Good evening. Tens of thousands of people havejoined anti racism demonstrations across the uk, despite government appeals for protesters to stay at home, because of fears of spreading the coronavirus. Many taking to the streets did wear face coverings and gloves. London, manchester, cardiff, leicester and sheffield were some of the places that saw the black lives matter protests, following the killing of george floyd in the us city of minneapolis last month. The demonstrations were largely peaceful, but there were some clashes with Police Outside downing street this evening, with mounted officers driving back some of the protesters along whitehall. With more, heres chi chi izundu. Early evening, after the official end of the protests, police were trying to clear whitehall. Oh, my god, the horse has bolted the officer knocked herself off her horse. It bolted into the crowd and trampled a protester. Both are now receiving medical care. This is exactly what organisers called not to happen
The risk of getting a downpour with thunder, lightning and hail. With thunder, lightning and hail for any one location is low, many of us will miss the storms. The temperatures today will nudge up to around about the mid 20s and still be hovering in the low 20s and early evening across many parts of the uk. Cooler on the north sea coasts. It has been cloudy, gloomy and misty and quite foggy. The forecast for monday, again, a lot of sunshine around. We are expecting further showers to develop across more northern parts of the country, so yorkshire, lancashire, the north west of england likely to catch some showers and thunderstorms. To the south it should be mostly sunny and warm. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines atlantas police chief resigns after a white officer fatally shot 27 year old rayshard brooks. The familys lawyer expresses his despair. I could even say we wantjustice but i dont even care any more. I dont even know what that is. And ive been doing this for 15 years. I don
And 13 years after the british girl Madeleine Mccann disappeared in portugal, a german prisoner is identified as a new suspect. Hello and welcome. We start in the us where all four Police Officers who were present when george floyd was arrested in the 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. Lets just look at what that means in the state of minnesota. The law there defines 1st degree murder as one in which the defendant has the intention to kill and usually requires some element of premeditation. Second degree murder, the charges being brought here, requires intention on the part of the defendant but is more related to crimes of passion or crimes in the heat of the moment. And third degree murder would not require proof that the defendant wanted the victim to die, only that their actions were dangerous and carried out without regard to hum
The disappearance of two other children. How a former bomb maker for an indonesian terror group is on a new mission to stop the next wave of terror groups in south east asia. Welcome to bbc news. Thousands of anti racism protesters have marched peacefully through washington in the biggest turnout yet during 12 days of demonstrations. This is after the death of george floyd while he was being held by police in minneapolis. Protests are taking place right across the us. We can go to these live pictures in washington. You can see the crowds thinning out there just after 11 oclock. Earlier on in daylight, those streets were full leading up to the white house in the park, and black lives matter plaza. Thousands of protesters making their voices heard there, including the mayor of dc, he was one of the people in march. Also one of the people in washington observing the march was a reporter. Lets get this update from our correspondent, aleem maqbool, in washington. Chanting no justice no peac
Dentists are given the go ahead to reopen next week in england but a survey suggests only a third say they can do so safely. Police say they have received hundreds of emails and calls from the public about a new suspect in the Madeleine Mccann case. Amazing grace. A Memorial Service is held for george floyd who was killed while being detained by Police Officers in minneapolis. And at 9 30, well bring you your questions answered. Well be speaking to two experts about the impact of covid i9 on uk tourism and hospitality. Hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im annita mcveigh. The government has defended the timing of its decision to make face masks compulsory on public transport in england. From june the 15th, passengers travelling without a Face Covering could be fined. The British Medical Association says the rule should be extended to anywhere that cannot ensure safe social distancing. Elsewhere, a new nhs coronavirus Contact Tracing app which is at the heart of englands coron