this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm mike embley. a state of emergency and overnight curfew in minneapolis after protests at the shooting dead of another black american by police. the local police chief says it was an accident. during this encounter, however, the officer drew their handgun instead of their taser. iran blames israel for an attack on its nuclear site. a cyber attack. india records more infections than anywhere outside the united states — the world health organization warns the pandemic has yet to reach its peak. princes william and harry pay tribute

to their grandfather, saying prince philip would want them to get on with theirjobs. the fatal shooting of a black man on sunday afternoon by a police officer in the us city of brooklyn center — it's claimed — was an accident. according to the local police chief 20—year—old daunte 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 10 miles away — are high as the trial of an ex—officer accused of killing george floyd continues. from minneapolis, barbara plett usher reports. you plett usher reports. these have become familiar scenes you these have become familiar scenes in a year of civil unrest over police violence,

with every deadly encounter reigniting a smouldering anger. there is a stand—off between police and protesters here, spoke bombs have been fired, teargas has been fired after a shooting, another police shooting, another police shooting of a black man in minnesota. that man was daunte wright, 20 years old, of mixed race. 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 shooting. it shows that mr wright was pulled overfor a minor offence. it escalated when police decided to arrest him on a previous warrant. tried to run, but then a fatal mistake, the police chief said. the officer, while struggling with mr wright, shuts taser, taser. during this encounter, the office of drew their handgun instead of their taser.

it is my belief that the officer at the intention to deploy their taser but instead shot mr wright with a single bullet. this appears to me, from what i viewed on the officer's reaction and 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. fine been on the phone with him. one minute later— been on the phone with him. one minute later i _ been on the phone with him. one minute later i called _ been on the phone with him. (he: minute later i called and his girlfriend and said, was a passenger in the car and said he'd been shot and put it on the driver's side and my son was laying there lifeless and i said, where are you and she said, where are you and she said, i don't know.- said, where are you and she said, i don't know. during the unrest that — said, i don't know. during the unrest that followed, - said, i don't know. during the unrest that followed, some i unrest that followed, some shops were looted, a reminder of the property damage after george floyd �*s debt last year. the prosecution is wrapping up its case in that trial. there is concern about what sort of fallout the verdict might trigger and questions about whether it will impact the way police operate in america.

barbara plett usher, bbc news, minneapolis. 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 daunte 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. no, there is no justification for violence. peaceful protest understandable, and the factors is that we do know that the anger, pain and trauma that exists in the black community in that environment is real, it's serious and it's consequential. as we've just reported, minneapolis is already tense as the trial of a former police officer, derek chauvin, accused of murdering 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. rachel paulose is a lawyer and professor at the university of st thomas school of law in minneapolis. let's go to the trial. what are you making at the beginning of this third week?—

this third week? well, the prosecution _ this third week? well, the prosecution is _ this third week? well, the prosecution is wrapping i this third week? well, the | prosecution is wrapping up this third week? well, the - prosecution is wrapping up its case and wanted to end on that reminded people of the answers to the questions that the defence will be raising on cause of death, on mr floyd's medical conditions, mr floyd's family, including regarding what we call in minnesota the spark of life testimony wherein the prosecution is allowed to introduce evidence of person �*s humanity, and what they mean to the people around them. and so the people around them. and so the prosecution wants to end onenote, and we think about a trial lawyer's emphasis on recency and primacy, they want the jurors to have that testimony, those images in their mind is the defence begins its response to the government's case. obviously the defence — government's case. obviously the defence will _ government's case. obviously the defence will come - government's case. obviously the defence will come out - government's case. obviously | the defence will come out hard but on the face of it there seems to be a lot in the prosecution case that does a lot of damage to the defence case. . ., , , case. the evidence has been overwhelming _ case. the evidence has been overwhelming thus - case. the evidence has been overwhelming thus far, - case. the evidence has been overwhelming thus far, and l case. the evidence has been i overwhelming thus far, and the defence is not required to put

on any evidence whatsoever or to even call a single witness because it is the government's burden to prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt that we've seen things in this trial that we've not seen in any police brutality case in this country, including a long line of officers, including derek chauvin�*s own former supervisor, the chief of police testifying against him, a long line of medical experts talking about the cause of death here being the police overreaction, in particular derek chauvin�*s knee on mr floyd's neck and that dramatic testimony last week really, i think, helps the prosecution try and corner on what the defence has been sighting since the beginning of this case is their strongest card, mr floyd's health conditions and alleged drug use. ., ., ., , use. now the whole region is even more — use. now the whole region is even more tense, _ use. now the whole region is

