welcome to bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: one month after the death of george floyd in police detention, the us house of represenatives passes a police reform bill. his brother tells us what he would have made of the changes. he would be humbled. he would be, you know, sad that he is not here to be in a world that is making change like this. the us faces a coronavirus spike, as social distancing is relaxed. more than 35,000 new cases are identified in a single day. thousands flock to the beach in england, despite warnings coronavirus cases will rise again if people abandon social distancing. cheering and chanting. liverpool claim the premier league title, ending a 30 year

wait to be crowned english football champions, again. let's start in the us because in the past couple of hours the house of representatives has approved the democratic police reform legislation named in honour of george floyd, whose death in police custody a month ago sparked calls to address police misconduct. the reform has provisions to end qualified immunity for law enforcement, prohibit racial profiling, and ban chokeholds. the legislation is opposed by president donald trump and it's unlikely to pass in its current form in the senate, where the republicans have a majority. it's been a month since the death of george floyd in police custody in minneapolis, and so much has changed.

0ur north america correspondent nick bryant reports. in this month of ceaseless protest, a new generation has been fighting an age—old american struggle, here converging on the steps of the lincoln memorial, the sacred spot where martin luther king delivered his most celebrated speech. cheering and applause. in these united states, black people do not have freedom, justice or equality... but his dream of true racial equality has continually been deferred, and we've been reminded that the wounds of slavery and segregation have never truly healed. black lives matter! chant: black lives matter! it was police brutality that brought protesters out onto the streets, but it's a deeper sense of racial injustice that has kept them marching every day for the past month. a multi—racial and multi—generalization mobilisation that's claiming tangible progress. this is a merging of the past and the future. we all understand that we're standing on the shoulders

of civil rights. this is our civil rights now. this is our civil rights movement. this will change the world. and it's already changing america. confederate statues memorialising the champions of slavery have been brought down, and new landmarks has emerged. in washington the mantra "black lives matter" has been painted on the doorstep of the white house. as for policing... tear gas fired ..polls now suggest that an overwhelming majority want clearly defined standards for when officers can use force, and consequences for those who do so excessively. some cities have banned the controversial chokehold. this has been a time of fury and frustration, a greater understanding of heightened recognition. but it would be a mistake to see this as a moment of national reconciliation. racial problems have been laid bare,

but remedies are still a long way off. it's hard to see a consensus emerging around defunding the police, the demand from demonstrators to reduce policing budgets, and reallocate the money to social programmes. but protest leader, nelini stamp, does sense an important attitudinal shift — whites finally acknowledging their privilege. there's this theory about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, and privilege isjust something that we can't talk about, but white folks are realising that they got a better set of boots than the black community ever did. and they are realising that, you know what, may be my boots helped me to get where i am quicker and better because of the history. that is a sea change. it's a sea change, it's a huge sea change. a tide is turning in this country and we are a force to be reckoned with. in a nation born of protest, many have seen american beauty in what is largely been a peaceful movement, but history teaches us that when african—america ns achieve progress it's often followed by a white backlash. this is a moment that has

pricked the conscience of a rising number of sympathetic americans but it could easily harden the prejudice of others. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. earlier my colleague katy kay spoke to the floyd families lead laywer, ben crump, and philonise floyd, george's brother. he said he and his family are still trying to hold everything together. he said how difficult it had been to lay his brother to rest, whilst also contemplating what george floyd would have made of the global outcry sparked by his death. he is not the type of guy that is going to just try to muscle you and do wrong. he's more of a comforting guy,

he's always saying things to bring you up. so i know he was going to listen to whatever they said and on the video, as you can see, he did everything the right way. it is just the officers, theyjust had a lot of hatred in them at that time because you have to put to your knee on someone‘s neck for that time, that time limit. and it is just constantly, he kept hollering, "please, sir, please. please, i can't breathe, i can't breathe. " it just hurt a lot watching the video, and it hurt me even more when i watched him scream out for our deceased mom. that was painful. and kids had to look at that — there's just a lot of pain right now. if there is a lot of pain. attorney crump, you are representing too many families like the floyd family who have lost loved ones. i know you said you feel like you are running out of time. how hard

is it to getjustice for black people in america? historically, where black people have historically, where black people who have been killed by police were denied accountability, they were denied any kind ofjustice. this has been the history of america since slavery. but, i believe, just as philonise who has articulated so passionately, this is the time to see systematic reforms when it comesto the culture and and behaviour of policing in america, especially as it relates to black america. what would your big brother have made of everything that has happened since his death? if my big brother would have seen everything like this going on right now, he appreciate it a lot. he was told to the youth and explained to them different

