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ah, unearned taylor, this is out there alive from london. also coming up a solid protest on the 2nd anniversary of min mars military coups. the doors of shops and offices defiantly closed. hope frances meets victims of the war in the democratic republic of congo, and condemns brutal atrocities in the east of the country. and the u. k is largest coordinated strike action in a generation half a 1000000 people walk out, demanding better pay and conditions. ah and who begin in the u. s. city of memphis, where the funeral is due to be held for terry nichols, the 29 year old who died last month 3 days after he was brutally beaten by police body cam footage of incident shows nichols being beaten for 3 minutes. the 5

officers involved have now been charged with 2nd degree murder. but his death leaves unanswered questions about the nature of policing in the u. s. if you know is being held at the mississippi boulevard christian church in memphis, and is being attended by members of nichols family, civil rights figures, and community members. gabriel jones joins his live from memphis. so tell us what we can expect. while we're expecting that there will be over 2500 people that are inside this church behind me right now is this service for tyree nichols is just getting underway in the last couple minutes here . we are expecting that the u. a g will be given by reverend al sharpton, who is a very prominent civil rights advocate here in the united states. he will be giving

the you would you expect to hear from benjamin crump, one of the families attorneys. and then we expect to hear from some of tyree nichols, family members, perhaps a brother, maybe his mother or his a stepfather were told that this is going to be very much a celebration of tyree nichols life and people that know him. but we're also expecting to hear particularly calls for justice not only justice for this case of tyree nichols, but calls for reform in the, in the policing system in the united states as a whole. there's a real sense that people are simply fed up with black men and women being victims of police brutality in the united states in recent years. and we expect to hear calls for more reform and laws nationally. they would hold police more

accountable. this service is expected to go on for about 2 hours or so, or they're also going to be showing we think video videos and photos of tyree nichols as well. give people a better perspective of who he was as a young man and a father of a 4 year old. a lot of people only know tyree nichols for maybe a few still photographs or from of course, that her griffin video that we've all seen of him actually being beaten by the police. but i think this service is very much about giving a bigger picture of who he was as a young man, a nonstandard. the vice president will be there as well. yes, yes, she is inside vice president, kamala harris is here representing the white house. she of course, is african american, 1st african american vice president the united states. she's been very much on the front lines of trying to deal with issues of police brutality and civil rights

issues, of course. and she will be here. we do not expect her to speak at the service, but she did meet already privately with the nichols family where she offered, of course, condolences to them and said, according to what the family was saying, she promised that she would bring back a message to washington of trying to push for better laws for accountability for police officers accused of wrongdoing. and what is the latest on the investigation? there been lots of people that were involved in the beating of tyree nickels that have been discipline. of course, primarily the 5 police officers that were seen beating him. those all 5 of those officers have been fired and they are all facing criminal charges, including 2nd degree murder. but beyond that, there are 2 other law to other police officers that were on seen that they have

been put on administrative leave while the investigation continues for their potential potential wrong doing. but they have not been fired yet. as investigation move forward to sheriff's deputies as well that were on seen but not directly seen beating tyree nichols, they have been put on administrative leave. and then of course, there are 3 paramedics from the fire department that were fired as well for not providing aid to tyree nichols as quickly as they should have, according to the fire department. when he lay on the ground in obvious pain. fire department said that they did not render aid fast enough, so they were fired as well for not following proper procedures. so there are a lot of people that have been held accountable so far. however, what you'll hear from the family and what you also hear from the lawyers as well is that is simply not enough. they want more accountability, more justice,

and they're taking this really beyond memphis. now they said before to try to call for wider reforms within policing throughout the united states. so this doesn't happen again, or if it does, there will be accountability. i should say that benjamin crump, the one of the lawyers for the tyree nichols family had said that he is pretty satisfied with how the police department here has responded. at least initially, in his words, he said that the police department has done a very a job in quickly firing the 5 officers that were primarily the ones involved with beating tyree nichols. but then also releasing that video that was done just a little after 3 weeks after the incident took place. and the lawyer for the family applauded the police department for doing that. saying that it's really a model of how other police departments should, should respond with transparency in the future. in previous cases of police

brutality, we've seen that it's taken months for officers to be disciplined and sometimes months or even longer for any sort of video to perhaps be released by the police department or by local district attorneys offices. so here they did respond pretty quickly in terms of releasing information that they knew. but clearly the family and the lawyers still are following this closely to wanting more accountability that anybody that was involved in any sort of wrong doing that ultimately led to his death is held ultimately accountable and paste justice. gabriel is under reporting either from the funeral of tyra nichols in memphis. thank you very much and will be coming back to the funeral. and to gabriel, a little later i

