Here in the uk, Prime Minister, borisjohnson accepts an apology from his Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, after pictures emerge of him kissing and embracing a colleague, in breach of covid guidance. Escalating backlash over the decision to ban uniformed Police Officers from taking part in this weekends new York Pride parade. Ajudge in the us city of minneapolis, has sentenced the former Police Officer, Derek Chauvin, to 22. 5 years injail, for the murder of George Floyd. The 46 year old African American died in may last year, after Chauvin Knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest. The lawyer for mr Floyds Family says the sentence is historic and that it brings america a step closer to healing, by delivering accountability. Our correspondent, Nada Tawfik is In Minneapolis and a warning, her report contains some distressing images. This courtroom has been the scene of powerful testimony. Today, it became a place of closure for the floyd family. The judge began proceedings by inviting them to speak. Mr blackwell, you may proceed with input. His Daughter Gianna appeared first, on video. Atjust seven years old, she is too young and innocent to comprehend fully what happened to her father. Every day, i miss him and i love him. His brother, terrence, struggled to speak as he addressed Derek Chauvin directly. I wanted to know from the man himself, why . What were you thinking . What was going through your head . When you had your knee on my brothers neck. Why when you knew that he posed no threat any more . Those are questions that remain unanswered, since Derek Chauvin chose not to testify in his defence during his trial. For the first time, the public got a more intimate look into his characterfrom his mother. It has been difficult for me to hear and read what the media, public and Prosecution Team believe derek to be an aggressive, heartless and uncaring person. I can tell you that is far from the truth. And then Derek Chauvin himself spoke. I want to give my condolences to the floyd family. Thejudge said his decision was not influenced by Public Opinion or meant to send any messages. The sentence for count one, the court commits you to the custody of corrections for a period of 270 months. It is rare for the Justice System to punish a Police Officer, and it took an extraordinary series of events to get to this moment. Crucially, his murder was caught on camera in chilling detail. George floyd was pinned to the ground with Derek Chauvin� s knee on his neck for 9 minutes and 27 seconds. Many time, Mr Floyd cried out several times, i cant breathe. I cant breath, i cant breathe. It traumatised the community and shocked the world, prompting the biggest protests since the civil rights era. Do you need a minute . The trial was so compelling that the jury delivered a unanimous guilty verdict after just 10 hours of deliberations. This outcome was in no way inevitable. Still, this one sentence of this one disgraced Police Officer will only do so much to advance racial equality and the struggle of being black in america. This is the longest sentence a Police Officer has received in the state of minnesota, and speaking outside of the courthouse following the sentencing, the family say they do feel some measure of accountability. They say they hope this is a Turning Point in america because they feel that the activism surrounding this case could mean real change moving forward, and they told those gathered here outside of the courthouse to keep fighting forjustice. Ricardo lopez has been covering the trial for the Minnesota Reformer and Hejoins Us now from minneapolis where the hearing took place. Thank the hearing took place. You for making the time for thank you for making the time for us. What was the reaction like in court for direct cosmic sentence . It like in court for direct cosmic sentence . Sentence . It was largely the Prosecution Sentence . It was largely the Prosecution And Sentence . It was largely the Prosecution And Derek sentence . It was largely the prosecution and Derek Chauvins defence lawyer. This isjust because of the pandemic and public health restrictions, the outside, as You Saw, there was quite a strong reaction to the verdict. It wasnt quite the 30 years of persecution the prosecution had sought and it wasnt the maximum of a0 years the family had sought. But it was still, as pointed out, a very substantial sentence, 22. 5 years. Of that, two thirds will be served under Minnesota Law here. Derek chauvin will be nearly 60 years old before he is eligible for supervised release. Is eligible for supervised release is eligible for supervised release. ~. , ~ release. What is the mood like In Minneapolis release. What is the mood like In Minneapolis at release. What is the mood like In Minneapolis at the release. What is the mood like | In Minneapolis at the moment . We had heard that protests were going to be planned. Have they come to pass . Hat going to be planned. Have they come to pass . Come to pass . Not so much protests come to pass . Not so much protests but come to pass . Not so much protests but there come to pass . Not so much protests but there was come to pass . Not so much protests but there was a come to pass . Not so much i protests but there was a march down town. They had been hundreds of people gathered to watch the sentencing come down and i think You Saw much bigger crowds at the Verdict Reading but much like that, i dont think you are going to see in terms of demonstrations, things turn ugly. I think you will see some people feel relief at seeing accountability served in this case. figs seeing accountability served in this case. � ,. , seeing accountability served in this case. � ,. , this case. As we have heard, it can be rare this case. As we have heard, it can