welcome to bbc news. i'm monika plaha. our top stories: 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 could tell you. 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 a tale of two brothers:

one who survived the holocaust and one who didn't. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with the 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, 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. i'm joined now by our north america correspondent peter bowes, who's in los angeles. hello, peter. a harrowing case. just talk us through the background of it all and what led to these charges.- background of it all and what led to these charges. yes, this happened _ led to these charges. yes, this happened on — led to these charges. yes, this happened on january _ led to these charges. yes, this happened on january seven, i led to these charges. yes, this| happened on january seven, so happened onjanuary seven, so just a few weeks ago. tyre nichols was stopped, traffic stop, held for alleged reckless driving. there was apparently an initial confrontation with the officers and then, a second

confrontation when he tried to run away from the scene. he was then taken to hospital and died three days later from his injuries. we know that there is footage, as you have mentioned, footage, as you have mentioned, footage from the body cams of the officers which the family of one have seen, other lawyers have also seen this footage, and they describe it as harrowing, showing what happened to him, but he was peppe" happened to him, but he was pepper sprayed, the fact that they say he was beaten and severely beaten for a period of some three minutes. those officers one week ago were fired from the fourth and as we now know they are being accused of murder. now know they are being accused of murder-— of murder. strong words from the police _ of murder. strong words from the police chief, _ of murder. strong words from the police chief, calling - of murder. strong words from the police chief, calling it - of murder. strong words from the police chief, calling it a i the police chief, calling it a failing of basic humanity and many people are disturbed and no doubt upset so what has been the reaction to all of this? well, as we've just heard, there is widespread condemnation of what has happened and including from

police chief and other officials in memphis. we heard from the person involved in the investigation, the federal investigation, the federal investigation there, condemning this, saying that there was really no reason to do it like this, it didn't represent normal policing. and, of course, the focus is on the precise nature of what happened. the fact that there are black officers here involved with the arrest of a young black man which means that the circumstances are somewhat different to other high—profile cases that we have heard of over the last few years. nevertheless, many are saying this illustrates once again that there is a problem with policing and the way that policing is carried out on the streets of america. find policing is carried out on the streets of america.- policing is carried out on the streets of america. and we know that a video _ streets of america. and we know that a video is _ streets of america. and we know that a video is due _ streets of america. and we know that a video is due to _ streets of america. and we know that a video is due to be - that a video is due to be released in the next 2a hours detailing what happened in that event and we've got president biden calling for calm. what's the mood like over there?

clearly, there is a mood of angen clearly, there is a mood of anger. people really want to find out more details about what happened and clearly, we won't know perhaps the full story until we hear this play out in a court of law. and that could take several months. but before then, this very pivotal moment, quite unusual in that way being signposted the local authorities that this is going to happen on a certain day, late on friday at a certain time, that this video will be released and given the nature of the video and with people's emotions running high, yes, there is some concern about what is going to happen unfold on the streets of that city. president biden and other officials have said people have the right to protest, to peacefully protest, but we have heard many appeals already that it remains like that and people don't resort to violence to express their anger and concern at what has happened.- at what has happened. peter bowes, l _ at what has happened. peter bowes, l north _ at what has happened. peter bowes, l north american - bowes, l north american correspondent there. thank you very much. lora king is the daughter

of rodney king. in 1991, he was beaten by four police officers and it was captured on camera. the officers were acquitted and the incident sparked worldwide outrage and protests against police brutality. lora runs the rodney king foundation and joins us now from orange county, california. hello, lora, thank you for joining us. no doubt, the case of migratory brought back extremely painful memories. tell us about when you heard this story and no doubt, it must�*ve been upsetting. —— tyre. it must've been upsetting. -- t re. ., , , tyre. it was extremely upsetting- _ tyre. it was extremely upsetting- i _ tyre. it was extremely upsetting. i saw - tyre. it was extremely upsetting. i saw the i tyre. it was extremely - upsetting. i saw the picture on social media and i kind of picture the situation was what it was but i scrolled past it very fast and of course, people have started calling and asking so then i did research and it's very disturbing. it's unbelievable, really. ifeel

unbelievable, really. i feel like unbelievable, really. ifeel like the only difference between now and then is a hashtag and a clear camera, you know? i'm proud of the officials and everyone that did not release this, so that everyone can see it at the same time, i'm glad they show the family the respect of showing them first. unlike in my dad's incident, we all saw it at the same time so i give them credit for that, so that the family can brace themselves, even though there is no such thing as bracing yourself, but they know what is to come. {iii know what is to come. of course- — know what is to come. of course. and _ know what is to come. of course. and argue concerned that policing has not really improved in past 30 odd years, since your own father was attacked —— argue concerned. it's very concerned rugova concerning the give them credit as i said for not releasing the video to everybody, the public and family, at the same time. i give them credit to releasing it to the family first and letting them processed things and ifeel letting them processed things and i feel about is a sense of

