hello and welcome to bbc news if you're watching in the uk or around the world. we start in the united states, where thousands of people have taken part in a huge civil rights rally in washington to demand racial justice and an end to police brutality. it's being held in the same place and exactly 57 years after the reverend martin luther king junior made his famous ‘i have a dream' speech. it was planned as a response to the death of george floyd

and comes after another police shooting of an african—american man, jacob blake. our correspondent barbara plett—usher sent this report. chanting in the year of 2020, this is what a march on washington looks like — drawing on the anger and the energy of months of unrest around the country, now bringing their demands to the doorstep of power, aiming to forge a national movement out of their protests. archive: the lively, heralded and, in some quarters, feared march on washington... they're deliberately connecting their modern—day struggle to the historic civil rights movement, the unprecedented march of 1963 that brought 250,000 people to washington with a thunderous roar, demanding jobs and freedom. nearly 60 years later, it's clear that not enough has changed. i'm 33 and this was in my parents‘ time, so it'sjust like, "ok, here we go again," so we're trying to make sure that we don't have to keep reliving this whole thing all over again. i was not born when the first march happened, but i will be part of every movement,

if i need to, until i go to my grave, until we get the justice and the equality that we deserve. nojustice, no peace! the summer of discontent was fuelled by the police killing of a black man, george floyd — one name in a long list — an explosion of anger that has been building for years. 0rganisers believe this is the historical moment to push for concrete change. what is this about? this is about equal treatment for black americans, for them to be treated the same as white people — by the police and in other areas. that's what black lives matter is about. and who would have thought, nearly 60 years after one of the most famous civil rights rallies in us history, they'd be back here again demanding basic rights? i'm marching for george, for breonna, for ahmaud, forjacob. .. not in the same numbers — the pandemic has thinned the crowds — but everyone

here can recite the grim roll call of names of those killed and injured by police violence. their family members were the headline speakers, calling this generation to action. how will the history books remember you? what will be your legacy? will your future generations remember you for your complacency, your inaction? or will they remember you for your empathy, your leadership, your passion? as in 1963, the march is pushing for national legislation to reform how america is policed, and to protect their voting rights — building on hard—won victories of the past. we are going to be the generation that dismantles systemic racism once and for all, now and forever! we are going to be the generation that calls a halt to police brutality and gun violence once and for all, now and forever!

that this is happening in an election year added urgency to the agenda. again and again, speakers called on protesters to get out and vote. there is hope. the proof of that will come later, maybe much later — whether this is a decisive inflection point in a long struggle, or whether they'll be marching on washington with the same demands in 50 years‘ time. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, washington. let's get some of the day's other news. donald trump has addressed supporters in new hampshire and used the speech to brand protesters as thugs for demonstrating outside the white house while he gave his presidential nomination acceptance speech on thursday. british scientists have been given nearly $9 million to try to find out how long immunity from coronavirus lasts. they believe that understanding how our immune system responds to the coronavirus could be one of the key factors in getting life back to normal. and apple has terminated

the developer account of epic games, the maker of fortnite. apple had already removed the game from its app store over a dispute about in—app purchases. the suspension means epic can no longer make apps for the iphone or ipad or play the game. well while the march on washington is a momentous day in itself, its historical significance also comes from the mark it made on the next generation of young activists and protesters. just a few years after the march, the black panthers political party was formed to protect residents from acts of police brutality and end racial injustices. i spoke with the party's co—founder bobby seale — and asked him about the first time he heard martin luther king speak. i heard that doctor manley thinking was coming to oakland, california to speak, and they

had 6000 people or more in the auditorium. doctor martin luther king spoke there was that he said we needed to get jobs connected with our civil rights movement. and he said the red companies in the san francisco area did not hire any people of colour stop he said wonder bread company did not hire any people of colour, and he went to say we are going to have to do boycott them so consistently and profoundly to make wonder bread wonder where the money went. it made the crowd very impressed with doctor martin luther king. crowd very impressed with doctor martin luther kinglj wa nt to doctor martin luther kinglj want to talk about your role in the political process. because you then went into coalition with doctor king, didn't you, to pursue the same goals? that was in 1968, at the beginning. in1968, we did was in 1968, at the beginning. in 1968, we did a big rally at

