welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... five black police officers in memphis, tennessee are charged with the murder of tyre nichols, who was beaten following a traffic stop. civil rights leaders are outraged. these are five black cops. we fought to put black people on the police force, and for them to act in such a brutal way is more egregious than i can tell you. president biden has called for calm. we'll get the latest live from our north america correspondent. also on the programme: a trans woman in scotland, who raped two women before changing gender, won't serve her sentence in a female—onlyjail. this prisoner will not be

incarcerated at cornton vale women's prison, and i hope that provides assurance to the public presiding officer, not least to the victims in this particular case. at least nine palestinians are killed in an israeli raid in the west bank. the us secretary of state is to visit israel and the west bank next week. and in just over an hour's time, an asteroid the size of a bus is passing the earth on one of the closest approaches on record. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. in the united states in the last hour, president biden has called for calm, after five police officers were charged with murder of tyre nichols, a black man severely beaten after a traffic

stop earlier this year. the officers in memphis, tennessee — who are all black — were fired last week, after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. here's what the memphis police chief and the district attorney had to say. this is not just this is notjust a professional failure, this is a failing of basic humanity towards another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. i expect our citizens to exercise their first amendment right to protest, to demand action and results. but we need to ensure our community is safe in this process. none of this is a calling card for inciting violence or destruction on our community or against our citizens. while each of the five individuals played _ while each of the five individuals played a — while each of the five individuals played a different role in the incident _ played a different role in the incident in question, the actions of

all of— incident in question, the actions of all of them — incident in question, the actions of all of them resulted in the death of tyre nichols and they are all responsible. reverend al sharpton is a us civil rights activist who is delivering the eulogy for tyre nichols at his funeral next week. he's been speaking with the bbc. ijust got off the phone with the father. — ijust got off the phone with the father. and _ ijust got off the phone with the father, and he _ ijust got off the phone with the father, and he clearly- ijust got off the phone with the father, and he clearly is - ijust got off the phone with the father, and he clearly is sayingl father, and he clearly is saying that there _ father, and he clearly is saying that there is _ father, and he clearly is saying that there is no _ father, and he clearly is saying that there is no way _ father, and he clearly is saying that there is no way to - father, and he clearly is saying. that there is no way to justify this hehavloun — that there is no way to justify this hehavloun 50. _ that there is no way to justify this behaviour. so, for— that there is no way to justify this behaviour. so, for this— that there is no way to justify this behaviour. so, for this young - that there is no way to justify this | behaviour. so, for this young man to behaviour. so, for this young man to be beaten _ behaviour. so, for this young man to be beaten to— behaviour. so, for this young man to be beaten to death _ behaviour. so, for this young man to be beaten to death by _ behaviour. so, for this young man to be beaten to death by five _ behaviour. so, for this young man to be beaten to death by five police - behaviour. so, for this young man to be beaten to death by five police is l be beaten to death by five police is horrendous, — be beaten to death by five police is horrendous, inexcusable _ be beaten to death by five police is horrendous, inexcusable and - horrendous, inexcusable and intolerable. _ horrendous, inexcusable and intolerable. but _ horrendous, inexcusable and intolerable. but even - horrendous, inexcusable and intolerable. but even adding | horrendous, inexcusable and . intolerable. but even adding to that, _ intolerable. but even adding to that, these _ intolerable. but even adding to that, these are _ intolerable. but even adding to that, these are five _ intolerable. but even adding to that, these are five black- intolerable. but even adding to that, these are five black ops. i intolerable. but even adding to i that, these are five black ops. we fought— that, these are five black ops. we fought to — that, these are five black ops. we fought to put _ that, these are five black ops. we fought to put blacks _ that, these are five black ops. we fought to put blacks on _ that, these are five black ops. we fought to put blacks on the - that, these are five black ops. we fought to put blacks on the police | fought to put blacks on the police force. _ fought to put blacks on the police force. and — fought to put blacks on the police force. and for— fought to put blacks on the police force, and for them _ fought to put blacks on the police force, and for them to _ fought to put blacks on the police force, and for them to act - fought to put blacks on the police force, and for them to act in - fought to put blacks on the police force, and for them to act in suchj fought to put blacks on the police i force, and for them to act in such a brutal— force, and for them to act in such a brutal way— force, and for them to act in such a brutal way is — force, and for them to act in such a brutal way is more egregious - force, and for them to act in such a brutal way is more egregious thanl force, and for them to act in such aj brutal way is more egregious than i could _ brutal way is more egregious than i could tell— brutal way is more egregious than i could tell you _ i'm joined now by our north america correspondent, peter bowes, who's in los angeles.

strong words that we've heard from the police chief there, calling this a failing of basic humanity towards another individual. what's been the reaction so far? the another individual. what's been the reaction so far?— another individual. what's been the reaction so far? the broad reaction, and we've just _ reaction so far? the broad reaction, and we've just had _ reaction so far? the broad reaction, and we've just had a _ reaction so far? the broad reaction, and we've just had a flavour - reaction so far? the broad reaction, and we've just had a flavour of - reaction so far? the broad reaction, and we've just had a flavour of it, i and we've just had a flavour of it, people are using words like heinous and sickening and unbelievable. we're hearing this from a number of different agencies — from the police force, from prosecutors and others, including president biden, that there is a tremendous amount of shock at what happened. we've also heard from a lawyer representing two of the officers that have been charged and the lawyer is saying that he urges the general public to reservejudgment until that he urges the general public to reserve judgment until all of the facts are known in this case. indeed, and in terms of the facts of this case, if you could talk us through the background and give us a sense of what happened at that time.

yes, tyre nichols, a 29—year—old black man was stopped by the police. it was a traffic stop for a reckless driving. there was apparently an initial confrontation. this is back on january the 7th, initial confrontation. this is back onjanuary the 7th, and he started to run away from the scene when he was caught up with by the officers, and that's when the alleged beating took place. according to his family, they've seen the results of the autopsy report, the postmortem examination, which they say justifies and supports their view that he was severely beaten at that point. he was also pepper sprayed and tasered as well. since earlier this month, five officers were sacked, and they've all been charged with second—degree murder. sacked, and they've all been charged with second-degree murder. indeed, and we understand _ with second-degree murder. indeed, and we understand there _ with second-degree murder. indeed, and we understand there is _ with second-degree murder. indeed, and we understand there is a - with second-degree murder. indeed, and we understand there is a video . and we understand there is a video do to be released in the next 2a

hours. detailing what happened. president biden has called for calm. what's the mood there like? the mood, as what's the mood there like? the mood. as you — what's the mood there like? tue: mood, as you can what's the mood there like? he mood, as you can imagine, what's the mood there like? t“tl: mood, as you can imagine, is what's the mood there like? ttl mood, as you can imagine, is very tense. there's a huge amount of anticipation for that video, which we understand will be very difficult to watch. it will show in some detail what happened to mr difficult —— mr nichols, and we heard from various people including the police chief and president biden saying yes, people should protest what happened. they have a right to do that, but these protests should not be violent. violence neverjustifies anything, but bearing in mind what we've seen from similar incidents over many years in the united states, there is a fear that the streets of memphis could be dangerous. they will certainly be angry over the next few days. ads,

dangerous. they will certainly be angry over the next few days. fix. lat angry over the next few days. a lot of an . er, angry over the next few days. a lot of anger. a — angry over the next few days. a lot of anger. a lot _ angry over the next few days. a lot of anger, a lot of _ angry over the next few days. a lot of anger, a lot of emotion. - angry over the next few days. a lot of anger, a lot of emotion. thank you for keeping us up—to—date on that story. lots more on the bbc website, as always. do be sure to check out the latest developments on bbc .com/ news. let's take you to north korea where people in the capital pyongyang are in the middle of a five—day lockdown, that the government says is being imposed because of what it calls a "respiratory illness". officials have not mentioned covid by name. meanwhile, temperatures in north korea have dropped to below 30 celsius in some of the northern regions. we can speak now tojean lee, public policy fellow at the woodrow wilson international centre for scholars. it's great to get you back on tuesday, jean. most obvious question is, is the lockdown likely to be due to covid—i9 or something else, and is it possible to say? i think we should clarify that state

