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, no peace! we said nojustice, no peace! 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 eastjerusalem. a state of emergency is declared in new zealand after two people are killed in severe flooding in auckland. and he's only 16, but he's already the best flat jockey in britain — we meet the teenager who is the talk

of the racing world. hello and welcome to bbc news. police video showing five officers in memphis, tennessee viciously beating a black motorist has been released. tyre nichols died three days later and 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 deputy sherriffs 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: 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's at stake is, first of all, the lives of innocent people, number one.

number two, it has a lot to say and do with the image of america, it has 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. nojustice, no peace! we said, nojustice, no peace! 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 was killed. our correspondent barbara plett usher is there. i am standing at this intersection because i was walking with a number of protesters going down the street and stopping traffic. they have not actually 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 at him as he tries to run. they pull out a baton and beat him with it. he is calling out for them to stop, he is also calling out for his mother a number of times, at one point quite a piercing shriek. the camera turns towards him at one point and you see his face is bloodied and he is in great distress. there is a lot of footage, about an hour of footage that comes from a number of different cameras. it is really 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 tyre�*s mother say and what is the family response in all of this? i asked her why she had not watched the video — she said several times she could not bring herself to watch it. she said look, "i know what happens to my 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. i began by asking him what the community reaction has been. certainly 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 that video and what people are trying now to process was absolute and complete depravity. disregard for all of the training they potentially have received, but also disregard at the very core for this young

man's humanity. and the family are urging the public to remain calm in response tpo that footage. as is president biden. 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 at what we saw, to see a helpless and defenceless young man lose his life before our eyes. and so i hope that we would channel our rage and frustration into being constructive and seeking justice for tyre and for his family and that also we will participate in the democratic process and work towards dismantling the police culture that normalised that kind of brutality.

and i believe that your church is carrying out the funeral of tyre nichols. how are you you preparing for something like that? there are a number of logistical concerns but the service is one that we hope will be a healing balm for tyre�*s family and for the community and even the nation 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 tyre�*s life, 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 tyre�*s mum calling for that change. you have spoken to the family, the pain is unimaginable. what are they saying at this stage? i have not spoken with them today, however just a day ago i spoke with tyre�*s 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, in 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. that was reverend jason lawrence turner speaking to me a little bit earlier. the uk

civil aviation authority has announced that airline flybe has ceased trading and all its flights have been cancelled. it comes after flybe resumed operations in april after a crash, it operated up to 530 flights a week, the caa urged passengers planning to fly with flybe not to go to the airport, and instead make other travel arrangements. seven people have been shot dead at a synagogue in eastjerusalem. 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 benjamin 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". israel next week, called 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 _ eastjerusalem. 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. this is bbc news, a reminder of the headlines: police video footage of the arrest that led to the death of tyre nichols

has been released. israeli police say at least seven people have been killed in a mass shooting at a synagogue in east jerusalem. 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. 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 the 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: 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. protests have erupted in several majority—muslim countries after the burning of a koran 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 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. six members of a child trafficking gang have been sentenced to a total of 27 years in prison. the gang was uncovered after a 14—year—old boy

was arrested for selling class a drugs in rhyl, in north wales, back in 2021. the police decided to treat the teenager as a victim, and used his phone records to help track the criminals 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been following the story. police! come to us with your hands up, mate. gareth jones may have feared being arrested for drug dealing, but not this. i'm going to arrest you on suspicion of modern day slavery offences. modern day slavery? yeah. child trafficking... his detention was the result of an unusual police investigation centred on one of britain's poorest towns. rhyl, on the north wales coast, has been repeatedly targeted by out—of—town criminal gangs. in february 2021, a 14—year—old boy arrived here after running away from a care home. working with five adults, he came to rhyl to sell drugs. he was soon arrested, however, after dealing to an undercover

police officer. the boy was carrying over 200 small bags of heroin and crack cocaine, worth around £2500. the obvious thing for the police to do was to charge him with drug dealing. but instead, they decided to treat him as a victim of trafficking. this was a young boy who had been trafficked across the north west, a very vulnerable young person, and finds himself at the behest of organised criminals. the boy wouldn't answer any questions, so officers turned to his phones and others they'd seized. the child had texted a contact called main man. he got an immediate response with the promise of a new phone. main man was wesley hankin, an inmate at portland prison in dorset, over 200 miles away. already convicted of drugs offences, he was directing the teenager using mobile phones smuggled into his cell.

