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Witnesses to the arrest of George Floyd have given emotional testimony about being at the scene of Mr Floyd's arrest.
The teenager who filmed the viral video from the scene, a city fire-fighter who begged police to check Mr Floyd's pulse, and a nine-year-old girl on a walk to get snacks have all testified that they watched Mr Floyd under the knee of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin.
Mr Chauvin's defence will have an opportunity to call its own witnesses after the prosecution rests their case later this month. The former officer denies charges of murder and manslaughter.
Here's what we've heard so far.
Jena Scurry
'My instincts were telling me something is wrong'
The first witness called to testify was a 911 dispatcher who had sent police to Cup Foods, where Mr Floyd had allegedly bought cigarettes with a counterfeit bill.
Ms Scurry watched the arrest unfold on a live CCTV feed on a camera across the street from the shop, and thought that the video had "frozen" due to how long the three officers remained on top of Mr Floyd.
"They were still on the ground. That whole situation was still the same," she said, noting that she was also being distracted by other work matters at the time.
"My instincts were telling me something is wrong, something is not right. I don't know what, but something was not right," she said. "It was an extended period of time."
She called a sergeant supervisor to report what she saw. "Call me a snitch if you want to," she said according to audio of the call, adding "all of them sat on this man".
Christopher Martin
'If I would have just not taken the bill, this could have been avoided'
The teenage store clerk who says he believes that Mr Floyd unknowingly paid for cigarettes with a fake $20 bill told the court carried guilt around Mr Floyd's death.
Mr Martin, 19, said he had been living in the building above Cup Foods, but moved after the incident.
"I didn't feel safe," the teen said.
He said Mr Floyd "appeared to be high" that day because he struggled to respond to a simple question, but that he was lucid enough to able to hold a conversation. He described Mr Floyd as "friendly and approachable".
Mr Martin, who witnessed the arrest, said he felt "disbelief and guilt" because "if I'd have just not taken the bill, this could have been avoided".
Court TV
Donald Williams
'I did call the police on the police'
Among those to testify was a pro-MMA fighter and security guard who was heard in the viral video of Mr Floyd's arrest calling officers "punks" and "murderers".
Mr Williams, 33, had gone fishing with his son earlier that day, and had gone to Cup Foods to get a drink.
"I did call the police on the police. I believe I witnessed a murder. I felt the need to call the police on the police," he testified.
"That was bogus, what they just did," he told the 911 dispatcher, according to a recording of the call played in court.
The trained wrestler said he witnessed Mr Chauvin use a "blood choke" to cut off the airway, and a "shimmy" hold to keep up the pressure on Mr Floyd.
He said he watched Mr Floyd's life "fade away, like a fish in a bag".
Under cross-examination, he took issue with the notion that he and the crowd were growing "angrier and angrier".
He says his words "grew more and more pleading for life", as Mr Floyd fell unconscious.
When defence lawyer Eric Nelson repeated the question, Mr Williams again objected.
"I grew professional and professional," he said. "I stayed in my body. You can't paint me out to be angry."
Court TV
Genevieve Hansen
'He was not moving; he was being restrained but he was not moving"
The off-duty Minneapolis city fire-fighter was hoping to have "a peaceful day" and went for a walk, she testified.
She noticed the lights of the police car, and wondered if her co-workers were responding to a fire.
"As I got closer there was a woman across the street screaming that they were killing him," said Ms Hansen, 27, who has also trained an emergency medical technician (EMT).
"I was concerned to see a handcuffed man who was not moving with officers with their whole body weight on his back and a crowd who was stressed out," she said.
Ms Hansen described pleading with the officer to check Mr Floyd's pulse and to begin CPR. One officer, she said, told her that "if you really are a Minneapolis fire-fighter you would know better than to get involved".
After the defence attorney asked if the crowd had been "upset or angry", she hit back: "I don't know if you've seen anybody be killed, but it's upsetting."
Darnella
'I stay up apologising and apologising to George Floyd'
"When I look at George Floyd, I look at my dad. I look at my brothers, I look at my cousins, my uncles. Because they are all black," said the 18-year-old that filmed the viral video of the arrest.
"I look at that and I look at how that could have been one of them," said Darnella, the first of four witnesses who the judge permitted to speak off-camera because they were minors at the time of the incident.
"It's been nights I stay up apologising and apologising to George Floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting and not saving his life," she continued.
"But it's not what I should have done. It's what he should have done," she said in a reference to Mr Chauvin.
