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Protesters across the US are demanding accountability, says co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement and the chair of Reform L.A. Jails.

Patrisse Cullors told ABC's Nightline, external that those protesting want to see all the officers involved in the murder of George Floyd arrested.

“They want to have no more terror, no more police terror in their communities,” she added.

“Everybody wants to be apologised to. Everybody wants to be told, ‘I'm sorry. What I did was wrong. It was unacceptable. We don't do it again and, in fact, this is how we change'.

“We barely get a sorry, we rarely get accountability and we never get change.”

A police officer is in critical condition and one person has died following two separate shooting incidents involving Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers, the city's sheriff, Joe Lombardo, has confirmed.

The sheriff said the first incident occurred while police were attempting to disperse a large crowd protesting in front of the Circus Circus hotel and casino.

A police officer was shot and is now on life support at the University Medical Centre, he said. A suspect has been identified and taken into custody.

In another incident, Mr Lombardo says one person was shot by police after reaching for a firearm during an altercation near a federal building. He was pronounced dead in hospital.

"What has occurred is utterly unacceptable, I hope the community sees it that way too," Mr Lombardo said in a media briefing., external

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More than 7,200 people were arrested in 43 US cities, external over the weekend - Friday, Saturday and Sunday - CBS reports.

They have been charged with burglary, arson, aggravated assault and rioting, among other things, according to a review by CBS News.

The arrests happened as protests over police brutality against black people engulfed America. The marches and demonstrations started out peacefully, but many ended in violence, arson, vandalism and looting.

Protesters clashed with police in Washington, New York, LA, San Francisco and several other cities as they broke curfews to gather.

Police tear gassed crowds to disperse them, and have faced accusations of using excessive force

Radio stations and TV channels have changed their programmes to mark "Blackout Tuesday", reflecting on George Floyd's death in police custody.

BBC Radio 1Xtra is hosting a series of discussions and debates in support of the black community, with song choices that reflect black pride and identity.

Many record labels and music stars have gone quiet to observe the initiative.

MTV will go silent for eight minutes - the length of time a white police officer knelt on Mr Floyd's neck.

There will also be moments of reflection on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2, while commercial radio stations including Kiss, Magic and Absolute Radio are observing a social media blackout "to show that racism of any kind cannot be tolerated".

See here for more on 'Blackout Tuesday'.

Police tear-gassed hundreds of protesters on an interstate highway in Philadelphia on Monday afternoon.

More than two dozen of them were arrested, according to reports, external.

The city has seen days of protests and unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody.

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Thousands have taken to the streets of Amsterdam in protest against the death of George Floyd.

The mayor of Amsterdam has faced criticism for allowing a large protest in the city centre at a time when social distancing measures are supposed to be in place due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mayor Femke Halsema defended the right to protest and told Dutch public television broadcaster NPO there had been "absolutely no indication it would be this big".

But Menno de Jong, a virologist at Amsterdam's UMC hospital and a member of the Dutch national coronavirus crisis team, told the Parool newspaper: "This is exactly what we don't want".

"You don't need to be a virologist to reach this conclusion. There is a reason we have been talking about social distancing for months. This could potentially be a so-called super spreading event."

Protesters also defied orders against large public gatherings in Sydney's Hyde Park.

"This is everybody's problem," Kira Dargin, an aboriginal Wiradjuri woman at the protest told Reuters news agency.

"As a black woman, I'm tired of seeing my brothers go down. As a black mother I fear for my child. Got to stop."

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell has said the people of Europe are "shocked and appalled" by the death of George Floyd.

Speaking in Brussels, Borrell said that countries must ensure "people who are in charge of taking care of the other are not using their capacities in the way that has been used in this very, very unhappy death of George Floyd".

"This is an abuse of power and this has to be renounced, it has to be combatted in the States and everywhere," he said.

"We trust in the ability of Americans to come together, to heal as a nation, and to address these important issues during these difficult times," he added.

"And allow me to repeat that all lives matter. Black lives also matter.”

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore has apologised for equating looters with officers involved in George Floyd's death.

"We didn't have people mourning the death of this man, George Floyd, we had people capitalising," he said at a press conference on Monday.

"His death is on their hands as much as it is those officers ... We didn't have protests last night. We had criminal acts."

The statement was met with a swift backlash, with many calling for him to be removed.

Moore later backtracked on the comments, saying he "misspoke".

What is it that brings Americans on to the streets during a pandemic?

The answers ranged from anger to frustration to despair, but the message, repeated, was the same: "black lives matter".

"I'm just tired of hearing about black people dying," said one protester, while another, a young white woman, said, "I want us to treat black lives as our own.

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A radio producer in Philadelphia took to Twitter to document his violent encounter with what he called "a huge congregation of agitated white people with bats, golf clubs and billy clubs”.

In a series of tweets over several hours, Jon Ehrens described and filmed what he saw - a man with an axe, and another with a sledgehammer, and what he heard - N-words flying" - on the city's Girard avenue.

He later tweeted a selfie in which his face is bloodied - he said the men beat him up for recording them. His thread ended with a selfie of him in a hospital, saying he's fine.

Although the situation was tense, police arrived to disperse protesters on both sides. Monday was the third day of unrest in Philadelphia, which saw both peaceful marches, tear-gassing of crowds, as well as police officers taking a knee in a show of solidarity - all in one day.

