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, it's more egregious than i can tell you. president biden has called for calm. we'll get more from our north america correspondent. also on the programme — at least nine palestinians are killed in an israeli raid in the west bank. the us secretary of state will visit the region next week.

boeing denies concealing information about flight control systems on its 737 max aircraft following two deadly crashes. and close encounters — the asteroid the size of a bus has passed the earth. we look at what this means. voice—over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. in the united states, 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 month. 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 toward 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. i just got off the phone with the father, and he clearly is saying that there is no way to justify 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, 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. our north america correspondent peter bowes, who's in los angeles, talks us through the background of this case. this goes back to january

seven, when tyre nichols was stopped by the police. 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 lawyers that have been speaking for them, that's when they say he was brutally, severely beaten by those officers. he was also tasered and pepper sprayed at the same time. and the officers, the events proved quite quickly. those offices have since been fired and as we now know have been charged with second—degree murder. find now know have been charged with second-degree murder. and there have been strong _ second-degree murder. and there have been strong words _ second-degree murder. and there have been strong words from - second-degree murder. and there have been strong words from the l have been strong words from the police chief, haven't there, calling this a failing of basic humanity towards another individual. what other reactions have we heard so far? yeah, it is striking, isn't it, the reaction that we are hearing from this. the words of the police chief and others

involved in the investigation. for example, we have heard from the head of tennessee bureau of investigations who said this was absolutely appalling and doesn't reflect proper policing. it was wrong, he said. and they have been other widespread condemnation. we have also heard from a lawyer representing a couple of the police officers who are accused of this, saying that the general public should reserve judgement until all of the facts come out. 50 judgement until all of the facts come out.— judgement until all of the facts come out. . ., ., facts come out. so much emotion and so much _ facts come out. so much emotion and so much understandable - and so much understandable anger that people are feeling, there is this video as well, isn't there, that is 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 has called for calm already. any sense of what may happen when the video is released?— the video is released? well, this is going _ the video is released? well, this is going to _ the video is released? well, this is going to be _ the video is released? well, this is going to be a - the video is released? well, this is going to be a pivotal. this is going to be a pivotal moment and it is quite an unusual thing for the authorities to essentially signpost a day and a time later

in the day on friday when the video will be released and for seniorfigures, including president biden, as you say, to suggest that peaceful protest will be justified in this case, while also saying of course that violence under any circumstances is notjustified circumstances is not justified and circumstances is notjustified and that's what we're hearing on the local authorities as well but clearly, with tensions running high, and there have been other similar circumstances, slightly different but similar incidents, over recent years in the united states that have led to angry protests on the streets, there are of course will be the fear that this could turn violent, and the hope is and the strong suggestion from all of the authorities involved, including the family involved, is that yes, people should protest but they should do it peacefully. peter bowes speaking to us earlier. 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. sirens wail. 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. —— of blood in 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 you to north korea, where people in the capital pyongyang are reportedly in the middle of a five—day lockdown that the government is thought to have 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 degrees celsius in some of the northern regions. earlier, i spoke tojean lee, public policy fellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars, a long—time north korea watcher,

and 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 for us because we're not there to really know what that means. they've said that means they will be checking temperatures and that they will be sterilising. i've taken a look at the pictures — there are these pictures of officials in hazmat suits carrying out these sterilisation campaigns in these high—touch areas 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 8, there might be a military parade, and the late leader

kimjong il, his birthday, it's called day of the shining star, is on 16 february, so these are big propaganda moments, so they will most likely be trying to restrict traffic in and out of pyongyang to try to make sure that those moments go smoothly. now, i do think, as you mentioned, it's an extremely cold time of year — i mean, negative 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 north korea. —— wave of illness going through north korea.

you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme — brings on the programme — to britain 500 jamaicans. more fallout from the windrush scandal with claims the uk government isn't going to implement promised recommendations. the 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 firmly 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 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. at least nine palestinians are killed in an israeli raid in the west bank. the us secretary of state will visit the region next week. 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 $2.5 billion, including $500 million to the families of those killed. now relatives of those who died are trying to reopen the settlement. i spoke to our news reporter azadeh moshiri, who took me through the details of the case. nearly four years since these two crushes and they both involve that aircraft you mentioned, the 737 max, new mi at mentioned, the 737 max, new m1 at the time. first there was the line airflow, an indonesian carrier, which grossed into the sea, and then a few months later, a nearly identical aircraft operated by ethiopian airlines crashed minutes after takeoff. it then transpired

that these were because of design flaws in those aircraft that led the planes to suddenly make these catastrophic nosedive is. what the us department ofjustice said was that this was because of a new software system in these aircraft that boeing had not included information about the many pilot manuals and had deliberately sought to downplay the impact to the us regulator, the impact to the us regulator, the faa. the boeing today in court denies it concealed any information.— court denies it concealed any information. so, as you know, ou as information. so, as you know, you as you _ information. so, as you know, you as you point _ information. so, as you know, you as you point out, - information. so, as you know, you as you point out, there i information. so, as you know, l you as you point out, there was a settlement, why was it being reopened?— reopened? there was a settlement _ reopened? there was a settlement and - reopened? there was a settlement and it - reopened? there was a settlement and it was l reopened? there 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, and that the deal

