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As protests continue across the country, the president has vowed to send out the military to put an end to the unrest.

But can he actually do so?

Some state governors have said the government doesn't have the power to send in federal troops without the permission of the state authorities.

However, there are already thousands of troops deployed from the National Guard, which is the reserve force for the US Army.

Our Reality Check reporter Jake Horton took a look at this question - check out his full analysis here.

Artists and activists have painted murals of George Floyd across the globe, from Syria to California.

Here's a look at some of the memorials.

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New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea is speaking beside the mayor, where he is vowing that police will "make sure that criminals don’t control New York City".

He says that there have been nearly 700 arrests made last night - for looting, attacking police and other offences - and that the figure is expected to go up as more people are booked into jail.

"We encourage people that come out today to peacefully protest," says Shea.

"We would love to get through today, and we’ve seen good and bad over the past few days, without a single arrest."

"We will not allow this city to regress," he continues. "We will protect all the citizens of this city and we will protect the property owners of this city."

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the 20:00 local time (00:00 GMT) to 05:00 (9:00 GMT) curfew will be extended until the end of the week.

“We saw some stuff last night that we cannot accept,” he says, after several downtown businesses were looted.

He calls on police and protesters to find common ground, calling on all who "cannot tolerate violence and disorder [to] speak up".

"If you say there have been years and decades and generations of injustice, you are right. But they are not solved by hatred. They are solved by reaching out to each other."

He also calls on protesters to only hold rallies during daylight hours, and to wear face masks and socially distance to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The pandemic, he says "is not a minor matter at this point".

New York City is the epicentre of the ongoing US coronavirus outbreak, with over 204,000 cases and 21,000 deaths.

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Louis Vuitton menswear designer Virgil Abloh has apologised amid criticism for his comments on looting.

In an online post on a video showing streetwear designer Sean Wotherspoon's store had been looted, Abloh said he was disgusted and that the "kids that ransacked his store" should "hang your head in shame".

In an Instagram post,, external Abloh later said: "I apologise that my comments yesterday appeared as if my main concerns are anything other than full solidarity with the movements against police violence, racism and inequality."

"Yesterday I spoke about how my stores and stores of friends were looted," Abloh, who is also the founder of the Off-White brand, wrote.

"I apologise that it seemed like my concern for those stores outweighed my concern for our right to protest injustice and express our anger and rage in this moment."

He noted that he has also donated $20,500 (£16,300) to causes related to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Reality Check

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The BBC Reality Check team have looked at some of the data around crime and justice in the US, and what it shows about the experience of African Americans when it comes to law and order.

Their findings show that:

• African Americans are more likely to get fatally shot
• African Americans are arrested at a higher rate for drug abuse
• More African Americans are imprisoned

Read the full article here

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says the demonstrations sparked by Floyd's death in police custody are "understandable and more than legitimate".

"I hope that these peaceful protests won't slide further into violence, but even more than that I hope that they will make a difference in the United States," Maas said.

In response to cases of journalists - including a German correspondent - being attacked by police during these protests, he also said that members of the press should be able to report "without fearing for their security".

"Democratic countries governed by the rule of law must apply the highest standards in protecting press freedom."

Maas said Germany will contact US authorities regarding the incident involving the German journalist.

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The New York Police Department (NYPD) chief said he doesn't believe racism plays a role in the force.

Terence Monahan was praised when he took the knee with protesters on Monday.

But Monahan told CBS This Morning on Tuesday: "I don't believe racism plays a role in New York. I can only speak for what I've seen in New York City," Monahan said.

The host responded: "And yet, you've got these outcomes. And if those protesters heard you say that racism doesn't play a role, that's why they're here. That's why they're angry. They don't think you get it."

"I would never say that we are a racist police department. Absolutely not. Have incidents happened? Maybe there was a racist incident, something, and that person has been removed from this agency? Absolutely," Monahan said.

Presidential candidate Joe Biden is speaking at the Philadelphia City Hall, one day after over 250 protesters were arrested in that city.

Invoking the dying words of George Floyd, he says "I can't breathe".

Those words, he says, "didn’t die with him. They’re still being heard. They’re echoing across this nation".

He continues by criticising Trump's actions outside the White House yesterday, where he had a park cleared of peaceful protests in order to stand outside a shuttered church.

"The president held up the Bible at St John's church yesterday. I just wish he'd open it once in a while," says the former vice-president. "Instead of brandishing it, if he opened it he could have learned something."