even more tense, with - use. now the whole region is even more tense, with this i even more tense, with this latest death at the hands of police, which police say was accidental. what do you make of the efforts to try and keep all of this from the jury, away from what is going on? the “urors from what is going on? the jurors are _ from what is going on? the jurors are going _ from what is going on? tie: jurors are going home to from what is going on? ti2 jurors are going home to their families each night so this entire metropolitan area is under a curfew, entire metropolitan area is undera curfew, is entire metropolitan area is under a curfew, is about seven minutes ago. people are not permitted to leave their homes, except for medical and other severe emergencies, so there is going to be some aspect of it thatjurors are aware of. the judge is going to be careful to remind them that they should not be reading, consuming, watching any media about it, and if they fear that it will taint their verdict of their decision in this case at all, they must notify the judge immediately. they must notify the 'udge immediately.�* they must notify the 'udge immediately. thank you very much, immediately. thank you very much. good _ immediately. thank you very much, good to _ immediately. thank you very much, good to talk- immediately. thank you very much, good to talk to - immediately. thank you very much, good to talk to you. l to talk to you. 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 bit expected to be officials say they are still gathering information about the situation. the high school will not hold classes for at least two days. the united states has insisted it had nothing to do with an attack on a key nuclear site in iran, which the country blames on israel. reports from inside israel itself suggest that the mossad spy agency carried out a cyber attack on the underground nuclear plant. this all comes as diplomatic efforts are underway by america and several european countries to revive iran's nuclear deal. the natanz site is in the center of the country, to the south of tehran. it is the nation's only uranium enrichment site and iran has gone to great lengths to burrow parts of the facility deep underground, making it on saturday, iran announced that new advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium had just been activated at the facility. this is in a breach of its undertakings under

the 2015 nuclear deal which was abandoned by president trump in 2018. joining me to discuss is elliot abrams, who was former president donald trump's special representative for iran, and previously advised president george w. bush on national secutiy. first of all, what do you think happened at natanz? it first of all, what do you think happened at natanz?- happened at natanz? it looks like an explosion _ happened at natanz? it looks like an explosion and - happened at natanz? it looks like an explosion and that. happened at natanz? it looks like an explosion and that is i like an explosion and that is an interesting thing because obviously it's going to be a very guarded site, so it is yet another indication that the israelis are able to operate on the ground, inside iran, which really must be driving the police and the revolution regards simply crazy. you use the word _ regards simply crazy. you use the word strikes _ regards simply crazy. you use the word strikes you - regards simply crazy. you use the word strikes you have - regards simply crazy. you use the word strikes you have nol the word strikes you have no doubt that it was an israeli operation? i have no information, no intelligence information, no intelligence information, i'd left the government. but your best informed guest —— guess? government. but your best informed guest -- guess? yes, and the logic— informed guest -- guess? yes, and the logic suggests - informed guest -- guess? yes, and the logic suggests it's - and the logic suggests it's israel. who else has that capability on the ground? the us secretary _ capability on the ground? the us secretary of _ capability on the ground? the us secretary of defence in israel at the time, is it likely israel could carry this out without tacit approval from

the white house? it is plausible. _ the white house? it is plausible. the - the white house? it is plausible. the fact - the white house? it is| plausible. the fact that the white house? it is i plausible. the fact that it the white house? it is - plausible. the fact that it was done, secretary of defence austin was there, a clear message to the united states that they will not be deterred from these activities, but i think it is very plausible that they did not in fact give notice because when you give notice, there is always the possibility that you get into an argument in the white house tries to say no, don't do it, stop, so i think my guess would be that they did not inform the white house but it is just a guess. white house but it is 'ust a cuess. white house but it is 'ust a iuess. f white house but it is 'ust a cuess. �*, ~ , ., guess. so it's likely from what ou are guess. so it's likely from what you are saying. _ guess. so it's likely from what you are saying, israel- guess. so it's likely from what you are saying, israel sent - guess. so it's likely from what you are saying, israel sent a l you are saying, israel sent a message, from iran but also to the biden white house. what does it do for hardliners in iran? surely it emboldens them. the hardliners have been saying today that the iranians response should be to stop the talks in vienna but it does seem the supreme leader is not