media hasn't mentioned a lockdown. they said they're in the middle of an anti—epidemic campaign. and they haven't provided very many details, to be honest, and it's so hard because we're not there. they said that means they will be taking temperatures and sterilising. taking a look at the pictures, there are these pictures of officials and hazmat suits carrying out these sterilisation campaigns in the capital. but we are hearing reports from outlets that have sources inside north korea saying it appears that there is a lockdown. what we do know is that february is a month of anniversaries for north korea. there is a key military operate anniversary on february the 8th, and the late leader, his birthday is on february 16. the late leader, his birthday is on february16. it the late leader, his birthday is on february 16. it will most likely be trying to restrict traffic to make sure that those moments go smoothly.

now, i do think it's an extremely cold time of year — —30 below zero celsius, i know how cold it is. people aren't allowed to call it covid. we do know they share a long border with china. they have been very strict about stopping any smuggling between china and north korea, but it's quite possible that there has been some activity along there has been some activity along the border, that the virus has made its way in. it's quite possible that there is some sort of a way the virus is coming through. t’itt there is some sort of a way the virus is coming through. i'm glad ou virus is coming through. i'm glad you brought _ virus is coming through. i'm glad you brought op _ virus is coming through. i'm glad you brought up china _ virus is coming through. i'm glad you brought up china because i virus is coming through. i'm glad. you brought up china because now that we've seen china reopening, is there any prospect of that for north korea? i'm afraid we've had some

technical difficulties there with gina lee. ——jean. to scotland now, where a trans woman who raped two women before deciding to change her gender, won't be allowed to serve her sentence in a women's—onlyjail. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, made the announcement in the scottish parliament. isla bryson, had been remanded to cornton vale women's prison, after being convicted of committing the rapes, when she was a man, called adam graham. bryson decided to transition from male to female while awaiting trial. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, has more. isla bryson is a convicted double rapist. crimes committed while she was a man called adam graham. the 31—year—old started transitioning after being charged with the rape of two women. because bryson identified as a woman, she was held at this

women's prison near stirling, but kept apart from other prisoners while a risk assessment was carried out. scotland's first minister had said there was no automatic right for a trans woman to be held in the female prison, but as controversy over bryson has grown, on this case nicola sturgeon has now gone further. first minister, should a convicted rapist ever served time in a women's prison? given the understandable public and parliamentary concern in this case, i can confirm to parliament that this prisoner will not be incarcerated at cornton vale women's prison, and i hope that provides assurance to the public presiding officer. bryson is one of relatively few transgender prisoners in scotland. there are more than 7000 male and around 300 female inmates in total. the latest figures indicate they were four trans men, one in a men's prison, and three and a women's prison. and there were 11 trans women split almost evenly between men's

and women's prisons. 0ne former prison governor who has spoken out on this says the solution is obvious. i it's quite clear we need third units. for trans people, and they should be in male prisons — i'm. quite clear about that, because there's no point injust separating trans identified - men off to sleep separately. they should be held i in male prisons in units they should be held _ in male prisons in units in male prisons in units for trans people, and i think that's the only - reasonable way forward. this case has hit the headlines at a moment when transgender rights and particularly access to single sex—spaces such as women's prisons have become the focus of intense debate and political disagreement. the gender recognition reform scotland bill is passed. legislation passed at holyrood making it easierfor a person to legally change their sex was met with delight and dismay. shame on you!

