in london last week. another kidnapping in northern nigeria, this time dozens of students are taken from a college in kaduna state at gunpoint. and, turns out you're not seeing double — researchers reveal there are more twins being born than ever before. we start in the american city of minneapolis and what's thought to be one of the largest pre—trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may of last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of 27 million dollars for their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd's family. a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on charges including third degree murder, following the incident. here's the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family. but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. let's get more from our correspondent, david willis, who joins us from la. this figure of £27 million one of the largest in terms of misconduct against police forces.— the largest in terms of misconduct against police forces. absolutely. a massive sum. _ against police forces. absolutely. a massive sum, isn't _ against police forces. absolutely. a massive sum, isn't it? _ against police forces. absolutely. a massive sum, isn't it? george - massive sum, isn't it? george floyd's death at the hands of minneapolis police officers sparked the black lives matter movement, one of the largest protest movements at this country has ever seen. and they are also of course protest in many other cities around the world. and today the man you had on tight they are said that there is large settlement, $27 million, the largest of its kind proved beyond doubt that black lives do matter. he said police brutality against people of colour must now come to an end. meanwhile george floyd's sister bridget issued a statement of her own saying, our hearts are broken. we are comforted knowing that even in death george floyd showed the world how to live. m50 in death george floyd showed the world how to live.— world how to live. also talking about the _ world how to live. also talking about the family _ world how to live. also talking about the family wanting - world how to live. also talking | about the family wanting more world how to live. also talking - about the family wanting more and policy changes. what's the argument they are? policy changes. what's the argument the are? , ., policy changes. what's the argument the are? , . ., policy changes. what's the argument the are? ., , they are? they are said to be quite imressed they are? they are said to be quite impressed with _ they are? they are said to be quite impressed with some _ they are? they are said to be quite impressed with some of— they are? they are said to be quite impressed with some of the - they are? they are said to be quite i impressed with some of the changes that have already been put in place. since there terrible incident back in may of last year. and those measures include body cameras, retraining of police officers and so on. of course one of the officers, one of the four officers that was involved in that incident is currently on trial in minneapolis. thejudge such as currently on trial in minneapolis. the judge such as the high—profile nature of the trial has given until the end of this month to select a jury. so far they've got seven jurors and they need another seven more. very difficult to find anybody in that area that hasn't heard of this case. if found guilty he could be facing more than a0 mac years in jail. the three other police officers who were involved in that incident are due to go on trial later this year, charged with aiding and abetting. later this year, charged with aiding and abetting-— and abetting. before you leave us, could ou and abetting. before you leave us, could you please _ and abetting. before you leave us, could you please explain _ and abetting. before you leave us, could you please explain to - and abetting. before you leave us, could you please explain to us - and abetting. before you leave us, could you please explain to us the| could you please explain to us the significance of this third—degree murder charge. why does this matter? it matters because it potentially carries, it's easy to prove and a potentially carries that very high sentence. it was more difficult to prove these second degree murder charge, this is a considerable boost for the prosecution. they argued for this and they believe that it will make prosecution easier in this febrile atmosphere with a lot of security surrounding the there in minneapolis. and will be for the few weeks as well. thank you very much. joe biden has held the first meeting of "the quad" — a group of four countries which he hopes will be a counterweight to the growing power of china. the group features the us, australia, india and japan — all of whom have had varying levels of disagreements with china in recent months and years. mr biden and indian prime minister narendra modi both said that the group were standing up for universal values. let's take a listen. and in this moment, it's a purpose that i think we all are concerned about, a free and open indo—pacific is essential to each of our futures for our countries. the united states is committed to working with you, our partners, and our allies in the region to achieve stability. translation: excellencies, i we are united by our democratic values and our commitment to a free, open and inclusive indo pacific. 0ur agenda covering areas like vaccines, climate change and emerging technology makes the quad a force for global good. china was on the agenda as well as vaccine diplomacy. our state department correspondent barbara plett usher told us more. yes, the major announcement, the major concrete announcement out of this meeting was that there was going to be a joint push to produce many, many vaccine doses to be used in southeast asia, a billion by 2022 combining the money of the united states and japan, the production capacity of india and then australia was going to be playing a role in terms of delivery and shipment. this was presented by us officials as an example of how these four countries have common interests and how they wanted to show this alliance actually has a concrete and useful outcome for people themselves. at the same time, as you said, this is an alliance of countries who all have their own difficulties with china. it's coming at a time when the biden administration is really having a solidify alliances as it looks how it can organise our strategic counterweight to china. although none of the countries