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this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lukwesa burak and these are the latest headlines. israeli police say a 13—year—old boy has shot and injured 2 people in eastjerusaelm — a day after 7 people were shot dead near a synagogue. graphic footage is released — showing the moment tyre nichols was arrested and beaten by 5 police officers, in the us city of memphis. protests have been taking place across the united states after the killing of a black man by five police officers in memphis. british regional airline — flybe, ceases trading for a second time. hundreds of staff have
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been made redundant. a 15—year—old girl has died after being stabbed in northumberland. police have arrested a 16—year—old boy on suspicion of murder. a thirteen year old palestinian boy has shot and wounded a father and son in east jerusalem. it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed 7 people near a synagogue. 42 people have been arrested in connection with friday's shooting; the gunman was killed. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. another victim of a jerusalem shooting being treated by medics. an israeli father and son were injured in a new attack this morning. police saying they were shot by a palestinian boy aged just 13.
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meanwhile, this was the scene of last night's attack, the deadliest israelis have seen in years. here, a palestinian gunman opened fire after prayers in a packed synagogue at the start of the jewish sabbath. as people rushed to help the injured, one witness said they were shot too. translation: i went out and saw my neighbour- running to the scene. he told me to call the police. i told him not to go, he only got married a year ago. he was a good neighbour, like a brother to me. i saw him drop down from a bullet, rest in peace. after police shot dead the attacker, israeli politicians were quick to arrive at the scene. as locals shouted "death to arabs," the veteran prime minister netanyahu promised new security measures. translation: i urge people not to take the law _ into their own hands.
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for this purpose, we have the army, police and security forces, and they will act and continue to act according to the cabinet's instructions. but there were sweets and celebrations as news spread around palistinian towns that seven israelis had been killed. overnight, israeli police made more than a0 arrests, leading away a line of suspects from the home of the 21—year—old palestinian gunman. his attack came a day after the deadliest israeli military raid in the occupied west bank in years. nine palestinians, two of them civilians, were killed injenin�*s urban refugee camp. the isreali armed forces say they are acting on intelligence to prevent islamichhad fighters here carrying
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out major attacks. in response, palestinian militants fired rockets from the gaza strip. in recent months, amid rising violence, there have been international calls for calm, but now fears are growing of wider unrest. with us now is martin indyk, former obama—era us ambassador to israel and special envoy for israel—palestine negotiations. thank you forjoining us. how worried are you about the situation, the growing tensions, the escalation of this conflict? i the growing tensions, the escalation of this conflict?— of this conflict? i couldn't be more worried. this _ of this conflict? i couldn't be more worried. this has _ of this conflict? i couldn't be more worried. this has been _ of this conflict? i couldn't be more worried. this has been building . of this conflict? i couldn't be more j worried. this has been building for some time even before the advent of this new far right israeli government. there was a serious increase in tensions and violence in the west bank and jerusalem is a real tinderbox where emotions are running very high and where
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palestinians and israelis live cheek byjowl in suburbs next to each other. so it is very easy for these kinds of incidents to take place and a high prospect of copycat incidents, as well.- a high prospect of copycat incidents, as well. ., ., , ., incidents, as well. how do you solve it? what are — incidents, as well. how do you solve it? what are the _ incidents, as well. how do you solve it? what are the red _ incidents, as well. how do you solve it? what are the red lines? - incidents, as well. how do you solve it? what are the red lines? what - incidents, as well. how do you solve j it? what are the red lines? what are the nuances that perhaps outsiders aren't aware of? it’s the nuances that perhaps outsiders aren't aware of?— aren't aware of? it's not possible to solve it- _ aren't aware of? it's not possible to solve it. we've _ aren't aware of? it's not possible to solve it. we've tried _ aren't aware of? it's not possible to solve it. we've tried very - aren't aware of? it's not possible to solve it. we've tried very hard | to solve it. we've tried very hard with successive administrations, including ones i was involved in. unfortunately all of those efforts failed and now the parties are so far apart and failed and now the parties are so farapartand so failed and now the parties are so far apart and so distrustful, and the leadership on both sides is not interested in making the necessary and painful compromises that would make a solution possible. so the best thing at this point and it is not very satisfactory is to try and calm things down and there are
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plenty of people who have an interest in that not least of all the secretary of state who will be arriving there in two days' time. when you see plenty of people have an interest in calming things down, we will get to the timing of this visit, he is going to, i think, start in cairo before travelling to speak to israeli and palestinian officials. who are the main parties who need to be around the table to calm things down? in who need to be around the table to calm things down?— calm things down? in the first instance. _ calm things down? in the first instance, of _ calm things down? in the first instance, of course, _ calm things down? in the first instance, of course, israeli. instance, of course, israeli government and the palestinian authority. the israeli government is under pressure from its far right constituents to take harsh measures. the palestinian authority, that has little credibility and legitimacy amongst its own people, has already announced its cancelling or reducing security cooperation between the palestinian security services and the israeli security services and that needs to be reversed but the reason they have cut it is because