f. b, i as found no classified documents, research of a beach house owned by us president joe biden. the search was part of a special council investigation into his handling of classified material and personal attorney said the president gave his full support and cooperation to the investigation. last month f b i. agents found several caspar documents in biden's home in wilmington, was joined by a white house correspondent, kennedy. how could you give me? what else do we know about this particular search? well, we are expected to get an update imminently. in fact, a, we do know that the white house briefing has been delayed by about 30 minutes because reporters were summoned to what is known as the stake out position outside of the west wing of the white house. also outside of the white house briefing room where they are assembled right now. we are told that in sams he is the supposed

person for the white house counsel's office that he is set to appear before the reporters assembled at stake up position. and i'm just trying to see if he's there now. i can't quite make it out. ah, but he is set to update reporters any moment if he's not speaking already about that search and what has taken place. what i can tell you is that the f b, i did go there, they did not pick up any documents with any sort of classified markings on them. but there were some hand written notes that were taken from the president's residence there. the beach house, as it's known in robust beach, delaware. these handwritten notes pertain to time when the president was in fact, vice president under brock obama. now it's important to note that the president, according to his attorney, was aware of the search. it was consensual,

the president was cooperative and this is part of an ongoing search of a number of locations including his private residents in wilmington, delaware. this follow some search where there was also a turning up of documents in a think tank in washington dc which really sort of set all of this off of the think tank known as the pen biden's center. and this sort of culminated in is searched for documents that prompted the attorney general merit garlan to look into whether there has been a mis handling of classified documents by joe biden. not only pertaining to his time, his vice president, but also his time as a u. s senator as well, and as far as the physical in the context of the kind of classified documents, candles running, barton and former president donald trump, isn't it? well to put this into perspective. uh, we've had joe biden, who has now been determined to have had some classified documents in his possession

. we've had former vice president mike pence, who is also now voluntarily o turned over documents that he should not have had in his possession. because you have to remember that all of this is of public record, it belongs to the national archive. and then there is donald trump, who also had documents, but the distinguishing factor when it comes to the former president donald trump, is he did not give up those documents voluntarily. but instead the f b, i had to obtain a search warrant and go in and get those documents with a search ward. and that is the big differentiating factor. and this is what is opening up the former president to the potentiality of prosecution. and that is why the bible administration says these 2 cases are very different. now, given the fact that there is the fact that joe biden has also been found to have classified documents, it is some legal experts say making it that much harder,

potentially to prosecute the former president. donald trump. having said that, there are many that would argue that these cases are very different, given the fact that the former president donald trump did of many would argue off view skate or make it much more difficult for the f b. i to go in and get those documents and returned them to the national archive. again, all of these documents belong to the american public and do belong in the national archives as a matter of public record. communicate. thank you very much. indeed. man magenta has extended a state of emergency for 6 more months. 2 years after overthrowing the government, the country's facing growing violence and instability since the military coup in 2021. tony chang has more from the time he and ma border deserted streets around the sleigh, pagoda people in yan gone defiantly showing their support for the silent strike. as offices and shops remain closed. despite warnings from the military scenes like

this were repeated across myanmar on wednesday. but in bangkok where they were free to speak out, they did. hundreds of mamma citizens demonstrated outside their embassy denouncing the coo and the general behind it. many held up pictures of young sons to cheat. the last elected leader. now facing a lifetime j, we not exam me all i, we want democracy is why we want to for the all the world that, hey, look at that burma, and come and help the burma stay with. i'm up in london. we are here to protect me and mine is pretty bad right now. me no lie, destroy the country, and he kills a lot of people. at this stage, senior general manon ly shows no sign of backing down. the military has used the full force of its arsenal in the past 12 months. heavy artillery armour and

increasingly air strikes, the resistance is strong across the country. many clearly still refused to accept military rule. what we have is just dawned amid men of the people, and then people are very brazilians, but also ready to fight against of military by all means possible. that is what military don't have. but the united nations, a concession that the international response to the crisis survey has been disjointed, where and weak that is what is missing when it comes to me and more of that kind of strategic coordinated approach by a coalition of countries. much like we saw with respect to the ukraine crisis we've yet to see with respect to the me and mark weiss, the tactics of mere mars military when they forced more than a 1000000 ethnic were hanger to flee. and now being repeated across the country, yet many neighboring nation still refused to condemn the generals, nor of a sanctuary or 8 to those suffering inside. on the board with thailand, boats,

