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U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the military unless states halt violent protests.Trump said Monday he would mobilize the military to end "lawlessness," blaming anarchists and Antifa for fomenting unrest during demonstrations against police violence.

Trump said if governors throughout the country do not deploy the National Guard in sufficient numbers to "dominate the streets,"thenthe U.S. military would step in to "quickly solve the problem for them."

Protests and clashes have erupted across the U.S. in reaction to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd died last week after being pinned to the ground by a police officer who put his knee on the handcuffed black man's neck until he stopped breathing. The officer, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with third-degree murder, but protesters are demanding that three of his colleagues who were at the scene be prosecuted as well. All four officers have been fired.

Watch |Will calls for peace, crackdowns change U.S. protests?

Just prior to Trump making his comments in the White House Rose Garden, police and National Guard soldiers started forcing back hundreds of peaceful protesters who had gathered in Lafayette Park,across the street from the White House, so that the president could walk to a nearby church and pose for a photo while holding a Bible.

While most of the demonstrations in the U.S. have been peaceful, others have turned violent with looting and cars set on fire.The National Guard has been deployed in at least 15 states.

Gunfire was reported early today amidprotests in Las Vegas and St. Louis.One police officer was reported to have been shot in Las Vegas, while four officers were hit by gunfire in St. Louis.Read more on this story here.

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Signs were prepared to facilitate physical distancing in Camden Market in London, England on Monday as outdoor markets reopened following an easing of the lockdown restrictions in the U.K. Some non-essential stores and car dealerships were also allowed to resume operating.

Four Chrtien-era cabinet ministers are among 58 former Canadian diplomats and politicians who added their names to a letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government to show stronger resistance to a proposed Israeli annexation of a large part of the occupied West Bank.Among the signatories are former ambassadors to Israel who served under both Liberal and Conservative governments, as well as many other diplomats who represented Canada's interests in the Middle East.Read more about the letter here.

In a time of ultimate economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19 and the lockdown to fight it, this week's shuffle at the top of Canada's central bank will only add to the confusion.As CBC business columnist Don Pittis writes, that's not to say that the newly appointed governor of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem, who takes over from Stephen Poloz on Wednesday, will do a bad job. But just as when Poloz replaced media darling Mark Carney, who set off to an even more glamorous and demanding job at the Bank of England only to be followed by a relatively stodgy and unknown replacement, changes of leadership style at the top matter.Read more about the change at Canada's central bank.

Approximately 700 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Toronto area were not flagged to public health officials because of a mix-up between two hospitals, CBC News has learned.The positive tests were completed as far back as April, but the 12 public health units involved were only notified about the oversight in the past few days. The bulk of the cases involve people living in Toronto, and nearby Peel Region and York Region. The oversight means thousands of contacts of the confirmed cases were not traced by public health workers, potentially contributing to wider spread of the coronavirus in recent weeks.Read more on this story here.

We're answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours toCOVID@cbc.caand we'll answer as many as we can.Masks can feel uncomfortable and difficult to wear. Sara M. wrote to say it's particularly hard for people like her who suffer from anxiety and lung disorders like asthma. So what should they do? Dr. Samir Gupta, a clinician-scientist at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, said while there's no evidence that masks trigger underlying lung conditions, some people will find it harder to breathe through a mask especially if they have chronic lung disease. "For these people, and those with anxiety, if they can't wear a mask, they can only physically distance but this would be a minority of people," Gupta said. Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, an infectious diseases physician at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, Ont., agrees, and said that some people may feel claustrophobic when wearing a mask. For them, he suggested only wearing one when you need it.Read more from our Q&A here.

Now for some good news to start your Tuesday:The pandemic has put the kibosh on any plans the students of Minto High School in Minto, N.B., had of having a normal graduation, but that doesn't mean the community isn't marking their accomplishments. The 29 graduates from the school are being celebrated with banners displayed on utility poles along the town's main street. Each banner features a graduate's photo and name. Mary-Faith Mazerolle, whose son Owen is a part of the graduating class, is one of the people behind the villagewide celebration. With COVID-19 shutting down regular graduation plans, she said people wanted to show the grads they're thinking of them. "We wanted something to show them that their accomplishment is still recognized in the community and that we're very proud of them," she said.Read more about how the community is honouring its graduates.

Despite making up only 13 per cent of the population, black Americans represent about a quarter of all people killed by police. Today on Front Burner, we speak to civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson about the concrete steps he thinks could be taken to deal with the problem of race-based police violence.

1917:Fighter pilot Billy Bishop, a 23-year-old from Owen Sound, Ont., stages a solo attack on a German airfield during the First World War. His actions make him the first Canadian airman to win a Victoria Cross.

1953:Queen Elizabeth II is crowned in London's Westminster Abbey. Elizabeth was 27 when she assumed the throne 16 months earlier upon the death of her father, King George VI. She had married Philip Mountbatten in 1947, and at the time of her coronation they had two children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Elizabeth's coronation was the first to be televised.

1983:A fire breaks out in a bathroom aboard an Air Canada jet, which is forced to make an emergency landing in Cincinnati. Twenty-three people die, including Canadian folk singer StanRogers. Eighteen people survive.

2002:Prime Minister Jean Chretien fires Finance Minister Paul Martin, saying they no longer had a viable working relationship. Martin is replaced with Deputy Prime Minister John Manley.

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