reopening england. the british prime minister lays out what can and what can t be done, starting next week. basically, haircuts and outdoor pints. plus, paper bags? check. an ironing board? got it. too much time on his hands? probably. how an australian art director has been making the most of his quarantine. hello, i m katty kay in washington. james reynolds is in london. the vaccine effort here in the us is steaming ahead. fatalities are down. spring is upon us and, not that you can see it, but the sun is shining outside our offices here in washington dc. all good news, right? well, not really. because people are now talking about the possibility of a fourth wave of covid infections in america. with the majority of states reopening in one way or another, cases have been rising again across the nation. new hospital admissions have seen an increase as well. the us vaccination programme is going strong 165 million doses have been administered since the programme started in d
businesses and parents, of course. hello and welcome to bbc news. the chief of the minneapolis police department took the stand today in the trial of derek chauvin, the white former police officer who is being charged with the murder of george floyd. thejury also heard from the emergency room doctor who treated mr floyd and pronounced him dead. the bbc s gary o donoghue reports from minneapolis. week two of the most significant trial in recent years, one which has reignited america s unresolved history of racial tension. derek chauvin is the latest police officer to stand accused of killing a black man, an event that reverberated around the world. do you swear or affirm on the penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth and nothing but the truth? i do. it s rare for a police chief to testify against one of his own, but this one did not mince his words when it came to derek chauvin s actions. once mr floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly
hello, welcome to bbc news. the chief of the minneapolis police department took the stand today in the trial of derek chauvin, the white former police officer who is being charged with the murder of george floyd. thejury also heard from the emergency room doctor who treated mr floyd and pronounced him dead. the bbc s gary o donoghue reports from minneapolis. week two of the most significant trial in recent years, one which has reignited america s unresolved history of racial tension. derek chauvin is the latest police officer to stand accused of killing a black man, an event that reverberated around the world. do you swear or affirm on the penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth and nothing but the truth? i do. it s rare for a police chief to testify against one of his own, but this one did not mince his words when it came to derek chauvin s actions. once mr floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly once he was in distress and trying to
a handful of tech entrepreneurs in silicon valley have become the editors in chief of the internet. mark zuckerberg of facebook, jack dorsey of twitter, we talk about them and their companies all the time, but we very rarely hear from them. well today, we will. because steve huffman is the ceo of reddit, a multibillion dollar company which is the seventh most visited website in america. so, what is reddit? is this what the internet should look like, a free space for free speech? a news platform where anything malicious orjust plain boring dwindles away? what we learn from the company s battle against conspiracy theories and white supremacist content. and how did a social media site come to take on and humble wall street? steve, welcome to the show. my pleasure. i m honoured to be here today. let s start at the beginning of your illustrious career. your two roommates in uni on the american east coast who came up with and coded a social media site that is today worth billions,
hello to you. the chief of the minneapolis police department took the stand today in the trial of derek chauvin, the white former police officer who is being charged with the murder of george floyd. thejury also heard from the emergency room doctor who treated mr floyd and pronounced him dead. the bbc s gary o donoghue reports from minneapolis. week two of the most significant trial in recent years, and one which has reignited america s unresolved history of racial tension. derek chauvin is the latest police officer to stand accused of killing a black man an event that reverberated around the world. do you swear or affirm on the penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth and nothing but the truth? i do. it is rare for a police chief to testify against one of his own, but this one did not mince his words when it came to derek chauvin s actions. once mr floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalis