welcome to bbc news. i'm aaron safir. our top stories: tributes to the actor chadwick boseman, the star of goundbreaking blockbuster, black panther, who's died at the age of a3. more protests in cities across europe from demonstrators angry at 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. 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 singer james brown in the biopic get on up. let's go! 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. and 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. now, let's take a look at the latest covid—i9 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 840,000 deaths from covid—i9. well, 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. the number of confirmed daily new cases has been rising over the last four weeks, hitting 3,800 on friday. more on that later. jacinda ardern is speaking in auckland, new zealand.” jacinda ardern is speaking in auckland, new zealand. iwill then remind people of the restrictions that will be in place from midnight tonight for

auckland and the rest of the country. but before we do that, i will hand over to our director of public health for an update on our case numbers for today. thank you, prime minister. there are two new cases of covid—19 to report in new zealand today. both are cases in the community and both have epidemiological links to the auckland cluster. one new case is a household contact of a previously confirmed case associated with the finance workplace. the other new case is associated with an existing soccei’ is associated with an existing soccet lowercase. is associated with an existing soccer lowercase. ‘ ‘ is associated with an existing soccer lowercase. — — tokoroa. they are a medical worker in to koroa. they are a medical worker in tokoroa. it is believed they came into contact with the existing case on august 2010. as per usual protocols, test

was carried out following exposure , was carried out following exposure, which returned a negative result. the positive result was picked up on a second test when the second person became unwell. the medical centre they work is closed, pending further contact tracing and is undergoing a deep clean. the centre had been operating under level four precautions with ppe use, telehealth and patient screening. the potentially infectious period for this case was between august 20 5— august 27. the case lives alone and has no household contact, they have been in isolation since august 27. contact tracing is actively under way, including contacting staff and patients of the medical centre. two testing sites are available in to koroa testing sites are available in tokoroa today, the first is that tokoroa up in hospital and is open until three p.m.. that tokoroa up in hospital and is open until three pm. the second is at the pacific

islands community services, and is open until five p.m.. islands community services, and is open until five pm. if you are in tokoroa and have concerns about whether you need to be tested, these contact helpline —— healthline and have a test if it is offered. since august 11, our contact tracing team have identified 2587 close contacts team have identified 2587 close co nta cts of team have identified 2587 close contacts of cases of which 2475 have been contacted and a self— isolating, have been contacted and a self—isolating, and have been contacted and a self— isolating, and we have been contacted and a self—isolating, and we are in the process of contacting the rest. there are 138 people linked to the community cluster who have been transferred to the auckland quarantine facility, which includes 86 people who have tested positive for covid—19 and their household contact. there are ten people with covid—19 in hospital today, two in auckland city, three and minimal, three in north shore and two in mike catton. a people are on a ward,

and two people are in icu. there are two previously reported cases who have been considered to recover today. with today's new cases, it means the total number of active confirmed cases remain at 136, plus one previously reported probable case remaining active. of the 137 active cases, 28 imported cases in ma queue facilities, and 117 out in ma queue facilities, and 117 our community cases. —— miq. our total number of confirmed cases of giver 19 is now 1378, and that is the number we report to the world health organization —— confirmed cases of covid—19. our laboratories have protests 750,888 tests in

total. does mike processed. . our advice remains if you develop symptoms consistent with covid—19, wherever you are, contact healthline or your doctor immediately and arrange for a test. details about where to get tested both in auckland and the rest of the country are available on the ministry's website. if you are offered a test for covid—19, please take it. to help speed up the process, it is helpful if you have your national health index number with you and on our website there are details on how you can find out what your number is. the covid—19 test is free of charge. lastly, on the covid tracer, covid tracer has i'iow covid tracer, covid tracer has now recorded 1.9 million users. there have been 376,000 posters

created and over 25 million scans today. there have been 2 million manual diary entries recorded in the application. thank you. thank you doctor. as you have heard from the update, we do have cases coming through from our current cluster in auckland. and we do expect that we will have it continue. today's cases, for instance, oui’ today's cases, for instance, our contacts from right at the beginning of the outbreak. that shows two things, the vigilance we need to keep applying, but also the fact the tale of this cluster, as we have said before, will be long. here is what the science tells us about this cluster as well. analysis from es are shows that to date, cases have been what they call genomic feeling —— from esr, that means we know they have come from the same single source and we can feel

confident about that. over the course of this outbreak, we have undertaken a huge amount of testing. 260,000 400 and one tests in fact does make 206,401, the only place that hasn't been genomic dealings, you will recall was average is agents worker, and that was well contained and isolated. that means we are still dealing with a single source and a single cluster. while the source of the cluster has yet to be identified, genomic analysis tells us about the starting point for this outbreak was the americold site in mount wellington. while there well could be another case in that chain before this one, it has not been detected to date. no links have been found with gene is currently available from cases in managed

