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. 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. 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: an asteroid the size of a bus

passes by the earth. we look at what this means. welcome to bbc news. 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. the reverend is a civil rights act vista is delivering the eulogy at his funeral next week. he has been speaking with bbc. i week. he has been speaking with bbc. , ., ., ' , ., bbc. i 'ust got off the phone with bbc. ijust got off the phone with the father _ bbc. ijust got off the phone with the father and - bbc. ijust got off the phone with the father and he - bbc. i just got off the phone | with the father and he clearly is saying that there is no way

to justify this behaviour. is saying that there is no way tojustify this behaviour. so for this young man to be beaten to death by five policeman is horrendous, inexcusable and intolerable. but even adding to that, these are five black cops we fought to put them on the police force, and for them to act in such a brutal way is more egregious than i can tell you. our north america correspondent peter bowes talked us through the background of this case. well, yes, this happened onjanuary 7, so just a few weeks ago. tyre nichols was stopped — it was a traffic stop. he was 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, there is the footage from the body cams of the officers, which the family of mr nichols have seen, other lawyers have also seen this footage, and they describe it as being harrowing, showing what happened to him, that he was pepper sprayed, the fact that they say he was beaten — and severely beaten — for a period of some three minutes. now, those officers a week ago were sacked from the force and, as we now know, they are being accused of murder. peter, it was strong words from the police chief there, calling it "a failing of basic humanity." 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's happened, and including from the police chief and other officials in memphis. we heard from the person involved in the investigation,

the federal investigation there, condemning this, saying that there was really no reason to do it like this, this 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've heard of over the last few years. nevertheless, many are saying that this illustrates once again that there is a problem with policing and the way that policing is carried out on the streets of america. and we know that a video is due to be released in the next 2a hours, detailing what happened in that event. we've got president biden calling for calm. what's the mood like over there? 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 we're being signposted by the local authorities that this is going to happen on a certain day, later 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 and 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've 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. peter bowes, our north american correspondent there. lora king is the daughter of rodney king. in 1991, he was beaten by four police officers in los angeles 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. i asked if the police killing in memphis brought back painful memories for her. it was extremely upsetting. i saw the picture on social media and i kind of figured 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. i feel 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 that they showed the family the respect enough to release it to them first. unlike in my dad's incident, we all saw it at the same time,

so i really give them credit for that, so that the family could brace themselves — even though there's no such thing as bracing yourself, but at least they know what's to come. yeah, of course, and are you concerned that policing hasn't really improved in past 30—odd years, since your own father was attacked? it's very concerning but, like i stated, i give them credit for not releasing the video to everybody, the public and the family, at the same time. i do give them credit for just releasing it to the family first and letting them process things. i do feel like that's a sense of respect. however, we shouldn't be where we're at today. there's no way — there's no way this should still be happening. i don't wish this on anybody�*s family, even if they were white or black or whatever colour. it's unrealistic. this should not be happening. there's no way that that man should not be here with us. there's no way. yeah, you say there's no way that this should be happening and this story raises massive concerns, doesn't it,

over police brutality? right. and you yourself, you have a three—year—old son now, so what changes would you like to see here? i would absolutely suggest the whole process of the police department be reconstructed because, obviously, we're at the same place, which lets me know we haven't changed anything. like i said, the only difference is hashtags and clear cameras as to when this happened to my dad and it's — it makes me sad every day i wake up to think about my son. he's innocent, you know? and that man, he didn't deserve to die, whatever he did. it doesn'tjustify him not being alive today. it doesn't justify them even then beating him. it doesn'tjustify, you know, even if he were still in the hospital right now, there's no excuse for that — there's no excuse — and i think we need to do the whole system over. i think everything needs to be reconstructed, i think officers should be mentally evaluated, notjust sworn in

and leave it at that. i feel like they should, you know, be 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 — that those officers were immediately fired, so that gives me hope. they're not on administrative leave and being paid. so that part give me hope. however, this should not be happening. it's unacceptable and it's sickening for everybody, not just black people. this is — this should be sickening for people as a whole. let's turn to the middle east now, where israel says it has carried out air strikes against palestinian militants in gaza after two rockets were fired into israel. both rockets were intercepted by israeli air defence systems. the scale of the bombing in gaza is not yet clear. tensions have escalated in the region following an israeli military raid in the occupied west bank on thursday in which nine palestiniuns — 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 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 herfamily 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? chanting the dead are buried quickly here. today, fighters and civilians were carried off together on a tide of mourners. since a 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. in jenin 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 world news. still to come: the empire windrush brings to england 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 bbc news. the latest 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. 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. 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, an indonesian carrier which crashed into the sea and a few months later, a 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 ofjustice, what happened was boeing hadn't included information on this software in pilot manuals and had intentionally sought to downplay its impact on the aircraft to the regulator but now in court, boeing has said that it did not conceal any information. so there was a settlement. why is this being reopened? there was a settlement.

