this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a state of emergency in minneapolis after another black american is killed by police. the local police chief says it was an accident. during this encounter white the officer drew their handgun instead of their taser. —— however. brazil's battle with covid. with hospitals overwhelmed, victims families say the crisis has become a public health disaster. princes william and harry pay tribute to their grandfather — saying prince philip would want them to get on with theirjobs. and desperate to lose the lockdown locks. customers rushed to hairdressers in england after salons were finally

allowed to open. hello and welcome. the fatal shooting of a black man on sunday afternoon by a police officer in the us city of brooklyn centre — it's claimed — was an accident. according to the local police chief twenty year old dauntay wright was shot after the officer meant to use a taser, but mistakenly drew her gun instead, mr wright's death has sparked angry protests and an overnight curfew. tensions in nearby minneapolis — just ten miles away — are high as the trial of an ex—officer accused of killing george floyd continues. from minneapolis, barbara plett usher reports. these have become familiar scenes in the year of civil

unrest over police violence. with every deadly encounter igniting a smoldering anger. there's a standoff between police and protesters here. smoke bombs have been fired, tear gas has been fired after another police shooting of a black man in minnesota. that man was dauntay wright, 28 years old of mixed race. —20 years old with the city already on edge over the trial of the george floyd killing, police moved quickly to release footage from the camera worn by the officer involved in the shooting. it shows that mr wright was pulled over for a minor offence. that escalated when police decided to arrest him on a previous warrant. he tried to run. but then a fatal mistake the police chief said.

the officer was struggling with yelled taser, taser. during this encounter however the officer through their handgun instead of the taser. it is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their taser but instead shot mr wright with a single bullet. this appears to me from what i view and the officers reaction in distress immediately after that this was an accidental discharge. in the moments before this tragedy mr wright's mother had been on the phone with him. a minute later i called and his girlfriend answered, she was a passenger in the car. and said that he had been shot and she put it on the driver side my son was laying there lifeless. and i said where are you? and she said i don't know. during the unrest that followed some shops were looted a reminder of the property damage after george floyd's death last year. the prosecution is wrapping up its case in that trial. there is concern about

what sort of fall out the verdict might trigger. and questions about whether it will impact the weight police operate in america. us presidentjoe biden has said he's spoken to authorities in minnesota about the fatal police shooting and he's called for "peace and calm", noting that wright's mother was asking for the same. was it an accident, was it intentional? that remains to be determined by a full—blown investigation. in the meantime, i want to make it clear again. there is no justification, none for looting. nojustification justification, none for looting. no justification for violence. justification for violence. peaceful protest understandable, and the factors that we do know that the anger, pain and trauma that exists in the black community in that environment is real, it is serious and consequential. as we've just reported, minneapolis is already tense as the trial of a former police

officer, derek chauvin, accused of murdering the black man, george floyd, has entered a third week. philonise floyd, the younger brother of george floyd, has been in the witness stand today. his testimony totalled less than 15 minutes, it portrayed george floyd as a family man with a strong relationship with his mother. philonise floyd became emotional talking about how their mother's death in 2018 left his brother devastated. it was just difficult. i don't know who can take that when you watch your mother, somebody who loved and cherished you and nourished you for your entire life and then they have to leave you. we all have to go through it but it's difficult. and george, he wasjust in pain the entire time. sir, you indicated your mother passed away may 30, 2018, is that right? yes sir. our correspondent larry madowo has been following the trial from brooklyn center,

in minnesota. and monday was the last time for the prosecution to make that case about who george floyd was and try to convince the jury that derek chauvin used excessive force. that's why they brought a second use of force this time somebody who lectures and consult about these matters, has written academically and in the national press. after this the defence has it's chance to underwrite the prosecutions case by trying to prove to the jury that in fact what chauvin did any reasonable officer would have done given his training. and that reasonable standard has come up again and again. the philonese floyd testimony was emotional, it was powerful and it was tearful. he spoke to who the man was, what he was passionate about, basketball, football, how much he loved his mama. he said he was a mama's boy and how distraught he was when his mum died. this is called a spark of life witness. in the state of minnesota and other states helps to humanise the person and i think his testimony