be rare for this case. As we have heard, it can be rare for american this case. As we have heard, it| can be rare for american Police Officers to get a Lengthyjail Sentence where there has been issues of violence. However the local Police Department and Police Officers reacted to this . , � , Police Officers reacted to this . , � ,. , this . There hasnt been a statement this . There hasnt been a statement released, this . There hasnt been a | statement released, after this . There hasnt been a statement released, after the verdict, there was a statement released for the Department Representing Minneapolis Police Officers. They havent really at this point was not right now, the department is under a really, really big microscope. Earlier, shortly after the guilty verdict in april, us Justice Department had announced a Pattern And Practice investigation into the department. So this is an effort to look at the department more closely in terms of determining whether there is a pattern of discriminatory policing by the agency. In fact they were some federal indictments issued against Derek Chauvin and the other officers involved was not the case against Derek Chauvin, he faces a civil Rights Case in a different case where he also knelt on a 13 year old boy. Tera knelt on a 13yearold boy. Two Eole Knelt on a 13yearold boy. Two people feel knelt on a 13yearold boy. Two people feel that knelt on a 13 year old boy. Two people feel thatjustice has people feel that justice has been served by this sentence . Do people feel. Been served by this sentence . Do people feel. Do people feel. There are three other do people feel. There are three other police do people feel. There are three other Police Officers i do people feel. There are l three other Police Officers who still face charges in this case. It is unclear what will happen with their cases. They also face federal buys charges but they charges have been pushed Up To next spring. But that obviously can change as the federal case moves forward. Do we know anything about the conditions Erick Rowan will face in prison . He conditions Erick Rowan will face in prison . Face in prison . He will be segregated face in prison . He will be segregated from face in prison . He will be segregated from the face in prison . He will be i segregated from the general Prison Population at Derek Chauvin. That is meant for his own protection. His attorney raised that is a concern and a reason for why they were pushing for probation in this case. And getting credit for the 199 days he has already served. It will keep him away from the general Prison Population but it will mean a very difficult existence for him in prison. Very difficult existence for him in prison. Thank you for makin him in prison. Thank you for making the him in prison. Thank you for making the time him in prison. Thank you for making the time for him in prison. Thank you for making the time for us. Emergency teams in miami are continuing to search for 159 people listed as missing after a 12 Story Apartment Block collapsed on thursday. So far, four people are confirmed to have died what caused the building to collapse remains unclear. 0ur Correspondent Will Grant is at the scene and sent us this update. The longer this Search And Rescue goes on, the more harrowing it becomes. The families are doing their best to hold out hope of good news. But the difficulty is that there are no positive updates to be had so far. They are gradually losing their faith. Just a warning that might report does contain images of the moment of the Buildings Collapse itself. As the desperate search for survivors at the collapsed Apartment Block entered its second day, the full gravity of the situation was laid bare. The exact number of those lost in this tragic incident still isnt known, but its clear this has the potential to be the most deadly Building Collapse in floridas history. The awful moment itself happened so fast, it took everything and, it is feared, everyone, with it 12 storeys and entire lives reduced to rubble in seconds. The methodical work of the rescue teams hasnt stopped since then. They say theyre still hearing occasional knocks from inside the debris and are following every lead, at one stage trying to enter the spaces between the rubble via the basement. Family members are gathered at a Community Centre as their unbearable wait for information goes on. Magaly ramseys mother lived on the ninth floor. It feels like the world gets to know more information before we get to know information as family members. So, i dont live in the area, so i came here hoping to get information and im still waiting for that. Her mother, also called magaly, is one of the oldest of those missing. The youngest was ashani patel, The One year old Daughter Ofjoint british american citizen bhavna patel, who was pregnant, and her husband, vishal an entire family missing. But the city will keep up the search, the mayor promised. We will continue Search And Rescue because we still have hope that we will find people alive. That is exactly why were continuing, and that is why were using our dogs and our sonar and our cameras, everything possible, to seek places where there still may be people. As the Rescue Effort continues, hopes are beginning to fade. For the family members, this initial period has been one of shock and a desperate wait for information. Now, though, many are beginning to face Up To the possibility that they may not see their missing Loved Ones again. Magaly is clinging on to hope of updates about her missing mother. But shes also under no illusions about what shes facing. The choices you hold onto are, like, either that theres a miracle with Gods Grace, and he does have lots of miracles in store for us, or Gods Grace was one that she didnt feel a thing and shes in his hands and his arms right now, in a good place. Will grant, Bbc News, miami. Us Vice President Kamala Hallett Harris has visited a micro it is a first time taking a lead role in immigration issues. She rejected republicans claims she rejected republicans claims she has been slow slow to visit the region, days before a scheduled Border Visit by former President Donald Trump. Mark lobel reports. Stepping off Air Force too, in el paso, texas. Its passenger the Vice President , barely setting foot on the tarmac before defending her long awaited journey here. I said back in march i would come to the border, so this is not a new plan. The reality is we have to deal with causes and we have to deal with the fracture. It is a sensitive issue, as the number of undocumented migrants reaching the border here is at highest level in more than 20 years. Including five young girls here from central america, without their parents, who the Vice President said she spoke to, later alluding to their suffering. The bbc has been told by some staff and children themselves of terrible treatment, and what are known as Emergency Camps in the texan desert. Where disease is rampant, food dangerous, with reports of sexual abuse. Those running the camps insist required standards of care are in place, for children. Kamala harris told us customs and Border Staff her plan to stop people coming in the first place. Help is on the way. And so those principles are a large part of what is informing the work that we have been doing addressing the root causes. But leaders of Guatemala And Mexico blame the biden administrations policies for causing the Record Surge in undocumented migration. It is a different story from the Vice President. People dont want to leave home if they dont have to. But it is the suggestion that Kamala Harrisjourneyed here because she had to, afterformer President Donald Trump announced he would be visiting soon, dominated her trip to this migrant processing centre, which also represents one of this us administrations trickiest issues. You are watching Bbc News, the headlines Ajudge In Minneapolis has sentenced the former us Police Officer, Derek Chauvin, to 22. 5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd. Officials in florida say the Apartment Block that collapsed near miami on thursday leaving more than 150 people missing was due to undergo extensive repairs this year. President biden has reassured his afghan counterpart, Ashraf Ghani, on a visit to washington, that the afghan people must decide their future. But he also said us support for afghanistan would continue, despite the us military withdrawal. The visit by Ashraf Ghani and his former political Rival Abdullah Abdullah comes as taliban forces have escalated fighting in recent weeks, seizing control of dozens of districts. This was what Mr Biden had to say about ongoing us involvement in the country. The partnership between afghanistan and the united states is not ending. It is going to be sustained and you know, our troops may be leaving, but support for afghanistan is not ending. In terms of Support And Maintenance of helping maintain their military, as well as economic and political support. Speaking at a Press Conference following the meeting, Ashraf Ghani paid tribute to the thousands of americans whod lost their lives fighting in afghanistan. Asked about the us decision to withdraw militarily, he said he respected the move. The decision of the president has been taken on the basis of very significant national consultation and deliberation. This is a sovereign us decision. We respect that decision, and our course is to manage the consequences and to ensure that the people of afghanistan rise to the challenge. Much more on that story on the Bbc News website. Lets get some of the days other news police in germany say three people have been killed by a man with a knife who attacked passers by in the central city of wuerzburg. Other people were injured, some seriously. Police say they shot and wounded a suspect as they arrested him. A senior official said the man had recently spent time in a psychiatric institution. Iran has rejected demands from the United Nations nuclear watchdog for an immediate response to its request to extend a deal that has just expired on monitoring iranian nuclear sites. The iaea chief, rafael grossi, said it was vitally important that inspectors continue to be able to collect data. Here in the uk, Downing Street says the british Prime Minister has accepted his Health Secretary Matt Hancocks apology for breaching social distancing guidelines, after the Sun Newspaper published images of him and an aide, Gina Coladangelo, kissing and embracing in the Department Of Health. In a Statement Mr Hancock said hed let people down and is very sorry. Borisjohnson now considers the matter closed, but labour is calling on Mr Hancock to resign. With the latest, heres our deputy political editor, vicki young. Hes been telling all of us to stick to covid rules. Keep doing your bit, remember the basics hands, face, space and fresh air. But Matt Hancock and his adviser Gina Coladangelo didnt take that advice. The sun reported this picture of the two of them, who are both married, was taken inside the Department Of Health in early may. Government social Distancing Guidance says in the workplace, people should keep two metres apart. In the statement, the Health Secretary said Mr Hancock and Ms Coladangelo have been close friends since university. During the pandemic, shes accompanied the Health Secretary to meetings in Downing Street and interviews. Speaking to radio a last year, she talked about first meeting him. We met at the student radio station, 0xygen fm. I red the News And Matt read the sport. Ive always joked with him that he did the sport because