Alyssa
'I was failing to do anything'
Another teenager present that day said she felt powerless to help as she saw Mr Chauvin work to maintain pressure on Mr Floyd.
"I kind of saw him move his knee down more," said the 18-year-old, "down onto Mr Floyd's neck."
"I felt like there wasn't really anything I could do," Alyssa continued. "As a bystander I was powerless there, and I was failing to do anything."
Asked why she shouted to Mr Chauvin to release Mr Floyd, she said: "I knew time was running out or it had already... That he was going to die."
Kaylynn
'I was scared of Chauvin'
"He was like digging his knee into George Floyd's neck," testified the 17-year-old.
She added that Mr Chauvin "did grab his Mace and started shaking it at us... I didn't know what was going to happen."
"I was scared of Chauvin," she added.
Darnella's cousin
'I was sad and kinda mad'
Darnella's nine-year-old cousin testified that Mr Chauvin did not remove his knee from Mr Floyd, even after ambulance workers had told him to.
"I was sad and kind of mad, and it felt like it was stopping his breathing and it was hurting him," she replied when asked how the event made her feel.
France will widen strict lockdown restrictions - which have already been in place in several areas including Paris - to the whole country to combat a third wave of coronavirus sweeping Europe.
In a televised address to the nation, President Emmanuel Macron said the measures will come into effect on Saturday and be in place for at least a month.
He warned the country would "lose control if we do not move now", introducing restrictions including closing non-essential shops and shutting schools for three weeks.
Image:French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the nation
He said timetables will be adapted to allow for one week of online lessons, followed by a two-week holiday.
There will be a month-long domestic travel ban, and a nationwide 7pm-6am curfew will remain in place.
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Mr Macron said "the numbers are charging away from us" and France is now faced with "a race against the clock".
The extended measures mark a departure from the government's policy in recent months, which has focused on regionalised restrictions.
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School closures in particular had been seen as a very last resort, with the president appearing reluctant to bring in the measure and saying children's education was "non-negotiable".
His announcement comes after doctors warned that hospitals are on the brink of being overwhelmed by the number of sick people needing treatment.
Daily new infections hit 59,038 on Wednesday, up from around 20,000 in February.
And yesterday, the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care breached 5,000, exceeding the peak hit during a six-week long lockdown in the autumn.
Mr Macron revealed worrying new data had been seen in recent days, including figures showing 44% of patients in French ICUs are now under the age of 65.
Sky's Europe correspondent Adam Parsons said of the president's address: "This really was a classic bit of Emmanuel Macron rhetoric. It was a speech laced with care, with politics and also with a little grain of self-aggrandisement."
He said that the measures announced are "pretty much the pillars of the lockdown of last year".
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'Virus has been accelerating' says French PM
Mr Macron had been holding off another national lockdown since the start of the year, hoping to steer Franceout of the pandemic while giving the economy a chance to recover from a deep slump.
However, in recent weeks, options have narrowed as the highly contagious and virulent coronavirus variant first detected in Britain has swept across France and much of Europe.
US President Joe Biden is set to unveil the details of a spending plan aimed at re-igniting America's economic growth.
The plan aims to upgrade its crumbling infrastructure and tackle climate change.
The $2.3tn (£1.7tn) proposal, which he will outline in a speech on Wednesday, was central to the vision he laid out on the presidential campaign last year.
Mr Biden plans to offset the spending by raising taxes on businesses, including the corporate tax rate.
That would rise from 21% to 28%, a proposal which has already roused fierce opposition.
Republicans have called the rises "a recipe for stagnation and decline", while the Business Roundtable, a powerful lobby group that represents firms such as Walmart, said it supported investments but would oppose tax increases.
The pushback is a sign of the tough fight ahead for the plan, which needs approval from Congress.
Acrimony looms
Joe Biden could have gone in a number of different policy directions after narrowly getting his covid pandemic aid package through Congress. That he opted to push for an infrastructure bill, rather upping the pressure for gun control, voting rights, immigration, the environment or healthcare reform, suggest he's looking for a popular, non-controversial legislative second act.
Of course, like that coronavirus package, the Biden administration is likely to use a massive piece of legislation to quietly advance some of those other policy priorities. The proposal contains hundreds of millions of dollars in green energy spending, expanded care for the elderly and disabled and job training, for instance.
Also like the coronavirus aid bill, even non-controversial infrastructure provisions that have high public support will be swamped in partisan acrimony. In particular, Republicans are going to vehemently object to the tax increases for corporations and businesses contained in the proposed legislation.