things and at the trials they go through if this is going to happen, if things like that but just like what he would see, he would be humbled, he would be, you know, sad that he's here to be in you know, sad that he's here to beina you know, sad that he's here to be in a world that is making change like this but he would be happy that i am advocating for him and the world is trying to get united and we are trying to get united and we are trying to kick the door down that has never been kicked down before and basically, it would be very excited, very excited. when he was looking after you when you we re was looking after you when you were little, what kind of a big brother was he? he would make you laugh a lot. he would help with our schoolwork. the sport staff, we did not really care too much about, because we knew we would get a chance to play basketball and stuff like that but a lot of my friends did not have big brothers and they would use my brother to make them a better, he would help

them a better, he would help them with their homework, just different things. you know, it made a lot of people happy because he was loved by so many people. our thanks to philonise floyd for speaking to us here on bbc news. the us state of texas has suspended plans to further re—open the economy, because of a significant rise in coronavirus infections. governor greg abbott said no new businesses would be allowed to re—sta rt, but those already open would be allowed to keep trading. the number of cases in texas has nearly doubled in ten days. it eased restrictions in may, before much of the rest of the country. it's notjust texas which has faced a rise in cases. more than 35,000 new coronavirus cases were identified on wednesday. it was the highest number reported in a single day since late april. florida, texas, oklahoma and south carolina all reported their highest single—day totals. eve wittenberg,

is a senior research scientist, at harvard university. she hasn't been impressed by the lockdown measures in the us. many parts of the country in the us have not actually imposed particularly stringent restrictions, even from the outset. so we're seeing cases that are migrating around the country from the parts that have had the earlier and more severe outbreaks to the rest of the country because people are moving around more and we know this from cellphone data that shows where people are moving and what sort of travel is happening. so not only did some of these parts of the country not imposed particularly stringent restrictions in the beginning but they are also loosening what they had imposed at any level. people congregating and cases are rising. cases are rising. does this constitute a second wave? are we about to see one?

i believe that what our officials have designated this as is a first wave. this is still the first wave. we have not really come down from the beginning. so we're still looking at the first round this virus in the united states. and the restrictions and the lockdown as it was, politics and politicians always have a balance to make here. they do need to protect the economy and the economy fundamentally is people's lives and people being able to affording healthcare, kids going hungry so there is a difficult balance but do you think the politicians have got it wrong? there is always balance, of course, htere's a balance. there is always balance, of course, there's a balance. we cannot permit a mass spread of cases across the country and at

a certain point you need to trade off how much we open up our economy and how much we allow people to die and what we are seeing is death rising as infection is rising and we have not even seen yet what sort of death will come from the spikes in infections now. so if we're going to open up the economy more we have already, we will have all people dead and our governor in new york state said it eloquently, the alternative that we face now is death. eve wittenberg. here in the uk, the government's chief medical adviser has issued a warning about large public gatherings after around half a million people flocked to the beach in bournemouth on the hottest day of the year. chris whitty said coronavirus cases would rise again if people didn't continue to respect social distancing. here's duncan kennedy. these were the unprecedented scenes on bournemouth beach today. the council says around half a million people turned up to use the beach. the opportunity for social distancing was almost entirely gone,

even though many did try to find a space. this afternoon the council said it could no longer cope and declared a major incident. right now the restaurants are closed, the bars are closed, the attractions are closed, you can't play crazy golf, you can't go in the arcade, you can't do any of the fabulous things we've got available. so after the 4th ofjuly those people can be spread around those various activities. also, hotels will be open, so hotel car parks are open, so there's other places for people to park. right now it's just not enough facilities here, and so it's kettling everybody to the beach and that's causing a lot of problems. with many facilities closed, the beach was the only space to go. declaring it a major incident enabled official agencies to came together to pull resources amidst sense to came together to pull resources amidst scenes of chaos and overcrowding. if people get so close they

will probably say move over a little bit. it is not good, is it? it will probably cause a second wave. the beaches have witnessed huge gatherings at other times, the weather and the golden sands attract people from as far afield as the midlands. the local mp says you cannot shut the beaches when it gets overcrowded but government help is now needed. it isa it is a very important that the government understands it has to be flexible as well and dynamic in recognising, just as there is a big demonstration in there is a big demonstration in the centre of london police are coming to help, if dorset requests extra help from a policing request they are there to support them. the council sent out a message urging people to go home but the experience of this and other daysis experience of this and other days is that, when the weather is this good, few want to give it up despite the dangers. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: celebrations on merseyside, as liverpool claim the premier league title

and end a 30—year wait to be crowned english football champions again. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim on certain parts of this country as our land. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner." cheering as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco.

it was closing time for checkpoint charlie, which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: one month after the death of george floyd in police detention — the us house of represenatives passes a police reform bill. the us faces a coronavirus spike — as social distancing is relaxed. more than 35,000 new cases are identified in a single day. now — a new development on that deadly confrontation between indian and chinese troops in the galwan valley earlier this month. these new satellite images suggest china has built new structures near the site of the clash, which left 20 indian troops dead.

