this is bbc news — i'm ben boulos — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world... out! japanese tennis player — naomi osaka — withdraws from the french open — after her refusal to speak to the media. the city of tulsa marks the centenary of the worst single act of racial violence in america's history. china tells parents they can now have three children — as it tries to stop a steep decline in the country's birth rate. translation: i have one kid but if the government - could give us some sort of subsidy, we would definitely have more. three children? two are enough. even one is exhausting me. and — calls for a delay in the easing of lockdown restrictions in the uk — as fears grow of a third wave of infections.

japanese tennis player naomi osaka has withdrawn from the french open. it follows her decision to boycott post—match media duties at the grand slam tournament. she has released a statement on twitter saying "i think now the best thing for the tournament, other players and my wellbeing is that i withdraw so that everyone can get back to focussing on the tennis." courtney bembridge reports. after five days of back and forth, naomi osaka has withdrawn from the french open. it started when the 23—year—old announced she would not take part in press conferences at roland garros due to their effect on her mental health. she said expecting players to answer question after a defeat amounted to kicking a person

while they are down. the organisers responded, writing in a statement... osaka hit back on twitter, writing... she was fined $15,000 for not doing the post match media after this win in her opening match. then came the news that she had decided to withdraw completely. in a long statement posted to twitter, she explained how she had suffered long bouts of depression since the us open in 2018, adding she never wanted to be a distraction. this is how the french federation of tennis has responded.— federation of tennis has responded. federation of tennis has resonded. ~ ., , ., responded. we are sorry and sad for naomi _ responded. we are sorry and sad for naomi osaka. _ responded. we are sorry and sad for naomi osaka. the _ responded. we are sorry and sad for naomi osaka. the outcome l responded. we are sorry and sad| for naomi osaka. the outcome of

naomi withdrawing from roland garros is unfortunate. we wish her the best and the quickest possible recovery. we remain very committed to all athletes well—being into continually improving every aspect of players experience in our tournaments.— players experience in our tournaments. british former number one _ tournaments. british former number one and _ tournaments. british former number one and a _ tournaments. british former number one and a says - tournaments. british former number one and a says the l number one and a says the tennis world is really but will have to find a path forward together. —— anna kroft. it is together. -- anna kroft. it is a difficult _ together. -- anna kroft. it is a difficult balance _ together. -- anna kroft. it is a difficult balance for- together. -- anna kroft. it is a difficult balance for the - a difficult balance for the grants them. we can't treat her differently. no one person can be bigger to the square and they need to make the commitment to the medias of these events can take place. osaka says she will now take some time away from the court. the city of tulsa in oklahoma is marking 100 years since a race massacre that's thought to have left up to 300 black people dead. on 31 may 1921 a white mob, angered by the alleged assault of a white teenage woman

by a black man, rampaged through the affluent black district of greenwood, shooting, burning and looting as they went. 35 square blocks of the city were destroyed. 100 years on, and the few remaining survivors and the descendants of those who lost everything are still waiting for compensation. a warning you may find some of the images in this report by gary o'donoghue upsetting. before the destruction, they called it black wall street. but injust 18 hours, a murderous white mob had razed a thriving black community to the ground, making 10,000 people homeless, with up to 300 black lives lost. few dispute that it was the worst single act of racial violence in the history of the united states. i will never forget the violence of the white mob when we left our home. i still see black men seen being shot, black bodies lying in the street. i still smell smoke and see fire.

