phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham.and adina campbell report on the global impact of george floyd's death. a warning there are some images in this programme some viewers may find distressing. what's his name? george floyd! nojustice, no peace! no racist police! most of us can remember where we were when we first watched that video — the killing of george floyd by derek chauvin, the police officer who knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes. one year on, we are going to take a look at the impact of what happened worldwide after global protests over the killing. we begin here in america, in missouri, st louis county, where the main city has the highest level of civilian deaths at the hands of the police. what can be done to improve relations between officers and the public they serve? what happens when communities are under siege? for me to feel that even with my collar on that i have to be armed, is pretty depressing. under siege from violence, the bitter harvest of decades of neglect and poverty. but under siege, t

let's go live now to our correspondent in birmingham, phil mackie. tell us what happened today in court?— today in court? well 'ust before midday we * today in court? well 'ust before midday we got _ today in court? welljust before midday we got verdicts - today in court? welljust before midday we got verdicts after . today in court? welljust before i midday we got verdicts after more than 18 hours of deliberations by the jury, than 18 hours of deliberations by thejury, which is, at the end of a seven week trial here at birmingham crown court. they found pc benjamin monk guilty on count two of manslaughter. this case began nearly five years ago. dalian atkinson a former professional footballer, was in serious bad health then, and on the night of his death, his behaviour was described as bizarre and erratic, he had gone to his father's house in telford, in the early hours of the morning, she was shouting to be let in, shouting he was the messiah, neighbours were woken up and dialled 999 and pc monk answered the call. in order to try and control mr atk

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. ship, adding to what is already a major environmental disaster. the container ship caught fire two weeks ago, and huge quantities of plastic pellets on board have already spread along sri lanka's western coastline — polluting pristine beaches and threatening the country's fishing industry, as secunder kermani reports. an environmental disaster that only looks to be getting worse. after a fire broke out around two weeks ago, this huge ship, the x—press pearl, is sinking. desperate efforts to tow it further away from sri lanka's western coastline have failed, with part of the boat striking against the sea bed. millions of plastic pellets that were being transported have already contaminated sri lanka's beaches. clean—up operations are under way, but the tiny pellets used to manufacture everyday products are often mistaken for food by marine life. the fear now is of a possible huge oil spill. around 350 tonnes were on board. it's not known how much has been burnt off. this is by far the

phil mackie, bbc news, derby. thank goodness, a happy ending.emperatures are humid 19 degrees and that's because we are dragging their all the way from the mid—atlantic. if you follow the air bag you will notice waiting in the wings yet more cloud. if you had a lot of sunshine today, expect more over the next few days which will bring some drizzle in the west, the odd heavier burst later in the night. most will be dry, clear skies across england, wales and eastern scotland, but note the temperatures, double figures. they are creeping up day by day so quite a humid start to tomorrow, especially scotland and northern ireland where there will be further cloud and outbreaks of rain. a lot more cloud to north—west england and wales tomorrow with patchy drizzle just about

they've been speaking to phil mackie.r—old. she loved to dance, didn't she? she really loved to dance. the best thing she listened to is, she loved rave music, rave and dance music! anything else, she wouldn't dance to, would she! she should always give a little fist pump. five weeks ago, her older sister was looking after her and she suddenly became ill. her head just went backwards. then she sat back up and blood came out. so i rang an ambulance straightaway. it must have been very frightening for you? yeah. she wasn't responding and they told me to put her on her side. so she could still breathe and she just went wheezy. her eyesjust closed and she couldn't talk back to me. it was like she wasn't there. no—one knew that she had swallowed a tiny button battery, and the acid was burning through a major artery. she had to have two litres blood transfusion. she left surgery. she'd still got my phone, she was still talking. the last thing she ever said to me was, "mummy, i need you." i told her i loved her. that's the last