going to do that. he seems to want to continue. the logic of it would be for iran to respond, not against vienna but against israel.— against israel. what chance is, what hopes — against israel. what chance is, what hopes to _ against israel. what chance is, what hopes to have _ against israel. what chance is, what hopes to have for- against israel. what chance is, what hopes to have for the - what hopes to have for the talks, a deal? i what hopes to have for the talks, a deal?— what hopes to have for the talks, a deal? i would say it's about 50-50. _ talks, a deal? i would say it's about 50-50. |_ talks, a deal? i would say it's about 50-50. | think - talks, a deal? i would say it's about 50-50. | think the - about 50—50. i think the iranian still want to get the sanctions, or most of them lifted, and it's clear that the biden administration wants to do that agreement as well. where i think the difficulty arises, iran is saying all sanctions have to be lifted but the biden administration is saying, the nuclear sanctions, thejc saying, the nuclear sanctions, the jc poa saying, the nuclear sanctions, thejc poa sanctions have to be lifted, not separate terrorism sanctions or human rights sanctions, that is going to turn into quite an argument. very interesting to talk to you, thank you very much. you are very welcome.

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: brazil battle with covid. with hospitals overwhelmed, victims families say the crisis has become a public health disaster. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, is 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 magazine's offices 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. shouting. quite quietly but quicker

and quicker, she seemed tojust slide away under the surface and disappear. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: 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. in a stark warning the world health organization, says the coronavirus pandemic is still growing around the globe, and has yet to reach its peak. india now accounts for1 in 6 of all new coronavirus infections globally. it's recorded more than 13.5 million cases. only the united states has recorded more infections. courtney bembridge reports. just as the second wave of the viruses across india, millions

of people travelled to a northern city to mark a hindu religious festival by bathing in the ganges river. brute religious festival by bathing in the ganges river. we were afraid that — in the ganges river. we were afraid that we _ in the ganges river. we were afraid that we were _ in the ganges river. we were afraid that we were coming i in the ganges river. we were| afraid that we were coming to find covid—19 but by the grace of the mother goddess nothing is fine here and there are no problems. is fine here and there are no problems-— is fine here and there are no problems. is fine here and there are no roblems. , ., , , problems. there is no issue. i think there — problems. there is no issue. i think there is _ problems. there is no issue. i think there is no _ problems. there is no issue. i think there is no issue. - problems. there is no issue. i think there is no issue. they l think there is no issue. they are protecting themselves by wearing — are protecting themselves by wearing masks and maintaining sociai— wearing masks and maintaining social distance protocols. the crowds are — social distance protocols. the crowds are so _ social distance protocols. the crowds are so large _ social distance protocols. ti2 crowds are so large it is hard to enforce coronavirus restrictions. translation: this restrictions. translation: as ou restrictions. translation: is you can see we are urging people to wear their mask and until yesterday there were a lot of fines to because of the crowd today we are unable to impose fines as it is not practically possible. health ex - erts practically possible. health exoerts had _ practically possible. health experts had appealed - practically possible. health experts had appealed for. practically possible. health i experts had appealed for the festival to be counselled but the government went ahead. irate the government went ahead. we must the government went ahead. 2 must recognise a coming together of a large number of

people, even in the situation is likely to be an invitation for the virus to spread more easily. for the virus to spread more easil . ., , _, easily. india is recording almost 170,000 - easily. india is recording almost 170,000 new - easily. india is recording i almost 170,000 new daily easily. india is recording - almost 170,000 new daily cases and health officials expect that number to rise. irate and health officials expect that number to rise. we are anticipating _ that number to rise. we are anticipating it _ that number to rise. we are anticipating it could - that number to rise. we are anticipating it could reach i anticipating it could reach higher. the question is how long the way for last. we don't know. if it last like the last one for 2.5 months, then we have a problem.— have a problem. there are re orts have a problem. there are reports of _ have a problem. there are reports of shortages - have a problem. there are reports of shortages of. reports of shortages of hospital beds and medicine to these patients were given oxygen outside a hospital because it was too full. less than 1t% of the —— population has been vaccinated. the pope the prime minister wants to see the prime minister wants to see the efforts ramped up but there are reports of vaccine shortages. that will have a knock—on effect for global

