage taken on police body cameras. were after the fire because there are a lot of similarities, you know, blow, blow, blow, blow, stop. very good. glued to the tv, listening it shows that after he failed to the numbers of deaths a breath test, the officers tried rising every day. to arrest mr brooks. the blaze spread through put your hands the 2a—storey block after a fridge—freezer behind your back. caught fire. cladding on the tower hey! block was blamed for the fire spreading rapidly. hands off the taser! it triggered a feeling among but during a struggle, some that the underprivileged were not being cared for. he grabs one of their tasers. this year's anniversary comes as britain and the world during a brief chase, reflect on racial inequality. that's why feelings of social he turns to point the taser injustice that were so painful at the time of the fire at the officer, who responds are likely to be brought by firing live ammunition. 27—year—old rayshard brooks into sharper focus. died at the scene. given his offence, the fact ministers had promised he hadn't had a lethal weapon, to replace all similar material and that he was running away, in tower blocks by this month, not attacking, there's been condemnation. but thousands of buildings are still deemed dangerous. i firmly believe that earlier, green balloons there is a clear distinction surrounded the tower, between what you can do the colour now a symbol and what you should do. i do not believe that of solidarity. this was a justified use of deadly force.
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singing. all day in unusual circumstances they came together to remember. protesters let their anger be known. the restaurant that staff had called the police lives lost, hearts broken was set on fire. and families still hoping for answers. sima kotecha, bbc news. and though the officer who fired the shots has been sacked, the other placed on leave and the police chief has resigned, lawyers for the brooks family conveyed the sheer exhaustion that many here feel that's about all from me and the team. you can reach me on twitter. at case after case like this. i'm @ aaron safir. i will be back in a few moments with headlines. i could even say we want justice, but i don't even care anymore, hello there. the broad weather pattern i don't even know what that is. is going to change very little and i've been doing over the week ahead. this for 15 years. it will be a week of i don't know what contrasts in the uk, justice is anymore. as it was over the weekend. is it getting him arrested? is it getting somebody fired? many places in the south is it a chief stepping down? of england having a warm and sunny day on sunday. i know that this isn't justice, a dramatic skyline, though, what's happening in the north—west of england following those late in the day thundery showers, and an area of low pressure in society right now. is keeping this very unstable airacross the uk, so more showers to come. chanting a lot of low cloud is streaming it's the chant that has been in from off the north sea echoing around the country
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in recent weeks. at the moment so a grey those taking to the streets start in some places. again are waiting for that to lead to meaningful change. but over the weekend, aleem maqbool, we keep this mixture of bbc news in washington. warm sunshine, but some heavy britain's prime minister, and thundery downpours. borisjohnson has announced he is setting up a commission many places starting to look into all aspects dry on monday. of inequality in response grey start for much of scotland to anti—racism protests, and the north—east of england, triggered by the killing of george floyd. down to lincolnshire he gave no details, but said and east anglia, he wanted to stamp out racism, burning back to coastal areas, and stop discrimination and the sense of victimisation. meanwhile, a man has been sunshine develops more widely. charged with outraging public decency after a photograph emerged from a protest on saturday — as it warms up we develop those showers, particularly in the afternoon. some of them heavy and thundery. not many showers across southern england. probably more chance of picking up some downpours as you move northwards across the midlands, wales, of a man apparently urinating into the north—west of england next to the memorial and perhaps northern ireland. of a policeman who was killed again a few sharp showers in the 2017 westminster attack. though are possible but another photograph, in western scotland, of a black briton coming where it is going to be to a white protester‘s an awful lot warmer aid, has been praised than it will be for as a symbol of unity. eastern scotland, where we are june kelly reports. after all the sound and fury struggling with that low cloud, the haar that's coming in off the north sea. on the street yesterday, now, many places will end monday dry and probably quite sunny as well, but there these photographs cut through. they have become defining images will be a few sharp showers during these days of conflict. still around in the evening. patrick hutchinson is one those will then fade of a group who were out away overnight, in london looking to but we have still got this help anyone from any flabby area of low pressure. background who needed it. they say the man not a great deal to see they rescued had on the pressure chart become separated from his protest group and was in danger but enough low pressure and enough instability
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from rival demonstrators. in the air to bring us more showers. and many places will start the day dry on tuesday again. a grey start for the north—east of the uk. should brighten up in most areas, some sunshine but, again, we trigger those showers. probably more widely i scooped him up into, like, a fireman‘s those showers developing carry and sort of marched him during the day on tuesday. out with the guys around me, again some slow—moving, heavy, protecting me and shielding me perhaps thundery downpours and protecting this guy and temperatures again from getting further typically into the low 20s, as they will be again probably on wednesday. punishment. not a great deal is changing. those showers developing, 0n social media, perhaps this time more he said simply, "we saved a life today." towards the west and the violence yesterday was sparked the south of the uk. by those who said they'd come so for eastern scotland, to the heart of london north—east of england, to protect statues and whilst it may be defend british history. a bit grey at times, instead, they turned it should be largely dry, into an attack mob and and there may be some their target was the police. sunshine at times as well. temperatures not changing a great deal over the week ahead. we keep those heavy thundery far right supporters were among them. showers going through thursday and in the mayhem, a tribute and friday, particularly to a modern day hero across more southern parts of the uk as it dries was defiled. 0ne protester was pictured urinating on the memorial to pc up further north. keith palmer, murdered in a terror attack at westminster.
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what we can't accept is people hijacking peaceful demonstrations and turning them into very ugly attacks on the police or on public monuments. we can't accept that, and people who do 00:14:10,443 --> 2147483051:43:49,937 that will feel the full 2147483051:43:49,937 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 force of the law.
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this is bbc news, the headlines: india's federal government has announced new plans to deal with a surge in coronavirus infections in delhi as the country struggles to contain its covid—19 infection rate. india's total number of confirmed cases puts it fourth in the world in the pandemic. the french president emmanuel macron has defended his coronavirus strategy and set out a plan to return france to normal. he said borders would reopen from monday to visitors from many other eu countries. mr macron also promised to do more to tackle inequality. in the united states, the shooting of another african—american man during an arrest has prompted fresh condemnation of the use
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of deadly force by police. rayshard brooks was shot dead as he fled officers in atlanta late on friday. the city's police chief has quit and the officer involved has been fired. now on bbc news, global questions invites its international
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