this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the veteran american civil rights leader and long—serving congressmanjohn lewis has died at the age of 80. an officerfor london's metropolitan police has been suspended — and another placed on restricted duties — after a video appeared to show one of them kneeling on man's neck. local authorities in england can use new powers from today to deal with coronavirus outbreaks in their area — with the ability to shut down specific premises, close off outdoor areas and cancel events. president trump says he won't force americans to wear face masks in public to contain the spread of coronavirus. eu leaders are gathering

for the second day of their brussels summit — with only faint hope of reaching an agreement on a coronavirus economic recovery package. thousands of protestors join a march in russia's far east, in support of a detained governor who is being held on charges of murder. the uk government guarantees financial support for holiday makers seeking refunds for trips that were cancelled because of coronavirus. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe.

one of the last surviving leaders of the civil rights movement of 1960s america, john lewis, has died following a battle with pancreatic cancer. he was 80—years—old and had been a congressman for 17 terms. stephenjackson has been looking back atjohn lewis‘ extraordinary life. john lewis was a giant of the civil rights movement and was present for many of its key moments. he helped organise the march on washington in 1963 at which martin luther king made his "i have a dream" speech. and he was there for the selma to montgomery protest marches that were instrumental in securing laws against racial discrimination in voting. i was beaten, knocked to the ground. his skull was fractured when alabama police attacked the marchers. we were beaten, we were tear gassed, i thought i was going to die on this bridge. elected to congress in 1987, john lewis continued to fight racial injustice and poverty

and he was there for an event he said he had never even dreamt of seeing — the inauguration of barack obama, an african—american president. politicians have been playing tributes to mr lewis. among them, senator kamala harris who described john lewis as... and senator eliza bath warren tweeted. .. seven years ago marked 50 years since martin luther king delivered his "i have a dream" speech in washington. congressmanjohn lewis also delivered a speech that day and told the bbc about that experience, and how he was inspired by dr king.

when i was growing up, we would go downtown and we would see those signs that said "white men, coloured men, white women, coloured women." we would go to the theatre and all of us like children had to go upstairs and i would go home and ask my mother and my father, my grandparents, "why? " and they would say, "that's the way it is. don't get in the way, don't get in trouble." when i first heard martin luther king junior it inspired me. it moved me. this man spoke to my soul. i think in some strange way he was saying to me, "you can do something, you can make a contribution." i wanted to go and attend troy state college. it was a school that had never admitted black students. so, i wrote a letter to martin luther king junior and told him i needed his help.

he wrote me back and sent me a round—trip bus ticket and invited me to come to montgomery to meet with him. so, in march of 1958, by this time i am 18 years old, and i saw martin luther king junior standing behind a desk. i was so scared. and doctor king spoke up and said, "are you john lewis? are you the boy from troy?" and from that day on he started calling me the boy from troy. we became friends. the author and playwright bonnie greerjoins us now. a sad day, the death ofjohn lewis, but what a life. well, i am sitting here thinking i was young people knew his city before they set out on their and john lewis is the reason you need to learn history. john lewis did everything that black lives matter is about right now. they just do not lives matter is about right now. theyjust do not know it or they do

not want to acknowledge it. i am sorry to sound angry but this man did everything. they tried to keep him off the podium on the march on washington because he was so fiery. he led students and refused to accept segregation when you did things like that in those days you got killed. it was not an idea that my gear got killed. john lewis faced all of this. he got thrown in jail in mississippi as a young man and when that happens you did not come out. so, this guy was black lives matter, every second of his life, andi matter, every second of his life, and i wish people would stop using the cliches like western power and all of that and sit down and learn a little bit about this man's life and then move it forward, not go

backwards, and i am seeing something because i miss him already. i grew up because i miss him already. i grew up with him. he is not the past, he is right now, and if we want to go forward we need to heed ten every step of the way. and his message was get in good trouble, which seems in a way delivered straight at the people who got out for black lives matter. it's get in good trouble and understand what we are for, because thatis understand what we are for, because that is what he always did. he was a lwa ys that is what he always did. he was always somebody who was a student of history. he always knew what his people endured. he never put down his elders or those coming forward. hejust worked. his elders or those coming forward. he just worked. right now is such a mess, so awful, so hateful, and

please study the man's nightlife because he was not only an icon, which is a cliche, he was a man who came up from nothing, he heard martin luther king's voice on the radio when he was a boy and decided to get involved. let us honour him, but let us pick up the baton, do not think it never existed. we have heard tributes from a congressional leader who said his goodness and bravery transformed our nation. do you think his goodness, faith and bravery transform the nation and in what ways is it still to be transformed? yes, he did for a minute, because people wanted to listen to it. one thing we have to understand that what he really tried to do and he said was that americans

