welcome to bbc news — i'm mike embley. our top stories: 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 a major cyber attack on its natanz nuclear site, and promises to take revenge. israel says it will defend itself. the world health organization warns that brazil is yet to relieve reach its covid peak. victim �*s family said the crisis there is now public health disaster.

princes william and harry pay tribute to their grandfather, saying prince philip would want them to get on with theirjobs. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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 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. 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. no, there is no justification for violence. peaceful protest understandable, and the fact 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

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. john lesch is a criminal defence lawyer and former state legislator in the minnesota house of representatives. thank you for your time. what do you make of the situation so far? it do you make of the situation so far? , . . . do you make of the situation so far? ,. ., ., ., ., far? it is a tragic situation we are seeing _ far? it is a tragic situation we are seeing cloud - far? it is a tragic situation we are seeing cloud in - far? it is a tragic situation l we are seeing cloud in real

time and minnesota, where we are under curfew and people are still observing this trial. the prosecution has done a very good job of showing the humanity of mr floyd and also all the reasons why, the reason he died was not due to health reasons or drug abuse but was related to a knee on his neck by officer chauvin sought we will see what the responses. you are a criminal defence lawyer who looking from the outside, the prosecution has caused a lot of problems with the defence witnesses put on the defence witnesses put on the stand so far but the bend but —— but the defence only needs one juror to leave the case hung. it needs one 'uror to leave the case hung.— needs one “uror to leave the case hung. it leaves one “uror to hanu case hung. it leaves one “uror to hang the i case hung. it leaves one “uror to hang thejuwfi case hung. it leaves one “uror to hang the jury and fi case hung. it leaves one “uror to hang the jury and fork case hung. it leaves onejuror to hang the jury and for the l to hang the jury and for the defendant, that means we would see another trial but yes, you only need one to cast are not reasonable doubt unusually that is a low barfor reasonable doubt unusually that is a low bar for the defence. this case, when you have the

death of an individual hanging like a spectre over the courtroom and a grieving family, it becomes more difficult bar.— family, it becomes more difficult bar. and also very unusually. _ difficult bar. and also very unusually, senior- difficult bar. and also very unusually, senior police i unusually, senior police officers giving evidence against a former officer. that's right, the blue wall of silence has been functioning in this trial. we may see more of that coming in the future in america. i don't know but it was remarkable to see those senior officers testify against mr chauvin. it’s senior officers testify against mr chauvin-_ mr chauvin. it's indicative surely of _ mr chauvin. it's indicative surely of how— mr chauvin. it's indicative surely of how much - mr chauvin. it's indicative surely of how much is - mr chauvin. it's indicative i surely of how much is riding mr chauvin. it's indicative - surely of how much is riding on this trial and how broad tensions are across the country. reaction to latest police killing.— police killing. there was clearly an _ police killing. there was clearly an open - police killing. there was clearly an open wound l police killing. there was| clearly an open wound in america with how we have dealt with race and policing and so on and when you are starting —— what you are starting to see is more and more folks starting to notice it is there, just like we saw in the 60s when we saw civil rights actually start to happen, when white america, we did not think they were

affected, started to notice it mattered to them, starting to see the same thing in policing right now, and part of it is because of these trials, these killings that are achieving much higher profiles than they used to. is much higher profiles than they used to. , ., , , used to. is it inevitable this killin: used to. is it inevitable this killing in — used to. is it inevitable this killing in the _ used to. is it inevitable this killing in the protests - used to. is it inevitable this | killing in the protests around it will impact on the trial? the defence failed to the jury sequestered or away from what is going on?— is going on? that's right, and it is remarkable. _ is going on? that's right, and it is remarkable. i— is going on? that's right, and it is remarkable. i have - is going on? that's right, and it is remarkable. i have not . it is remarkable. i have not seen a trial of these types of charges were not only the jury was not sequestered, but also simultaneous events going on, no matter how much they try. jurors did do a pretty good job following what thejudge jurors did do a pretty good job following what the judge said, reading the news, not talking to people about it, they are still going to be impacted. john, very interesting 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 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. 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 difficult to attack from the air.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.

elliot abrams, who was former president trump's special representative for iran, told me what the attack could reveal about israel's presence in iran and their future plans. it looks like an explosion and that is a very 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 revolutionary guards there simply crazy. with he 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 fact that it was done while secretary of defence austin was there is a clear message to the united states that they will not be deterred from these activities, but i think it's

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 and the white house tries to say, "no, don't do it, stop, wait," so i think my guess would be that they did not inform the white house but it is just a guess. so it's likely, from what you are saying, that israel was sending a message, clearly to iran but also to the biden white house. what does it do for hardliners in iran? surely it emboldens them? well, the hardliners have in fact 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 rather against israel. what chance is...what hopes

to have for the talks, a deal? i would say it's about 50—50. i think the iranians do 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, is iran is saying all sanctions have to be lifted but the biden administration is saying the nuclear sanctions, the jcpoa sanctions, have to be lifted, not separate terrorism sanctions or human rights sanctions, so that is going to turn into quite an argument. french lawmakers have voted to ban many short—haul domestic flights — in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. the legislation will end routes where the same journey could be made by train in less than two—and—a—half hours. the planned measures will face a further vote in the senate before becoming law. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. thanks to the pandemic, fewer people are taking to the skies.

