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In America, another case that is putting police practises under the spotlight is the trial of the Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd. The court heard tearful testimony from his girlfriend today. And footage from Chauvin’s bodycam was shown. In the previously unseen video, Chauvin is heard saying that George Floyd…

Derek Chauvin has pleaded not guilty to three charges relating to the killing of Mr Floyd, whose death sparked a wave of Black Lives Matter protests across the world.

We speak to Eddie Glaude, professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University.

The trial has begun of Derek Chauvin, the white Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd last May.

In the United States, President Biden has given his first official press conference since his swearing in. At 65 days after taking office he lagged behind his predecessors considerably, Barack Obama waited 20 days to face journalists and Donald Trump only a week. A small group of socially distanced reporters gathered in the east room…

When a gunman went on a killing spree last week in Atlanta, it sparked national outrage and conversation around the rise of racism against Asian Americans.

In the United States, the legalisation of recreational marijuana has grown in public support over the last few decades. In November’s elections, four more states voted to  loosen restrictions. Not all of them were Democrat-supporting: two went for Donald Trump. Kiran Moodley has been to Montana to see what makes a conservative bastion back drug…

President Biden has warned people considering crossing from Mexico into the United States, “don’t come over”, as the number of migrants arriving across the southern border is set to reach its highest for 20 years. He’s rolled back many Trump-era measures, but as more people seek a new life in the United States, does his…

Our foreign correspondent Jonathan Rugman is the author of “The Killing in the Consulate”.

Serena Barker Singh takes us through the corridors of Clubhouse – and asks whether this is an app that really is like no other – or whether it’s got all the baggage of its social media ancestors.

Donald Trump has hinted he might run for office again in 2024, in his first speech since he left the White House.

Tiger Woods is “awake and responsive” in hospital after being pulled from the wreckage of his car, which somersaulted off a road in Los Angeles yesterday.

Temperatures in Texas have returned to normal February levels, but after the bitter cold of Winter Storm Uri, there are bitter recriminations in the Lone Star State.

Ted Cruz has now apologised for making that trip, having worked out it was “obviously a mistake”.

Scientists at Nasa’s Mission Control could barely contain their excitement as the Perseverance Rover sent back its first colour images of the red planet.