an auditorium again. following that rally, doctor king —— reverend ralph alban abbey, along with doctor king, asked whether the black panther party would work with them. they had engines and organisation scattered across america in citrated black areas of america. they wanted to know, he said yes. 0ur organisation would definitely work with you. i only had 400 numbers up and down the coast of california. another time i did coalesce with them and of course a month 01’ so with them and of course a month or so later they killed doctor king. and that right at richmond, california, istop that because i didn't believe in riots was that i believed in organising politically, to take over political seat so we could get a better chance of equality. back then it was god the civil rights movement. now

we talk about black lives matter. and we've seen today and over the last few months, protests over the deaths of so many african—americans at the hands of authorities. when you started out back then, did you think you would still be seeing these kind of things now? did you think it would be 60 years almost and steal these kind of deaths happening? here we are, iam80 deaths happening? here we are, i am 80 something years of age, and very active, alive and agile. my point is, i'm happy to see the black lives matter movement. i love it. the passing of george floyd, the murder, they are organised, there were protests. it was the biggest protest movement in the history of the united states of america. numerically speaking, over a 10 million people —— over a 10 million people —— over10 over a 10 million people —— over 10 million people, of all races but that together to

protest for the 2—3 weeks and that in itself is the concept of politics. black people who have been at the forefront profoundly since the days of slavery, after slavery, etc, struggling for constitutional and democratic civil and human rights. to me, i wasjust flabbergasted and loved it. you know, i still have programmes i like working on because i am an old builder and architect way before i was in the air force andi before i was in the air force and i worked on the gemini missal programme. i'm talking about working to get this election past and get the democrats and biden everybody in again so we can straighten out not only the pandemic situation and deal with that, but the infrastructure, ecology, everything is all interconnected and interrelated to the black lives matter

movement, to other people who's progressive protest movements, to our political politicians and those progressive politicians that we need and we need more of them. this is what is happening. i mean, like, the platform i wrote up in october 1966, i platform i wrote up in october 1966, i put platform i wrote up in october 1966, i put this declaration amendment of independence, these first two paragraphs of these first two paragraphs of the declaration of independence, and the second pa rt independence, and the second part is when a long train of abuses, and usurpations pursues an invariably designed to reduce people under despotism, thenit reduce people under despotism, then it is the right of the people to change that government with new politicians to boost security and happiness. and the black lives movement and protests is the foundation of that direction that we must continue to take

to evolve greater human liberation. yeah, a fascinating interview with bobby seale, one of the founders of the black panther movement. "go back to your workplaces if you can," that's the message of a government media campaign being launched in england. with many schools reopening for all pupils next week after lockdown, ministers want to encourage people back to the office, where it's safe, amid fears of the damage to city centre economies because of lower footfall. with more, here's our political correspondent, alex forsyth. empty office parks, another symptom of this pandemic. some trades suffering as workers stay away. now the government is encouraging people to go back, where they can. next week, advertisements will run with advice for employers and the assurance for staff. where it is possible, people can now return to work, it is safe to do so. gradually now people

will start to return to the office, but i suspect we'll see more flexible working than we have seen in the past, and it will be for employers and employees to work out the right balance in their particular cases. whitehall, something, should be leading the way, with pressure from some tory mps, there will be a government drive to get civil servants back to their desks. but as ever, there's a balance between the country's wealth and its health, with the health secretary people's performance matters more than where they work. so for you, working from home has been a real bonus? this mother of two doesn't relish the prospect of an office return, saying she is not productive at home. working from home is a balanced life for any mother. i like to work at home, i'm more reductive and am working at my own pace. but mattie started her first full—timejob in mattie started her first full—time job in communications during the pandemic and cannot wait to get to the office.

