presidentjoe biden unveils a $2 trillion package to boost the us economy ravaged by covid. this ravaged by covid. is a once in a generation investment this is a once in a generation investment in the future of america. and following threats and pressure from the chinese authorities, bbc correspondent john sudworth relocates from beijing to taiwan. hello to you. and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the jury in the trial of derek chauvin has been shown new footage of george floyd, including police body camera video in the moments just before his death. the court also had to adjourn, briefly, because one witness broke down while giving testimony. the former police officer has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder, one of manslaughter. aleem maqbool has this report, and just a warning — you may find some of it distressing. derek chauvin on the right here watched with the rest of the court this now haunting footage, of george floyd dressed in black seen for the first time in the shop where the sad series of events began. a shop assistant, 19—year—old christopher martin, said mr floyd seemed physically well and in good spirits, if a little disorientated and high. george floyd is seen moving to the cigarette counter, where he uses what is suspected to have been a forged note, though christopher martin accepted it, saying he thought george floyd wasn't aware of it being fake. the manager of the shop asked that the police be called. more footage showed officers arriving and pulling george floyd from his car, and later, being handcuffed and led further up the road. charles mcmillan was another eyewitness to take to the stand and his voice is heard in some of the most distressing video of the day. don't do me like that, man! if you get in this car, we can talk! george floyd is soon seen being pushed to the ground by officers. i can't breathe. i can't breathe, man. mr mcmillan, do you need a minute? it's clear what happened that day last may has had a life—changing impact on so many. a crowd soon gathered and among the bystanders was the young cashier who had alerted his manager about the fake note. what was going through your time during that time period? uh, disbelief and guilt. why guilt? if i had just not taken the bill, this could have been avoided. it's been hard for many to hear teenagers talk of their guilt over george floyd's death when the reminders of the actions of the man on trial are inescapable. aleem maqbool, bbc news. 0ur correspondent, lebo diseko, is in minneapolis. she told me it was a gruelling day for the prosecution, witnesses, and everyone in court. the prosecution pretty relentlessly showing body camera footage from all four officers that were here that day, arresting mr floyd and really taking us through the interaction with him. from the beginning, they began right around the corner here, and bringing him infront of the cup foods store. very distressing. but the prosecution will really want the jury to have gone home with those images in their minds, overand overagain, hearing mr floyd begging for his life. very distressing, but as you — as i say, i think the impact was what the prosecution was hoping thejurors would go home in their minds with. and it's very clear, from the way some of the witnesses are dealing with giving their testimony, this is still a very open wound? absolutely. i mean, hearing a 19—year—old boy, really, talking about the fact he still wishes he'd done things differently. i mean, he talked about the fact that he had considered actually paying for george floyd's — i think it was cigarettes he was buying himself. basically, if somebody uses a counterfeit note, it gets taken out of their wages. and christopher martin had thought, �*you know, should ijust pay for his stuff anyway, he didn't seem like he meant any harm.�* he stood on the witness stand saying, you know, "i think about if i hadn't reported it, if i hadn't done what i'd done, would things have been different?" really, quite difficult to see. and then obviously charles mcmillan as well, who broke down on the stand, he had tried to plead with mr floyd, asking him to comply with officers, but also had really become quite angry and frustrated with the officers themselves and really had taken derek chauvin to task. but we see him rewatching that video on the stand and it was too much for him. and looking at the footage of george floyd in the shop, of course all this plays into the defence case that it wasn't derek chauvin who killed him, that he would have died anyway, seems to be their pitch. that he'd taken drugs beforehand, and allegedly swallowed them deliberately to conceal them from police. trying to paint a picture of someone who is in difficulty in any case, from drugs and underlying health issues? well, this is the interesting thing, mike. the — it was the prosecution that entered this video. this was the prosecution that brought up this video. and i think they did it because they wanted to show that, look, george floyd may have had something in his system, but he wasn't a threat to anybody. you see him going into the store. you know, he's kind of — maybe not entirely sober, perhaps, but he's not a threat and he's fairly affable. he's, you know, moving from side to side, but nobody around him seems to change position or change what they're doing in any kind of way. so, i think this is the prosecution laying out the fact that whatever you say about what he was taking or not taking, the force that was used by the officers was not reasonable. 