this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. thejury retires to consider its verdict in the trial of the former police officer charged with killing george floyd. the case is seen as a key moment in us policing and race relations. outrage as europe's richest clubs announce plans to join a new breakaway football super league. mission accomplished — nasa flies a drone over the surface of mars in yet another first for human—kind's efforts in space. walter mondale, who served as us vice president under jimmy carter, has died at the age of 93.

hello and welcome. a jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of derek chauvin — the white former police officer charged with murdering a black man, george floyd, in the united states last year. security has been significantly increased around the court building in minneapolis as officials prepare for protests once the outcome of the trial is known. footage from the distressing incident was again shown in closing arguments, and some of it is included in nick bryant'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 three—week trial, which 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.

derek showman has been charged with three crimes and the sentences vary accordingly. here is larry in minneapolis to explain. here is larry in minneapolis to exlain. , , . ., explain. the biggest charge here is second-degree - explain. the biggest charge i here is second-degree murder here is second—degree murder which has up to a0 years. the other two charges above 25 years and 10 years but even if he were to be found guilty of all three charges, it would give him up to 75 years, they would be concurrent sentences so the maximum present time he can serve his a0 years. however, he is a first—time offender in a of minnesota has a sentencing matrix which would mean that he would probably go to jailfor 12.5 years if he was to be found guilty of all three charges. however, the prosecution is asking the judge to depart from that sentencing guidelines and give him a much harder sentence if he is found guilty —— harsher. however, is we need to keep in mind is that when the verdict is decided by thejury, both sides when the verdict is decided by the jury, both sides of the prosecution and defence will make submissions to the judge

about this anything they are recommending. naturally, the lawyers representing derek chauvin will ask for a lighter sentence because it is a first—time offender and the prosecution wants the harshest possible sentence. it is not going to be where we hear the verdict that we will know how long he is going to go to jail for if he is convicted. we will have to wait slightly longer. 0ur have to wait slightly longer. our thanks to larry there. it's fair to say plans for a new european super league in football haven't gone down well with a lot of people. the plan involves an initial 12 of the biggest clubs forming a new competition. here's the head of football's governing body in europe. the heads of uefa and the footballing world stand united against the disgraceful actions we have seen in the last 2a hours from a select few clubs in europe fuelled purely by greed amongst all else.

this idea is a spit in the face of all football lovers, and our society as well. so we will not allow them to take it away from us. lots of people pretty unhappy in europe. brian walters is head of english content at the korean football league and is here. things are coming on the program. here. things are coming on the rouram. ~' here. things are coming on the rouram. 4' here. things are coming on the rouram. ~ . program. think you having me. what is the _ program. think you having me. what is the view _ program. think you having me. what is the view from - program. think you having me. what is the view from where i program. think you having me. | what is the view from where you are? it's an interesting ones here. it's an interesting ones here. i think it's a little bit different than it is in europe and certainly what it is back in the states as well. i think there's a little bit more of an appetite here. i say unfortunately because it is not where i stand with it but i do think that korean fans are a little bit more open to it than the folks in europe who are, just based on what these clubs already are here, in asia. i5 already are here, in asia. is that because the clubs are big brands, huge fan bases and huge enthusiasm for the sport. they just want to see the top teams play each other?— play each other? yes, i think that's basically _

play each other? yes, i think that's basically what - play each other? yes, i think that's basically what it - play each other? yes, i think| that's basically what it comes down to. i've seen some of the common threads and some of the articles here in correia saying that people don't have a european team but now will pick wind because this competition is happening. we saw this in correia before, we saw it last year when aventis went to play the caley all stars and the ceilidh struggles with attendance to be frank about it. the world cup stadium was sold out for that one with 60,000 people there. people pay big money to see rinaldo take the pitch, which he didn't and fans were spurned because of that are really upset. now it has come around, there is a short memory, a goldfish memory and people are, some are ready to embrace this and obviously some don't like it but it is a stark contrast just because some don't like it but it is a stark contrastjust because of the brands, like you say. it’s the brands, like you say. it's really interesting. the presumption is by the people in charge of this idea is that asia is potentially a huge market for this. decision—making why this was

done, we know this wasn't done for footballing reasons, done, we know this wasn't done forfootballing reasons, this was done about the ice on the product and making these teams global. and i think the folks in correia, those are the exact eyes they have in mind and all of asia in general really. there's an appetite for it here. there are bars that have opened with covid obviously but beforehand there were bars that open, liveable bars, spurs bars and things like that where you stay open until three, aam to show champions league games. so there is an appetite for it here. and the bar changes based on which teams are winning. they were liverpool bars a couple of years ago. it is a very finicky fan base from time to time when it comes to supporting quote unquote european football.- european football. brian walters. _ european football. brian walters, really - european football. brian i walters, really interesting, great to have your perspective. thank you. great to have your perspective. thank vow—

there's been strong combination in russia with president putin coming under heavy sanctions recently. the european union has criticised the kremlin over the buildup of troops on the ukrainian border. 0ur correspondent, steve rosenberg reports from 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. an airport worker in new zealand has tested positive for covid—19 case one day after a travel bubble was launched with australia. these were some of the first passengers to take advantage of new rules allowing passengers to skip hotel quarantine. now a border worker at new zealand's auckland airport has tested positive for covid-19. prime ministerjacinda ardern says the worker was cleaning planes which had come from countries considered high risk, not australia. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a forgotten coffee species rediscovered in sierra leone brews promise for the industry's future.

