tonight at ten: borisjohnson accepts an apology from the health secretary, after pictures emerge of him kissing and embracing a colleague, in breach of covid guidance. matt hancock says he's "let people down" and is "very sorry", after the images showed him with gina coladangelo. seen here with her, labour says mr hancock should be sacked. unfortunately, this saga does seem, yet again, to indicate that there's one rule for the conservatives and another rule for everybody else. there are questions about how mrs coladangelo was appointed to the board of the department of health. also tonight: the court, you to the custody of

corrections _ the court, you to the custody of corrections for a period of 270 months — corrections for a period of 270 months. 270. 22—and—a—half years for derek chauvin over killing george floyd. accountability, at last, say his supporters�* family. 159 people are still unaccounted for, after the collapse of an apartment block near miami beach. and... there is mo farah! did sir mo farah do enough to make it to next month's tokyo olympics? and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: the build—up is over. the last 16 of the euros are less than 2a hours away, as wales prepare to play denmark in amsterdam. good evening. downing street says the prime minister has accepted his health secretary matt hancock s apology for breaching social—distancing guidelines, after the sun newspaper published

images of him and an aide, gina coladangelo, kissing and embracing in the department of health. in a statement, mr hancock said he'd "let people down" and is "very sorry". borisjohnson now considers the matter closed. but labour is calling on mr hancock to resign. and there are more questions tonight about how mrs coladangelo — initially hired by mr hancock himself — was then appointed last september to her current position, on the board of the department of health. with the latest, here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. he's been telling all of us to stick to covid rules. keep doing your bit, remember the rules, space and fresh air. and now matt hancock's admitted breaking them, after getting too close to this adviser. the sun reported that these pictures of mr hancock and gina coladangelo,

who are both married, had been taken inside the department of health in early—may. government as vice says people should keep two metres apart. —— government advice. in a statement, the health secretary said... "i accept that i breached the social—distancing guidance in these circumstances. i have let people down and am very sorry. i remain focused on working to get the country out of this pandemic and would be grateful for privacy for my family on this personal matter." mr hancock and ms coladangelo have been close friends since university. during the pandemic, she's accompanied the health secretary to meetings in downing street and interviews. speaking to radio 4 last year, she talked about first meeting him. we met at the student radio station, oxygen fm. i read the news and matt read the sport. i've always joked with him that he did the sport because he wasn't good enough to do the news! she laughs but i think it gave him a bit of an early heads—up into aggressive questioning from journalists and hacks. in september, she became a non—executive director on the board of the department of health, with a salary of £15,000. downing street say the appointment followed correct procedure.

but labour's calling for an official investigation into whether the ministerial code of conduct has been broken. matt hancock either needs to resign or, if he's not willing to do that, then the prime minister must remove him from his post. this isn'tjust a question of, yet again, a conservative mp disobeying those rules and thinking that they only apply to the rest of us. it's a case where we've seen cronyism on cronyism. this comes after other high—profile breaches of the rules. dominic cummings, who used to be borisjohnson�*s top adviser, caused outrage when he travelled hundreds of miles during lockdown. and professor neil ferguson, one of the most prominent scientists advising the government, resigned after his married lover visited his home. this was mr hancock's reaction at the time. i don't understand. you're speechless? iam. that doesn't often happen to me. i think that he took the right decision... to resign. yeah, you wouldn't have

fought to keep him? it's just not... that's just not possible in these circumstances. now after his indiscretion, there has been support from ministers and downing street. i think the secretary- of state has said everything he needs to say on this. he's apologised. and the prime minister- is backing his secretary of state and considers the matter closed. and the prime minister is showing no sign of sacking him. he is not in control of events, is he? no, being a health secretary during the pandemic is a toughjob and matt hancock has been accused of making plenty of mistakes, but this is all of its own making and there are two problems undermining his authority and the rest of the government's. one is that accusation that the conservatives like giving jobs to their friends which is what he has been accused of doing here. and the other is that charge of hypocrisy. remember when dominic cummings broke the rules?