over a fortnight, the boy was moved around england and wales. he recorded videos, bragging about his new life — weapons, money from his dealing, and drugs he was still to sell. he hasn't cooperated all the way through and we recognise that sometimes people in these cases won't support prosecutions. given the boy was caught with £2500 worth of drugs and willingly engaged in this world, why wasn't he treated as a criminal? i think we see him as a child. he was having to hold onto a weapon for his own protection. he was probably at more risk than he understood himself, i guess. police couldn't prove the prisoner knew he was controlling a child, but he was convicted of drug dealing. six of the gang were, however, jailed for a total of 27 and a half years for trafficking a child — the largest case of its kind. this charity supports the approach the police have taken. if we just target and we just criminalise young people who are involved in drug dealing, we are not going

to get to the root or the source of the problem. and actually, when a young person is found with a significant amount of drugs or cash or weapons, for example, we have to be thinking about how did that young person get that? police hope the boy, who's now 16, will eventually realise they acted in his best interests and that drug dealers will fear being convicted of child abuse. michael buchanan, bbc news, rhyl. billy loughnane is a name you probably don't know, but the horse racing world is talking of noone else. he's won more than 20 races this year, making him the best flatjockey in britain, and he's still only 16. laura scott has been to meet him. he's too young to drive a car but 16—year—old billy loughnane doesn't need wheels. he rides racehorses at a0 miles an hour and is taking the flat racing world by storm with more than 20 winners this month alone. it's extraordinary. it's just kind of taken off,

really, and none of us expected it to happen, so it's amazing. loughnane's blistering form included three winners last night at newcastle and he's currently top of the flat jockey standings. since his first ride in november, he's earned more than £100,000 in prize money. i got back at 12 o'clock from newcastle last night, so i was up about six this morning. usually, i'd probably be up a bit earlier. so, six a lie—in? yeah. scoffs. i started riding out when i was ten or 11 and then, since i've been about 13, i have been riding out before school. i used to have racing ponies, so i was probably up at 5:30—6:00 riding a racing pony in the dark, then go and ride out two or three race horses for dad before school, so... i mean, quite a different life to a lot of people your age. yeah, it's a bit different but look, i was always driven and it was what i always wanted to do, so it wasjust part of the plan, really. all right? is he 0k, billy? most of his winners have been for his dad, mark,

racehorse trainer in worcestershire . good! first christmas present was a rocking horse and then, i bought him a pony on his second one and he's not been off them since. but his rapid rise has got the biggest names in the sport circling. has the phone been ringing off the hook? yeah, which is a good complaint because when the phone stops ringing, you'd be getting worried. but for a young chap who's only riding 12 weeks, to get rides like this, it's unheard of, really. for us as a family, watching him doing what he's doing is just unbelievable. billy, i know you're onlyjust starting out, but what are your ultimate ambitions as a jockey? this year, my main goal is to be champion apprentice. and for the future, champion jockey. i know it's a long way off, it's going to take a lot of hard work and then, if the right horse come along to win a derby as well would be amazing. but, look, a lot of luck�*s gotta happen for that. despite the hype, the teenager is somehow keeping his feet on the ground — well, when they're not in the stirrups. but while the winners keep coming, billy the kid is riding the crest of a wave. laura scott, bbc news,

worcestershire. good on him. thank you for joining me. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @monikaplaha. 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 wide spread damage in the city of auckland. meteorologists say around

an entire summer's worth of rain fell in just a few hours — and the deluge