we begin in tulsa, oklahoma, where president trump is due to hold his first election rally since the coronavirus pandemic hit the us in march. this was the scene outside the venue a short while ago. 19,000 people are expected at the indoor arena. they'll be asked to sign a waiver, ruling out legal action if they contract covid—19. it's already being reported that six of the trump campaign's advance team have tested positive for the virus. in a moment, we'll bring you the thoughts of a local republican on the rally — but first, here's the chair of the oklahoma black caucus. we cannot speak for other folks, we're not going to be distracted here in tulsa, oklahoma as it relates to the behaviour of other folks. what we're going to do is remain focused on votes that we have upcoming as it relates to health care — very needed — as it relates to action that deals with police reform. we have here in america, as i know you've seen, george floyd, who had a knee on his neck, and he died and he expelled his last breath for the world to see. well, guess what — before george floyd, there

president trump addresses thousands of supporters in tulsa in oklahoma, but the indoor arena is far from full. brazil's covid—19 crisis. a day after passing the one million mark, the death total reaches 50,000. and if you're a parent coping with home—schooling, spare a thought for one south korean foster dad trying to teach ten children who've never used a computer. police in the uk have launched a murder investigation after three people were stabbed to death in the town of reading, west of london. three other people were seriously injured. police were called to the scene in forbury gardens in the centre of reading around 7:00pm on friday evening. a 25—year—old man from the town was detained at the scene and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. 0ur news correspondent helena wilkinson reports from the scene in reading. thames valley police say a man was arrested at the scene. the bbc understands he is thought to be libyan. he is in custody at the moment. and, also, the prime minister, boris johnson, has responded to what happened here on saturday evening. he has said in a sta

well, oklahoma was one of the first states to reopen. they're now in phase three of their reopening. they started reopening june i. so i think he felt it was one of the safer places to go. being that he wanted to do this large gathering, he needed to go somewhere that had a republican mayor and a republican governor, and so tulsa has both. look, i think this was a test run. the campaign wants to see what the demand is like, whether people will show up to these events, whether they can be held safely, and that's why he wanted to go to a safe place to get that started. look, we've seen protests, racial protests around the country, over the last 3—4 weeks. there have been very, very few questions about the public health risk to those events. and so now to see the media turn around and ask questions about the public health risk of this, i think makes a lot of people kind of scratch their head, so i don't think this rally will matter that much. i thought that he sort of went through his greatest hits tonight. there wasn't a lot of new mater

president trump stages a comeback rally in tulsa in oklahoma, but fails to fill the arena. the us president fires a top federal prosecutor who had refused to leave office. greg berman oversaw the prosecution of a number of mr trump's associates. good news for tourists, as spain ends its lockdown and welcomes visitors from europe a dramatic solar eclipse stretching from west africa to taiwan. this was the view from hong kong. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. britain's prime minister, boris johnson, has condemned what he called an "appalling" multiple stabbing in the southern english town of reading. three people were killed and three others seriously injured in the incident. witnesses said the attacker, who's of libyan origin and has been arrested on suspicion of murder, began stabbing people, apparently at random, at a park on saturday evening. police say it's not currently being treated as terrorism , although they're keeping an open mind about the motive

president trump stages a comeback campaign rally in tulsa in oklahoma, his first in months, but fails to fill the arena. 20 arrests after rioting in the german city of stuttgart following a police operation targeting drug dealers. and a dramatic solar eclipse stretching from west africa to south asia and taiwan. this was the view from hong kong. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. police here in the uk say they're treating the stabbing to death of three people in a park in reading yesterday evening as a terror incident. three other people were injured. a 25—year—old man arrested on suspicion of murder is still being questioned. borisjohson was briefed by security officials this morning. our correspondent charlotte rose reports from reading. after the horror of last night's attack, witnesses told of how a park thatis attack, witnesses told of how a park that is described as a town's back garden became a scene of carnage. everyone was just having fun, and then suddenlyjust a

in tulsa, oklahoma, they marked it too. a leading civil rights leader calling for the protests to go on. greatness is when blacks and whites and latinos and asians and original americans hit the streets all over this country and march against your tear gas, and march against your rubber bullets, and march against a military occupation you threaten, and march anyhow. that is what will make america great. tulsa is also the scene of president trump's controversial re—election rally later today, but it's a controversial choice. in 1921, tulsa was the site of one of the worst outbreaks of racial violence when white mobs attacked black businesses and killed around 300 people. it's donald trump's first rally in over three months, and people have been queueing outside the venue since early in the week. i knew this would be a big rally, and i wanted to get a seat. a million tickets have been requested for this. so i wanted to be here early. a night—time curfew in the city imposed amid threats of violence at the rally has now bee