conservative mps were bombarded with complaints from the public absolutely furious that it seems that advisers and ministers thought the rules were four other people and not for them. on this occasion, this is matt hancock, the man who has been telling us almost every day for six months to follow the rules. but that episode with dominic cummings tells us something about the approach of the prime minister. borisjohnson defended him, even though many people said he should sack him, and that is the approach the prime minister has taken with other ministers as well. for now, he says the matter is closed. of course, it might not stay that way. vicki young, from westminster, thank you. ajudge in the us city of minneapolis has sentenced the former police officer derek chauvin to 22—and—a—half years injailfor the murder of george floyd. the 46—year—old african—american died in may last year, after chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest. the lawyer for mr floyd's family said the sentence was "historic", bringing america a step closer to healing, by delivering

"accountability." our correspondent nada tawfik is in minneapolis. and a warning — her report contains some distressing images. this courtroom has been the scene of powerful testimony. today, it became a place of closure for the floyd family. the judge began proceedings by inviting them to speak. you may proceed. his daughter gianna appeared first, on video. atjust seven years old, she is too young and innocent to comprehend fully what happened to her father. i love ilove him. his brother terrence struggled to speak as he addressed derek chauvin directly. i want to know from the man himself, why? what were you thinking? what was going through your head? when you had your knee on my brother's

neck. when you knew that he posed no threat any more. those are questions that remain unanswered, since derek chauvin chose not to testify in his defence during his trial. for the first time, the public got a more intimate look into his character from his mother. it has been difficult for me to hear and read what the media, public and prosecution team believe derek to be an aggressive, heartless and uncaring person. i can tell you that is far from the truth. and then, derek chauvin himself spoke. i want to give my condolences to the floyd _ i want to give my condolences to the floyd familx — the judge said his decision was not influenced by public opinion or meant to send any messages. the sentence fork out one, the court commits you to the custody of corrections for a period of 270

months. it corrections for a period of 270 months. , ., ., , . months. it is rare for the “ustice s stem months. it is rare for the “ustice system to i months. it is rare for the “ustice system to punish * months. it is rare for the “ustice system to punish a fi months. it is rare for the justice system to punish a police - months. it is rare for the justice| system to punish a police officer and it took an extraordinary series of events to get to this moment. crucially, his murder was caught on camera in chilling detail. george floyd was pinned to the ground within knee of derek chauvin for nine minutes and 27 seconds and mr floyd cried out several times, i can't breathe. it traumatised the community and shocked the world, prompting the biggest protests since the civil rights era. [30 prompting the biggest protests since the civil rights era.— the civil rights era. do you need a minute? the _ the civil rights era. do you need a minute? the trial— the civil rights era. do you need a minute? the trial was _ the civil rights era. do you need a minute? the trial was so - the civil rights era. do you need a l minute? the trial was so compelling that the jury — minute? the trial was so compelling that the jury delivered _ minute? the trial was so compelling that the jury delivered a _ minute? the trial was so compelling that the jury delivered a unanimous | that the jury delivered a unanimous guilty verdict after just ten hours of deliberations. this outcome was in no way inevitable. still, this one sentence of this one disgraced police officer will only do so much to advance racial inequality and the struggle of being black in america.

this is the longest sentence a police officer has received in the state of minnesota and speaking outside of the following the sentencing, the family said they do feel some measure of accountability. they hope this is a turning point in america because they feel that the activism surrounding this case could mean real change moving forward. and they told those gathered here outside of the courthouse to keep fighting forjustice. thank you for that, nada tawfik live in minneapolis. the office for national statistics estimates more than 150,000 people across the uk contracted covid—i9 in the week tojune 19th, the highest figure since the easing of lockdown restrictions in april. public health england says the delta variant — first identified in india — now accounts for 95% of all new cases. it comes as the drive to get more people vaccinated

