The killing of the African American george floyd all four Police Officers who were present when he died now face criminal charges. 46 year old george floyd died in minneapolis last week after he was pinned to the ground by his neck for nine minutes. George floyd mattered. He was loved. His family was important. His life had value. And we will seekjustice for him and for you and we will find it. Thousands took to the streets in london today, as protests at his death spread around the world. Well have the latest on the arrests from minneapolis. Also tonight. A german prisoner is identified as a new suspect in the Madeleine Mccann case, 13 years after she disappeared in portugal. This is the camper van used
by the unnamed man detectives believe he was in the area when the three year old went missing. From monday, people arriving in the uk will have for m days but the governments plans are criticised from all sides. Lecture theatres will remain almost empty this autumn, as universities prepare for a return to campus, with students living and studying in small groups. Mummy and the moment an nhs medic was reunited with her daughters after two months away, working on hospital coronavirus wards. And in sport on bbc news, american ryder cup captain Steve Stricker says fans would be cheated if they event goes ahead without them this september. Good evening. All four Police Officers who were present when george floyd
was arrested in the us city of minneapolis are now facing charges in connection with his death. Derek chauvin, the officer who was filmed kneeling on his neck, has had his charge elevated to Second Degree murder. The three other Police Officers who were there have all been charged with aiding and abetting murder. George floyds death has sparked huge protests in cities across america. The vast majority of demonstrations over the past eight days have been peaceful, but some have turned violent. Today the us defence secretary, mark esper, distanced himself from president trumps suggestion that the military could be deployed to end protests over the death of george floyd. Our north america correspondent Barbara Plett usher is in minneapolis. It has been quite a day here. Im at the memorial site for george floyd and earlier his son quincy and that lawyer passed through and flagged up that they were expecting new charges
and one of the key once they have been demanding is that all four officers be charged. That has happened now, the sun has welcomed that and as we were hearing the people chanting, we got all four, we got all four. That has been one of the key rallying cries for the protest through the weak point of this is how things played out. For the past week protesters have been demanding justice for george floyd, tougher action against the Police Officers who arrested him. There has been frustration, sadness and pain. But today finally some news. The very fact that we have failed these charges means we believe in them but what i do not believe in them but what i do not believe is that one successful prosecution can rectify the hurt and loss that so many people feel. The solution to that pain will be slow and difficult work of constructing justice and fairness in our society. These are the four officers who
arrested george floyd to ponder the one who pinned him to the ground with the knee to the neck what he struggled to breathe was charged but not the others who are now formally accused of playing a role in his death. Today, the family returned to the memorial on the Street Corner where mr floyd took his last breath. Speedy through their lawyer, they have been calling for the authorities to carry out a thorough investigation into the actions of the police force. We cannot have two Justice Systems in america, one black america and one for white america. We must have equaljustice for the United States of america. Protests that began on the streets of minneapolis are spread across the country. In demonstrations not seen since the civil rights unrest of the 19605. Since the civil rights unrest of the 1960s. Hundreds of thousands of people marched, defying curfews, clashing with the police, chanting, i cant breathe and black lives
matter. The table brought a threat from the president to deploy that military, is an aria that so alarmed the defence secretary he publicly opposed it. That option should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the insurrection act. The mother of George Floyds six year old daughter said he had been a good father who provided for them. He will never see her grow up, graduate, he will never walk her down the aisle. For charges announced today it may bring justice for mr floyd but they will not be enough to quell the demands for a radical reform of the way america polices black people. This feels different from previous protests against Police Brutality. It has galvanised more people across more divides than ever before, a
movement against Racial Injustice that will not be easily silenced. The attorney general admitted that the Justice System has failed, he said, in investigating and bringing to justice other cases like this in minnesota but also across america which is quite an extraordinary statement. But George Floyds family are looking forjustice and hoping that this will play out in a way that this will play out in a way that does bring a fair accountability to what happened and the prosecution will be closely watched. But what will also be watched. But what will also be watched is what happens on the street, where the cases of Police Brutality continue and how they are handled. The lawyer wants this to be a pivotal moment, he called it a tipping point, but it will depend on what happens going forward. George floyds name is the latest in a long list of black americans to die as a result of Police Brutality over many decades. Clive myrie now looks at how a toxic mix of racism and bad policing
