allan little, bbc news, edinburgh.fficial birthday will be staged at windsor castle this saturday in place of trooping the colour, which was cancelled because of coronavirus. the queen will be greeted by a royal salute before a series of military drills — socially distanced of course — are carried out. a reminder of our top story: the brother of george floyd, whose death in the custody of minneapolis police has triggered protests around the world, has urged congress to ensure he did not die in vain. he called on lawmakers in washington to work together to make meaningful reforms to how law enforcement operates in the us, with the hope that changes worldwide might follow. much more for you any time on all the news national and international on the bbc website and you can reach me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. thank you for watching. it does not look like the weather is ready to settle down anytime soon. it has been raining quite heavily across the south—west of england, western parts of wales, all

allan little, bbc news, edinburgh.ginia is the latest to be targeted by black lives matter protesters. protestors cheered as statues of confederate soldiers were smashed with sledge hammers, sprayed with paint and pulled down with ropes. but there are reports that one man has been left critically ill after being hit by one of the monuments as it fell to the ground. as we've been hearing philonise floyd, the brother of george floyd, addressed a congressional hearing on police brutality in washington. he said his brother's calls for help were ignored, but that his death didn't have to be in vain. george called for help and he was ignored. please, listen to the call i am making to you now, to the calls of our family, and the calls ringing out the streets across the world. people of our background, genders and races, have come together to demand change. honour them, honour george and make the necessary changes that make law enforcement the solution and not the problem. hold them accountable when they do something wrong. te

allan little, bbc news, edinburgh. in the us, has banned the us confederate flag from its races, formally distancing itself from what many see as a symbol of slavery and racism. bubba wallace, nascar‘s lone black driver is currently racing in an event at martinsville speedway in virginia. his car is painted in a special livery to highlight black lives matter. the race is generating huge traction on social media. wallace said this week there was no place for the confederate flags in the sport. in recent days, anti—racism protests here have been very peaceful. but new york is still coping with the aftermath of the earlier looting. we've seen the footage of broken windows and people running into manhattan's high—end retailers to grab what they want. but in the borough of the bronx, it was small businesses that were targeted, often owned by people of color. it's a double blow for stores already suffering from the lockdown. laura trevelyan reports. the steel shutters were meant to protect the opticians business that his fam

windsor castle of course is where the queen and the duke of edinburgh have spent the last 12 weeks of, with social distance in mind. so normally when you watch a military drill, it will be carried out today by the 1st battalion welsh guards. they are standing shoulder to shoulder and carrying out those hugely precise movements. so that has had to change. special movements have been developed where they can at all times stay a distance of 2.2 metres away from each other. so there are a select few welsh guards who will be carrying out the drill in front of the queen. she will take her place at a dais in the quadrangle at windsor castle, and this will be her first live appearance since lockdown began. she made two speeches, one right at the beginning of lockdown when she talked about the country and said, we will meet again, a sentiment that resonated with a lot of people, and then on ve day again she made a broadcast, but really this is the first time she will have appeared in front of the cameras. this is the official birthday celebration of the queen's 9ath birthday. it was her husban

allan little, bbc news, edinburgh. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.e a very good night. there up legal complaints filed over the pandemic was handled. they allege that they and their relatives we re allege that they and their relatives were abandoned during the crisis. you're watching bbc news. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us. with me are christopher hope, chief political correspondent chief executive of centre left think tank demos. thank you vote forjoining us. the express, which leads on the government's ‘support bubble‘ plans for some households in england. the measures allow single adult households, or single parents living with under 18—year—olds, to meet and stay with one other household without having to socially distance. the metro's front page also features that story, celebrating the fact that some couples are now able to stay overnight together. the times adds that the changes may also mean that grandparents will be able to see their children too. and the i also looks at that story, saying "pi

