this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lewis vaughan jones. george floyd's family will receive $27 million after he died while in police custody. their lawyer says it's just a starting point. it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, is resisting growing pressure to resign following allegations of sexual misconduct. in new zealand, a national service is held to remember the 51 people killed in 2019, when a gunman opened fire at tw

mosques in christchurch. —— at two mosques. hello and welcome. 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. well, our north america correspondent, david willis, told me more about why this settlement is so significant. the death of george floyd last may gave rise to the black lives matter movement, one of the largest movements — protest movements — of its kind in american history. the fact there has been this massive pay—out, $27 million, is seen by lawyers for his family as a sign that black lives really do matter, and indeed, benjamin crump, the family lawyer, that police brutality, that sent a message, this settlement, that police brutality against people of colour must now come to an end in the united states. find colour must now come to an end in the united states.— in the united states. and of course this _ in the united states. and of course this is _ in the united states. and of course this is the _ in the united states. and of course this is the end - in the united states. and of course this is the end of -

in the united states. and ofj course this is the end of the civil proceedings, separately, there are criminal proceedings? there are, and they include the man that was pictured on that videotape, with his neon george floyd's neck, his name is derek chauvin, and is trial and proceedings got under way this week. they are trying to swear in a jury but of course it's quite difficult to find anybody who isn't familiar with his case or indeed that quite horrific video. if convicted of murder or manslaughter, derek chauvin faces up to 65 years in jail. he is claiming he was simply following police procedure. the other three police officers who were involved in that incident with george floyd are due to go on trial later this year. fill" trial later this year. our thanks to _ trial later this year. our thanks to david - trial later this year. our thanks to david there. i next, new york's governor andrew cuomo says he will not

bow to what he calls "cancel culture" and resign. there are growing calls for him to step down after allegations of sexual misconduct. us democratic senators chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand have joined the list of politicians saying he should go. paul hawkins reports. andrew cuomo, new york governor, but for how much longer? once widely praised for his leadership during the first wave of coronavirus, he's now fighting for his political life. i did not do what has been alleged. period. there are often many motivations for making an allegation. seven women have now come forward making allegations against him, including sexual misconduct and assault. politicians who don't know a single fact but yet form a conclusion and an opinion are, in my opinion, reckless and dangerous. the latest of those politicians includes chuck schumer, one of the most senior democrats in congress

and the senate majority leader. along with fellow new york senator kirsten gillibrand, they released a statement, saying: but, they add: already, more than 55 democratic legislators in new york have signed a letter calling on him to step down. the city's mayor bill de blasio says he should go. so too some democrats in congress, including alexandra ocasio—cortez. and as for the white house... the president believes that every woman who has come forward deserves to have her voice heard, should be treated with respect, and should be able to tell her story. there also is an independent investigation that is ongoing, of course, in the state, with subpoena power overseen by the attorney general, and he certainly supports

that moving forward. andrew cuomo says he'll wait for the outcome of that investigation before deciding whether to step down. people know the difference between playing politics, bowing to cancel culture, and the truth. i'm not going to resign. but there's also another investigation, a federal one, into claims the state undercounted the true covid death toll in care homes. the pressure for him to go now could be too much. paul hawkins, bbc news. a remembrance service has been held in new zealand to mark the second anniversary of the christchurch mosque attacks. 51 people lost their lives after a gunman opened fire at the al noor and linwood mosques on march 15, 2019. bereaved families were joined by islamic and political leaders, including prime ministerjacinda ardern, to honour the memory of those who died. choir singing in maori

while words cannot perform miracles, they do have the power to heal. that means we must use them wisely. to our muslim community, that means using our voices and words to acknowledge the loss that was yours. the fathers, the brothers, the husbands and sons, the mothers and wives, the children who were lost, and all those so gravely injured. our duty is to not only remember what has been taken but who your loved ones were, and what they gave to you, your community and this place they called home. our correspondent, phil mercerjoins me now. so, we got a little taste of it

there but what else did we here? ~ ., ., ., here? we heard from one survivor _ here? we heard from one survivor of _ here? we heard from one survivor of the _ here? we heard from one survivor of the attacks - here? we heard from one| survivor of the attacks two years ago who was shot nine times in the face, the arms and the legs, and he said that he had undergone multiple surgeries with more to come, and that his pain would never go away. but this man told this public remembrance service that she was brought up to battle on and battle on keyword. even though suffering those horrific injuries. he was one of dozens of people who were injured in those attacks two years ago, 51 people died, men, women and children, and many were migrants coming from many, many countries around the world. from somalia, afghanistan, egypt and india, also refugees from syria, who moved to new zealand to escape violence and conflict. and their names were also read out in a very sombre occasion at this memorial

