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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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 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 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. david, this figure, a significant moment there for the family? fix, significant moment there for the family? significant mo ....
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, ....
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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 dollars 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 ....
i met martine croxall. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. police in london have been heavily criticised for breaking up an unauthorised vigil for a woman who was kidnapped and murdered. sarah everard s death has become the focus of widespread anger in the uk about sexual violence against women. it s all the more sensitive because a serving policeman has been charged with the killing. groups of women gathered on clapham common in south london, near to where sarah everard was last seen. they held the memorial, despite the official cancellation of the event because of coronavirus rules. the police said the gathering breached restrictions and images on social media show the police forcibly removing people and pinning a woman to the ground. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, said the scenes were unacceptable. helena wilkinson reports. not far from where sarah everard went missing 11 days ago, a visible outpouring of grief. hundreds gathered ....
resignation and harsh words about the government s muddled thinking over the brexit negotiations. but what about the other side of the negotiating table? is there clarity there? until last week, jonathan faull was britain s top man in the european commission, who worked closely with the eu s chief negotiator michel barnier he s been speaking to our political editor nick watt. what s he been saying? jonathan faull has been an eu lifer until retirement and he has put some questions over the uk core calculations for the brexit negotiations. as we were hearing, he has said he doesn t believe uk can buy privileged access to the single market. we reported a few months ago that senior whitehall officials were eyeing this idea because the uk cannot accept the core principles of the single market which is accepting free movement of people and the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. whatjonathan faull is saying, you are either a member of the single market, in which c ....