welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... five black police officers in the us state of 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 blacks 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... boeing denies concealing information about flight control systems on its 737 max aircraft following two deadly crashes.

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 injust 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 notjust a professional failing, 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 a different role in the 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, and he clearly is saying that there is no way tojustify this behaviour. - so, for this young man to be beaten to death by five - police is horrendous, - inexcusable and intolerable. but even adding to that, i these are five black cops. we fought to put blacks on the police force, - and for them to act in such - a 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 peter, great to get you on the programme. just talk us through the background of this case, how we got here.—

the background of this case, how we got here. this goes back to january _ how we got here. this goes back to january the — how we got here. this goes back to january the 7th. _ how we got here. this goes back to january the 7th. it _ how we got here. this goes back to january the 7th. it was - how we got here. this goes back to january the 7th. it was a - to january the 7th. it was a traffic stop for an alleged traffic stop for an alleged traffic offence, and there was some kind of confrontation initially. he then ran away from the scene. he was held again by the police officers, and that's when, according to the family and the lawyers that had been speaking for them, that's when they say that he was brutally, severely beaten by those officers. he was also tasered and pepper sprayed at the same time. the officers have since been sacked, and as we now know, they've been charged with second—degree murder. charged with second-degree murder. �* ., , murder. and there have been stron: murder. and there have been strong words _ murder. and there have been strong words from _ murder. and there have been strong words from the - murder. and there have been strong words from the police | strong words from the police chief, calling this a failing of basic humanity towards another individual. what other reactions have we heard so far? yeah, it is striking, the reaction that we're hearing about this. the words of the

police chief and others involved in the investigation, for example, the head of the tennessee bureau of investigations, who said this was absolutely appalling and doesn't reflect proper policing. he says it was wrong, and there's been other widespread condemnation. we've also heard from a lawyer representing a couple of the police officers who are accused of this, saying the general public should reservejudgment public should reserve judgment until all of public should reservejudgment until all of the facts come out. until all of the facts come out, . until all of the facts come out. . ., ., ., out. so much emotion and understandable _ out. so much emotion and understandable anger - out. so much emotion and understandable anger that j understandable anger that people are feeling. there is this video that's due to be released in the next 2a hours or so. released in the next 2a hours orso. president released in the next 2a hours or so. president biden's called for home already. sense of what might happen when that is released?— might happen when that is released? ., .., , released? -- for calm. it is uuite released? -- for calm. it is quite unusual— released? -- for calm. it is quite unusualfor_ released? -- for calm. it is

quite unusual for the - quite unusual for the authorities to essentially signpost a day —— late in the day. forseniorfigures day. for seniorfigures including president day. forseniorfigures including president biden, to suggest that peaceful protests will be justified in this case. also saying that violence under any circumstances isn't justified. but clearly, with tensions running high, there have been other similar circumstances over recent years in the united states that have led to angry protests on the streets. it will be the fear that this could turn violent. the hope is in the strong suggestion from all the authorities involved, including the family, people should protest, but they should do it peacefully. protest, but they should do it peacefully-— peacefully. indeed, peter, thank you _ peacefully. indeed, peter, thank you for _ peacefully. indeed, peter, thank you for keeping - peacefully. indeed, peter, thank you for keeping us l thank you for keeping us up—to—date. when i'm sure we'll be checking in on in the coming days and weeks.

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. earlier, i spoke tojean lee, public policy fellow at the woodrow wilson international centre for scholars, a long—time north korea watcher. i asked her about these reports of a lockdown. 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 to really know what that means. they've said that means they will be checking temperatures and sterilising. .. taking a look at the pictures, there are these pictures of officials in 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's a lockdown. now, what we do know is that february is a month of anniversaries for north korea. there is a key military anniversary on february 8th — there might be a military parade — and the late leader, kimjong—il, his birthday, called day of the shining star, is on february 16th. so, these are big propaganda moments, so they will most likely be trying to restrict traffic in and out of pyongyang to make sure that those moments go smoothly. now, i do think, as you mentioned it's as you mentioned, it's an extremely cold time of year. i mean, —30 below zero celsius — i know how cold it is. people are probably very sick, but they're not allowed to call it covid. we do know they share a long border with china. they have been very strict about stopping any traffic and smuggling between china and north korea, but it's quite possible

