here's what dominic raab said when he was asked about it this morning.matters movement. on this taking the neat thing i don't know, maybe it's got a broad history that seems to be taken from game of thrones, feels to me like a history of subjugation rather than a history of subjugation rather than a history of emancipation and liberation. people feel differently about it so the natural personal choice. would you do it? i take the need for two people, the queen and when the mrs, when i asked her to marry me. interviewing the foreign secretary on talk radio this morning. subjugation, game of thrones. on talk radio this morning. subjugation, game of throneslj think it's fair to say not that that most diplomatic choice of words from the politician who is after all our diplomat in chief. for several reasons. number one this is an enormously emotive and sensitive subject and i think all politicians try to carefully be as sensitive be as sensitive as they can and have a bit of a laugh. obviously not going to go down very well with lots of people. the second thi

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here is what dominic raab said when he was asked about it this morning. understand this sense of frustration and restlessness which is driving the black lives matter movement. i've got to say, on this taking the knee thing, which i don't know, maybe it's got a broader history, but it seems to be taken from the game of thrones. it seems to me like a symbol of subjugation or subordination, rather than one of liberation and emancipation. but i understand people feel differently about it, so it is a matter of personal choice. so, would you or wouldn't you do it? i would take the knee for two people, the queen and the missus, when i asked her to marry me. laughter. that was julia hartley—brewer interviewing the foreign secretary on talk radio this morning. yes. laura, subjugation, game of thrones? i think it is fair to say that that was not the most diplomatic choice of words from the politician who is, after all, our diplomat in chief. and, for several reasons, number one, this is an enormously emotive and sensitive subject and i think all politicians normall

the telegraph saying dominic raab is less enthusiastic than the transport secretary. heard about this for a long time. the transport secretary and his air breaches idea is not across the board what the excepted or thought to bea board what the excepted or thought to be a particularly good idea. and i'm not sure who will win out on that one. dominic is a very influential number of cabinets, foreign secretary. i know some people thought the idea which is not work at all and thought it was a bit silly. but if you do any kind of polling, british people of their summer holidays abroad it would be a huge morale boost. it'sjust whether those other countries, do they want british holiday—makers flocking to their beaches? are we going to be popular if we end up blocking these holidays? i do think a lot of this is about morale and economic choices being made by the government to keep the economy afloat basically. also i wonder if you notice can be a habit ofa wonder if you notice can be a habit of a discussion about to brexit. the mr macron and of a discussion about to brexit.

we had dominic raab going solo today in the press conference questioned about the two metre distancingt on the side bar and then a piece by william hague. talking about the disaster for society. let's start with the two metre rule because once again another, oxford and dundee, scientists disagreeing about how important this to me to realise. scientists disagreeing about how important this to me to realisem does seem to be very important and of course they say there are ways you can help because if you are back—to—back, it doesn't matter if you are closer to the person because if you sneeze or whatever, that won't go that way and if you are side by side it seems safer but of course one of the problems of this entire, it has of course been a terrible pandemic, i was being funny about shopping, and terrible loss of life, is that number one i do not think scientists know all that much about it yet. secondly, people are trying to be cautious. some people are trying to be cautious. some people a re naturally trying to be cautious. some people are naturally cautious, some doctors perhaps less

. >> i think the issuing of this ,essage by dominic raab reiterated by boris johnson, shows that thel discrete lines of diplomacy, the options seem to be narrowing. china has pressed on with this national security law despite opposition, and the foreign service in the u.k. is increasingly concerned about that. what are they offering? holders,ment, passport the 350,000 of them can come here for six months without a visa. the offer now is to extend them for 12 months and have the right to work in the u.k., and potentially a pathway to citizenship. has gone further than the foreign secretary and said he will extended to those eligible to apply for that passport, not just current passport holders, and that is 2.5 million people in hong kong, so this is a major shift in the government's stance, and one that has drawn criticism from china as the british government has gone ahead. tempered, butt tackles are rising on both sides. on "al still to come man accused in genocide could now have his day in court. food parcels help the citizens to stay indoors, but could latin america's s outbreak b

interesting, we will be talking to dominic raab in just interesting, we will be talking to dominic raabrain yesterday but glorious. i was golf shots when i played golf yesterday. —— wearing shorts. shots when i played golf yesterday. -- wearing shorts. plenty of bright bright weather across scotland, different story further south, you will be hard to avoid the rain. this is london a few minutes ago. cloud spreading in from the near continent across england and wales. precious little sunshine around. a lot of rain. this morning persistent rain spreading across central and southern england and wales and flashes of light on the southern edge. across cumbria and northumberland and across northern ireland, most places will stay dry. skies bright in east anglia and the south—east later but into the afternoon, slow—moving torrential thunderstorms could drop an inch and that could cause flooding. more persistent rain across the south—west and through wales. heavy rain working its way through passive cumbria. mistand rain working its way through passive cumbria. mist and fog clearing. if few iso

in a statement, dominic raab said the uk was talking to international allies about how to handle a mass the uk stands firm with our international partners in our expectation that china live up to its international obligations under the sino—british joint declaration. he urged china to step back, but warned that if beijing pressed ahead, the uk would extend visa rights for hong kong's 350,000 british national overseas passport holders, or bnos. we will put in place new arrangements to allow bnos to come to the uk without the current six—month limit, enabling them to live and work for extendable periods of 12 months and thereby providing a pathway to citizenship. even at this stage, i hope china will reconsider its approach. but if not, the uk will notjust look the other way when it comes to the people of hong kong. it is increasingly clear taht we need an alliance of democracies to ensure that we can maintain, as he says, a constructive dialogue with china on shared challenges — not least climate change — while standing up to aggressive behaviour and clear breaches of international law.

well, at least the foreign secretary dominic raab called the — xiaoming, the chinese ambassador in thenised that my treatment amounts to torture. to me, it's quite enough already because i don't expect too much from the uk government because usually, when i worked for the uk government and what i saw, usually their statement to hong kong, very, very moderate. and that is very rare. very moderate? do you think the uk government, in your experience, as both an employee of the uk government and, as you say, as a private citizen who supports the pro—democracy movement, you feel that, over a long period, that the british government has been, to use your, euphemistic term, "very moderate" in its dealings with china? yeah, definitely. i would say, for example, because of the british diplomats and those people living in the uk, they are not on the front line to deal with the authoritarianism. so that they could naturally moderate — that's why one of the reasons i wanted to inform them, actually, they need to stand with the hong kong people. let's bring it up to the present day because things h

to follow up on the last question, dominic raab raised the idea that even certain parts of the countryidea of the lockdown would be localised. in practice, how would that work? would it be for example to schools closing or would there be stricter rules, or would it be like a chinese style with restrictions on transport? and how would that work? because people can expect, given the very different infection rates in different parts of the country, that could come to pass? yes, taking local action to respond to a localflare—up is an incredibly important part of the toolkit we have available to respond, if we need to. and this can take a range of options. for instance, shutting to new admissions in a hospital a&e if there were an outbreak in that hospital, that is one example. at a local level, the local director of public health has a statutory duty and responsibility and they would work with the regional public health england and nhs teams to make sure that we got the response rate. the joint bio—security centre role is national, to provide the advice and information that would then be a

the foreign secretary dominic raab has been heavily criticised, after he said that taking the knee feltl of subordination, which seemed have been taken from the tv series game of thrones. in a radio interview, he said he'd take the knee only for two people, the queen and his wife. he later tweeted saying he has full respect for the black lives matter movement. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason has the story. the return of the premier league last night and a powerful, symbolic moment. players and officials taking the knee in support of the black lives matter movement. after watching the football last night, would you take the knee if you are asked to? i understand this sense of frustration and restlessness which is driving the black live matter movement. this taking the knee thing, maybe it has a broader history that seems to be taken from the game of thrones, seems to me subjugation, subordination rather than liberation and emancipation. i understand people feel differently so understand people feel differently so it isa understand people feel differently so it is a matter of cho

