this is bbc news, i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. in minneapolis, new footage of geroge floyd's death is shown to the jury, in the trial of the white police officer — charged with his murder. brazil's president, reshuffles his cabinet — as latin america's largest country descends into further covid—induced chaos. coranavirus probably originated in bats, before infecting humans — the conclusion of a long awaited world health organisation report seen by the bbc. and — it's adios sergio aguero — manchester city's record goal scorer is to leave the club at the end of the season.

the trial has begun in the united states of the white former police officer accused of killing george floyd — with lawyers and civil rights leaders claiming the case is a referendum onjustice and equality in america. mr floyd's death in minneapolis last may sparked �*black lives matter�* protests across the world — as public anger was fed by distressing footage showing him begging for air as derek chauvin knelt on his neck. mr chauvin denies charges of manslaughter and murder. lebo diseko reports from minneapolis.

derek chauvin finally facing a jury derek chauvin finally facing a jury of his peers. the central question for both sides in this case, what caused george floyd's death? the prosecution said it was derek chauvin kneeling on his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds. fin kneeling on his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds. on may five, 2020 _ minutes and 29 seconds. on may five, 2020 derek— minutes and 29 seconds. on may five, 2020 derek chauvin - five, 2020 derek chauvin betrayed his badge. when he used excessive force and unreasonable force upon the body of mr george floyd. that he put his knees upon us and inspire grinding and crushing him until the very breath, no, ladies and gentlemen, the very life are squeezed out of him. the defence argued the officers were facing an increasingly

hostile crowd distracting them from mr floyd's. extra death was the result of drug use in poor health they said. the evidence _ poor health they said. the evidence will _ poor health they said. the evidence will show - poor health they said. the evidence will show that his death_ evidence will show that his death as a the ingestion of methamphetamine and fentanyl, and the — methamphetamine and fentanyl, and the adrenaline flowing through his body all of which activity— through his body all of which activity further compromise and already— activity further compromise and already compromised heart. among _ already compromised heart. among the opening days but this is a 911 dispatch worker who was watching the arrest by a police camera. she was so alarmed by what she saw that she rang the officers' supervisor. also understand a passer—by who tried to intervene on mr floyd's bar. a martial arts expert, he recognised derek chauvin�*s me on mr floyd �*s neck as a child how they could be fatal. the more you — how they could be fatal. the more you saw _ how they could be fatal. the more you saw floyd - how they could be fatal. the more you saw floyd fade away

like a — more you saw floyd fade away like a fish _ more you saw floyd fade away like a fish in _ more you saw floyd fade away like a fish in a _ more you saw floyd fade away like a fish in a bag _ more you saw floyd fade away like a fish in a bag he - more you saw floyd fade away like a fish in a bag he saw- more you saw floyd fade away like a fish in a bag he saw hisl like a fish in a bag he saw his eyes — like a fish in a bag he saw his eyes slowly— like a fish in a bag he saw his eyes slowly pale _ like a fish in a bag he saw his eyes slowly pale out - like a fish in a bag he saw his eyes slowly pale out and - like a fish in a bag he saw his. eyes slowly pale out and begin slowly — eyes slowly pale out and begin slowly rolling _ eyes slowly pale out and begin slowly rolling into _ eyes slowly pale out and begin slowly rolling into the - eyes slowly pale out and begin slowly rolling into the back - eyes slowly pale out and begin slowly rolling into the back ofl slowly rolling into the back of his size _ slowly rolling into the back of his size. , , his size. this is most high rofile his size. this is most high profile police _ his size. this is most high profile police brutality - his size. this is most high | profile police brutality case to be tried in the us for decades. bass has not been mentioned in court but its significance is inescapable. people across this and the world over she wore her busier closely. and lebojoins us now from minneapolis. tell us more about what was heard in the first day.- heard in the first day. well, as i explained _ heard in the first day. well, as i explained in _ heard in the first day. well, as i explained in my - heard in the first day. well, as i explained in my report, the central question here is what caused mr floyd's and for the prosecution, they wanted us to focus on that and in fact they played the full video of they played the full video of the encounter with derek chauvin on his neck for the jury chauvin on his neck for the jury in the opening of the

