this is bbc news. i'm monika plaha. our top stories: police video footage of the arrest that led to the death of tyre nichols has been released. nojustice! all: no peace! we said nojustice! protests have been taking place across the country. president biden said he was outraged by what he'd seen. israeli police say at least seven people have been killed in a mass shooting at a synagogue in east jerusalem. a state of emergency is declared in new zealand — after two people are killed in severe flooding in auckland.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. police video showing five officers in memphis, tennessee viciously beating a black motorist has been released. tyre nichols died three days later amd the officers, who are all black, each face multiple charges — including murder. his family say the video shows him being kicked like a football. the bbc is reviewing the footage. some of it is very graphic and too distressing for broadcast. this is what we will show you the first few seconds of the initial footage. we won't show any more than this clip at this time as we still continue to review it. two further police officers have been put on leave pending an investigation, after the video was released. in a statement released on twitter, the sheriff of shelby county in

memphis floyd bonnerjr said: "having watched the videotape for the first time tonight, i have concerns about two deputies who appeared on scene following the physical confrontation between police and tyre nichols. " he goes on to say: "i have launched an internal investigation into the conduct of these deputies to determine what occurred and if any policies were violated. both of these deputies have been relieved of duty pending the outcome of the administrative investigation." president biden has appealed for calm in the city and beyond, amid fears the video could spark protests. he said america's image around the world was on the line. what is at stake is, first of all, the lives of innocent people, number one. number two, it has a lot to say about america, a lot to do with whether or not we are the country we say we are, a country of law and order and means by which we can peacefully protest and let the courts

make thejudgement. some people have taken to the streets tonight in the us. this was the scene in the capital, washington dc, a short time ago as crowds march demanding justice for tyre. there are protests in memphis too, the city where tyre where tyre was killed. our correspondent barbara plett usher is there. i am standing at the intersection because i was walking with a number of protesters going down the street and stopping traffic. they have not seen the video because they started out before it was released but they clearly felt this case was part of a larger struggle against police brutality especially against black people. they were carrying signs demanding an end to police terror. the video is difficult to watch, as predicted. you see the officers being very

aggressive with tyre nichols they are using expletives as they tell him to show his hands. they fire what appears to be a taser towards him as he tries to run. they pull out a baton and beat him with it. he is also calling out for them to stop, and calling out for his mother a number of times, at one point a piercing shriek. the camera turns towards him and you see his face is bloodied and he in great distress. there is a lot of footage, about an hour of footage from a number of different cameras. it is quite distressing and i believe you have been speaking to the mother who has said that no mother should experience what she is going through. what more did the mother of tyre nichols say and what is the family response? i asked her why she had not watched the video.

she said several times she could not bring herself to watch it. she said she knows what happens to her son. his neck was broken, she saw him in the hospital, his face was swollen, she did not need to see the video to know that he was dead although she urged parents to not let their children see the video. i asked about her response to the fact that the five officers who killed her son were also black and she said it is not about the colour whether they are black, purple, white or whatever, it is the fact that you have police behaving badly. this is about police conduct not about race if it is about the race, it is about the race of the victim not the race of the police officer carrying out the excessive use of force. she also told me that president biden called her and gave her his condolences and said he would do whatever he could to try to make

a change in issues like this. earlier i spoke to reverend jason lawrence turner of the mississippi boulevard christian church in memphis. there has been a sense of outrage in the community. we heard descriptions for days of what we could possibly see on this video but what we just witnessed on the video and what people are trying now to process was absolute and complete depravity. disregard for all of the training they potentially have received and also disregard at the very core for the humanity of this young man. and the family are urging the public to remain calm. some are concerned about the additional violence. are you worried about what will happen

in the days after the release of the footage? this is a highly charged moment and we cannot gauge how people will ultimately respond but in this moment, all of us are feeling a sense of outrage and anger. we are all hurt with what we saw, to see a helpless and defenceless young man lose his life before our eyes and i hope that we would channel our rage and frustration into being constructive and seeking justice for tyre and his family and that we will participate in the democratic process and work towards dismantling the police culture that normalised this kind of brutality. i believe that your church is carrying out the funeral for tyre nichols. how are you you preparing for that?