of us will look at what he's doing and be horrified, we haven't heard that from boris johnson, dominic raabal change the question of will this bring change which we so hope for, the change that people wa nt so hope for, the change that people want now isn't just so hope for, the change that people want now isn'tjust about so hope for, the change that people want now isn't just about the so hope for, the change that people want now isn'tjust about the police officers being arrested because they definitely want that but it is about a broader change, about structural racism, this is about the way in which we all hold prejudices and the anti—blackness that exists in all communities and the way in which we perceive criminality. there is a history of slavery, of empire, all of this needs to be recognised and a lot of work will need to be done for us lot of work will need to be done for us personally... and the poverty of the floyd family came through from the floyd family came through from the extended family speaking at that first memorial service today about what they endured and how they all l

well, at least the foreign secretary dominic raabe called the chinese ambassador in the uk and at leastthe foreign secretary recognise that my treatment and torture, that is quite enough already. because i don't expect too much from the uk government because usually when i worked for the uk government and what i saw, usually a statement to hong kong is very very more direct. in your experience, the uk government, as both an employee and as you say as a private citizen who supports the pro—democracy movement, you feel over a long period that the british government has been, to use your, euphemistic term, very moderate in its dealings with china? yeah, definitely. iwould moderate in its dealings with china? yeah, definitely. i would say for example because of the british government and those people living in the uk, they are not on the front line to deal with the authoritarianism so that they could naturally, and that was one of the admission and why wanted to inform them that they have to stand with them that they have to stand with the hong kong people. let's bring it up the hong kong p

in a statement, dominic raab said the uk was talking to international allies about how to handle a mass citizens if beijing presses ahead. working very closely with our partners in australia, canada and the united states, the uk released a joint statement expressing our deep concerns over this proposed new security legislation. our partners in new zealand and injapan have issued similar statements and the eu has too, and i've had discussions with a various number of our eu partners. so the uk stands firm with our international partners in our expectation that china live up to its international obligations under the sino—british joint declaration. he urged china to step back but warned that if beijing pressed ahead, the uk would extend visa rights for hong kong's 350,000 british national overseas passport holders — or bnos. we will put in place new arrangements to allow bnos to come to the uk without the current six—month limit, enabling them to live and apply to study and work for extendable periods of 12 months, thereby also providing a pathway to citizenship. mr speaker, let me just f

live television as we are just proving to their but we are trying to see the foreign secretary dominic raaberpart. we are expecting notjust the commemorations that i just mentioned and we have been reflecting on but we are also expecting government officials to be talking about brexit and about coronavirus. so we were trying to listen in there and see whether we could hear anything in those initial conversations but we will keep an eye on all of that because there will be much more to come on that visit over the course of the afternoon so we might have rather more on that to come. let's turn our attention is the situation in china. a senior chinese health official has warned that beijing's coronavirus outbreak could see "persistent new cases for a period of time". 21 new cases were reported in the chinese capital in the past 2a hours. this is the worst resurgence of the disease in beijing since early february. the bbc‘s robin brant explains the source of the second outbreak. we do know that the origin appears to be a wholesale food market that supplies the majority of food and vegetables to

well at least the foreign secretary dominic raab called the chinese ambassador in the uk and at leastthe foreign secretary and recognise that my treatment amounts to torture. to me it's quite... because i don't expect too much from the uk government. because usually when i work for the uk government and what i saw usually the statement to hong kong, very very moderate. and that is very rare. very moderate. using the uk government and your experience as both an employee of the uk government but also as you say, a private citizen who supports the pro—democracy movement, you feel over a long. the british government has been to use your euphemistic term, very moderate in its dealings with china? yeah. definitely. i would say for example like reddish diplomats and those people living in the uk, they are not on the front line to deal with the authoritarianism. they could naturally moderate. that's why i wa nt to naturally moderate. that's why i want to inform them actually they need to stand with hong kong people. let's bring it up to the present day then. because of course things have beco

the foreign secretary dominic raab has been heavily criticised for saying the anti—racism gesture knownt the gesture had come from the television drama game of thrones. following a wave of negative reaction, mr raab insisted he had "full respect" for the black lives matter movement. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. the pitch became a site of protest, kneeling to show strength and sympathy in the fight for black rights — echoing last night the stance, the anger of protesters around the world and here at home. yet the full story seemed rather to have passed the foreign secretary by. i understand this sense of frustration and restlessness which is driving the black lives matter movement. i‘ve got to say on this taking the knee thing — i don‘t know, maybe it‘s got a broader history — but it seems to be taken from the game of thrones, it feels to me like a symbol of subjugation and subordination rather than one of liberation and emancipation. but i understand people feel differently about it, so it‘s a matter of personal choice. so would you or wouldn‘t you do it? i‘d take the

this is a huge amount of people that potentially could come here. of course the foreign secretary dominic raabment is taking this action is because they feel china is breaking the principles of the joint declaration, that the two countries agreed when hong kong was passed to china from england, the uk, a former colony. and there is a real sort of sense that it's the right thing to do morally to stand up to china at this moment in time. but this is also quite a contrast with the rhetoric we saw during the brexit campaign about people coming to this country and having control of our borders. so it is incredibly generous offer and i think it also signals a moment in history where the uk government is really standing up the uk government is really standing up to china. and is not afraid to make its feelings very well known and heard on the international stage. we are out of time, stephen bush and will refuse, and has been anf bush and will refuse, and has been an fso bush and will refuse, and has been an f so pleasure to have you both on the programme. thank you on —— for a company in going throug

the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has described china's behaviour towards hong kong as ‘egregious'gether an international coalition to moderate it. china recently endorsed a security law for hong kong which has strained relations with the uk and the us. mr raab told mps in the commons that the proposed national security law would be a "clear violation" of china's international obligations and said the uk had raised the issue at the un security council. he said the uk would look to provide a "pathway to citizenship" for british national (overseas) passport holders in hong kong (tx sot) bno(o) passport holders are already entitled to uk consular assistance in third countries and the british government also provides people with temporary passports these are entry into the uk for up to six months as visitors. mr speaker, if china follows through with its proposed legislation, we will put in place new arrangements to allow bno(o) holders to come without the six month limit enabling them to live and apply to study and work for extendable periods of 12 months thereby also providing a path

the foreign secretary dominic raab has been heavily criticised, after he said that taking the knee felt in a radio interview, he said he‘d take the knee only for two people, the queen and his wife. he later tweeted saying he has full respect for the black lives matter movement. our political correspondent, chris mason has the story. the return of the premier league last night and a powerful, symbolic moment. players and officials taking the knee in support of the black lives matter movement. after watching the football last night, would you take the knee if you are asked to? i understand this sense of frustration and restlessness which is driving the black live matter movement. —— black lives matter. this taking the knee thing, maybe it has a broader history that seems to be taken from the game of thrones, seems to me subjugation, subordination rather than liberation and emancipation. i understand people feel differently, so it is a matter of choice. would you, or would you not? i take the knee for two typical, the queen and my wife. david lammy said it was insulting and deeply embarras

but the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has sounded a note of caution about the possible easing of travel our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster this morning. hello to you, norman. as we mentioned, president macron‘s first foreign trip since restrictions eased in france, marking the 80th anniversary of that bbc broadcast by charles de gaulle. so, a really important commemoration for france, and for the important commemoration for france, and forthe uk, important commemoration for france, and for the uk, but contemporary issues clearly at the forefront as well, including opening up travel for the summer. how much headway are they going to make, do you think? well, i think they will certainly try and work out some sort of agreement because it is obviously in both countries interests, i doubt very much whether we will get a result today. all the indications from number ten are that opening up these travel corridors we are probably not going to get before the next view on the 29th ofjune, but clearly the two men will want to address that. borisjohnson has already said

this is the foreign secretary dominic raab on 5 may, the day the uk's death toll passed italy's.l the pandemic is over, and particularly until we have data on all cause mortality. well the pandemic certainly isn't over, but we are far enough into it that we can now compare recorded deaths from all causes. let's look at the uk, first. this dotted line shows the number of deaths that would usually occur. actual deaths for 2020 are marked in grey — as you can see, initially the uk was below expectations — until covid arrived. the red areas show excess deaths where the person had covid—19. and blue shows the other excess deaths. but some of these deaths may also have been caused by covid, others could be people who died because of restricted health care because of the pandemic. add red and blue together, and this is a useful guide. based on these calculations — and adjusted for population — the uk has seen more excess deaths than any other country in the g7 group of wealthy nations. that includes italy, france and germany. here's the bbc‘s head of statistics robert cuffe. there are c

