this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the jury in the trial of the former police officer charged with killing george floyd retires to consider its verdict — the case is seen as a key moment in us race relations and policing. outrage as europe's richest clubs announce plans to join a new breakaway football super league. russia's opposition leader alexei navalny is moved to a prison hospital as his health deteriorates, piling on the pressure for president putin. and, mission accomplished, if only for a few moments. nasa flies a drone over the surface of mars, in yet another first for human—kind's efforts in space.

hello and welcome. we start in the us city of minneapolis. security is being tightened in there as jurors begin considering their verdict in the trial of the former us police officer charged with murdering the black man george floyd last year. derek chauvin denies causing mr floyd's death by kneeling on his neck. officials are preparing for protest once the outcome of the trial is footage from the incident was again shown in closing arguments today, and some of it is included, in our correspondent nick brya nt�*s report. it's a measure of the passions aroused by this trial that the courthouse looks more like a prison.

and the presence of the national guard serves as a martial reminder of how this midwestern city has become america's most volatile fault line. put your hands up, right now. let me see your other hand. in its closing argument, the prosecution showed police body—cam footage of george floyd's arrest for a minor offence, and his reluctance at getting in the police car because he suffered from claustrophobia and anxiety. already handcuffed, the officers took him out and forced him to the ground. i can't breathe... "i can't breathe. " george floyd uttered these words almost 30 times. this wasn't policing. this was murder. the defendant is guilty of all three counts. all of them. and there's no excuse. then derek chauvin listened as his lawyer mounted his final defence. he argued that the officer followed his training and adhered to police procedures in a highly stressful situation...

i can't breathe! ..and that george floyd's drug use and heart condition contributed to his death. the state has failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt, and therefore mr chauvin should be found not guilty on all counts. over this 3—week trial, we've seen the emotional friends and eyewitnesses, the testimony of medical first responders... in lay terms, i thought he was dead. ..the rare sight of a police chief publicly condemning the actions of one of his officers... it is not part of our training and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values. ..and the dramatic moment when derek chauvin decided not to testify. i will invoke my fifth amendment privilege today. this has become a familiar american streetscape — shops boarded up and ready for a storm of protest. but tonight, a pause for prayer for the family of george floyd, their testament of hope that justice will be served. nick bryant, bbc news, minneapolis.

larry is in minneapolis. thejury the jury has started deliberating in the charges of derek shaven what is accused of murdering george floyd last may. is one of many because there is a big operational safety net combining both national and state law enforcement agencies — chauvin. that is in anticipation of what could happen if the verdict doesn't go in the way of what the protesters expect. the jury deliberations could take an hour or a week and we will have to wait until they announce they have a verdict. the prosecutors and defence went back and forth regarding whether or not last may derek chauvin trade his badge and used excessive force to lead to the death of george floyd, or he did what any reasonable officer could have that in that same circumstance. the word

reasonable came up again and again because reasonable standard is at the centre of this case. the prosecution accuses derek chauvin of having used excessive force was is not consistent with his training and told the jury to believe their eyes. what they saw happen. the defence contends there is more to this story and there is more to this story and the cause of george floyd's death is multifactorial, because of his drug use, underlying health problems, and also to a certain degree, the exhaust fumes coming from the squad car that was there. the state of minnesota has never convicted a white officer for the killing of a black man. there is only one—off officer who has ever been convicted and that was a lack man, mohammed nour in 2019 for the killing of a white woman. it is hard to tell what will happen here but the whole world is watching the the whole world is watching the the verdict when it comes around.

the announcement was as shocking as the response has been swift. 12 of europe's biggest football clubs intend to break away to form a super league of their own. fans are furious. here is the foot all head of the government in your. uefa and the footballing _ the government in your. uefa and the footballing world - the government in your. iiffe. and the footballing world stand united against the disgraceful and self—serving proposal we have seen the last 2a hours from a select few clubs in europe that are fuelled purely by greed above all else. this idea is a spit in the face of all football others and our society as well. so we will not allow them to take it away from us. , , ., allow them to take it away from us. �* , ., ., allow them to take it away from us. , ., ., ._ allow them to take it away from us. just one of many unhappy voices there _ us. just one of many unhappy voices there in _ us. just one of many unhappy voices there in europe. - us. just one of many unhappy voices there in europe. let'sl voices there in europe. let's get a different perspective that now. we can speak to football commentator simon hill who is in sydney. a giver coming on the program. good to be with you _ coming on the program. good to be with you lewis. _ coming on the program. good to be with you lewis. give - be with you lewis. give us the perspective from australia - be with you lewis. give us the l perspective from australia then and asia more widely because in