then, last week, the uk government blocked it from becoming law. at the heart of this, though, are two women who were raped. their attacker, bryson, has now been moved to a men's prison in edinburgh dampening down the immediate controversy, but this case adding to an already heated issue. let's turn to the middle east now, where palestinian officials say at least nine people — including a 61—year—old woman — have been killed during an israeli raid in the occupied west bank. israeli security forces say they entered a refugee camp injenin to arrest members of the armed group, islamichhad, who they accuse of planning a major attack. it's been the deadliest day in the west bank for several years. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports from the scene. heavily armed israeli forces arriving in this crowded urban refugee camp. there were explosions and gunfire in three hours of fierce battles with palestinian militants. there were explosions and gunfire in three hours of fierce battles with palestinian militants. ambulances struggled to reach the mounting palestinian casualties. still smouldering, the israeli army said it targeted islamichhad

militants hiding out here acting on intelligence that they were planning major attacks. three men were killed in this house and another arrested. just coming inside, you can see how rooms have been reduced to rubble and there's still this acrid smell of burning, and i've seen a lot of blood on here. one woman on this street was killed by a stray bullet. a neighbour, aisha abu al—naj, tells me she and her family were terrified. translation: there is no safety. we're not only afraid about ourselves, but about our children. there is no safety, only fear. everyone is scared, young or old. almost every day, there is a martyr. how long will this way of life last? the dead are buried quickly here.

today, fighters and civilians were carried off together on a tide of mourners. since the series of deadly attacks in israel last year, its military has been carrying out what it calls a "counterterrorism offensive", and the number of palestinians killed has risen rapidly. injenin refugee camp, often the target of israeli raids, people know well the taste of the bitter coffee served after funerals. as the crowd gathered here, palestinian officials announced they'd stop cooperating with israel's new far—right leaders on security. the us now says it's trying to calm growing tensions. yolande knell, bbc news, jenin. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... in around an hour's time, an asteroid the size of a bus is passing the earth on one of the closest approaches on record.

a shuttle challenger exploded soon after lift—off. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman schoolteacher. all of them are believed to have been killed. by the evening, tahrir square, the heart of official cairo, was in the hands of the demonstrators. they were using the word "revolution". the earthquake singled out buildings and brought them down in seconds. tonight, the search for any survivors has an increasing desperation about it as the hours pass. the new government is finally in control of the entire - republic of uganda. survivors of the auschwitz concentration camp have been commemorating the 40th anniversary of their liberation. they toured the huts, gas chambers and crematoria and relived their horrifying experiences.

welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. the production of opium in myanmar rose by a third last year, ending what had been a seven—year decline. that's according to the united nations — who put the rise down to increasing economic hardship. opium resin is used to make heroin and the global price for it has risen, so there's more demand. our southeast asia correspondent, jonathan head, has more. the reasons for opium cultivation declining in recent years are partly because the big syndicates that make money in many of the lawless areas of myanmar have been switching to synthetic drugs like methamphetamines, and production of that's gone up even more. and also, there have been successful campaigns to persuade farmers there to go to alternative crops. this is a very striking reversal of the trend, up by a third in just one year.

and the un assumes this is because farmers... opium provides a lot ofjobs. it's labour intensive. it's one of the reasons the syndicates prefer to make synthetic drugs. but it does provide a lot of work in a country that has lost well over a million jobs since the coup, because of the catastrophic disruption to the economy. i mean, there's a civil war raging in much of myanmar. and in these these traditionally quite problematic areas, there are very few alternative sources of income. people often used to leave them to go to jobs elsewhere in myanmar. those jobs no longer exist. so, that's one factor, and it is a worrying trend because you've got that happening, at the same time, there is a veritable tsunami of synthetic drugs pouring out of the same region of myanmar because again, because of the instability, all these various armed groups that operate there need more funds and more money. and they're just producing "yaba" pills as they're known, these methamphetamine pills, they're so cheap here in thailand, you can get one pill for less than a bottle of water. and that's causing enormous social problems in the villages of thailand