the foreign secretary dominic raab says the uk is deeply concerned by the move — and it would be a ‘gravepondent stephen mcdonnelljoins us now from beijing. what kind of things would be stopped under this new law? today invasion, 162 delegates to the national people's congress have rubber—stamped this law, —— today in beijing. whether people like it or not, it will change hong kong overnight. the implementation of the law will be crucial, but it gives the government there and the police, as well as the central government, broad powers to crack down on dissent in that city. for example, certain types of speech, certain types of unauthorised demonstrations or even having meetings, advocating splitting from the mainland or something like that. all these things which people have been able to do now moving into the realm of criminality. they will be considered as secession or sedition, with serious jail time, up to life in jail. the government in hong kong has said people should not worry too much about this because the courts will oversee the matter. well, the onlyjudges who will be able to h

dominic raab, when standing infor mixed on this.well as a medical decision. boris johnson mentioned at the end of april, a possible clue, he was advising people but not forcing people to wear masks at the time and said this may give people the confidence to move back to work, people who were worried mixing with other people while the virus was possibly still in the community. so i think this may give people confidence to go out and who knows? maybe in due course the government may yet look at its two metre distancing recommendations and perhaps if people get used to wearing face coverings, those may be revised as well. iain, thank you very much. we'll be speaking to the transport secretary, grant shapps, at 7:30am. police say they have received hundreds of emails and calls from the public about a new suspect in the madeleine mccann case. prosecutors say they believe madeleine — who disappeared in portugal in 2007 — is dead, and they are investigating a convicted sex offender who is in prison in germany. let's get the latest now from

this issue has been raised many times before and we had dominic raab described the science as a nuancedn for doing it now was effectively that if things start to pick up again on the 15th ofjune again, nonessential retail, close shops, department stores reopening, shops, department stores reopening, shop workers returning, people going shopping and ramping up of transport workers, and it might be difficult to socially distance in those circumstances so to socially distance in those circumstances so it might be helpful to have face masks worn and he has taken the step to make it mandatory. people could be refused entry to a bus or train if they refuse to wear a face mask and he also said that there would be an army of volunteers being recruited to go round encouraging you to put the face mask on at public transport destinations and a publicity campaign as well. we had a reaction already, and it seems positive, the mayor of london has been pressing for this and is pleased the government have taken his advice on this issue and that people should still socially distance where they could, an

to follow up on the last question, dominic raab raised the idea that even certain parts of the countrywould it be for example to schools closing or would there be stricter rules, or would it be like a chinese style with restrictions on transport? and how would that work? because people can expect, given the very different infection rates in different parts of the country, that could come to pass? yes, taking local action to respond to a local flare—up is an incredibly important pa rt flare—up is an incredibly important part of the toolkit we have available to respond, if we need to. and this can take a range of options. for instance, shutting to new admissions in a hospital a&e if there were an outbreak in that hospital, that is one example. at a local level, the local director of public health has a statutory duty and responsibility and they would work with the regional public health england and nhs teams to make sure that we got the response rate. the joint bio—security centre role is national, to provide the advice and information that would then be acted on locally. so the way to t

because that job will more as far as thatjob is concerned because thatjob will no longer exist and dominic raabthat says a 0.7% of national income should be spent on international development stopped it is worth pointing out that because the economy is shrinking as a result of the coronavirus, there is going to be last element money to spend and precisely where those cuts happen will be very, very important in the coming months. a little bit of reaction, you it being welcomed byjeremy hunt, the former foreign secretary, but pointedly in the last few minutes criticised openly and directly by the former prime minister david cameron. is marcus rashford a fan of dfid? let's hope not if you are borisjohnson, otherwise that campaign for his insta nt otherwise that campaign for his instant reinstatement might be sorted in the next 24—hour. we can speak now to the shadow education secretary, rebecca long—bailey. marcus rashford, well, he has scored here, hasn't he? he is an absolute superstar and i think all of our thanks goes to markets, campaigners such as the good law project and sustain, and the gr