vaccination efforts because fewer doses will be sent overseas. global cases have been rising for seven weeks in the world health organization has warned countries against relaxing restrictions too soon. the trajectory of the pandemic right now is growing exponentially. this is not the situation we want to be in 16 months into a pandemic. ind months into a pandemic. and there was _ months into a pandemic. and there was more _ months into a pandemic. and there was more from - months into a pandemic. and there was more from the direct general. there was more from the direct ueneral. ~ .., there was more from the direct ueneral. . _, , general. we could bring this pandemic under control in a | pandemic under control in a matter of months. whether we do or not comes down to the decision and the actions that governments and individuals make every day. the governments and individuals make every day.— make every day. the global death toll _ make every day. the global death toll from _ make every day. the global death toll from covid-19 . make every day. the global| death toll from covid-19 has death toll from covid—19 has almost hit 3 million. another of the countries hit badly is brazil. the latest daily death toll of nearly 1500 people is down from a high of over 4000 from last week, but cases still seem to be on the rise. 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 president 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 tried 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. 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. friends of alexei navalny say he has lost 15 kilos in weight and strength third to a prison camp. he and strength third to a prison cam -. , and strength third to a prison cam | . , ., and strength third to a prison cam -. , ., �* , and strength third to a prison cam._ , ., �* , , ~' camp. he is on hunger's strike but also accused _ camp. he is on hunger's strike but also accused the _ but also accused the authorities of depriving him of sleep and proper medical treatment. last year he was the target of a nerve agent poisoning. 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 the young william and harry behind the coffin of their mother after her death in a road accident. and the bond between the grandfather and the grandsons 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... "catherine and i will continue to do what he would have wanted and will support the queen in the years ahead. i will miss my grandpa but i know he would want us to get on with the job." harry speaks of his grandfather's unparalleled devotion to the queen.

he'd been a man of honour and great humour, master of the barbecue, legend of banter and cheeky right to the end. harry finished by saying this... "grandpa, thank you for your service, your dedication to granny, and for always being yourself. you will be sorely missed but always remembered by the nation and the world." in the houses of parliament, recalled early from the easter recess, politicians paid their tributes, led by the prime minister. though i suspect mr speaker, that he might be embarrassed or even faintly exasperated to receive these tributes, he made this country a better place. and we offer up this tribute. to the duke of edinburgh, for a lifetime of public service, the gold award. in the scottish parliament in edinburgh, tributes to the duke were led by the first minister, nicola sturgeon. and of course he faced

the additional challenge of being the husband of a powerful woman at a time when that was even more of an exception than it is today. that reversal of the more traditional dynamic was highly unusual in the 1940s, '50s and '60s, and even now isn't as common as it might be. a virtual session of the welsh parliament heard from the first minister, mark drakeford. to have lived such a life at the centre of world events, and in a way which made almost every experience of public rather than simply private interest, makes it even more remarkable still. and that was the life of the duke of edinburgh. and at stormont in northern ireland, tributes were paid across the political divide. he redefined the role 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. yet having endured such personal loss, the royal family set about working towards advancing peace and reconciliation, and i have been witness to these efforts and their example of leadership myself in recent years. he had stepped onto the national stage before most of today's political leaders were born. today, they spoke out in their appreciation of him. nicholas witchell, bbc news. and as well as all the other international news we will have more coverage of leading up to the funeral on saturday. a ceremonial royal funeral to be televised and held in st. george's chapel on the grounds of windsor castle on saturday april 17. of windsor castle on saturday april17. much of windsor castle on saturday april 17. much more at any time

on our website and twitter feeds. thank you for watching. it will remain a little on the chilly side and we are into a frosty start but it will be a sunny one. on tuesday there are still a lot of cold air across the continent and we are that cold air, it is still coming from the ark dig and will take a while before the things warm up. this is what like early on tuesday. as low as eight celsius in the glens of scotland and a frost down to the south coast. plenty of sunshine around right from the word go however the cloud will be increasing through the morning and into the afternoon across western and southern

areas so it is not a completely dry day. we do expect a few showers. the best of the weather will be across central part and towards the north sea coast. temperatures, 10— 12 degrees, not that far off the average but we would like them closer to the mid— teens especially across southern parts of the uk and into double figures in most areas. so the next few days? the weather will remain dry because we have high pressure centred across the uk. butjust across the uk but spreading itself right across western parts of europe. a lot of dry weather in many areas and this is what it looks like early on wednesday. starting a little misty in places with a touch of frost but in the afternoon the weather looks fine. maybe a couple of showers here and there. the temperature nudging into the mid— teens across southern parts of wales. this is a look at thursday. it does look as though it will pick up more of a breeze off the north sea here so the temperatures

may drop a little bit. we're only talking nine in norwich and 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. that cold air being pushed away and that slightly moulder that make mild atlantic wind sets in across the british isles but not everywhere. so temperatures will pick up towards the weekend and the best temperatures will be across more western areas. and from the weather symbol it does look generally dry.

this is bbc news, the headlines: a state of emergency has been declared in minneapolis over the fatal shooting of another black man. authorities say daunte wright was killed after an officer mistakenly pull data wrote —— a gun instead of a taser. the trial of derek chauvin in the killing of george floyd has been denied the request to sequester the jury. prince harry and prince william have paid tributes to prince philip. politicians from across the political spectrum also pay their respects and special parliamentary and assembly settings to mark the death of prince philip, who was 99.

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