A video showing a US police building on fire. Speculations about George Soros "funding" the demonstrations.Claims about Russia's involvements in the protests.

These are just some of the many falsehoods and conspiracy theories that have swirled around the protests - some of them gaining traction and thousands of views online.

But they aren't what they claim to be. We break it down for you in our report here.

A handful of celebrities have now posted all-black pictures on Instagram in support of protesters and the "Black Lives Matter" movement.

The phrase has for years been used to protest against police killings of black people in America - but it has now been further spurred on by the death of George Floyd.

Actor Timothee Chalamet posted this photo on Instagram:

Media giant Netflix has also spoken out in support of the movement, saying: "To be silent is to be complicit. Black lives matter. We have a platform, and a duty to our Black members, employees, creators and talent to speak up."

A video has gone viral of chaotic scenes in Los Angeles of police officers wrongly identifying black businesses owners as looters.

A reporter from Fox 11 Los Angeles points police to a group of alleged looters in the Van Nuys neighbourhood.

But some of the officers wrongly identify the people attempting to shield the businesses as the looters. They point weapons at the group and start putting them in handcuffs.

The group was later released, Fox 11 reported.

Some have voiced anger over the video.

"The fact that the police IMMEDIATELY went towards the black owners thinking that they’re the one who were starting it just shows why people protest," one wrote on Twitter.

A Las Vegas police officer was among two people shot following protests in the city on Monday, according to local media.

A report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal says, external the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has confirmed an officer was shot near hotel and casino Circus Circus.

It added there was an officer-involved shooting near the 300 block of Las Vegas Boulevard.

TV station 8 News NOW, external is also reporting that an officer was among two people shot.

"My office has been notified that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is currently working two separate incidents in Las Vegas. The State is in contact with local law enforcement and continues to monitor the situation," said Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has accused the US of "double standards" in its response to protests, using the protests across the US this week as an example.

"They value very much their own national security but are biased in viewing ours," she said, speaking ahead of a weekly meeting, according to site SCMP.

"There are riots in the US and we see how local governments reacted. And then in Hong Kong, when we had similar riots, we saw what position they adopted".

Her comments come in defence of Beijing's move to pass a national security law in Hong Kong which would make it a crime to undermine Beijing's authority in the territory.

Hong Kong had for months last year been rocked by pro-democracy protests - these were recently restarted after months of silence due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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The death of George Floyd has sparked huge protests against police brutality across America - but it has also had an impact in the UK.

The BBC spoke to young black British people who said they felt "angry", "disgusted" and "shocked" over how Floyd had died.

"It's like we are living in the same movie," one of them said.

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Former five-weight world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather will pay the funeral costs of George Floyd, his management company has confirmed.

Mayweather told Hollywood Unlocked, external he had reached out to Floyd's family to offer support.

Mayweather Promotions shared the article on Twitter, adding the 43-year-old will "commit to paying for the funeral costs of George Floyd".

Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, then told ESPN: "He'll probably get mad at me for saying that, but yes, [Mayweather] is definitely paying for the funeral.

He added that the family had accepted the offer.

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The Chief Master Sergeant of the US Air Force has pledged to do more to tackle racial injustice and says his greatest fear is one of his black airmen dying "at the hands of a white police officer".

In a post on Twitter, , externalKaleth O. Wright said he was "outraged at watching another black man die on television before our very eyes".

Sgt Wright said it "could happen to me. As shocking as that may sound to some of you" and that racism, discrimination and exclusion "does not care much about position, titles or stature".

"This, my friends, is my greatest fear, not that I will be killed by a white police officer (believe me my heart starts racing like most other black men in America when I see those blue lights behind me). But that I will wake up to a report that one of our black airmen has died at the hands of a white police officer," he said.

The Chief Master Sergeant said he is working with the Chief of Staff to have a full and thorough independent review of the US military justice system.

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PM Scott Morrison has spoken to US President Donal Trump after an Australian TV crew was allegedly assaulted by police in Washington, reports say.

Mr Morrison has also asked the Washington embassy to investigate the incident.

Channel 7's US correspondent Amelia Brace and cameraman Tim Myers were attacked while covering Monday's protest outside the White House.

Police used tear gas to disperse the protests, leading to a stampede of sorts as the crowds fled - and that's when the attack appears to have occurred.

The incident was caught on live TV, and the footage was shared on Twitter.

It shows an officer hitting Mr Myers with his shield and then punching him. But another officer intervened and the two reporters escape, just as a third officer swings a baton at them from behind.

The news comes amid a slew of similar reports during protests - of police assaulting journalists, arresting them and even damaging their equipment.

Former African presidents have condemned the killing of George Floyd as violent protests continue in the US following his death in police custody.

The Forum of Former Heads of State and Government has urged African countries to "raise a strong protest" to the killing and demand that the "perpetrators of this crime and all other crimes of this sort be punished in the strongest terms", according to a statement released by former Beninese President Nicéphore Soglo.

“What level of cruelty must you reach that the entire world finally wakes up and manifests its indignation. Who would dare here, their face visible, to treat in such a way a European, an Arab, an Israeli, an Indian, a Chinese, a Japanese, an Argentinian, etc. Enough is enough," he said.

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has said in a tweet that black people were "shocked and destroyed"., external

South Africa's governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to engage with the US, external" to defuse racial tensions and build social cohesion among different races".

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