A very warm welcome you watching r. T. International with me in a few aaron our top story a Police Officer has been suspended in the u. K. Off the being filmed kneeling on the neck of a black man he was arresting. Who called him from there to tell you it looks like you got your great grandmother im sure you know. According to police the monk being detained was suspected of having a knife as the officers struggled on the ground a crowd of people gathered and filmed the incidents while whats happened is being investigated it has reignited debate about appropriate use of force. Im deeply concerned about todays incident and it is right that met police u. K. Have referred the case of the independent Police Watchdog black londoners still face discrimination and we must work with the community to build trust in the police video footage that i have seen today and is circulating in social media is extremely disturbing some of the techniques used cause me great concern theyre not taught in Polic
Are they good evening just gone 7 oclock here in moscow are you watching R T International now a Police Officer has been suspended in the u. K. After being filmed kneeling on the neck of a black man he was arresting. Right youre going to go before you. Go there are you. Going to go back you up. Front all right not. According to police the man being detained there was suspected of having a knife as the officer struggled on the ground a crowd of people gathered and then film the incident while what happened is being investigated has reignited debate about appropriate use of force. Im deeply concerned about todays incident and it is right that met police u. K. Have referred the case of the independent Police Watchdog black londoners still face discrimination and we must work with the community to build trust in the police the video footage that i have seen today in this circulating in social media is extremely disturbing some of the techniques used cause me great concern theyre not taught
Except United States kids are spreading the disease. Virus this. Year are really. Good morning live from Washington Nationals world news h. Q. Of moscow this saturday the 18th of july is kevin owen here to take you through those headlines that you just heard in more detail and 1st that theres anger in the u. K. After a video emerged of a London Police officer kneeling on a handcuffed black mans neck during an arrest the office is now suspended but the video has been shared widely online. But you have been here before you for what you do there is no i mean if you. Go back you up. Front on us do you know you well according to Londons Metropolitan Police the man in the video was suspected of being armed and having been involved in a fight as the officers struggled with the suspect on the ground a crowd of onlookers gathered and filmed what was going on the instance since being referred to the Police Watchdog and the independent office for Police Conduct that its regulated to the over appr
Out more with me very soon and youll find out what the former home secretary, Suella Braverman, has to say on all of this, as she calls for changes at the top of the metropolitan police. 8 00 well be speaking to her live at and on what would have been her 98th birthday. The community of rutland have unveiled a new statue of the late Queen Elizabeth the second. Heres the queen, she was great, she was brilliant, and we miss her. And in this sport, Manchester United dodged a bullet in the semi final of the fa cup by beating coventry on penalties after being three nil up with 15 minutes to play. Nottingham forest are throwing accusations all over the place after being denied three penalties against everton and the 23 chinese swimmers involved in a doping scandal. Its been a cloudier start for many of us this morning, but there is some sunshine on the way this afternoon. Join me later for the full forecast with all the details. Now the metropolitan police antisemitism ride continues and we
Cam at the golden great bridge. You can barely see through our lens. The roads will remain dangerously slick into the morning. We have multiple reports this evening. Well begin with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Right now you can see that big bullseye that we saw on the doppler radar. Its continuing to move right here across central california, and the thing that were really seeing pick up right now is some heavier rainfall just offshore. We put a storm track on it, and it likely could make it into daly city by 11 52. Half monday bay at 11 40. The big talk tonight continues to remain the south bay, which has been missed out on the past couple of storms. Widespread coverage of light to moderate rainfall right now. Its again enough here to get those roadways slick. So if youre working an early overnight shift, please, please take it slow. That coverage continues right at the peninsula into San Francisco and also back for all of the trivalley from danville to dublin over to livermore,