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 congressman, john lewis, has died at the age of 80. an officer for 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. 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. the indian film star, aishwarya rai bachchan, and her daughter havejoined other family members in a mumbai hospital, where they are all being treated for covid—19. the uk government guarantees financial support for holiday makers seeking refunds for trips that 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 19605 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. stephenjackson reporting there. politicians have been paying tributes to mr lewis. among them — senator kamala harris — who described john lewis as "an icon who fought with every ounce of his being to advance the cause of civil rights for all americans." and senator eliza bath warren tweeted. .. seven years agojohn lewis delivered an address to mark the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's landmark ‘i have a dream speech' in washington. mr lewis 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 to the balcony 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. john lewis there, speaking to the bbc seven years ago. london's metropolitan police deputy commissioner says images posted on social media, of an officer appearing to kneel on a man's neck, are "extremely disturbing". the suspect, who was black, was arrested in islington, north london on thursday. 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... he went on... 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. message from the page - 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, health 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. paul hawkins reports. birthday elbow bumps for germany's leader on the 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 would 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 day one, day two looks like being the same. paul hawkins, bbc news. the president of iran, hassan rouhani, has said that 25 million iranians have now been infected with the coronavirus. the figure is nearly 100 times

the official number. in a televised speech, mr rouhani did not explain the discrepancy, but said the figures were based on a new ministry of health report. 111,000 iranians have officially lost their lives to covid —nineteen. iran has been the country worst—hit by the coronavirus in the middle east. president trump has vowed not to order americans to wear masks to contain the spread of coronavirus. his remarks, given in an interview with fox news, appear to contradict the country's top infectious disease specialist, dr anthony fauci, who has urged all americans to wear masks to prevent a further rise in cases. there have been more than 139,000 deaths in the us — the highest death toll in the world. 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 considered bollywood

royalty — have been in hospital since saturday with the virus. let's get the very latest on this from harron rashid, he's the bbc‘s asian network's entertainment reporter thanks so much forjoining us. obviously huge amounts of interest in the story globally. what is the latest ha rd in the story globally. what is the latest hard facts that we have and what is going on with the family? what we know is that last weekend exactly a week ago, one of bollywood's biggest as was admitted to hospital after suffering mild symptoms after testing positive for covid—19. later that evening his son was also admitted to hospital and the following day we found out that his wife, aishwarya rai bachchan, again, a bollywood megastar and her eight—year—old daughter had tested positive. at the time, all we knew was that they were self

self—isolating a home because they we re self—isolating a home because they were asymptomatic which means they won't show any symptoms. we know last week it was kim's firms that aishwarya rai and her eight year daughter had been moved to the same isolation unit in hospital where the other two bachchans were receiving treatment. and obviously, we have been talking about the united states is the worst affected country but india is now not that far behind? more than1 india is now not that far behind? more than 1 million cases of covid—19 tested positive in india right now and essentially this is a huge shop for many, many millions of people in india that worships stars like aishwarya rai bachchan. she is one of the most successful hindi film actresses of all time, also a successful tamil actress, former beauty queen, won miss world in 1997, great international present as well because she is a regular cans film festival so there are millions of people worldwide notjust in india who are concerned about her health and is whole incident and the

family being tested for covid is actually broken some stigmas about covid—19 in india too. actually broken some stigmas about covid-19 in india too. well, i was going to ask you about that because we have talked quite a bit in the last few months of that stigma around the disease in india but surely such a high—profile family coming out and publicly saying that they are suffering just like the rest of their country, it might help break things down a bit? absolutely. i think there is also concern and a lot of worry about normal working class folk in indie about what the virus actually is, what the risks of itare, virus actually is, what the risks of it are, how dangerous it can be, and although the bachchan family themselves were involved in a number of government videos warning people to stay at home and follow the guidelines there was still quite a large misunderstanding i would say amongst the majority of the country but the bachchans talking openly about having a bonus has sparked a conversation and more people are likely to test or stay at home and self isolated thinking that if the richest one of the richest families in the country can get covid—19 then so can in the country can get covid—19 then so can the rest of us. thank you so

much forjoining us. the latest changes to coronavirus restrictions in england come into effect today — after the prime minister expressed the hope of a return to normality by christmas. councils now have new powers to close shops and cancel events to manage local outbreaks of coronavirus. it's one of a series of measures to help ease lockdown over the coming months. let's take a look at what's planned for england . from july 25th, a week today, indoor gyms, pools and other sports facilities can reopen. august 1st will see the return of live indoor events and wedding receptions with up to 30 people will be allowed to go ahead. the prime minister will also update employers on plans to get more of us back into workplaces. from september, schools, nurseries and colleges will reopen. from october, the government intends to allow audiences to return to stadiums, while conferences and other business events can also resume. the changes come at the same time