respect. however, we should not be where we are at today. there's no way, there's no way this should still be happening. it was this on anybody�*s family, even if they were white or black or whatever colour. it's unrealistic. this should not be happening. there is no way that that man should not be here with us. there is no way. you say there is no way that this should be happening and this should be happening and this story raises massive concerns, doesn't it, over police brutality.— concerns, doesn't it, over. police brutality.- and police brutality. right. and ou police brutality. right. and you yourself _ police brutality. right. and you yourself have - police brutality. right. and you yourself have a - you yourself have a three—year—old son now so what changes would you like to see here? i changes would you like to see here? ., ., , ,., , here? i would absolutely suggest _ here? i would absolutely suggest the _ here? i would absolutely suggest the whole - here? i would absolutely i suggest the whole process here? i would absolutely - suggest the whole process of the police department be reconstructed because obviously, we are at the same place which lets me know we have not changed anything. like i said, the only difference is hashtag is and clear cameras as to when this happens to my dad and it makes me sad, everyday i wake up, to think about my son. he is innocent, you know? and

that man, he did not deserve to die, whatever he did. it does notjustify him not being alive today, even then beating him, evenif today, even then beating him, even if he were still in the hospital right now, there is no excuse for that, no excuse, and i think we need to do the whole system over. i think everything needs to be reconstructed and nothing officers should be mentally evaluated, notjust morning and leave it at that. i feel like they should be held accountable. i do give them credit for firing them right away. i think that that should be necessary on all, you know, all the way around the board. they did so with george floyd's incident, those officers were immediately fired, so that gives me hope. they are not on administrative leave. and being paid. so the part give me hopes but however, this should not be happening. it is unacceptable and sickening for everybody, not just and sickening for everybody, notjust black people. this should be sickening for people as a whole. should be sickening for people as a whole-—

should be sickening for people as a whole. �* ,, ., as a whole. and you now run the right-thinking — as a whole. and you now run the right-thinking foundation, - right—thinking foundation, don't you, in honour of your dad, and that's to promote peace and also socialjustice so talk us through the legacy of your father —— — rodney king foundation. my of your father -- - rodney king foundation-— foundation. my father sinned and he fell — foundation. my father sinned and he fell and _ foundation. my father sinned and he fell and was - foundation. my father sinned and he fell and was far- foundation. my father sinned and he fell and was far from | and he fell and was far from perfect but the pc had it is hard to making the statement can we all get along, that was profound and i would say that if that wasn't my father and so, we still propose that question today and obviously not because we are still here asking for peace. i'm hopeful. i'm hopeful because i see more nationalities that are speaking up nationalities that are speaking up for us. i see interracial couples. i think more people just at a state of welcoming soap i feel like one day, as martin luther king said, we can look back at this and laugh at ourselves and think how ignorant we were. i feel like one day, we will never have to have this conversation or ever have this conversation or ever have to have this hurt again, and i would say that even if

the situation, if someone was a different nationality. unfortunately, it happened quite often to african—american men and women and so, it's like it's effective because i am african—american and so i'm hopeful, i'm hopeful in change, i'm hopefulfor hope. he doesn't feel good. it doesn't feel good to say these things, it does not feel good to think about how i would have to explain this to my children because it's unexplainable. toddlers, they play with everybody, notjust with black saw whites. you know, if we learn from this, it would be great and unfortunately in this situation, it's really bad because those officers were black. it's like, i can't understand it.- understand it. it's not processing _ understand it. it's not processing well. - understand it. it's not processing well. lora| understand it. it's not - processing well. lora king, it was really good to speak to you on bbc news. thank you so much for your time. on bbc news. thank you so much for your time-— for your time. thank you for havin: for your time. thank you for having me- _ let's turn to the middle east now where, israel's military —— 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 islamic jihad. they accuse them of planning a major attack. it's been the deadliest day in the west bank for several years. 0ur middle east correspondent yoland 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 says 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 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. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — secrets of the past: the egyptian tombs that date back more than 4,000 years. 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.

boeing has told a us court that 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 $500 million dollars to the families of those killed. now relatives of those who died are trying to reopen the settlement. our news reporter azadeh moshiri joins me now. so first, remind us of what happened, why did these crashes happen in the first place? right now, no doubt theres a lot of frustration? it's a lot of frustration? been nearly four years since it's been nearly four years since those two crashes and in both cases, an aircraft, boeing's latest 737 max, was involved. first was the lion air flight, involved. first was the lion airflight, an indonesian air flight, an indonesian carrier which