0ur correspondent, lebo diseko, in minneapolis. the french president has put mainland france back into lockdown for four weeks from saturday. in a national televised address, emmanuel macron said all but essential shops would shut, and people will again be asked to work from home. he said from next week schools would close for three weeks, with exceptions for the children of key workers. he also announced a vaccination programme, promising that by the end of the summer everyone over 18 will be vaccinated. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamson, reports. paris today is a tale of two cities — a sense of freedom in the streets, in hospitals, a sense of deja vu. with more than 5,000 patients in intensive care, france is already above normal saturation level. in this small paris unit today, all nine life support beds were full. translation: the thing that worries us a lot is that - protective measures are not being respected. when the weather's good, we see people walking by the seine, all cramped together, orshopping in the market without any protection. and we know that in these kinds of situations, the government has trouble enforcing the restrictions. 79—year—old madeleine arrived here after refusing the astrazeneca jab. she didn't trust it with all her underlying conditions, she told me. but while waiting for the pfizer one, she caught covid. has it changed her mind about the astrazeneca vaccine? non, non. "no," she said. it's here in the capital's life support units that pressure on president macron has been sharpest. some doctors have warned of an impending health disaster, saying they could soon be forced to choose which patients live and which die. tonight, mr macron admitted france needed to toughen the rules. from saturday, everyone will have to stay local and schools will close for up to a month. translation: we did everything we could to take these _ decisions as late as possible and only when they became strictly necessary. that time is now. but i would also like to tell you this evening that, thanks to the vaccine, we can see the way out of the crisis. with transfers from the worst—hit areas already begun, doctors have been calling for a third national lockdown. the light restrictions currently in place in areas like paris, they say, aren't clear or powerful enough. but these are the rules now being rolled out across france. we don't understand them any more. we're like, are we being quarantined or not? we don't really understand, so we're going out without really knowing. but, yeah, what i think isjust, like, maybe it would be better to go home, but on another side, i want to be out. after weeks of criticism over his strategy, president macron is facing a nation divided, between those who say they can't face another lockdown and those who can't face another wave. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. for a second day in a row, brazil has reported another unenviable daily record of new covid—i9 deaths, that is, over 3,800 just on wednesday. there were over 90,000 new coronavirus cases. but president bolsonaro insists people should return to work despite critics pointing to sub—optimal public health measures. mark lobel has more. there are so many to mourn, burials take place under the cover of darkness. coronavirus claims another life in brazil, one of thousands a day during this worsening crisis. so, why is this happening? in a this worsening crisis. so, why is this happening?— is this happening? in a nation of sub- mall _ is this happening? in a nation of sub- mall implementation | is this happening? in a nation l of sub- mall implementation of of sub— mall implementation of public health measures —— suboptimal, and a variant of concern, countrywide in brazil, it's clearly contributing to the increase of cases. yet president _ the increase of cases. yet president bolsonaro - the increase of cases. yet president bolsonaro doesn't think staying at home is the answer. his attempts to curtail local lockdowns through the courts angered the military, leading to a dramatic changing of the guard, including his defence chief. unprecedentedly, causing his commanders of the army, navy, and air force, to quit. but in this confrontation, the president, a former military man himself, is not standing down. translation: i not standing down. translation: ., , , ., ., not standing down. translation: ., ,, ., ., ., translation: i appealto all the authorities _ translation: i appealto all the authorities in _ translation: i appealto all the authorities in brazil- translation: i appealto all the authorities in brazil to . the authorities in brazil to review this policy and allow the people to go to work. rallying behind him, his supporters took to rio's copacabana beach, with a warning shot to critics, reminding them of the 57th anniversary of the queue that unseated a left—wing president, ushering in 20 years of military rule. translation: ~ ., , translation: with all this communism _ translation: with all this communism and _ translation: with all this communism and the - translation: with all this communism and the left i translation: with all this - communism and the left wanting to dominate, it practically prohibits the president from governing. prohibits the president from governing-— governing. under president bolsonam's _ governing. under president bolsonaro's watch, - governing. under president bolsonaro's watch, some i bolsonaro's watch, some emergency departments have run out of room to treat patients. 