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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 — the headlines. israeli police say a 13—year—old boy has shot and injured two people in eastjerusaelm a day after seven people were shot dead near a synagogue. graphic footage is released showing the moment 29—year—old black man tyre nichols was beaten by five police officers in the us city of memphis. protests have taken place across the united states in response — the police officers have been charged with his murder. a 15—year—old girl has died after being stabbed in northumberland. police have arrested a 16—year—old boy on suspicion of murder.
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british regional airline flybe ceases trading for a second time. hundreds of staff have been made redundant. and a seven—day state of emergency has been declared in new zealand's largest city, auckland, after three people are killed in severe flooding. a 13—year—old palestinian boy has shot and wounded a father and son in eastjerusalem. shot and wounded a father it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed seven people near a synagogue. 42 people have been arrested in connection with friday's shooting — the gunman was killed. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has urged israelis not to take matters into their own hands.
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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. the suspect is just 13. he is said to be the relative of another teenager shot dead by israeli forces this week. the police are not going to allow terrorist organisations to take advantage of children. we see they have no shame in using such 13—year—olds to commit crimes. 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.
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i told him not to go, he only got married a year ago. 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. the veteran prime minister benjamin netanyahu promised new security measures and urged people not to take the law into their own hands. some locals were calling out "death to arabs!" already in palestinian towns and cities, there had been sweets and celebrations as news spread 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 palestinian gunman. later the 21—year—old's father said he was not part of any political group and did not know why he acted.
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he was my sun, i was not in his mind dayafter— he was my sun, i was not in his mind day after the — he was my sun, i was not in his mind day after the deadliest _ he was my sun, i was not in his mind day after the deadliest raid _ he was my sun, i was not in his mind day after the deadliest raid in - he was my sun, i was not in his mind day after the deadliest raid in the - day after the deadliest raid in the occupied — day after the deadliest raid in the occumed west _ day after the deadliest raid in the occupied west bank— day after the deadliest raid in the occupied west bank in— day after the deadliest raid in the occupied west bank in years. - day after the deadliest raid in the l occupied west bank in years. nine palestinians. _ occupied west bank in years. nine palestinians, two _ occupied west bank in years. palestinians, two civilians were killed. the israeli armed forces say they were acting on intelligence to preventjihad fighters who are carrying out major attacks. in response to palestinian militants fired rockets from the gaza strip. in recent months there have been repeated international calls for calm, but now once again here there are fears of wider unrest. earlier, i wasjoined by martin indyk, former us ambassador to israel and special envoy for israeli—palestinian negotiations.
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i couldn't be more 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 in tensions and violence and casualties in the west bank. and jerusalem is a real tinderbox where emotions are running very high and where palestinians and israelis live cheek byjowl in suburbs next to each other. and so it's very easy for these kinds of incidents to take place and a high prospect of copycat incidents as well. how do you solve it? you know, what are the red lines? what are the nuances that perhaps outsiders are not aware of? it's not possible to solve it. we've tried very hard, successive administrations, including ones that i was involved in. unfortunately, those efforts all failed. and now the parties are so far
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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's not very satisfactory, is to try to calm things down. and there are plenty of people who have an interest in that, not least of all the secretary of state, tony blinken, who will be arriving there in two days' time. graphic footage has been released of police officers in the us city of memphis, beating a black motorist who died three 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
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report distressing. video of the incident is disturbing, right from the start. everything about the officers' approach is aggressive in this initial traffic stop. taken aback, tyre nichols is heard protesting his innocence. i didn't do anything! turn around! all right, 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! 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. in distress, he calls out for his mother.
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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. 0fficials warned about the video's horrific nature in advance, 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. i've been pulled over for speeding, you know, five, ten miles over, nothing excessive, but you never know what kind of situation that could turn into. nojustice! no peace! 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' death. the county sheriff announced two
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deputies have also been relieved of duty. president biden said he was outraged and pained by the video and echoed calls for peaceful protests. what is at stake is innocent pe0pie's_ what is at stake is innocent pe0pie's lives _ what is at stake is innocent people's lives. it _ what is at stake is innocent people's lives. it has - what is at stake is innocent people's lives. it has a - what is at stake is innocent people's lives. it has a lot. what is at stake is innocentl people's lives. it has a lot to what is at stake is innocent - people's lives. it has a lot to say and do _ people's lives. it has a lot to say and do with— people's lives. it has a lot to say and do with america. _ people's lives. it has a lot to say and do with america. it’s - people's lives. it has a lot to say and do with america.— people's lives. it has a lot to say and do with america. it's an image not helped — and do with america. it's an image not helped by _ and do with america. it's an image not helped by this _ and do with america. it's an image not helped by this videos, - and do with america. it's an image not helped by this videos, the - and do with america. it's an image | not helped by this videos, the need for police reform is again at the forefront of people's minds. deray mckesson is an activist and co—founder of campaign zero, an organisation focused on reforming policing in america. he began by telling us what he understood happened on that night. police reports have made it sound like he reached for a gun. there was a traffic violation that required the officers to pull him over and that he was combative.