the two countries are holding talks to defuse tensions — though both sides still accuse the other of breaking agreements. many questions still remain about exactly what happened. ros atkins has been taking a close look at a story that's captured the world's attention. we know something happened in the mountains of disputed kashmir. no shots were fired with soldiers clashed and died. there were claims riddle basic weapons we re there were claims riddle basic weapons were used. two nuclear powers we re weapons were used. two nuclear powers were in hand—to—hand combat and both blame the other. so what happened on the india china border and why does it matter so much? it is 45 yea rs it matter so much? it is 45 years since the last deadly clash between india and china on this order of 45 years. what changed? on this order of 45 years. what changed ? pressure was on this order of 45 years. what changed? pressure was building. this is the galwan valley. it sits on the border identified there is a line of actual control. there are troops on either side of it and the territory around it is

disputed. 0ne territory around it is disputed. one recent example is india's upgrading infrastructure to the irritation of china. this border has been about managed pension but the tension reached a breaking point. this is india's version of events full as the chinese sought to erect the structure in the galwan valley on our side of the lec. recently india said the satellite images of construction on the border area are proof of china breaking the rules. then china story. it sees things quite differently. whatever the reason, both agree that something happened. china says it was fierce and physical one india officer told the bbc that they hit our boys on the head with metal buttons wrapped

in barbed wire. 0ur boys thought with their hands and an indian official past this image to the bbc claiming that these are chinese weapons. if you wonder why this involved hand—to—hand combat, it is because of a deal back in the 19905 because of a deal back in the 1990s the band guns are explosives near the border so theyin explosives near the border so they in a different way. slightly how we cannot know because there is no footage. so if you have seen video chat on social media like this one this one, they are not of this clash. what are real videos like this. funerals in india full of it says 20 of its soldiers died in claims china lost men too. for its part, china has a policy of not commenting on dilatory casualties. so why this escalated on june 15, casualties. so why this escalated onjune 15, we casualties. so why this escalated onjune15, we still do not know. but these are two neighbouring global power was co nsta ntly neighbouring global power was constantly jockeying for position and it is part of the border, the past matters as well. they fought a war over

this patch of land back in 1962. a war in which china rapidly defeated india and that has been a historical trauma for india in subsequent decades. he may not call it a historical trauma but he is aware there is an appetite for india to assert itself. and look at these pictures. this is an effigy of the chinese president. whether by design or not, the hindu nationalism that feels the political power of the rent remotely is firing up. some see him standing up to china, some say he has not done enough and others see ulterior motives. 0ne newspaper says a country of patriotism is only a political weapon. there is also the chinese suggestion that for india this is a national and very already complex playing out stop look at this from the editor—in—chief of the state backed global times. he says the fact is india cannot defeat

china militarily and its weak economy cannot sanction china. don't laugh and stop pushing your shoulders —— soldiers to risk their lives. but after the event china wants to be seen as fair but powerful. these pictures are from state media and we are told this is recent footage of a high altitude military drill. consider this. as this indian journalist notes, the chinese media routinely buries news for years and it is true. the government and it is true. the government and the media has largely not wa nted and the media has largely not wanted to get into the detail nor ramp up the rhetoric which points to a difference. while neither may have wanted this to happen, once it had done, for china it became a method to reference military superiority asa reference military superiority as a message for india full of india want to be seen to stand up india want to be seen to stand up to the chinese and that is a message for china but also for indians and fora message for china but also for indians and for a watching world. though, disappointingly for india, that watching world

has shown little interest about getting involved. while we may not know what precisely happened on that cold june night, men died and that is proof of how high the stakes are for india and china and the rivalry will shape the region for yea rs rivalry will shape the region for years to come. let's get some of the day's other news. the european commission has given approval for a nine billion euro government bailout for the lufthansa. it will see the german state take a 20% stake this in the business, but there are conditions — like lufthansa giving up some of its valuable take— off and landing slots. nearly 1.5 million americans filed for unemployment benefits last week. that's the 14th—straight week that the total has topped a million. 0verall, more than 46 million people have lost theirjobs since shutdown measures took hold in mid—march. many of those have been in the hospitality and service sectors.