have to understand how this nation, america, is systemic racism, there isn't any place to go before that. that is what it was. no reparations, taking down starches, any of that, is going to make people face up as clearly as possible to the fact that the united states of america was founded on racism, and the analysis has to be how do you begin to correct it from there? it is no amount of racing at. no amount of gold will make it different. but whatjohn lewis was about was going forward. he was in march. he went forward. he was in march. he went forward. let's move forward from his life. and understand that there is a long way to go, build on our a ncestors,

long way to go, build on our ancestors, and actually bring the country to live up to its highest aspirations, knowing that it began in the original sin of the enslavement of millions of people. you cannot pay for that, you cannot make upfor you cannot pay for that, you cannot make up for that, you can only keep saying that every day. thank you so much forjoining us. we will continue discussing this legacy throughout the day. london's metropolitan police deputy commissioner says images — posted on social media — of an officer kneeling on a man's neck during an arrest in islington on thursday evening, are "extremely disturbing". the officer has been suspended, and another officer has been placed on restricted duties. a man has been charged with possession of a knife in a public place. danny shaw reports. get off me! get off my neck! an officer appears to kneel on the neck of a man police are trying to detain. i haven't done anything.

they were called after reports of a fight. the footage, shot by someone at the scene, shows the struggle with police. we have blurred the faces of those involved for legal reasons. at this point, the officer's knee seems to be on the ground but his hand remains on the man's head. when i went to see what happened there was a crowd and his knee was stood on his neck, like i told you, and i got down there and his knee was on his neck still. the crowd has told him, screaming, "take your knee off his neck," so he listened to the crowd and removed his knee. scotland yard believes in recent weeks officers have been unfairly targeted for using force after footage of incidents has appeared on social media. police say clips tell only part of the story but on this occasion the met‘s response to the video has been robust. in a statement, sir steve house, the met‘s second highest—ranking officer said...

the incident comes after black lives matter protests sparked by the death of george floyd in america. a police officer knelt on his neck for almost eight minutes. after this arrest the suspect was taken to a police station and examined by a doctor. he has been charged with possession of a knife. danny shaw, bbc news. a majorfire has broken out at a cathedral in the city of nantes in western france. dozens of firemen brought the fire under control after several hours. the fire blew out stained glass windows and destroyed the 15th—century cathedral‘s grand organ. police say they are treating the fire as a criminal act. one of bollywood's most famous actresses, aishwarya rai bachchan, has been taken to hospital

after testing positive for covid—19 earlier this week. she's being treated at mumbai's nanavati hospital according to reports. her daughter aaradhya has also been admitted. aishwarya's husband abhishek and father—in—law amitabh bachchan — both also bollywood royalty — have been in hospital since saturday with the virus. up to now, aishwarya and her daughter had been isolating at home. the news has led to an outpouring of support for the family on social media, with thousands of fans holding prayers for their recovery. from today, councils in england have new powers to close shops and cancel events to manage local outbreaks of coronavirus. the local government association has welcomed the move and says it hopes stricter lockdown measures, like those introduced in leicester last month, can be avoided. joining me now is councillorjames jamieson, who is the chairman of the local government association and is also the conservative leader

of central bedfordshire council. thank you so much forjoining us. are power is adequate in your view? these powers are definitely a helpful move forward. we have been dealing across the country with over 100 outbreaks a week and we have been using our existing powers and quite frankly co—operation of the public and businesses and that has worked well, but this will allow us to act with their own are more localised basis and therefore hopefully prevent us needing to make more drastic measures as we have seen more drastic measures as we have seenin more drastic measures as we have seen in leicestershire. the prime minister has talked about enabling you to achieve lightning lockdowns. what would that look like? you to achieve lightning lockdowns. what would that look like ?m you to achieve lightning lockdowns. what would that look like? it means we can immediately react to the data, so clearly at the moment we have been reacting to the data and the best way of doing that is on a cooperative basis and we have been very successful, but in those

insta nces very successful, but in those instances where we do not get co—operation we would previously have had to go to a magistrates' court and that may have taken two, three orfour court and that may have taken two, three or four days and in this pandemic that can be critical in saving lives so we will be able to react immediately. suspending activities on any given business planners are closing down events. yes. if there is a pub where there isa yes. if there is a pub where there is a series of instances or a business or we know that an event is going to occur in an area where we have concerns we will be able to stop it immediately and therefore save lives and that is critical and very important. in central bedfordshire perhaps not such an issue that some of the coastal areas have seen peaches are very busy and there have been some questions about private ownership or public ownership and the confusion over rules in relation to that. do these new powers give those local councils the tools they need to deal with such events? clearly if we are

talking about shafting something very major, and we saw those scenes in bournemouth on a sunny bank holiday, that would be a more complex issue to —— about shutting. address. we are hoping to avoid that type of thing and we are focusing on smaller localised proportionate response. if, and i hope it doesn't happen, but something on a regional scale happens, that would reside with government. daily data has been getting concern, getting timely data to pinpoint problems as soon as they arise. are you getting the data you needin arise. are you getting the data you need in as much detail as you need as quickly as you need? data-flow has improved significantly in the last few weeks. two or three weeks ago we started getting postcode level data on a weekly basis. this

week it is on a daily basis. that is very helpful. we certainly could do it even better data, so data around workplaces, ethnicity, how people travel to work, and that is carrying on and we are expecting improvements. we are also hoping to have a more localised approach to testing and tracking which will allow us to be much faster, so it is getting better, it is not entirely there but we would like better faster data but there has been an improvement. thank you forjoining us. president trump has said he won't force americans to wear face masks in public to help contain the spread of coronavirus. it comes as the governor of georgia is suing the mayor of atlanta for ordering people to wear masks in the city. the bbc‘s north america correspondent david willis reports from los angeles. the partitions are in place but it

will be a while before california's classrooms see children again. for schools and counties on a coronavirus watchlist, it will be online lessons only when the new term gets under way. if you are not on that monitoring list you can move forward as a county if you choose to physically open your campus, physically open your schools. however, schools that don't meet this requirement, they must begin the school year this fall through distance learning. in texas, a state that was quick to reopen just a few weeks ago, online learning will be the norm as well at the start of the new school term following a surge in coronavirus cases there as well. and as intensive care units reach capacity, more refrigerated trailers have been ordered to store the bodies of those lost to the virus. all this as civic officials squabble over the wearing

of face masks. in georgia, the state's republican governor brian kemp seemed a little unsure whether his should be on or off as he greeted president trump earlier this week, but he is now suing the mayor of the largest city there atlanta for forcing people to wear a mask. the mask mandate cannot be enforced but her decision to shut businesses and undermine economic growth is devastating. i refuse to sit back and watch as disastrous policies threaten the lives and livelihoods of our citizens. those who oppose a mandatory mask requirement, donald trump among them, believe such a move constitutes a threat to personal liberty. but atlanta's democratic mayor insists she was simply following the science and can't believe the action the state's governor is taking.

when you are reckless, as the governor has been, when you disregard science, as the governor has done, then certainly people are suffering and people are dying in our state. here in california, the lines at drive—through testing centres are growing, and unlike in other parts of the world so too is the spread of the coronavirus. the head of the united nations has called on countries to work together to tackle the coronavirus crisis. secretary general antonio guterres said the relationship between the us, china and russia has never been so dysfunctional. and he said the economic effects of the virus are widening the gap between rich and poor. the pandemic has exposed, exacerbated, vulnerabilities and inequalities within and among countries. it has reconfirmed that the systems on which we depend — food, trade, climate — are not only increasingly interdependent but increasingly fragile.

indeed, the pandemic has underscored the world's fragilities, notjust in the face of a health emergency, but in confronting the climate crisis, lawlessness in cyberspace and the still very real risks of nuclear proliferation. eu leaders are meeting for a second day to try to save a huge post—coronavirus economic rescue plan. so far, little progress on a deal to help rebuild their economies has been reached. the recovery fund is proposed to be worth 750 billion euros, but there is profound disagreement on how it should be used. paul hawkins has this report. birthday elbow bumps for germany's leader on day one and a present from the bulgarian pm. but angela merkel‘s best birthday gift would be eu approval for a 750 billion euro rescue package. along with the french president, emmanuel macron, they want most of the

package to be grants. but the so—called frugal four nations — led by the netherlands prime minister mark rutte, along with austria, denmark and sweden — disagree. they want most of the package to be loans, not grants, and they want conditions attached such as getting greece and italy to reform their pensions and labour markets. translation: it's crucial to know what this money will be used for. we're fighting that this money will be used for future—orientated investments, for the environment, for digitalisation, for reforms, but not for past—orientated projects. but the southern eu states say attaching conditions will delay getting much needed help, especially with the eurozone economy forecast to slump by 8.7% this year. we should not lose the big picture and the big picture is that we're faced with the biggest economic depression since the second world war.