edinburgh a council have authorized the new inscription for the statue which details done das's role in delaying the abolition of slavery so this debate a healthy confrontation with the past but an attempt to eradicate history altogether today we're talking to professor tom device and scotland's leading historian to ask how the nation should confront the c.b.l. sides of his own history and how the mainstream media been covering this controversial issue we asked professor jordan robertson costs us get to go lie over much of the plotting all of this coming up later in the show but 1st the glass going to smita with your tweet your e-mails and your messages. thank you alex last week sure focused on the impact of corbett 19 on black asian and minority ethnic communities where we spoke with dr managed to lottie who lost his father to coronavirus pierre byron this month and 100 year old fundraiser charging louisa says i live in africa and the numbers getting covered $1000.00 are exceptionally low we have less than $200.00 deaths in kenya under less says how is it any government's fault that

the queen and the duke of edinburgh of course have been based at windsor castle since lockdown beganarch, so they will have to return them. we did not see the duke of edinburgh but he will have been watching from a window as that military parade was carried out. it is interesting to watch it there, slightly different to what they would expect to see. normally guards are standing shoulder to shoulder, but this unique ceremony is especially developed to consider socially distancing, which is why it looks a little different but certainly a fitting way to pay tribute to queen elizabeth ii's 94th birthday. thank you so much. the queen may not be in central london for her birthday, but some people are possibly in london. we have a story on the police telling those attending the black lives matter protests today that they must be off the street at ibm this afternoon. officers are concerned the anti—racism protests could clash with counter—demonstrations organised by far—right groups. so how do the police deal with constantly evolving, wide—scale inner city protests? chris hobbs is a retired

members from across the house want to join me in offering our best wishes to the duke of edinburgh on his 90 ninth birthday. i am sure you would join me in well singing you -- wishing you a happy birthday. and ministerial colleagues with our duties in the house. >> vicki foxtrot. >> i am grateful to contribute to parliament. many shielded people have contracted me about government guidance of going to work. so that was adopted in many of the countries. will he do that, more transparency on the shielding list, will he provide that, will he agree, shielded people in the future are not penalized. >> i can tell the honorable lady we will be doing as much as we can to ensure shielded people get guidance how they can come out of their shielded environment, on their point about furlough is a very important one. newly shielded people may ask themselves if they are entitled to follow funds, i can assure her we are addressing it forth with. >> >>, the communist party expresses derision for the west short-term is him. and the development of a long-term strategy for national and pan-national enga

the duke of edinburgh will have a birthday lunch with the queen and video calls from his family.the complaints of grandparents upset about being parted from their grandchildren has been understandable and so the royal family trying to lead from the front by showing they're using technology and avoiding meeting up in person to continue shielding.|j and avoiding meeting up in person to continue shielding. i think we will leave it there. you're back in about 40 minutes for another look at the papers. for the time being thank you both of you. we will go back to the united states, because we have got oui’ united states, because we have got our live camera up still, or we have

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some clouds and much fresher air into northern scotland, still into the low 20s with glasgow and edinburghpressure and the weather front sitting on top of the uk. that does mean overall it will be a much cloudier date, right across the board and see where the winds are coming from and this is much fresher air, establishing itself across the uk. the possibility of some patchy rain leaving some showers there across the southwest of the country. quite a bit cooler and only 11 in aberdeen. just about scraping 20 degrees and london. 0n aberdeen. just about scraping 20 degrees and london. on thursday the temperatures will be low still around 16 on then and barely making double figures the far north of the uk. as you concedes with the end of the week, those temperatures in the teens that predominantly, still have dry weather. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the worst racial and civil unrest in the us for generations — protests over the death of george floyd show no sign of easing. for the most part, it's been a peaceful protest. fires have no

where crowds are marching to highlight issues with police brutality and in the scottish capital edinburgh people are demanding the removal of the melville monument that commemorates a politician who resisted calls to end the slave trade and in the united states 4 statues have been torn down in different cities this was washington d.c. where crowds cheered as the any confederate general statue in the capital was toppled there also protests in the u.k.'s capital and it's with the marches and the london 90 once again protesters gathering right around the country. that's right nick there are different black lives much the protests for a 3rd weekend here in britain now there were several 100 people here in parliament square by winston churchill statue listening to speeches they're making their way elsewhere now there's another group a larger group that gathered in hyde park in central london they're stressing the need for ideas to keep the momentum behind their movement some of the issues that we've heard raise of the fact that the british government is providing things like tear gas and other

