Politics

The Brazilian President is struggling to explain why his country is fast becoming one of the worst casualties of the virus. 

The issue of police stopping and searching people during the lockdown has raised concerns. The civil rights group Liberty says people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are 54 per cent more likely to be fined under coronavirus laws. And, in London, there’s been a spike in Stop and Searches in the first month of…

We’re joined from Washington DC by Madeleine Albright – who was US Secretary of State during President Clinton’s time in office – and the first woman to have that role.

Earlier we were joined by Chiraag Bains, who served in the US Justice Department where he investigated police misconduct. 

The clip of a black man being held on the ground by a policeman sparked rioting and looting in the city where it happened, Minneapolis, and beyond.

Joining me now from north London is shadow attorney general, Lord Charlie Falconer

Millions of families and friends kept apart by the lockdown will be able to meet again from Monday.

President Trump has threatened to “close down” the social media platform Twitter – after it flagged up two of his posts for fact checking – linking to an article describing Mr Trump’s claims about postal ballot fraud as “unsubstantiated”.

In Zimbabwe, three female opposition MDC activists have been charged for taking part in a demonstration.

Northern Ireland has announced two deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours – an increase from zero the day before.

There’s little question that the lockdown has exposed deep divisions – piling extra pressure on some of the poores

Violent clashes have broken out between police and protesters in Minneapolis – as anger erupted over the death of a black man at the hands of a white police officer.

Police in Hong Kong have arrested around 300 people – firing pepper spray to disperse crowds of  pro-democracy protesters as the legislature began debating a bill which would make it illegal to insult or abuse the Chinese national anthem.

Test and Trace is about to become a part of the new normal. Boris Johnson admitting it would be a “huge imposition” on a minority of people  – but was the only way to “unlock the prison” for the whole country.

The Conservative MP Simon Hoare was one of those on the Liaison Committee expressing his deep concern to the Prime Minister that the Dominic Cummings crisis could undermine the nation’s willingness to abide by lockdown restrictions.