between the doj and boeing was, in their words, as sweetheart agreement. ajudge has now found that the victims of these crushes were legally categorised as crime victims and that, therefore, is, they should have been part of these negotiations. important to say that the doj did defend their decision to have a settlement. there is that it was appropriate because they couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the alleged crimes by boeing were connected to these two crashes. and boeing, thereby, is as reopening the settlement will be unprecedented, unworkable, and inequitable. so be unprecedented, unworkable, and inequitable.— and inequitable. so what are we heafina and inequitable. so what are we hearing from — and inequitable. so what are we hearing from the _ and inequitable. so what are we hearing from the families - and inequitable. so what are we hearing from the families at - hearing from the families at this moment? what have they been saying?— been saying? yes, the stories ofthe been saying? yes, the stories of the families _ been saying? yes, the stories of the families is _ been saying? yes, the stories of the families is really - been saying? yes, the stories of the families is really at - of the families is really at the heart of this. of course it was extremely traumatic event for them. and what they and the lawyer, the words they have repeated several times in front of court has been no third crash. they believe their settlement is to be reopened,

that boeing needs several new safety measures put in place, they need an independent monitor, they need 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. and, importantly, they simply want their day in court. they want to be able to face boeing's senior officials and they want immunity lifted. one man, for example, talked about the fact it is extremely hard to live every day because of the loneliness after having lost both his wife and his children. and it's worth listening to one of the victims themselves describe that experience.— themselves describe that exerience. ., , ., experience. four years from that day onwards _ experience. four years from that day onwards no-one i experience. four years from i that day onwards no-one from that day onwards no—one from boeing — that day onwards no—one from boeing co_ that day onwards no—one from boeing co even had the guts to face us — boeing co even had the guts to face us or— boeing co even had the guts to face us or even put into trial. we live — face us or even put into trial. we live in— face us or even put into trial. we live in pain and distress, unstable _ we live in pain and distress, unstable ground. 30 we live in pain and distress, unstable ground.— we live in pain and distress,

unstable ground. so a difficult exoerience. — unstable ground. so a difficult experience, but _ unstable ground. so a difficult experience, but again - unstable ground. so a difficult experience, but again boeing | experience, but again boeing does deny that it concealed any information.— information. azadeh moshiri on that story for — information. azadeh moshiri on that story for us, _ information. azadeh moshiri on that story for us, taking - information. azadeh moshiri on that story for us, taking us - that story for us, taking us through the details of this story there. 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, bilalal—sudani, according to senior us officials. the officials said sudani and 10 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 six thousand people dead, according to government data. but activists believe the real number is far higher. the windrush scandal, when thousands of british people, many arriving from the caribbean in the 19505 and '60s were wrongly classified as illegal residents, is again the source of pain and disappointment. the head of the official inquiry which reported three years ago says that crucial recommendations have now been dropped by the home secretary suella braverman. the report had previously been accepted in full by boris johnson's government. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. we couldn't get a doctor's appointment... janet mckay and her partner anthony bryan say their lives have been torn apart because of the windrush scandal. i couldn't plan any part of my life. if i needed to go up the road i had to borrow money.

i couldn't work, couldn't sign on. i couldn't go to the doctors. i had to go to a&e because i couldn't go to the dentist. there's lots of things i couldn't have done and that put a lot of stress on me. like many other victims, they are still waiting for compensation from the home office. they say the money will only repair some of the damage. but today's government announcement has caused even more resentment and distrust. in a written statement from the home secretary, suella braverman, three recommendations made in an independent review three years ago will now be scrapped. there will no longer be windrush reconciliation events, on an appointed migrants' commissioner, and no change to the role of the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, which could have seen increased powers. this latest announcement is a huge blow for victims and their families, whose lives have been devastated by home office mistakes

and comesjust months before 75th anniversary celebrations marking the windrush generation's arrival into the uk. the empire windrush brings to britain 500 jamaicans... thousands of caribbean migrants who came to the uk from the late 19405 legally had the right to remain in the uk. but they were wrongly classed as illegal citizens because of a hostile immigration policy, which meant they were denied access to homes, jobs and nhs care. some were even detained and deported. four years on from the scandal they've only resolved less than half of the compensation claims they promised, and now they're trying to quietly drop some of the recommendations that they had accepted. glenda caesar, born in dominica, now spends most of her time helping others after experiencing first—hand the emotional and financial impact of the windrush scandal.

they're not keeping to their promises. they have made the promises but then they're taking back the promises, and it seems to be something that's just happening to the windrush victims time and time again. broken promises, confidence shattered, casting a cloud over this year's windrush 75 celebrations. adina campbell, bbc news. an asteroid the size of a minibus hasjust made one of the closest approaches to our planet ever recorded. it passed just 2200 miles from the earth's surface. experts say that while this space rock, known as 2023 bu, is too small to do any damage, it illustrates how little we know about the near—earth environment. 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, so the moon

is 100 times 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 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 just 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 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.

that was andy rivkin, planetary astronomer atjohn hogg wins university talking to me a little earlier. that brings us to the ends of this hour of newsday —— johns hopkins university. 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 light 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 degrees 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 are 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.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. newscast... newscast from the bbc. hello, it's adam in the studio. and chris in the studio. and there will be lots of interesting guests on this episode of newscast. but first of all, chris, give us an update on what is happening with the tax affairs of nadhim zahawi, the tory party chairman, who was chancellor, of course. yeah, so he has now said

that he is willing for revenue and customs, the tax people, to share details of his tax affairs that are normally shrouded in confidentiality,