Mayorjacob frey faced the backlash for saying he supported significant change within the police, but not shutting it down completely. Coming up at 6 oclock, breakfast with Rachel Burden and Martin Geissler. But now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up mps demand the government allow them to continue voting by video link and say the new giant queuing system isnt working. It all looked more like exercise in a category c prison for white collar criminals, rather than the mother of parliament. Laughter. Labour hardens its attack on the government over its handling of coronavirus, but borisjohnson reckons the country wants to see a united front. I really do not see the purpose of the endless attacks on public trust and confidence i have supported the government openly and taken criticism for it but boy, does he make it difficult to support this government. And an mp defends changes to the abortion laws in Northern Ireland. One of the r
And im very impressed by what you have achieved already, so im very glad to have been able to join you today. Time for a look at the weather. Heres helen willetts. Hello, ive found a bit of sunshine in scotland, a north south split in the weather but for all of us a disturbed weather picture. Some places have had juns worth of rain, particularly wales and the south west. We are increasing the humidity, the reason for all this moisture around. You can see the rain across the far south, its wet in the Channel Islands, we got a band of showers between and weve got another area of rain coming off the north sea, but to the north of that some good spells of sunshine. So that is the scenario through the remainder of the afternoon and its unusually windy as well. The winds quite dusty forjune, 30, a0 miles an hour in places. Despite that the temperatures upon yesterday because of the increasing humidity. There will be some downpours around, weve seen some thunder and lightning. But as we come
The two metre distancing rule some conservative mps say its causing too much damage to the economy. Calls increase in the us to take down confederate statues because of their connnections to slavery. Jk rowling reveals she has experienced Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault, in an essay explaining her views about gender. And, even her majesty now video calls the queen thanks carers for their work during the coronavirus pandemic, to mark carers week. Its interesting listening to all your tales and stories and im very impressed by what you have achieved already, so im very glad to have been able to join you today. The first figures from the new nhs test and Trace Programme in england have been released. They show that two thirds of 8,000 people whove tested positive for covid 19 have provided details of who they had been close to. As a result, nearly 27,000 people were told to self isolate. The head of the programme, baroness harding said the service isnt yet at the Gold Standard, but was
Week out, we can carefully take the steps that we are taking tomorrow. Religious services resume. The pope has returned to st peters basilica to celebrate mass. As schools in england prepare to reopen to some pupils tomorrow governors say all children shouldnt have to return before summer holidays. And coming up on the programme. A new era for space travel as the first ever commercial rocket carrying humans into space is successfully launched. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Huge demonstrations have taken place in at least 30 cities across the united states. It follows mondays killing of george floyd, an African American man from minneapolis, who died after a Police Officer knelt on his neck during an arrest. Since wednesday protests have erupted from coast to coast across the united states. With a number of governors calling out the National Guard an extremely rare move
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Huge protests continue across dozens of american cities, as anger grows over the killing of an unarmed black man in police custody. There were violent clashes outside the white house. Police fired tear gas at protesters and properties nearby were set on fire. Talk about taking the gloves off, man. Shaking a hand. Despite some moments of solidarity, its though to be the most widespread civil unrest america has seen since the assassination of Martin Luther king. Lessons start again for some primary
school children in england as the government begins to ease lockdown restrictions if it doesnt feel right, we will halt it, we can reverse it, we can be dynamic about the way we bring children back. And millions of Vulnerable People in england and wales who were advised to stay indoors will be able to leave their homes for the first time in ten weeks hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around th