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 world news, the latest headlines: the jury in the trial of the former police officer charged with killing george floyd retires to consider it's verdict. the case is seen as a key moment in us race relations and policing. plans for 12 of europe's top football clubs to form a breakaway super league have been greeted with outrage. it's been announced that former us vice president — walter mondale — has died at the age of 93. he served underjimmy carter between 1977 and 1981. he went on to run as a presidential candidate in 198a — but lost to ronald reagan. earlier i spoke to our north america correspondent, peter bowes, and asked him about

the politician's legacy. he is and will be remembered as a statesman who was high principled, who had a very long career in american politics before becoming vice president. he served in the us senate, representing his home state of minnesota, he had been a lawyer in minneapolis, a city which of course is very much in the news today because of the trial of derek chauvin. and he served in that role, in the senate, for i think 12 years and probably his biggest achievement was the passing of the fair housing act. he campaigned for an act and was really essential to getting it passed through the senate that and discrimination on the basis of race and religion and sex. but then he was, as you say, elected to the white house withjimmy carter. the election in 1976. and as vice president, that is really where he made his mark. he elevated that role like no other vice president. i think it is quite well known that

vice presidents, really, the job is without portfolio and it is down to the individual to make thejob is down to the individual to make the job what they can and make the job what they can and make the job what they can and make the best of it. he really elevated it in terms of importance and there was not many people more experienced in washington politics thanjimmy carter. the two of them worked very closely together and he was the first vice president with an office in the west wing, at the white house, and he played a key role in policy, especially foreign policy in the middle east. it was to be relatively short lived for both of them, just a single term in the white house. then came along thejuggernaut the white house. then came along the juggernaut that was ronald reagan who took over as president, and you might think that might be the end of walter mondale's national career. but it wasn't to be. he came back in 198a and stood for his party, challenged ronald reagan, did not do very well, in fact, he did very badly and reagan really swept back into power and walter mondale only managed to win one state. he managed to win one state. he managed to win minnesota. he did do one thing that is still being remembered today and that

is that he had a woman as his running mate. geraldine ferraro. he chose congresswoman at the time and that was a decision that was still being talked about today. asum decision that was still being talked about today. our thanks to peter there. _ nasa has successfully flown a small helicopter on mars — the first ever powered flight on another planet. the drone, called ingenuity, was in the air for less than a minute, but nasa is promising more adventurous flights to come. here's our science correspondent rebecca morelle. it was a flight that lasted just a0 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. so 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. and a rather different flight story, with some extraordinary pictures from a florida beach. this is the moment a world war

ii era plane made an emergency landing in the sea just off cocoa beach, narrowly avoiding swimmers and sunbathers. the plane had been taking part in an air show nearby when it suffered an engine failure. the pilot escaped unhurt. for the first time in six decades, cuba's communist party has a leader who isn't one of the castro brothers. the cuban president, miguel diaz—canel, has been chosen to succeed raul castro, who announced on friday will grant reports. it has been a communist party congress heavy on the symbolism of continuity. in each appearance, raul castro, who shared the stage with the man who replaced him as president, miguel diaz—canel. now he has passed him the baton as the party's first secretary too. the first time cuba is ruled by someone other than a castro since 1959. it's a significant historical moment in cuba and yet, in the streets, most people have more pressing concerns. they're coping with the worst

economic crisis the island has seen since just after the cold war, with queues around the block for basic goods. "i don't think the leadership are capable of getting us out of this spot," says this havana resident maria. "the country is in a terrible shape at the moment." "we, the true cuban communists, support them," she says. still, the task facing the new leadership is daunting. the covid—19 pandemic has battered the tourism—based economy. many private businesses have closed, others are struggling to survive. it's all a far cry from a few years ago, when the us and cuba re—established diplomatic ties and raul castro then hosted president obama in havana. it seemed a page had finally been turned. four years of the trump administration have reversed that an so far president biden

shows no inclination to either lift the embargo or undo his predecessor's hardline towards the island. a cuba policy shift or additional steps is currently not among the president's top foreign policy priorities. from the death of fidel castro to raul castro's retirement, the changing of the guard of cuba has been gradual. as all those who fought alongside the castro brothers also retired from the politburo, the age at the island's top table is younger, but that doesn't necessarily mean modernisation. and without fresh ideas there's almost certainly more economic hardship ahead in a post—castro cuba. will grant, bbc news. 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 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 is truly a pivotal era for humanity's future and this report shows we have no time to waste. climate disruption is here. rising temperatures are already affecting food security, with more and more land becoming unproductive. 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 coffee species not seen in the wild for decades. i think we have a really important discovery, because we've found a coffee that grows at higher temperatures, but also has those qualities that the consumer requires from coffee,

ie, a fantastic taste. if we are interested in generating the coffees of the future this is a really important little plant. there are more than 100 known coffee species, but most of us get our caffeine hit from arabica beans. but the crops are less resilient to higher temperatures and it is estimated that arabica production could halve by the middle of this century and so the search for a replacement began. what we want 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 species promises notes of rose, elderflower, and lychee and a taste to rival arabica. but it could take several years to make its way to our cafes, researchers say more works needs to be done before it's grown on a large scale. courtney bembridge, bbc news.

that's it will stop i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. i buy. —— 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: the 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 urged 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 of european football's governing body has threatened to ban players. former us vice president, walter mondale, has died at the age of 93. he served underjimmy carter between 1977 and 1981, and went on to run as a presidential candidate in 198a, but lost to ronald reagan.

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