"When peaceful protestors are dispersed by the order of the president from the doorstep of the people’s house, the White House - using tear gas and flash grenades - in order to stage a photo-op at a noble church, we can be forgiven for believing that the president is more interested in power than in principle."He accuses President Trump of being "more interested in serving the passions of his base than the needs of the people in his care.""For that’s what the presidency is: a duty of care—to all of us, not just our voters, not just our donors, but all of us."

Biden is also calling for congressional police oversight legislation "to give people equal protection under the law".

“I won’t traffic in fear and division," he says. "I won’t fan the flames of hate."

“I will seek to heal the racial wounds that have long plagued this country - not use them for political gain.”

Ilhan Omar, a Democratic congresswoman representing Minnesota, the state where George Floyd died, has said that systematic changes are urgently needed to fight racism in the US.

"Black people in this country from the days of being enslaved, to the days of being lynched, to Jim Crow, to police brutality we are seeing now, to mass incarceration, have always seen their humanity not been recognised," she told BBC Newsnight.

"When we say we are sick and tired, we mean we are sick and tired. Every single day we find ourselves in these situations. It doesn’t really matter who might be in charge, what matters are the kind of reforms we are bold enough to push for."

The 37-year-old mother of three is the first Somali-American, first African-born American, and one of the first two Muslim American women to serve in the US Congress.

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Meanwhile footballers should "feel free" to protest over the death of George Floyd and "should take a knee", says Sanjay Bhandari, chair of football anti-racism body Kick It Out.

Liverpool players took a knee around the centre circle at Anfield during a training session on Monday.

Mr Bhandari said players taking a knee would be a "very powerful image".

"If they feel they want to protest, then they should. They should feel free to do that," he told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.

"I would say that taking a knee when you score a goal and have the whole team do it, the referee is not going to book an entire team. It's a very powerful image and a gesture of solidarity."

Here's what you need to know:

• Law enforcement officers were attacked in several US cities overnight as protests continued despite curfews; four were shot in St Louis, Missouri and one in Las Vegas, while two were injured after being hit by cars in New York City and Buffalo, New York
• President Trump is facing criticism after peaceful protesters in the nation's capital were dispersed with tear gas before the city's curfew began, so that he could walk to a church and pose for photos - a move the Washington Episcopal bishop has called a "charade"
• Amid shock from religious leaders, Trump has plans to visit another DC church, the Shrine to St John Paul II, today
• On Tuesday, eight states plus Washington DC will hold primary elections, many of which were delayed due to the coronavirus. While the presidential candidates are all but decided, the elections will serve as a test of vote-by-mail systems
• The president has also promised to send out the military if state governments do not put a stop to the rioting and violence

• On Monday, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner and independent experts hired by the Floyd family concluded that his death was a homicide - but while the family's doctors found he died because the officers' kneeling on him restricted his blood and airflow, the County report suggested Floyd's other health conditions and intoxicants in his system may have also contributed to his death

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday that the Covid-19 pandemic and protests over George Floyd's death in police custody are illustrating historic racial inequalities.

"This virus is exposing endemic inequalities that have too long been ignored," Bachelet said in a statement.

"In the United States, protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd are highlighting not only police violence against people of colour, but also inequalities in health, education, employment and endemic racial discrimination."

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A footballer in Hungary who unveiled a T-shirt with the words “Justice for George Floyd” after scoring on Sunday has been reprimanded by the country's football association and told he will face an "actual penalty" if he does so again in future.

It comes despite Fifa telling competition organisers to use "common sense" and consider not sanctioning players calling for justice.

World football's governing body said it "fully understands the depth of sentiment and concerns expressed by many footballers in light of the tragic circumstances of the George Floyd case".

Ferencvaros player Tokmac Nguen received a reprimand in writing and the Hungarian FA said, external "in future, there will be an actual penalty for wearing an unauthorised inscription".

Meanwhile, the German football federation is investigating several incidents from this weekend's games, including a booking for England forward Jadon Sancho for unveiling a "Justice for George Floyd" T-shirt after scoring for Borussia Dortmund.

The DFB says it is required to investigate, external the incidents as international rules forbid political statements or messages during games.

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Technology reporter, BBC News

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More now on the issue of Donald Trump's social media posts.

Mark Zuckerberg is setting a "dangerous precedent" by allowing a post by the president to remain on Facebook, a group of civil rights leaders has warned.

