'The world is waiting': Derek Chauvin set to go on trial for killing of George Floyd

Opening arguments begin in Minneapolis on Monday as ex-officer denies charges of murder and manslaughter

The murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer whose alleged killing of George Floyd last year prompted a wave of Black Lives Matter protests, gets fully under way with opening arguments in Minneapolis on Monday.

Chauvin, 45, has denied charges of second- and third-degree murder and manslaughter over the death of the 46-year-old Black man after he was detained on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20 bill last May.