there are logistical concerns but the service is one that we hope will be a healing balm for his family and for the community and the nation who have who have too often witnessed heinous acts of violence by law officials. we want to make the service as much as possible a celebration of the life tyre of but also be a call to action to make sure that we not only gain justice for tyre but that the service will also share how we can do our part to change a system that continues to have incidents like this. we heard some emotional and powerful words from his mother calling for that change and you have spoken to the family, the pain is unimaginable.

what are they saying at this stage? i have not spoken with them today but one day ago i spoke with his father and they are exhibiting, i believe, a tremendous strength under unbelievable circumstances and i have found them a source to look to that has steadied the community during these times. they have held together in what many of us would have been emotionally broken under, so as they grieve before the world they continue to exhibit a strength that can only come from god. and what would your message be now to the people in memphis and across the world in terms of attempting to deal with this tragic case? as a minister of the gospel ofjesus christ and scripture we share two things, in ephesians we say "be angry and sin not" but in proverbs 31 we are told to lift

up our voices on behalf of the distressed and dispossessed in our communities and so i hope that this will be a time where we will channel our anger and rage into lifting up our voices for the vulnerable, those who are defenceless and helpless in our communities and work constructively to hold our elected officials accountable and to work to bring into existence a police culture where people are not afraid to be stopped for a minor traffic stop for fear that they might lose their lives. let's get some of the day's other news. a man has been given a 6.5 yearjail term following a pepper spray attack on a police officer during the storming of congress by donald trump supporters in january 2021. julian khater had pleaded guilty to spraying officer

brian sicknick, who died from a stroke a day later. kater was also fined $10,000. the head of the un refugee agency says moscow has violated the principles of war by taking ukrainian child refugees to be adopted by russian families. ukraine says more than 14,000 children have been taken to russia. the president of peru, dina boluarte, has asked congress to bring forward elections to december this year as political unrest continues across the country. an early vote has been a key demand of anti—government protestors who are angry about the ousting and jailing of the former left—wing leader pedro castillo. they've also been calling for ms boluarte to go. seven people have been shot dead at a synagogue in east jerusalem. a 14—year—old boy is among

the dead and a number of other people were wounded. police said the attacker was killed by the security forces as he fled the scene. president biden has telephoned benyamin netanyahu following the attack to offer israel its support in the coming days. secretary of state antony blinken who is due to visit israel next week called the shooting horrific. tensions have been high since nine palestinians both militants and civilians were killed during an israeli military raid injenin in the occupied west bank on thursday. it was one of the deadliest raids in years. the us and uk have condemned the synagogue shooting. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. they came to pray as thejewish sabbath had just got under way. tonight, police are counting their bodies in the street. security forces say the gunman arrived at the synagogue

and opened fire. some people were hit in the panic to get out, say witnesses, before the attacker managed to escape and drove off. and then, the security forces shot him. this is just a few metres from where the shooting took place, close to the synagogue. forensics teams and police now looking at this car. you can clearly see the bullet holes on the driver's side. witnesses told the bbc the driver then managed to get out and run before being shot dead. translation: i heard shots, there were flashes and then, | i saw a car here open, body of the terrorist down. he yelled, "allahu akbar". there's no security in the streets. we need to go down and find these terrorists, ruin their houses, take them out of israel. at the scene, the head of the jerusalem police said the attack was one of the worst israel has seen in years. translation: the attacker is a resident of east - jerusalem. we are completing

operations at the scene. right now, unfortunately, we are talking about seven people killed and another three seriously wounded. as the wounded are taken to hospital, police have closed off nearby areas, searching to see if anyone else is involved. a deadly attack on a jerusalem synagogue as the world marks international holocaust memorial day. siren wails. it comes as tensions flare in the region. yesterday, nine palestinians were killed by israeli forces during a raid intojenin refugee camp in the occupied west bank. the dead included militants and at least two civilians, according to health officials. israel said it had acted on intelligence of imminent attacks by islamichhad, a palestinian militant group, calling it a counterterror operation. in the aftermath, the group vowed to respond. several rockets were fired overnight from the gaza strip, shot down by israel, which then launched air strikes on a base operated by hamas. the escalating violence follows

