around his neck, hand marks around his throat, and he also had welts on his back from whatever other gang member he was aligned to up in birmingham. so they d been punishing him? clearly, yeah. forcing him to work? i believe so. there are fears too, the pandemic has made things worse. more children missing school, making them even more vulnerable. and so the work goes on. police! ..searching for the dealers and the children they prey on. uber has agreed to recognise a trade union for the first time in a landmark deal that should benefit gig economy workers. the gmb union will have the power to represent uk drivers in discussions over earnings, pensions, benefits and their health and wellbeing. now it s time for a look at the weather. hello there. as we head through the final few
like i say, i loved him and i miss him dearly. he was a role model to me. let me see all the hands. floyd s violent arrest and death over a minor crime was replayed at the recent trial of his killer a white police officer convicted of murder. activists believe that pressure on the streets helped secure the guilty verdict. now cortez is focusing on using the law to change the way policing is done. that s why i recentlyjoined the naacp minneapolis chapter so i can be familiarised with the bills that s going on, and to help our people out. so it sounds to me like you re kind of giving yourself, like, a legal education. yeah, definitely. that s quite a change, no? yeah, definitely. that s a big change. many lives have changed, even if wider reforms have been slow to follow. it activated me. it activated me in ways i didn t know i could be activated. butchy austin lives in the neighbourhood where george floyd was killed.
towards the bank holiday weekend. that s it from me for the moment. plenty more on our website at the usual address. i ll be back with another update in an hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. today is the first anniversary of the death of george floyd the african american killed by a white policeman mr floyd s murder sparked global protests against racism and police brutality. barbara plett usher reports. in the year since george floyd died, rituals have helped to build and shape a movement. the standard bearers drawn by a mix of the political and personal, like cortez rice a symbolic pallbearer in a never ending funeral. it s my beloved friend, man. he was like all good to me, like i say, i loved him
of the bombing in gaza. while, this is one of the big commercial streets in the centre of gaza city, and this is the first time that people have been able to come out since the start of the conflict where the streets have been too dangerous for people to venture outside. now, i mean, just look at this. i m going to spin around here. people are out, they have come to look at the extent of the damage. there are families that have been really struck by the number of children that, you know, people bringing their kids out. it s extraordinary how children seem to take it in their stride as they are being told what s happened here. this was the building. you can probably see some of the remnants of people s homes inside. there are some bathrooms there, i can see
before elections next year. they see new security laws, including the arrest of anyone filming the police and maliciously making the images public, as an attempt to cling on to power. france simply cannot turn its back on any of its citizens. and president macron needs to fulfil his promise on taking office of creating a new contact between the police and the public. failure to do so dooms notjust perhaps this generation but also the next. clive myrie, bbc news, paris. revealing report there. some of the things being alleged before about the french police would seem on our television, there was this year the first class action filed in france against the police by six organisations. similarto against the police by six organisations. similar to other countries focusing on stopping