this is bbc news — i'm aaron safir. our top stories: tributes to the actor chadwick boseman, the star of gound—breaking blockbuster, black panther, who's died at the age of a3. more protests in cities across europe from demonstrators angry over measures designed to combat covid—19. the italian coastguard takes 49 migrants from a rescue ship funded by the artist banksy. but hundreds remain at sea on another rescue vessel. and president trump visits areas devastated by hurricane laura as hundreds of thousands of people remain without power and water.

hello and welcome to bbc news. tributes have poured in from across the world for the actor chadwick boseman, who's died from colon cancer at the age of a3. the star of the superhero film, black panther, didn't publicise his diagnosis four years ago, and continued to work throughout his treatment. the bbc‘s entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back on his life. singing over the last four years, throughout his appearances in black panther, avengers: infinity war and avengers: endgame... yibambe! ..chadwick boseman chose to keep private that he'd been diagnosed with bowel cancer. hey, mike. i want to be a great king, baba. and that, in between and during the making of the emotionally and physically demanding films, he'd also been undergoing

surgical operations and chemotherapy. one, two, three, four. one, two, three... boseman first came to prominence playing some of history's most influential black figures, including the legendary soul singerjames brown in the biopic get on up. it was perhaps inevitable that he would later do the same with the comic book world's biggest black superhero. black panther shattered barriers, taking more than $1 billion at the box office. this, the reaction of one class when they were told they were about to see boseman‘s film. a generation who'd rarely seen heroes that looked like them. the conversation we're having today about diversity and representation and the myth that's been pedalled out that black content, black heroes, black leads, black films can't sell and won't engage audiences across the world — black panther really tore that up.

it wasn't a small budget movie, it was a massive budget movie that you could go to the cinema... i took my kids there and they came out feeling different, they came out feeling special, they came out feeling like, you know, they could be super. he was well aware of the power of a film where the main stars, including his nemesis, were played by black actors. i know what it means to see somebody that looks like you and play the hero and the villain. to have the freedom to be both things. leading the tributes, barack obama said... "chadwick came to the white house to work with kids when he was playing jackie robinson. to be young, gifted and black, to use that power to give them heroes to look up to, to do it all while in pain, what a use of his years. a sentiment that will be shared by the millions who watched and loved chadwick boseman‘s films. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the actor chadwick boseman, who's died at the age of a3.

let's take a quick look at the latest covid—19 figures as the virus continues to spread across the globe. according to johns hopkins university there have been close to 25 million cases worldwide. of course that's just confirmed cases, the true number is thought to be far higher. and there have been more than 8a0,000 deaths from covid—19. cases of coronavirus are rising across many parts of europe, and spain, which has had one of the world's deadliest outbreaks, is facing the prospect of a resurgence in cases. on friday, it confirmed 3,829 new cases in 2a hours — and as you can see, the number of daily new cases has been rising over the last four weeks. our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports. aaah! a new testing campaign run by the local government

and aiming to identify asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus gets under way in a clinic in madrid. many areas of spain, such as catalonia and the basque country, have seen a resurgence of covid—19 this summer. but people waiting to be tested here in the capital are aware that in recent days their city has been more affected than any other. there is a lot of people that are asymptomatic, so we don't know if we are with the virus. translation: i am afraid. i am here with my daughters so they can do the test because they are going back to school. lam afraid. the lifting of restrictions in latejune has meant that in many cases, spaniards have been able to have something like a normal summer. but not everyone has followed the guidelines regarding social distancing, and the obligatory

use of face masks in public places. this second wave is completely different from the first wave that we had in march and april. it is not reaching that high numbers of cases per day. many asymptomatic people are being diagnosed because of case tracing, and it is mostly affecting only young people. with a national lockdown no longer in place, specific areas where covid—i9 have been spreading have been applying their own restrictions. this town with a000 inhabitants in the plains is one such case. earlier this year spaniards were left reeling by the impact of coronavirus. but as covid—i9 looms once again, the hope is that the country is better prepared to face it. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, central spain. in the next hour or so, the prime minister of

new zealand is expected to announce the end of a lockdown in the country's biggest city auckland. restrictions were re—introduced in mid—agusut after a spike in cases. the country's general election, which was due for mid—september, was also delayed by four weeks. it's now due to take place the 17th of october. new zealand is one of the countries with the fewest recorded deaths from covid—i9 with just 22. across europe there have been protests in opposition to measures designed to combat the pandemic. there were demonstrations in berlin, paris and london — amongst other cities. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. like the virus, anger can be infectious. here in berlin, hundreds of arrests took place. police accusing far right extremists of growing stones and bottles. earlier, at another protest in the city, it

