this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. israeli police say that at least seven people have been killed in a mass shooting at a synagogue in eastjerusalem. the us is bracing for the release of police video of an arrest that led to the death of the black man, tyre nichols in memphis. his mother says the footage will be disturbing. i've never seen the video but what i've heard is very horrific, very horrific. here in the uk, the chancellor jeremy hunt has set out his plan to boost economic growth — prioritising reducing inflation and stabilising the economy. two people have died in new zealand's largest city auckland — after torrential rain caused severe flooding. a state of emergency

has been declared. at least seven people are reported to have been shot dead at a synagogue in eastjerusalem, with others injured. the incident happened in the city's neve yaakov neighbourhood at around 8:15pm local time. israel's ambulance service reported 10 casualties in total, some of them seriously wounded. israel's police department called the incident a "terror attack" and said that the suspected attacker had been "neutralised". earlier our middle east correspondent injerusalem, yolande knell, gave us this update. the shooting happened at the start of the jewish sabbath so the synagogue was very busy in this crowded israeli settlement in eastjerusalem, neve yaakov. israeli police say that officers shot and killed the gunman

and they have identified him as a palestinian from shuafat refugee camp in eastjerusalem. my colleagues are at the scene telling us about the police and forensic teams who are currently around a white car appearing to have been driven by the gunman. speaking to witnesses there, people saying that they heard shots, they could hear a gunman shouting "allahu akbar", god is great in arabic, that it was very scary, very upsetting, a lot of anger that so far the new national security minister itamar ben—gvir, a far—right figure, who said he would bring back security to the streets, they say he has not done so. another woman said that she saw shooting in the air near to police officers apparently after the attack near the synagogue. many details at the moment are not yet clear, including the numbers that have been killed. reports from israeli medics are that at least five have been killed and several others wounded but some

media are reporting that numbers are higher, seven or eight killed outside the synagogue. medics were still treating people at the scene a short time ago and they said that the conditions of those who were injured vary from people who had lighter injuries, that were panicked, to those who were in a critical condition. we are waiting for updates on that at the moment. all of this comes a day after an israeli military operation injenin refugee camp on the occupied west bank that killed nine palestinians, with another man later killed in clashes with israeli forces north ofjerusalem, that had led to a lot of concern that they could be further flare—ups and violence. we did see overnight in response several rockets were fired by palestinian militants in the gaza strip in southern israel, that led israeli warplanes to bomb militant sites. we've had a lot of international concern voiced in the past 2a hours about the rising tensions here and what that could mean.

the us city of memphis is anticipating the release of police video of an arrest that led to the death of the black man, tyre nichols. five police officers who are also black are facing murder charges. lawyers for the family, say the swift dismissal and charging of the police officers involved should be the blueprint for similar cases in the future. his family have called forjustice. our north america correspondent, nada tawfik, reports. the death of tyre nichols has prompted americans, yet again, to confront the reality of police brutality and its consequences. this 29—year—old loved skateboarding and was on his way home from a local park when a traffic stop turned into a deadly confrontation. he died three days later from his injuries. chanting: justice for tyre! now, anotherfamily is asking how this keeps happening, despite worldwide outrage and public demands for police reform following the killing of george floyd.

i want to say to the five police officers that murdered my son you also disgraced your own families. but, you know what, i'm going to pray for you and your families, because this shouldn't have happened. the five former officers are now facing charges of second—degree murder and other crimes. they were fired last week after an investigation found they were all responsible for mr nicols' death. this is a failing of basic humanity towards another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless, and inhumane. the memphis city council chair says there is a cultural problem in policing, no matter the race of the officers. across this country we have seen time and time again that you have white and/or black officers, but the victim, the common denominator here, are black victims. the treatment of a white motorist and a black motorist, the outcomes,

too often, are different. footage of the incident was captured from several angles, including security cameras on utility poles and police—worn body cameras. soon the public will get a first—hand look at what happened here when videos of the incident are released. and the police chief now says they have no evidence mr nicols was driving recklessly — the alleged reason for this fatal traffic stop. and many other questions remain. why did the officers used excessive force? and why did so much time pass before he was given medical help? memphis and other cities across the united states are now bracing themselves for protests, and officials all the way up to the president, joe biden, urge the public to remain peaceful. nada tawfik, bbc news, memphis, tennessee.