previous encounter between keir starmer and borisjohnson and before that between keir starmer and dominic raabborative. —— cooperative. one thing that is concerning labour, is the public health response by the government, but also its handling of the crisis, as they would see it. getting frustrated with the prime minister himself. keir starmer produced this letter, which we now have, he sent it out publicly as well, saying this is a measure of the government's lack of cooperation with the opposition come because he had written this letter on the 18th of may asking for a one—to—one meeting with borisjohnson, and between the shadow education secretary and education secretary to discuss the reopening of schools, and he didn't even get a reply to that letter. downing street say they talked about the issue on the telephone. labour say, yes, that that was a call with all opposition leaders, it wasn't one—to—one, we haven't really spoken since the end of april. so you can see the personal relationship i think between the two men is becoming a lot more strained. but i think also strategically what lab

the lead story focuses on foreign secretary dominic raab's comments that "cities may be locked down" second spike in coronavirus infections. and the new york times bears the headline "twin crisis and surging anger convulse us," and claims that the coronavirus pandemic has left america's nerves on edge. lot of people were talking about spacex and the weekend. 19 hours after blastoff, apparently they took after blastoff, apparently they took a short break for some black sabbath and they docked with the international space station yesterday, 206 two miles from earth. this is just yesterday, 206 two miles from earth. this isjust staggering. 17,500 miles an hour. did you see it? no, i was watching. you sought? erin came over on saturday night. and in the space station just after. here in the express, some shocking pictures from the isle of shepley where this poorfamily saw from the isle of shepley where this poor family saw their bungalow colla pse poor family saw their bungalow collapse of a crumbling —— crumbling clifftop. it's worth £195,000, or it was. they say they believe they've lo

britain‘s foreign secretary dominic raab has confirmed that if china enacts a national security law insh government also provides these people viz a free entry into the uk forup to people viz a free entry into the uk for up to six months as visitors. mr speaker, if china follows through with its proposed legislation, we will put in place new arrangements to allow bbeeeenn odes to come to the uk without the current six month limit, enabling them to live and apply to study and work for extended periods of 12 months, thereby also providing a pathway to citizenship. three former british prime ministers — john major, tony blair, and gordon brown — are among leading world figures who havejoined a call for an urgent g20 summit to help fight the pandemic, especially in poorer countries. the g20 is not due to meet until november, but the leaders say quicker action is needed to prevent an even deeper worldwide recession and health crisis. earlier i spoke to gordon brown, who said it was vital that global action is taken. people at home will be wondering how it affect their lives. if we do not pr

the foreign secretary dominic raab says more research is needed before it can be published.getting practical solutions and making sure that there is a comprehensive review into all the fa cts ? comprehensive review into all the facts? good morning. thank you for having me. any recommendation we will work with, but the whole problem being the process, the process being totally shambolic, chaotic, confused, and, as a matter of fa ct, chaotic, confused, and, as a matter of fact, they have lost the trust with the bame community and with the bame health workers as well. we actually want a few things, very, very simple, if proper communication, spoken and written language of being a community, the essential public health messages that includes diet, lifestyles, and even this shambolic test, trace and isolation, that to go out to bame communities. the second thing is to reduce the further infection or transmission to the bame communities, we know they live in bigger houses, so we need something to be done, hygeine to start with, but then f alternative accommodations are needed i th

yeah, we have heard talk from dominic raab, the uk foreign secretary, on offering visa roots and routeso citizenship in the uk for some hong kong citizens as a sort of response, and think we'll hear more on that from the government tomorrow. but in the end, jo says, china does not care. there is not much the west can do here, china is becoming a much more muscular in its approach to the world, and short of very aggressive action, it's very hard to see how the west can contain that, certainly within its own sphere in asia like this. do you get the sense, jo, china perhaps needed hong kong as a financial hub more than it does now? the world is much more reliant on china in terms of its production, in terms of its capacity, in terms of how much debt it owns as well. it's a complete different world, isn't it? our country has changed in that time, but when you look at the power china now holds, i think the consta nt china now holds, i think the constant talk about huawei in what

