Hello and welcome. Thanks to all of you for joining us. get your knee off our necks that was the powerful message which rang out from an emotional Memorial Service, which has taken place in minneapolis for george floyd. Mr floyd, a 46 year old black man, died after being arrested by police in the city. During his arrest which was caught on video he repeatedly told police who were holding him down that he could not breathe. His death has sparked protests across the country and around the world. From minneapolis, Barbara Plett usher reports. Amazing grace. A moving farewell to george floyd from minneapolis, the city where he met his death. Family members described him as a loving father, son, and brother. The rev al sharpton, a black activist, spoke the eulogy, but also urged protesters to seize the moment while eyes of the world were watching to demand lasting Police Reform and confront racial injustice. What happened to floyd happens every day in this country in education, and health s
Over a post brexit relationship. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The terrible toll of covid 19 on the uk, has been starkly highlighted today in the passing of a grim milestone. The number of people whove died after testing positive for the coronavirus, has passed 40,000. Britain is now only the second country in the world to reach that figure, after the United States. But the number of new infections is falling quite dramatically. With the latest, heres our health editor, hugh pym. For families and friends of the bereaved some of whom spent weeks in intensive care to have the months of grief and emotional turmoil. She was my best friend. She was kind, funny. This is just the worst pain in the world. I feel like without the proper protection, then more things like this and more families will lose a loved one. Since the first uk death in early march, a total of 40,000 have
Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The number of people whove died after testing positive for the coronavirus in the uk has passed 40,000. Britain is now only the second country in the world to reach that figure, after the United States. But the number of new infections is falling quite dramatically. With the latest, heres our health editor, hugh pym. For families and friends of the bereaved, some of whom spent weeks in intensive care, thereve been months of grief and emotional turmoil. My mum, she was my best friend. She was kind, funny. This is just the worst pain in the world. I feel like without the proper protection, then more things like this and more families will lose a loved one. Since the first uk death in early march, a total of 40,000 have now died after testing positive for coronavirus. The governments chief scientific adviser said keeping the death total to 2
Over a post brexit relationship. Round after round, our british counterparts seek to distance themselves from this common basis. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The terrible toll of covid 19 on the uk has been starkly highlighted in the passing of a grim milestone. The number of people whove died after testing positive for the coronavirus has passed 40,000. Britain is now only the second country in the world to reach that figure, after the united states. But the number of new infections is falling quite dramatically. With the latest, heres our health editor, hugh pym. For families and friends of the bereaved, some of whom spent weeks in intensive care, thereve been months of grief and emotional turmoil. My mum, she was my best friend. She was kind, funny. This is just the worst pain in the world. I feel like without the proper protection, then more things like this and
Richard Brody reviews the 1994 documentary “Freedom on My Mind,” directed by Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford, about the 1963 civil-rights campaign in Mississippi.