Stand your ground law when he killed 17yearold Trayvon Martin with his. 9 pistol. The verdict, we the jury find George Zimmerman not guilty. Zimmerman will get his gun back but the Attorney Says at the former defendant might have to worry about his safety for the rest of his life. Im sure if he could waive his magic wound he would get his life back as he needs to get on with his life after having suffered now we respect the jurys verdict. What it boiled down to is a kid minding his own business followed by a stranger. They command Sybrina Fulton and tracy martin for fighting for hisson. Trayvon is proud for the changes you have inspired in his name. President obama weighing in in part we are a nation of laws and a jury has spoken. I now ask every american to respect the call for calm. The president of the naacp says this nation needs to move forward. Too many people in our country use color as grounds for suspicion. As the naacp is urging the department of justice to bring civil rights
Reduce the peak, broaden the peak, not to suppress it completely. Also because most people, the vast majority of people, get a mild illness, to build up some degree of herd immunity as well so that more people are immune to this disease. Countries that stuck with strict test and trace policies would have far lower death rates than the uk. But britain stopped trying to test every suspected case. Only people in hospital would be tested now. There comes a point in a pandemic where that is not an appropriate intervention, and that is the point really where we moved into delay. The government has always denied that herd immunity was its policy. In mid march, a report from Imperial College london warned that hundreds of thousands could die and hospitals would be swamped. So on march 16th, borisjohnson advised us not to go to pubs and restaurants. And a week later put the country into lockdown. From this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. You must stay at home.
Taking steps forward. Downing street says there were no injuries when the Prime Ministers car was shunted by an escort vehicle as a protester ran into the road outside parliament. The husband of a nurse who died after contracting coronavirus, says his wife shouldnt have been allowed to work while she was heavily pregnant. Inflation hit its lowest level forfour years in may with the price of fuel seeing its biggest fall on record. Good afternoon. In 90 minutes time, the premier league will kick off for the First Time Since lockdown began. Its a moment millions of fans have been waiting for but theyll have to stay at home to watch the rest of the season. All the games will be played behind closed doors. It is 100 days since weve had the top flight game, and players have been training for the last few weeks. It comes as the england striker Marcus Rashford has vowed to continue speaking up for disadvantaged families after he won the campaign for children in england to continue receiving Fr
Celebrations as liverpool clinch the United States say 20 million premier league glory americans may have been infected after 30 by coronavirus, as the majority of states see increases years of in their daily infections. The uk Health Secretary warns he has the power to close beaches, trying. After thousands of people descended on the town of bournemouth with many ignoring social distancing. Celebrations at anfield as liverpool become the premier League Champions 30 years on since the clubs last league title. It was 13 long weeks with the uncertainty, but a loss of our fans had to wait 30 years, so its a short time compared to what they have had to wait. The leader of the uk Opposition Labour Party will speak to his backbench mps later who are concerned about his sacking of a leadership rival after she retweeted an article said to contain an anti semitic Conspiracy Theory. And more than 80,000 cruise ship workers remain stranded at sea as governments change their pandemic rules for com
And russia in ukraine. Im joined by Chris Jansing. Good morning. Lets start with isis. Good morning. Yeah counterterrorism was the big focus this morning. And the special guest, as theyre being called were the leaders of tunisia, nigeria, and as you said iraqi Prime Minister. Obvious obviously, hes key to the fight against isis, and hes essentially come asking for more help. He says he needs additional assistance, and the white house made it clear even before the start of this g7 that that would not be forthcoming. No announcements will be made here. He did get some good news from british crimePrime Minister David Cameron who said the uk will send about 125 more trainers to help with the iraqi army. Remember, this is the first time that the president and abadie have seen each other since the comments from defense secretary carter that he didnt think the Iraqi Military was showing, quote, a will to fight. Also the announcement since no new aid, and i guess there was an awkward moment wh