0n the streets in sao paulo, charities are struggling to provide enough food for those in need, with donations straying up as the lines get longer after financial aid for the most vulnerable was cut in january. translation: ., translation: there are even families on — translation: there are even families on the _ translation: there are even families on the streets - translation: there are even families on the streets now. . translation: there are evenj families on the streets now. is a very different scenario from the street population being predominantly male before the pandemic. predominantly male before the andemic. ., , , pandemic. perhaps the government _ pandemic. perhaps the government is - pandemic. perhaps the i government is beginning pandemic. perhaps the - government is beginning to notice. handouts will begin again next week. but there is little else to indicate this alarming loss of life will end soon. mark lobel, bbc news. president biden has unveiled an infrastructure investment plan on a scale not seen in the united states in decades. the $2 trillion package aims to modernise roads, repair bridges and promote climate initiatives, and in the process, it's hoped, create millions ofjobs. it's to be financed by a tax increase on corporations, and is likely to face a fight in congress. republicans have already voiced opposition. what i'm proposing is a one—time capital investment of roughly $2 trillion in america's future, spread largely over eight years. it will generate historicjob growth, historic economic growth, help businesses to compete internationally, and create more revenue, as well. they're among the highest value investments we can make in the nation, investing in our infrastructure. but put it another way — failing to make these investments adds to our debt and effectively puts our children at a disadvantage, relative to our competitors. that's what crumbling infrastructure does. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a republican congressman is investigated for allegedly breaking sex trafficking laws with a 17—year—old girl. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worst, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs, and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel where he had been addressing a trade union conference. a small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become - a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians| wished it had never been built. the eiffel towers's- birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. - welcome back. very glad to have you with us on bbc news. the latest headline: in the george floyd murder trial in the us, the court is shown new footage of mr floyd just before his death. the french president emmanuel macron puts mainland france back into lockdown again for four weeks as cases double since february, to nearly 40,000 a day. the bbc�*s china correspondentjohn sudworth has had to relocate from beijing to taiwan, under pressure and threats from chinese authorities. but chinese state media outlets are still running stories attacking john for his coverage of shin—jang and the origins of the coronavirus. —— xinjiang here he is speaking earlierfrom taiwan. we have been facing this kind of pressure because of our coverage of subjects and stories that china doesn't want us to cover, at least not in the independent way that we have. but in recent months, there's been an intensifying propaganda campaign targeting notjust the bbc, but me personally and my work in particular. there have been legal threats and, as well as that, an intensifying attempt to obstruct and harass us whenever and wherever we film. and as a result of these rising risks and increasing difficulties, the decision was made that, after tolerating it for so long, we should relocate. the chinese foreign ministry has given its response, saying the authorities had not been given prior notice ofjohn sudworth's departure. translation: we were just in the process of renewing i sudworth's press card when we learned that sudworth had left without saying goodbye. once he had left the country, he made no attempt to inform the relevant departments, nor provide a reason for why he left. the bbc has issued a statement on john's relocation from beijing to taiwan: john is by no means the first journalist to have left the country after falling foul of the government. at least 18 foreign correspondents were expelled by china last year, during a tit—for—tat row with the united states that severely reduced the international press presence in the country. in september last year, the last two reporters working in china for australian media flew home following a diplomatic stand—off. china has long been among the world's top jailers of journalists. at least 47 were jailed in 2020, according to the committee to protectjournalists — an independent organisation that promotes press freedom worldwide. steven butler is asia program coordinator for the cpj. what are your thoughts about this? it what are your thoughts about this? , ., , , this? it is not terribly surprising _ this? it is not terribly surprising given - this? it is not terribly surprising given the l this? it is not terribly - surprising given the trend we have seen in china since xi jinping has come into increasing pressure on the press, many foreignjournalists press, many foreign journalists thrown press, many foreignjournalists thrown into jail and we have seen notjust last year thrown into jail and we have seen not just last year when thrown into jail and we have seen notjust last year when 18 correspondence were expelled