range was expected, now we re waiting to hear the reaction from various parties including from the floyd family themselves because derek chauvin did speak today. we ll give you the details of that. first to matt finn in minneapolis that has been chronicling the case from the beginning and how things are going now. matt? hi, neil. right now peaceful in the streets. there s a semi large crowd outside the courthouse. people were chanting black lives matter no protests or any riots in minneapolis that we ve seen. moments before, judge cahill handed derek chauvin a 22 1/2 year sentence. the judge said that he did not make his ruling on emotions or on public demand. he said instead he based it on the rule of law. he s releasing a 22-page memo that will explain how he arrived at his sentencing. the big question is whether derek chauvin was doing to speak. in fact, he did for the firstime since george floyd s death. he never gave an interview and did not speak during the time and h
israel deepens as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu cancels plans to send a delegation to washington, d.c. after issuing an ultimatum to the u.s. we ll get to that in just a moment. but, we begin with decisions and a pair of former president donald trump s legal cases. the presumptive presidential nominee scoring a major reprieve in his civil fraud today. the former president failed to get a delay in manhattan district attorney s alvin bragg s criminal trial. now set to be the first and possibly only to go to trial before the november election. correspondent c.b. cotton is following it all from outside the new york state supreme court. good evening, cb. good evening, bret. the first criminal trial of a former u.s. president is set to go forward with jury selection beginning april 15th. but donald trump s legal team is filing another motion to have the case delayed, again, this time because of pre-trial publicity. the defense team has argued before that any media att
will also see religious leaders from otherfaiths play a part for the first time. now on bbc news, extreme conservation: the maldives. i m michaela strachan, a wildlife presenter with a passion for conservation. for the past 35 years, my work has taken me all over the world and in that time, i ve seen huge changes many due to climate change. in extreme conservation, we travel to different countries, meeting inspirational people. hello! ..with new ideas. this time, i m in the maldives. this seems like paradise but behind all the beauty and the luxury lodges lies a very real and looming threat, and that s climate change, which is literally washing these stunning coral islands off the map. as soon as they realise i m from the maldives, they re like, oh, when is it sinking? i got to get there before it sinks. the maldives needs solutions, and it needs them fast. our islands are eroding at an alarming rate. we depend solely on our coral reefs for income, for protection, and fo
with just a week to go until the king s coronation, preparations for street parties across the uk are well underway. now on bbc news, extreme conservation: the maldives. i m michaela strachan, a wildlife presenter with a passion for conservation. for the past 35 years, my work has taken me all over the world and in that time, i ve seen huge changes many due to climate change. in extreme conservation, we travel to different countries, meeting inspirational people. hello! ..with new ideas. this time, i m in the maldives. this seems like paradise but behind all the beauty and the luxury lodges lies a very real and looming threat, and that s climate change, which is literally washing these stunning coral islands off the map. as soon as they realise i m from the maldives, they re like, oh, when is it sinking? i got to get there before it sinks. the maldives needs solutions, and it needs them fast. our islands are eroding at an alarming rate. we depend solely on our coral reef