it was between boeing and the department ofjustice. at the time, boeing ended up paying a certain fear which included $500 million to tim 's and the ceo did say which included $500 million to victims 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 do] 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 do] has said, they've actually defended 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. following on from 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 to face the boeing officials which boeing hasn't had to do yet. police officers in haiti have tried to storm the official residence of the prime minister and have overrun the main airport. they were protesting against the number of their colleagues

killed by the many armed gangs that operate with relative impunity in the caribbean nation. 14 have been killed so far this year, six of them in a shootout at the police headquarters in the northern town of liancourt on wednesday. the windrush scandal — when thousands of british people, many arriving from the caribbean in the 1950s 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 1940s 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. in the last few hours, an asteroid the size of a minibus made one of the closest approaches to our planet ever recorded. it passed just 2,200 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. well, joining me now from pennsylvania is dr david horne, professor of physics

at gannon university. hi, dr david horne. thank you very much forjoining me here on bbc news. first of all, what do we know about this asteroid? and it wasn't dangerous, was it? it and it wasn't dangerous, was it? ., , ., and it wasn't dangerous, was it? ., ., ., , it? it was not dangerous. there was really _ it? it was not dangerous. there was really nothing _ it? it was not dangerous. there was really nothing to _ it? it was not dangerous. there was really nothing to worry - was really nothing to worry about. what we know of it is its size — it's about i2ft by 28ft across, which makes it a relatively small object. and that's probably why it was discovered at such a late phase. anything bigger probably would have been seen. this was only discovered onjanuary would have been seen. this was only discovered on january 21, so it was quite a recent discovery. we also know that, after it's passed us, it's going to go in about a aoo—day—or—so orbit, and should leave us alone after that. so we won't have to worry about it coming back to give us any more hassle. ., ., , , coming back to give us any more hassle. , , ., hassle. the good news is that we're all safe. . .! _ hassle. the good news is that we're all safe. . .! there - hassle. the good news is that we're all safe. . .! there was i we're all safe...! there was lots of excitement in the air, wasn't there? just how

significant is this all? it’s significant is this all? it's uuite a significant is this all? it's quite a significant - significant is this all? it�*s quite a significant thing to witness. nothing's really come this close. there have been close passes and, indeed, asteroids and large meteors and things like that have impacted the earth in the past. but generally, to find something like this so quickly and then to watch it come by is a very unusual event. this was actually passing under the altitude of some of our satellites. some of our satellites. some of our satellites are in much—higher—altitude orbits than this object passed through. so this is quite close. quite close.- through. so this is quite close. quite close. this one we knew about. — close. quite close. this one we knew about, but _ close. quite close. this one we knew about, but there - close. quite close. this one we knew about, but there are - knew about, but there are others that we don't necessarily know about. could there be others? and what more do we know?— do we know? well, there are not, as do we know? well, there are not. as we — do we know? well, there are not, as we know, _ do we know? well, there are not, as we know, any - do we know? well, there are not, as we know, any big - not, as we know, any big asteroids out there that are really setting a target for us.

these small things — these sort of things that are tens of feet across that might be out there on unusual or long orbits — this was discovered by somebody who wasn't operating a massive telescope here. it's people like that that look at unusual parts of the sky where we don't expect to see things often find these objects coming in in strange orbits. so there are definitely bits of debris out there that could stop by. generally, with these sizes, these things are feet across. the earth can probably take that kind of bombardment and the atmosphere protects us from a lot of things. if this object had hit the atmosphere, it would likely have broken up into lots of smaller meteors and given us a really pretty light show, but probably wouldn't have done us any harm. so there are these things out there, but finding them and seeing them in time and

reporting them is a difficult task, cos you have to be looking in the right place at the right time.— looking in the right place at the right time. 0k. dr david horne, thank— the right time. 0k. dr david horne, thank you _ the right time. 0k. dr david horne, thank you very - the right time. 0k. dr davidj horne, thank you very much the right time. 0k. dr david - horne, thank you very much for your time here on bbc news. fascinating stuff. thank you very much forjoining me. 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 tasored 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. now on bbc news, panorama. tonight — inside the world of extreme dog breeders. bulldogs of all shapes and sizes are loved by celebrities and the public alike. now, unscrupulous dealers are cashing in. this is a business that's purely driven by profit, not taking into account the welfare of the dogs. we go undercover to expose animal cruelty... who thinks, "i know — "let's breed a dog whose legs are round the wrong way"?

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