because of the massacre, my family was driven out of our home. we were left with nothing. so, here is the basement room, where people hid in. _ and how many do you think came down here? at least a few hundred. robert turner is the reverend at the vernonn ame church. at the vernon ame church. it was one of several burned to the ground during the massacre. the church was rebuilt with parishioners' money as the insurers refused to pay out. after the massacre, - there was this movement by the white community to not ever talk about it _ because they knew they had gotten away with murder. . they didn't want to ever bring it up, and any of the black- people who brought it up, they were either killed, i run out of town or - intimidated into silence. not a single person was prosecuted for the murders, for the looting or for the arson. not one black family received

a penny in compensation. it would take 75 years for there to be any official recognition that a massacre had taken place at all. and now, as tulsa marks the centenary, locating where the victims are buried is onlyjust beginning. i know what's there. kavan ross is overseeing the search. he says archaeologists now believe dozens were buried in mass trenches. the digging begins in earnest tomorrow to try to find them. the dead, where they fell, were picked up and tossed in various different areas of the city. we don't know, but we're going to act, we're going to get them. while tulsa unites to mark the massacre, there are divisions. that's meant the cancellation of a major concert, the survivors at odds with the city over who should pay them reparations. there is no celebration without reparation. and the centenary was not about concerts, it's not about speech, it's not about interviews, it is about

focusing on the people that were harmed and doing everything in our power to make sure those people receive justice, respect and reparations. but while the survivors continue their fight for compensation, some among the younger generation are finding the historyjust too much to cope with. it is so painful that i can't even live in this city. - ijust can't. but i have since moved to atlanta, georgia, i which i consider to be, you know, the new. black wall street. when the president comes here tomorrow, he will yet again address a shameful episode in the country's history. and with the murder of george floyd still uppermost, many will wonderjust how much has really changed in america over the past 100 years, gary o'donoghue, bbc news, tulsa. reverend robert turner is pastor of the vernon african methodist episcopal church. earlier i asked him to explain

the shadow this casts on tulsa: we have never seen justice from 1921. there's never been even an investigation from our local law enforcement, our state attorney general, there's been there's been nothing. it as though they could kill over 300 black people, cause 10,000 folks to be made homeless in 18 hours, drop bombs on american soil with no consequence. what happenend here in tulsa is something that nazi germany could not even do to america. it is something that stalin's russia couldn't do, and that is drop bombs on american soil, and the first people who did that were white americans. and nobody got charged with the crimes. when we hear about how successful and how affluent the town was, how well greenwood was doing, has it ever recovered? we rebuilt immediately after the massacre.

i can say that. but what was the death nail was when they chose, the federal government of the us, chose to put the interstate highway through the heart of our community and then couple that with having checks being given through what they call urban renewal to homes that had their property value driven down recently by the building of those interstate highways. so as a result of today, fast—forward 100 years later, the largest land owner in the greenwood district is the city of tulsa, the same city that was complicit at best and a co—conspirator at worst in the worst race massacre in us history and the oldest continuous landowner whole district is a church. what would it cost to heal, if anything? it has to begin with a confession. i tell my members

the bible teaches us to confess with our mouth. there's been no confession here as far as recognition of sin. we've had apologies but as far as confession, we have not had, in large part because for so long we denied it. the businesses whose aeroplanes were used to drop bombs on tulsa, one of them according to the race riot commission report 2001 was sinclair oil. they have said nothing about this at all. we need repentance. you need to turn from these wicked ways of racism, you need reparations, and in orderfor there to be healing, you must acknowledge you are sick. that's first of all. then you must stop doing the things that cause you to be sick and then you must heal the wounds that you are from and we have done neither. let s get some of france, germany and other european countries demand answers following reports the us spied on its allies

using danish underwater cables, as questions mount over whether denmark knew about the operation. israeli opposition parties have until wednesday night to form a coalition and oust benjamin netanyahu as prime minister. the centrist yair lapid says �*plenty of obstacles' remain before a deal is struck. mr netanyahu has said such a deal would endanger israel. an armed ex—soldier on the run in france has been shot by police after a 24—hour manhunt. the man, had fled to a forest after shooting at officers on saturday, sparking a massive search. he was wounded during a shoot—out and taken into custody. peru has announced that the country's real number of coronavirus deaths is almost triple what was previously thought. 180,000 people have died of covid in peru — one of the highest death rates in the world. five years after permitting chinese couples to have up to two children, the government has announced it's raising

