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Seven, zero. 22.5 years injail for the police officer who murdered george floyd. adults across england are being urged to grab a covid jab, with hundreds of walk—in centres open this weekend. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. pressure is mounting on the uk health secretary, matt hancock, to resign, after pictures — and now cctv footage — emerged of him sharing an intimate embrace with an aide in his office. mr hancock admitted breaching social distancing guidance after the incident was exposed by the sun newspaper. downing street said the prime minister...

Under the guidelines, that seems to be appropriate. one down, three to go! three other officers involved in the arrest of george floyd are still to face their day in court. but with the sentencing of derek chauvin, there is hope that america has reached a turning point in the fight for racialjustice. peter bowes, bbc news. i can now speak to professor nicole gonzalez van cleve, who's associate professor of sociology at brown university and the author of the book crook county: racism and injustice in america's largest court. joining us —— thank you forjoining us. he got 22.5 years, that the...

The sentence for count one — the court commits you to the custody of the commissioner of corrections for a period of 270 months. hands up, right now! let me see your other hand! 22.5 years for his role in this — the arrest of george floyd, caught on camera by a bystander, in a sequence of events that resulted in his murder. pinned to the ground for more than nine minutes by derek chauvin, crying out that he could not breathe. i can't breathe. a scene that still haunts terrence floyd, george's brother, who struggled to speak as he addressed chauvin directly. i wanted to know from the man hi...

Change the culture of policing in this country. we have a real issue in this country when it comes to policing, particularly policing communities of color. >> looking ahead then, what do you think this case, this sentence, might mean for the other three officers accused? >> i think it spells trouble for the other three officers, when those three guilty verdicts were read by the jurors in april, just a couple of months, a month or so ago, i can imagine that those three other defendants were shaking in their boots. they now know that jurors are rejecting their claim that they used the appropriat...

Good morning! there's no holding back now and the gloves are off — the message from the wales manager to his players as they get ready for the first knockout match of euro 2020 against denmark this evening. this is why we want to be in football, to play, especially for our country in the big games, test ourselves to play in the big tournaments, we want to try to do as best we can. and the a—time olympic champion mo farah says he's in shock and will consider his future after failing to qualify for this next month's olympic games in tokyo. while today we can see a few sharp showers around, t...