had been a much more peaceful affair. thousands of germans taking to the streets, arguing that the restrictions now in place no longer necessary. translation: i am taking the virus very seriously but have also seen the numbers and i know that the situation is long past its peak, and there really isn't any serious danger anymore. it's better when people walk around in the fresh air without masks and brief. -- similar sentiments in paris, no masks and no social distancing. only a sense of unease that the authorities are going to far inviting the virus. translation: i came here because i believe in the need forfreedom, because i believe in the need for freedom, because we because i believe in the need forfreedom, because we have been putting up with oppressive lows, with the authoritarianism that we have seen from the start. this concentration of power in the hands of the executive scares me. in

london's trafalgar square, they go even further. anti—mask, anti— vaccine and claims the whole thing is a conspiracy to control the people. all across europe, governments insist they are doing what is necessary to protect their citizens but it seems some of those citizens perhaps, a growing number, aren't so sure they need protecting. tim allman, bbc news. nearly 200 migrants have now been taken from a rescue boat in the mediterranean, which said it's deck was so overcrowded it couldn't move safely. the italian coastguard took a9 of the most vulnerable passengers from the louise michel, which is funded by the british graffiti artist banksy. it had been stranded near the italian island of lampedusa, north of the coast of libya. the remaining people on board were taken by another rescue boat, seawatch four. kathryn stanczyszyn reports.

for around 12 hours, the crew of the louise michel said they were stranded at sea, dangerously overloaded with no help in sight. they had picked up 2i9 migrants. more than 30 of them were in liferafts floating alongside the main vessel. the ship said it was unable to manoeuvre and calls for help from the authorities in malta and italy had gone unanswered. this afternoon, a9 of the most vulnerable migrants were taken off the boat by the italian coastguard, along with the body of one person who had died. it's believed they will be taken to lampedusa. tonight, in a tweet, the louise michel crew confirmed that all of those remaining had now been transferred onto a much larger rescue ship operated by the charity sea—watch. it's thought that vessel now has around 350 people on board. the louise michel has only recently gone into service as a rescue boat. it has its own instantly

recognisable banksy art. the crew tonight saying, "it's not over, we demand a place of safety for all survivors now." kathryn stanczyszyn, bbc news. the authorities in belarus — a country swept by mass unrest in the wake of disputed presidential elections — are stripping accreditation from a large number ofjournalists who report for the western media. they include at least 10 local and several russian journalists. two bbc russian—language journalists have also lost their accreditation, and the bbc has called on the belarusian authorities to revoke the decision. in a statement, the bbc said:

our correspondent, steve rosenberg, was detained by security forces in minsk on thursday, along with more than 50 otherjournalists. he retains his accreditation. he has more on what was behind the move against western journalists. it's clearly an attempt to interfere with coverage of events here, to make it harder for international media organisations to talk about what is happening in belarus. as you say, we still have our accreditations and we will continue to cover events here. 50 journalists were detained in the centre of minsk. we were among them. we were told it was for a document check, but it was the strictest document check i have ever experienced. it included a body search, my bag was searched, equipment was looked at. i was told to show the police

the most recent photographs on my mobile phone, so it was document check plus, but also clearly intended to increase pressure on the media here. there was a protest today, quite a large one, several thousand women marching through the centre of minsk shouting "freedom" and "disgrace" and "lukashenko — into the police van with him," and they were holding flowers and the white, red and white flag, which has become the symbol of the protest. but we're expecting a major rally, a large rally tomorrow. last sunday, there were more than 100,000 people who came out into the centre of minsk. it will be interesting to see how many people come out tomorrow. that was our correspondent steve rosenberg. for the tenth consecutive week, there have been demonstrations across israel demanding the resignation of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the biggest protest was outside his official residence injerusalem. protesters want him to stand down because of his indictment on corruption charges, which he denies. they are also upset

with the governent‘s handling of the pandemic. here in the uk, teaching unions have criticised the government for releasing new guidance for schools in england on how to respond to local lockdowns, just days before pupils are due to return. secondary school students might have to be taught on a rota system, althought the government has stressd that would though be an "absolute last resort. " thousands of people have taken to the streets in mauritius, protesting against the government's handling of an oil spill and the subsequent deaths of dozens of dolphins. some are calling for a commission or inquiry and others for the government to resign. the bbc‘s africa correspondent catherine byaruhanga reports. a warning, this report does contain some distressing images. some are calling this a historic moment for mauritius — one of the biggest demonstrations the country has seen, protesters calling for accountability after a massive oil spill threatened wildlife

and people's livelihoods. i am present here today because we want the truth. we don't know what happened. why didn't anyone do anything with wa kashio was coming into our waters? 12 days, they didn't do anything. the oil spill, and now thousands of people are being affected and marine life is being affected. we're not going to stand for this. translation: we are protesting against this government which has been incompetent in recent years, and it's so sad to see how far we have fallen. we are afraid for our future and all of our children's future. the japanese mv wakashio hit an island at the end ofjuly. it started leaking hundreds of tonnes of fuel. the oil spill happened close to protected ecosystems, putting thousands of species at risk. mauritians quickly mobilised

