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
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
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
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
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…