Their statement followed a video call with the social media giant's founder. Facebook staff have also voiced their anger at their employer, with some staging a "virtual walkout".

The US president's post about the widespread protests following the death of George Floyd was hidden by Twitter last week for "glorifying violence", prompting an escalating row between the social platform and the White House.

In the post, the president wrote he would "send in the National Guard", and warned that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts".

Zuckerberg had previously defended his decision to leave the same post up on Facebook, external, saying he disagreed with Trump's words but that people "should be able to see this for themselves".

Read the full story here.

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Barack Obama has said protests over the death of George Floyd could be a "real turning point" in the fight for police reform.

In a short essay on Medium, the former president said the demonstrations "represent a genuine and legitimate frustration over a decades-long failure to reform police practices and the broader criminal justice system in the United States".

Obama hailed peaceful protesters, saying they "deserve our respect and support", while condemning "the small minority of folks who’ve resorted to violence".

He said people did not have to choose between protest and politics.

"We have to do both," he said.

"We have to mobilise to raise awareness, and we have to organise and cast our ballots to make sure that we elect candidates who will act on reform."

He ended by saying: "The heightened activism of young people in recent weeks, of every race and every station, makes me hopeful."

"If, going forward, we can channel our justifiable anger into peaceful, sustained, and effective action, then this moment can be a real turning point in our nation’s long journey to live up to our highest ideals."

Kerry Allen
BBC Monitoring, Chinese Media Analyst

People watching Chinese TV today are seeing what they say looks like a warzone in the US: Footage of journalists being arrested, blinded by rubber bullets, or pepper sprayed.

The pictures have stunned China, as many people have never seen such scenes. And in fact, had such scenes happened in China, they would inevitably have been censored outright.

Any protest in China, no matter how small-scale, goes unreported there, and the country is frequently ranked bottom by rights groups for having one of the most restricted media environments in the world.

There’s now an opportunity for many Chinese papers and social media users to criticise the US as having what they perceive as double-standards. China’s government says it has experienced “violence” from “rioters”, in Hong Kong, and is asking why the US has slammed the police presence in Hong Kong and claimed that Beijing was eroding local freedoms in recent months.

The view on Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo is that the US unrest shows that “freedom is dead” there.

Netizens are also commenting that “the US police has lost all humanity”, with official broadcasters stressing that US police use excessive brutality on what they call “peaceful protesters”.

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The European Commission has backed Twitter in the social media giant's dispute with Donald Trump after it hid one of his tweets, saying it violates rules about glorifying violence.

The president last week tweeted he would "send in the National Guard", and followed that up with a warning that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts".

That second tweet was hidden by Twitter for "glorifying violence".

In a statement, Věra Jourová, vice president of the EU's executive branch, said that politicians must be "held to account, and answer to criticism with facts, not with threats and attacks”.

"This is not about censorship. This is about flagging verifiably false or misleading information that may cause public harm," she said.

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US Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer have called Donald Trump "cowardly, weak and dangerous" for his handling of the widespread protests over the death of George Floyd.

The joint statement said: "Across our country, Americans are protesting for an end to the pattern of racial injustice and brutality we saw most recently in the murder of George Floyd."

“Yet, at a time when our country cries out for unification, this president is ripping it apart. Tear-gassing peaceful protesters without provocation just so that the president could pose for photos outside a church dishonours every value that faith teaches us."

They were referring to the president posing for photos outside St John's Church, which was lightly damaged in a fire set by rioters the previous evening.

“At this challenging time, our nation needs real leadership. The president’s continued fanning of the flames of discord, bigotry and violence is cowardly, weak and dangerous.”

Martin Bashir
BBC Religion Editor

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Last night he held a Bible in front of St John’s Episcopal Church, just across the road from the White House. Today, he’ll visit the Shrine to St John Paul II, also in Washington.

But Donald Trump’s signaling of religious affiliation has not been welcomed by a range of religious leaders.

President Trump does not belong to a particular congregation, only occasionally attends a service and has said many times that he does not like to ask God for forgiveness.

But while he may not consider church essential to his personal life, it may yet hold the keys to his political future.

In 2016, Trump won 81% of white evangelical votes and exit polls found that white Catholics supported him over Hillary Clinton by 60% to 37%.

He has sealed a powerful bond with religious voters by embracing their political priorities.

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