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Newshour: 29/03/2021 20:06 GMT: Murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin begins

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29/03/2021 20:06 GMT

29/03/2021 20:06 GMT: Murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin begins

Murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin begins

BBC World Service - Newshour, Murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin begins

Opening arguments in trial of policeman accused of murdering George Floyd in 2020

Opening arguments have been presented in the trial of the police officer accused of murdering George Floyd in 2020. The death of George Floyd, a black man, after he was restrained by policeman Derek Chauvin, sparked the nationwide protests of the Black Lives Matter movement. We hear the latest from the trial and from George Floyd's family, and ask a legal expert to unpick today's events. 

Also in the programme: the container ship wedged in the Suez Canal is finally dislodged; the plight of Syrian refugees in Lebanon; and, on the 150th anniversary of the Royal Albert Hall in London, a leading conductor explains the magic of the space. 

(Photo: Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell makes opening arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin. Credit: Reuters)

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