actually mention china by name, they mention code language which is a free and open indochina concerns there about the chinese maritime and territorial claims, threatening that in some way, and other issues as well, we were told by us officials, they would have a frank and open discussion about the concerns regarding chinese behaviour and how they can strengthen their alliance. a serving british police officer has been charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard, whose disappearance in london last week sparked an outcry about violence against women. the 33 year old marketing executive's body was found in woodland on wednesday, after she'd disappeared while walking home from a friend's house, in south london last week. wayne couzens, who's a8, will appear in court tomorrow. the police watchdog is investigating how the met police responded to two allegations of indecent exposure involving the suspect, three days before ms everard went missing. a short time ago, the the metropolitan police assistant commissioner nick ephgrave gave this statement. a serving police constable has tonight been charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. wayne couzens, age a8 has been remanded in custody and will appear at west minister magistrate court tomorrow morning. sarah's family of course have been informed of this development and remain supported by specialist officers. i would like at the stage to pay tribute to sarah's family for their fortitude and forbearance. through what can only have been the most intensely difficult few days. our thoughts remain with them as this matter progresses. gunmen in the northern nigerian state of kaduna have attacked a school and abducted about 30 students. armoured vehicles and a helicopter have been deployed to try to rescue them. state authorities say that 180 people were rescued by the nigerian army in the early hours of this morning, but about 30 students are still missing. this is just the latest in a series of kidnappings in nigeria in the past few months. in february — 279 schoolgirls were abducted in zamfara state. and a further a2 staff, students and family members were taken from kagara, niger state — one was killed. in december more than 80 schoolchildren were kidnapped from a school in katsina state and a further 300 boys abducted from another school there. all have since been freed. 0ur correspondent in abuja, ishaq khalid told us more about the rescue effort. well, basically at the moment, the nigerian authorities are saying that troops are trying to rescue the dozens of students who were kidnapped by the gunmen. troops with guns and helicopters have been deployed. and initially, the authorities said that 180 people had been rescued at the initial stage of the abduction, following gunfire with the military. but some sources are saying that those people were actually students and staff who escape during that time. the authorities are saying they were rescued by the military. and now, about 30 people are missing — students, males and females — and the authorities are saying they have launched a search operation. basically, what happened is the gunmen in large numbers stormed the college on the outskirts of the nigerian city of kaduna overnight. they broke the fence and then opened fire within the premises, moved into the dormitories of the students and kidnapped a number of people there. so, this is the latest abduction in a series of such mass kidnappings across nigeria since december. around 700 or so students have been abducted, and all of them have been released after negotiations with the kidnappers. for the moment, there is no clarity as to who carried out the latest attack, but it's believed to be criminal gangs who are kidnapping people for ransom. there's no clarity whether negotiations are going on. buky williams is executive director of education as a vaccine, an organisation which aims to improve the education and health of young nigerians. she told me how nigerians are reacting to the news. there is a lot of frustration, there's some anger and some, basically some exhaustion, as well, feeling like this keeps happening and there doesn't seem to be a plan, there's no clarity on what is being done. and then, just not even sure who... ..is doing it, sometimes it's mentioned that it's bandits, it's criminal gangs, it's terrorists, you know, there's just so many. so who is actually doing it? what investigations are taking place? so there's a lot of people who feel a high level of frustration, and you might also know that many chiefs of staff were replaced by the president quite recently, so there was hope that maybe something would change, something would be done. but this latest rash of kidnappings has just led people to feel frustrated and feel like nothing is being done, in terms of the security in this country. sorry, do you think that the replacement of those fairly senior individuals within the military services was just an act of being seen to do something? because from the reports we're getting, nigerians, particularly those across northern nigeria, are not happy with what the government is doing. yeah, i mean, there was some slight optimism, because there was an assumption that nothing would happen, that they wouldn't change, that no changes would happen, that we would just continue business as usual. so there was a little bit of hope with maybe, "0h, with this change, it something will be done, some people will be held accountable." but actually, you know, a few weeks later, everybody is back to realising that now it feels like more of the same. we haven't really seen the changes we wanted to see, we haven't seen any clear plans on a way forward. and also, what's happened with the last kidnapping where there was conversations about negotiations, so peoplejust realised, "oh, well this is just now a business." buky williams there, executive director of education as a vaccine. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we speak to a friend of george floyd's about the settlement of the civil case. his family will receive $27 million in compensation from the city of minneapolis. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this, the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 24 hours, the soviet union lost an elderly, sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we heard these gunshots - from the gym, then he came out and started firing at our hearts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged ai — sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90 — travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight—car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what'll you do now? will it change your life much, do you think? i don't know, really, i've never married before. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... the us city of minneapolis is to pay twenty—seven million dollars to the family of george floyd, in one of the biggest pre—trial settlements ever in a civil rights case. where going to stay with this story. joining me now from houston in texas is patrick ngwolo, pastor of resurrection houston — a friend of george floyd. mr floyd attended his church in houston and was a volunteer there. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. i'm interested to know what the reaction has been to this upcoming settlement.- the reaction has been to this upcoming settlement. well, i think there has been _ upcoming settlement. well, i think there has been a _ upcoming settlement. well, i think there has been a sense _ upcoming settlement. well, i think there has been a sense of - upcoming settlement. well, i think there has been a sense of relief - there has been a sense of relief that the city of minneapolis, is counsel people and all those who were related to it have seen that there is merit to this case. and merit to the injury that occurred. and so i think there's a sense of relief. but then you know, i think it's bittersweet in the fact that no amount of money can bring back the invaluable life of a soul. find amount of money can bring back the invaluable life of a soul.— invaluable life of a soul. and so... sor , invaluable life of a soul. and so... sorry. how — invaluable life of a soul. and so... sorry, how important _ invaluable life of a soul. and so... sorry, how important was - invaluable life of a soul. and so... sorry, how important was this - sorry, how important was this settlement or what does the message it sends out to the black community? because the family lawyer has been very vocal on this. what message do you think the sends out? i very vocal on this. what message do you think the sends out?— you think the sends out? i think it sends a message _ you think the sends out? i think it sends a message that _ you think the sends out? i think it sends a message that black - you think the sends out? i think it sends a message that black lives | sends a message that black lives matter. black people matter. and so although we have so far to go, there is a message in the sense that 0k, is a message in the sense that ok, this life was worth something. i think most people are also looking towards what will happen with the trial. ~ . ., , towards what will happen with the trial. ~ .., , ., trial. when it comes to life within the community — trial. when it comes to life within the community and _ trial. when it comes to life within the community and obviously - trial. when it comes to life within the community and obviously you trial. when it comes to life within - the community and obviously you knew mr floyd very well. how important are those community ties? what was he like within the church community? well, our church is within this larger community called the third ward. it's a family. george floyd was one of its elders. he was a high school football champion 20 years ago but then he was known for his ability to put words together as a rapper. he was known as a gentle giant. and when people looked at him for leadership in that community and he was a gatekeeper. what for leadership in that community and he was a gatekeeper.— he was a gatekeeper. what do you mean by that. _ he was a gatekeeper. what do you mean by that, when _ he was a gatekeeper. what do you mean by that, when you _ he was a gatekeeper. what do you mean by that, when you see - he was a gatekeeper. what do you mean by that, when you see a - mean by that, when you see a gatekeeper what does that mean and why does that matter? for gatekeeper what does that mean and why does that matter?— why does that matter? for different organisations _ why does that matter? for different organisations like _ why does that matter? for different organisations like churches - why does that matter? for different organisations like churches and - organisations like churches and relief organisations when you are trying to connect with people in the community, they need to see that there is somebody that's building a bridge from you to them. because there is a lack of trust. so he is a trusted member of the community. he decided hey, these guys are good, they are cool. and he would let people know look, they are okay. he was a gatekeeper. 0k. just looking ahead to again what mr crump was talking about, some of the policy changes that had been made within the city of minneapolis within the police, changes that they were making. from your position and having known george floyd and seen the impact this has had on the community, what changes would you like to see happen within the community so that trust starts to rebuild once again? between authorities and the black community. well, i think there is this issue of qualified immunity. where officers have the ability to be immune from prosecution because of their position. i think that rears its ugly head up in so many cases was up i don't live in minneapolis and it rears its self up in so many cases. i think a nation wide removal of qualified immunity will go a long way in building trust back with the community. the african community. thank you very much for your time. if you have young children, you may have noticed there seem to be quite a lot of twins around. and it turns out — you would be right! researchers have found there are more being born than ever before. here's the maths. about 1.6 million twins are born each year worldwide. that means roughly one in every forty two children born is now a twin. why? the study suggests the increase is due to a boom in medically assisted reproduction, such as ivf. it also found women are deciding to have children later in life, and older mothers are more likely to have twins. well, earlier i spoke to london mother of twins, sarah perris, and her identical daughters georgie and india too. she told us all about the experience, starting — of course— with the pregnancy. it was really tough, i was enormous. i was so huge i could barely walk. yeah, it was not the best time in my life, i have to say felt top although all a bit of a shock to because i was not expecting to be pregnant let along pregnant with twins. so having seen this research what you make of a? i can understand it way before i had my girls