has led to the most serious racial unrest in the us for many years. His report contains images you may find disturbing. Americas original sin perpetuates. The notion of the supremacy of whiteness over blackness as enshrined in slavery. Where the negroes have come up against a determined white resistance, fighting has often broken out. It helps underpin the brutality of some in the police. It helps underpin the poverty of the inner city. And it fundamentally underpins the racial inequality of a land. Where all are meant to be equal. I have been reporting from the United States for almost a quarter of a century. It a generous nation but, for some, the original sin is still a rule to live by, as slavery morphed into segregation and civil war battle flags became the proud emblems of identity. Hail, hail, state police perhaps inevitably, the institution charged for centuries with enforcing discrimination is the one having the toughest time changing. Policing in america is opaque. There is little transparency. Powerful unions can protect bad cops and the principle of qualified immunity means officers accused of misconduct are almost always given the benefit of the doubt. I think that there are bad apples among many good Police Officers in most departments. But the fact that they dont get outed, quickly, and dismissed, is a problem. The fact that a lot of these people who do get dismissed
because of misconduct quickly find themselves recruited by other Police Departments in neighbouring communities, theyjust go from one place to another. It also doesnt help that americas policing system is fragmented to the point of farce, with around 18,000 different forces. In california, training can last 24 48 weeks while in north carolina, it isjust 16 weeks, half the length of time it takes to become a licensed barber in the state. Whatever the training, the real life fear of stopping a suspect who may be armed in a country awash with guns can lead to bad decisions. This is atlanta in georgia. Its after curfew during protests over the death of george floyd. Police stop a car with two College Students inside, who protest they simply got stuck in traffic and didnt mean to break the curfew. The officers arent convinced. The students are tasered. You can hear the tension and fear in the officers voice. Muffled shouting. But the students are unarmed. Six officers now face misconduct charges. Rogue cops, inadequate training and weak oversight are a toxic mix. Then add racism a scourge in america that sleeps lightly when it sleeps at all. To wake, all it needs is the slightest provocation, as happened on a minneapolis street one day in may. Clive myrie, bbc news. Here, thousands of people have taken to the streets of london to join in the protests at the death of george floyd. The event was organised by the black live Matters Group and began in hyde park. Chi chi izundu was there. The gesture of a generation. A protest against needless death. Thousands gathered at londons hyde park to march against racism in solidarity with the protests in the United States. This is louise, her mum margaret and her son jago. Louise says she dreads the day when she will have to sit her son down and explain why he may face discrimination. The truth of the matter is i will have to have that difficult conversation. And i will have to say there are certain things you should do and certain things you should say and be mindful of who you are, your race and how people might see you and judge you and treat you. Judgment and treatment helped by star wars actorjohn boyega. Black lives have always mattered. We have always been important. We have always meant something. We have always succeeded. And now is the time. People here are angry, they say this has been a Long Time Coming and that the death of george floyd in minneapolis
in the United States isjust a catalyst to express how they are feeling. They say that the uk is no different when it comes to racism. It was a largely peaceful protest but towards the end of this was at downing street and after the protest was officially over, more clashes. Organisers thought only up to 1000 people would walk with them today, so this is a turnout of support they didnt expect. Black lives matter this is a demand for change echoing around the world, and the voices from the uk also want to be heard. Chi chi izundu, bbc news. A german prisoner has been identified as a new suspect in the disappearance of Madeline Mccann from a Holiday Resort in portugal 13 years ago. The man in his 40s is a convicted sex offender who had been living in the algarve at the time, travelling around in a camper van. Tonight, detectives in germany made a television appeal
for more information. Madeleine mccann was three years old when she went missing from praia de luz in 2007. Heres our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. This is the volkswagen camper van that was by the new suspect in the Madeleine Mccann investigation. With its distinctive colours, police hope it will tread that someones memory and lead to new evidence about their as yet unnamed suspect. Trigger tri er someones trigger someones memory. He used the vehicle to live in, and certainly the week preceding he was in there, living, so he would move around the area, using that van as probably his base. The suspect also used this jaguar car at the time. He registered the car into someone elses name the day after Madeleine Mccann disappeared. The three year old went missing on may the 3rd 2007. Shed been sleeping in her parents holiday apartment while they were 50 metres away, having a meal with friends. Her 17th birthday was last month. On the German Version of crimewatch this evening, police there revealed that the suspect has previous convictions for sexually assaulting girls and is thought to have burgled hotels and holiday apartments. He is currently in prison in germany. His phone was used in praia de luz, about an hour before Madeleine Mccann disappeared. Tonight, the metropolitan police are asking for anyone who can help with information about the mobile number he took the call on that night. The vw camper van that he was using that summer and the old jaguar xjr6 that he registered out of his name the day after Madeleine Mccann disappeared. In a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said theyd like to thank the Police Forces involved in britain, germany and portugal. They said theyd never give up hope of finding madeleine alive. The German Police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but Madeleine Mccanns parents said that, whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, as they need to find peace. And danieljoins me now. This is such a long running mystery but how significant do you think this development could be . but how significant do you think this development could be . I think it isa this development could be . I think it is a really big moment. You have three Police Forces in germany, britain and portugal all agreeing that this man is a key suspect. He isa that this man is a key suspect. He is a person that was living in the area at the time, whose mobile phone was being used in the town that evening, a man whose car was registered out of his name into someone registered out of his name into someone elses registered out of his name into someone elses name registered out of his name into someone elses name and he then left the country soon afterwards. The metropolitan Police Describe this as a significant moment but frankly i think it is the biggest breakthrough there has been in this case since it began. And importantly of course, the man is in prison in germany already so it does not have to be
hunted down. There could still be bumps in the road, sometimes evidence that seems certain becomes less so but i think at the moment this looks really significant. Daniel sandford, thank you. From monday, anyone arriving in the uk will have go into quarantine for a fortnight thats what the home secretary confirmed today. But the new plans have been heavily criticised by mps on all sides, including senior conservatives. Almost everyone will now have to to self isolate when they come to the uk. Priti patel said that people in england could face a fine of up to £1,000 if they break the rules, or even face prosecution. She accepted the new policy would mean challenges for the Tourism Industry but she said the measures were necessary to contain the virus and the country owed it to the thousands of people who have died. It comes as 359 more deaths have been recorded in the uk in the last 2a hours. The death toll now stands at 39,728. Heres our transport correspondent, tom burridge. The experience for people arriving into the uk is about to change. From monday, almost everyone will be expected to self isolate for two weeks. So, what does it mean for holidays this summer . Should anyone be booking a holiday anywhere in europe right now . What is your assessment . Are holidays abroad this summer going to happen . You know what the Foreign Office guidance is, the guidance is that everybody at the moment should avoid nonessential travel. Everybody should avoid nonessential travel. We have got to knock this virus on the head. So, how will quarantine work . When you book your ticket for a plane, train orferry abroad, youll have to provide a uk address when you will self isolate when you return. When home, you will have to spend two weeks at that address. Government officials will carry out random checks to see if people are self isolating. Anyone who breaks the rules might
have to pay a £1000 fine. Enforcement rules might differ in scotland, wales and northern ireland. Airlines say the quarantine adds uncertainty, and the boss of one of the worlds biggest travel websites told me brits are looking but not booking. We saw in the uk a lot of searches of people, britons, who want to travel outside, but they are not booking like in the other countries because they dont know what will happen when they have to come back. Tens of thousands of people travelled into the uk during the lockdown. The government insists the quarantine wouldnt have been effective at the height of the pandemic because any cases imported would not have had any real impact on the overall prevalence of the virus. Labour and conservative backbenchers disagree. Unfortunately, like too much of the home office handling of this crisis, the management of arrivals
to the United Kingdom has lacked urgency and coherence. Im afraid i simply cannot get my head around the Public Health mental gymnastics of this policy. If such a barrier was required, why was it not introduced earlier in the outbreak . Portugal wants brits to travel there this summer and says it is negotiating with the uk so, byjuly, people might not have to self isolate when they travel home. Tom burridge, bbc news. Our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in westminster. And a lot of questions about whether this quarantine plan is enforceable. Many conservatives i spoke to today are perplexed about why this is going ahead. They are not sure it is enforcea ble going ahead. They are not sure it is enforceable and i think the timing is illogical, because the uk has more cases than most other european countries, and they are very concerned about job losses countries, and they are very concerned aboutjob losses in the Aviation Industry and in the tourism sector. Even theresa may, the former
Prime Minister, pitched in, saying this amounted to closing off britain from the rest of the world, but downing street is determined to press ahead, they think it will be effective, they think people want these extra measures and they want to stop reinfection. There will be a review at the end of the month and many mps are looking for some flexibility but, as things stand, a real question over a foreign summer holiday. And we saw mps in the house of commons but tonight news of another cabinet minister now self isolating. Another cabinet minister now selfisolating. Yes, business secretary alok sharma, you can see him in the house of commons at the dispatch box, clearly something not right. He is wiping sweat from his face throughout the speech. A spokesman said he started to feel u nwell spokesman said he started to feel unwell in the chamber. He did then leave and he is self isolating to stop he has been tested for coronavirus but hasnt the result yet. Many mps have seized on this, saying they dont think they should have been forced back to parliament and they want to keep on working
remotely. The commons Authorities Say they followed procedures and did extra cleaning, the things youre supposed to do if there is a suspected case of covid i spoke to the minister who sat next alok sharma most of today and he said they were social distancing at all times. The Prime Minister pledged last month that the uk would have a world beating test and trace system up and running by the 1st ofjune, capable of tracking 10,000 new cases a day. But the woman whos been put in charge of it told mps today that she couldnt say what proportion of tests come back in 2a hours, or how many people have been contact traced, because the scheme has only been up and running for six days and the datas not been validated. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. If you test positive, nhs test and trace will contact you to trace people you might have infected. With the government advertising the new tracing system in england, there is a continuing debate over whether it is actually working. Some contact tracers hired to call people who have met those who tested positive say they have had nothing to do since the launch last
thursday, including one who wanted to be anonymous who spoke to the bbcs victoria derbyshire. Its frustrating to know that i am sat idle when there is people that need contacting. I cant understand why we havent had any contacts. And the issue was raised at Prime Ministers questions. The Prime Minister promised that we will have a test, track and trace operation that will be world beating and yes, it will be in place by the 1st ofjune. But it isnt. As a result of our test, track and trace system, which was up and running on the 1st ofjune, as i said, mr speaker, contrary to what he said, which was up and running, as a result of their efforts, thousands of people are now following our guidance. There were also heated parliamentary exchanges about testing for the virus, with a Commons Select Committee pressing the systems boss to tell them how many results came back within 2a hours. I dont think there is any Citizen Service of this scale that would launch and within six days share 24 hour turnaround data. The chair was not impressed. Thatjust cant be right. Youre telling me you dont actually know how many tests come back within 24 hours and youre in charge of nhs test and trace. No, i have not had the data validated. So, youve got data but it has not been validated . I have not the data validated by the authority who has expressed concern over previous testing data. Rob, who is in a care home, had to wait three weeks for a result after one test was invalid because of a long delay and had to be repeated. It was negative but a friend told me the experience had been upsetting. I just feel really angry because he hasnt got a voice. The home have been absolutely brilliant but it isjust the length of time waiting which has been really traumatic on him as a vulnerable person. The Prime Minister said by the end ofjune all test results would be back in 2a hours but the trials of a smartphone tracing app are continuing. Billed as a key part of the system, it may now not go live for several more weeks. Hugh pym, bbc news. Rolls royce has revealed the extent ofjob cuts in the uk. 3,000 job losses are expected by the end of this year, with half of them expected to be at its derby based headquarters. A further 700 jobs will be lost at its plant in inchinnan near glasgow. Its due to a downturn in the Aviation Industry because of the coronavirus pandemic. The firm has begun the process by offering voluntary redundancy to everyone across its uk Civil Aerospace division. Nissan has warned that its plant in sunderland will be unsustainable if the uk fails to agree a trade deal with the european union. The Japanese Company says the jobs of the 6,000 workers there wont be safe without tariff free access to the eu. Our business editor,
simonjack, joins me now. This comesjust a this comes just a week after good news for the plant in sunderland. Cup last week nissan a massive global cost cutting exercise which saw plants closing barcelona and indonesia but not at sunderland. There was an idea floated that its partner and 43 shareholder renault could move some production in to ta ke could move some production in to take up Spare Capacity and it seemed that, come what may, the future of sunderland was secured. Now renault have said they had no such plans to move production in and then nissan said, without those tariffs, at the moment, 70 of the because they make are sold in europe, if they dont get terra free access, that would not be sustainable this is what the chief operating officer had to say. If chief operating officer had to say. If they dont get tariff free access. If we are not getting the current tariffs, its not our intention, the business will not be sustainable. Thats what everybody
has to understand. Very importantly, i think, at the government, whose negotiators are currently negotiating the trade deal. The talks are not going well and the two sides are far apart. A reminder that, as all encompassing as covid 19 is, it hasnt thrown the brexit issue, it hasnt got rid of itand, if brexit issue, it hasnt got rid of it and, if anything, its made getting the trade deal more important. All schools in wales will reopen on the 29thjune for all schoolchildren, but only a third of pupils will be allowed in school at any one time. The Welsh Government has extended the summer term by one week. Our wales correspondent, hywel griffith, reports. Its a maths test facing every welsh school how will they bring back a third of their pupils without breaking the two metre rule . Theres room for only six pupils. The head teacher of Ysgol Rhyd Y Grug in aberfan is struggling for answers. Theyve started redesigning classrooms, but cant fit in enough desks. The official guidance doesnt come
until next week, but this is not what hed been expecting. To be told today that weve got to prepare for every age range in the school has been a bit of a body blow. If we go down the route of having a third of the children in for one day, two days, then how is that deep cleaning going to happen between those different groups of children in order to make their learning environment safe . Some teaching unions have gone further, saying offering contact time to every pupil is dangerous, even risking lives a charge the Welsh Government dismisses. It is not helpful, i think, at this stage, to have inflammatory language. I would do nothing, and i have done nothing from this entire period, when we closed schools for statutory purposes, to do anything to risk anybodys life. Attendance wont be compulsory. Families can decide if they want a place, which has created a dilemma for sian and her son, evan. She says he needs a return
to routine but is worried about social distancing. Is it going to be regimented . They have to go here, they have to stand there, theyre not allowed to go and interact with their peers. Are they allowed to go and have a cuddle off their teacher if they fall over . If they take a place or not this term, families are being warned this may be the shape of schooling in september, too, as everyone tries to calculate the safest way to learn. Hywel griffith, bbc news, aberfan. Meanwhile, universities are trying to work out what student life will be like when campuses reopen in the autumn. Social distancing could mean that students are forced to live and study in the same small group, or bubble, with online lectures and even a virtual freshers week. Danjohnson has been speaking to a level students in loughborough who are considering their options. Im hoping to study english at bristol university. Im hoping to go to leicester to study physiotherapy. Im hoping to study Business Management at york university. Imagine making one of lifes biggest decisions,
when everything is up in the air. I did consider deferring. The worst thing i could do would be to take a gap year, and then i cant go on and do the things i wanted to do. If im not going to get away from home, is there any point in paying all that money, if it is not something that i 100 want to do . I am also nervous about the idea of losing out on the Student Experience a bit, because i feel like that is a big part of university. And across the road at loughborough university. So, welcome to our brand new unused 580 seater lecture theatre. Even the most modern facilities already feel redundant. We miss our students and we are keen to have them back and give them the best experience we can, given the current government restrictions, so we may not get 580 in, but we could probably get 50 or 60 in. The timetables being redrawn to help social distancing, and students may have to live and study with the same small group, to limit who they mix with. Freshers week is going online,
like most of the lectures no wonder some are reconsidering. I would just urge students if they are thinking about deferring, is not to make that Decision Just yet. Gather as much information as possible before making that final determination. A lot will change between now and september. They will go through an airport style scanner, which measures their temperature. A lots changed already here in bolton, as theyve tried to keep students on campus. Fortunately i have cleared so i can go through. What we have done is followed all the social distancing guidelines and rules for workplaces, and indeed for social space to ensure that that students have got a covid secure environment. These students are valuable, especially if International Numbers fall, so universities need to ease their anxiety. It is stressful and it is, it is confusing at times, but, there is not, youve sort of got to get on with it. You do pay a lot of money to be there, you are put in a lot of debt afterwards. The idea of going through all that
and not quite getting what you hoped