working from a childhood bedroom, which is not ideal. but not being able to meet people in person and having introductory meetings over zoom and google hangouts is really weird. there is no shortage of concern on businesses that depend on office trade, but government sources have stressed they are encouraging people back to the workplace only where it is safe, saying there is no suggestion those staying at home are at a greater risk of losing their jobs. there has been confusion over public messaging in the past, so ministers have to get this right. in northern ireland, the government's message is work from home where you can. in wales, it's the same. in scotland, the first minister said people should not be intimidated back to work before it is safe, urging caution. the numbers involved, if we simply get back to everybody going back to offices or call centres as normal, and the pressure on our public transport system, physical distancing is important there, would create in our view, right now, too high a risk of the virus spreading. business

groups in england save you guidance forfirms groups in england save you guidance for firms must be clear on the government's plan must be credible. some say they won't be forced but will follow their own pace, even those wanting to return know the world of work won't be the same for some time. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. local coronavirus restrictions for around a million people in england will come to an next week as bolton, stockport, trafford, burnley, among other places, fall back into line with the rest of the country. but there are 14 areas, including parts of greater manchester, where restrictions will remain in place. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes, has the story. since latejuly, stockport has been one of the greater manchester boroughs living with extra lockdown measures, including restrictions on home visits and socialising. for salon ownerjody, that also meant a ban on an important source of business. it's been really tough for us, because our main income is from facials and eyebrows. so, i kind of feel

like we've been cut off at the knees. we've been told we can open and we can do treatments, but the treatments that are most profitable for us are you know eyebrows and your facials. and if the restrictions are lifted, what does the future look like? oh, it will be so much brighter. getting back to normal? yeah, i can't wait! so there will be some relief here in stockport and in bolton as well that these extra lockdown measures are going to be removed, but some confusion too, because those measures were introduced with just a few hours notice, yet they're not being eased until the middle of next week — well after the august bank holiday weekend. public health england produces a weekly watch list of council areas, seen here in darker red, mapping spikes in the disease. so some areas like blackburn, 0ldham, pendle and leicester, parts and west yorkshire, remain under tougher lockdown rules. there are worries about rises in infections in birmingham, swindon and stoke. while most of greater manchester remains under stricter measures, three boroughs are exiting those tougher restrictions, as well as parts of lancashire

and west yorkshire. the government hopes that local councils and mps can work together to reach a consensus on how to deal with the lockdown measures. but in trafford in greater manchester councillors feel they haven't been listened to. it's clearly the case here that we have been overruled. nobody‘s had the courtesy to explain to us the reasons why. actually, in the grand scheme of things, that doesn't matter, this what is about what is best for our residents. and i really feel that we could have done with seeing this for another week or two. a reliable vaccine remains the key to lifting restrictions across the country. even as clinical trials are under way, plans are being announced for the training up of what's described as an "army" of health professionals to deliver it, including pharmacists, midwives and physiotherapists, perhaps also dentists and vets. and a reminder of why a vaccine is so important — figures released today show that a recent rise in new infections seems to be levelling off, but is not yet falling. the decline in infections in stockport shows that locally targeted measures can

make a difference. until a vaccine is available, that's likely to be the main weapon in keeping the lid on covid—19. dominic hughes, bbc news, stockport. this is bbc news. the headlines: thousands of protesters have gathered in washington, dc to protest for justice and racial equality. the protest was called on the anniversary of the civil rights march on washington 1963 when martin luther king delivered his historic "i have a dream" speech. donald trump has addressed supporters in new hampshire — and used the speech to brand protesters as thugs for demonstrating outside the white house while he gave his presidential nomination acceptance speech on thursday. would you let a tech company implant a device in your brain? elon musk — the entrepreneur behind tesla and spacex — showed off one of his other companies today, neuralink. the company aims to create brain implants that can one day cure illnesses and eventually give humans super powers. in california, musk

demonstrated the devices implanted into the brains of pigs. the bbc‘s regan morris has been following the event from los angeles. thank you forjoining us. what exactly d id thank you forjoining us. what exactly did mr musk show? well, it was surreal. it was very elon musk, he was 45 minutes late to the briefing as journalists and fans around the world were waiting. right at the top he brought out three little pigs. 0ne the top he brought out three little pigs. one of them had no implant. 0ne little pigs. one of them had no implant. one had had an implant, and had it removed, that he was demonstrating that this could be reversed. and gertrude, the pig with the implant, he was not terribly cooperative, so it certainly doesn't work for mind control, she gave him a bit of a rough time, but when she finally did come out of her pen, we saw her