service to mark this grim anniversary in new zealand. tiara anniversary in new zealand. two ears anniversary in new zealand. two years on- — anniversary in new zealand. two years on- we _ anniversary in new zealand. two years on. we have _ anniversary in new zealand. two years on. we have had the conclusion of investigations and inquiries into these events, remind us what we have learnt? ., ~' , ., , learnt? one of the key outcomes over the last _ learnt? one of the key outcomes over the last two _ learnt? one of the key outcomes over the last two years _ learnt? one of the key outcomes over the last two years was - learnt? one of the key outcomes over the last two years was the l over the last two years was the jailing for life without parole of brenton tarrant, he is a self—confessed white supremacist, the lone gunmen who murdered those 51 people in christchurch, and to add to the barbarity of this man's actions, of the attacks were livestreamed on facebook at the time. so i think it is safe to say these attacks have had a profound effect on new zealanders. as we say, many of the victims coming from other countries, so the ripples of grief have spread far beyond new zealand's shores. we also saw a significant reform of new

zealand's gun laws as well, so todayis zealand's gun laws as well, so today is a very sombre occasion for many, many people to remember the victims and also to celebrate the resilience and the survival instinct of those people who did survive the atrocity in christchurch at those two masks two years ago. phil mercer, some of the survivors say they still feel like they need more support? yes, it's a terrible, ongoing trauma for many of those bereaved families, and they say that the psychological scars may well be with them for ever. as we heard there the new zealand prime minister, jacinda ardern, the government is still trying its best to help those bereaved families. but many do believe they have fallen through the cracks and of course psychological scars will continue. but also for many, the physical scars still healing as well, that turkish man we referred to, that

survivor, he has had seven surgeries with more to come, and he says for the rest of his life he will be carrying shrapnel within his body. and i think that is a potent symbol. here we have a man walking around new zealand, or trying to walk around as best he can, with structural steel in his body. that really is a very potent symbol of the pain, the ongoing pain, that many people still feel. it ongoing pain, that many people still feel. ., , ongoing pain, that many people still feel. . , , ongoing pain, that many people stillfeel. ., , , ., ~ still feel. it really is. thank ou, still feel. it really is. thank you. phil. _ mexico has returned the bodies of sixteen guatemalan migrants killed trying to cross the us border injanuary. some of the bodies were found heavily burned, delaying their identification and return. families stood by with framed pictures of their loved ones, as the caskets approached draped in nationalflags. guatemala's president has declared three days of mourning and vowed to find the killers. officials in north—west nigeria say around 30 male and female students are still

missing after being abducted from a college outside kaduna city. it's the latest in a series of kidnappings in the country over the past few months. our correspondent in abuja, ishaq khalid, told us more about the rescue effort which is underway. well, basically at the moment, the nigerian authorities are saying that troops are trying to rescue the dozens of students who were kidnapped by the gunmen. troops with tanks and helicopters have been deployed. and initially, the authorities say that 180 people have been rescued at the initial stage of the abduction, following gunfire with the military, but some sources are saying that those people were actually students and staff who escaped during that time, but the authorities are saying they were rescued by the military. and now, about 30 people are missing — students, males and females — and the authorities are saying they have launched a search operation.

basically, what happened — the gunmen, in large numbers, stormed the college on the outskirts of the nigerian city of kaduna overnight. they broke the fence and then opened fire within the premises, moved into the dormitories of the students and kidnapped a number of people there. so this is the latest abduction in a series of such mass kidnappings across nigeria since december. around 700 or so students have been abducted, and all of them with their kidnappers. for the moment, there is no clarity as to who carried out the latest attack, but it's believed to be criminal gangs who are kidnapping people for ransom. there's no clarity whether negotiations are going on. a serving british police officer is due in court later today charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard — who went missing last week in south london.

police have confirmed that human remains found in woodland in south—east england earlier this week belong to the 33—year—old marketing executive. she disappeared while walking home from a friend's house. the officer has been named as wayne couzens, who's 48. the police watchdog is investigating how the met force responded to two allegations of indecent exposure involving the suspect, three days before ms everard went missing. metropolitan police assistant commissioner, nick ephgrave, gave this statement. a serving police constable has tonight been charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. wayne couzens, aged a8, has been remanded in custody and will appear at westminster magistrates�* court tomorrow morning. sarah's family of course have been informed of this development and remain supported by specialist officers. i would like at this stage to pay tribute to sarah's family for their fortitude and forbearance through what can only have been the most intensely