to clean up the oil. the ocean and its wildlife drive tourism, a major industry for the country. this week, there was widespread concern when dozens of dead or dying dolphins were found on the shoreline. some environmentalists believe that the oil spill and the deliberate sinking of part of the shipwreck led to these deaths. the government said a preliminary autopsy resort on two carcasses found they had bite marks, but no traces of fuel. a final analysis is expected in the coming days. the government insists it has followed expert advice in handling the crisis. but mauritians are angry, and want answers. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: tributes to the actor chadwick boseman, who's died of cancer at the age of a3. he starred in the

gound—breaking marvel hit, black panther. more protests in cities across europe, as demonstrators voice their anger over measures designed to combat covid—i9. president trump has visited lake charles in louisiana, and orange, in texas — two of the hardest—hit areas by hurricane laura. mr trump promised assistance for both cities, saying that he'd never seen anything like the force of this storm. residents in coastal areas of louisiana face the prospect of weeks without power or water as the clean—up begins. at least ia people were killed by the category four storm — 10 in louisiana and four in texas. dan halyburton is a volunteer and spokesperson for the american red cross. he travelled from texas to louisiana on friday to help with the aid efforts on the ground. hejoins us from shreveport in louisiana. thank you so much for your time. tell us what you have

seen. time. tell us what you have seen. i have seen a lot of damage. of course, everybody has seen a lot of damage along the coast and are now we are up further in the centre part of the state where the eye of the storm went through and there are pockets of devastation, downed trees, houses destroyed, and a lot of pockets without electricity. when people are left without their homes, power and water, what is the most important thing is that organisations like yours do and the first thing you try and do? the very first thing we want to do is getting somebody to a place that is so. a lot of people in central louisiana sheltered in place but if that home was destroyed, we would make sure they have a safe place to stay. that is job one, a safe place to stay. we have seen some a safe place to stay. we have seen some of the pictures of destruction and heard officials

say this could have been a lot worse. what is your overall assessment of the damage cause? well, it is devastating along the coast and so many people have seen the pictures of that. but even then, if it is your devastation and home destroyed, it is difficult for people they are, but they are resilient. people in louisiana and texas are used to hurricane. today we we re are used to hurricane. today we were out into neighbourhoods with some supplies. some steaks and water, of course, because people in a lot of cases cannot get out to the store and that there is no electricity. if we can put a price on the cost of rebuilding, we can make donations to organisations like yours, what about the psychological costs, the emotional cost that 5—10 years from now people will still be

feeling? there is a bit of weariness. we have got some big storms in louisiana and we have an eye on the atlantic and the golf because it is a hurricane season. “— golf because it is a hurricane season. —— gulf. people in louisiana love the lifestyle and it comes with the territory but it makes it tough and it can be wary and covid—i9 makes it tough as well. thank you for taking time to speak to us. time for sports now. lizzie greenwood—hughes in bbc sport centre brings a round—up of all sports starting with football. pierre—emerick aubameyang scored a goal and then the winning penalty as arsenal beat premier league champions liverpool in the community shield at wembley. it's the second succesive year liverpool have lost on penalties after manchester city's victory last season. aubameyang's strike gave the fa cup holders the lead in the first half before liverpool substitute takumi minamino equalised after the break, but it was arsenal

who came out on top 5—a on penalties. the courage of the team, how aggressive we were without the ball, how well they made the decision is to break the pressure of liverpool and put some issues against them in the backline that they have, and i am pleased that in the second half, we've been training for two weeks, but in the penalties, the boys had a lot of courage to do. there was a double header at wembley with chelsea winning the first women's community shield for 12 years. played just before the men's game, they beat manchester city 2—0 after a stunning long—range goal. our reporter jo currie was there. it's been six months since england hosted a competitive women's football match, that is because the season ended prematurely back in february because

of lockdown, no better occasion or venue for it to make its comeback. the players took any in support of the black lives matter campaign before kick—off but that it was manchester city who started the match the stronger. chloe kelly on a city debut setting upjenny becky but her goal was ruled offside before kelly hit the woodwork after pouncing on george stanway‘s shot to keep the sides level the break. sam kerr is widely regarded as a best forward in sam kerr is widely regarded as the best forward in the world right now but even superstar strikers have their off days and this was sadly hers, she missed effort after effort but her day, not as bad as city midfielder jill scott, she was sent off for a second yellow ca rd halfway through the second half, meaning city were down to ten players and it didn't take chelsea long before making the extra play account. —— count the unexpected goal—scorer was merely bright with a thumping finish to break the deadlock. sam lewis a competitive debut but even she couldn't turn around their fortunes as aaron cuthbert scored late on to make sure a city competitive debut but even she couldn't turn around their fortunes as aaron cuthbert scored