trial as part of the. excuse me, there are police cars coming through so excuse the noise. they made that full video, central part of statement, reminding people watching what happened and the prosecutors say believe your eyes. basically saying that despite the other bits of evidence and arguments you will hearfrom the evidence and arguments you will hear from the prosecution, evidence and arguments you will hearfrom the prosecution, you can believe what you're seeing in terms of what derek chauvin is doing. we know that they will bring other witnesses who will bring other witnesses who will testify that it was not part of minneapolis police training and some of those witnesses will be acting police officers. forthe witnesses will be acting police officers. for the defence. they argue that there were several factors at play here and they made the reference to the drugs found in george floyd's system and had underlying health conditions and we are likely to see them both to that time and

time again as part of their argument. in time again as part of their argument-— time again as part of their argument. time again as part of their ara ument. , ., , argument. in this trial will be televised- — argument. in this trial will be televised. why _ argument. in this trial will be televised. why did _ argument. in this trial will be televised. why did the - argument. in this trial will be televised. why did the judge | televised. why did the judge decide to do that. he recognised that there was intense public interest in this case and because of the situation and covid people are not able to go into the court in the way they might usually do to watch it. just turning on the tv here, literally every station i watched had special coverage of this case and the president will be watching because of what they said about race relations in this country and what they said about the experiences of african americans today. but the jury will not be seen on camera, will not be seen on camera, will they?— will not be seen on camera, willthe ? ., ,, , , will they? that is because they want to protect _ will they? that is because they want to protect the _ will they? that is because they want to protect the jury's - want to protect the jury's safety after the trial is over the judge said that he will release their names but that is a key aspect of this. i even

had thejudge telling a key aspect of this. i even had the judge telling the jury don't step beyond this line. this is to make sure that you are not seen on camera and keep your identity is private. for now, your identity is private. for now. thank— your identity is private. for now, thank you _ your identity is private. for now, thank you so - your identity is private. for now, thank you so much and just to say don't forget you will find a lot more via analysis. don't forget you'll find lots more reaction and anaylsis on our website — including a piece on the power of the police, and this summary of what happened during the first day. just go to bbc.com/news, or download the bbc news app. a latin america's largest country, brazil, has descended into covid—induced chaos, with more new case numbers and deaths in the past week than any other nation on earth. president, jair bolsonaro, has also lost two key cabinet ministers, as he comes under increasing pressure over his handling of the pandemic.

mark lobel reports. throughout the pandemic, governments around the world have tried to avoid hospital scenes like these. queues for intensive care units. this one filmed over the past week in south—east brazil, where the local mayor has rallied against locking down. some covid patients have died in line, waiting. translation: people have been talking for months - about the risk of the public health system collapsing. sadly, that moment has come. the virus is spreading across the country, as deaths are felt here at an alarming rate. there are political casualties, too. the president, who has rallied against lockdowns himself, has lost two ministers in one day. his loyal foreign minister, ernesto araujo, has been under pressure for weeks,

after his trump—like attacks on china may have delayed his country's efforts to secure their vaccines. his defence minister fernando azevedo e silva's resignation — without giving a reason — came as more of a surprise. there's been a glimmer of good news — president bolsonaro's newly installed fourth health minister, marcelo queiroga, says brazil could receive vaccine supplies from the usa sooner than expected. but for some, it's all too late. jose roberto ignacio spent much of his life ferrying the sick and injured to hospital, but earlier this month the retired ambulance driver took the familiar route once more — as a passenger