across the house floor, will join me and offering our best wishes to his royal highness the duke of edinburgh on his 99th birthday. i'm sure the whole house will also want to join me in wishing you, mr. speaker, a very happy birthday. meetings with had ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house. >> thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. i'm grateful to once again contribute to parliament. many shielded people have contacted me, worried about government guidance. they want a safe our walk for shielded people similar to that adopted in other countries. when can you do that? they also want more transparency risks published. will he provide that? thathe agree to review shielded people are not penalized? >> i have been told the honorable -- i can tell the honorable lady we will be doing as much as we can in the near future to ensure shielded people get guidance about how they can come out of their shielded environment safely in a way that is covid secure. furlough, itabout is a very important one. newly shielded people may be asking themselves whether they will be and tit

it will be interesting to see explicitly what we get out of edinburgh, belfast and cardiff in the next, in his recent experience, everybody ends up in the same place on stuff like this, and there will be lots of help for the travelling public. you will not be able to miss the signs and the posters telling you to do this, and it sounds like there will be spare masks on hand. for if you forget. imagine you're trying to get to work and you forget to do it, but it's an interesting thing about short bus journeys, shortjourneys in london maybe, but then you think about getting on a train, maybe chris to yorkshire, me to cornwall or you to scotland, and you're talking four or five hours with a mask on. that's going to be quite off—putting. if you're wearing specs they get clouded up. design flaw! exactly. in either the mask or the specs or the wearer. another thing i noticed at train stations now, so many more bits are cordoned off for the staff to stand in. there are hand sanitiser stations in the station all over the place for you to wash your hands, and a lot of staff pointing you in the r

buchan he's editor in chief of the publication human resources for health and speaks to us from edinburgh professor buck and this really has been a tough time for healthcare workers even beyond the sheer volume of patients they're having to deal with hasn't it. very much so. expose any weaknesses in how systems and health work force numbers and deploy. were coming out of the initial impact of. course problems that existed before good impact. and the sort of problems we've been seeing also the health implications for the workers themselves some countries doing a better job of protecting their workers than others we've seen that in the figures have been way. we have the health workers are at the front line they are high risk of exposure the international council nurses which is done some good work at home allies in the variation in infection rates suggests one of ridge about 7 percent of nurses have been affected across the front 30 countries. or without varies from below one percent in secure poor up to about 20 percent in spain and in the countries that are on the wrong side of those numb

it will be intriguing to see explicitly what we get out of edinburgh and belfast.aid in this recent experience everybody kinds of ends up in the same place on stuff like this. there will be a lot of help from the travelling public. you will not be able to miss the signs at the posters telling you to do this. it sounds like there will be spared mask on hand. if you forget. imagine trying to get the work and you forget to do it. —— the spare mask. short busjourneys work and you forget to do it. —— the spare mask. short bus journeys and short journey to spare mask. short bus journeys and shortjourney to london but you think about getting on a train, kristi yorkshire, me to cornwall, for five hours with a mask on. it will be a quite operating. you expect everybody to get clouded up. a design flaw. another thing i noticed that the train station is now, so noticed that the train station is now, so many more noticed that the train station is now, so many more bits courted not for the staff to standing, hand sanitiser stations in the all over the place to wash her hands an

