Barbados removes Queen as head of state to become Republic - BBC News

Barbados removes Queen as head of state to become Republic – BBC News

Barbados is holding a ceremony to mark the island’s transition to a Republic, with the Queen removed as head of state. The Barbadian government said the time had come to fully leave the Caribbean island’s colonial past behind. Barbados gained…

US promises half billion more Covid vaccine doses for poorer nations - BBC News

US promises half billion more Covid vaccine doses for poorer nations – BBC News

President Biden is asking world leaders to pledge to vaccinate 70% of the world’s population against Covid by September 2022. During a virtual meeting he said the US would buy an additional 500m doses of the Pfizer vaccine to donate…

Derek Chauvin jailed for 22.5 years for murder of George Floyd  - BBC News

Derek Chauvin jailed for 22.5 years for murder of George Floyd  – BBC News

A judge in the US city of Minneapolis has sentenced the former police officer, Derek Chauvin, to 22 and half years in jail, for the murder of George Floyd. The 46-year-old African American died in May last year, after Chauvin…

George Floyd:  one year after his murder, Minneapolis remembers - BBC News

George Floyd: one year after his murder, Minneapolis remembers – BBC News

On the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, members of his family have met President Biden, and in Minneapolis a celebration of his life has taken place. The African-American was killed in the city by a white police…

Special report: the US police force with the worst record for civilian deaths - BBC News

Special report: the US police force with the worst record for civilian deaths – BBC News

The death of George Floyd shocked the world and turned the spotlight on policing in the United States and beyond. The 46-year-old African American was killed in the city of Minneapolis when a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on…

French police accused of violence, brutality and racism  - BBC News

French police accused of violence, brutality and racism – BBC News

The killing of George Floyd in the United States a year ago placed a sharp focus on police racism – not just in America but on law enforcement officers around the world. The death of the African-American man in Minnesota…