that there has been some activity along the border, that the virus has made its way in. we know how badly the chinese have been affected, so it's quite possible that there is some sort of a way the virus is coming through. gene lee speaking to us about what is happening in north korea. boeing has told a us court it was not guilty of concealing information about flight control systems on its 737 max aircraft, which led to two crashes, killing 346 people. flaws in the systems were found to have led to the accidents, but boeing avoided a trial by agreeing to pay two point —— $2.5 billion, including 500 million to those of the families who were killed. now relatives of those who died

are trying to reopen the settlement. i'm joined now by our news reporter azadeh moshiri. if you could remind us what happened and why did these classes happen in the first place? classes happen in the first lace? �* , , ., , classes happen in the first lace? �*, , ., , ., place? it's been nearly four ears place? it's been nearly four years since _ place? it's been nearly four years since these _ place? it's been nearly four years since these two - place? it's been nearly four i years since these two classes, and they both involved that 737 max, a new one at the time. first there was the lion air flight from indonesia, which crashed into the sea, and then a nearly identical ethiopian aircraft crashed a after take—off. it then transpired that these were because of the design flaws. they lead to plans to make these catastrophic nose dive. what the us department ofjustice said is that this was because of a new software system and these aircraft. boeing had not included them —— their

information. but boeing today has denied it concealed any information.— has denied it concealed any information. so, as you point out, information. so, as you point out. there — information. so, as you point out, there was _ information. so, as you point out, there was a _ information. so, as you point out, there was a settlement. | out, there was a settlement. why is it being reopened? there was a settlement _ why is it being reopened? there was a settlement and _ why is it being reopened? there was a settlement and it - why is it being reopened? there was a settlement and it was - was a settlement and it was between the doj and boeing. at the time, the ceo of boeing did say that they fell short, they did acknowledge that. but what the relatives of the victims are now saying is that they should have been part of those negotiations, that it violated their rights that they weren't, and the deal between the doj and the deal between the doj and boeing were there was a sweetheart agreement. a judge said the victims of these crashes were legally categorised as crime victims and that therefore, yes, they should have been part of the negotiations. it's important to say the doj did defend their decision to have a settlement, saying it was appropriate because they couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the alleged crimes by boeing

were connected to these two crashes. boeing says reopening the settlement would be unprecedented, unworkable and inequitable. 50. unprecedented, unworkable and inequitahle-_ inequitable. so, what are we heafina inequitable. so, what are we hearing from _ inequitable. so, what are we hearing from the _ inequitable. so, what are we hearing from the families? l inequitable. so, what are we - hearing from the families? what have they been saying? the stories of— have they been saying? the stories of the _ have they been saying? tue: stories of the families have they been saying? tte: stories of the families are really at the heart of this because this was an extremely traumatic event for them. what they and the lawyer, the words they and the lawyer, the words they have repeated several times in front of court, has been know for a crash. they believe the settlement needs to believe the settlement needs to be reopened, that boeing needs several new safety measures put in place, they need an independent monitor and several things like assessing all of this and putting it all out in the public domain to ensure that this simply does not happen again. importantly, they sweetly want their day in court. they want to be able to face senior officials and they want immunity lifted —— they

simply want. one man talked about the fact that it's extremely hard to live every day because of the loneliness after having lost both his wife and his children. it's worth listening to one of the victims describe that experience. four years from that day to onwards, no—one from boeing company even had the guts to face us, or even put into trial. we lived in a pained and distressed, unstable ground. difficult experience, but boeina difficult experience, but boeing design _ difficult experience, but boeing design -- - difficult experience, but| boeing design -- boeing difficult experience, but - boeing design -- boeing denies boeing design —— boeing denies it concealed any information. azadeh moshiri, thanks for keeping us up—to—date. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. a tale of two brothers — one who survived the holocaust — and one who didn't. 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.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our top story. five black police officers in the us state of tennessee are charged with the murder of tyr—ee of tennessee are charged with the murder of tyree with the murder of tyre nichols, who was beaten following a traffic stop. civil rights leaders are outraged. let's turn to the middle east now, where israel's military says two rockets fired from the gaza strip have been intercepted over southern israel. tensions have escalated in the region following an israeli military raid in the occupied west bank on thursday in which nine palestinians — both fighters and civilians — were killed. 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.