hejoins me now from oklahoma. thank you forjoining us. 20%, that seems like quite a large numberfor something like this pandemic, is that surprising to you? it is a big number. we were not necessarily too surprised to see that. the united states stands out from the rest of the world in respect to how much vaccine skepticism there is, a lot of americans doubt vaccine safety and efficacy, and these numbers are pretty much in line with what we have seen from previous surveys, of course not with respect to a covid—19 vaccine stop by more than 100,000 people have died in the united states can be would think it would be looking at coronavirus as something more serious than other things like the flu. how much is this to do with things like social media, misleading campaigns, fake news 01’ media, misleading campaigns, fake news or genuine belief that vaccines are bad for you? absolutely, so like we document in this study we find about six in ten people hold vaccine sceptical views, people that are misinformed and tend

coronavirus is going up in many us states, like oklahoma, for which the president had an answer. when you do testing to that extent, you're going to find more people, you're going to find more cases. so i said to my people, "slow the testing down, please!" a weary looking donald trump arrived back at the white house in the small hours of this morning, looking dishevelled and quite possibly disgruntled. the joy from the start of the day long gone. in politics, the art is to underpromise and overdeliver. but donald trump predicted a million and only got a few thousand. he said it would be safe and six of his campaign staffers have contracted coronavirus. and his comments about slowing down testing later had to be clarified by the white house as a joke. this is not the relaunch that donald trump wanted. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: this should have been a golden summer for britain's school—leavers — but in many parts of the country the virus has taken awayjobs and freedom. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the worl

2147483051:43:57,554 at last week's rally 2147483051:43:57,554 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 in tulsa in oklahoma. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7: the cabinet secretary, sir mark sedwill, is to step down as the government's most senior civil servant. ministers consider reimposing some coronavirus restrictions in leicester because of a surge of cases there. with local flare—ups, it's right that we have a localised solution in terms of infection control, social distancing, testing. uk prime minister borisjohnson sets out his plans to build his way to economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. more details will be revealed on the easing of non—essential travel restrictions for many popular european holiday destinations.

particularly after holding a rally in oklahoma last weekend, which has resulted in dozens of campaign staff and dozens of secret service officers having to quarantine with covid symptoms. it does sound, though, like you‘re saying, "do as we say, not as we do." you‘re telling people to listen to local officials, but in tulsa you defied local health officials. well, i want to remind you again that the freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble is enshrined in the constitution of the united states. and the vice—president played down the severity of the current surge in cases. as we see new cases rising, and we are tracking them very carefully, there may be a tendency among the american people to think that we are back to that place that we were two months ago, that we are in a time of great losses and great hardship on the american people. the reality is we're in a much better place. the president insists it‘s because so many more people are being tested, like here in san francisco, that more cases are being discovered. but it‘s only part of the story. public health

the civil rights activist reverend al sharpton has been speaking to crowds in tulsa in oklahoma. he inverted one of president trump's favourite slogans, saying those fighting racism were the ones who could make america great for everybody for the first time. you can't be great when you handcuff a man, and even handcuffed, falling to the ground, over $20, and put his neck down, your knee on his neck, and hold it there, and hold it till his body's limp, and you are full of such venom and hate that you keep your knee on the neck of a man that could not get up and could not breathe. that is not greatness. greatness is when blacks and whites and latinos and asians, and original americans, hit the streets all over this country and march against your teargas, and march against your rubber bullets, and march against a military occupation you threaten, and march anyhow. that's what will make america great. applause. dr daina berry is an authora and historian. she says the day has been celebrated by african—america ns since the abolition of slavery. juneteenth has been celebrated since t

as you mentioned, florida, california, but also texas, oklahoma, arizona, nevada, and here in texas, things are looking quite dire. we're in houston, the home of the texas medical centre, the world's largest medical centre, it's a medical centre, 60 institutions, everything big here in texas, and we are unfortunately seeing this big acceleration, this exponential rise, almost vertical rise with now 1,000 cases a day and houston with projections of 4,000 cases per day by the july 4 weekend, and it's notjust cases, it's numbers mounting in terms of hospitalisations and intensive care admissions. and, finally, we think a lot of that is among the low—income neighbourhoods, so african—americans, hispanic, latinx, minority populations. so, in my opinion, it's a humanitarian tragedy that's starting to unfold and i've been pushing very hard for us to be more aggressive in beginning to dial things back and close things back down. doctor, what is this acceleration, this tragedy in these particular states as you call it tell it about how the pandemic has been handled until now? we all know