brain activity upon the big screen and it was a proof of concept, i guess. screen and it was a proof of concept, iguess. it screen and it was a proof of concept, i guess. it was more ofa concept, i guess. it was more of a prototype than a real demonstration of what he promised in the future, and his promises were extreme, in this science—fiction world, unimaginable. but they are imaginable. elon musk is, he often does these big, visionary speeches that people think, that couldn't be true, and then he has recently put people into space, so who knows? yeah, typical elon musk, isn't it? big on ambition, big on promise. how close are we to him potentially realising some of the ambitions behind this project? well, he certainly had a lot of staff there, with some serious credentials. they are very seriously working on this. and, you know, whether or not it has the promise in the short term to, i mean, he was saying it could cure addiction, it could cure blindness, it could help people in wheelchairs walk

again. you know, he did say that the first human trials would be on people with spinal cord injuries. but he also painted a very, very futuristic picture of this, you know, saying, he even admitted, it sounded a bit like a black mirror episode, saying that perhaps someday you could store your memories and download them or upload them into a different human or robot. it was some real sci—fi stuff. but a lot of people, before this briefing, some journalists speculated we would hear about when human trials might take place. they didn't say anything about human trials or when they would happen, just that they would be first on spinal cord patients. they did say they were given a breakthrough distinction by the fda, the food and drug administration, which regulates medical devices here. so that is something that could fast track them when and if they are ready for humans, and i have to say, there are a lot of humans on twitter who are volunteering. i can imagine.

just briefly, before we go, you mentioned his success in putting people into space. that is another area, and this is one as well, where it seems that the initiative is really with the tech companies in silicon valley. they are the ones who seem to be pushing the envelope when it comes to these designs and developments, and governments are sort of stepping back? well, it is expensive. and governments, especially right now, do not have a lot of money. you do see, i think in silicon valley, they call it the "moon shot". there are a lot of companies aiming forthe moon, there are a lot of companies aiming for the moon, and elon musk are certainly at the forefront of that. regan morris, thank you for bringing us morris, thank you for bringing us up to date in an unusual but interesting story. thank you. apple has terminated the developer account of epic games, the maker of the hugely popular game fortnite. apple had already removed the game from its app store over a dispute about in—app purchases. the suspension means epic can no longer make apps for the iphone or ipad. earlier i spoke with danny konsta ntinovic,

the associate editor at thinknum media in new york, who explained what this suspension means for gamers. it means that they essentially won't be able to play the game on the devices anymore. the game will work on consoles like playstation, xbox, computers, but as far as i0s devices go, and even the google play store has removed the game, those users will not be able to access the game. they were previously not able to access it because an update was required and apple wasn't allowing that to go through, since they removed the game after epic games breached the terms of service of the app store. so it's not an insignificant loss for epic games, orfor people who play this game. a large portion of the player base accessed the game through i0s devices, through ipads, iphones, and now they are left without a way to play it.

consoles and a computer that could potentially run the game are very expensive and it was the most affordable way to play a free game, for a lot of people. so apple has essentially pulled the plug but at the heart of this dispute is in—app purchases and essentially how much of the money that people spend goes to apple. just talk us through that row? sure, so apple has a 30% fee for any transaction that takes place on the app store. this is a fee that got them in trouble at antitrust hearings last month in washington. well, i say get them in trouble but ultimately regulators didn't show any interest in reducing that fee or breaking up any of the big companies at the hearing. but epic games, in their lawsuit after apple removed the game from the app store, laid out a very impassioned case, calling apple a techno—monopolist, saying they've gone back on the ideals of the company from when it founded and that the 30% fee is a very anti—competitive practice. it is certainly a very high fee and one could certainly argue that it is a monopolistic anti—competitive thing to do. it's worth noting that the google play store also charged a 30% fee for similar

transactions, the playstation store has a 30% fee as well for, i believe, game purchases or similar transactions made through the playstation game store. so while it's not unheard of for games, it is certainly unique for apple who has a market that they are the gatekeepers to of about a billion or more users of i0s devices, so even though these other competitors have the same fee, it doesn't restrict access to nearly as large a market as it did with apple. just want to bring you some news that has broken in the last few minutes, and that is that the actor chadwick boseman

has died after suffering from cancerforfour years. has died after suffering from cancer for four years. the family of the black panther star released a statement in the last few minutes saying he died with his wife and family by his side. he was 43 years old. now, if the late great actor robin williams had been misdiagnosed with the wrong form of dementia, would he still be alive today? a new film featuring interviews with his wife and friends explores that possibility about the comedian, who took his own life in 2014. the human brain is an extraordinary three and a half pound gland. the minty think you understand it, it throws up something else. a genius, taken from us way too soon. they believe the bay area resident committed suicide. robin williams took his own life six yea rs williams took his own life six years ago after he was diagnosed with parkinson's, because his wife explains in this new film, the revealed something different.