he wasnt good enough to do the news laughs but i think it gave him a bit of an early heads up into aggressive questioning from journalists and hacks. In september, she became a Non Executive Director on the board of the Department Of Health, with a salary of £15,000. Downing street say the appointment followed correct procedure. But labours calling for an official investigation into whether the Ministerial Code of conduct has been broken. Matt hancock either needs to resign or, if hes not willing to do that, then the Prime Minister must remove him from his post. This isntjust a question of, yet again, a conservative mp disobeying those rules and thinking that they only apply to the rest of us its a case where weve seen cronyism on cronyism. This comes after other high profile breaches of the rules. Dominic cummings, who used to be borisjohnsons top adviser, caused outrage when he travelled hundreds of miles during lockdown. And professor neil ferguson, one of the most prominent scientists advising the government, resigned after his married lover visited his home. This was Mr Hancocks reaction at the time. I dont understand. Youre speechless . I am that doesnt often happen to me. I think that he took the right decision. To resign. Yeah, you wouldnt have fought to keep him . Its just not. Thats just not possible in these circumstances. Now after his indiscretion, there has been support from ministers and Downing Street. I think the Secretary Of State has said everything he needs to say on this. Hes apologised, and the Prime Minister is backing his Secretary Of State and considers the matter closed. And so far the Prime Minister is showing no sign of sacking him. Us Intelligence Agencies have released a long awaited report on what they know and do not know about unidentified flying objects. The report considered over 1a0 reported sightings seen passing through restricted military airspace, spread across several decades. Investigators said there was no evidence that the ufos involved extraterrestrial life. But their report acknowledged that many of the unexplained events involved physical objects, whose presence was confirmed by data from multiple sensors. In new york, an impassioned debate has broken out within the Lgbtq Community over who can participate in its Pride Parade usually one of the biggest in the world. A decision last month by the organisers to ban uniformed Police Officers from taking part in the proceedings until 2025, because they were seen as a threatening presence by some members of the lgbt community, has provoked a strong backlash. From new york, Tom Brook reports. Wave your flags since 1996 in the Aa Wave your flags since 1996 in the gay Action Wave your flags since 1996 in the Gay Action Offices wave your flags since 1996 in the gay action Offices League L the gay action Offices League has marched in Police Uniform as a contingent of new yorks mammoth Pride Parade. For this sergeant it meant the world to participate. It sergeant it meant the world to participate participate. It is an amazing feelina. Participate. It is an amazing feeling to participate. It is an amazing feeling. To see participate. It is an amazing feeling. To see people participate. It is an amazing feeling. To see people from participate. It is an amazing feeling. To see people from the crowd and hugging you and telling you happy pride, it is great to see offices. But last month the great to see offices. But last month the organisation great to see offices. But last month the organisation that | month the organisation that controls the parade says that uniformed police would be banned from the march until 2025, although this year because of covid 19 there is no big in official event. I because of covid19 there is no big in official event. Big in official event. I am ha big in official event. I am happy to big in official event. I am happy to be big in official event. I am happy to be a big in official event. I am happy to be a Police Big in official event. I am l happy to be a Police Officer and i am equally proud to be 9 and i am equally proud to be gay. So for them to exclude me just one aspect of my life, which is the profession that i chose to do, is just heartbreaking. Chose to do, is Ust Heartbreakingh chose to do, is ust heartbreaking. The Band Artiall heartbreaking. The band partially came heartbreaking. The band partially came about heartbreaking. The band partially came about because some members of the Lgbtq Community, particularly black, brown and trans people made it clear that the presence of the police is fundamentally at odds with the aims of pride, which began as a riot against the police at the Stonewall Inn in 1969. ,. , , police at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 and police at the Stonewall Inn in i 1969 and a 1969. Get off the street and a very tense 1969. Get off the street and a very tense standoff 1969. Get off the street and a very tense standoff between l very tense Stand Off between lgbtq very tense Stand Off between Lg Btq protesters very tense Stand Off between lgbtq protesters and the police last year added to the existing pressure to have uniformed police excluded from the Pride Parade. To police excluded from the pride arade. ,. Police excluded from the pride arade. ,. ,. ,. , parade. To have a contingent of lgbtq parade. To have a contingent of lgbto police parade. To have a contingent of lgbtq Police Officers parade. To have a contingent of lgbtq Police Officers marching | lgbtq Police Officers marching in uniform in a parade is a form of advertising for the nypd, it is saying look at these nice queer cops, we love them, they are part of our community. Them, they are part of our community them, they are part of our communi. ,. Community. The ban on Police Marching community. The ban on