airflight, an indonesian carrier which crashed into the sea and a few months later, nearly identical aircraft operated by ethiopian airlines which crashed this after take—off. both of these transpired because of design flaws and a new software system which was introduced by boeing. according to the department of justice, what happened was boeing hadn't included information on this software and pilot manuals and had intentionally sought to downplay its impact on the aircraft 's to the regulator but now in court, boeing has said that it did not conceal any information. 50 said that it did not conceal any information.— said that it did not conceal any information. so there was a settlement- _ any information. so there was a settlement. why _ any information. so there was a settlement. why is _ any information. so there was a settlement. why is this - any information. so there was a settlement. why is this being i settlement. why is this being reopened? — settlement. why is this being reopened? there _ settlement. why is this being reopened? there was - settlement. why is this being reopened? there was a - reopened? there was a settlement. it was between boeing and the department of justice. at the time, boeing ended up paying a certain fear which included $500 million to tim 's and the ceo did say that they fell short but what the families of victims are saying is that this was, in their

words, sweetheart agreement between the doj and boeing and they should have been involved in the negotiations and didn't fully hold boeing accountable. now what a judge has ruled is that legally, the victims of this crash were crime victims and yes, their relatives should have been involved in the negotiation. what the doj has said, they've actually defended the settlement and they said the settlement and they said the problem was they couldn't prove beyond reasonable doubt that the alleged crimes of boeing were connected to these two flight crashes. boeing, for their part, says this settlement should be reopened, it would be unprecedented and unworkable. it would be unprecedented and unworkable-— it would be unprecedented and unworkable. following on from that, what _ unworkable. following on from that, what have _ unworkable. following on from that, what have we _ unworkable. following on from that, what have we been - unworkable. following on from i that, what have we been hearing from the families, what are they saying right now. there would be upset and frustration. of course, the stories of these victims are really at the heart of this. the difficulties the families have had to move on. they are saying they are trying

to achieve several things. a lot of the victims families were saying, no third crash. they want to make sure this doesn't happen again now saying that boeing needs to have more safety measures imposed, they need an independent monitor, they need immunity from senior officials to be removed and they've also talked about the trauma of all this and they want their day in court, they want their day in court, they want to face the boeing officials which boeing hasn't had to do yet. it's worth listening to one of the families, one of the rim relatives of the victims explain that sort of trauma. four years from that day onwards, no—one from boeing co even _ onwards, no—one from boeing co even has — onwards, no—one from boeing co even has the guts to face us or even _ even has the guts to face us or even put — even has the guts to face us or even put into trial. we live in pain— even put into trial. we live in pain and _ even put into trial. we live in pain and distress and unstable ground — pain and distress and unstable ground. 50 pain and distress and unstable round. , , . ground. so very difficult experience _ ground. so very difficult experience again - ground. so very difficult| experience again boeing ground. so very difficult - experience again boeing has

insisted it did not conceal any information on the settlement shouldn't be reopened. friday marks holocaust memorial day, a day dedicated to the remembrance of the jews 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 that 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 million

jews 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. archaeologists in egypt have uncovered several tombs that have been sealed for more than 4,000 years. buried within one of them was a gold laced mummy and numerous statues. the discovery was made just south of cairo in the legendary saqqara necropolis. tim allman has the story. beneath egypt's ancient desert sands, it feels like there is always another secret to be revealed. in the shadow of the steps own pyramid ofjoe's, new discovery from the age of the pharaohs. as so often in this part of the world, the past intrudes on the present. saqqara is a very important

place, it reveals many important things to us and we announce today one of these great treasures.— announce today one of these great treasures. these tombs were sealed _ great treasures. these tombs were sealed up _ great treasures. these tombs were sealed up more - great treasures. these tombs were sealed up more than - great treasures. these tombs i were sealed up more than 2000 years before the birth of christ. buried within them, statues, pots and stone tablets adorned with hieroglyphs. a sign ofjust how important the occupants of these tombs really were. ~ ,, �* occupants of these tombs really were. ~ ,, ~ , were. translation: this discovery _ were. translation: this discovery is _ were. translation: this discovery is so _ were. translation: this discovery is so important. j were. translation: this - discovery is so important. we found the tomb of the priest, the tomb of the man who was a judge and a writer and the last tomb was for the owner of the statues we found. this discovery is so important, as it connects the kings and the people living around them. critics of said this is more about publicity than archaeology. either way, officials are pressing ahead. another recently discovered tomb is to be opened next week. who knows what treasure and what secrets that will reveal. tim allman, bbc news.

fascinating. you watching bbc news with me, monika plaha. thank you very much forjoining oz. ——us. 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines — the us authorities have charged five former police officers with the murder of a black man who died three days after he was stopped for an alleged traffic violation in the us state of tennessee. lawyers say tyre nichols was kicked, punched and tasered close to his home. 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 were killed. israel said the raid targeted members of islamichhad. boeing has told a us court it was not guilty of concealing information about flight control systems on its 737 max aircraft. flaws in the systems were found to have led to fatal crashes

four years ago. a financial settlement gave boeing immunity from prosecution.