gasping for breath. when the 63—year—old needed intensive care himself, doctors in sao paulo explained there was no more room. translation: all his life | he worked to save people, and in the hour that he needed help there was nothing for him. his son recounted watching his father dying without being able to do anything about it. there's no doubt similar fears for the thousands currently waiting for itu beds across the country. mark lobel, bbc news. a long—awaited world health organisation report into the origins of covid—19, which has been seen by the bbc, is set to be released later today. it concludes that the virus probably originated in bats but passed through an intermediary animal before infecting humans. aruna iyengar has the details. this eagerly awaited report has faced setbacks and diplomatic wrangling. experts from the who had trouble even getting into wuhan — the city at the centre of the initial outbreak of covid—19. investigations finally started injanuary this year — more than a year after the first cases emerged. key findings of the experts�*

report are that covid—19 passed from bats, through an intermediary animal, to humans, but it doesn't offer definitive answers on the mystery at the very heart of the pandemic — how the virus first jumped to humans — and the theory that the virus was released via a laboratory incident in china is considered extremely unlikely. of course, i will have more to say following further review and understanding of the report. but for now, all hypotheses will be on the table and will need further study. although the wuhan food market was initially thought to be where the outbreak began, who and chinese scientists found evidence that the virus could have been circulating for some weeks before december 2019, and some of those infected had no connection with the market. the covid—19 pandemic

has killed almost 2.8 million people worldwide. it's hoped the report's findings will give some clearer answers on how the virus came about. aruna iyengar, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. more than 20 world leaders — including britain's prime minister, borisjohnson, and german chancellor angela merkel — are calling for a new international treaty to deal with health emergencies. in a joint article, they acknowledge it is their responsibility to learn the lessons of the covid pandemic to ensure the world is better prepared next time. prosecutors in new york have announced new charges against ghislaine maxwell — the british socialite accused of grooming young girls for herformer partner, jeffrey epstein. she denies wrongdoing — and is in prison awaiting trial injuly. the new indictment adds a fourth suspected victim — a 14—year—old girl. the mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador has described as murder the death

of a woman in police custody. there's been outrage after footage surfaced of victoria esperanza salazar — a migrant from el salvador — crying out in pain as a policewoman pinned her to the ground with her knee. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... the effects on the human heart of long periods of space of travel. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can at worse produce a meltdown. in this case the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing.

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton| hotel, where he had - been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. l it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. in minneapolis — new footage of george floyd's death is shown to the jury, in the trial of the white police officer charged with his murder. let's stay with our main story now. edward obayashi —

an attorney and the deputy sheriff in plumas county, california — is a national use—of—force expert who trains and advises police agencies across california. thank you so much for being on the programme. as i havejust mentioned and as we heard in the report, thejury were mentioned and as we heard in the report, the jury were shown more than nine minutes of derek chauvin saying he was doing his job. is your take on this use of force in this case.- job. is your take on this use of force in this case. this may seem very — of force in this case. this may seem very odd, _ of force in this case. this may l seem very odd, counterintuitive to the rest of the world. the system of the use of force applications in the united states is very counterintuitive when compared to the laws of

use of force in other countries. i'm talking about, like, primarily europe etc. australia, new zealand. europe and many asian countries, australia, new zealand, commonality in the sense that police use of force or policing itself, police departments across the nation as a whole are uniform and standardised. the united states is an exception to that rule all that standard, so to speak. the... the 50 states and the united states and within those days there are multitudes of different counties, cities etc which really are responsible for their own standards of use of force. and although there

are standards imposed by many state regulatory agencies these four standards are somewhat flexible as long as they comply with the law and talking about case law, which interprets the statutory cases.— case law, which interprets the statutory cases. simply, do you believe neck _ statutory cases. simply, do you believe neck restraint _ statutory cases. simply, do you believe neck restraint should i believe neck restraint should believe neck restraint should be used by the police? as a means of restraint? yes they should be — means of restraint? yes they should be used _ means of restraint? yes they should be used in _ means of restraint? yes they should be used in certain - should be used in certain situations because you do not want to take away the use of force option that may save the life of an officer all those who he or she is trying to protect so it is not an absolute prohibition. it is a case by case situation. but in this case _ case by case situation. but in this case what _ case by case situation. but in this case what are _ case by case situation. but in this case what are your- this case what are your thoughts?— this case what are your thou:hts? _, , ., , this case what are your thou:hts? , ., , ., thoughts? got my thoughts on this case. _