the duke of edinburgh is celebrating his 99th birthday. he's spending the day at windsor castle, where he and the queen have been staying during the lockdown. this photo was taken in the castle‘s grounds during sunny weather last week. time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. the weather story over the next few days is a real mess. a cloudy start for many with some light rain moving to the east. these darker blue areas mean the art rumble of thunder mixed in later this afternoon perhaps. some of those showers could merge to give longer spells of rain. and temperature is disappointing for the second week ofjune. 12, 16 degrees. the show across wales and south—east england could merge together overnight for longer spells of rain, may be a couple of inches before it eases. that is welcome rain but it isa eases. that is welcome rain but it is a lot in eases. that is welcome rain but it isa lotina eases. that is welcome rain but it is a lot in a short space of time so that could have an impact. elsewhere some sharp showers driven by a br

getting to northern scotland. 12 degrees in stornoway, but still in the low 20s for glasgow and edinburghitting on top of the uk, that does mean overall it is going to be a much cloudier day. right across the board. you can see where the winds are coming from straight out of the north, so much fresher air establishing itself across the uk. the possibility of some patchy rain and some showers they are across the south or southwest of the country. quite a bit cooler, only 11 degrees in aberdeen, maybe just about scraping 20 degrees in london. then on thursday, those temperatures will be lower still around 16 in london and barely making double figures across the far north of uk. as you can see, towards the end we keep this temperatures in the teens, but predominantly, we are still talking about dry weather. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. it's now a week since the killing of george floyd, an african—american who died being detained by police in minneapolis. in dozens of american cities, there have been more protests and violence, but the

we have had patients in the early days coming from edinburgh and hole.h more practices opening we are going to be able to access their own dentist and we have already seen a drop off. it is nothing like business as usual? no, it is not like a light switch which you can flick on and off, this will bea you can flick on and off, this will be a long process. getting this emergency system up and running took a long time and left a lot of people frustrated. now dentists are struggling to fully reopen. if patient numbers are never going to get back to their previous capacity, that raises serious questions about the future of some practices. many of my colleagues will struggle financially unless some security is there for them over a longer period of time until we get back to routine treatments in a more general way. we are told more protective equipment is coming, but only a third of england's practices say they can see patients. access was not good before and it is not getting any easier. let's bring you a litte more now on the new quarantine rules for those c

dollars let's bring in david kelly from edinburgh he's an accident investigator with aviation safety consultants david good to talk to you again would you fly with p.-i a today. it would certainly cause me to have distinct worries as to whether i should fly with them or not however in my industry then when i'm getting the call to go to an accident site then i go because the risk is relatively low in comparison with all the other risks so on balance the answer would be yes as we know that corrective actions are being taken at the moment i'm i going too far if i say given the numbers that we're talking about here $260.00 plus p.-i a pilot's somebody high up must have had an idea that something like this was going on. it would certainly be reasonable to assume. in many cases a corrupt pilot's license is that i've seen that as being institutional corruption as well as just an individual official taking bribes or not doing their job properly and checking the background of these pilots and also you know when it comes to adjudicating exam results if somebody say gets a b. plus but jury in t

the 19th and in the scottish capital of edinburgh people have gathered to call for the removal of the melville monuments which commemorates a politician he resisted calls to end the slave trade and in the united states for statues have been torn down in different cities this was washington d.c. where crowds cheered as the only confederate general statue in the capitol was toppled and then set on fire. there are also protests taking place in london is there with the marches 90 once again protesters around the country demanding change. that's right this is just the latest in a whole series over a number of weeks of brought back lives months of protests there have been bigger crowds here several 100 people marching through central london towards parliament we're also seeing a number of more localized protests to try to keep the momentum up that one development that we've seen this week is that prime minister boris johnson has announced a new commission into racial equality a lot of his critics are saying we've had a whole series of reports reviews commissions over the last 20 years back

the duke of edinburgh celebrates his 99th birthday today.h her majesty, the queen. the duke is expected to spend the day at windsor castle, where he and the queen have been isolating during the pandemic. the queen will celebrate her official birthday at windsor on saturday. and, finally, a field of beautiful lupines. the blooming flowers in lolland, in denmark, have become somewhat of a tourist attraction. the blossom has proved to be a hit with the public, much to the surprise of the owner. pictures have been shared across social media, bringing happiness and the scent of summer to everyone! one visitor descibed the floral spectacular as overwhelming and inspirational during this coronavirus pandemic. a reminder of the top story. the funeral of george floyd, his death in police custody caused outrage, and i'll be back with all the top business stories shortly. hello there. we'll take a look at the uk unsettled weather picture injust a moment, but first of all, one place that has seen some very high temperatures over the last 24 hours is the