and in many other countries in the region. that was jonathan head. the numbers of cars and made in the uk has fallen to the lowest in 66 years. the 10% drop is the worst performance since 1956, but the government says it is determined that the uk remains top location for car making. our business editor, simonjack has the story. archive: the newest cars in the world are l on show at earls court. you have to go back here to the 19505 to find a time when the uk made fewer cars than it did last year. the future is electric. with sales of new petrol and diesel cars banned here and in other european countries from 2030, the industry is at a crucial crossroads. uk vehicle production peaked in the early 19705

at nearly 2 million. it declined untiljapanese makers arrived in the 1980s, then enjoyed a sharp bounce—back after the financial crisis of 2008. but since 2016, the year of the brexit vote, it has been in decline. now, 2022 saw production hit by some global issues and some uk specific ones. plant closures were a big factor, with honda shutting its swindon factory, and vauxhall�*s ellesmere port plant was closed, and it's converted from making astras to making electric vans. production was hit also by a global shortage of microchips and there were other supply chain disruptions in china due to covid shutdowns. now, its expected to pick up this year, but the future is electric, and that requires big money to be spent here in the uk if the car industry is to survive. the industry globally is making a once in a century transition to electrified driving. that means massive investment both in terms of vehicle

production but also batteries. so everyone wants this because of the contribution automotive makes to communities, to economies and so forth. the good news is electric car production reached a record high in the uk last year, but we are falling behind the rest of the world when it comes to the most important part of tomorrow's vehicles — batteries. the uk only has one working battery factory, in sunderland, and one that went bust last week. now, these are the plants working or under construction or planned in the eu. the us is also offering billions in subsidies to companies that locate factories and supply chains there. the competition is intense. we're in a subsidy race between the eu, the us, china, other countries. they want to attract new manufacturing production, low—carbon transition jobs. it's not clear what the uk wants to attract or how much money we have to do so, so we are in danger of being left behind. the government said today it remained determined to make the uk one of the best locations in the world for car manufacturing. but time is running short to grab a slice of the future. simon jack, bbc news.

this doesn't happen every day. in just over an hour's time an asteroid the size of a bus is due to skim past the tip of south america, just 2,200 miles from the earth's surface. nasa says it will be one of the closest asteroid approaches ever recorded. experts say that while this space rock is too small to do any damage, it illustrates how little we know about the near—earth environment. i'm joined now by andy rivkin, planetary astronomer atjohns hopkins university from laurel, maryland in the us. it's great to get you on the programme. just to make sure we're all safe here... how unusual is this close encounter? yeah, this object is passing something like 1% as close as the moon. the moon is 100 times further

away. we think this sort of pass happens maybe once a year, but that's kind of a statistical argument. this is the first time we've seen something on the way in and been able to track it.— and been able to track it. yeah, and as ou and been able to track it. yeah, and as you point out. — and been able to track it. yeah, and as you point out, you _ and been able to track it. yeah, and as you point out, you think - as you point out, you think that this sort of thing happens about once a year. how dangerous are these things for the planet and how do you go about tracking their trajectory? thing this size, you wouldn't want to be right under it. but it wouldn't really cause any damage beyond that. a larger object hit the city of chelyabinsk in siberia and broke windows all around town. this is much smaller, so it wouldn't even do that. we have telescopes around the world, countries that are scanning the skies, looking to see

what's out there, and then sending their observations to get collated so that we can track anything. this is actually great news that we found something like this, found it early enough to show that we're finding things even this small on the way in. :, ,:, : things even this small on the way in. that is fantastic. just talk us throu . h in. that is fantastic. just talk us through what — in. that is fantastic. just talk us through what you're _ in. that is fantastic. just talk us through what you're expecting i in. that is fantastic. just talk us| through what you're expecting to happen in terms of the movement of the asteroid today. 50. happen in terms of the movement of the asteroid today.— the asteroid today. so, this asteroid goes _ the asteroid today. so, this asteroid goes around - the asteroid today. so, this asteroid goes around the i the asteroid today. so, this i asteroid goes around the sun, the asteroid today. so, this - asteroid goes around the sun, like basically everything in the solar system, and for most of its time, it's going to be far enough from any other object that it's going to mind its own business and go on its way. tonight, it's passing close enough to the earth about the earth's gravity is giving it an extra tug. that's going to change is for directory around the sun a little bit —— its trajectory. it's not going to come back so it's now going to be in a different path around the

