we start in the american city 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 in 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 criminal 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 their family, but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about why this settlement is so significant. the death of george floyd sparked protests in major cities here and across the world, it gave rise of course to the black lives matter movement, one of
grand slam today, while hoping england do them a favour by beating france. and it has been pretty unsettled of late but as we look towards the next couple of days, high pressure is building, something brighter and drier on the horizon, i will be back with all the details. it s saturday 13 march. our top story: a metropolitan police officer will appear in court today, charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard, who went missing while walking home in south london ten days ago. wayne couzens, who s a8, was taken to hospital yesterday for a second time in two days, to be treated for a fresh head injury sustained in custody. charlotte wright reports. it is ten days since sarah everard disappeared in south london. she was walking home. today, a serving metropolitan police officer, 48 year old wayne couzens, will appear before magistrates. charged with her kidnap and murder. it follows a large scale police investigation spanning sites in london and kent. woodland in ashford