european leaders to address the illegal my crime crisis and to stand firm and their support for ukraine. sir keir starmer said that while the uk would not be part of the european union, it was very much part of europe. the war in ukraine was also discussed extensively president zelensky told the 50 leaders gathered that vladimir putin has not divided us. emmanuel macron said there was no silver bullet to tackle small boats crossing the channel. let s go live and join lewis vaughan jones. thank you very much. this rovided jones. thank you very much. this provided the jones. thank you very much. ti 3 provided the backdrop for this summit, a pretty spectacular place that happens to be the birthplace of winston churchill a fact mentioned by lots of people lots of times today, president zelensky amongst them, talking about the bravery. the political imagery here is about unity in the war in ukraine. also, cooperation between the uk and its neighbours on continental europe
belarus insists its action fully met international laws. the us secretary of state antony blinken is on his way to the middle east to try and consolidate a ceasefire between hamas and israel. and scientists are using dogs to detect a covid. the dogs are able to sniff the odour respect people with a virus with 94% accuracy. the fallout continues from belarus hijacking a passenger plane and forcing it to land, so they could seize an opposition figure on board. this is in brussels, where eu leaders are meeting now to decide what action to take. we ll be live in brussels shortly with our correspondent nick beake, to find out what sanctions against belarus and its leaders, are being discussed there. but first let s let s recap what happened, and look at the incident, from the start. this the aircraft ryanair plane fr4978. it took off from athens on sunday to the lithuanian capital, vilnius following this route. and just as it was beginning its descent and was about to leave
goal, more than a week before the deadline. and this comes, of course, when things aren t all smooth sailing on the vaccine front. this comes of course as we are expecting some word from the u.s. government, from the cdc and the fda, by the end of the week about whether or not the johnson & johnson one-shot vaccine is going to come back into use. but even with the administration of that one-shot vaccine still on pause for almost two weeks now, we apparently today hit 200 million doses administered anyway, which is phenomenal. today, president biden also announced a new tax credit. and i know you re thinking, why is rachel talking about tax policy at the top of the a block? it relates to the covid thing. this is super interesting to me. he announced a new tax credit today that will fully reimburse employers who give their employees paid time off to go get vaccinated. apparently polls show that about a quarter of people who haven t yet been vaccinated say they would go get th
early, he doubled the goal and said ok not 100 million shots, but 200 million shots in 100 days. today s announcement means that he hit that even that doubled goal, more than a week before the deadline. and this comes of course when things are not all smooth sailing on the vaccine front. this comes as we are expecting some word from the u.s. government, from the cdc in the fda by the end of the week about whether or not the johnson & johnson, one shot vaccine, is going to come back into use. but even with the administration of that one shot vaccine still on pause, for almost two weeks now, we apparently today to hit 200 million doses administered anyway. which is phenomenal. today president biden also announced a new tax credit. and i know you re thinking, why is rachel talking about tax policy at the top of the a block. it relates to the covid thing. it s super interesting to me. he announced a new tax credit today, that will fully reimburse employers who give their employee
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk hello and welcome to bbc news. the former police officer derek chauvin has been found guilty of two charges of murder and one of manslaughter in the death of george floyd, the african american man he violently arrested last may. the historic outcome at a court in minneapolis comes after a three week trial seen a landmark test of police accountability and a pivotal moment in us race relations. a warning that you may find some of the images this report from our north america correspondent nick bryant upsetting. history turns on these kind of moments. and in the trial of derek chauvin, it wasn t just america yearning to know the outcome but also the wider world. on the second day of its deliberations, thejury delivered its verdict. verdict, count one. we the jury, in the above entitled matter, as to count one, unintentional second degree murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty. verdict, count two. we the jury,