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of the pressure they are under. then there is egypt which has an important influence on the palestinians. jordan, as well, the two neighbouring states at peace with israel and have influence on the palestinian side. and the us, which is looked to by both sides to try to advance the process towards an eventual solution. it is interesting _ an eventual solution. it is interesting you _ an eventual solution. it is interesting you say - an eventual solution. it is interesting you say that l an eventual solution. it is interesting you say that about the united states because palestinians have accused the us, particularly the us, as well as international bodies, but honing in on the us of silence and double standards on the issue. could more be done by the us, for example?— for example? well, both sides are alwa s for example? well, both sides are always dissatisfied _ for example? well, both sides are always dissatisfied by _ for example? well, both sides are always dissatisfied by the - for example? well, both sides are always dissatisfied by the us's - always dissatisfied by the us's position because they don't want to drag it to their side and use it to pressure the other side. but the us does have the ability to talk to
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both sides. the secretary of state will be meeting with both sides. i think he will be pushing to resume the security coordination and trying to convince both sides to back away from what is a highly explosive situation. but he will be gone after monday and there is nothing on the ground that is really going to relieve this building tension and as time goes on it'll get worse because we are moving into ramadan and then pass over and that traditionally in the past few years has caused a flashpoint as emotions arise. i apologise for interrupting but the us secretary of state may leave by monday but benjamin netanyahu will stay. he has a new government. a far right government. how much is he escalating what is taking place now?
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and what do you expect he will announce following that cabinet meeting later this evening? weill. meeting later this evening? well, ben'amin meeting later this evening? well, benjamin netanyahu _ meeting later this evening? well, benjamin netanyahu has - meeting later this evening? well, benjamin netanyahu has a - meeting later this evening? -ii benjamin netanyahu has a very strong interest in trying to calm things down. he doesn't want to see an explosion happen. especially within a month of taking government and he has a bigger player that he wants to discuss with the secretary of state, which is how to bring saudi arabia into the circle of peace and into normalisation with israel. that won't happen if the situation explodes. on the other side his national security minister is an extremist who will be advocating extreme repressive measures against palestinians and benjamin netanyahu will be under pressure to take actions that could exacerbate the situation. it'll be interesting to see how he plays it but i think he is experienced, he knows how
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explosive it is. i expect he will try to walk a fine line between the two, doing things like rounding up the usual suspects. they talk about deporting. but if he takes a more drastic measures it is likely it'll increase the tensions and the likelihood of explosion. thank you ve much likelihood of explosion. thank you very much for— likelihood of explosion. thank you very much for your _ likelihood of explosion. thank you very much for your time. - graphic footage has been released of police officers, in the us city of memphis, beating a black motorist — who died 3 days later. the video dating back to the 7th of january — shows 29—year—old, tyre nichols, being repeatedly kicked, punched and pepper—sprayed as he lay on the ground, calling out for his mother — less than 100 yards from her home. five black officers are facing murder charges. a warning — you may find the footage in nada tawfik�*s report distressing. video of the incident is disturbing right from the start. everything about the officers'
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approach is aggressive in this initial traffic stop. bleep, bleep. taken aback, tyre nichols is heard protesting his innocence. bleep. damn, i didn't do anything! bleep. hey, i didn't. .. all right, all right, all right! after officers wrestle him to the ground, he seems to comply with their commands. all right, i'm on the ground! lay down, lay down! but as this encounter continues, mr nichols breaks away and flees. the next videos capture the moment five black officers charged with his murderfind him, and what follows is extremely graphic. at this point they surround him and brutalise him. repeatedly they kick him in the head, strike him with a baton and punch him. bleep, bleep. in distress, he calls out for his mother. footage from later shows the officers talking to one another and recounting their version of events. tyre nichols was ultimately taken to the hospital in a critical condition and died three days later from his injuries. officials warned about the video's horrific nature in advance,
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but nothing could prepare people we met in memphis for what they would see. as a man of colour, it was extremely hard, because it could have been me. you know, i've been pulled over for speeding, you know, 5—10 miles over, nothing excessive, you never know what kind of situation that could turn into. protests have been peaceful, perhaps a result of the family's call for calm and the fact that all five black police officers have been charged in tyre nichols's death. after the video's release, the shelby county sheriff announced two deputies who responded to the scene have also been relieved of duty. resident biden said he was outraged and deeply pained by the video, —— president biden said