the limit to three. chinese officials are responding to census data showing a steep decline in the number of births. they fear a smaller, future pool of young people will have to support hundreds of millions of retirees, which could act as a brake on economic growth. the bbc'sjohn sudworth has more. the announcement may have looked a little mundane, but the news was momentous. chinese women can now have three children. for decades, china's one—child policy was brutally enforced, with millions of involuntary sterilisations and abortions. it was not only cruel, it was a disaster. china doesn't have enough young people to sustain its economy, and the two—child policy brought in five years ago has made little difference. i think the concept of the one—child policy... mei fong, the author

of a book about china's birth control policy, says the latest change doesn't go far enough. it should've been gone yesterday. the fact that it's still there in some form is a testament, i think, to the failures of beijing to fully acknowledge the mistakes. you have a nation of really ageing, lonely people who have been massively terrorised in a way by this very, very traumatic, and at the end of the day, very unnecessary punitive family planning policy. china once estimated that its harsh controls had prevented 400 million births. but this is a change being driven not by a belated recognition of women's rights over their own fertility, but by economic need. the trouble is few women

want a second child, let alone a third. "two is too exhausting," this woman says. "we can't afford it," these women say. "the government subsidies are not enough." this straw poll by china's official news agency says it all. enthusiasm for a third child saw more than 1000 votes. but those completely ruling it out — 28,000. the survey was deleted before it got any worse. and while the policy's being relaxed across most of the country, in xinjiang, there's evidence the controls are getting tougher, with a dramatic drop—off in uighur birth rates, a decline china insists that's entirely voluntary. john sudworth, bbc news, taipei. stay with us on bbc news — still to come... here comes the sun — britain heads to the beech — as the country enjoys the hottest day of the year so far.

in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletics events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juventus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the j tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of. the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than a500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she's left the spice girls. argh, i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the go, girl power.

not geri, why? this is bbc news — the latest headlines... japanese tennis player — naomi osaka — has withdrawn from the french open — following her decision to boycott post—match media duties at roland garros. american is marking the centenary of the tulsa massacre — the worst single act of racial violence in the country's history. some scientists advising the uk government on coronavirus, are calling for the lifting of the final lockdown restrictions in england, due on the 21st ofjune, to be postponed. they say they're concerned about rising infection rates, due to the indian variant. ministers warn that the government cannot make a final decision for another two weeks, but some businesses argue they need clarity now. here's our health correspondent, anna collinson.

it is one of the biggest rugby stadiums in the world, but today, thousands have been encouraged to come to twickenham for their coronavirus jab. it's been really good, yeah. like, i thought the queue was quite long but it moves quite quickly, and everything seems really, like, organised. ijust sort of want the whole countryjust to come out of lockdown, hopefully, 215t of june. so the more people vaccinated, the better. so doing our part, really. this afternoon, it was announced anyone aged over 18 could come and get theirjab, which organisers say contributed to these long queues. almost three quarters of adults in the uk have now had a first dose. hounslow�*s public health service helped organise this event as they're concerned some of those who are most at risk have not yet been vaccinated. we have, in a matter of four or five days, pulled this event together so we can vaccinate up to 15,000 people in one day. the reason we've chosen such a big event is, we can socially distance people, we can safely get that many people through the stadium.