our 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. 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�*s 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. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. clashes have broken out in beirut during protests over an investigation into the deadly port explosion that killed more than 200 people in 2020. families of the victims are demanding that the top judge be allowed to continue his probe after prosecutors challenged his authority. a us military raid in somalia ordered by presidentjoe biden has killed a key regional leader of the islamic state group, bilal al—sudani, according to senior us officials. the officials said sudani and ten other is fighters were killed during a gunfight, after us troops descended on a cave complex in northern somalia, hoping to capture him. the international criminal court is resuming its investigation into the war on drugs waged by the former

philippine president, rodrigo duterte. mr duterte's brutal crackdown left more than 6,000 people dead, according to government data. but activists believe the real number is far higher. friday marks holocaust memorial day — a day dedicated to the remembrance of thejews and others who suffered in the holocaust under nazi persecution. as the years pass, there are fewer and fewer survivors from that time — and there's a fear the day may lose its impact in future. our religion editor aleem maqbool reports. this is manfred goldberg and his younger brother herman. during the holocaust, they were rounded up with their mother and sent to a concentration camp. he was a lovely little boy. sadly, he was murdered when he was only nine years old. there was no such thing as mourning in the camps. i still remember my mother's heartbreaking wails at having lost her little boy. nevertheless both she and i had to line up the following

morning and go to work as if nothing had happened. herman was one of around 6 millionjews that were murdered. this must have been october, november �*45. manfred came out of it alive and has a picture a few months after liberation with another survivor, zigi shipper. there was an incredible bond between us. it was different to friendship because of the way we initially met and bonded. as teenagers, manfred and zigi were in the same slave labour gang. zigi was interviewed in 2020 talking about the concentration camp guards. they were doctors, lawyers, engineers that were doing it. you know, and then they went home in the evening and they

sat down with their wife and children, eating their dinner and listening to music, knowing what they did daytime. butjust earlier this month, the world lost another witness when on his 93rd birthday, zigi shipper died. the worst thing that in my opinion could happen is that the holocaust begins to fade with the disappearance of survivors and becomes just a footnote in history. unbelievably, many of the members of the ss behaved to us like we were subhuman, without any feeling. children were shot, babies were thrown against the wall to smash their brains. it's almost beyond understanding. and that can be prevented from recurring, ithink,

by keeping the memory of the holocaust alive. for manfred, the best way to pay tribute to his close friend zigi is to do everything possible to ensure nothing like the holocaust ever happens again. aleem maqbool, bbc news. what a moving report there. an asteroid the size ofa mini bus is skimming past the tip of south america right now, just 2,200 miles from the earth's surface, one of the closest asteroid approaches ever recorded. andy rivkin, planetary astronomer atjohns hopkins university in the us told me more about the close encounter. yeah, this object is passing something like i% as close as the moon is, the moon is 100

is, so the moon is 100 further away than this passing. 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. yeah, and 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? something this size, you wouldn't want to be right under it. it's never good to get hit in the head by a rock. but it wouldn't really cause any damage beyond that. a larger object hit the city of chelyabinsk the city of chelyabinsk in siberia and that caused a shock wave broke windows all around town. this is much smaller,

so it wouldn't even do that. we have telescopes around the world, both the united states and other 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. yeah, that is fantastic. just talk us through what you're expecting to happen in terms of the movement of 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 trajectory around the sun a little bit. then 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 briefly, is 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 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, so even less dangerous, and even just earlier this these were maybe the size of a chair instead of a bus, so even less dangerous, and even just earlier this year, they found something about that size that hit canada. they found it a few hours ahead of time.

as andy from john hopkins universe he points out, we're all safe, so thank goodness for that! 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, 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, 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 — 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, 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. this is our weatherfront by this point and not much more than a band of cloud, and maybe the odd spot of drizzle over high ground, especially in northern england, the north midlands and into north wales. to the south of that, some spells of sunshine. 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, and so, it's looking pretty mild through next week. a lot of dry weather around some rain, particularly in the north.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zainab badawi. i'm just outside colombo, the capital of sri lanka. this beautiful island nation has been plunged into its worst economic crisis for more than 70 years. it led to widespread protests and forced the resignation of the president last year. and all this after a long—running civil war in which around 100,000 died.