late on to make sure it said it ‘s victory. the london side lifting the first piece of silverware of the season as women's football finally announced its return in england. the perfect curtain raiser ahead of the women's super league season get back under next weekend. lewis hamilton will start the belgian grand prix from pole position after dominating qualifying at spa. the reigning world champion claimed top spot on the grid by half a second from his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas. ferrari, who won here last year, struggled with charles leclerc i3th, and sebastian vettel iath. two days before the start of the us open, former winner naomi osaka has withdrawn from the final of the warm up event in new york because of injury. osaka is struggling with a hamstring problem and her withdrawal hands a first wta title in four years to victoria azarenka. world number one novak djokovic won the men's event. cycling's most prestigious race, the tour de france, is finally underway after a two month delay, with alexander kristoff winning the opening stage. rain made the roads treacherous and led to several

crashes, with pavel siva kov of team ineos falling twice. then after a large group crashed inside the final 3 kilometres, norwegian kristoff surged home in a sprint. on sunday the riders face a 186 kilometre mountainous second stage. the women's one day race, la course, was won by great britain's lizzie deignan, who lunged over the line to beat her great rival and defending champion, marianne vos, of the netherlands, in a dramatic sprint finish. that's all the sport for now. art lovers in new york are returning to one of the world's great cultural venues, the metropolitan museum of art, which has reopened. the museum and its two million artefacts have been off limits for five months because of the coronavirus crisis. we spoke to its director, max hollein. he explained how the reopening

is being organised. we have taken a lot of cautions and we have worked on this for several months. if you come to the museum you would have to first place your name on a ticketing basis. if you do not come through the subway you could come via bicycle and take ca re of could come via bicycle and take care of that. you take your temperature and you have to wear a mask. and that we have of course implemented physical within the institution. —— physical distancing. currently we have about a thousand visitors per hour. we would probably have 7000 visitors today. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @aaronsafir

i will be back in a few minutes with the headlines. thank you for watching bbc news. hello. in the sunshine on saturday, it looked like summer, but, with a brisk northerly wind, it did not always feel that way. temperatures in places struggling to get above the low teens in celsius and for others, rain and cloud — through the midlands, east anglia, and south—east england. tied in with low pressure, continuing to pull away through the early hours of sunday. high pressure to the west of the uk, and, in between the squueze of the isobars, gusty winds down the eastern coast. a cool if not chilly start to sunday, particularly across rural scotland, where we could see temperatures getting close to freezing, perhaps even a touch of frost. through the gusty morning, cloud will build and eventually spread out. some bright spells throughout the afternoon. one or two showers scotland

and northern ireland, but mostly dry. light winds compared to saturday. still are most visible northerly wind on the eastern coasts, taking the edge off temperatures, which, at best, will be ia or 15 celsius. we could get up to 18 or 19 in central england in the best of the sunshine. through the night going into monday with a mixture of variable cloud includes bells but once again fairly cool if not chilly with temperatures widely in single figures and low single figures across rural parts of northern england, scotland, and northern ireland. monday away from scotland is a bank holiday. high pressure the dominant feature. this front still out of the west bringing cloud and may be some rain later in the day to northern ireland and western scotland. but we cast our minds back to the late august bank holiday last year where it was the warmest on record, 33 celsius in london and cambridgeshire. something different this year. but quiet, dry, some spells of showers on monday morning. cloud building and certainly increasing in northern ireland

and western scotland. patchy rain here by the end of the day. mostly drier, temperatures at best 16—18 celsius. this year it could be the coolest late august bank holiday on record. on tuesday and wednesday, eyes to the atlantic. particularly on wednesday, wet and windy weather coming. but probably not to the south of england. so some rain in the forecast in the week ahead and still not feeling particularly warm. goodbye.

this is bbc news — the headlines: tributes have been paid to the african—american actor — chadwick boseman — who's died four years after being diagnosed with cancer. he continued to work on films during his medical treatment — including black panther — which won several awards. its director described his death as a crushing blow. police in berlin have arrested 300 demonstrators during protests against germany's coronavirus restrictions. about 200 were arrested at one rally, which the authorities blamed on right—wing agitators who were said to have thrown stones and bottles. there were similar protests that took place in several cities across europe. the italian coastguard has responded to calls to help dozens of people stranded on a refugee rescue boat in the mediterranean. the boat is funded by the street artist banksy. people were taken off by the coastguard hours after the ship's leaders said they had called for help near lampedusa.

teaching unions have criticised the government for releasing