thoughts? got my thoughts on this case. l _ thoughts? got my thoughts on this case, i have _ thoughts? got my thoughts on this case, i have been - thoughts? got my thoughts on this case, i have been asked . thoughts? got my thoughts on| this case, i have been asked by your colleagues before and i have analysed the use of force policy that the minneapolis police department has by and again it is different from california standards. the minneapolis police department policy allows for the type of force that derek chauvin applied against the individual. so again this is a product of this training and experience. anyone with the practice if he's that video, i get more than anybody else. no use of force. , ., , than anybody else. no use of force, , ., , l, force. sorry to interrupt you but very _ force. sorry to interrupt you but very briefly, _ force. sorry to interrupt you but very briefly, what - force. sorry to interrupt you but very briefly, what you i but very briefly, what you think the conclusion of this trial might be, then, in that case? because, of his defences arguing he was doing hisjob. i am sorry. there is no way of

predicting what a jury is going to hand it down. as an attorney who, you know, 30 years of trial experience. you cannot predict what the jury is going to do. the problem here is that the optics are very negative. and that is just part of society and reality now. i would love to talk to your father but i am afraid we have not got have a thank you so much for sharing your expertise, join us live on bbc news. expertise, join us live on bbc news. now time for all the sport. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun, and this is your latest sports news from the bbc sports center. sergio aguero is to leave manchester city at the end of the season. it's been confirmed that the striker�*s contract, which expires at the end of the campaign, will not be renewed. he's their record goal—scorer, having joined the club in 2011. the clubs say they hope to have thousands of supporters at the final home game

of the season against everton, where they will pay tribute to the player. the morrocco head coach, vahid halilhodzic has said on monday that his side are a group, not a team yet, as they prepare to face burundi in their final african cup of nations qualifier later on tuesday. already through, morocco top the group, and they're six points ahead of second—placed mauritania, who kept their qualification hopes alive with a 1—1 draw against the group leaders last friday. burundi sit on five points in third place, and could still qualify with a win in the event that mauritania draw or lose against the central african republic. a we know it's going to be a difficult game, we we will try to give our reaction after the draw against mauretania but, as you know, everyone wants to win and we're try to give our reaction after the draw against mauretania but, as you know, everyone wants to win and we're going to try. but as well, i'm sure burundi going to try, as well. there are ten more world cup 2022 qualifying matches for european sides on tuesday. the world's number—one—ranked side, belgium, are in action.

their five—game winning run came to an end on saturday — they were held to a 1—1 draw away to czech republic in group e. belarus, their opponents, have won their only game of qualifying so far, but will be the heavy underdogs going into this match — the first ever game between the pair. to cricket now, and west indies closed on 287—7 on the first day of their second test against sri lanka in antigua. kraigg brathwaite is unbeaten on 99, alongside rahkeem cornwall, who's 43 not out. kyle mayers was dismissed one run short of his half century. suranga lakmal, the pick of the sri lankan bowlers, with three wickets for 71. last week's first test between the two sides ended in a draw. and england pace bowler a jofra archer has had a fragment of glass removed from a tendon on his right hand a french court has found drugmaker servier guilty of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated deceit over its weight—loss pill mediator. azadeh moshiri reports. lisa boussinot has been waiting years for this moment. her mother died at the age of 51 and miss boussinot has

insisted a weight loss pill, mediator, was responsible. she's one of the thousands of plaintiffs involved in one of france's biggest health scandals — a pill for overweight diabetics pulled over fears it could cause serious heart problems, and believed to have killed anywhere between 500 and 2,000 people. and now the french courts have finally agreed. french drug company servier has been found guilty of aggravated deceit and involuntary manslaughter. the scandal was even made into a film centred around dr irene frachon — a french pulmonologist who exposed the scandal. your mother died 2004 and it was only years later that you understood that it was because of this medication. so what was the moment like for you? translation: it was i quite a unique moment. a moment when irene frachon,