the white house has just said that president biden has spoken on the phone to members of the family of tyre nichols. i've been speaking to memphis city council vice chair, jb smiley. i asked him how he expects people to react. i think we can expect protests. it is my hope that those protests are peaceful. we had a council meeting this past tuesday and we have had a dozen or so community members voicing their concerns, voicing their hurt, voicing their sorrows as we witness or anticipate the witnessing of mr tyre nichols being brutally beaten by members of our law enforcement. i can expect protests, but hopefully they are peaceful going forward. i would think it would probably help that some of the families have been calling for peaceful protest themselves, haven't they? the family is calling for peaceful protest, the family has also been working along with the district attorney so that we could have charges expedited in a quick matter

that we saw this situation. but i don't necessarily know if the family can directly control or be responsible for the protests that are to transpire, but they are in full support of peaceful protest going forward. what do you think needs to happen to make sure nothing like this happens again? we hear about police brutality in the states, and it happens again and again, what is not happening that needs to happen? a culture change. i think in 2020, in the wake of george floyd, our body pushed for several policy changes among the memphis police department. where there is duty to intervene, i think that has to be ingrained in the culture. when a officer gets out of line, the other police officers have to make a direct effort to intervene in every situation when it is going too far. but in addition to a culture change, we talk about police training, a lot of times we're talking about law enforcement officers training one another but what we don't do,

we don't bring the community involved. we do not get the community involved when we deal with police training. i think it has to be a collective effort, a unified effort going forward with law enforcement officers and the community so we can get to the point where the public perception of policing and the way the police interact with the community is done in such a way that each and every person is treated with respect and dignity going forward. what do you feel about the fact that the police officers involved in this case were themselves black? i'm saddened by it, i'm disgusted to a certain extent, but i don't want it to be lost among the folks who are viewing today or for them to believe that it is any more egregious that the officers were black. i think we are looking at it the wrong way. i think if you look at folks in a black and brown community,

it's not seen as black on black crime, it's seen as a culture of blue versus black people, and blue meaning police officers and minority communities. i think that's how it needs to be viewed, blue versus black, and i think we had to do everything we can do to address it so that perception is no longer the case. the uk chancellor has set out his long term plan for boosting the economy. in a speech in london, jeremy hunt ruled out tax cuts — saying that the best tax cut for the public would be to halve inflation. he called for patience, discipline and optimism and promised help to encourage more people back into work. our economics editor, faisal islam, has all the details. whether it's robots that can sort or waste, bots they can author human sounding scripts, essays and poems, or even programmable versions of yourself.

every aspect of the economy, even farming and medicine, is being transformed thanks to the use of artificial intelligence, or ai, and the world's most powerful computing. at this leading technology in london they use ai to simulate anyone saying anything in almost any accent. and that is a massive opportunity for them in the uk general. it will change how we work. there may be some jobs that are less relevant in ten years' time and there is a saying that ai will not replace yourjob, a person using ai will. after months of firefighting, the chancellor revealed his plans for growth, arguing for optimism rooted in technology. it is going to transform humanity. it's going to be as big a change as the arrival of google search engines. and arguably, two of the three most important ai companies on the planet

are british—based so it is a massive opportunity for the uk. the idea is to use post—brexit freedom to come up within the regulations for these industries. one top tech ceo say more is required. we need more deliverable policies to get this right. i does this look like a plan to you? i don't know yet but one can be - hopeful that in the coming months, we will see something concrete coming up. this was the government and the chancellor's vision of a high—tech for the uk economy, from the green industry to financial technology and also artificial intelligence, but every country in the world is trying to do the same thing and the bread—and—butter issues from the cost of living are never far away from the conversation. you talk about halving inflation but when it was going up, you and your government blamed globalfactors, and now that naturally it is going down because that is statistically what it will do, you want

to take the credit. we are not trying to do that at all. we think it's going to be tough to bring down inflation because some of the increased inflation will fall out automatically because of the fact that energy prices are not going up any more. but there is a core level of inflation that is much higher higher than historically. can you deliver some tax cuts for the economy? it is unlikely that we will have the headroom for any significant tax cuts, we are the sixth largest economy in the world and we are going through a difficult period and you will always be able to point to things that are going wrong or not going as well as people would like. the government keen to show it has ideas it has for long—term and short—term challenges remains.

poland has announced it will send 60 more tanks to ukraine. they will come on top of the 14 german manufactured leopard tanks that warsaw announced on wednesday. ukrainian president zelensky has thanked the polish government for the increase in support. i'm joined now byjonathan katz in washington dc. mr katz is director of democracy initiatives and a senior fellow with the german marshall fund of the united states. we're hearing that the ukrainian minister were saying to france that they have a promise of 321 tanks promised by the various countries, what difference will this make? this is hu:el what difference will this make? ti 3 is hugely important. the continued