reporter: he backs the action in edinburgh today to add a plaque to t monument, making clear the tiesto the slave trade. plymouth doing the same with the statue of sir francis drake. in wales, there is pressure to take down henry stanl slaver was reviewed -- removed. they say that they want to erase a racist monument from the streets of oxford, but even if others agree, and it's a big ifo does any of this solve the deep inequality that exists in the u. between black and white? >> is a catalyst for a conversation -- it is a catalyst for a conversation and fo policy change. i wlt my child to know the f story, uncomfortable truths about how this unitedingdom became great. it became great because iton ensled milof people. reporter: silence for the minutes it took for george floyd to die. the killing of a black man thousands of miles away has prompted a massive soul-searching here at home. katty: this is new, these protests around the world. we haven't seen this in previous killings in the united states. a quick look at otherthe worl has clarified comments on whether people who don't show

. >> reporter: overseas at the university of edinburgh in scotland, researchers tested masks using a mannequin connected to a cough-simulated machine. these images show the airflow when someone breaths or coughs without a mask and this the airflow with a mask finding it extremely effective at preventing forward air flow, although some can escape from the back and sides. >> and some of these masks that aren't tight fitting around the mouth, there was back wa backward jet. these we need to be careful wearing improperly fitted masks. >> reporter: studies in the medical journal add to research masks can work this study found mandatory mask wearing in 15 states in washington, d.c., possibly averted up to 450,000 covid cases over the course of nearly eight weeks experts say one thing is clear -- >> what's your message to folks out there regarding masks? >> wear masks, even if they are handmade. they have an impact on the potential spread of covid. >> reporter: advice from those trying to uncover the science behind the masks joe fryer, nbc news. >> helpful information. >>> still ahead the s

and getting into northern scotland, 12 in stornoway, but still into the low 20s for glasgow and edinburgh have this low pressure and a weather front sitting on top of the uk. overall, that does mean a much cloudier day right across the board and you can see where the winds are coming from, straight out of the north, so much fresher and establishing itself across the uk and the possibility of some patchy rain, may be some showers across the south or south—west of the country. quite a bit cooler, only 11 in aberdeen and may be just about 20 degrees in london. i thursday, those temperatures will be lower, about 16 degrees in london and barely making double figures across the far north of the uk. and you can see that towards the end of the week, we keep those temperatures in teams, but predominately still talking about dry weather. this is bbc world news. the headlines: protests against police brutality are continuing to sweep across america over the death of the unarmed black man george floyd. the first court appearance by the minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of george floy

let's cross to edinburgh where nicola sturgeon we will jump across we willjump across to edinburgh for minister later said she didn't agree with everything written in the article and has received support from allies on the left of the labour party. two police officers in london have been suspended after taking ‘inappropriate photos' at the scene of a double murder. the bodies of sisters bibaa henry and nicole smallman were found earlier this month at fryent gardens in north west london. the unnamed officers were arrested by the independent office for police conduct and have since been bailed. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick condemned the actions of her officers. let's cross to edinburgh where nicola sturgeon is giving her daily coronavirus briefing. good coronavirus briefing. afternoon, thank you for joining good afternoon, thank you for joining us. i will start with the usual daily update on covid—19. an additional 17 positive cases were confirmed yesterday, which takes the total now in scotland of confirmed cases to 18200 and 13. it is possibly worth noting that t