Police Marching on community. The ban on Police Marching on pride community. The ban on Police Marching on Pride Sunday community. The ban on Police Marching on Pride Sunday is i marching on Pride Sunday is also part of a national Re Evaluation that has been taking place in america in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by a Police Officer In Minneapolis last year. And hardening of attitudes towards the police in quarters. Including within the Lgbtq Community. Including within the Lgbtq Community including within the lgbtq communi. ,. ,. , community. They have a history of attacking. Community. They have a history of attacking, harassing, of attacking, harassing, jailing, abusing lgbt folks all the way back to stonewall, the original pride was a riot, was an uprising against that Police Brutality and police harassment. Brutality and police harassment. �. ,. , harassment. But there are many a harassment. But there are many Gay People harassment. But there are many Gay People who harassment. But there are many Gay People who disagree, harassment. But there are many Gay People who disagree, who. Gay people who disagree, who support the uniformed officers right to march. This New Yorker has the Drag Artist Persona of banessa. I has the Drag Artist Persona of banessa. , has the Drag Artist Persona of banessa. ,. Banessa. I have marched alongside banessa. I have marched alongside the banessa. I have marched alongside the nypd, banessa. I have marched alongside the nypd, are| banessa. I have marched alongside the nypd, are they perfect, no, have they made mistakes, yes, but if you ask any New Yorker the majority would say we want them to be part of this, we are in this together, we are the Lgbtq Community and we are a community and we are a community of inclusion. And we have never gotten far by saying you can set out, youre not invited the party, thats not what works, that never works. Pride sunday is going to be difficult to openly gay Police Officers in new york, a day to celebrate, yes, but a day to contemplate rejection from what is the oldest and most historic Pride March in the world. And thats it from me for the time being. Much more on all those stories on the Bbc News website and the Bbc News app. You can reach me on twitter im richpreston. We would love to hear from you. From me and the rest of the team, thanks for watching. Hello there. Friday evening brought some quite dramatic weather for some of us, especially across parts of england. Through the western side of the midlands, there was some heavy, thundery rain. That was how it looked for a Weather Watcher in south staffordshire. And then to the North East of london, and up into essex, some really vicious thunderstorms, with reports of localised Flash Flooding and even reports of a tornado in east london, or at the very least some squally gusty winds in amongst the showers, which did cause some damage. And the Weather System responsible will still be quite close by as we head through this weekend. It will become slow moving across northern france, but from time to time, it will throw showers or longer spells of Rain Back in our direction. And we will see some showers during saturday, across england and wales particularly. Through east anglia, into the midlands and wales, we could see some particularly heavy, thundery ones during the afternoon. More cloud for North East england, south east scotland. Some patchy rain here. Brighter skies for Northern Scotland and for northern ireland, and top temperatures between 1a and 22 degrees. So, some of those heavy showers in the south will continue during Saturday Evening and some more persistent rain is likely to start to slide across the channel islands, and that will come into play across southern counties of england as we get into the first part of sunday. Elsewhere, we start sunday on a mainly dry note. Those are your temperatures for sunday morning, nine to 1a degrees. So this Weather System that will become very slow moving through the weekend is likely to throw a band of Rain Back northwards as we go through the day on sunday. There is Uncertainty Aboutjust how far north the rain will get, but its likely to affect southern counties of england. It may spread into South Wales and parts of the midlands as well. Further north, it should be largely dry, with patchy cloud and some spells of sunshine. I think thicker cloud across the far North West of scotland and temperatures between 18 and 22 degrees in most places. So, to sum up for the weekend, we will see some spells of sunshine, but there will be a few showers around on saturday. Some of those could be quite heavy. And potentialfor some more persistent rain in southern parts as we head through sunday. And southern areas could see further rain during the week ahead. Some of that rain could be quite heavy. Further north, it looks drier. Some of the highest temperatures likely to be across scotland, Up To 2a degrees. This is Bbc News, the headlines Ajudge In Minneapolis has sentenced the former Police Officer, Derek Chauvin, to 22. 5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd. The A6 Year old African American died last year, after Chauvin Knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest. Officials in florida say the Apartment Block that collapsed near miami on thursday, leaving more than 150 people missing, was due to undergo extensive repairs this year. Four people are confirmed dead and a major operation is continuing to search for survivors and more bodies. Here in the uk, borisjohnson has accepted an apology from his Health Secretary, after pictures emerged of him kissing and embracing a colleague, in breach of covid guidance. Matt hancock says hes � let people down and is � very sorry. � after the images showed him, with Gina Coladangelo