Chances are, Democrats will again have to go it alone when it comes to passing Biden's legislative agenda.
The challenge, then, will be keeping the Democratic coalition together at a time when a wide number of constituencies, many of whom held their tongue during the Covid negotiations, line up to ensure their priorities are funded.
The White House has promoted its proposal as the most ambitious public spending in decades, saying the investments are necessary to keep the US economy growing and competitive with other countries such as China.
The package ranges widely, touching on everything from creating charging stations for electric vehicles to eliminating lead pipes.
It calls for investing more than $600bn in infrastructure, including modernising roads, replacing rail cars and buses and repairing crumbling bridges.
Billions more would be devoted to initiatives like improving veterans hospitals, affordable housing, high-speed broadband, manufacturing, and technology research.
The spending, which would have to be approved by Congress, would roll out over eight years.
The tax increases, including raising the minimum tax on profits earned overseas, would offset the spending over 15 years.
For carmakers, who in recent weeks have been increasing green investments, the plan is expected to unleash new demand for electric vehicles.
Investors in the sector have been "awaiting this day since Biden was elected" analyst Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities said.
France will widen strict lockdown restrictions - which have already been in place in several areas including Paris - to the whole country to combat a third wave of coronavirus sweeping Europe.
In a televised address to the nation, President Emmanuel Macron said the measures will come into effect on Saturday and be in place for at least a month.
He warned the country would "lose control if we do not move now", introducing restrictions including closing non-essential shops and shutting schools for three weeks.
Image:French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the nation
He said timetables will be adapted to allow for one week of online lessons, followed by a two-week holiday.
There will be a month-long domestic travel ban, and a nationwide 7pm-6am curfew will remain in place.
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Mr Macron said "the numbers are charging away from us" and France is now faced with "a race against the clock".
The extended measures mark a departure from the government's policy in recent months, which has focused on regionalised restrictions.
More from Covid-19
School closures in particular had been seen as a very last resort, with the president appearing reluctant to bring in the measure and saying children's education was "non-negotiable".
His announcement comes after doctors warned that hospitals are on the brink of being overwhelmed by the number of sick people needing treatment.
Image:So far, only 12% of the French population has been inoculated against coronavirus. Pic: AP
Daily new infections hit 59,038 on Wednesday, up from around 20,000 in February.
And yesterday, the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care breached 5,000, exceeding the peak hit during a six-week long lockdown in the autumn.
Mr Macron revealed worrying new data had been seen in recent days, including figures showing 44% of patients in French ICUs are now under the age of 65.
Sky's Europe correspondent Adam Parsons said of the president's address: "This really was a classic bit of Emmanuel Macron rhetoric. It was a speech laced with care, with politics and also with a little grain of self-aggrandisement."
He said that the measures announced are "pretty much the pillars of the lockdown of last year".
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
'Virus has been accelerating' says French PM
Mr Macron had been holding off another national lockdown since the start of the year, hoping to steer Franceout of the pandemic while giving the economy a chance to recover from a deep slump.
However, in recent weeks, options have narrowed as the highly contagious and virulent coronavirus variant first detected in Britain has swept across France and much of Europe.
France will widen strict lockdown restrictions - which have already been in place in several areas including Paris - to the whole country to combat a third wave of coronavirus sweeping Europe.
In a televised address to the nation, President Emmanuel Macron said the measures will come into effect on Saturday and be in place for at least a month.
He described the measures as "reinforced breaking" and they will include closing non-essential shops, and shutting schools for three weeks.
He said timetables will be adapted to allow for one week of online lessons.
There will be a month-long domestic travel ban, and a nationwide 7pm-6am curfew will remain in place.
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Mr Macron said "we will lose control if we do not move now", adding "the epidemic is accelerating".
The extended measures mark a departure from the government's policy in recent months, which has focused on regionalised restrictions.
More from Covid-19
School closures in particular had been seen as a very last resort.
His announcement comes after doctors warned that hospitals are on the brink of being overwhelmed by the number of sick people needing treatment.
Daily new infections have doubled since February to nearly 40,000.
And yesterday, the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care breached 5,000, exceeding the peak hit during a six-week long lockdown in the autumn.
Image:So far, only 12% of the French population has been inoculated against coronavirus. Pic: AP
Sky's Europe correspondent Adam Parsons said of the president's address: "This really was a classic bit of Emmanuel Macron rhetoric. It was a speech laced with care, with politics and also with a little grain of self-aggrandisement."
He said that the measures announced are "pretty much the pillars of the lockdown of last year".