but an increasing amount of pressure put on foreign correspondence as they travel to china and report the news. i think it is also consistent with chinese diplomatic and military posture. something sli . htl military posture. something slightly surreal _ military posture. something slightly surreal about - military posture. something slightly surreal about the i slightly surreal about the chinese foreign industry issuing a statement that it seems aggrieved thatjohn left without saying goodbye. but is there anything meaningful that can be done to resist this? basically china does not welcome foreign correspondence does not want to open up its society to that kind of scrutiny stop i think the only way you can possibly address this is countries that value the freedom of the press to come together and put pressure on china, by putting press freedom in the context of broader trade and other relationships. frankly, if you just go to the chinese and say, you take out correspondence and we will take yours, trainable state we do not want your correspondence. it is not simply a question of reciprocity, the fact is we do not not what is going on in china without a vigorous presence of foreign correspondence who can report on the chinese domestic issues. it is a wonder thatjohn, his team and alljournalists can do meaningful bike at all, under surveillance, followed everywhere, having material deleted when authorities have the chance to seize it. it is a tribute to the people doing that work. it tribute to the people doing that work-— that work. it is remarkable what foreign _ that work. it is remarkable l what foreign correspondence that work. it is remarkable - what foreign correspondence in china have been able to do under the circumstances. interviewing a chinese citizen because that citizen to get trouble so journalists have to take enormous steps to protect their sources and try to protect the integrity of what they are able to gather and china has a very sophisticated surveillance system and police thatis surveillance system and police that is very aggressive. it is remarkable that foreign correspondence had been able to do that. ,, , �* ., do that. stephen butler, from the (pg, thank _ do that. stephen butler, from the (pg, thank you _ do that. stephen butler, from the (pg, thank you very - do that. stephen butler, from| the (pg, thank you very much. the cpg, thank you very much. ——cp the cpg, thank you very much. ——cpj. let's get some of the day's other news: china has again rejected attempts to sanction the military leaders of myanmar at an emergency meeting of the un security council. its envoy said the move would only aggravate tensions. activists say more than 500 people have been killed by the security forces in the two months since the coup. the jailed kremlin critic, alexei navalny, has said he is going on hunger strike because he is not receiving medical help for back pain and problems with his legs. the russian prison service rejected his accusations and said he was being provided with all the necessary medical assistance. the executive director of the european medicines agency says there's no reason for countries to limit the use of the oxford—astrazeneca covid—19 vaccine. emer cooke was speaking after germany suspended its use of the jab in under—sixties because of concerns it could cause rare blood clots. the international criminal court has upheld the acquittal of ivory coast's former president, laurent gbagbo, who'd been accused of crimes against humanity. he was the first head of state to stand trial at the icc. it paves the way after a decade for his return to ivory coast, where he remains an influentialfigure. matt gaetz, the republican congressman and long—time supporter of former president donald trump, is being investigated by the us justice department over allegations he had a sexual relationship with a 17—year—old girl. congressman gaetz is accused of paying the teenager to travel with him. it it illegal in america under the federal sex trafficking laws to induce someone under the age of consent, to travel over state lines for sex, in exchange for money. congressman gaetz denies the claim. he told the politcal website axios: "the allegations of sexual misconduct against me are false. they are rooted in an extortion effort against my family for $25 million, in exchange for making this case go away." earlier i spoke to us political commentator max kutner and asked him to give us some background to the current allegations facing matt gaetz. we have not really seen any republicans speaking up at the same time, notably, we have not seen any republicans speaking out against it. i think they are going to be trying to wait and see if this blows away. now, kind of the wildcard here are not the republican lawmakers but the people on the ground, the supporters. some of these people are qanon supporters and conspiracy theorists. and what's interesting to me, mike, is that the whole qanon conspiracy theory is based around this idea that politicians are sex trafficking children, and yet now when that is more or less the allegation, qanon is saying this is a false flag, that it is not what is happening, and this isjust more deep state nonsense. what can we say about the allegations and the denial? right, well, it is interesting just kind of how many layers and levels this thing is taking on in just about the 2a hours or so since this story broke. first you and these allegations in the new york times, and then you had congressmen gaetz go on tv, and say my father is involved in this, and