the most deadly period in years in israel and the west bank as security forces start to piece together who was behind tonight's deadly attack. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — a road from the past: why this famous italian thoroughfare could soon get official recognition from the un. 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 world news. the latest headlines — mocro four welcome back. in new zealand, two people have died as flooding has caused widespread damage and landslips. a week—long state of emergency

has been declared in auckland. many international flights have been cancelled. meteorologists say around an entire summer's worth of rain fell in just a few hours and the deluge will continue for the next few days. emb hashmi reports. friday's downpour in auckland shifted houses, stalled traffic and cut power to homes and businesses. rising floodwaters have left streets and homes swamped. new zealand's meteorological service issued severe weather warnings as torrential rain continues to fall. the country's climate science body says friday was the wettest day on record for a number of locations. prime minister chris hipkins has been tweeting, and said, the message is being echoed by local police, who have been urging motorists to take care on the roads with some landslips reported. events and concerts have

been cancelled, such as an eltonjohn concert expected to be attended by 40,000 fans — cancelled shortly before it was due to start. other public events planned for the weekend have been cancelled. ricardo menendez march is a new zealand green mp was forced to evacuate his home in auckland. it goes without saying that we need to have a conversation about how climate change is making these events more frequent and how cities like auckland are massively underprepared to deal with flooding events which are going to become more frequent. the city is said to have received 75% of its usual summer rainfall injust 15 hours. heavy rain has been forecast in various parts of the city for at least the next five days. emb hashmi, bbc news. a tropical storm followed by heavy rainfall has killed at least 16 people in madagascar. 17 people remain missing after tropical storm cheneso hit and more than 60,000

people have been displaced since the storm reached the island just over a week ago. some 117,000 people are affected while 13,000 houses and around 100 classrooms are damaged. madagascar, mozambique and the wider southern africa region have been hit by severe storms and cyclones in recent years. protests have erupted in several majority muslim countries after the burning of a quran by a far—right swedish politician. the act has led to a diplomatic row between sweden and turkey that threatens sweden's efforts to join the nato alliance. azadeh moshiri reports. a moment not fit for broadcast when a far—right politician burned the quran during a protest in sweden last week. the immediate reaction

from turkey was anger. president recep tayyip erdogan had urged sweden to block the politician's protest going ahead. now, the politician in question, rasmus paludan, has made it clear he's not done yet. on friday, he burnt the quran in front of the turkish embassy as well as a mosque in copenhagen. and to show erdogan that we do not accept his blackmail, i have decided to burn the quran in front of the turkish embassy again to make my point. this time, the act has trigger demonstrations —— this time, the act has triggered demonstrations across the world. thousands of people marched through lahore in pakistan. the rally was organised by the hard—line islamist party tehreek—e—labaik. translation: we condemn i the wicked politician of sweden who has burnt the quran. the governments have condemned such events but this is not enough until it is taken

as an act of terrorism. anger against the west has erupted in other majority muslim countries, such as afghanistan and in malaysia. for sweden, there are wider consequences — its application to nato. russia's invasion of ukraine has pushed sweden to seek out the military alliance, but turkey is already a member and it's holding its approval hostage. as for mr paludan, he's vowed to continue. reporter: how long are - you going to be doing this for? well, i've said that i'd make the sacred vow that when he has let sweden into nato, i will stop. but until then, every friday. whether that's his true motive or not, this is a challenge for sweden and one that's unlikely to go away any time soon. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. a british teenager has been sentenced to 11.5 years

in prison for producing far—right extremist videos that influenced two mass killings in the us. daniel harris, who's 19 and from derbyshire posted racist and homophobic content online. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. in the rural setting of the derbyshire market town of glossop, a teenage boy was producing what the judge called today "a stream of right—wing terrorist bile". the judge said daniel harris was highly dangerous as he sentenced him to 11.5 years in a young offenders institution. harris had been out of school since the age of seven and, from his grandparents�* home, he produced a video describing brenton tarrant, who murdered 51 people in two mosques in new zealand, as an "australian saint". when a racist attack on the tops supermarket in buffalo in new york state last may left ten people dead, it emerged that the 18—year—old killer payton gendron had been