but the french government wants to see a reduction even when things get back to normal. it says it's committed to reducing carbon emissions and the airline industry is a big reducer of co2. hence the vote to ban a number of domestic flights, although connecting flights, although connecting flights won't be directly affected. eitherway, flights won't be directly affected. either way, some lawmakers remain to be convinced. �* ,, �* ~' convinced. translation: ithink this method _ convinced. translation: ithink this method is _ convinced. translation: ithink this method is not _ convinced. translation: ithink this method is not the _ convinced. translation: ithink this method is not the right - this method is not the right one. the environmental choice must take precedence but that's not abandon the social and economic choices around industry and around our ports. the two are complementary. the law still has to be approved by the senate but assuming it comes into a fact, it will build —— hit all flights that could be made by train in less than 2.5 hours. that will bring an end services between paris and cities like nantes, lyon in bordeaux but after some objections from airlines and

regional officials, longer flights from the capital from places to places like toulouse, marseille and niece will still be allowed. translation: yeah according to greenpeace, this change would spare the most polluting our connections. inihiitln polluting our connections. with more than _ polluting our connections. with more than 3 — polluting our connections. with more than 3 million _ polluting our connections. tn more than 3 million passengers in 2019, the flights between paris and niece generate the equivalent of 22,500 tons of carbon dioxide.— carbon dioxide. france has a renowned — carbon dioxide. france has a renowned train _ carbon dioxide. france has a renowned train network. - carbon dioxide. france has a - renowned train network. getting around here is usually pretty painless. it may not be the same for other countries considering a similar scheme. the ministers insist big steps have to be taken if we are serious about climate change. tim allman, bbc news. coming up, brazil's 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, 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 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 her 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 and a half million cases. only the united states has recorded more infections. courtney bembridge reports. just as the second wave of the viruses across india, across india, millions of people travelled to the northern city of haridwar to mark a hindu religious festival by bathing in the ganges river. translation: we were afraid that we were coming - during covid—19 and nothing should happen to us, but by the grace of the mother goddess ganges, everything

is fine here and there are no problems. there is no issue. i think there is no issue travelling to come. they have to take proper care of themselves by wearing masks and maintaining some social distance protocols. the crowds are so large it is hard to enforce coronavirus restrictions. translation: as you can see we are urging people - to wear their masks and until yesterday there were a lot of fines. but because of the crowd today we are unable to impose fines as it is not practically possible. health experts had appealed for the festival to be cancelled, but the government went ahead. we must recognise that packing together a large number of people, even in an outdoor situation is likely to be an invitation for the virus to spread more easily. india is recording almost 170,000 new daily cases and health officials are expecting that number to rise.

the question is how long the wave will last. we don't know. if it last like the last one for 2.5 months, then we have a problem. there are reports of shortages of hospital beds and medicine. these patients were given oxygen outside a hospital because it was too full. less than 4% of the population has been vaccinated. prime minister narendra modi wants to see these efforts ramped up but there are reports of vaccine shortages, even with the largest manufacturer in the world, the serum institute of india, directing most of its supply for domestic use. that will have a knock—on effect for global vaccination efforts too because less doses will be sent overseas. global cases have been rising for seven weeks and 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. and there was more from the director general.

we could bring this 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 global 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 1,500 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 deaths 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. princes william and harry, have paid separate tributes to their grandfather the duke of edinburgh. william described prince philip as an extraordinary man one person has died and another treated in hospital in paris. an attacker open fire hitting a man and a womanjust an attacker open fire hitting a man and a woman just outside a hospital. the area of the area has confirmed it was not a terrorist attack. —— the mayor. 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. there is more on our website and on our twitterfeeds. as more especially on the duke of edinburgh. the funeral is next saturday in st. george's chapel and it will be televised. thank you so much for watching.

all eyes on the weather now that lockdown is slowly easing and it is not looking too bad over the next few days. it will remain a little on the chilly side and we are in for a frosty start on tuesday but it will be a sunny one. on tuesday there are still a lot of cold air across the continent and we are in that cold air, it is still coming from the arctic and will take a while before the things warm up. this is what like early on tuesday. as low as —8 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 parts and towards the north sea coast. temperatures, 10—12 degrees, 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. so the next few days? the weather will remain dry because we have high pressure centred across the uk. notjust 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 light showers here and there. the temperature nudging into the mid— teens across southern parts of wales, for example. this is a look at thursday. it does look as though it will pick up more of a breeze off the north sea here around east anglia and the south east, 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. see that cold air being pushed away and that slightly milder atlantic wind sets in across the british isles so temperatures will pick up towards the weekend and the best temperatures will be across more western areas. and as you can see from the weather symbols it does look generally dry. bye— bye.

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the headlines: a state of emergency has been declared in minneapolis — amid protests over the fatal police shooting of another black man. authorities say daunte wright, who was 20, was pulled over for an apparent traffic violation, but killed when an officer pulled out her gun instead of a taser. a curfew has been declared. 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, who was 99.

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