twickenham's location is also significant. it's close to hounslow, an area which has seen a rise in the variant first detected in india. people can come here and get a jab without an appointment, and it's just one of the many measures being tried across the uk to encourage those who are eligible to come and get a vaccine. in bolton, which has a persistently high infection rate, fuelled by the indian variant, a bus is offering jabs to eligible adults in affected areas. the army has also been on hand to encourage residents without symptoms to get tested. while in glasgow, another area of concern, a drop—in vaccine centre has been set up to encourage anyone who is over a0 to get their second dose, as that provides more substantial protection. coronavirus cases in the uk are once again on the rise, with a 29% increase in the past week. it is thought it's been fuelled by the indian variant, but it is not yet known if this will translate into serious illness and hospitalisations. one of the experts advising the government says further easing of restrictions, due in three weeks' time, should be postponed. look, people are not saying

that we should, um, you know, abandon thejune 21st date altogether butjust to delay it by a few weeks, whilst we gather more intelligence, and we can look at the trajectory in a clearer way. if you look at the costs and benefits of getting it wrong, i think that it is heavily in the favour of delay. ministers say it will be a two—week wait before they can say for certain whether complete unlocking can go ahead on 21stjune. i know everyone wants to know what's going to happen, but we can't actually make that judgment until we see the impact of the easements we have just made. the hope is that drives like this in twickenham will make a complete unlocking more likely. anna collinson, bbc news. heathrow airport is to open a dedicated terminal for passengers arriving from countries with a high risk of covid. the decision follows criticism of the airport and the government after arrivals from red list countries were made to queue with other passengers.

but from the first ofjune, those travelling from red list countries will transit through terminal three, which has been closed for the past year. they will then travel to a hotel where they will quarantine for ten days. while india is facing a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, it has not taken its eye off its border with china in its northern ladakh region. a year ago, both countries rushed tens of thousands of troops accusing each other of intruding into their territory in the himalayan region. several rounds of talks have not reduced tensions between the two asian powers. here's an exclusive report by the bbc�*s anbarasan ethirajan who has been to the pangong tso area close to the india—china border. arad was sent to india's disputed border with china in ladakh. the altitude and the threat of avalanche offer a glimpse of the inhospitable terrain. after several hours of winding through the mountains, we see this, a breathtaking natural beauty.

managing livestock is a way of life for the nomads in this border village. but the peace here is deceptive. just a few kilometres away, thousands of troops from india and china are facing each other with heavy weapons in the mountains. at 5000 metres above sea level, it is one of the world's highest battlefields. a local villager showed me where the soldiers clashed last year. translation: we spent months on blacktop mountain and otherl areas helping the indian army carrying supplies including ammunition. during winter, our people from here use to graze their livestock in the mountains on the other side. but over the years, the chinese have gradually taken over our territory and the grazing areas have reduced. both india and china have overlapping border claims, and they fought a brief border conflict in 1962.

for china, it's holdover eastern ladakh is key to defending tibet. the latest border tension started last year. the picturesque pangong tso lake was one of the flashpoints. this is pangong tso lake in northern india in the ladakh region. and india and china, they have deployed troops over there along those mountains. there was tension last year following which thousands of soldiers were deployed. now, both countries have decided to reduce the number of soldiers and they have recent agreement for withdrawal. but villagers say the indian pull—out has not benefited them. translation: after the disengagement process, the indian army is not allowing ladakhi nomads to take their livestock to the winter grazing land in the mountains. when the nomads set up tents in the mountains, that creates a landmark. during future border negotiations, these landmarks are imporant to assert our claim. fearing further chinese incursions, india is fast

ramping up its infrastructure. china says building roads in ladakh is causing the tensions. if the problems cannot be resolved, how should we not make them or turn them into conflicts or wars? so this is what we can do at best. i believe this is not a watershed, not a natural relationship, but it should be a turning point for us to think how we should really enhance confidence building measures. without a border settlement, the stakes are high for the two asian giants. but the villagers here in this remote region hope that there is no further escalation in the future. this bank holiday has delivered the hottest day of the year so far. 25 degrees was recorded at kinlochu in the highlands.