who's a pulmonologist and is the reason this scandal surfaced, she wrote a book. my father read this book, made the connection with my mother's death. my mother had taken this medicine — she'd had a bit of hypertension and suddenly died — brutally, very, very young. servier denied any knowledge of the pill�*s side effect, but the court has fined the drug maker 2.7 million euros. its former deputy chairman was handed a four—year suspended prison sentence, and france's medical regulator was fined more than 300,000 euros for what thejudge called serious failings. translation: the only thing that we can tell you today - is that we are going to look in detail at the decision that will have been handed down by thejudges, and we will obviously provide our clients with our insight as the appropriate follow—up to this decision. but this may not be the end of it. lisa boussinot and other plaintiffs are looking into pursuing a civil case

for more damages, and she hopes other families can be spared the tragedy she and victims of the mediator have gone through. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. a new study has found that spending very long periods of time in space and taking part in extreme endurance swimming, can cause the heart to shrink. the research compared the effects of astronaut scott kelly's year in space with a marathon swim across the pacific ocean. the findings indicate that the gravity we experience here on earth helps our heart to maintain both its size and function. dr benjamin levine, professor of internal medicine at the university of texas. led the research. normally, under gravitational conditions on earth, the heart has to pump blood uphill against gravity. but in space or in the water, it doesn't have to do that, and that, depending on what your background physical activity is, that can unload the heart. the heart's like any other muscle — if you weight lift and build your heart muscle and then your skeletal muscle and then you stop lifting, the muscle's going to shrink. we've done some studies

on the ground where we put people to bed which is a ground—base model, an analogue for space flight. we've shown that if you can exercise hard enough and intense enough while you're lying down in bed, you can prevent that adaptation. and scott kelly — his heart certainly was fine, it didn't get weaker, but it did shrink, and even the amount of exercise he did over a year in space was insufficient. now that didn't surprise me as much as ben lecomte. if we had to bet before this study, i would have been nearly certain that his heart would have been protected and would not have shrunk — in fact, i thought it was going to get bigger from all the exercise he did, but it turns out that swimming for eight hours a day in the pacific ocean is a low—intensity effort, and not enough to overcome the effect of loss of gravity.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ sallybundockbbc. hello. monday brought us the warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures in the southeast at 20.1; celsius, and things will get even warmer over the next few days. so a lot of warm, sunny weather, but not everywhere. some wet weather holding on across the northwest of scotland, really quite persistent rain there. and then later this week, from around thursday onwards, things are turning colder for all of us with the return of some overnight frosts as well. for now, here's the weather front that's slow moving across the northwest of scotland. that's producing further outbreaks of rain, we could see some localised flooding for northern and western parts of the highlands, also for the western isles and the northern isles. elsewhere, a dry story, quite cloudy for parts of northern ireland, southern scotland and the far north of england. but the cloud should thin

and break up through the day, long spells of warm sunshine further south and light winds. temperatures up to 23 degrees across the southeast of england. but above 20 for england and wales, up in the high teens for scotland and northern ireland. through this evening and overnight, we see that rain persisting again across the western half of scotland, but it will start to edge its way gradually a little bit further south. temperatures first thing wednesday morning won't be quite as chilly as first thing tuesday morning, so typically between 7—9 celsius. now as we head through tuesday night into wednesday, there is the weather front, which slowly during wednesday morning will start to filter its way a little further south. so the rain's continuing across parts of scotland through the day, very slowly, some of it nudging across northern ireland. really, england and wales staying dry once again on wednesday, and with those clear, blue skies, it will be another warm day. very warm in fact for march, between 19—23 degrees once again, but things starting to turn a little bit cooler across scotland

and northern ireland too. 11 or 12 here, and single figures across the northern half of scotland. that's down to the fact that this weather front is introducing colder air from the north towards the end of the week. as that slips its way down towards the south, the blue colours are going to return to the map. so this colder air moving in from an arctic direction, and that is going to feel very different as we head towards good friday and into the easter weekend as well. so certainly turning colder later this week, some wintry showers possible, but the next few days looking warm for many of us. bye— bye.

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