ferry supplies across the memo. the world bank estimates the economy has shrunk by 15 percent since the qu, food shortages a wide spread. while some trade is carrying across the border, light inside mere mass seems to be getting increasingly difficult. on the military rule, 22000000 people living below the poverty line, millions more displaced by fighting and basic services like education and health care essentially gone. tony ching al jazeera on the time. yeah, my border. elaine pearson is the asia director with human rights watch. she says violence and crimes against humanity have been escalating since the could in we've seen a literally of war crimes strikes attacking civilians, even children, and also crimes against humanity. i mean, we've seen over the past 2 years, something like 17000 protesters arrested. nearly 3000 people killed the resumption

of executions after 3 decades. so really we are seeing a worsening spiral of atrocities over the past 2 years without any let up. there's an immense humanitarian need in the country. 17000000 people in need of humanitarian assistance. but that assistance needs to be developed in a way that it can actually get to the people who are most in the deliberate in a non discriminatory way. and that means also providing cross border and they have been blocks actually, you know, certainly on the part of the time government in allowing cross border aid and blocks from the mean, my military joint not wanting a to be distributed through certain groups. so, you know, there are immense humanitarian needs in the country, and it is important that that aid gets to the right people. but it's also important that there is monitoring of that aid so that the aid is not simply being softened off by the military. in 2017,

the main ma security forces launched their violent campaign against the rank of people every kind state. within a matter of months, moon, 740000 remainder were forced from the country and sought refuge in neighboring bangladesh. with a 1000000 people have escaped me in the united nations says about 943000 of them, and now refugees in bangladesh. their hunger are stateless. they denied citizenship in mid march, and have no official refugee status in bangladesh. to ken is president of the burmese were hanging organization. he says the situation has gotten much worse for the ring to people 1000 people. you can see they fled by gentlemen who, who. busy are getting much, much more compressed with upon, you know, ongoing dental side in there. you can see that people are not able to reach. i mean, they're kind of a dental hygiene, ongoing military, you know,

and unfortunately, we have not seen any protection probably in the community for, you know, even though we have seen us, let me not much. and you want to think that i want people, you know, 13, and 1000000 people in the are you know, in the pam and we never know when they can re time the commission is really bad. we have more friends on by me, military and international. definitely very okay. then we have not too much company and you have to bring by me military violating provisional mesh, at least were delivered from just the dumb larry 2020. but we have not seen much, but francis has slammed brutal atrocities in eastern democratic republic of congo

after meeting victims of war in the capital. contrast, the leader of the roman catholic church on wednesday often blessings to people who experienced violence in the country. rebel groups have intensified attacks as they seek to expand that territory. the pope's planned visit to the eastern province was cancelled because of the fighting. earlier the pope called on people engaged in fighting in the country to lay down their arms. he held him up in the capital contessa for hundreds of thousands of people, decades of violence, especially in the eastern region for millions to leave their homes. pope urge people to grant each other what he called a great amnesty of the heart. in case we need to believe that we, christians are called to cooperate with every one to break the cycle of violence to dismantle the machinations of hatred. yes, christians sent by christ are called by definition to be a conscience of peace now. well, people welcome web has more from can chatter. the pope's ne thing with people have

been displaced by are affected by complex in east the country from it to the province where 2 armed groups, who could deco one, could conduct another, called the adf. both responsible for massacring many civilian 1000 civilians in recent years. also, people from north keyvi where the m 23 group widely understood to be a proxy of rwanda. they were one to deny that taken territory from the government and displaced around half a 1000000 people in recent months and also people from south tv province. whether it's on conflict, as well as the coming days. he's got more than sunday or can shop including to morrow visiting, not to dom cathedral right here. we can see here some nuns just taking arrest in the shade of a tree. they were among the crowd of thousands of people on the airport runway this morning. where the mass took place at pope france's lead and imminent russian

offensive has been predicted as the war and ukraine approaches its 1st anniversary . ukraine says russia is marshalling its forces in the loo, hand, screeching governors. as the russian military is forcing people out of their homes near the front line, so they cannot provide information about the trip build up. and my son, you creating officials are expecting a fresh bush shortly. or some of the most intense fighting during the war and ukraine is taking place in the eastern city of bad mood. it's believe both russia and ukraine have lost huge numbers of troops there, which is a frontline city and the internet screeching and talked about. so i spoke to the brother of one ukrainian soldier killed there, followed to me usual with kill defending the eastern ukrainian town of buck moved in december, had joined the army after russia invaded ukraine, telling his family. he wanted to fight for its freedom. his brother slobber says volota. mia was proud of ukraine and took part in pro western protests in 2014. so

he wasn't surprised when flo demand listed and says he kept in touch with his family by messenger from the front lines. the morning. before going to the mission, he said we are going to the mission. and every evening when they got back, he message that there, that he said there back, smother, remembered how he heard about followed me as death. my father made a call to me. i couldn't believe it. and didn't want to believe it. but well, it was hot, hard dying for us all. for us, all. the brothers grew up in northern ukraine and were close followed. the man went