many other parts of the uk have also enjoyed the sun, as sancha berg reports from brighton. clear sky, glittering sea brought tourists to english beaches. at windy skegness, the english seaside was back in business. in brighton, visitors were delighted to return. absolutely fantastic, the weather's good, the people are lovely, it's just nice to be out and about. so, yeah, it's all good. get a bit of a normal life again. just been out and having family time as well. being able to socialise, going into the bars, having a meal, nice drink. as holidays are going to be this year, this will - probably be it, so, yeah. and it was a relief for local business, said one coffee shop worker. things have been quite tough, haven't they, very tough for a lot of people, so, yes, it is a relief, and it's good to, you know, see so many people out enjoying themselves as well. it's wonderful. as the mostly unmasked crowds

grew, the locals withdrew. i'm pleased that we have no reason to go into town or use public transport today, because it'sjust incredibly crowded. for the thousands of visitors filling the streets of brighton, it's a glorious bank holiday, almost back to normal. that's not the case for the brighton residents, who are worried that covid could be creeping back this way. many were busy queueing for vaccines. here, as elsewhere, they're racing to beat a potential new wave of covid—19. sanchia berg, bbc news, brighton. it's been glorious right here in london. i enjoyed the part before coming in to deliver the news to you. —— i enjoyed the park. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ ben m boulos. plenty more on the stores we have covered and others on the website. whenever you want to have a look. thank you for

watching. see you soon. goodbye. hello again. bank holiday monday was the hottest day of the year so far. i would say "no complaints", but may was a complete wash—out — the wettest on record in wales, the fourth wettest for the uk, and it was chilly. 25 celsius we had in kinloch certainly made a welcome change. that warm weather felt by most of us, however, we did have some of that pesky low cloud, the mist and fog around north sea coasts, and some of that lingered all day in shetland, keeping the temperatures atjust ten celsius here. and we have got more of these fog banks to come as we head into tuesday morning. again, shetland, very likely to see some of that, and across eastern england, stretching from norfolk across lincolnshire into yorkshire all the way to probably north yorkshire, you are likely to come across some fog, some low cloud, and even the occasional spot of drizzle. but otherwise, a dry start to the day on tuesday, relatively mild.

and for those in the west, probably a glorious start to the day because we have this weather front out to the far west, and some of that cloud will get illuminated. sunshine on through the rest of the day, but we will have some of these fog banks affecting shetland from time to time, but otherwise, i think, many eastern coasts better chance of seeing the sunshine. and it's going to be a bit warmer, 211—25 celsius more widespread, the warmest places probably getting up to 26 celsius which, again, will make it the warmest day of the year. and, of course, it'sjune, the skies are clear, that's why we have high levels of uv. if you are outside for any length of time, might be worth considering a bit of sun cream. on into the middle part of the week, we have some changes in the weather picture. this area of low pressure is drifting up from europe bringing with it some thundery showers. they will mainly be across southwestern areas of the country. further northwards and eastwards, it's another sunny and very warm day, in fact, temperatures could go as high as 27 celsius in the very warmest spots, but, perhaps over these north sea coasts, a little bit cooler, given the onshore winds will be strengthening a little bit.

so highs of about 17 celsius or so in newcastle. on into thursday's forecast, that area of low pressure continues to push northwards, just bringing the risk of those showers across northern england into scotland. this front really marks the boundary between fresher atlantic air that will be moving in across the uk for many of us from the slightly warmer weather that we still have a across far eastern areas. now, temperatures will be drifting down then for many, but still not bad, 19 celsius, feeling pleasant in cardiff, the highest temperatures, eastern england, up to 2a celsius in norwich.

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the headlines... the japanese tennis star and world number two, he sorry, that's a different pictures. the japanese tennis star and world number two, naomi osaka, says she's withdrawing from the french open as a result of controversy over her refusal to speak to the media during the tournament. she said she got huge waves of anxiety about speaking to the press after matches. events have been taking place in the city of tulsa in oklahoma to mark the centenary of a race—related massacre in which up to 300 black people were killed. an alleged assault of a white teenage girl by a black man led to widespread shooting, burning and looting. china has announced that couples will now be allowed to have three children instead of the current limit of two.