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he was outraged and deeply pained by the video, and echoed tyre nichols' family's calls for peaceful protest. what's at stake is first of all innocent people's lives, number one. number two, it has a lot to say and do with the image of america. it's an image not helped by these videos. the need for police reform is again at the forefront of people's minds. nada tawfik, bbc news, memphis, tennessee. deray mckesson is an activist and co—founder of campaign zero, an organisation focused on reforming policing in america. he joins us now from new york. i think my first question to you is what is your understanding of what on earth took place that night? it is wild. when you look at the initial police report to me it sounds like he reached for a gun, there was a traffic violation which required the officers to pull him
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over and that he was combative. but then you see the videos and you are reminded that there was no traffic infraction at all. there was no reasons for the officers to pull him over. definitely no need for so many police officers. there were many on the scene. he did not reach for a gun. they tortured terry nichols —— tyre nichols. they thought they were going to get away with it. had it not been for the body can footage we would never have known what had happened. you would never have known what had ha ened. ., ., would never have known what had hauened. ., ., , , happened. you say torture. it seems like there was _ happened. you say torture. it seems like there was this pack _ happened. you say torture. it seems like there was this pack mentality. . like there was this pack mentality. is this just within the police? what's going on within us policing. i say torture because there is a part in the video where they stand him up handcuffed and they beat him. he's handcuffed for the majority he is in police custody. there is no fighting back. he cannot reach
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anything. they are literally propping his body up and beating him. in america and the police kill an average of three people per day. we remind people that this is happening more often than people understand and more often than it becomes national news. i think there are legitimate causes to disband this department. these police officers only do this because they believe they can get away with it. this one time they didn't. this was supposedly an elite unit that deal with serious crime. why is an elite unit during traffic stops? and in the end it wasn't even a traffic stop. there are a lot of questions here but none of them lead to us believing that the police are keeping people safe. this is a prime example of the exact opposite. d0 example of the exact opposite. do ou example of the exact opposite. do you think then that the police force nurtures this kind of human trait to be so cruel? to torture? because one
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of the things that has come out of this is these five police officers have done incredible damage to the fight to fight racism within the police force. there is a deep sadness within the black community as i have been reading within the us. is this characteristic nurtured? are these officers emboldened by it? are these officers emboldened by it? are they empowered? what is it about it? . ., , , , are they empowered? what is it about it? . , ., it? the culture enables this sort of behaviour- — it? the culture enables this sort of behaviour. what _ it? the culture enables this sort of behaviour. what would _ it? the culture enables this sort of behaviour. what would happen - it? the culture enables this sort of behaviour. what would happen if l it? the culture enables this sort of i behaviour. what would happen if you were at a job where it was impossible to get in trouble, impossible... i% is the highest ever for as long as we have data for those getting convicted. the police have a 99% chance of getting away with killing people, they probably aren't going to get fired, probably not going to get prosecuted and they know that. and it breeds this
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culture where they feel like they can do anything because they sort of can in most places until a moment like this. i think the call is on legislators, on the policymakers to do something, to rein in the power of police but also to move us away from having the police as the responders to this stuff. fire from having the police as the responders to this stuff. are the legislators _ responders to this stuff. are the legislators doing _ responders to this stuff. are the legislators doing something - responders to this stuff. are the i legislators doing something about it? is there something in place? in 2021, tennessee wanted to pass it? is there something in place? ii 2021, tennessee wanted to pass a law that required officers to intervene if they saw their partner or another officer engaged in excessive force. that law is one of the ways that allow the police in memphis to fire these police officers so quickly. i remember when we were dealing with it a couple of years ago it was, like, we couldn't get a choke hold ban or a ban on neck restraints. we couldn't get them to write the law to say the police had to de—escalate first. some of this stuff isn't rocket science. that is basic, right? but in tennessee it was an
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uphill battle. the police shouldn't be able to shoot at moving vehicles was an uphill battle. they attempted to do some reining in but in tennessee there is a lot more work to go. marron and is the state that has done the most to change the powers of the police. —— maryland is the state. they really rein in the power of the police.— the state. they really rein in the power of the police. thank you very much for your— power of the police. thank you very much for your time. _ power of the police. thank you very much for your time. you _ power of the police. thank you very much for your time. you are - power of the police. thank you very l much for your time. you are watching bbc world news. some news from the uk now. a teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder — after a 15—year—old girl was stabbed to death in northumberland. the incident happened in the town of hexham, on friday afternoon.
