Largest refugee camp in bangladesh. And we look at how the coronavirus, following years of drought, is crippling profits from a vital cash crop in zimbabwe. Hello and thank you for joining us. The family of george floyd, who was killed when a Police Officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes, has just spoken of the grief. Our reporter is in the capital of minnesota. The family was speaking from minneapolis, which of course is where george floyd was killed. A very emotive speech from them. I do not know how much you could hear of it, but how important is it to see the family man side of george floyd, considering everything going on in the u. S. Right now . Reporter i think it has been really important to help humanize him. We have seen this in other cases, in the ronnie king case in l. A. And others, where people had been dehumanized by being accused of a crime, by being known in video only for being the body beneath Police Officers. And this is really an effort to say this is
What we had today, not quite so mild but at least sunnier in the south west. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Tribute page of the first victim to be named in the London Bridge attack cambridge studentjack merritt visioning a prisoner rehabilitation conference which is attacker had been invited. Police have commended the bravery shown by members of the public, including convicted criminals who over powered the knifeman. It is emerge the attacker had been released on licence for his involvement in planning terror attacks. In other news, millions of commuters will have to pay an average of 2. 7 more for rail tickets in the new year. And in sport, england will face croatia in their opening game for euro 2020, on now in bbc news, witness history comes in the Royal Academy in london. As part of the bbcs crossing divide season we had two perspectives on the 1917 nine reunion hostage crisis. 1979 iranian hostage crisis. Hello and welcome to witness history, as we present. Coming up, the
Professor watching the debate with us and well join us live in a few minutes to breakdown the big take aways from tonights debate. The debate lasted for three hours. If you didnt watch it all, well get you caught up. Here are the highlights in under two minutes. Reporter in the third democratic debate, one after another, the top contenders on the stage open the debate with a common message, their mission to defeat donald trump. What unites us up here, the ten of us is much stronger than what divides us. Reporter but the unified front quickly dismantled after the conversation shifted to health care. Former Vice President joe biden going headtohead with Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders over their support for medicare for all. 160 Million People that like their health care now can keep it. I never met anybody who likes their health care insurance. Reporter chiming into the debate taking aim at sanders. While bernie wrote the bill, i read the bill. Reporter and in the harshest
We need to work on every front on climate change. It is the threat to every living thing on this planet. We didnt lock people up in cage, wee didnt separate families, we didnt do all of those things. You asked earlier about china. Its a complicated relationship. We have to hold china accountable. They steal our product, including our intellectual property. This election is not about any of us up here. It is not about this president. Even though its hard to talk of anything else some days. Its not the people who trust us with their lives. Weve got one shot to make donald trump a oneterm president. And we cannot lose i it. A highstakes debate in houston tonight with plenty of information to unpack. Good evening, everyone. Im frank somerville. Im julie haener. The debate lasted three hours with joe biden under fire as his liberal rivals pushed more progressive policies in a bid to this was the first time to see the top10 Democratic Candidates on stage, side by side. The energy was lively,
Barack. I think obamacare worked. I think the way we add to it, replace everything thats been cut. Add a public option. Reporter biden senators bere sanders and Elizabeth Warren who have been closing in on biden. He asked them to prove they could cover the cost of medicare for all and other Big Government changes. What we should be doing is creating an economy that works for all of us, not 1 . Thats my understanding of democratic social itch. I have proposed a 0. Two wealth tax on the top 1 in this country. That would give us enough money to start with our babies bydi universal childcare for every baby aged 0 to 5. Reporter on gun control, candidates agreed on background checks and beto orourke got aplaza for his calls for mandatory assault weapon buybacks. Were gonna take your ar15s, your ak47s. Were not gonna allow them to be used against fellow americans anymore. Reporter Amy Klobuchar positioned herself as a midwest moderate. I believe we need someone leading the ticket with grit.