watching and sharing videos produced by harris in derbyshire. the judge said today that harris had been encouraging people to commit mass murder. we have watched through this video, but we won't show it. in it, daniel harris has edited together people firing home—made 3d—printed weapons. he describes non—white people as "invaders" and says protest is pointless. instead, he calls for acts of terror and endless unadulterated, ceaseless violence. harris even tried to produce his own 3d—printed semi—automatic gun. he failed, but detectives have no doubt about the damage his videos did. his provocative and inflammatory films were potentially radicalising other people. i hope this story and the lengthy sentence acts as a deterrent to anyone else considering treading a similar path. the chief suspect in

the killings at an lgbt nightclub in colorado springs in november had also watched one of harris�*s videos glorifying extreme right—wing mass murderers. daniel sandford, bbc news. it is one of the world's oldest and most famous roads — the appian way. built in the fourth century bc, it stretches more than 500km between rome and the port city of brindisi. now, the italian government want it to be declared a world heritage site. the bbc�*s tim allman explains. you can say this for the romans — they certainly knew how to build in a straight line. this is the via appia, or the appian way, sometimes called 'the queen of roads' — one of the most important thoroughfares to what was once the capital of an empire, so there are plenty around here who believe it deserves some official recognition. translation: the proposal| to add it to the unesco world

heritage list has already been signed by the minister of culture and i believe that due to the body of documentation produced, it will be accepted. the appian way provided a gateway to the eastern mediterranean. merchants, soldiers, politicians — all would've passed along these cobbled stones. parts of the road are currently being excavated to discover to discover secrets that could stretch back thousands of years. translation: if we could go further down, we would find l the landscape of ancient rome, then the landscape of imperial rome — the one made of monuments but also of houses, the antique ruin that lived off the remains of what came before. a decision of whether to recognise the appian way is expected some time next year. the saying goes all roads lead to rome. well, if that's true, this was the first. tim allman, bbc news.

you are watching bbc news. hello. the weekend is getting off to a relatively tranquil, sedate start in most places. it won't stay that way for all of us. something livelier heading to the north of the uk by sunday but for saturday, largely dry with some sunshine, some quite large areas of cloud around as well. in fact, we've got this stripe of cloud pushing its way southwards out of northern ireland and southern scotland, down across northern england, into the north midlands and parts of wales through the afternoon. and with that, there mayjust be the odd spot of drizzle. to the south of that, some early fog giving way to limited sunny spells, some quite large areas of cloud. best of the sunshine for northern ireland and for scotland, albeit with some showers in the west of scotland and temperatures of seven or eight degrees. now, during saturday night, we will see this area of cloud sinking further south across wales, central and southern parts of england, again with the odd spot

of drizzle. further north, there'll be some patchy clouds, some clear spells, most places probably avoiding a frost. we mayjust see a touch of frost in one or two locations. into sunday, high pressure keeps things relatively calm in the south but this frontal system is going to change things in the north of the uk. a lot of low clouds and mistiness around southern parts to start sunday morning, then we'll see some spells of sunshine. but from northern england northwards through the afternoon, it is going to turn really very windy, particularly gusty conditions to the eastern side of the pennines, around the coasts of northern ireland and in some exposed parts of the north of scotland, we will see gusts of 65 mph or more with this band of rain pushing its way southwards. but just ahead of that rain band, it's going to be very mild indeed — 12 degrees for a time there in aberdeen and a mild day generally for most of us. now, into monday, we will have a brisk north or north—westerly wind blowing into these north—eastern parts of the country, so feeling a little bit chilly here.

but behind that, we see a ridge of high pressure building, some dry weather, some spells of sunshine, temperatures between 7—10 degrees. but let me show you what might happen with our weather as we move out of monday into tuesday because this deep area of low pressure is expected to move close to the north of scotland. and depending onjust how deep this low ends up being, well, we could see some very strong winds indeed. so, it could be that through the first half of next week, things turn livelier still in the north of the uk, staying calmer further south.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the us city of memphis has released graphic video footage of police officers beating the black motorist tyre nichols, who died three days after his arrest. it shows him being repeatedly kicked, punched and pepper sprayed while lying on the ground. a palestinian gunman has killed at least seven people outside a synagogue in occupied eastjerusalem, where israeli worshippers had gathered for prayers. the attacker was killed by israeli police. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has urged israelis not to take the law into their own hands. in new zealand, two people have died as flooding has caused widespread damage in the city of auckland.

meteorologists say around an entire summer's worth