europe, lots of fans, lots of organisers within the game are not happy at all. how is it being viewed there? i think there's been a similar reaction, certainly in australia. i can't speak for the whole of asia but in australia there are a lot of premier league fans in particular and i think their reaction has been one of stunned silence to a large degree, but also anger and disappointment that their favourite clubs, particularly the big six of england because the premier league is usually popular here, has decided to go down this road. i have to say it has been a little bit of a shock i think to all of us because we were all expecting on monday to hear that these revamped plans for the champions league had been rubberstamped with the expanding group stage instead of evolution, we got revolution. i think people are still digesting yet but a very angry and very disappointed. what do you think the motivation is behind these changes?— changes? money. laughs - laughs it is as simple as that. it is

an insurance policy against relegation, if you like, from the champions league. the big clubs of europe want more of the cash that is on offer from global football. the cash that is on offer from globalfootball. they the cash that is on offer from global football. they feel they can get more of it by going alone with a other one and of course protecting their place. this is the number of the whole argument that we have these 12 finding clubs plus another three yet to be named that would essentially be immune from being relegated from that elite group —— founding, and with that comes of course they guarantee annually of lots of lots of money. if you look at the way the premier league table stands at the moment, a handful of those big six clubs that are going to join the super league, liverpool, arsenal, tottenham, and chelsea, that is four of the top six, not in the top four spots in england. so at the moment at least they wouldn't qualify for the champions league next year which means a

huge loss in revenue and that is what they want to insure against. i is what they want to insure a . ainst. , . ., is what they want to insure aaainst. , ~ ., ., h, against. i see. what about the argument _ against. i see. what about the argument that _ against. i see. what about the argument that it _ against. i see. what about the argument that it works - against. i see. what about the argument that it works in - argument that it works in america and australia where have that that are ring—fenced and there is no promotional relegation and fans still love it and still watch it?- it and still watch it? well, the do it and still watch it? well, they do but _ it and still watch it? well, they do but i _ it and still watch it? well, they do but i think - it and still watch it? well, | they do but i think america it and still watch it? well, - they do but i think america and australia are very different markets to the global game such as football with established traditions of well over a hundred years of sporting meritocracy essentially. even here in australia, there is a big push for a national second division and promotion and relegation. at some point we will probably have that when finances allow. the geography of the two countries as you mentioned, the united states and australia, sort of works against it in many ways of that system of promotion and relegation. of course, in football terms, they don't have quite the same histories in terms of the longevity of their legs. so this is a global game

has been established on these principles for many years — leagues, and i think that is why fans are, in my opinion, rightly outraged.— why fans are, in my opinion, rightly outraged. simon hill, treat to rightly outraged. simon hill, great to have _ rightly outraged. simon hill, great to have you _ rightly outraged. simon hill, great to have you want - rightly outraged. simon hill, great to have you want to i rightly outraged. simon hill, i great to have you want to think you're talking to us.— you're talking to us. thank ou, you're talking to us. thank you. lewis- _ there's been strong condemnation of russia over recent days with president putin coming under international pressure on several fronts. the us imposed new sanctions on russia last week for meddling in elections and on monday the eu criticised the kremlin over the build up of troops on the ukrainian the us government has said the world will hold the russian correspondent steve rosenberg reports from krasnoyarsk, in siberia, on the growing tensions within putin's russia. where is russia going undeeradimir putin? what kind of a country is the president building? what is he thinking and planning? getting inside vladimir putin's mind is artist vasily slonov�*s job.

he sees a leader determined to keep power. translation: however you mix up the pieces, i russia's jigsaw will always show putin. he's outplayed everyone. all his opponents have been removed, jailed, poisoned or killed. alexei navalny was poisoned and later imprisoned. the opposition leader is on hunger strike. there's growing concern about his health and growing pessimism among his supporters. injanuary, police detained igor at a pro—navalny protest. translation: we're going back to the red terror of stalin - when anyone who thought differently from the great leader was persecuted. now, people who don't support our president are seen as enemies. patriotic chimes — a sign of the times. the kremlin�*s encouraging national pride and distrust

of the west. in krasnoyarsk, we're being followed... ok, there it is again, the same numberplate. ..everywhere we go. the fact that we're being followed shows just how nervous the russian authorities are, how sensitive they are to potential criticism about what's happening here, and also how suspicious they are of the west. so one of the cars that's been following us has just pulled up here. we're going to try and have a little chat. he says he's not following us, it's just our imagination. that's not true. for kseniya and herfamily, it's not the west they fear, it's russia's direction.

