of minneapolis and what s thought to be one of the largest pre trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of $27 million for their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd s family. separately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on charges, including third degree murder, following the incident. here s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of theirfamily. but it and his family, the future of their family. but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. let s get more from our correspondent, david willis, who joins us from la. good to see you. starting with the figure of $27 million, obviously a large figure. what is the significance of the size of that? ~ ., , , of that? well, of course, t
Im kasia madera in london. We start with breaking news. Iran launches a Ballistic Missile attack on a us air base in iraq, iranian tv says it was in revenge for the american killing of general soleimani. The pentagon says the missiles were launched from iran theres no word yet on casualties. Im Sharanjit Leyl in singapore, the headlines as the human toll rises in australias bushfires, we hearfrom people trying to protect some of the countrys precious wildlife from the disaster. We hear the story of how tensions between india and pakistan, have kept a family separated
in kashmirfor decades. Hello and welcome to this special edition of newsday. Its 1 00am in london, 9 00am in singapore and 4 00am in iraq where iran has launched a Ballistic Missile attack on air bases housing us forces in the country. The pentagon says at least two sites were hit in erbil and al asad west of baghdad. It says the missiles were launched from iran itself. Iranian state tv says the attack was launched in reve
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