they've been speaking to phil mackie. toddler sings.ng she'd listened to is, she loved rave music, rave and dance music! anything else, she wouldn't dance to, would she? she'd always give a little fist pump. she laughs. five weeks ago, her older sister was looking after her and she suddenly became ill. her head just went backwards. and then she sat back up and just blood came out. so i rang an ambulance straight away. it must have been very frightening for you? yeah. she just... she wasn't responding and they told me to put her on her side. so she could still breathe and she just went very wheezy. her eyesjust closed and she couldn't talk back to me. it was like she wasn't there. no—one knew that she'd swallowed a tiny button battery, and the acid was burning through a major artery. she had to have two litres blood transfusion. she left surgery. she'd still got my phone, she was still talking. the last thing she ever said to me was, "mummy, i need you." i told her i loved her. that's the last time i saw her. halfway through her surgery,

phil mackie's been to meet her and takes up the story. amy heard a sudden squeal and found molly with a stick in her chest. i thought that was it then, because half of it was out. and where it went in, itjust looked like it could've gone straight through. didn't know what to do, but then we just knew we had to get her help as soon as we could. she's back today for a checkup with the man who operated on her. the x—rays show how far the stick had gone in, narrowly missing some major organs. the stick wasjust underneath her lung, and then it had gone through her diaphragm. and again, similarly, it sort of moved... her liver wasjust moved upwards, so if it'd been a little bit further up, it could've quite easily have lacerated her liver and then she could've bled really severely. what's it like seeing molly now? it's great. to see them walking out, fixed and happy with their owners, that's the best bit, really. so, molly is clearly a lot better now. there you go, molly — and it's amazing, really, considering this is the stick that went in, an

phil mackie at birmingham crown court.—board hms defender. a _ this isjonathan beale, on—board hms defender, a royal navy destroyer in the black— defender, a royal navy destroyer in the black sea. we have just on this ship completed a transit through crimea. — ship completed a transit through crimea, russian occupied crimea's territorial — crimea, russian occupied crimea's territorial waters. this was a deliberate move by the royal navy warship— deliberate move by the royal navy warship hms defender on its way to georgia _ warship hms defender on its way to georgia it — warship hms defender on its way to georgia. it said it was going through— georgia. it said it was going through a recognised international shipping _ through a recognised international shipping lane, but while it was carrying — shipping lane, but while it was carrying out this transit... and there — carrying out this transit... and there is. — carrying out this transit... and there is, that is another russian aircraft — there is, that is another russian air

earlier phil mackie sent us this update. his death on the large family, many of whom who had been attending court either remotely or in person during the trial. he said that he understood that it was no doubt, an unpredictable and frightening situation which provided some context for what happened on the night, but also in the sentencing remarks, he said that the obvious aggravating factor is that he committed this offence while on duty as a police officer. the police play an essential and important role in upholding the rule of law. the public interest i was to the police. the public entrusts power to the police. it is not an easyjob and police have to undergo and go through dangerous situations. the sentence must reflect the importance of maintaining public confidence in the police and in doing so, he said that he would have to serve eight years in prison. we are waiting to hear a statement from the atkinson family. we will have heard the reaction to the conviction this week. we are expecting them to come back out and have

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. the time is 17 minutes past six.nt moves it off the uk green list. coming up — a double century for new zealand's devon conway on the second day of the test match against england at lords. later on bbc london, reflecting on a black lives matter protest in the capital one year on. we are from one of the organisers. plus, putting young people through their paces in east london in the hunt for the next generation of olympic athletes. the president of the committee organising the tokyo olympics, seiko hashimoto, has told the bbc that the games will go ahead as planned, despite mounting opposition in her country. with 50 days to go until the delayed 2020 olympics begin — and with the first athletes arriving injapan — 10,000 volunteers have quit, citing safety fears, and 100 areas have pulled out of hosting training camps for certain teams. a fourth wave of coronavirus is gathering pace in the west the west of japan is currently experiencing a fourth phase of coronavirus, raising concerns the games could become a super spr