but like most russians, they avoid politics and protests. i think that people are afraid because if your director finds that you went there... to a protest? yeah, and maybe you were jailed, sometimes you can lose yourjob. people are just afraid. when you look into the future, what kind of a russia would you like your son to live in? i would like russia to be more free. but, you know, i don't believe that anything will change in the nearest future. but change can happen suddenly in russia. communism collapsed, and some think that a system built around one man, even a strong man, is dangerously unstable. translation: russia is heading straight for a big catastrophe. i i'm certain. it's irreversible. it's like the titanic

heading for the iceberg. the overriding feeling i get about russia is uncertainty, and that's of global concern because the direction russia takes has consequences for the whole world. steve rosenberg, bbc news, krasnoyarsk. just some years now that has recently been confirmed and it's been announced that former us vice president walter mondale has died at the age of 93. he served underjimmy carter between 1977 to 1981. he went on to run as a presidential candidate in 1984 but lost to ronald reagan. in a statement, his family said he died from natural causes. they described him as a good, decent and kind man to loved his state and kind man to loved his state and his country and contributed greatly to the successes of the past 60 years. confirming that

the death of former us vice president walter mondale. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a fo rg otte n a forgotten coffee species rediscovered in the sierra leone bruce promise for the industry's future. — brews. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought that they would actually go through with it. one of the most successful singer—song writers of all time, the american pop star prince has died at the age of 57.

i was — it's hard to believe it. i didn't believe it. we just — he was just here saturday. for millions of americans, j the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has i meant conflicting emotions. a national day of— mourning next wednesday, sitting somehow uneasily. with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the latest headlines: thejury in the the jury in the trial of former police officer charged with killing george floyd retires to consider its verdict. the case is seen as a key moment in us race relations and policing. plans were 12 of your�*s top football clubs to form a new breakaway super league have been greeted with outrage.

nasa says a new chapter in space exploration has been opened after a successful test flight of a drone on mars. they're calling it their "wright brothers moment." the drone, called ingenuity, was airborne for around forty seconds. it's the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft on another planet. more ambitious flights are planned for the days ahead. here's our science correspondent rebecca morelle. it was a flight that lasted just 40 seconds. but by hovering in the martian air, turning and then landing, nasa's ingenuity helicopter made history. applause confirmed. ingenuity has performed its first flight. and this was the moment mission control learned of the success. human beings have neverflown a rotorcraft outside of our own earth's atmosphere. we don't have to say it any more. we have flown, human beings have flown a rotorcraft on another planet! and we have started it by flying at mars.

it's a huge deal for humanity. the helicopter took pictures, too, this one mid—flight capturing its own shadow below and anotherjust before it touched down. until now, nasa had no guarantees this would work. these flights are testing cutting—edge technology. on board are solar panels and a thermostat, so the helicopter can survive temperatures down to —80 degrees. for each flight, scientists upload a plan, but ingenuity also has to make decisions by itself. high—tech cameras and sensors can spot obstacles, so it can adjust its height to avoid these. but the helicopter can also use these features as landmarks so it could navigate its way down to the ground. this flight is just the start. in the coming days, the helicopter will begin to fly further afield and it could transform our view of mars. helicopters can cover more ground, can act as scout vehicles, can go into different

areas that the rover can't go into. and then they can do co—ordinated science data. future manned missions to mars can utilise a drone helicopter. so there is a lot of opportunity. more than 100 years ago, the wright brothers made history with the first powered aircraft on earth. now a little mars helicopter has shown the same is possible on another planet, propelling us into a new era of space exploration. rebecca morelle, bbc news. with speak now to nasa's head of science who joins us from pasadena —— we can speak now too. thanks forjoining us. this will, congratulations, obviously. another remarkable achievement up on mars. how significant is it, do you think? it

significant is it, do you think? . , . think? it was a huge achievement - think? it was a huge achievement for - think? it was a huge achievement for the | think? it was a huge - achievement for the team and think? it was a huge _ achievement for the team and a huge achievement for the agency and all the individuals and companies that work with it. this is reallyjust at the edge of what is possible. frankly, remember when they brought up the idea of flying a helicopter, some of the top engineers at thejet helicopter, some of the top engineers at the jet propulsion laboratory, where the world leader's work, they said it is crazy, it's not possible. and for me what really the impact is the ability of adding the aerial dimension to exploration. there is exploration possible without that is otherwise absolutely not possible. 50 that is otherwise absolutely not possible.— that is otherwise absolutely not ossible. . not possible. so we have relied so far on rovers or satellite - so far on rovers or satellite quite far away, and this will give us new images in a different way. what are some of the obstacles, the challenges there are of flying a mini helicopter or a drone on the surface of mars? i think about three challenges. the first one is you need to get there and actually get the vehicle on the surface. ., �* ,

actually get the vehicle on the surface. . �* , ., actually get the vehicle on the surface. . �*, ., . _ surface. that's not easy, frankly- _ surface. that's not easy, frankly. it _ surface. that's not easy, frankly. it took - surface. that's not easy, | frankly. it took us quite a long time to figure out how to do that with perseverance. and the second one is you need to survive on mars and especially recognising everything is autonomous. it is far too slow to joystick this. the third one which is absolutely critical, as it is only 1% of the pressure of air, the equivalent on earth is being three times the himalayas up stacked on top of each other. and, of course, thatis of each other. and, of course, that is only 1%, it is very much harder to actually get enough lift and then to control the flight. all of these obstacles are addressed with ingenuity. it obstacles are addressed with incenui . , ., obstacles are addressed with ingenuity-— ingenuity. it is a wonderful achievement _ ingenuity. it is a wonderful achievement but _ ingenuity. it is a wonderful achievement but it - ingenuity. it is a wonderful achievement but it was - ingenuity. it is a wonderful| achievement but it was only ingenuity. it is a wonderful. achievement but it was only a flight of 40 seconds or so. so what happens now? eye flight of 40 seconds or so. so what happens now?— flight of 40 seconds or so. so what happens now? eye want to remind everybody _ what happens now? eye want to remind everybody that - what happens now? eye want to remind everybody that the - what happens now? eye want to remind everybody that the right | remind everybody that the right brothers�*s flight was 12 seconds. history has been made

sometimes in small doses. and what we're going to do after this first flight is we are going to take, really, and push out, if you like, the flight envelope. the first thing we will do is go higher. we're going to move kind of laterally and come back and then down and then we are going to go even higher and farther over, to really do that we will turn on the microphone third flight to actually hear whether we can, you know, discerned from the rover that is about 70 yards away, whether we can hear the flight. frankly, we're still trying to figure out what the next late start, are we going really, really high, are we going really, really far, are we going faster? so we're really going to experiment with it and learn about the fundamentals of flight in this distant world.— distant world. thomas zurbuchen, _ distant world. thomas zurbuchen, whereverl distant world. thomas i zurbuchen, wherever you distant world. thomas - zurbuchen, wherever you do distant world. thomas _ zurbuchen, wherever you do end “p zurbuchen, wherever you do end up we will be following your progress closely.— up we will be following your progress closely. they giver cominu progress closely. they giver

coming on- _ coming on. really appreciate it. thank you so much coming up —— thanks for coming on. a different story about flight. this is a beach in florida. this is a beach in florida. this is a beach in florida. this is the moment a world war ii aeroplane made an emergency landing. there it goes. just narrowly avoiding swimmers and sunbathers on the beach there. the plane had been taking part in an air show nearby when it suffered an engine failure. thankfully the pilot escaped unhurt. now to some news that might perk you up. a forgotten coffee species has been rediscovered in sierre leone. reasearchers say the small plants could be the key to future—proofing the industry against the effects of climate change. courtney bembridge reports. 2020 was the hottest year on record and brought unprecedented levels of extreme