the foreign secretary dominic raab has been heavily criticised — for saying the anti—racism gesture knowning the knee‘ — seemed like a symbol of subordination rather than one of liberation. he added that he thought the gesture had come from the television drama ‘game of thrones‘. followng a wave of negative reaction — mr raab insisted he had ‘full respect‘ for the black lives matter movement. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. the pitch became a site of protest, kneeling to show strength and sympathy in the fight for black rights, echoing last night the stance, the anger of protesters around the world and here at home. yet the full story seemed rather to have passed the foreign secretary by. i understand this sense of frustration and restlessness which is driving the black lives matter movement. this taking the knee thing which, i don‘t know, maybe it‘s got a broader history but it seems to be taken from the game of thrones, it feels to me like a symbol of subjugation and subordination rather than one of liberation and emancipation. but i understand people feel differently abo

involved in that diplomacy today was the uk foreign secretary, dominic raab.ure known as "taking the knee" felt to him like a symbol of subordination and that he thought it came from the tv series game of thrones. he later said he has full respect for the black lives matter movement. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the pitch became a site of protest, kneeling to show strength and sympathy in the fight for black rights — echoing last night the stance, the anger of protesters around the world and here at home. yet the full story seemed rather to have passed the foreign secretary by. i understand this sense of frustration and restlessness which is driving the black lives matter movement. this taking the knee thing which, i don't know, maybe it's got a broader history but it seems to be taken from game of thrones, it feels to me like a symbol of subjugation and subordination rather than one of liberation and emancipation. but i understand people feel differently about it, so it's a matter of personal choice. so would you or wouldn't you do it? i'd t

this is the foreign secretary dominic raab on 5 may, the day the uk's death toll passed italy's.rdict on how well countries have done until the pandemic is over, and particularly until we have data on all cause mortality. well, the pandemic certainly isn't over — but we are far enough into it that we can now compare recorded deaths from all causes, and this helps us see the true scale of each country's coronovirus outbreak. let's look at the uk first. this dotted line shows the number of deaths that would usually occur. actual deaths for 2020 are marked in grey, as you can see. initially the uk was below expectations — until covid arrived. the red areas show excess deaths where the person was recorded as having covid—19. and blue shows the other excess deaths. some of these may also be from covid, others could be people dying because of restricted access to health care because of covid. add red and blue together, and you start getting as a clear picture as we can. based on these calculations — and adjusted for population — the uk has seen more excess deaths than any other country

there's been strong condemnation of the new law by the us and britain with foreign secretary, dominic raabstep if the measure had been passed. ina in a video message to the un human rights committee in geneva, hong kong said this law respected the civil rights of the hong kong people. it will only target an extremely small minority of people who have breached the law, while the life and property, basic lice and freedoms of the overwhelming majority of hong kong residents will be detected. it has presumption of innocence and protection of the rights of the suspect. it will have no retrospective effect except in rare situations. investigation, prosecution and adjudication will be undertaken by the hong kong police and the department ofjustice of the hong kong government, and the independent judiciary hong kong government, and the independentjudiciary including that of final adjudication. the law will not affect hong kong's renowned judicial independence. britain's foreign secretary has said he deeply concerned. this morning, here in beijing, 162 delegates to the standing committee of the nat

today's coronavirus press briefing, todayit today's coronavirus press briefing, today it is led by dominic raabuick look at today's main development and queues have been for me outside some shops in england as though selling nonessential goods welcome back customers after three months. a furtherfour welcome back customers after three months. a further four people have died in wales after testing positive for covid—19. no further deaths in scotla nd for covid—19. no further deaths in scotland have been announced in the last 2a hours. zoos and safari parks have also reopened today in england and some secondary pupils in years ten and 12 have gone back to school. also in england you are now allowed to go to places of worship for individual prayers. will now be allowed. and beijing has recorded 36 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases, amid fears of a second wave in the chinese capital. but first — on the reopening of shops in england — our consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker reports from county durham. the shoppers are back. the queue for sports direct in bishop auckland stretched all