difficult few days. our thoughts remain with them as this matter progresses. that is the latest from the met office. this is bbc news. our main headlines: the us city of minneapolis is to pay $27 million to the family of george floyd in one of the biggest pre—trial settlements ever in a civil rights case. more now on that. dr rashawn ray is a david m rubenstein fellow in governance studies at the brookings institution and an expert in police—civilian relations. i asked him for his thoughts on this payout to george floyd's family. on one hand, it's unprecedented. i mean, as we know, it's pretty much the most amount that has been awarded for a civil proceeding as relates to a pre—trial leading up to the person who actually did the act. on the other hand, however, there is no amount of money that can bring back a loved one. we heard there from george floyd's brother and also the attorney benjamin crump, who made a good point

about policy — that policy is the next step that needs to change to ensure that what we saw happened last year is something that can never happen again. so what kind of policies would you like to see changed? i think the biggest one that people have to recognise that this $27 million is pretty much coming from taxpayer dollars in minneapolis. and part of what needs to change is that we need to shift taxpayers being responsible for these civil payouts to police department insurance policies and even police officer liability insurance. from 2015—19, across the united states, over $2 billion was paid out for civil settlements for police misconduct. this is something that simply has to change. there is a lack of accountability and due to qualified immunity which, mind you, the george floyd justice and policing act — which was passed again by the house of representatives — will actually address, will lead to more accountability on behalf of police departments

police officers. that's an interesting idea. do you know if there's any precedent for that idea? we have a lot of precedent for that idea in pretty much every other profession — health care, people who drive 18—wheelers, attorneys — but for some reason, we do not do it when it comes to law enforcement. and i think that is something that people are starting to pay attention to. they say if you go in for surgery, for a procedure, if you are dealing with another person who is in a speciality position, often times they carry liability insurance. while i'm not against that for law enforcement, i think it is important, but we also need to ensure the police department is also held accountable. the municipality will still pay out the premium, but what it will lead to is police chiefs being able to look at a person like derek chauvin and say "you know what? you have cost our city and our department millions of dollars." it will lead to a level of accountability and lead to us being able to get these bad apples out of law

enforcement that rotten the entire tree. just before i let you go, we spoke a lot about a year 01’ so ago now. where do you think we are one year on? are you surprised, satisfied with the momentum and changes so far, or disappointed? well, i think things are moving forward in the way that people expect for them to. obviously, the 2020 election was going to be big and president biden is delivering on his promises around dealing with diversity. and then i think we're going to see a huge push dealing with criminal justice reform. we know that the covid relief bill was just passed and there was other legislation that needed to go through, but i fully expect for police reform and criminaljustice reform more broadly to be addressed. thanks to dr rashawn ray. saturday march 13th marks one year since breonna taylor was killed in her apartment by police officers. she was shot eight times. no criminal charges have ever been brought over her death,

which sparked protests in her home city of louisville, kentucky, and across the country. our correspondent larry madowo is in louisville'sjefferson square park, where a rally is expected. this place has been a centre for memorials, a place to remind people to say her name and to honour her memory. the family will also be here doing a food drive for the community around and they are still saying they demand justice, even though the city of louisville — her mother has been talking to reporters this week and said that the officers who shot her committed a crime and they should be prosecuted for it. the attorney general daniel cameron, who was the special prosecutor in this case, says that the officers that shot into breonna taylor's house that night, exactly a year ago today, werejustified because breonna taylor's boyfriend kenneth walker shot at them first. he did do that, but it

is because he believed they were intruders. today, he has filed a federal lawsuit against the city and against the police. given what we've seen with the $27 million to be received by george floyd's family, how has that been received where you are? the interesting thing here is that there is a connection between the george floyd family and the breonna taylor family — they are both represented by the attorney ben crump, who negotiated that $12 million here and also the $27 million settlement in the city of minneapolis. he made the connection today that the two names will be forever interlinked because, in the middle of a pandemic where everything else shut down, he says implicit bias and police use of excessive force did not. and they were the two names that were the rallying call for the black lives matter movement and the protests across the summer here in ther

us and across the country, so the name of breonna taylor and the name of george floyd were there is the anniversary here are at the top of people's minds again this week. thank you to larry. the international olympic committee says it's not a "super world government" which can resolve political issues in china. it comes as pressutre grows for a boycott of the 2022 concerns have been raised by activists in relation to tibetan and uighur claims of human rights violations — an issue the ioc says it's taking "very seriously". beijing will become the first city to host summer and winter games, but the ioc has been criticised for awarding the winter olympics to china, given its human rights record. it says a boycott has no logic and would only punish athletes. here's some of what ioc president thomas bach had to say in a press conference on friday. we are not a super world government.

