Fiona, hello. Hi there, how are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. In previous episodes, we have had about 15 minutes. We have now got about a0 minutes, so. Good job the world is quite chaotic at the moment. There is plenty of Trouble Spots that we can look at. Before we go on a kind of tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of your personal history. So what was happening in County Durham in the 80s when you were a teenager and he decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, that was the period that actually, it is the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb where we had the War Scare with the Soviet Union. The 1980s, there were several but the most memorable, at least from my perspective was 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally. Even as a kid, teenager, in school in County Durham, it is thanks to the bbc, which we were watching religiously e
Fiona, hello. Hi there. How are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. But in previous, well, in previous episodes where weve had about 50 minutes, weve now got about a0 minutes. So good job. The world is quite chaotic at the moment. Theres plenty of Trouble Spots that we can that we can look at. Um, but before we go on a tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of a bit of your, your kind of personal history. And so what was happening in County Durham in the 80s, when you were a teenager and you decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, look, that was the period that actually its the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb, where we had the War Scares with the Soviet Union, the 1980s, you know, there were several. But the most memorable, at least from my perspective, was about 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally, even, you know, as a kind of a
Is the appropriate sentence. Today former mams Police Officer zerk Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1 2 years in prison for the Nurd R Murder Last May of george floyd. Hes been the prison since april when a jury found him guilty of several charges all for him holding his knee on George Floyds neck until mr. Floyd was deemed up conscious and he died on a minneapolis Street Corner. He was going to receive a theoretical maximum sentence but the theoretical maximum associated with any particularly crime is put up against statebased snepsing guidelines. Considering the fact that mr. Chauvin had no criminal history, the Minnesota State guidelines for a sneps in this case actually recommended a sort of presumptive sentence of about 12 1 2 years. Judges can depart from those Sentencing Guidelines and in particularly they can depart upward if there are aggravating faeblgts that make the crime worse than that source of base level offense. The judge in this case had ruled that there were four di
Pursuing the npd mission, treated mr. George floyd without respect. And denied him the dignity owed to all human beings, which he certainly wouldve extended to a friend or neighbor. In the courts view, 270 months is the appropriate sentence. Today, former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 270 months, 22 and a half years, in prison. For the murder that are last may of george floyd. Mr. Chauvin has been in prison since april, since a jury found him guilty of Second Degree murder, third Degree Murder and Second Degree manslaughter. All for him holding his knee on George Floyds neck until mr. Floyd was rendered unconscious and then he died on a minneapolis street corner. Mr. Chauvin was eligible to receive a theoretical maximum sentence of 40 years in prison for Second Degree murder. But the theoretical maximum associated with any particular crime is put up against state base Sentencing Guidelines, and considering the fact that mr. Chauvin had no criminal history, t
Pursuing the npd mission, treated mr. George floyd without respect. And denied him the dignity owed to all human beings, which he certainly wouldve extended to a friend or neighbor. In the courts view, 270 months is the appropriate sentence. Today, former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 270 months, 22 and a half years, in prison. For the murder that are last may of george floyd. Mr. Chauvin has been in prison since april, since a jury found him guilty of Second Degree murder, third Degree Murder and Second Degree manslaughter. All for him holding his knee on George Floyds neck until mr. Floyd was rendered unconscious and then he died on a minneapolis street corner. Mr. Chauvin was eligible to receive a theoretical maximum sentence of 40 years in prison for Second Degree murder. But the theoretical maximum associated with any particular crime is put up against state base Sentencing Guidelines, and considering the fact that mr. Chauvin had no criminal history, t