weather, including fires, flooding, and drought. making warnings like this from the un increasingly urgent. this warnings like this from the un increasingly urgent.— increasingly urgent. this is trul a increasingly urgent. this is truly a pivotal _ increasingly urgent. this is truly a pivotal error - increasingly urgent. this is truly a pivotal error for - truly a pivotal error for humanity's future and this report shows we have no time to waste. climate disruption is here. , , . , . here. rising temperatures are already affecting _ here. rising temperatures are already affecting food - already affecting food security, with more of. coffee is one crop under threat, affecting the livelihoods of more than 100 million farmers. but in these dense tropical forests of sierra leone scientist say they have rediscovered a copy species not seenin rediscovered a copy species not seen in the wild for decades. i think we have a really important discovery, because we have found is a coffee that grows at higher temperatures, but also has those qualities that the consumer requires from coffee, i.e., a fantastic taste. if we are interested in generating the coffees of the

future this is a really important little plant. there are more — important little plant. there are more than _ important little plant. there are more than 109 - important little plant. there are more than 109 coffee i are more than 109 coffee species, most of us get our caffeine hit from a beans. but the crops are less resilient to higher temperatures and it is estimated arabica production gutha by the middle of this century and so the search for a replacement began.— century and so the search for a replacement began. what we want is a tree that _ replacement began. what we want is a tree that is _ replacement began. what we want is a tree that is relatively - is a tree that is relatively compact, that is drought resistant, that is climate tolerant and can give us a good yield with good flavour attributes, and that is almost the holy grail that we have been looking for. the rediscovered - been looking for. the rediscovered species | been looking for. the rediscovered species promises nodes of rose, elder fire, and largely as a arrival arabica. but it could take several years to make its way to our cafes, researchers say malways ms begum before it is grown on a large scale. courtney bembridge, bbc news. —— more research needs to be done. that is it from me for the cell. they will be back with the headlines in a couple

of minutes. you can get me online any time on social media. i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello there. april showers have been in short supply. it's been a very dry month so far. and for most places, tuesday will be another dry day with some sunny spells. but across the north of the uk, we can expect some patchy rain, courtesy of a weather front — you can see it here on the chart — drifting in from the northwest, moving slowly southeastwards through the day and weakening all the while. for much of england and wales, we're starting off the day dry with some spells of sunshine, although quite misty and murky for some of these eastern coasts. and through the day, i think we'll see a gradual build—up in cloud amounts. there may even bejust the odd rogue shower into the afternoon. for scotland and northern ireland, our frontal system bringing cloud, outbreaks of patchy rain southwards. behind it, the skies will brighten but the winds will strengthen, and it will be quite a chilly afternoon across the northern half of the uk.

further south, we're looking at highs 15, 16 degrees or so, and as we go through tuesday night and into the first part of wednesday, the remnants of that weather front will continue to sink southwards, so pushing down across england and wales, with more in the way of cloud here, the odd spot of rain, with clearer skies developing from northern ireland and scotland. some places will see a frost to start wednesday morning. so, through wednesday, that weather front will continue its journey southwards. not much left on it by this stage, just a band of cloud and the odd spot of rain, high pressure building back in behind, bringing sunnier skies for parts of scotland and northern ireland. so, our weatherfront bringing cloud southwards across england and wales. the odd spot of rain, quite misty and murky again for some of these eastern areas. could see the odd sharp shower breaking out through the day down toward the southwest, but sunnier skies for northern england, northern ireland and scotland. the highest temperatures will be where we get a bit of shelter, down towards the south and the west, 15 or 16 degrees. and then as we move out of wednesday into thursday, the remnants of that weather front clear well out into the near continent, high pressure really asserts itself right on top of the british isles,

so that means lots of sunshine through the day, a bit of patchy cloud here and there. highest temperatures, again, will be out west. we could get up to 15 or 16 degrees or so. always a little bit cooler for some of these eastern coasts. and quite breezy down towards the south of the uk. as we head through friday into the weekend, it stays predominantly dry with some spells of sunshine by day, and still the potential for some frost at night.

this is bbc news, the headlines: jufy jury in the trial of derek chauvin has retired to consider its verdict. the former police officer is charged with murdering george floyd in minneapolis last may. in his summing up, thejudge urge the jurors to avoid any bias and rely on the evidence. plans by 12 football clubs to join a planned european super league have been met with outrage from several quarters. the british government says it will do whatever it takes to prevent the move. meanwhile, the president hope european foot�*s governing body has threatened to ban players. and nasa has made history with the first helicopter flight on another planet. the small drone called ingenuity took off from mars and was airborne for 44 seconds. it was carrying a scientific robot. now on bbc news —

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