this new film, the revealed something differentlj this new film, the revealed something different. i was called in to go over the coroner ‘s report. there were no surprises about what was in his toxicology. i knew he was clea n his toxicology. i knew he was clean and sober. they sat me down and said he, essentially, robin died of diffuse lewy body dementia. what is that? lewy body dementia affects 1.3 million americans, causing visual hallucinations, sleep disorder, impaired thinking and depression. if symptoms are similarto depression. if symptoms are similar to parkinson's, but unlike parkinson's, they tend to appear in a different order. there is a piece of mind that comes from saying, this is the disease and it is not me. if i have cancer, this is the cancer, it is not me. the idea that you can parse those things. he was never able to do that in his life and i think that in his life and i think thatis that in his life and i think that is what really changed his story to ending in suicide. the film also speaks to people in the industry who worked with williams in his last few months, like director shawn levy, who may be third night of

the museum film, secret of the term. in the last movie it was clear to all of us on this at that something was going on with robin. and friends like comedian rick 0verton.” with robin. and friends like comedian rick 0verton. i would have comics asked me, how can he do that to his kids? do that to himself? that is part of the thing with lewy body dementia, is by that point you are not you anymore. it took that part. for me, i can't help but think that this film is going to com pletely that this film is going to completely rewrite the narrative of what happened to robin williams. there was a com pletely robin williams. there was a completely unknown piece of information that was entered into the last part of his life, and change the trajectory of how his life ended. the film was released on demand in the us on september one, would later release dates for the rest of us yet to be announced. he was blessed with what his heart was capable of. in the midst of fear. he wanted to help people be less afraid. so it goes away, you go buy buy. the thing that matters are

others. that's what life is about. paul hawkins, bbc news. now the weather with darren bett. hello there. you could see the rain coming on friday, but it was very difficult to get out of the way. this weekend, though, the weather is set to change. for a start, it's going to be a much drier weekend. however, it's not going to be very warm at all. some particularly cold nights, and we're going to start with some strong winds as well. a northerly wind as our area of low pressure takes most of the rain away towards the southeast and gets pushed away slowly by that high pressure coming in from the west. by the time we get to the morning, there still could be a few showers down the eastern side of england, and there's the threat of cloud coming back in off the north sea to bring some rain in during the afternoon.

elsewhere, some spells of sunshine. there will be a few showers notably across northern parts of scotland. there will be a northerly wind as well. it's always going to be stronger where we're more likely to have that rain. could be gusting 50 mph or so. it will make it feel cold, of course. temperatures typically 13 to 17 degrees, a touch warmer than that, maybe, towards the south of wales and the southwest of england. many places will turn dry during the evening. that wetter weather gets pushed into the east midlands towards the southeast of england and east anglia. that'll keep the temperatures up here, but elsewhere with clear skies, lighter winds, we could see temperatures even as low as two or three degrees in some rural areas. so a chilly start to sunday. by this stage, the winds won't be as strong. there'll be some cloud across east anglia and the southeast. any early showers should move away, keep the odd shower coming into the northwest of scotland, even one or two for northern ireland. 0therwise, some sunshine at times, more cloud around during the afternoon. those temperatures not changing much, but it won't feel as cold as it's not going to be as windy. that's because that area of high pressure is pushing across the country.

eventually, it'll be followed by this weather front to bring some rain into northern ireland. that's a very slow process. for the late summer bank holiday last year, it was the hottest ever. temperatures reached 33 degrees in the sunshine. this time around, it could be the coldest bank holiday monday ever, with 18 the expected high in london. again, the winds will be light. they're starting to turn to more of a southerly direction. sunny start, cold start, but more cloud filling in through the day. probably dryjust about everywhere. some rain into northern ireland later on in the day. but those temperatures again struggling, typically only 16 or 17. this is bbc news. the headlines: thousands of protesters have gathered in washington, dc, to protest forjustice and racial equality. the demonstration was called on the anniversary of the civil rights march on washington in 1963, when martin luther king