as warnings that the winter could bring further outbreaks. our political correspondent, jessica parker is here this is a very difficult tightrope to tread. yes, it is a balance of risk as it has been for some time 110w risk as it has been for some time now and i think borisjohnson laying out this plan yesterday trying to strike this note of optimism dangling rather ta ntalisingly in front of people the idea that potential, rather tangential, idea ofa potential, rather tangential, idea of a return to some kind of normality by christmas. what people have been picking up on as a contrast of what he is silent on issues that is what his scientists are saying on issues that is what his scientists are saying on some issues that is what his scientists are saying on some issues on thursday you had the chief scientific adviser saying he didn't see any need to change the guidance which says work from home if you can, the next day borisjohnson said he was updating that guidance. any nearby minister pointed to easing social distancing at the earliest from november then chris whitty a few hours later the chief medical officer said that he thought social

distancing would need to be with us for a long time so i think there will be questions over to what extent ministers and scientists are on the same page, but on this idea of easing social distancing in time for christmas, it was something that was put to the transport secretary, grant shapps earlier today on whether he thinks it will be possible. the prime minister and i and others have spoken about this this week because we want to give people, sort of, some sense of direction because a lot of people are running businesses or rely on, you know, the christmas period, for example and need to know that if everything goes well that this is our intention. but, as i say, you can't get away from the fact that this virus is, in many ways, still a bit of an unknown and of course it depends how millions of people respond and how good and alert we are in terms of all the things we know about now very well, like washing your hands and, for the time being, keeping that social distancing at one metre plus.

now, something that grant shapps was alluding to their and the prime minister spoke about yesterday as it is all very conditional. conditional on people's behaviour, how much they observe the rules on how much they observe the rules on how much the virus is kept under control. and of course one of the critics of the government say that it is very conditional and then running an effective testing tracing regime. —— some of the critics of the government. yes, anything ever various mitigation measures that the government is putting in place on the success of those well, you are right, bk and the mantra seems to be hoped that the best prepare for the worst in the preparations are things like a big flu vaccine programme, expanding test and trace, i think scrutiny of how well that programme is working will continue, and having powers for councils and ministers impose these local lockdowns as well and of course, underlying all of this, deep concerns about the economy and that is one of the reasons they really want to try and get things going again. yes, thank

you. 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. the blaze comes just over a year after a majorfire at notre dame cathedral in paris, which destroyed its roof and main spire. street protests have continued for a seventh day in russia's far east, in support of the detained local governor, sergei furgal. then of thousands of people have marched in the city of khabarovsk in open defiance of the kremlin, demanding sergei furgal be returned from detention moscow. this was the moment he was arrested. he is now being held 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. let's find out more about these

protests from arkady ostrovsky, russia editor at the economist. thank you very much forjoining us. tell us why has it been 15 years between these alleged crimes and the arrests ? between these alleged crimes and the arrests? well, that is the very question that protesters, really, the citizens of khabarovsk in the russian far east are asking themselves, and that is what actually makes it very hard to believe. in fact, they are not saying if he was not involved in murder, they are saying, you know, he was a governor they have elected and they are the ones who should try him, he should be tried, if he was indeed involved in this, he should be tried in khabarovsk, but what they suspect, rather is that this is a political revenge by the kremlin against survey for gal who won elections in 2019 in 2018 —— against

fugal. this is a way of intimidating and not just him fugal. this is a way of intimidating and notjust him but the region as a home and this follows the source of cedar referendum last year which very clearly displays that putin is losing his legitimacy and now has to fa re losing his legitimacy and now has to fare meant by the salsify is farcical means of this pseudo—referendum and he will rely more and more on repression and what is happening in the far east with mac one is that he is sending a very stern message to the elites, sit quiet, don't challenge us, and don't stay. —— in the far east with fugal. did he challenge president putin? no. he was not a rabble—rouser or a leader of the opposition. he was a populace. he challenge the kremlin by the very fact that he has become

more popular in the vision and putin is because this is the reality because for much of putin's ruled the setup was, you know, the goods are who is an arbiter and the unpopular local authorities, and he would sort of protect the people against the egregious local elites, this has changed and this is a very significant change. it is now that the angle is directly at vladimir putin and the regional bosses are becoming more popular. —— the anger is directly. what is very significant in this protest, and this is the largest one and this is the largest in the far east of russia in its history i think, is that it russia in its history i think, is thatitis russia in its history i think, is that it is fuelled by this very strong anti—moscow sentiment, the country, you know, has lost its federalism, it has been strayed by

