Simon Marks

As people pay their respects at a memorial service in George Floyd's home city of Houston, Derek Chauvin, the policeman accused of murdering Floyd, has just appeared in a Minnesota District Court.

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It's been another weekend of unrest across the US, with thousands of people in cities across the country turning out to protest racism.

As the two week anniversary of the death of George Floyd nears… Audio

Our Washington DC correspondent Simon Marks joins us for a roundup what happened over the weekend in US Politics. Audio

A memorial service for George Floyd is underway in Minneapolis.

It is takings place as three more officers have been charged over his death, and the charge against the officer directly responsible… Audio

After 10 tumultuous days across the United States, thousands are expected to attend a memorial service today in Minneapolis for George Floyd, whose death in police custody triggered widespread… Audio

Within hours the Minnesota Attorney General is expected to announce whether additional charges will be laid against all of the police officers in the relation to the death that were present at the… Audio

Another night of protests across the US, just over a week since the death of George Floyd by Mineappolis police. Protests appear less violent than previous nights, as those involved seem to be coming… Audio

There has been continued outrage in Washington DC over yesterday's decision to forcibly remove peaceful protesters from a park in Washington DC so that the President could stage a photo-opp at a… Audio

Back to the US now, where President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the military to suppress civil disorder as political leaders across the nation struggle to control the coast-to-coast… Audio

An intensifying chaos has gripped America's largest cities as demonstrators and police clash over the death of George Floyd.

Dozens of American cities have introduced curfews as violence and looting… Audio

To the US now, where a sixth night of unrest has swept through the nation following the killing of an unarmed black man by a white police officer. George Floyd died after a Minneapolis police officer… Audio

Curfews are in place in many states across the US and a state of emergency has been imposed in LA after violent protests over police brutality in the death of unarmed black man George Floyd in police… Audio

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could allow US officials to punish social media companies for how they police their content.

The president was enraged by Twitter adding a… Audio

More than 100,000 people have now died from Covid-19 in the US. In a tweet, President Donald Trump described the figure as a "very sad milestone". 

The White House's chief medical expert, Doctor… Audio

The social media site, Twitter, has for the first time ever, fact-checked a tweet by Donald Trump.

The tweet-in-question was posted yesterday - in it, the President falsely accused the governor of… Audio

While Brazil nears the peak of its epidemic, the US is approaching a grim milestone - one hundred thousand deaths due to Covid-19. The front page of Sunday's New York Times called it 'an incalculable… Audio

President Donald Trump has claimed it is "a badge of honour" that the US has the world's highest number of confirmed Covid-19 infections.

The US has 1.5 million coronavirus cases and nearly 92,000… Audio

America's Centers for Disease Control warned on Monday that the United States is on course to record 100,000 coronavirus deaths by the beginning of next month.

Some models predict that grim moment… Audio

America's leading infectious disease expert has warned States against lifting lockdown restrictions to soon, saying it could lead to a spike in deaths.

Speaking at a congressional hearing today, Dr… Audio

Donald Trump's plans to encourage Americans to return to work have been complicated by a Covid-19 outbreak in his own workplace.

The West Wing of the White House has been penetrated by coronavirus… Audio