delivered that because the jury was captivated by it was up at least one of them was reported to be quite saddened. she had her head resting on her hand. ten miles away brooklyn centre and fatal shooting of a black man. and a state of curfew there tonight. there is a curfew here in brooklyn centre which is the suburb northwest of minneapolis. and the entire county and two other counties protesters are gathering. there's going to be another night of protest. for what they see as a site of a racist policing system. the city has been hurting for years since the death of george floyd. and this has open fresh wounds. and all the ways that policing has failed black america. and the ways that they think dante wright was pulled over in the first place because which is unofficially called driving while black. they think he was racially

profiled and then ended tragically and his death. people are demanding justice and the fact that police today say he was shot accidentally when this officer was reaching for her taser gun has not helped matters. still in the us — now, some news out of the state of tennessee, where there's been a shooting at a high school in the town of knoxville. a man has been pronounced dead at the scene and another person has been detained for further investigation. a police officer has been wounded in the shooting but his injures are not expected to be life—threatening. officials say they are still gathering information about the situation. the high school will not hold classes for at least two days. in a stark warning the world health organisation, says the coronavirus pandemic is still growing around the globe, and has yet to reach its peak. among the worst affected countries is brazil, which has seen more than a hundred thousand new cases, as well as 4,000 deaths, in a single day. the government ofjair

bolsonaro has been criticised for its lax response, with hospitals overwhelmed. mark lowen sent us this report, from sao paulo. the cloak of darkness brings no respite when brazil's dead keep coming. in latin america's largest graveyard, night shift burials to clear the backlog. the agony of loss deepened by the snatched farewell, reaching for dignity denied. this is a nation buckling under collective trauma. there is barely time to grieve before the next one arrives. another number in more than 350,000 dead. "my father died this morning," says willians. "he got covid in hospital.

"i have no words for the pain. "other countries are recovering but in brazil is getting worse. "if our present had bought vaccines earlier my dad could still be here. " with hospitals in most regions 90% full, they're putting beds where they can. an indoor arena, once alive with brazil's passion for sport, now a field hospital for virus victims. this country has become the global epicentre and a super spreader of the variant ravaging the young too. how does it feel to see younger patients here now? it's scary. the majority of those in brazil's intensive care wards are now under a0. many beds in the same family. like we have a mother, a father and a son and the son dies and we cannot tell the father and the mother because they can get worse. a public health disaster was once dismissed by president bolsonaro as just a little flu. but this is the reality,

as exhausted medics try to bring comfort to old and young. anderson, just 28, says he almost didn't make it. translation: when they couldn't find my veins any more _ and they had to get access to a major artery and i couldn't breathe i thought it was the end. i think this is a failure of our government and our president. they should search their conscience and come and visit this hospital. the added tragedy of what is happening here is that it shouldn't have come to this. brazil has a generally good health care system and a strong record of national inoculation campaigns. this is not a story of ill preparedness. it's one of mismanagement that has led this country to be crushed by the pandemic. outside hospitals, a nightmare ritual as anxious relatives wait to be summoned for news of their loved ones.

for many, it's the worst a roll call of the fallen to a virus this shattered country could have controlled. mark lowen, bbc news, sao paulo. let's get some of the day's other news. friends of russia's leading opposition figure alexei navalny say he's lost fifteen kilos in weight since being sent to a prison camp less than a month ago. he's on hunger strike but he has also accused the authorities of depriving him of sleep and proper medical treatment. the world's chemical weapons watchdog says damascus used chemical weapons against oppositon groups three years ago. the investigative team said there were "reasonable grounds to believe" at least one cylinder hit saraqeb. there was no immediate response from the syrian government. the leadership of germany's christian democrats has unanimously backed the party leader, armin laschet, as the centre — right candidate to succeed angela merkel as chancellor.

however, no formal decision has been made, and talks with the cdu's smaller bavarian sister party, the csu, are continuing. the foreign ministers of all the g7 countries, including the united states, britain and france, have condemned an increase in russian troop numbers near its border with ukraine. the joint declaration comes as ukraine says another one of its servicemen has been killed in clashes with russian—backed fighters in the east. the kremlin said yesterday it wasn't moving towards war, but wouldn't remain indifferent to the fate of russian speakers, in eastern ukraine. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: customers rush to hairdressers, and the high street as non—essential retailers in england and wales re—open after more than three months. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers,

has reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazines officers have been attacked, and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock. and as for a sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her new world best time for years to come. quite quietly but quicker. and quicker, she assumed to just slide away under i the surface and disappear.