liverpool supporters are celebrating after the football club clinched their first english premier league title in 30 years with a record seven games to spare. last season's champions, manchester city, had to win against chelsea to remain in contention, but they lost 2—1. a little earlier i spoke tojenny kirkham, a reporter from the liverpool echo who's has been soaking up the atmosphere in liverpool's city centre. as you can hear behind me, the crowd in the city centre is still going very strong at this point. they are showing no signs of slowing down at all. the cheering and booing that you hear behind me for the next couple of minutes is because a football match of their own has broke out in the crowd and they are all cheering them on. they are in great spirits and the emotion you can see in every single one of them just shows how long they have waited for this. for viewers around the world, we should explain there are social distancing cora navirus lockdown measures in place so the fans have not all been able to gather together in one huge place and watch the game

in pubs and bars. people have been watching it at home, have they, and then come out onto the streets? what's been happening in the city? a lot of people obviously watched it at home with their families and thoser in their social bubbles. we've had quite a few families watch it on their phones and on tablets outside and in the city centre, obviously wanting to celebrate with as many people as they can. it has been difficult for them but it is a positive night for them and i do not think that it will be tarnished at all with regards to social distancing. what does this mean for the city? for these fans, everything. i have never seen a group of people so emotional and so elated about somerthing liek this in the entire time that i have been in liverpool and covering the fans that have been going to the matches. this is a once in a lifetime thing. some of the people were children the last time this happened and hopefully they will see it over and over again in years to come but this may be the only chance

and that is why they are celebrating the way they. because we have had this strange season where it was stopped and liverpool fans were nervous about not get a season finish at all and the title would be taken away, they must be a lot of relief they have now won? there was a lot of conversation about whether they would prefer to have won the next week against manchester city but that is all been thrown out because they wanted it so bad and they are relieved at this point. congratulations there to liverpool. that is all from me.

you can find me on twitter and you are watching bbc news. hello. thursday brought us, for the third consecutive day, the hottest day of the year so far in the uk. temperatures at heathrow in london reached 33.4 celsius, but if you are not a fan of the heat and the humidity, you will probably be pleased to hear that things are now turning fresher. through friday, it will be a cooler day, the chance of some heavy showers and some thunderstorms around too. still quite a mild, muggy start to the morning. first thing friday, those temperatures quite widely in the mid to high teens, could be not shy of 20 degrees for central london first thing friday morning. now, we start with this band of fairly heavy showers and thunderstorms. this is nine o'clock in the morning. it will be drier down towards the southwest of england and wales. the southeast of england, through the midlands, up towards north and northwest of england into northern ireland as well, that's

where we are likely to see some of those heavy downpours. and for the western isles, some of them are going to be really heavy and thundery once again. northern and eastern scotland, probably avoiding quite a good deal of those heavy showers. now, across england and wales, they push their way northwards and eastward through the course of the day. this so, it's much of northern england, north wales into scotland that is going to be seeing some of the heavy showers and thunderstorms. northern ireland seeing fewer, i think, during the afternoon, but they will be hit and miss. it will still feel warm in the east with temperatures around 28, possibly up to around 30 degrees, but for many of us, it is turning cooler. into the weekend, fresher conditions moving across the whole of the uk — with some rainfall in the forecast as well. down to the fact that we've got this area of low pressure moving its way in from the west, quite a lot of isobars on the map, as well as those heavy showers rattling around that area of low pressure. so this is how

saturday is shaping up then, sunny spells but frequent heavy showers. again with some hail in some lightning mixed in with some of those heavy thunderstorms. quite blustery winds as well, particularly where you do see the heavy showers, the thunderstorms, with hail as well, that's where you could see some squally and gusty winds at times too. temperatures quite a bit cooler than recent days, somewhere between about 18—21 celsius for many of us. still a bit of sunshine in between the showers. by the time we get to sunday, the heaviest of the showery rain will be in the north and northwest. a little bit drier further south with a little bit more sunshine on offer, but the winds will be picking up. a blustery fresher feeling day with highs of 15—21 degrees. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: one month after the death of george floyd in police custody, in minneapolis, the us house of represenatives has passed a police reform bill. the manner of his death has led to a global wave of protests, calling for police reform and an end to institutional racism. the us is facing a new coronavirus spike, after lockdown restrictions were relaxed. texas has now suspended plans to further re—open the economy, because of a significant rise in covid 19 cases. across the country a record 35 thousand new cases were identified in a single day. there are fears a lack

of social distancing could see a spike in uk covid—19 cases, after around half a million people flocked to a south coast beach, on the hottest day of the year. the government's chief medical adviser issued a stark warning about large public gatherings. now on bbc news, panorama investigates a global network of neo—nazis whose aim is to destroy society and discovers that it's recruiting in the uk. the global network of neo—nazis that inspired a british teenager to terror. i turned away from being tolerant at a young 14. my phone was found with pictures of hitler on it. my name's daniel de simone and i'm investigating network leaders as they recruit in the uk. this programme contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. the uk is a place that...we think there's a lot of potential. but right now, we want to build our numbers up there. they not only want to form terrorist cell structures, they also want to inspire others

to go out and commit lone—actor