twins weren't really quite rare. and then when mine were in primary score click next school they were maybe one may be sometimes two sets of twins within the whole school. so they were still quite a rarity. and i was chatting to somebody earlier this week actually and she was saying that in her school now they are ten a penny, there are so many of them. yes, it's definitely changing even in this country. all right. i'm going to turn to india and georgia now. being twins, and i apologise for this because you must get asked endless questions about what it's like. what sort of stuff do you get asked? we do, don't we? we get all sorts, really. a lot of people tend to say like how do you tell the difference? to us seems like a silly question because obviously we know, we are so different but people struggle to tell the difference between us. it's got a little bit easier as we got older but that's the most common thing. yes. also people love to know have we ever try to be i each other for a day. that's a very popular question. well, have you? i think we tried to trick mum - and dad once and it didn't work. when they came back from work by switching pyjamas. _ that didn't work so| we didn't try again. ijust going to pick up on something that you said about being similar, people make this assumption of treating you as one unit rather than different people. that must get irritating at what shall we say present time. did by identical presence? to the not look at you as different people? i think when we were younger that was probably the case. . definitely as we got older - and our good friends know as both inside out and know exactly what to get us and get - a separate presents. so i think is we've got older that certainly change. - it certainly does get easier once you get older because you can kind of, you become different so you can make your own decisions. you can kind of dress differently, change your looks and stuff a little bit. it is a little bit easier to do things as you got older. mum, sarah, i'mjust wondering because we are getting more twin pregnancies, do you feel that the right support is there? did you have the right support even when it comes to shopping for twins? well, i can tell you some horror stories. one of the things that was a real life—saver for me was the listening service that the twins trust has. which is basically if you're, just need an answer to question are you stressed out head you can phone up and ask them them a question. and they are on call not 2a seven but every single day. during the week. and i was a twin line listener for many years and still a listener. because that service had helped me so much went mind were little. when i was just at breaking point and wanted to speak to somebody who knew what i was going through. because all the listeners are twin parents themselves. and before we go, if you've been missing social activities like bowling during the pandemic, this next story might be right up your alley — pun intended. take a look at this drone soaring through a minneapolis bowling alley. it was filmed in a single take as the drone swooped past the bowlers and into the nooks and crannies of the bowling alley itself. hollywood directors have praised the short film as a remarkable cinematic achievement. i'll leave you with that view. hello there. it's been a pretty changeable story over the last couple of days with sunny spells and scattered sharp showers. that means that we've had a plethora of weather watcher rainbow photographs sent in. this is one of my favourite from loose in kent this afternoon. now, the showers really have been quite frequent the further north and west, and we've seen some wintriness to the tops of the mountains. but we have seen some sun moving through wales across the channel coast and into kent as well. the story through this evening, we'll actually see more wet weather as we see a weather front pushing its way steadily eastwards. that's going to enhance those showers, so longer spells of rain and still plenty of isobars with it. still a very windy night to come. now, where we've got some clearer skies in the far north of scotland, here temperatures perhaps low enough for a touch of light frost in sheltered rural areas, and still, with temperatures close to freezing, those showers here falling as snow. but elsewhere, we start off with sunny spells, scattered showers once again. most frequent showers the further west you are, and they will drift a little but further inland accompanied by a brisk westerly wind. in terms of the feel of things, highs of 7—10 celsius by the middle of the afternoon. moving out of saturday into sunday, we see an area of low pressure is still influencing the story as high—pressure is trying to build in from the southwest. this weather front toppling across that high, still producing more wet weather to come. so that means some rain once, again into northern ireland, gradually pushing its way into western scotland, northwest england and wales. but a relatively dry start for many on sunday, and in eastern areas, it should stay largely dry through much of the day. the winds will ease just a touch as well, and in the sunshine, ii celsius should feel relatively pleasant, but unfortunately, the wet weather will sit out to the west. things are likely to change, though, into next week, as that high—pressure continues to build in from the west, quieting the weather story down, and that will come as welcome news, i suspect. so, there is the potential for some clearer skies to see some early frost, nothing too significant, but certainly worth bearing in mind if you're a gardener or a grower. but as we look ahead, largely fine and dry, on the cool side for the time of year, but some sunny spells to look forward to. this is bbc world news. the headlines — the family of george floyd, the unarmed black man killed when restrained by a white police officer, is to receive $27 million in compensation from the city of minneapolis. it's thought to be one of the largest pre—trial settlements in us history. in britain, the metropolitan police service confirms that a man has been charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. earlier, a body found in woodland was confirmed to be hers. wayne couzens, aged a8, has been remanded in custody and will appear at westminster magistrates�* court tomorrow morning. sarah's family, of course, have been informed of this development and remain supported by specialist officers. british exports to the eu fell by more than a0% in the first month of the post—brexit trade arrangements.