he was going to weara wire, and kind of this thing has been snowballing. it has continued to snowball as i'm now seeing a report in recent hours from conservative media about how an iran hostage, an american—held hostage in iran, is also tied in to this. reports are also coming out about how much the justice department knew and that trump's attorney general, bill barr, might have known about this as early as last summer and that might have actually led to top people in the trump administration trying to distance themselves from matt gaetz. so just a few weeks ago, during the second trump impeachment, gaetz was kind of bitter about that he was not on the impeachment defence team. maybe this is something to do with it. maybe now we know why he never really elevated to that level in the donald trump administration or the trump circle that perhaps he desired. max kutner there. the queen has taken part in her first public engagement outside windsor castle this year. the monarch marked the centenary of the royal australian air force during an open—air service, honouring the commonwealth country's airmen and women. it took place at the commonwealth war graves commission air forces memorial in runnymede in surrey. the queen was last seen outside her residence in november during the annual remembrance sunday service at the cenotaph. and before we go, life at the white house can be rather stressful. president biden�*s dog, major, appears to be having some difficulty getting accustomed to his new surroundings. you might recall he's onlyjust returned to washington after two weeks of training in delaware for an earlier biting incident. unfortunately it has happened again. he nipped someone while on a walk in the white house gardens. major is the younger of the biden�*s two german shepherds and he is a rescue dog. that's it for now. thank you very much for watching. hello there. despite there being more cloud around across southern britain on wednesday, we still manage to make highs of 2a celsius in the sunny spells across the far south—east. for today, though, it is cooler and fresher for most areas, that is away from the south—west and south wales. here we have the warmth just holding on for one more day, but this area of high pressure with its chillier air starts to topple in from the north—west. that breeze will be noticeable across the north sea coast, feeding in quite a bit of cloud here. elsewhere, though, we should see the clouds breaking up to allow for plenty of sunshine. probably the best of the sunshine, again, will be across this south—west corner. we change the wind direction, though, that north—easterly, like i mentioned, cool down the east coast. it will be a different feeling wind from the warm southerlies which we've had over the last few days. so temperatures struggling to get above 7—9 celsius across the north sea coast. 16—20 celsius, though, in the south—west — that's where we will have the last of the warmth. but that warmth ebbs away through thursday night, and into friday morning. the cold air is with most of us, and we will actually see some frost, particularly for the far north of england and in toward scotland. low single digits for the rest of england and wales. 0ur area of high pressure though really builds in, for friday. so there will be a lot of dry and settled weather, but it is chillier air blowing down on a north or north—easterly wind, and again, that north—easterly wind will feed in more cloud to northern and eastern parts of the uk. so it's staying rather chilly and grey here. with more shelter to the south and the west, this is where we will see the best of the sunshine. so, temperatures into the afternoon could reach 12 or 13 celsius, 9 or 10 celsius closer to the east. these temperatures actually closer to the seasonal average. through friday night, though, it's going to be a colder one for most with the widespread frost, particularly central, northern and western areas. now, as we move into the easter weekend, although high pressure will bring a lot of dry and settled weather, it will feel cold, and then as we head on into easter monday, we will see a real arctic blast which will bring some wintry showers to our shores as well. so our area of high pressure dominates for saturday and sunday, then allows this low—pressure to sweep down from the north through sunday into easter monday. and that will open the floodgates to the arctic, a much colder blast of air than what we will have for the start of the weekend. and like i mentioned, that will be feeding in some snow showers, mainly to northern and western coasts on monday. but temperatures will still reach the low teens celsius with the sunshine on saturday and sunday. this is bbc news, the headlines: 0n the third day of the trial of the white police officer accused of killing george floyd, prosecutors have played cctv of mr floyd in may last year minutes before his death. the former officer derek schopp and has pleaded not guilty to murder and manslaughter. president macron has announced a new four week national lockdown and france from saturday. he said all but essential shops should close and homeworking should become the norm. checks will be stepped up to stop public gatherings. cases have doubled to nearly 40,000 a day. the number of coronavirus deaths in brazil has hit a new monthly high, with over 60,000 people dying from the disease in march. that's more than double the previous record. the surge has pushed the health service to the point of collapse. now on bbc news, understanding the options and decisions