the duke of edinburgh is celebrating his 99th birthday today.sor castle — where he and the queen have been isolating during the pandemic. thank you for your many messages. this is about schools in england. jay harris in norfolk says, teachers, pupils, support staff and all who work in school should not be forced to return until it is safe forced to return until it is safe for them all to do so. teachers have done a magnificentjob in keeping most pupils are engaged. people who work in the education sector are professional to their core. another one who is similar, this is from andy graham, a teacher. teachers are doing a fantasticjob not helped by a government to keep chopping and changing the rules and regulations. would it not be possible, says valerie, a retired head teacher, to use porta kabins valerie, a retired head teacher, to use portakabins or, as we had at my secondary school, demountable is, to provide extra space to allow smaller class sizes. these temp restructures would be suitable for schools with large outdoor spaces. stopping the

only the third female jockey to ride at royal ascot, dragon was a 33 to one shot in the duke of edinburgh have announced that they will be reviewing the use of they will be reviewing the use of the songs swing low sweet chariot at england games. rugby football union says many fans do not know the songs links with slavery, song when the members plane to twickenham because his nickname is chariot. you use something negatively or positively, i choose to use it positively. i don't think

in edinburgh, protesters gathered at the statue of henry dundas, a scottish politician who played a largeelaying the end of britain's slave trade in paris, hundreds gathered in the sitreets. and n london, thousands of protesters marched for the fourtekh consecutive espite a ban on large gatherings to prevent the spread of coronavirus. >> sreevasan: this is the day president trump has chosen for his first in-person campaign rally in more than three months. people lined up outside the b.o.k. arena in tulsa, oklahoma, wherehe president is scheduled to speak in the evening. despite recommendations from health officials, wearing face masks inside the arena will not be mandatory. this afternoon, the trump campaixign saidf its staff members working in tulsa have tested positive for the coroalnavirus. six are reportedly in quarantine. protests against nte rally will nue tonight. yesterday, there were peaceful gatheris and rallies to lebrate juneteenth and to support demands for racial justice.. rump originally planned his rally for yesterday, but moved it to today after cricism of the choice of j

he backs the action in edinburgh today to add a plaque to the melville eyes of henry dundas to the slave there is pressure to take down henry stanley. in london, the monument of robert milligan was removed with a review of all the capital's statues and street names announced by the mayor. they say they want to raise a racist monument from the streets of oxford, but even if others agree, and it is a big if, how does this help solve the deep inequalities that exist in the uk between black and white? —— erase a racist monument. i hope it is a catalyst for a conversation and a catalyst for policy change. i want my child to go to school and to know the full story, uncomfortable truths about how this united kingdom became great. it became great because it enslaved millions of people. silence for the minutes it took for george floyd to die. the killing of a black man thousands of miles away has prompted a massive soul searching here at home. and in a statement, oriel college in oxford said: that is it so far for this. from me, tim wilcox and the team, bye—bye. hello there. we'll take a look at

he backs the action in edinburgh today to add a plaque to the melville monument making clear the tieslymouth is doing the same with a statue of the slavist sir francis drake. in denbigh in wales, there is pressure to take down henry stanley. and in london, the monument of the slaver robert milligan was removed with a review of all the capital's statues and street names announced by the mayor. they say that they want to erase a racist monument from the streets of oxford, but, even if others agree — and it's a big if — how does any of this help solve the deep inequalities that exist in the uk between black and white? well, it is huge symbolism. and i hope it is a catalyst, a catalyst for a conversation, a catalyst for policy change, that i want my child to go to school and to know the full story, uncomfortable truths about how this united kingdom became great. it became great because it enslaved millions of people. silence for the minutes it took for george floyd to die. the killing of a black man thousands of miles away has prompted a massive soul searching here at home. and ina and in

why is the story we hear in the daily press conferences in edinburgh so different to what we are pickingen she should set out a clear timetable clear deadline for the first round of care home tests to be completed. this is her chance, will she now take it? i'm not sure how much jackson carlo knows or bothers to find out about how these things actually work on the ground but when we say that 50,000 staff of care homes have to be tested, of course, there has to be a programme of work overtime to make that happen. the processes have to be put in place and the resources, which are in place, have to be put in place, that is what is ongoing. a bill introducing no—fault divorces in england and wales cleared its first commons hurdle but was opposed by a dozen conservative mps. currently, in order to start divorce proceedings immediately, one spouse has to allege adultery, unreasonable behaviour or desertion. under the proposed new law, they will only have to state that the marriage has broken down irretrievably. i think it is our responsibility to, in the legal process, try and reduce conflict,

amendment would impose a uk—wide fisheries policy on devolved governments in belfast, cardiff and edinburghthe commons. in scotland, the first minister, nicola sturgeon has been setting out plans for the lifting of some lockdown restrictions. people will be allowed to meet up with two other households indoors from 10 july and pubs and restaurants can re—open from 15july, as can hairdressers and barbers. ms sturgeon said the move was possible thanks to the "real sustained progress" made in suppressing the coronavirus. presiding officer, our challenge, which is not an easy one, is to manage all of this change while keeping this virus firmly under control. if at any stage there appears to be a risk of its resurgence, our path out of lockdown will be halted and we may even have to go backwards. to avoid that, we must get as close as possible to elimination of the virus now and build confidence in our ability to control it in future, through surveillance, testing, contact tracing and, where necessary, targeted suppression measures. but the scottish tory leader warned about the crisis facing tour

and finally on the front page of the daily telegraph, a photo of the queen and duke of edinburgh, toorrow. this official portrait was taken last monday at windsor castle. are isolating with a skeleton staff. so let‘s begin... the guardian and now lucy, the photograph obviously of george floyd‘s funeral. alongside that uk police still racist says neville lawrence the father of stephen click next event lawrence. what you make of this? i think he‘s a very powerful voice in the uk context of the debate over prejudice suffered by the bme community in the uk. and that‘s been awoken all over the world following the murder of george floyd. i think it is important that we listen to what he says. his son brutally murdered as a teenager in an unprovoked racially attack in 1993. bungled police inquiry which was later found in the public inquiry to have resulted from incompetence and institutional racism. he‘s now saying more than 25 yea rs later racism. he‘s now saying more than 25 years later that the police have not lived up to their promises to reform and improve. and saying that in britain b

when you are at all surprised to see the duke of edinburgh are not there today?ink the photograph that we saw just a few days ago on his 99th birthday was to let us know that he is still ramrod straight, still there, but he chooses not to go to ceremonial occasions, even this one which is a huge royalfavourite and a very big on their calendar. i was slightly disappointed that prince charles was not there. i wonder if he could have come from scotland and had a spare room in the castle and had a spare room in the castle and had another place where he could stand. is that as the heir to the throne and someone so interested and committed to the military it would have been nice. the sun was shining, the queen looked marvellous. she obviously enjoyed it. she was concentrating 100%. for her majesty, it is not about hair as an individual, it is about doing her duty. she said she felt she had to be seen to be believed and there she was today, sina, believed and obviously knew absolutely everything we we re obviously knew absolutely everything we were doing and could appre

getting to northern scotland. 12 degrees in stornoway, but still in the low 20s for glasgow and edinburghere the winds are coming from straight out of the north, so much fresher air establishing itself across the uk. the possibility of some patchy rain and some showers there across the south or southwest of the country. quite a bit cooler, only 11 degrees in aberdeen, maybe just about scraping 20 degrees in london. then on thursday, those temperatures will be lower still around 16 in london and barely making double figures across the far north of uk. as you can see, towards the end of the week we keep those temperatures in the teens, but predominantly, we are still talking about dry weather. this is bbc news. i‘m maryam moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. protests against police brutality continue in dozens of american cities a week after the killing of unarmed african—american george floyd. president trump says he wants to obtain justice. all americans were rightly sickened and revolted by the brutal death of george floyd. my brutal death of geor

. >> the duke of edinburgh is 99 years old.taken last week. >> he and queen elizabeth have been staying out of the public eye during the coronavirus lockdown. reports say they're spending more time together. >>> an american scientist has been more than 200 miles above the earth's surface, and now katie sullivan has been nearly seven miles beneath it. >> as an astronaut she was the first american woman to walk in space. now as an oceanographer, she's gone to the deepest part of the ocean. >> she is hoping her story will inspire others. >> if i have helped nudge even one young person to be a little more adventurous and have a higher curiosity and sense of being themselves, i think that would be a wonderful payback for the opportunities i've had. >> when she returned from her ocean adventure she called her friends on the space station. >> nice. >>> next to michael jordan making a big slash. >> the nba legend is part of a marlin catching tournament in north carolina. jordan and the crew of his boat "catch 23" came in with a marlin

whereas the low cloud, the fog that affected eastern scotland meant the temperature in edinburgh was a few heavy and thundery showers breaking out, but we've still got this area of low pressure sitting close to the south west. that's where we had more frequent showers earlier on. and there may well be some further thundery showers breaking out on sunday, but large parts of the uk will be dry, warm and humid as well. it will start off grey and misty and murky, though, across much of scotland and the north east of england. that low cloud retreating back to coastal areas, and we'll see some sunny spells developing. that will trigger some showers, particularly into the afternoon across parts of england and wales. it may stay dry in the south east of england. there won't be as many showers in the south west. the main focus of the thundery showers breaking out probably across wales and the midlands. further north, some sunshine, but also areas of low cloud lapping onto coasts of north east england and affecting eastern scotland. so it's likely to be about ten degrees warmer, perhaps, in we

karen and nick finally made it home to edinburgh, but their thoughts are with those still on board. harder for them is the amount of time. we got home after two months and that was on may 14. it's now more than a month later and there are still people stuck without knowing when they are coming home. that's exactly what thousands are still going through. mauritian crew have been stranded onboard the voyager of the seas for more than 100 days. one told me their employer is doing all they can, it is their government that letting them down. we feel really, really bad. you wouldn't expect our government to treat us like that. we left our country to come to work, we want to make a little bit our life more easy and to give a better life for our family. everybody want to be home with their loved ones, so the hardest part is every time we are having a date to leave and then it is being cancelled, and we don't even know when we are leaving. many confined to small cabins are finding it increasingly difficult to cope. it is really causing an extreme humanitarian crisis because the mental health

whereas the low cloud, the fog that affected eastern scotland meant the temperature in edinburgh wasng out, but we've still got this area of low pressure sitting close to the south—west. that's where we had more frequent showers earlier on. and there may well be some further thundery showers breaking out on sunday, but large parts of the uk will be dry, warm and humid as well. it will start off grey and misty and murky, though, across much of scotland and the north east of england. that low cloud retreating back to coastal areas, and we'll see some sunny spells developing. that will trigger some showers, particularly into the afternoon across parts of england and wales. it may stay dry in the south—east of england. there won't be as many showers in the south—west. the main focus of the thundery showers breaking out probably across wales and the midlands. further north, some sunshine, but also areas of low cloud lapping onto coasts of north—east england and affecting eastern scotland. so it's likely to be about ten degrees warmer, perhaps, in western scotland than the eastern side of

location—wise it has moved from london to here to windsor castle where the queen and the duke of edinburghy. roughly 20 minutes. it has been especially designed. normally the guards men are shoulder to shoulder and of course that can't happen and they have developed a ceremony that means they will be exactly 2.2 metres apart at all times. the queen will ta ke apart at all times. the queen will take the royal salute and go back into the castle and the welsh guards will go back on duty. no public vantage points in windsor. the ceremony will be shown on bbc1. thank you. as we've been hearing from today in england and northern ireland, people living alone, or single parents with children under the age of 18, can choose to pair up with another household in a so—called ‘support bubble'. for many, the chance to visit, and even stay the night with loved ones, is a welcome change to the strict lockdown measures introduced almost three months ago. (read 0n) introduced almost three months ago. samantha sloane is a single mum with a two—year—old daughter — she's reuniting with her parents today. i can