That concludes our live coveragepublished at 22:58 British Summer Time 4 June 2020
Here are some of the key moments from today:
- Amid continued protests nationwide, the first memorial service for George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, saw a number of politicians and celebrities join family and friends to honour his life; there will be another in North Carolina before his funeral in Texas next week
- Reverend Al Sharpton, who delivered a eulogy during the service, offered a powerful message, saying: "George Floyd's story has been the story of black folks, ever since 401 years ago, the reason we could never be who we wanted and dreamed of being is you kept your knee on our neck."
- The three additional former officers involved with Floyd's death had their first appearance in court as the service began; Thomas Lane, J Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were charged with aiding and abetting murder and now face up to 40 years in prison; the ex-officer who knelt on Floyd's neck, Derek Chauvin, will appear separately on 8 June
- In Georgia, a court heard that one of the men accused of murdering unarmed black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in February allegedly used a racial slur while Arbery was on the ground; the Arbery case has also fuelled the national outrage over killings of African Americans
- Attorney General Bill Barr told reporters today that dozens of federal officers were injured during DC protests and 51 people have been arrested by federal agencies for violence and rioting; he acknowledged most protests have been peaceful, but called out "extremist agitators" and "foreign actors" for exacerbating the violence
- Virginia's Governor Ralph Northam has announced that a statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee will be removed from the state capital; such memorials have long been controversial as the Confederacy fought to keep slavery, sparking the Civil War