the trump campaign used the song you can't always get what you want at last week's rally in tulsa in oklahoma. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker. well, the weather was a real mixed bag across the uk today. heavy rain for some of us, gusty winds, but some sunshine around too, and this mixture of weather was brought by low pressure, which is going to be here through tonight and also into tomorrow. and it's a very slow—moving low, meaning that the weather pattern is not going to change very quickly. in fact, we keep getting the heavy rain in the same places, so northern ireland, south—western scotland, the north—west of england into yorkshire too whereas, further south, always drier and clearer, and that's what we are going to have through tomorrow as well. now, eventually, some of that rain will clear away as this low starts to blow itself out, but there will still be plenty of showers around, perhaps thundery ones there across scotland and northern england. the better weather again in the south. temperatures 16—19d, but it is going to feel on the cool side

florida, texas, oklahoma and south carolina all reported their highest single—day totals. to discuss this latest spike, here is eve wittenberg, a senior research scientist, at harvard university. she has not been impressed by the lockdown measures in the us. many parts of the country in the us have not actually imposed particularly stringent restrictions, even from the outset. so we are seeing cases that are migrating around the country from the parts that have had the earlier and more severe outbreaks to the rest of the country because people are moving around more and we know this from cellphone data that shows where people are moving and what sort of travel is happening. so not only did some parts of the country not imposed particularly stringent restrictions in the beginning impose particularly stringent restrictions in the beginning but they are also loosening what they had imposed at any level. and cases are rising. cases are rising. does this constitute a second wave? are we about to see one? i believe that what our officials had designated this as is a first wave.

tulsa in oklahoma is hosting major juneteenth celebrations — we can see these live pictures. these are people on stage, lots and lots of people there as the camera pans out a little. lots of people speaking on stage. culture is a significant location in itself. —— tulsa is a significant location in itself. it's 99 years since a white mob killed an estimated 300 people and ransacked the prosperous black neighbourhood of greenwood. the reverend al sharpton is the keynote speaker and we heard from him earlier on with these comments directed towards president trump. the president said he didn't know this was juneteenth. well, he was born and raised in new york. two thirds of new york is black and latino, but he never heard ofjuneteenth. so either he's lying or he is clearly exposing the ignorance that he has about black history. suzanjohnson cook is a former presidential advisor, pastor, author, and civil rights activist. she was the first female to hold the position of us ambassador for international religious freedom in 2011. she join us from washington. thank you very much

and last week, after it was used at the president's rally in tulsa at oklahoma, the rolling stones took further steps to stop the song being used again. together with performing rights organisation bmi, they have threatened the president with legal action. the trump campaign has also used songs by adele, queen and rem, despite those artists' objections, and last week the family of tom petty issued a cease and desist notice to donald trump's administration, after i won't back down was played at the president's tulsa rally, saying in a statement that the artist would never want a song of his used for a campaign of hate. you can't always get what you want was released by the group in 1969. cheering and applause if the rolling stones and the bmi have their way, president trump might find the 50—year—old lyrics speak more about his future, one in which he "can't "get no satisfaction. gail maclellan, bbc news. there's been plenty of gardening going on during the lockdown — and now the duchess of cambridge has mucked in. she helped with some planting during a visit to a children's hospic

the trump campaign used the song you can't always get what you want at last week's rally in tulsa in oklahoma. there's been plenty of gardening going on during the lockdown — and now, the duchess of cambridge has mucked in. she helped with some planting during a visit to a children's hospice in norfolk, as leigh milner reports. the duchess of cambridge wasn't afraid to get her hands or her dress dirty when she helped families create a special garden at this children's hospice in norwich. run by east anglian children's hospices, the nook was opened last year by catherine to support families caring for children with life—threatening illnesses — families like lisa and liam page and their three—month—old son connor. born with severe brain damage, he came to the hospice for end—of—life care. you've got to dig them in now! with the help of some fellow gardeners, the duchess hand—picked the plants during a trip to fakenham garden centre near her norfolk home of anmer hall. she chose strong smelling plants like lavender and herbs for the sensory garden, and planted a sunflower in memo

the trump campaign used the song you can't always get what you want at last week's rally in tulsa in oklahoma. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello, for some of us today, if you can put up with the wind, there'll be sunny spells. you may catch a shower, you may not. but for others, there'll be some persistent and, at times, heavy rain as well, so big weather contrast across the uk, just depending on how close you are to this area of low pressure. through parts of scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, this is where it's looking wettest today. brighter skies the further south you are, isobars close together. it is going to be a blustery day and windier than yesterday. so this is how it looks, then, on into the afternoon. it's wettest in northern ireland in the west, north wales for snowdonia, into north—west england, especially the pennines, lake district, western and northern scotland. this is where we'll see most of the rain. as for winds, these are your gusts — many of us, 30 to a0 miles per hour. parts of wales, northern england, northern ireland,

