in america s relationship with its main regional ally. we ll hear from americans in israel about how attitudes are shifting. music: i ll be there for you by the rembrandts and with the friends cast reuniting for the one off special, we talk to the man who first commissioned and developed the series back in the 90s on the making of a global phenomenon. hello. i m jane o brien in washington. christian fraser is in london. we have discovered so much about the covid virus. we have developed a vaccine to beat it, a test to identify it, a system to track the variants that are developing. the one question we can t answer not yet, at least is where it came from. but suddenly the one theory that was drided for so long is back in play. that was derided. and that is the theory that covid 19 escaped a lab in wuhan, china in 2019. when president trump first voiced that opinion in may last year, there were many scientists who discounted it. but the us intelligence agencies have con
super league. russia s opposition leader alexei navalny is moved to a prison hospital as his health deteriorates, piling on the pressure for president putin. and mission accomplished, if only for a few moments. nasa flies a drone over the surface of mars, in yet anotherfirst for human kind s efforts in space. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. security is being tightened in minneapolis asjurors begin considering their verdict in the trial of the former us police officer charged with murdering the black man george floyd last year. derek chauvin denies causing mr floyd s death by kneeling on his neck. the defence says mr chauvin correctly followed police training, but the prosecution say his actions were disproportionate and deliberate. footage from the incident was again shown in closing arguments today, and some of it is included in nick bryant s report. it s a measure of the passions aroused by this trial that the courthouse looks more like a
the light is back on in her eyes. and happy birthday to one on the world s most iconic buildings new york s empire state is 90. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the head of the us led military mission in afghanistan, general scott miller, has warned against attacks on foreign troops as they start to withdraw, saying they had the means to respond forcefully. it comes after the taliban said the militants were no longer bound by an earlier commitment not to attack international forces there. that undertaking was part of the an agreement last year which also committed the us to withdrawing all troops by today. the delay to their departure, until september, has angered the taliban. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, is following developments. i think there are mixed feelings across this country. of course, this is america s longest war. we ve heard president biden refer to it as the forever war, we heard president trump talking abo
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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,