isolation facilities, and our sweep of border staff also hasn't resulted in any evidence to show the source of the outbreak, if there is one, yawned americold. —— beyond americold. i want to turn to the latest information on this cluster. we have continued with wide testing and isolation as doctor mcelnea has pointed out to contain what have been some of the newer elements of the outbreak, and some of the newer elements include the mount roscoe evangelical church. it is highly likely we will see more cases through that proactive testing, which includes contacts of contacts, so includes contacts of contacts, $03 includes contacts of contacts, so a wide sweep is taking place there. sorry, casual contacts. but as you'll see from the alert level two framework that we set early on in our fight against covid—19, we did anticipate at being at level two while having to step out a cluster like this one. in fact, the description for the alert

level two framework does list limited community transmission and active clusters as one of the possibilities while we are in alert level two. and here is probably the most important message i will share today: our system is good. it is designed to keep us on track with our elimination strategy at level two in this scenario we now have. but it will only work if people follow the guidance. i understand that it is easy to become complacent. that if you hear a message that there are just two cases, you may question what the likelihood is of you coming into contact with those two cases. everyone, i am sure, who has experienced covid—19, probably thought that same thing at some point until it was them. so for auckland, i

wa nt to it was them. so for auckland, i want to say thank you for all of your efforts to date, but also, keep going. you can see from this map, which depicts where we have had cases in auckland, that there is no corner that has been untouched by this cluster. that is why the rules are for everyone, and we need everyone to stick together, no matter where in auckland you are. so a quick reminder of what changes at midnight tonight. for new zealand as a whole, you remain at level two. for auckland, you are out a form of level two that i am going to call level 2.5. here is what it means. first, social gatherings are limited to ten. that means everything. birthdays, social gatherings, family gatherings,

even friends or neighbours. no gathering can be larger than ten. i cannot stress how important this is. much of this cluster has stemmed from social gatherings. if we want to stop the spread, we have do stop socialising for a time. if you area socialising for a time. if you are a business don't have any questions on what this means for you, revert back to the protocols you use last time we stepped into level two. the expectations are the same for those limits. and as was the case when we had these restrictions in the past. there will be a limit of 50 people foran will be a limit of 50 people for an authorised funeral. there are some differences from the way we do things last time, and matthews is one of them. —— mask use, from tomorrow, matthews will be mandatory for anyone 12 years and older across the country on public transport while we have level

two restrictions in place. a bus road was the source of classed our cases in this cluster and is one of the few situations where people are in sustain contact with people they do not know. on masks, please wear them, auckland. if you go to a shop, to all, basically when you step out of your home, we are asking you if you could please wear a mask. this will be one of the key way to protect you and those around you. some will ask why we have not mandated the use of masks beyond public transport. i will not rule out mandating the use in the future if we see people failing to use them as we are encouraging them to do right now. and this level 2.5 in auckland, we are also keeping aged care facilities are very strict settings. to those of these effects, i am

sorry. i know how hard this will be but we need to keep eve ryo ne will be but we need to keep everyone in our aged care facilities say. if you want to find out how those strict settings are, please contact your age care facilities we have a loved one. that is the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda adern, speaking in wellington. auckland, which is currently seeing a few cases of covid—19 is having its restrictions lifted somewhat. she called it not a change from level three to level two but level three to level two but level 2.5. still some restrictions in place, social gatherings limited to ten for example, telling people how important it is not to socialise, limits on the number of people at a funeral, 50. an encouraging, not telling people, to wear masks. one other thing she said that is

important, masks will be mandatory on all public transport in new zealand. we will keep listening in the newsroom and anything else we will let you know for now we move on because across europe, they have been protests in a position to measure to desire to combat the covid—19 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 are 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 breathe. similar sentiments in paris, no masks, no social distancing at the place de la republique, only a sense of unease that the authorities are going to far in fighting the virus. that the authorities are going too far in fighting the virus. translation: i came here because i believe in the need forfreedom because we have been putting up with oppressive laws, 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. chants: choose your side, choose your side. 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. to the americas, where the devastation caused by hurricane laura is becoming clearer. officials in haiti, where the storm hit last weekend, say 31 people were now known to have died. in the us, at least 14 people in the states of louisiana and texas were killed. the hurricane is one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the region. earlier, president trump visited the affected states. rebecca bailey reports. the skies are calm and clear now but there is plenty of evidence of the force with which laura tore through the streets on thursday. we started clearing the roads to get to our house and it was total devastation. i mean, it is...