this is bbc news, our main headline... a state of emergency is declared in the american city of minneapolis as civic leaders call for calm after another black man was killed by police. princes william and harry, have paid separate tributes to their grandfather the duke of edinburgh. william described prince philip as an extraordinary man from an extraordinary generation. harry wrote of him as a master of the barbecue, and a legend of banter. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. he was there for them at their moment of greatest anguish, walking with a young william and harry behind the coffin of their mother after her death in a road accident. and the bond between the grandfather and grandsonis, on whom so many hopes rested was a deep one. in his statement william says he feels fortunate to have had his grandfather's enduring presence to guide him

through good times and the hardest days. he recalled the special memories his own children will have of their great grandpa, coming to collect them in his carriage. then william says this. harry speaks of his grandfather's unparalleled devotion to the queen. he'd been a man of great on her master of the barbecue and cheeky right to the end. harry finished by saying this, thank you for your service, in the houses of parliament, recalled early from the easter recess, politicians paid their tributes, led by the prime minister.

though i suspect he may be embarrassed or faintly exasperated to receive these tributes. he made this country a better place. and we offer up this tribute. to the duke for a lifetime of public service the gold award. in the scottish parliament tribute to the duke were led by the first minister nicola sturgeon. of course he face the additional challenge. of being the husband - of a powerful woman were at a time when that was even more of an exception then _ it is today. that reversal of the more - traditional dynamic was highly unusual in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. - an even now isn't as . common as it might be. a virtual session of the welsh parliament heard from the first minister. to have lived such a life at the centre of world events and in a way which made almost every experience in public

rather than simply private interests. makes it even more remarkable still. and that was the life of the duke of edinburgh. in northern ireland tributes were paid across the political divide. he redefined the rule of a royal. working with hundreds of different causes and organisations with younger people, service and driving british innovation at the centre of his efforts. i acknowledge that the queen and prince philip and their. family were directly impacted | by the conflict and regrettably endured sorrow and pain. having endured such personal loss the royal family pace - and reckons a likelyj mac reconciliations. i have been witness under example in recent years. i he stepped onto the national stage before most political leaders were born. today they spoke out

in their appreciation of him. one person has died another when is being treated in hospital following a shooting in paris. it happened in the early hours this afternoon. hitting a man and woman outside the hospital. the mayor of the 16th has confirmed that it was not a terrorist attack. for several weeks now firefighters have been battling wildfires in the himalayas. signed to say they fires in the north indian state and neighbouring nepal are the strongest in 20 years. local reports a 20 people have died, hundreds of thousands of hectors have been raised. now climate change is an issue that is pre—occupying many governments and populations in the west but in the dynamic and diverse southeast asia

region, gathering data and supplying information at the grassroots level remains a challenge. sharon seah has been surveying people in the region to shed more light on people's perceptions of the climate crisis, finding awareness of the issue is high in a region where government inniatives to tackle climate issues remain scarce. earlier i spoke to ms seah — coordinator of the asean studies centre at the iseas yusof—ishak institute in singapore. i asked her why so little was being done by nations in the region to tackle climate change. it's true southeast asia contributes less than 5% of the total global admission but are population of 650 actually suffers disproportionately. in terms of commitment to the paris agreement, the government here have been falling short of what they're supposed to do. so here we have front row seats unfolding climate crisis first hint that was up we see

the top plate and terrible here in this region we are expecting stronger typhoon, longer periods of drought, temperature increases in sea level rise. all this will be accompanied by water and food insecurity. but it is clear to people what is going on. but why isn't there that political pressure on governments to do more? for example, asean countries are slow to adopt electric vehicles. they continue to burn forests. if they were to look at decarbonisation they would pick up many more business opportunities. why isn't public pressure forcing the hand of government? i think that for what you've picked up, coal is definitely still going to be a large part of the energy mix here. although the people here from the respondents we have climate is seen as a very current crisis.

in fact climate change is among southeast asian top three security concerns in 2020. also we find that although this survey was taken right in the middle of covid—i9 last year, we are told that the emergencies of climate and covid which are big drivers of concern, people want equal priority to be given to both the climate emergency and the covid emergency. but they feel that domestic governments are ineffectual. over 57% year to feel that government has not been effective. one of the problems is that the government has not been a good communicator of climate science and data and of their own policies to the grassroots level. the uk government says it's hit it's target to offer a coronavirus vaccine first dose to all over— fifties by mid— april — with over thirty— two million people recieving at least i dose. this comes as coronavirus restrictions in england were eased.