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we'll start with tennis where aryna sabalenka has won herfirst grand slam singles title. the fifth seed from belarus fought back to beat elena rybakina in the australian open final. the 24—year—old lost the first set to current wimbledon champion elena rybakina, but held her nerve to take the final two sets finishing 4—6, 6—3, 6—4. she struggled to convert three championship points but finally got over the line to take the fourth. i want to congratulate her for an incredible two weeks. you are such a great player. we will have many more battles and hopefully in the finals of the grand slams and i want to congratulate my team. you guys are amazing. you have done such a good job. sabelenka has started the season with a ten—match winning streak, leading her to the adelaide title
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and then the melbourne final. i asked bbc commentator annabel croft whether the belarussian and rybakhina could be a regular fixture in finals in the years ahead. i don't know if they will dominate it. the top seed went out relatively early and won two grand slam titles last year but you certainly feel they are young, they are in their mid—20s, and maybe we might see them going after grand slam titles in finals again in the future but it was a terrific final, almost two and a half hours. nip and tuck all the way. a lot of tension, a lot of nerves, some twists and turns but eventually sabir lincoln got herself over the line. == eventually sabir lincoln got herself over the line.— over the line. -- and eventually sabalenka _ over the line. -- and eventually sabalenka got _ over the line. -- and eventually sabalenka got herself— over the line. -- and eventually sabalenka got herself over - over the line. -- and eventually sabalenka got herself over the l over the line. -- and eventually - sabalenka got herself over the line. the english fa cup fourth round continues on saturday. there were wins for premier league sides leeds and leicester over lower tier opposition. later on preston face tottenham at deepdale live on bbc one, kick—off at six there.
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and this evening paul ince is back at manchester united, in charge of championship side reading. four teams remain in the battle to reach the superbowl as the philadelphia eagles and san francisco 49ers face off for the chance to meet either the kansas city chiefs or cincinnati bengals. kansas city's patrick mahomes suffered a high ankle sprain in last week's win overjacksonville but is in full training ahead of sunday's afc championship game with the bengals who won when these two met at the same stage last season. mahomes hopes he'll be at full pelt come game time. i feel like i can do a ifeel like i can do a lot of things. we will see when we get closer and closer and during the game. you cannot do fully what you want until you are in those moments in the game. i will prepare myself the best way possible. you hope during the game that things get going and you can react how you want to. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for
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you in the next hour. thank you. the airline flybe, which operated across 23 mainly uk routes, has ceased trading. passengers due to travel with the company today, have been told not to go to the airport. flybe had resumed operations less than a year ago after a previous incarnation of the business collapsed. earlier — i spoke to clodagh rice, our northern ireland business correspondent. we have covered this story before. it was almost exactly three years ago that flybe went into administration in march 2020 but the impact here in belfast is very different this time around. last time there had been a lot of speculation. this time it is much more of a shock. the impact here will also be much less severe and that's
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because the last time flybe went into administration it accounted for 80% of all flights out of belfast city airport, which was a devastating blow. whereas now things have changed and at the airport it accounts for 14% of flights here. it is still a significant impact to both passengers and staff but not quite as devastating as the last time around. i'm joined now by tim jeans, the director of cornwall newquay airport. thank you forjoining us. how difficult is it to run an airline? are you surprised about what has happened to flybe? i are you surprised about what has happened to flybe?— are you surprised about what has happened to flybe? i have to say i'm not surprised- _ happened to flybe? i have to say i'm not surprised. they _ happened to flybe? i have to say i'm not surprised. they were _ happened to flybe? i have to say i'm not surprised. they were operating i not surprised. they were operating small aircraft into very, very expensive, congested airports. particularly at heathrow and amsterdam. it simply isn't possible to make a profit operating a 70 seat aircraft into such large airports which have very high landing charges and passenger handling fees. there
