by west midlands police, 21 people have been convicted for their crimes. opposition in dorset as the government plans to house 500 migrants all adult men in a barge off the coast of portland. and some of the world s finest golfers make their way to georgia, as the masters gets under way at augusta tomorrow. on bbc london, easter staffing and a doctors strike within days. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a lot at stake at the top, and bottom of the premier league. west ham entertain newcastle at the london stadium. good evening. a week after nicola sturgeon stepped down as first minister of scotland, her husband, peter murrell, has been arrested as part of an investigation into the finances of the scottish national party. mr murrell was the party s chief executive until he resigned last month, after 2a years in the job. police scotland launched a formal investigation into the snp s finances in july 2021 after receiving complaints about how political donations were b
ukrainian forces are reported to have carried out more attacks on russian hardware in the crimean peninsula. smoke was seen rising from the headquarters of russia s black sea fleet in sevastapol, with moscow claiming it shot down a ukrainian drone. russia has occupied crimea since 2014 and there have been a series of recent attacks on russian military infrastructure there. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in the ukrainian capital kyiv, james waterhouse, and i asked him how destabilising these latest attacks might be for russia. (sot attacks might be for russia. i think it sends a warning shot, a reminder, while the front line further north in ukraine is not really moving, it is a message to russia to say look, we are busting the myth that you can base your naval fleet next to crimea as well as stage aircraft there to launch attacks across the country. and it also challenges the idea that crimea is part of russia. kyiv is very keen to stress all along that it remains pa
going on, the pleasures that individual friends and partners are feeling. on the ground more than a dozen russian missile strikes on kyiv including a block of flats where one person was killed. we ll report from ukraine and from the g7 summit. also tonight. the prince of wales and the charity donations handed over in cash. 22 bodies thought to be teenagers are discovered in a nightclub in south africa s eastern cape. # i m coming out, i want the world to know. diana ross helps bring the first glastonbury festival for three years to a close. good evening. leaders of the g7 group of nations have been meeting in germany, for the first day of talks in a key week of diplomacy over ukraine. borisjohnson said the country should not be forced towards making a deal with russia president biden called for western unity to be maintained so that russia could be defeated. we ll report on today s missile attacks on ukraine in a moment but first to the summit and our politica
close it s 6am in singapore and midnight in germany where leaders from the g7 group of nations are meeting. it was the first day of talks in what will be a key week of diplomacy over the war in ukraine. britain s prime minister says ukraine should not be forced into a peace settlement with russia. if that means losing territory. and president biden has been calling for western unity to hold, to defeat russia. our political editor chris mason reports from bavaria in germany. the leaders of the world s richest countries gather to work out what to do next about ukraine. they begin by mocking president putin. bare chested horseback! the canadian prime minister suggests they should mimic the russian leader by riding bareback on a horse, as he has done. beyond the jokes, though, there are real differences of emphasis and approach here about how much and for how long ukraine should be helped. the uk insists it must be for the long haul. the prime minister, though, acknowledges some
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