the kremlin, and people want... they feel that the moscow attitude, the kremlin attitude towards the region isa kremlin attitude towards the region is a colonial one, they are depriving them of resources, they are depriving it of taxes, and now they are depriving it of the control over their own, elections and the right to elect a governor. and it is this regional identity that is driving this protest and this is very striking that the flags people are waving are the flags of that region, of the far east, which is seven times aims to the east of moscow. it is fascinating to talk to you but we have to move on. thank you but we have to move on. thank you very much forjoining us. -- seven time zones to the east of moscow. thank you. let's get some of the day's other news... dozens of defenders of islamic law have protested in the sudanese capital khartoum against recent government reforms that allow non—muslims to drink alcohol and grant more freedom to women.

under the new laws, women no longer need permission from a male relative to travel with their children and anyone convicted of renouncing islam will no longer face the death penalty. the financial crisis in lebanon has contributed to an energy shortage that people are trying to combat on their own. without mains electricity, many residents and institutions, including hospitals are installing diesel generators. the lebanese pound has fallen by nearly 80% since late last year, 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. katie prescott reports. jennifer and her partner were due to get married in las vegas injune. the coronavirus put that trip on hold. the couple is still waiting for a refund. we need that money to pay for the wedding that we have rearranged, so we're just chasing

them, wejust keep rearranged, so we're just chasing them, we just keep asking them, please, please, please will they refu nd please, please, please will they refund us but they are just saying there is a queue. £6,000 is not a small amount of money to anybody for normal people like this, especially when my partner has been furloughed for three months. travelers who see their holidays cancelled should get a refund within three days but given the sheer number of cancellations that the travel industry has seen over the last few months many have struggled to meet there and have been instead issuing credit refund notes for holidays at a later date. the concern has been, though, if those companies go under, that travellers would lose their money and their holiday. the government has stepped in to change this, pledging to underwrite all reef and credit notes issued between these dates. up until the 30th of september 2021. this will cover atol protected booking specifically cancelled due to covid—19. in the body that regulates the airline say

this should give travellers peace of mind. it gives consumers that confidence to accept these credit notes. if they don't want to accept the refund they can still take a refund if they want but it also does give companies the opportunity to help to encourage those customers to book with them again in the future and starts to get that pipeline customers for them moving forward. it is hoped the change will help keep people relaxed about taking a break. katie prescott, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. various different types of weather on offer today depending on where you're spending a saturday. for some it is very cloudy and we have got some outbreaks of rain but for others there is something brighter to be had. on the satellite picture you can see the stripe of cloud bringing pulses of rain to parts of wales, northern england, the midlands particularly. to the south—east we have had some areas of

cloud were also some decent sunny spells with some warmth in that sunshine as well. some showers to be found at the other end of scotland and northern ireland but with some showers and a cool fresh feel it will be quite windy across the far north of scotland as well. this is lunch time and we can see the rain will still be falling on and off across parts of england in the north midlands down into wales and then those sunny spells along the south—west south coast london area and into east anglia. as we go through the afternoon our band of cloud and rain does not make much more progress southwards and eastwards. highest temperatures today will be found across parts of east anglia and the south—east where we hold on to some sunshine. it could be up to his 26 of 27 degrees but further north and west a cooler fresh feel, 17 for example in glasgow, and in belfast. it is not the best of days for cricket at old trafford. i think rain will continue to come and go throughout the day for the test match. chances are, though, it will dry up a little bit through the late afternoon and into

the evening as our band of cloud and patchy rain sinks away southwards, but as we go through the night, as our weather front continues to make progress a cross our weather front continues to make progress across wales and england we will see some heavy rain pushing through for a time, 30 mild and muqqy through for a time, 30 mild and muggy in the south—east but further north and west by the sky is clear it is going to be quite a chilly night especially across north—east scotland. tomorrow night chilly still some spots of rain but for most still some spots of rain but for m ost pla ces still some spots of rain but for most places tomorrow we will see some spots of sunshine and quite a few showers i think developing across scotland and a cooler fresher feel for all of us. highs between 17 and 22 degrees. that weather front in the south—east will finally get a move on as we move out of sunday and into monday. high pressure builds its way and so it is a fine start to the new working week for most of us. certain areas stay fine through a week and turn a bit warmer as well. there will be some rain at time through the north and west.

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