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was an air of inevitability about this failure but, of course, it always comes as a shock, not least its staff and the passengers intending to travel over the next few days. intending to travel over the next few da s. ., ., ., ., . ., few days. you are a former director of monarch — few days. you are a former director of monarch airlines _ few days. you are a former director of monarch airlines which _ few days. you are a former director of monarch airlines which has - few days. you are a former director| of monarch airlines which has closed down. is there a place for airlines of this size and operating on these regional routes?— regional routes? regional is a difficult place _ regional routes? regional is a difficult place to _ regional routes? regional is a difficult place to make - regional routes? regional is a | difficult place to make money. regional routes? regional is a - difficult place to make money. these days you need scale. you look at operators like ryanair, easyjet, british airways. they all have upwards of 200 aircraft in their fleet. flybe had just eight. to make a profit with all of the overheads and airline has and all of the regulatory requirement it was a very tall order. they were planning to expand and had planned to operate nearly 20 aircraft this coming summer but the winter, again, it is
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the time of almost famine in our industry. so the fact it literally ran out of cash at the end of january again is not a great surprise but nonetheless the livelihoods and the futures of an awful lot of people are tied up in this failure.— this failure. how healthy is the industry at _ this failure. how healthy is the industry at the _ this failure. how healthy is the industry at the moment. - this failure. how healthy is the industry at the moment. for. this failure. how healthy is the - industry at the moment. for people who have money, we know how the cost of living is impacting on people, if you were to give them any advice as to who to book flights with moving forward, should you look at the small operators or stick with the big names?— small operators or stick with the bi names? ., , ., ., ., , big names? no. the smaller operators absolutely have _ big names? no. the smaller operators absolutely have their _ big names? no. the smaller operators absolutely have their place. _ big names? no. the smaller operators absolutely have their place. we - big names? no. the smaller operators absolutely have their place. we have l absolutely have their place. we have absolutely have their place. we have a number of regional airlines still left in the uk that are well—financed, well—run, and profitable. i would not say there were any fears booking with a small
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airline. make sure if you are booking it is safer to pay with a credit card but apart from that your money is safe. i’m credit card but apart from that your money is safe-— money is safe. i'm so sorry, we've run out of — money is safe. i'm so sorry, we've run out of time. — money is safe. i'm so sorry, we've run out of time, but _ money is safe. i'm so sorry, we've run out of time, but thank - money is safe. i'm so sorry, we've run out of time, but thank you - money is safe. i'm so sorry, we'vel run out of time, but thank you very much and thank you forjoining us here on world news. light rain and drizzle over... even with that, most places won't notice anything and stay dry. a good deal of cloud around, just limited brightness for wales and england. northern counties of northern
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england should brighten up. further spiny spells for northern ireland and scotland. the north and north—west of scotland, the passing shower on the breeze. not much difference in temperature. if you are under particularly grey cloud you may stick around five celsius and it'll feel chilly out there. we keep a lot of cloud through wales and england over night. patchy drizzle in places. that will limit any potential for frost, as will the freshening breeze in scotland. parts of eastern and southern scotland and northern counties of northern england may end up nearfreezing by monday morning. it'll be a breezy day across the board on sunday. windy in scotland with gales. in the northern isles, gusts of over 60 mph possible for a time as rain moves into northern ireland, reaching parts of northern england, getting on into the evening. ahead of that, lots of cloud, possibly patchy rain to begin the day. that'll ease away. a touch milder on sunday. cold air following into scotland on sunday night. we will bring wintry showers
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for a time. but they will be quickly out of the way on monday and for much of monday it is looking dry. a lot of sunshine around for the first part of the day. there will be the brisk winds initially, they will ease, cloud increasing from the west later, outbreaks of rain pushing on towards north—west scotland. another area of low pressure and as it gets closer to scotland, it'll bring ever strengthening winds and it may turn potentially quite stormy across parts of scotland for a time mid week. the winds could be disruptive. it'll be colder. wintry showers across northern areas. on any hills there will be snow and perhaps for a time on lower ground in scotland. and things will settle again as we head towards the end of the week.
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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak and these are the headlines. police in israel say that a 13—year—old palestinian has carried out a shooting attack outside the old city injerusalem in which two people, a father and son, were seriously wounded. the teenage attacker was shot and injured. graphic footage is released showing the moment tyre nichols was arrested and beaten by five police officers in the us city of memphis. president biden described the video as "horrific". british regional airline flybe ceases trading for a second time,
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