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This is bbc world news. the headlines: brazil now has the worlds second—highest death toll from coronavirus after overtaking the uk. the countrys health ministry says more than 900 people have died in the past 2a hours, taking the total number of fatalities to 41,828. new figures show the uk economy shrank by 20% in april, the largest monthly contraction on record. it was the first full month the country spent in lockdown. the governor of new york state has signed an executive order requiring ...

To celebrate ms henrys birthday. their bodies were found shortly after 1pm on sunday afternoon. post—mortem tests revealed theyd both died from multiple stab wounds. the prime minister says its "absurd and shameful" that a statue of winston churchill has had to be boarded up because of fears it may be vandalised. last weekend, protesters daubed it with graffiti saying that churchill was a racist. borisjohnson also warned people to "stay away" from protests because of coronavirus. chi chi izund...

Maximum crowd size restrictions would be listed by late august and time for some of the larger venues of the rnc scheduled in charlotte. back to you. >> sandra: thank you so much for that woman jonathan serrie. >> speaking exclusively on why they took to the street following the death of george floyd. i really harris faulkner is here to break down her exclusive coming up. >> when you see an event like that with the more than 8 minutes of horror, its a disgrace. the newday va streamline refi is t...

Heres marcus moore. >> reporter: tonight, the battle over symbols of the confederacy sweeping the country. >> out of an abundance of caution, we are taking down the statue. >> reporter: crews today pulling a confederate soldier nicknamed johnny reb to the ground. the statue standing high above norfolk for more than a century. also in virginia this week, protesters taking a sledgehammer to the head of this confederate monument. another symbol of division, christopher columbus. statues of him vand...

Dramas are hugely popular and now under intense fire. from activists saying these shows far too readily show cops as good and trustworthy while undermining real life claims of systemic racism and abuse. >> these shows for years have normalized injustice. >> rashad robinson is the executive director of the color of change, an activist group, who is leading the charge. he points out police daums buy into the bad apple cop but often never go further. >> a world where black and brown people exist bu...

Some of his actions were "less worthy of commemoration" and said the statue would be removed "for now" to "create time for views to be aired". two men have been arrested on suspicion of assault on two police officers. a video circulating on social media, which we cannot fully show for legal reasons, shows an officer struggling on the ground with a man in frampton park road in hackney, east london. the attack was described as "sickening, shocking & disgraceful" by the home secretary, priti patel....

What you saw happen in bristol, with the edward colston statue, would you rather that have been done by democratic processes? patrick was talking about it, linking it to the berlin wall or the pulling down of those kind of statues. would you rather it be done by public vote and removed officially? you know, the situation in oxford and the situation in oxford and the situation in oxford and the situation in bristol are different. imean, situation in bristol are different. i mean, they have had 15...

Thats just beginning. right now documentary film—makers around the world are struggling in the midst of the pandemic to get their films made. in india, tariq vasudeva, a film maker himself, has been hearing from an independent director in new delhi about his documentary in the making and the challenges that hes faced in getting it completed during the coronavirus outbreak. documentaries in india have long been identified by many as staid and boring cinema. only a few stalwarts have led the way...

Nick beake reports. they have taken pride of place in oui’ they have taken pride of place in our communities for decades, sometimes centuries, but in 2020, it isa sometimes centuries, but in 2020, it is a shame not pride which is driving me to look again at who we celebrate. it was the ripping down of i7th—century slave edward colston‘s statute in england last weekend which sparked this reflection on the way we mark the past. the rippled set out and felt farand past. the rippled set out an...

>> the d.c. national guard deployed to quell protests sparked by george floyds killing said some members have sense tested positive. >> the report of the national guardsmen being infected is certainly disturbing but is not surprising. its the kind of things that we were concerned about and unfortunately were seeing it come true right now. >> reporter: and right now arkansas is basically a microcosm of the problems were going to face moving forward. hospitalizations there are spiking, but unemplo...