is being stepped up this weekend. our health editor, hugh pym, has the latest. walk—in vaccinations and no need to book for all aged 18 and over. that's the attraction at arsenal's emirates stadium — and other venues in england — from today. what's being billed as a race to the finish by nhs leaders, with the aim of offering all adults a firstjab byjuly 19th. in the beginning, there's, like, the whole rumours. is it safe? what's in the vaccine? but i think the more people get it, the confidence grows. and also, being, like, arsenal supporters... it does help! ..you get to see the stadium. why not? if everyone gets it — _ or, at least, most of the people — it will be safer for everyone - and we can have a normal life again. at this site, first doses are being offered to walk—ins. others are providing the second dose as well to those eligible. and officials monitoring the spread of the virus say it's important to get both doses to get maximum possible protection. the office for national statistics

survey estimates the number of weekly cases and isn't affected by temporary surge testing. there was an increase from the middle of may, though it's still well short of the peak in january. the ons says one in 440 people in england had the virus last week. in scotland, it was one in 220. in both cases, with increases on the previous week. in wales, with one in 830, and northern ireland, with one in 720, the trend was said to be uncertain. high case rates have been seen in some communities of the north west of england, like blackburn. they've been driven by the delta variant, first identified in india. but officials and experts argue that vaccines have at least reduced the risk of becoming seriously ill. it's dominant, it is causing a lot of infections. we've seen infections rising. and we also see, though, on the plus side, that the vaccines are still effective in the face of this variant, both in relation to hospitalisation and also deaths.

much still depends on testing and tracing. after poor performance, including long waits, the system in england was criticised by the spending watchdog last year. in a new report, there are still said to be pressing challenges, though overall performance against targets has improved. testing played a part in assessing pilot spectator events like the fa cup final. a report says no substantial outbreaks were identified, but more research is needed to understand the risks, and further trials — including at wimbledon — will now take place. hugh pym, bbc news. well, the latest government figures show there were 18 deaths reported due to covid in the last 24—hour period, and there were 15,810 new infections. that means, on average, there were 12,930 new cases per day in the last week. more than 221,000 people received a first dose of a vaccine, meaning over 43.8 million people have now had a single jab —

83.3% of adults in the uk. the number of people who've had their second dose in the latest 24—hour period is over 177,000, taking the overall total to more than 32 million. that's 60.9% of adults in the uk. officials say 159 people are still unaccounted for after the collapse of an apartment building near miami beach. four deaths have been confirmed and it's still unclear what caused the collapse. today, president biden said his thoughts are with all the families. our correspondent, will grant, is in miami for us tonight. clive, the longer this search and rescue goes on, the more harrowing it becomes. the families are doing their best to hold out hope of good news, but the difficulty is that there is simply no positive updates

to be had so far, and they are gradually losing the faith. just a warning that my report does contain images of the moment of the building's collapse itself. as the desperate search for survivors at the collapsed apartment block entered its second day, the full gravity of the situation was laid bare. the exact number of those lost in this tragic incident still isn't known, but it's clear this has the potential to be the most deadly building collapse in florida's history. the awful moment itself happened so fast, it took everything and, it is feared, everyone, with it — 12 storeys and entire lives reduced to rubble in seconds. the methodical work of the rescue teams hasn't stopped since then. they say they're still hearing occasional knocks from inside the debris and are following every lead, at one stage trying to enter the spaces between the rubble via the basement. family members are gathered

at a community centre as their unbearable wait for information goes on. magaly ramsey's mother lived on the ninth floor. it feels like the world gets to know more information before we get to know information as family members. i don't live in the area, so i came here hoping to get information, and i'm still waiting for that. her mother, also called magaly, is one of the oldest of those missing. the youngest was ashani patel, the one—year—old daughter ofjoint british—american citizen bhavna patel, who was pregnant, and her husband, vishal — an entire family missing. but the city will keep up the search, the mayor promised. we will continue search and rescue because we still have hope that we will find people alive. that is exactly why we're continuing, and that is why we're using our dogs and our sonar and our cameras, everything possible, to seek places where there still may be people. as the rescue effort continues,

hopes are beginning to fade. for the family members, this initial period has been one of shock and a desperate wait for information. now, though, many are beginning to face up to the possibility that they may not see their missing loved ones again. magaly is clinging on to hope of updates about her missing mother. but she's also under no illusions about what she's facing. the choices you hold onto are either that there's a miracle with god's grace, and he does have lots of miracles in store for us, or god's grace was that she didn't feel a thing and she's in his hands and his arms right now, in a good place. will grant, bbc news, miami. let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories. four men have appeared at the old bailey, charged with conspiracy to murder the black rights activist, sasha johnson. the 27—year—old remains in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in the back garden

of a house in peckham in south london last month. cameron deriggs and devonte brown, who are both 18, troy reid, who's 19 and prince dixon, who s 25, were all remanded in custody. at least three people have died and six others have been wounded in the german city of w rzburg, after an attack by a man wielding a knife. a 24—year—old somali man has been arrested. police say he was known to them and had been receiving psychiatric treatment, in recent months. a freak tornado which hit the czech republic has killed at least five people and injured hundreds of others. towns and villages were hit by winds of more than 200mph along the slovak and austrian borders. thousands of homes are reported to have been destroyed. a remarkable scientific discovery has been made in china. researchers say they've found the skull of what they believe is a new species of human, which could be our closest evolutionary relative. if confirmed, "dragon man", as he's been named,

would replace the neanderthals as our sister species. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has the full details. meet the dragon man, a perfectly—preserved skull found in the black dragon river province in northeastern china. he's thought to be a new species of human that lived 146,000 years ago. a 3d scan shows a huge head and a brain that was about the same size as ours, but other features, such as a prominent brow ridge, suggest something more primitive. i said, "my gosh, you cannot believe that". it is so well preserved, you can see all the details. this is what researchers think he looked like, stocky and powerfully built. so where does dragon man fit into the new human family tree? well, seven million years ago, the first humanlike creatures emerged. they became progressively more

developed until two million years ago, ourancientancestor homo erectus emerged. that led to our close cousins the neanderthals and us, and we coexisted a few hundred thousand years ago. dragon man, it is claimed, is a new species that lived alongside us. not only that, it is more closely related to us. i have been studying human evolution for the last 50 years or so and this for me is one of the most significant fossils i've seen and studied in all of that time. it really gives us a new view of human evolution because it looks like, in ouranalyses, this is a sister species to homo sapiens, our own species. some believe dragon man might belong to a mysterious branch of humans called the denisova ns. all we know about them is from a handful of human fossils. we've had indications that they existed, and then they found more in a jaw from tibet,

suggesting that thatjaw may have been denisovan. but now, because this jaw from tibet and dragon man look like each other, now we may actually have the first face of the denisovans. these early skulls found in china have baffled scientists until now. the new human, they say, was the last in line in the evolution of long—lost ancient relatives in asia that we've only just found out about. wales' footballers take on denmark in amsterdam tomorrow in the first knockout game of euro 2020. welsh fans aren't allowed travel to the netherlands due to covid restrictions, but it's an exciting time for those already living there. here's hywel griffith. their team motto is "together stronger". in this tournament, welsh resilience has won them a place in the next round, but is it enough? the man who has led them this far thinks not.

knowing the players, knowing myself, knowing the staff, we want more. we're greedy, we want to continue this journey. we're loving it. we've been away from home a long time, and for the sacrifices the staff and all the boys have made, we want to continue this journey. pubs and bars up and down wales are preparing for thousands of socially distanced supporters, many of them frustrated fans told not to travel to the netherlands because of the pandemic. that leaves a lucky few already in the eu, like these teachers from the hague's international school. they feel a sense of duty to be the bricks in a diminished red wall. ifeel like i have to be there with my red shirt and flag and whatever else i can bring, making as much noise as possible. we'll be few in numbers, but we'll be loud and we'll be behind the boys to the end, and i think we'll do them proud and we'll do the people at home proud. we've got a chance. it's going to be a tight game,

they're very similar to us. - i think, i hope we're. going to make it 1—0, but i have a horrible pit _ in the bottom of my stomach that says we're going to go to penalties, and i'm not sure i'm- emotionally ready for that. wales' opponents are already on an emotional roller—coaster, witnessing their team—mate christian eriksen collapse, then qualifying after two losses. many neutrals may want a danish fairy—tale victory. but there are other storylines at play. kasper schmeichel of leicester and denmark will face his deputy, danny ward of leicester and wales, a tale of two club keepers vying to be number one. so how do wales win it? it's knockout football now. denmark and wales, you wouldn't say there's a lot between them. so i think wales will come out a lot more attack—minded, as we saw in the turkey game. everybody knows if bale's on song, rambo's on song, then wales tend to do well. confidence doesn't come naturally to most welsh football supporters.

decades of disappointment have stifled any sense of entitlement, but this team has a very real chance of continuing their european journey. a win will send them back to baku for a place in the quarterfinals. in the past few minutes, the four—time olympic gold medallist, mo farah, hasjust failed in his attempt to qualify for the tokyo games next month. a special race was put on for him at the british athletics championships this evening in manchester, and laura scott is there. yes, clive, this race wasn't actually meant to be taking place at the british championships, but it was hastily arranged when mo farah failed to make the qualifying time at the official olympic trial a few weeks ago in birmingham. he missed out that by 22 seconds and it was largely put down to an ankle injury. we thought he had recovered from that, and it appeared that they were confident he would make the time tonight, but in difficult conditions here in manchester, it was an

incredibly tense atmosphere inside the arena. one last chance to make the plane to tokyo 2020, and mo farah's task was clear — run the 10,000 metres inside 27 minutes and 28 seconds, and he would qualify. flanked by pacemakers on the start line, the four—time olympic champion had no shortage of motivation. farah is the reigning 10,000 metres champion, a title he won in thrilling style five years ago in rio. but the last few years haven't been easy, having retired from the track in 2017, farah switched to the marathon, but after limited success return to the track in 2019. he has also split with his long—term coach alberto salazar, who was banned for doping violations. farah has never been accused of any wrongdoing himself, and at 38 is adamant that he can still go toe to toe with the world's test. the rei . ninu toe with the world's test. the reigning olympic _ toe with the world's test. tue: reigning olympic champion toe with the world's test. tt;e: reigning olympic champion mo farah

comes well outside the qualifying time needed. but comes well outside the qualifying time needed-— comes well outside the qualifying time needed. �* , , ., ., . ., time needed. but his performance on the track suggested _ time needed. but his performance on the track suggested otherwise, - the track suggested otherwise, missing the olympic qualifying time. the clock no longer on his site. so he missed out by 19 seconds tonight and his team were absolutely devastated by that. mo farah too, he said it was a really tough race. he was trying to push in difficult conditions tonight. where does this leave him? he declined to answer the question of whether this was the last time we will see him on the track. one thing �*s for certain things that he will not be in tokyo to defend his 10,000 metre crown. laura scott in manchester, thanks. good evening. friday brought us a real dip in temperatures across the northern half of the uk and still relatively mild in the south but we also had a fair amount of rain around too. to the weekend, we'll stick with that mix of sunshine, a

few showers on saturday. more persistent rain that will arrive in parts of southern england by the time we get the sunday. but through the remainder of tonight, a lot of dry weather with some sharp showers still tonight mingling through the mittens and a bit rain as well. and temperatures falling too low, most of us still in double figures on saturday morning. he still of this fairly weak area of low pressure and not particularly active with her friends, just bring your fair amount of cloud in a few spots of rain to the day on saturday. less isobars in the day on saturday. less isobars in the map and not as breezy as it was on friday. cloudy conditions, wanted to showers from northeast england in one or two sharp showers in the midlands, wells and east anglia. sunny spots elsewhere and temperatures between 13 to 22 degrees.

this is bbc news. iam shaun i am shaun ley. the latest headlines: ajudge in minneapolis has sentenced the former us police officer derek chauvin to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of george floyd. presidentjoe biden said the sentence seemed appropriate. emergency services continue to search for survivors after working through the night, following a building collapse in miami. at least four people have been confirmed dead. more than 150 are missing. president biden has been meeting afghan president ashraf ghani to discuss us troop withdrawal and the surge in fighting between afghan forces and the taliban across the country. president biden said that afghans need to decide afghanistan's future. police in germany say three people have been killed by a man with a knife in the central city of wuerzburg. authorities say the attacker — a somali man — had recently spent time in a psychiatric institution.