welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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 last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of 27 million dollars in their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd s family. separately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on criminal 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. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about why this settlement is so significant. the death of george floyd sparked protests in major cities here and across the wo
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
Today and then announced a full Public Inquiry. We need to know what happened. We need to have an explanation of this. We owe that to the families, to the people who have lost loved ones, friends, and the homes in which they lived. They went in when others were running out how are the firefighters coping with what theyre calling a once In A Lifetime Fire . Well have the latest from here in west london in this extended programme. Stay with bbc news throughout the day for all developments from our london correspondents from the scene at the london Tower Block Fire. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six from west london. Behind me, Grenfell Tower its 2a storeys now just a charred shell. Once home to hundreds of people today its an ugly reminder of a tragedy that many people around here believe could have been avoided. The scale of that tragedy is becoming much clearer. Seventeen people are now confirmed dead but the Police Believe the final figure will be higher. The first victi
Jessica is a 12 year old Vibrant Young Girl who will be turning 13 next month. Shes a Lovely Little Girl with a bubbly personality. We are just worried and concerned about her and we just want her home. In the local community the profound shock and grief are still evident, but theres growing anger and a demand for answers. At the moment, were grieving but theres a bubbling Anger Underneath and we do want to see someone held accountable for this. The Prime Minister made a private visit to the scene and later announced the Public Inquiry into the disaster. We need to know what happened. We need to have an explanation of this. We owe that to the families, to the people who have lost loved ones, friends, and the homes in which they lived. And well be reporting on the work of the Fire Fighters and what theyve had to face in the past 48 hours. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news india have reached the Icc Champions Trophy final after thrashing bangladesh. Theyll meet pakistan in sundays f
Winds. In between, some pretty decent weather across the eastern borders of scotland, coming down to the eastern side of england. Too far towards the west, you start to run into showers, pretty heavy across wales and the south west, urged along by a noticeable breeze, and it is cold and miserable underneath that band of Rain And Snow and strong winds and that eases further north, followed by showers, turning wintry across higher ground, and then a new set of Weather Fronts across the South West Quarter. This is the feature that evens out the weekend because having had the bulk of the sunshine through saturday, england and wales are not doing quite so well. It does bug up along the south coast. Further north, scotland, after a disappointing saturday, gets better sunday, for the most part, save for the far north east. See you later. Hello. This is bbc news with maxine mawhinney. The headlines. Sinn fein make big gains in Northern Irelands Assembly elections. The dup is still the Biggest