but there is work to be done and, for some, the prospect of no power or water potentially four weeks. residents in coastal areas are particularly badly affect the. more than 400,000 were without electricity on saturday morning and 200,000 have no water. the president was on the ground in louisiana, meeting volunteers and local officials, though not, it seems, residence. our hearts go out to the families who have lost loved ones. how many we witness right now? inaudible. amazing. it is a tremendous number but you are thinking it could have been a lot worse. the death of might rise. more remote areas of not been reached by rescue workers. the white house is declared a major disaster in parts of louisiana, which will mean federal funds can be sent to

the hardest hit areas urgently. never one to stay sombre philon, the president could not resist a personal gift, an autograph. away from the presidential visit, the cleanup continues by population sadly accustomed to with the aftermath of extreme weather. i've been in multiple hurricanes, it is part of living down here and louisiana is great, but you see all this damage and destruction, and you see the best in people coming together and try to help each other out. to make it out to the next day and ready for the next sunrise. rebecca bailey, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. 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 government'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, although the government has stressed that would though be an "absolute last resort." one of the world's great galleries, the metropolitan museum of art, has reopened in new york. its 2 million artefacts have been off limits for five months, owing to the coronavirus pandemic. it's the first time the met had been closed for longer than three days in more than 100 years. gail maclellan reports. the excitement is palpable and the main staff happy to be home. the metropolitan museum of art is clearly loved and has been missed and its opening brings a sense of relief. there

is some semblance of normalcy. the met has been a part of the new york history 450 years and a consistent part. only closing for max three days prior to covid so this is a big first step. a first step and a careful one. today is not normal. we are reopening in the context of a pandemic which still has its grip on the entire planet are we are learning to manage through that effect ridley and we know, we know we can reopen safely if eve ryo ne know we can reopen safely if everyone does what they are supposed to do. tickets are time to regulate the stream of visitors who must follow predetermined roots through the rooms. staff and visitors must wear face coverings and there are sanitising stations throughout. for those who do not want to use the subway or

taxis, a bicycle valet service is provided. people queue outside under yoko ono's artwork. new york might be curiously devoid of tourists local enthusiasts make up that. our first date was here and then we got married. yes, it wasn't that fast but it was our first date here and it is nice to be back. it is a favourite place to go outside. kind of a nice way to reintroduce us back into the real world a little bit. the met usually sees 600 million people a year and the closure has cost hundred to the museum in lost revenue. only a quarter of the usual numbers will be allowed through its doors but, with new york having been hit so hard by the coronavirus, the visitors see the met opening as a sign of the met opening as a sign of the city is slowly making its way back.

good to see some signs of normality returning. 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 no sunshine to speak of, just cloud and rain through parts of northern and eastern england, the midlands, east anglia, and south—east england. all tied in with this area of low pressure, continuing to pull away eastwards through the early hours of sunday. high pressure to the west of the uk and, in between, the squeeze in the isobars. still some gusty winds down the eastern coast. still some gusty winds down the eastern coasts. it's a cool if not chilly start to sunday, particularly across rural scotland, where we could see temperatures getting close to freezing, perhaps a touch of frost through the glens. but a good deal of sunshine to start the day on sunday. what we'll find through

the morning is cloud will tend to build and eventually spread out. so bright or sunny spells through the afternoon. maybe one or two showers across scotland and northern ireland. most will be dry. lighter winds compared to saturday. but still a noticeable northerly wind down eastern coasts, just taking the edge off temperatures which, at best, are going to be 14 or 15 celsius. we could get up to 18 or 19 across central, southern england in the best of the sunshine. now, most of us will see some sunshine to end the day and then, through the night, as we go into monday, a mixture of variable cloud and clear spells but, once again, it's fairly cool if not chilly. temperatures widely in single figures, and low single figures across rural parts of northern england, scotland, and northern ireland. now monday, away from scotland, is a bank holiday. high pressure the dominant feature, this frontal system out to the west. friday more clouds and maybe some rain later in the day into northern ireland and western scotland. but let's just cast our minds back to this time last year, the late august bank holiday, where it was the warmest on record — 33 celsius in both london and cambridgeshire. something much different this year. but it will be dry, quiet,

some spells of sunshine through the morning on monday. once again, cloud tending to build, and certainly increasing across northern ireland and western scotland. a bit of patchy rain here by the end of the day. most will be dry but temperatures at best 16—18 celsius. this year it could be the coolest late august bank holiday on record. then looking ahead through tuesday and wednesday, our eyes once again turn to the atlantic, particularly on wednesday. particularly on wednesday. a fairly deep area of low pressure tracking to the north of the uk, bringing some wet and windy weather. but probably not to the south of england. so some rain in the forecast in the week ahead and still not feeling particularly warm. bye— bye.

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. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has been announcing the partial easing of restrictions in auckland as the country continues to fight the coronavirus pandemic. social gatherings will be allowed, but limited in number, and face masks will be mandatory on public transport. police in berlin have arrested 300 demonstrators during protests against germany's coronavirus restrictions. about 200 were arrested at one rally which the authorities