provision of needed military equipment to ukraine which is in pitched battle with russia is critically important right now. we see heavy fighting, in eastern ukraine and donetsk, these tanks are going to be needed not only to liberate territory but also for defence as russia continues, as we've seen over the last few days, continues to attack ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure. this couldn't come at a better moment in time and more tanks and more support is going to be needed. so this is really the tipping point and the type of weapons ukraine will need to retake territory. 50 weapons ukraine will need to retake territo . , ., ,, weapons ukraine will need to retake territo , ., ,, territory. so is it a tipping point in times of— territory. so is it a tipping point in times of weaponry _ territory. so is it a tipping point in times of weaponry more - territory. so is it a tipping point - in times of weaponry more generally, do you think this will lead to more things we haven't seen before, other weaponry we haven't seen before, maybe planes?— weaponry we haven't seen before, ma be lanes? ., ., , , maybe planes? there has already been aircraft given — maybe planes? there has already been aircraft given including _ aircraft given including helicopters, so the difference

ukraine is now asking for the f 16 fighter plane and right now governments in the west are reluctant to provide that because of its range. you will see the us and others carefully consider equipment and what is being provided to the ukraine, one to avoid an escalation which might draw in nato and european countries into this conflict. there is still a division, a line, but every moment, as part of this conflict, you have seen the west remove barriers to the types of equipment be good whether it's tanks or others, it's not out of the question that you might see down the road equipment or aircraft like f 16s, it's not impossible to see that ukrainians are brave, they're making the case for what they need, it's up to ukraine's partners and allies to provide that support and equipment as soon as possible. in

provide that support and equipment as soon as possible.— as soon as possible. in terms of what russia _ as soon as possible. in terms of what russia is _ as soon as possible. in terms of what russia is talking _ as soon as possible. in terms of what russia is talking about, i as soon as possible. in terms of| what russia is talking about, it's talking about this being further evidence of the west's growing direct involvement in ukraine. the narrative to people back home is that the west is involved, isn't it? it's hard to actually take brush it seriously for whatever it says. it's been committing war crimes since it launched this war almost a year ago killing civilians, committing war atrocities, and russia continuously makes the statement about escalation and the united states, europe, the uk as others, continue to provide the equipment that ukraine is asking for. the same equipment that let them go on a successful counteroffensive over the last several months. and what we're seeing now with these tanks is hopefully the ability to go on another counteroffensive to retake back land that russia has taken and to restore sovereignty and territorial integrity to ukraine.

it's hard to take russia seriously when it makes these statements but you certainly have to be concerned about escalation and i think that what the us, present biden, and other leaders are thinking about when the get—together to talk about what ukraine needs. when the get-together to talk about what ukraine needs.— for your time. people in auckland new zealand are waking up to a flood—damage city after unprecedented rainfall left streets and homes swamped, and forced many to evacuate their homes. at least two people have died and auckland's mayor has declared a state of emergency for seven days. it's unclear yetjust how many locals have been displaced from their homes. many international flights have been cancelled at auckland airport, with more than 2,000 people stranded inside the flooded building at its peak. meteorologists in new zealand say approximately an entire summer's worth of rain fell in just a few hours, and the deluge will continue for another five days. tvnz reporter logan church has been covering this weather event and says the rain came unexpectedly hard and fast.

about 4:30pm, 5pm yesterday, that rain became torrential. within minutes, flooding streets, some of the areas we saw were up to my neck in floodwaters with incredible pictures of residents having to swim through these floodwaters to leave their homes or, quite bravely, swim back through them to rescue residents who were unable to leave of their own accord. you mentioned the auckland airport earlier, that is still essentially unusable at this stage. flights aren't going in and out at the moment, they are hoping to change that later on today weather permitting. damage right across the international terminal in particular with floodwaters throughout the check in areas. roads and streets right across auckland became rivers very quickly last night, or lakes. we saw countless cars submerged, some floating down what were only

hours ago, busy motorways. a big job for emergency services, clean—up crews, and aucklanders as they wake up this morning. where are people being evacuated to? and do we have any idea of the numbers of people that have been displaced ? the short answer is we don't know the numberjust because of how big this weather event has been. we know emergency evacuation have been set up right across the city, more have been stood up as we speak. sadly, the police have confirmed at least two deaths on auckland's north shore, that information coming into our newsroom only a few minutes ago. one person was found by a member of the public near a convert whilst another was found in a flooded car park. police say they are also searching for another missing person. search and rescue and police haven't been able to get everywhere yet, there are still submerged cars and houses that were flooded that haven't been reached by emergency

services so it's really too early to telljust how many people may have lost their lives in this quite serious emergency. what are forecasters saying about the situation over the next few days in terms of more rain? we are going to get more of it. 0vernight they expect between 60—120 millimetres of rain, it looks like that has fallen. just looking outside it's still falling, it's eased, expected to continue, but sadly not stop. that's going to prove a big challenge for those who are dealing with damage to their homes, their vehicles, their businesses. we have been out this morning and we have seen business owners start sweeping their stores, and trying to clear up the damage. a big clean—up to go throughout the day. survivors of the holocaust have been lighting candles for international holocaust memorial day to honour the 6 millionjewish people and members of minority groups murdered by the nazis during the world war ii.