maybe some compromises will be necessary but we need to be certain that we achieve an ambitious solution because our citizens expect nothing less of us. the dutch prime minister said the chances of a deal were 50—50, while poland's leader said failure was highly probable. there's also the eu budget for the next seven years to rubber—stamp, but, with little agreements on the day one, day two looks like being the same. paul hawkins, bbc news. we will keep an eye on that summit for yea rs we will keep an eye on that summit for years throughout the day. street protests have continued for a seventh day in russia's far east, in support of the detained local governor, sergei furgal. this was the moment he was arrested. he is now being held in moscow on charges of ordering the murder of at least two businessmen 15 years ago, which he denies. our correspondent steve rosenberg is with the protestors in khabarovsk.

this is lenin square and today thousands of people have come here to voice their support for their regional governor who was arrested and flown to moscow last week and has been accused of involvement in murders dating back 15 years. that has sparked a lot of anger. you can see the line of police here. so far police have not moved in clear is officially an unsanctioned protest. moving away from the regional administration building, we can go through the police lines. this is alexander who has been protesting throughout the week. why is it important for you to come here? because our governor was stolen from us because our governor was stolen from us and for the majority of people it

is obvious this is a political case. for 15 years he was the deputy and a politician and nobody knew anything about it. usually in russia when i govern it as being arrested they say they have stolen money are something like that but here they couldn't find anything. the charges against him are very serious, he has been linked to multiple murders. there is no actual evidence for that. the police say they found some really strong evidence but nobody has seen it. usually such things should be open for the press and people which is why people are against today. thank you. such an open and large—scale display of discontent is an embarrassment and a problem for the kremlin because vladimir putin

likes to regard himself as the man who guarantees stability but there is little same here of stability. holidaymakers in the uk who were given refund credit notes rather than cash for their cancelled package holiday are being reassured their money is safe. previously customers would have lost their holiday if the company they were travelling with went bust but credit notes for future holidays will now be covered by the atol protection scheme. anyone whose package holiday is cancelled has the right to a full cash refund. let's get more from the travel expert simon calder. the government obviously seeing by underwriting the city is helping the aviation and travel sector. yes, which is an interesting assertion. it is actually helping consumers

who, over the past four months, in which i reckon 10 million holidays have been cancelled, accepted something called a refund credit note. basically it is a super voucher which says we have to give you a holiday or in six months of the year we will give you a cash refund. nothing has changed the package holiday—makers whose trips are cancelled. if you want your cashback you can still demand it and say you have to get it back to me within two weeks. unfortunately the travel industry has been so traumatised by coronavirus that is almost no possibility of refunds within a fortnight so instead, within a fortnight so instead, within a fortnight so instead, within a couple of days of the foreign office warning against all but essential travel, apt to have said people could accept these and it will help the travel industry and four months on we have finally got confirmation that that will be the case. it is much more to do with the

which have been cancelled over the past four months than looking at future bookings. that is interesting because i would have imagined that the government was hoping to give holiday—makers, obviously we are on the 18th ofjuly, holiday—makers, obviously we are on the 18th of july, but holiday—makers, obviously we are on the 18th ofjuly, but the confidence to book for the next few weeks. the 18th ofjuly, but the confidence to book for the next few weeksm isa to book for the next few weeksm is a fairly good reminder that if you do poker a package holiday your money is safe. they he will forget your holiday or your money, but it doesn't tackle the huge problem at the heart of travel which is basically airlines, holiday companies, have cancelled so many trips, and many people are still waiting, and this only affects a relatively small number of people with actual package holidays rather than people who have, for instance, flight than people who have, for instance, flight bookings, where the rules are slightly different, due a refund back within a week, but many people still waiting many months on. i have

had just over half the bookings refunded for the trips i had booked during lockdown and i am still waiting for the rest. there has to bea waiting for the rest. there has to be a sense of people actually restarting to travel otherwise the entire travel industry will continue to implode and that will mean it will not look good for the people employed and for those of us who wa nt to ta ke employed and for those of us who want to take advantage of the chance to travel abroad at last. simon, thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello there. a real mix of weather across the uk today. for some a bit of blue sky and sunshine and others grey skies, cloud, bringing outbreaks of rain. you can see where we have our band of rain across parts of northern england, wales, getting down into the midlands, moving very slowly, these areas of wet weather, so, towards the south—east, it'll stay dry with some spells of sunshine, some real warmth to be had here as well, 26—27. cooler and fresher further north

and west, 17 for glasgow and belfast, sunshine and showers to end the day here. now, as we head through the night, you will see our band of cloud and rain moving its way south eastwards, some heavier bursts running along it for a time. further north and west, clearing skies and a much cooler, fresher feel. temperatures overnight may be down to four or 5 degrees in parts of east scotland. tomorrow, cloud, patchy rain will hang on across some southern and eastern areas. most of us will see some spells of sunshine. showers developing across scotland and a fresher feel for all, highs of 16—22 degrees.