thousands of supporters of donald trump are gathering in tulsa in oklahoma for the president's first mass rally since the coronavirus outbreak. experts have warned there could be a spate of new infections,

earlier in the week mr trump had said almost a million people had wanted to attend the event in oklahoma, but last night large sections of the 19,000 seat venue were unfilled. our correspondent david willis sent this report. # i will gladly stand up next to you...# it wasn't entirely the comeback donald trump had been anticipating. shortly after it emerged that six members of his campaign team had tested positive for the coronavirus, a warm—up event nearby was cancelled for lack of attendance. there were empty seats in the auditorium as well. size matters to this president and he won't have been pleased. we begin ourcampaign. i just want to thank all of you. you are warriors. i've been watching... cheering. i've been watching the fake news for weeks now and everything is negative. booing. "don't go, don't come, don't do anything." today, it was like... i've never seen anything like it. chanting: black lives matter! the trump campaign blamed the empty seats on the presence of protesters outside, although their attendance was largely peaceful. despite fears the event could prove a super

particularly after holding a rally in oklahoma last weekend, which has resulted in dozens of campaign staff and dozens of secret service officers having to quarantine with covid symptoms. it does sound, though, like you're saying, "do as we say, not as we do." you're telling people to listen to local officials, but in tulsa you defied local health officials. well, i want to remind you again that the freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble is enshrined in the constitution of the united states. and the vice president played down the severity of the current surge in cases. as we see new cases rising, and we are tracking them very carefully, there may be a tendency among the american people to think that we are back to that place that we were two months ago, that we are in a time of great losses and great hardship on the american people. the reality is we're in a much better place. the president insists it's because so many more people are being tested, like here in san francisco, that more cases are being discovered. but it's only part of the story. public—health officia

us president trump stages a comeback campaign rally in tulsa in oklahoma, his first in months, but fails to fill the arena. and in sport, liverpool and everton show their respect for black lives matter in their english premier league return.

president trump stages a comeback rally in tulsa in oklahoma, but fails to fill the arena. president trump has now fired a top federal prosecutor who had refused to leave office, and oversaw the prosecution of a number of mr trump's associates. good news for tourists as spain ends its lockdown and welcomes visitors from europe. and two of britain's airports reopen for commercial passenger flights today after being closed for nearly three months because of the pandemic. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after three people were stabbed to death in a park in the english town of reading. police say it's not currently being treated as terrorism, although they're keeping an open mind about the motive. they said there was no indication it was linked to a black lives matter protest, which was held in the park a few hours earlier. john mcmanus reports. an air ambulance descending to the centre of reading in response to

president trump stages a comeback campaign rally in tulsa in oklahoma, his first in months, but fails to fill the arena.

we have an election coming up and president trump has rallies in oklahoma, florida and arizona, north carolina and they are going to restart. what do you think of that? i think everything is changed and nothing has changed. we are talking about social justice and nothing has changed. we are talking about socialjustice and fairness and equal rights and that this different racial issues. and everything is about donald trump it is always about donald trump that is not changed. on that note, we are going to leave you there. thank you so going to leave you there. thank you so much. great to talk to you. thank you. here in the uk, prime minister boris johnson has announced that lockdown rules in england will be eased from saturday for adults living alone, and single parents with children under the age of 18. they will be able to form what the prime minister is calling a "support bubble" with another household. it means a grandparent can go and stay with their grandchildren and no longer have to social distance, or a couple who've been kept apart by lockdown can spend the night together, or

president trump stages a comeback campaign rally in tulsa in oklahoma, his first in months, but fails to fill the arena. and a dramatic solar eclipse stretching from west africa to south asia and taiwan. this was the view from hong kong. hello and welcome. police say they're treating the stabbing to death of three people in a park in reading yesterday evening as a terror incident. one of those who died has been named as james furlong, a teacher at a school in wokingham. 25—year—old khairi saadallah was arrested on suspicion of murder and is still being questioned. security sources have told the bbc that saadallah was known to mi5, but was not under active investigation. our correspondent charlotte rose reports from reading. after the horror of last night's attack, so many questions remain today about the motive of the 25—year—old suspect, khairi saadallah, who remains in police custody. eyewitnesses told of how the park, described as the town's back garden, became a scene of carnage. everyone was just having fun. and, then... suddenly, the manjust shouted and darted to the lef