sun. asteroids do this, they get tugged by the different planets that change their orbit sometimes, and that's why we have these objects passing close by. just that's why we have these ob'ects passing close byfi passing close by. just briefly, is there an early _ passing close by. just briefly, is there an early warning - passing close by. just briefly, is there an early warning system | passing close by. just briefly, is i there an early warning system that you think would be helpful to keep watch on these sorts of things, or is the stuff that you have right now to detect asteroids of this size and nature sufficient? the astronomers and observers _ nature sufficient? the astronomers and observers and _ nature sufficient? the astronomers and observers and people - nature sufficient? the astronomers i and observers and people calculating orbits are all in good touch with one another, and have actually found three or four objects that did hit the earth. these were the size of a chair and of a bus, the earth. these were the size of a chairand ofa bus, so the earth. these were the size of a chair and of a bus, so even less dangerous, and evenjust earlier this year, they found something about that size that hit canada. they found it early enough that people could at least either enjoy the show or run to their basement depending on the personality. indeed! that's very comforting.

thanks forjoining us. that's it, thanks for watching. hello there. for most of us, the working week is going to end on a dry note, but cloud amounts will vary. i'm hopeful that most places will get to see at least a little bit of sunshine. it will be largely dry up but i can't completely rule out it will be largely dry, but i can't completely rule out just the odd shower. where we're starting friday morning with clear skies, a cold start across scotland and northern ireland, a touch of frost, some patchy fog which could also affect parts of northern england and wales. further south and east, a bit more in the way of cloud and one or two morning showers, as many of which will feed by the afternoon. and one or two morning showers, many of which will fade by the afternoon. and then for england and wales, it's a mix of patchy cloud and sunny spells. some sunshine too for northern ireland and scotland. but for northwest scotland, eventually northern parts of northern ireland,

we will see more cloud fringing in ahead of this frontal system. we will see more cloud fringing the breeze picking up in the far north as well. light winds elsewhere, highs of around 6—9 degrees. and then through friday night, this band of cloud and increasingly light and patchy rain will push southwards across scotland, northern ireland, into northern england ahead of that, ahead of that, that's where we'll have the coldest weather through the night with a touch of frost and perhaps some fog patches, as well. some of that fog could be quite slow to clear. the winds in the south will be late on saturday morning. to the north of that, some spells of sunshine, and temperatures 6—8 for most places. now, high pressure across the south of the uk will tend to kill off what's left of that first weather front,

mainly dry in the south on sunday, but further north, this frontal system approaching which will thicken up the cloud for scotland and northern ireland. it will bring some outbreaks of rain, some heavier rain to the northwest later where the winds must be picking up gales likely. some exposed coasts in the northwest of scotland and through the northern aisles, we could see gusts of 65 mph or more. but ahead of that weather front, very mild indeed. 12 degrees in aberdeen, that frontal system will sink southwards through sunday night into monday, very windy towards the north of the uk. briefly, some cold air from the north, but actually, then the winds start to come in around an area of high pressure back the atlantic. back the atlantic, and so, it's looking pretty mild through next week. a lot of dry weather around some rain, particularly in the north.

such good evening, i'm tt and this is your sports news where we start round action gets started with premier league leaders arsenal taking on manchester city tomorrow night. the match will see arsenal manager mikel arteta reunited with his former boss at city — pep guardiola. arteta spent five years as a player at arsenal before moving to city as assistant coach. it seems guardiola always knew where his protegee's heart lay. i know he went to the team, his club, the team that he dreams of and i think it's important for marcelo, for the fact

that he played there is a captain and he loved the club,