phil mackie, bbc news, stoke—0n—trent.ither for president macron's en marche party. the big winners were the parties of the centre right. mark lobel reports. france's mediterranean south, where the national rally had hoped to take its first dip into regional politics, but instead remains marooned on shore. its hopes drowned as it watches previous incumbents across the regions re—elected, with the turnout also lost at sea. translation: we really have the feeling that, i whatever the vote, we won't be represented as we wish. so for the time being, we abstained. translation: i didn't even know | the elections were taking place. | i'm not interested in politics at all, except for the presidential elections. the sun did shine for the centre right here. celebrations came after the withdrawal of left—wing candidates to ensure a clearer path to defeating the far—right. translation: we have rejected| the fatalism of a region governed by the far—right and we have taken this decision with full— consciousness beyond political division

this report from phil mackie contains flashing images. a mother's grief.tatement, dea—john's family thanked the public for their outpouring of love and support, and added that it wouldn't be just them that felt his loss, but everybody that knew him, too. he had so much potential. so much... every day i tell him i'm proud of him. i don't want to talk any more, i'm sorry. the family has praised the police investigation and said it would return here for a vigil on sunday night. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. the internet was just a baby in 2007. nobody owned a smartphone, facebook and twitter had onlyjust been launched, and if someone said "tiktok" to you, you would probably think they were talking about the sound a clock makes. something strange began happening around that time, because millions of people around the world were connected on a single network for the first time in history. some pieces of content were shared so much that they went viral, and one video sums up that moment. ow, charlie. ouch! ow, charlie! ouch! charlie, that really hurts! 14 y

phil mackie, bbc news, stoke—on—trent.ill be warm airwith high humidity lot of cloud around. it will be warm air with high humidity so there will be some slow moving heavy showers. the chance of dry weather best in the north and west. there is a chance of the few interruptions at wimbledon to start the championship. as we go through the evening, any showers —— showers will develop, there could be the odd rumble of thunder. there will be made through the night in central and western areas. further north, freshers night under clear skies. areas. further north, freshers night under clearskies. in areas. further north, freshers night under clear skies. in southern areas, patchy mist and fog to start the day. on tuesday, a lot of cloud to start the day for england and wales. big shower storms and thunderstorms developing. temperatures into the low 20s. more prolonged sunshine lifting the temperatures into the mid 20s. the high pressure across the north will tend to push a low pressure out of the way and become more of a feature

phil mackie has been to meet them.ent, happy two—year—old. she loved to dance. she really loved to dance. the best thing she listened to is, she loved rave music, rave and dance music, and when she danced to that, she should always give a little fist pump. five weeks ago, her older sister was looking after her and she suddenly became ill and had just went backwards. i had just went backwards. then she said back_ i had just went backwards. then she said back up. i rang an ambulance it must have been very frightening for you? no—one knew that she swallowed a tiny button battery, and the acid was burning through a major artery. she had to have two litres blood transfusion. she left surgery. she was still talking. the last thing she ever said to me was, mummy, i need you. i told her i loved her. that is the last time isil her. halfway through surgery, a surgeon came out and asked if she had swallowed anything. not that i knew. that is when they told me they thought she had swallowed a button battery. we went to children's

our correspondent phil mackie has been following this. what's going on?— what's going on? yes, incredibly last-minute- _ what's going on? yes, incredibly last-minute. the _ what's going on? yes, incredibly last-minute. the launch - what's going on? yes, incredibly| last-minute. the launch officially last—minute. the launch officially took place at seven o�*clock in birmingham outside the library this morning. they pumped out some smoke from the roof of the library to symbolise the pollution that they were hoping to end. two hours later, after we heard that there had been some problems with people going to the government website to pay the fee and being redirected to bath�*s clean air zone, we learned that birmingham was pausing payments for two weeks. that means those people who have those older, more polluting vehicles that don�*t meet emissions targets, will not have to pay an e8 daily fee for driving the car, £50 for a coach or a lorry, for at least another fortnight. for a coach or a lorry, for at least anotherfortnight. it is for a co

phil mackie, bbc news, stoke—on—trent. 20 million people in the us and in canada are sweltering in anan apartment building that collapsed five days ago. in the past hour, a press conference has been held. this is a representative of the emergency services describing the task at hand. it is emergency services describing the task at hand-— task at hand. it is not an issue is we can attach — task at hand. it is not an issue is we can attach a _ task at hand. it is not an issue is we can attach a couple _ task at hand. it is not an issue is we can attach a couple of - task at hand. it is not an issue is we can attach a couple of chordsi task at hand. it is not an issue is i we can attach a couple of chords to a concrete boulder and lifted and call it day. we are digging through rubble the size of basketball, baseballs and then and only then in combination with the safety of the personnel and of course considering the victims themselves, it is going to take time. it will not happen overnight, it is a 12—storey building, it will take time. no one has been pulled alive from the site since th

from birmingham, phil mackie sent this report. others agree., _. g home. they took away my son! my son will never grow — home. they took away my son! my son will never grow up _ home. they took away my son! my son will never grow up to _ home. they took away my son! my son will never grow up to have _ home. they took away my son! my son will never grow up to have a _ will never grow up to have a grandchild! what more must i do? i love my son so much. when i went and don't see much out of my house, it grieves me a lot. what more can i do? what more can i do? ht grieves me a lot. what more can i do? what more can i do?- do? what more can i do? it was another teenage _ do? what more can i do? it was another teenage life _ do? what more can i do? it was another teenage life lost. i do? what more can i do? it was. another teenage life lost. described by his family is an incredibly talented football, gymnast and runner, he died from a single stab wound to his chest. west midlands police said there had been another incident for you died. police at for

phil mackie, bbc news, stoke—0n—trent.d was founded, 73 years ago. simonjones has more, and his report contains some flash photography. applause and cheering. emotional tributes to nhs workers, who've risen to the challenge of the coronavirus crisis. this was clap for carers — people coming out on their doorsteps near the start of the pandemic to thank the doctors, nurses and health staff who've made such a difference. bell tolls. now, st paul's cathedral is set to host a socially—distanced service on the 73rd anniversary of the foundation of the nhs. among those invited are may parsons, who administered the first covid vaccine in the world, outside of a trial, to margaret keenan. all done. and kathrine dawson, who credits doctors with saving the life of her and her baby. kathrine was 32 weeks pregnant when she contracted covid, and had to spend eight days on a ventilator. sometimes, i had some really dark days in icu, and there was always someone there to hold my hand and talk to me and make sure i that understood everyth

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham.rns that the games could become a super spreader event. our sports correspondent laura scott reports. from a state of emergency to the biggest event on earth. that's the shift japan will need to undergo injust 50 days, but the woman at the helm is confident the show will go on. i believe the possibility of these games happening is 100%. despite her determination, as the countdown to tokyo 2020 ticks on, there is still overwhelming public opposition injapan — recent polls suggesting 80% want the games cancelled. a fourth wave of the virus is leaving intensive care wards struggling to cope, and less than 3% of the population have been vaccinated so far. but hashimoto says reassurance should be taken from restrictions like the ban on overseas fans. it is my conviction that when people understand there are no firmer measures we could be taking to prevent the spread of coronavirus, attitudes will change to say it is ok to have the games. how will you deal with any outbreak of coronavirus du

our correspondent phil mackie has more. tell us more about what happened. ground. during the trial we heard the prosecution allege that the police man used unlawfulforce because after mr atkinson had been cut but dig in capacity, he was kicked in the head. he later died of a cardiac arrest. mr monk said that in his defence he had been terrified and felt that mr atkinson may have been about to get up as well. as i say, along deliberation of a long trial and a long time since this happened and the complex investigation has ended not with a murder conviction, with a conviction of manslaughter of pc benjamin monk. there is another defendant in the case, she faces a charge of assault and the jury is continuing to deliberate on that count. thank you very much- — we'll go to the house of commons. we need we'll go to the house of commons. 7 need investment to develop the fastest vaccine rolled in europe, to protectjobs fastest vaccine rolled in europe, to protect jobs and fastest vaccine rolled in europe, to protectjobs and renewal across every part of the uk to co