Mr Macron had been holding off another national lockdown since the start of the year, hoping to steer Franceout of the pandemic while giving the economy a chance to recover from a deep slump.
However, in recent weeks, options have narrowed as the highly contagious and virulent coronavirus variant first detected in Britain has swept across France and much of Europe.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) found no specific risk factors, including age, for the AstraZeneca Covid jab, but said it was carrying out further analysis. This comes amid a bitter row between the UK and the bloc over coronavirus vaccine supplies.
EMA executive director Emer Cooke said in a statement: "EMA is of the view that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine in preventing COVID-19, with its associated risk of hospitalisation and death, outweigh the risks of side effects.
"A causal link with the vaccine is not proven.”
He added how they will continue to look at any evidence and will provide another update next week.
The AstraZeneca vaccine - which was developed with Oxford University - was approved for use by EU regulators earlier this year.
Germany, France, Italy and Spain all halted the use of the vaccine amid growing concerns as EU member states have recorded a number of blood clots after the vaccine was administered to patients.
Portugal, Slovenia, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Romania, Latvia, Austria, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Bulgaria also all halted the inoculation of the jab, despite advice from the EMA.
Iceland and Norway, who are both not members of the EU but have joined the European Economic Area (EEA), also halted the AstraZeneca vaccine.
The row between the UK and the EU has been escalating since the Commission threatened Britain with a ban on vaccine exports.
Mrs von der Leyen said: "I think it is clear that first of all the company has to catch up.
"[It] has to honour the contract it has with European member states before it can engage again in exporting vaccines.
"We want to explain to our European citizens that they [can] get their fair share."
Mr Johnson warned the "blockades" were "not sensible".
The EU's glacial vaccine rollout has been widely criticised by its own member states.
This week, Ireland's Taoiseach Micheal Martin hit back at the bloc and accused them of holding them back.
He said: "Every effort has been made to ensure that almost all doses are injected into people in the same week that they arrive, but disruptions to supply – to Ireland and throughout Europe – have held us back.
"Indeed, the only thing that is holding us back is supply."
To date, just 11.3 percent of adults aged 18 and above have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine across the EU.
Only 4.9 percent of adults from EU countries have been fully vaccinated.
In comparison, more than half of the adult population in the UK have received their first dose of a vaccine as the figure exceeds 30,000,000.
More than 3,000,000 people have received both jabs.
US President Joe Biden is set to unveil the details of a spending plan aimed at re-igniting America's economic growth.
The plan aims to upgrade its crumbling infrastructure and tackle climate change.
The $2.3tn (£1.7tn) proposal, which he will outline in a speech on Wednesday, was central to the vision he laid out on the presidential campaign last year.
Mr Biden plans to offset the spending by raising taxes on businesses, including the corporate tax rate.
That would rise from 21% to 28%, a proposal which has already roused fierce opposition.
Republicans have called the rises "a recipe for stagnation and decline", while the Business Roundtable, a powerful lobby group that represents firms such as Walmart, said it supported investments but would oppose tax increases.
The pushback is a sign of the tough fight ahead for the plan, which needs approval from Congress.
Infrastructure investment
The White House has promoted its proposal as the most ambitious public spending in decades, saying the investments are necessary to keep the US economy growing and competitive with other countries such as China.
The package ranges widely, touching on everything from creating charging stations for electric vehicles to eliminating lead pipes.
It calls for investing more than $600bn in infrastructure, including modernising roads, replacing rail cars and buses and repairing crumbling bridges.
Billions more would be devoted to initiatives like improving veterans hospitals, affordable housing, high-speed broadband, manufacturing, and technology research.
The spending, which would have to be approved by Congress, would roll out over eight years.
The tax increases, including raising the minimum tax on profits earned overseas, would offset the spending over 15 years.
For carmakers, who in recent weeks have been increasing green investments, the plan is expected to unleash new demand for electric vehicles.
Investors in the sector have been "awaiting this day since Biden was elected" analyst Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities said.
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is facing the biggest crisis of his presidency after the heads of the army, navy and air force all quit and the country recorded its highest daily Covid-19 death toll.
The unprecedented resignation of the defence chiefs is being seen as a protest at attempts by Mr Bolsonaro to exert undue control over the military.
Mr Bolsonaro's popularity has plummeted over his response to Covid-19.
Nearly 314,000 people have died, with a new daily record of 3,780 on Tuesday.
What's the situation with Covid?
Worldwide, Brazil has the second highest number of total confirmed Covid cases with more than 12.6m. Only the United States has had more.