—— we are not a super world government, you know, where the ioc could solve or address issues for which — not the un security council, no g7, no g20 has solutions. this is the remits of politics. we have to fulfil our — and to live up to our own responsibilities within our area of responsibilities and the government's effort to live up to their responsibilities. the killing of george floyd sparked black lives matter protests in the us and around the globe. now the authors of a new graphic novel about the black panther movement, active nearly 60 years ago, suggest there are lessons from the past which apply to the present. when i went into writing this book, one of the things i felt was really important was i wanted readers to understand what it was like

in america for black people. things like the murder of emmett till, the bombing of the 16th st baptist church — these are things people saw in the news every day. this was part of the black experience in america. the panthers were formed in 1966 during the height of the civil rights movement and were formed in response to police brutality that was going on in the bay area. they walked around with shotguns and tried to keep incidents of police brutality from happening. they policed the police. you know, the black panther party, when they first formed, had the 10—point program. it was divided into two sections — what we want and what we believe. they wanted an end to police brutality, better pay, and an end to poverty. and then they expanded,

they started a free breakfast program for children, an education program, medicalservices, so they really grew into this multi—faceted organisation, all of which was dedicated to serving the poor black community. unfortunately, they are remembered mostly for carrying guns and scaring people, and there is so much more to their story than that. the general impression that most people have about the black panther party in this country is really distorted, and a lot of that is distorted because the fbi had launched what they called the counterintelligence program, and the false stories —— a counterintelligence program about them, and the false stories that the fbi had spread were picked up by the mass media and reported as being truthful. and all of that misinformation has sort of seeped into the public consciousness and created this myth, this very dangerous myth, and that is part of what this

book is about — it is getting to the truth beyond the myth. in some ways, working on this book was very, very heartbreaking for me because i was seeing all of these parallels to what happened 50, 60 years ago, and what's happening today. literally, the day after i wrote the initial afterword for this book was when george floyd was killed, and i remember watching as cities started erupting in protests and violence, thinking to myself, "nothing has changed". this book had to be about the story of people and what they did, what they sacrificed, the victories they had and the defeats, and how they helped change the world. that is about it from me. i will be back with the headlines in a couple of minutes' time. plenty more online and on the bbc news up. if you are online, you can get me on social media.

you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lvaughanjones. i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. goodbye. hello there. the weather has been in a particularly energetic mood over the last few days with some very strong and blustery winds and i think it's going to take a while for things to calm down, so still windy through this weekend. there will be some sunny spells, but also some heavy showers. you can see the cloud on the satellite picture. it has been blown quite briskly across the atlantic on those strong winds. speckled shower clouds and this band of cloud here, which has been bringing some more persistent rain eastwards. that clearing away through the first part of the morning, and then you can see plenty more showers following on behind. some of those showers through the day will be heavy and thundery, some with some sleet and some snow mixing in over high ground in the north and the potential for some hail as well but at least for a time, eastern scotland, central and eastern parts of england will see fewer showers and more

in the way of sunshine. but it does stay windy, particularly across england and wales. these are the winds gusts you can expect — 50 mph or more in exposed places. so when you factor in the strength of the wind, it is going to feel really chilly out there. top temperatures between 7—10 degrees. through saturday night, we'll see one clump of showers pushing south—eastwards across england and wales, more feeding into northern ireland and scotland for a time, but you can see the showers become fewer and further between by the end of the night. more dry weather to start sunday morning. it stays windy enough, i think, to avoid a frost in most places, but it will be quite a chilly start to the day. and then through sunday, high pressure fairly close by but low pressure still in charge. a frontal system approaching from the west, so while many places will start off the day dry with some spells of sunshine, we'll see more in the way of cloud spinning across northern ireland and scotland. outbreaks of rain with that, which will then get down into northern england, wales and the midlands. but for southern and eastern areas, it's likely to stay dry

for a good part of the day. still windy but not as windy, and temperatures ranging from seven degrees in northern scotland to 11 in eastern and southern parts of england and south wales. now, if you are looking for things to calm down, it looks like that will happen during next week as this area of high pressure slowly but surely establishes itself. a little bit of rain around at the start of the week, but it should then turn drier. there'll be some sunshine and the winds should fall quite a lot lighter.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the family of george floyd — the unarmed black man killed when restrained by a white police office — is to receive $27 million in compensation from the city of minneapolis. it's thought to be one of the largest pre—trial settlements in us history. new york's governor, andrew cuomo, says he will not bow to quote, "cancel culture" and resign. there are growing calls for him to step down after allegations of sexual misconduct. us democratic senators chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrand have joined the list of politicians saying he should go. a remembrance service to mark the second anniversary of the christchurch mosque attacks has been held in new zealand. 51 people lost their lives when a gunman opened fire at the al noor and linwood mosques on march 15, 2019. the prime minister, jacinda adern, paid tribute with an emotional address.

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