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Newshour: 26/06/2021 12:06 GMT: Police officer sentenced to 22 years for killing of George Floyd

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26/06/2021 12:06 GMT

26/06/2021 12:06 GMT: Police officer sentenced to 22 years for killing of George Floyd

BBC World Service - Newshour, Police officer sentenced to 22 years for killing of George Floyd

A judge in Minneapolis has sentenced Derek Chauvin to 22 years in jail

A judge in Minneapolis has sentenced Derek Chauvin to 22 years in jail.

Relatives of George Floyd -  whose murder in the US last year sparked worldwide protests against racism - have called the 22-year prison sentence imposed on his killer a "historic" step towards racial reconciliation. We’ll have a report from Minneapolis to hear the reaction from there and hear from a police officer who hopes this will bring about reform.

Also in the programme: three aid workers are killed in an attack on their vehicle in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray; and we’ll hear how the Vatican is likely to respond after Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau asks the Pope to apologise over abuses at church-run residential schools for indigenous children.

Photo: Protesters march during a brief rally after the sentencing of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis policeman found guilty of killing George Floyd. Credit: REUTERS/Eric Miller

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