on to become an online game, tester and developer and keith. he helped create a popular game called stalker. the face of one of the characters is modeled on his, but the virtual world of shooters is a far cry from the reality of war. the battle between ukrainian or russian forces. so back mode is brutal, fighting's intense. it's been described as a living. hell, flava says he could see how harrowing it was in his brother's face in his final week's, but he says for low to mid died, doing what he believed. and i'm sure that he was done. it again followed the mayor has left behind his family and 2 young children like many ukrainians. he paid the ultimate price defending the country. he loved natasha. butler al jazeera, keith ukraine. what lanes in the post cold war, nuclear arms control agreement negotiated between the u. s. and russia may now be

in jeopardy. washington accuses moscow violating the new start treaty by banning inspections. a treaty is set to expire in 2026, and i shall name reports on what some fear could be a significant shift in strategies surrounding nuclear weapons. for more than 75 years, the united states and russia have been the primary players in the nuclear arms race . the 2 global powers still possess 90 percent of the world's nuclear warheads. since 2011, they've abided by an agreement limiting both their nuclear warheads and the missiles that the liver them ratifying. a freebie like start isn't about winning a victory for an administration or political party. it's about the safety and security of the united states of america. but earlier this week, the u. s. accused russia violating the new start treaty by prohibiting inspection.

the russian ambassador to the us says, given the war in ukraine, it would be imprudent to allow the american military on to its soil. russia says it will honor the treaties, other terms, even so this is generated fear in the west that the new start treaty could collapse before it expires in 2026. meanwhile, the number of acknowledged nuclear states remained small. but nuclear know how is spreading. that means treaties like the new start, may no longer be the most urgent topic on the non proliferation agenda. as for russia, the government maintains it would only use a nuclear weapon if attacked or facing a major threat. some analysts believe going forward, the country will rely more on what's called non strategic nuclear weapons, with shorter ranges,

as it did during the 19 seventy's and eighty's crises between russia and the u. s. in the past have been averted through diplomacy. but with relations between the nato alliance and moscow on edge over the war in ukraine, much will be needed if that's to be achieved. again. natasha name al jazeera. the u. k is experienced its largest coordinated strike action in a generation. up to half a 1000000 train and bus drivers, civil servants, university lecturers, and security guards walked off the job in dispute overpay jobs and working conditions. the trade union congress, which represents most trade unions in england and wales, opposes a proposed law that would require unions to provide minimum levels of service on strike days. on a 100000 teachers staged a 1st strike in schools in england wells. and more than 6 years, they were given a 5 percent pay rise last year,

but want and above inflation increase of more than 10 percent. and the mother has more oh, smiling through the colds, but normally tomorrow and her colleagues at this school for pupils with special needs would be in sight. they want to pay royce that meets the rising cost of living and treats people in the profession. i've had to make he sacrifices, i've actually watch t jobs and for 5 years now, to be able to get to the keeper rebate, my head to be able to put fuel in my car says i can actually get to work. even friends of mine. he have been teachers 43 years, have decided that it's just not for them because they genuine, he cannot bear the stress and be the overnight and or, and the what played that, that they are expected to do. thousands of teachers and their families marched in london on wednesday, many stress payroll. this should be far higher than the 5 percent off for last year . and we paid for by the government not comfortable. ready? stretch school budgets. that point when they came eligible by then. so what you're

doing is you're taking, make me think with my mom's name and like it's just she works so much emotional dimensions. you have to say like the doing so much more than ever applies to these teachers are making sure their demands are heard or what is clearly a sizable demonstration to her. oh, you've of industrial action taking in various parts of the economy or coding on the government for pay rises. that leads inflation. the government insist is bound by the recommendations of the pay review body, even though it's constrained by the financial remit. ministers gave it the independent pay review body recommended 5 percent fixed beavens teaches an 8.9 percent for new teachers. there's also progression pay within those salary bands as well. so 40 percent of classroom teachers will actually be getting pay rises up to

15.9 percent this year for the national education union that's far from good enough . they accused ministers of refusing meaningful talks. they go to dial down the rhetoric down, they ante in down to teach the time they got to start it got to get into a room. i'm about to about the time on resources to negotiate. so at the moment there is not an offer on the table that you can put to them. no, no, actually for this yeah, i mean, do they delay they should have published their evidence. maybe what your friday i haven't published it. the next education strike is due at the end of the month. if there's no movement on pay, you will likely to be seeing more protests. look just from people like tomorrow, but work is in other key professions who at least for now, enjoy broad support from the public. the dean bother al jazeera london news banker was out the strike area. it's at least more than a decade since quite so many trading in some diff.