President Bolsonaro has consistently opposed lockdown measures, arguing that the damage to the economy would be worse than the effects of the coronavirus itself.
He has also told Brazilians to "stop whining" about the situation.
But last week, Mr Bolsonaro, who has previously raised doubts about vaccines and defended unproven drugs as treatment, said that he would make 2021 the year of vaccinations. "Very soon we'll resume our normal lives," he said.
So far Brazil has vaccinated just over 8% of the population, with some 17.7m vaccine doses dispensed.
What is the political fallout?
The president's popularity has plummeted over his handling of the pandemic, with 43% of Brazilians saying Mr Bolsonaro is to blame for the Covid crisis, according to a Datafolha poll published in mid-March.
His government is in turmoil. On 16 March a new health minister took office - the fourth since the pandemic began. Marcelo Queiroga, a cardiologist, replaced an army officer with no medical training.
On Monday the defence and foreign ministers resigned, prompting a cabinet reshuffle. The foreign minister was accused of mishandling relations with China, resulting in a shortage of Covid-19 vaccines.
The defence minister clashed with Mr Bolsonaro over the issue of the armed forces' loyalty, which he said should be directed to upholding the constitution rather than supporting the president personally.
They were followed on Tuesday by the heads of the army, navy and air force. It is believed to be the first time in Brazilian history that the heads of the armed forces have stood down together over a disagreement with the president.
The BBC's Latin America correspondent, Will Grant, says Mr Bolsonaro is now facing his biggest political crisis since taking office in January 2019.
The president is a divisive figure who has sparked controversy with racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments.
A former army captain, Mr Bolsonaro organised a commemoration in 2019 of the 1964 coup which put Brazil under military rule until 1985. At least 434 people were killed or disappeared, according to the findings of a 2014 national truth commission.
Mr Bolsonaro defended the ceremonies, saying the aim was to remember the era rather than commemorate military rule itself.
On Wednesday, the newly appointed minister of defence, Gen Walter Braga Netto, said that it had "pacified the country" and should be celebrated.
He said that there had been a "very real threat to peace and democracy" and that the armed forces had confronted that threat.
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is facing the biggest crisis of his presidency after the heads of the army, navy and air force all quit and the country recorded its highest Covid-19 daily death toll.
The unprecedented resignation of the defence chiefs is being seen as a protest at attempts by Mr Bolsonaro to exert undue control over the military.
Mr Bolsonaro's popularity has plummeted over his response to Covid-19.
Nearly 314,000 people have died, with a new daily record of 3,780 on Tuesday.
There have been more than 12.5 million confirmed cases.
Brazil's far-right president, who came to power two years ago, has consistently opposed quarantine measures, arguing that the damage to the economy would be worse than the effects of the coronavirus itself.
He has also told Brazilians to "stop whining" about the situation.
On Monday, the president was forced to reshuffle his cabinet after his foreign and defence ministers both quit.
How serious is this for Bolsonaro?
It is reportedly the first time in Brazilian history that the chiefs of the army, navy and air force have stood down together over a disagreement with the president.
The three men - Gen Edson Leal Pujol, Adm Ilques Barbosa and Lt Brig Antonio Carlos Bermudez - resigned on Tuesday, a day after the president's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo was forced to quit following heavy criticism by lawmakers.
Mr Araújo was accused of poorly handling relations with China, India and the US, which lawmakers said resulted in Brazil having insufficient quantities of Covid-19 vaccine.
Defence Minister Fernando Azevedo e Silva then quickly followed suit, prompting a cabinet reshuffle. The defence minister clashed with Mr Bolsonaro over loyalty of the armed forces, which he said should be directed to upholding the constitution rather than supporting the president personally.
The BBC's Latin America correspondent, Will Grant, says Mr Bolsonaro is now facing his biggest political crisis since taking office in January 2019.
Combined with his mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic, our correspondent adds, the pressure on the leader has ramped up significantly in recent weeks.
Mr Bolsonaro, who has previously raised doubts about vaccines and defended unproven drugs as treatment, said last week that he would make 2021 the year of vaccinations. "Very soon we'll resume our normal lives," he said.
Brazil has been struggling with the rollout of its vaccination programme across the vast country. So far, it has been using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and China's CoronaVac, both of which require two jabs.
Brazil has also approved the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and placed orders for the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine and the Russian-made Sputnik V jab.
Brazil's daily Covid-19 death toll passed 3,000 for the first time earlier this month, pushing hospitals close to collapse and raising fears that the country could become a threat to global public health.