among those opening to much delight were hairdressers — they've been closed since december. our north of england correspondent danny savage reports. outside this barbers in york, they were queueing today. inside, lots of wild hair was on show. i don't think you'll get much change out of, what, £70, £80, ithink? the joke here was that they should be charging by the ounce. it's my hair that's been getting me down during this lockdown, it really has. i mean, i couldn't do anything with it. ross was showing his barber exactly what he wanted, a far cry from what he actually came in with. next door was the ladies�* salon, where melanie had opted for the first appointment on the first day. i've been dying to come to the hairdressers. i haven't been going out, and only once a week

i've worn a hat. so you've worn a hat to cover up your head? yes. because you didn't like the look of it? no, because it looked horrible. in the barbers, martin was finished — a fine head of hair for a 72—year—old. at a nearby salon, justine was having her hair done for the first time in a year. a few hats did come out and a few hoods going up. asking my children if i look that bad, or if i look like winnie the witch. but they used to say no! but i didn't believe them. just absolutely brilliant to be here. back in the queue, there was disappointment forjames. if your name wasn't down, you weren't getting in. monday the 12th of april 2021 will forever be remembered as a big hair day. danny savage, bbc news, york.

that is a lot of hair been cut around england and wales. now to russia's celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of yuri gagarin's maiden voyage in space. it seems no—one has been left out. this is ru yi, a panda at moscow zoo, who's enjoyed his own "cosmic experience". he's been treated to a bamboo meal that's out of this world: a bespoke bamboo rocket, which zoo workers took several days to build. rather less time to dismantle. yuri gagarin's single earth orbit on april 12, 1961 was one of the soviet union's most enduring cold war victories and fuelled the space race with the united states.

that is it from me and the team. thank you for watching. we will be back. all eyes on the weather now that lockdown is slowly easing. and it's actually not looking too bad of the next few days. it is going to remain a little on the chilly side and we are certainly in for a frosty start to tuesday. but at least it's going to be a sunny one. you can see on tuesday that there's still a lot of cold air across the continent. we are in that cold air, it is still coming in from the arctic and it will take a while before things warm up. this is what it looks like early on tuesday. perhaps as low as minus eight celsius in the area of scotland and all the way down to the south coast. plenty of sunshine around and right from the word go, however clouds will be increasing from the morning and into the afternoon across some western and southern areas. it is not a completely dry day. we are expecting a few showers

in the best of the weather will be across central parts and towards the north sea coast. temperatures ten to 12 degrees and actually not that far off the average but we would like them closer to the mid—teens, especially across southern parts of the uk and at least into double figures in most areas. what about the next few days? the weather is going to remain dry because we have high—pressure centred across the uk and notjust across the uk, but it's spreading itself right across western parts of europe. so, a lot of dry weather in many areas and this is what it looks like early on wednesday. starting off a little misty in places, perhaps a touch of frost, but then in the afternoon, the weather is looking absolutely fine. might be one or two light showers here and there, with temperatures just about nudging up to the mid—teens, i think across southern parts of mid wales for example. here's a look at thursday. it does look as though we're going to pick up more of a breeze off the north sea here in the southeast.

so the temperatures may drop a bit, around nine in norwich and ten in london. so, the higher temperatures later in the week will be across more western areas of the uk. there is a hint that things are going to be warming up as we head into the weekend. see that cold air being pushed away? that is slightly milder atlantic air with the southerly wind sets and across the british isles, but not everywhere. i do think temperatures will be picking up as we head towards the weekend, the best temperatures will be across more western areas and as you can see, from the weather symbols, it is looking generally dry. goodbye.

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a state of emergency has been declared in the us city of minneapolis —— following the fatal police shooting of another black man. the police authorities say daunte wright, who was 20, was killed after an officer accidentally pulled her gun out instead of a taser. there've been widespread protests. in light of the new police shooting the judge in the trial of derek chauvin, the former minneapolis policeman charged with george floyd's murder last may, has denied a defense request to isolate or sequester the jurors. derek chauvin is charged with killing him by kneeling on his neck. princes william and harry have praised the duke of edinburgh's life of service and sense of humour in separate tributes. politicians from across the political spectrum in the uk also paid their respects —— in special parliamentary and assembly sittings to mark the death of prince philip, now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk.