Hello and welcome to the programme. President biden has urged the us congress to pass a policing reform bill quickly, in memory of george floyd. After meeting mr floyd s relatives at the white house exactly a year after he was killed by a white policeman mr biden said both accountability and trust were needed in the justice system. 0ur north america correspondent, nick bryant, reports from minneapolis. Taking a knee in the place that george floyd was killed a symbol of what s become a global struggle. An act of remembrance that lasted nine minutes and 29 seconds the duration of his murder. Chanting: one, two, three, four! police violence no more! the march for racial justice must often seem like a never ending journey, with milestones along the way but no endpoint in sight. Chanting: george floyd, george floyd! that s certainly how it feels a year on from the murder of george floyd. Protesters are angry they haven t seen more change. We are hunted in america just for being
it is a variant of concern, we are anxious about it, it has been spreading. the health secretary says the situation is being moniored very the health secretary says the situation is being monitored very carefully and the government will not hesitate to take further action if necessary. palestinian families flee their homes in gaza, amid fears of an ground invasion by israeli forces massed on the border. palestinian militants continue firing barrages of rockets at tel aviv. this is a painful day. david cameron insists he broke no rules as he is grilled by mps over his controversial lobbying of government figures on behalf of a financial company which has collapsed. british tourists due to fly to portugal from next week may not be able go now as portugal extends its covid alert level until the end of the month. why elon musk and his electric tesla cars have sent the value of bitcoin tumbling over concerns about fossil fuels. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel
sparked a global condemnation and sanctions and is turning russia into a pariah. the leader of britain s main opposition party says he ll resign if he s fined for breaking covid rules over a gathering he attended during lockdown. and after weeks of violent protests and at least five more deaths, the sri lankan prime minster has resigned. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am here in the philippines, where i m at the center for the national commission on elections in manila later today there will be a press conference here to update the nation on some of the official results coming through. so far the unofficial partial results suggest that the son of the former strongman ferdinand marcosjunior known here as bongbong marcos has won a landslide victory in an election that s been billed as a test for this country s democracy. his nearest rival leni robredo is well behind. that s almost double the number that have been counted in these unofficial partial results so
in england s local elections. the tories lost almost 500 council seats on thursday. the sunday express looks ahead to borisjohnson s queen s speech next week, which promises to slash red tape, boost economic growth and make the uk thrive. the mail on sunday splashes beergate on its front page. sir keir starmerfaces fresh questions over a leaked memo which, the paper says, undermines the labour leader s claim that his takeaway was actually spontaneous. the sunday people says ukrainian hackers halt vladimir putin s party vodka. booze missiles is its headline. the sunday mirror reports the duke and duchess of cambridge are set to scrap formalities when on duty including curtsies, bows and even using their royal titles. we will get to that, but we will start with the result in northern ireland. we ll we ll start we ll start by looking at the observer, which has the picture of the two sinn fein leaders taking a selfie and the headline. fuels debate on future of the union. joe t