today, the director of the auschwitz museum condemned russia's invasion of ukraine as being driven by the same "lust for power" as nazi germany. 0ur religion editor, aleem maqbool, reports. witnesses to the horrors of the holocaust were among those who gathered today to light candles in remembrance. the piccadilly lights reflected the moment, through the faces of those touched by the devastating impact of genocide. often, of course, the atrocities were perpetrated by ordinary people. the ability to turn people against each other is unbelievable, and through mass hysteria and dehumanising people, and blaming people for all of the problems that were going on, the hyperinflation, it led to the camps.

it was 78 years ago today at the auschwitz nazi death camp in southern poland, soviet red army troops liberated the thousands of surviving prisoners. this anniversary became the day when the 6 millionjewish men, women and children murdered in the holocaust are commemorated. but it's also meant to be a moment to remember notjust the other groups killed by the nazis, but those murdered in genocides elsewhere, too. unusually, at auschwitz itself today, no russians were invited to the commemoration. far away, vladimir putin was using the day to repeat claims ethnic russians are being cleansed from ukraine by neo—nazis. but the director of the auschwitz museum likened russia's aggression in ukraine to the horrors of the holocaust.

that was my number, given in auschwitz... lily ebert still bears her prisoner number, and she worries about the possibility that dark days could return. i hope, for the sake of humanity, that humanity can survive where nothing like that happens again, to anybody. aleem maqbool, bbc news. a quick reminder of our top story. at least seven people are reported to have been shot dead at a synagogue injerusalem. the incident happened at the city's neve yaakov neighbourhood at around eight p m local time. the police department called it a terrorist attack and that the attacker had been

neutralised. the white house has said that president biden has directed his national security team to offer assistance to israeli counterparts. that's all from me for now, thanks for watching. hello. lots of settled weather to see out the week. that's how we'll start the weekend. settled conditions not as widespread by sunday, as we'll see in a moment. it's not wall—to—wall blue sky, even though most places are dry. just a few spots getting to see some occasional sunshine today. that will be the story as well for saturday, depending, really, on where you are in relation to this weatherfront, which is now bringing some outbreaks of rain through scotland and into the night into northern ireland, reaching the far north of england later in the night, though it is tending to weaken all the while. now, skies behind that clear in scotland. you may get a few pockets of frost, but it's not as cold or as frosty as it was last night. ahead of the weather front,

although there are some areas of cloud, there'll be clear spells, too, and any prolonged clear weather will allow frost to form, which will be more widespread across england. and some rural spots in southern england could get down to “4, maybe —5. a few fog patches to begin the day. now, for much of wales and england, it's a story of a lot of cloud again, a few sunny spells here and there, but we've still got that weather front moving out of northern england, into more of wales and the midlands, delivering a bit of patchy drizzle here and there, whereas northern counties of northern england brighten up. and for northern ireland and scotland, here, it's the case of quite a bit of sunny spells around, just the odd shower in northern scotland, and not much difference in that temperature from north to south across the uk. now, as we go into sunday, that weather front clears away. southern areas, again, hardly any rain left on that. another area of low pressure approaches close to scotland, and this one is more vigorous in nature and the winds will pick up as well. now, breezier across the board. northern scotland, though, with gales, and we may well see some gusts in the northern isles

in excess of 60 miles an hour, with an area of rain moving south through scotland, northern ireland. increasing cloud, northern and western england and wales. may produce some drizzle. brighter skies, east anglia and the southeast, and temperatures up on sunday by a couple of degrees, more places just getting into double figures. this weather front, another one that weakens, moving south overnight sunday night. following on in scotland overnight, sunday night, there will be wintry showers, more snow to come in the hills. and then by tuesday, there's another low pressure system moving in, and this one may well produce even stronger winds in northern scotland with a risk of disruption out of those. that's one to watch. it is northern areas most likely to have the windiest and occasionally wet weather in the weekend. the further south you are, though not completely dry, it'll stay reasonably settled and mild.

this is bbc news, the headlines. seven people are reported to have been killed at a synogogue injerusalem. israel's ambulance service says that ten more people have been wounded. lawyers for the family of tyre nichols, the young african american beaten to death in memphis, say the swift dismissal and charging of the police officers involved should be the blueprint for similar cases in the future. here in the uk, the chancellor jeremy hunt has set out his plan to boost economic growth — prioritising reducing inflation and stabilising the economy. two people have died in auckland, new zealand's largest city, after severe flooding. the city's mayor declared a state of emergency on friday, as rising floodwaters left streets and homes swamped.