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and then, when you've seen the videos, again, you're reminded that there was actually no traffic infraction at all, that there was no reason for them, the officers to pull him over. definitely no reason forfive, six, seven. a lot of officers on that scene, he didn't reach for a gun, that they tortured tyree for at least 30 minutes and killed him. and that's just what's true. and you're reminded, too, that like they thought they were going to get away with it, if not for the camera from the body camera footage and the camera from the light pole, we would never know the truth. i mean, you describe torture, and there were five of them. it seems as if there's this pack mentality. is this just within the police? what is going on within us policing? i say torture because, remember, there's a part of the video where they literally stand him up, handcuffed and just beat them. he is handcuffed for the majority of the time.
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he's in police custody. there is no fighting back. he can't reach for anything, like, he is handcuffed and they are literallyjust propping his body up and beating him. you know, in america, the police kill on average three people a day. a third of people killed by a stranger in the united states actually killed by a police officer. so we remind people that this is happening way more often than people sort of understand and becomes national news and that this is a call to move beyond policing. when we think about public safety. i think there are legitimate calls to disband this police department. remember that these five officers only do this because they knew they'd get away with it. and this one time they didn't. and remember, this was supposed to be the like elite unit that's dealing with serious crime. you're, like, why is the elite unit doing traffic stops? right? and this wasn't even a traffic stop in the end. so there are a lot of questions here, but none of them lead to us believing that the police are actually keeping people safe. this is a prime example of the exact opposite. do you think then that the police force nurtures this kind
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of human trait to be so cruel, to torture? because one of the things that has come out of this is that these five police officers have done incredible damage to fight racism within the police force. there is a deep sadness, i think, within the black community, as i've been reading within the united states. is this characteristic nurtured? are people, are these officers emboldened by it? are they empowered ? what is it about it? i think the culture enables this sort of behaviour and think about it, what would happen if you had a job where it was impossible to get in trouble and possibly be held accountable? remember, only i% of officers in a given year who kill people are ever convicted of a crime. i% is the highest ever for as long as we have data. so the police have a 99% chance of getting away with killing people, like theyjust aren't going to get criminally prosecuted, probably not going to get fired, and they know that. so it's really hard to hold the police accountable
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and they understand it. and it breeds this culture where they sort of feel like they can do anything because they sort of can in most places until a moment like this. so i think the call is really on legislators. it's on 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 a lot of this stuff. 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. police were called following reports that a teenage boy and girl were injured in a suspected assault — both were taken to hospital, but the girl died later that evening. the boy suffered serious, non—life—threatening injuries. detectives have launched a murder investigation. chief superintendent sam rennison from northumbria police gave this update.
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ican i can confirm we have launched a murder investigation. first and foremost our hearts go out to her loved ones at this devastating time. ai6—year—old boy also injured during the incident remains in hospital in a stable condition. he and his family are also very much in our thoughts, and we wish them all the best and speedy recovery. specially trained officers will continue to support the families in any way that they can. the tragic news comes after we were contacted shortly after we were contacted shortly after 5:10am yesterday, reports of a teenage boy and girl being injured in the town centre. clare drakeford, the wife of wales' first minister mark drakeford, has died suddenly. a spokesperson for the welsh government said, "the thoughts of everyone in the welsh government are with the family at this time and we ask that
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their privacy is respected." 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. i've covered this story before. if we cast our minds back, 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. i suppose last time there had been a lot of speculation. this time it is much more of a shock. but the impact here will also be much less severe. that's because, the last time flybe went into administration,
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it accounted for about 80% of all of the flights out of belfast city airport, which was a devastating blow. whereas now things have changed at the airport. it accounts for about 14% of flights here. so it is still a significant impact to both passengers and to staff but not quite as devastating as the last time around. i wonder if you've heard from any passengers who had turned up for their flight. they hadn't heard the news. i mean, what kind of things have they been saying? yes, so i was down at belfast city airport earlier today, and i actually accidentally broke the news to some people as i was looking to see if there were any passengers who had been affected by the collapse. and there was two ladies who had already checked in online last night and were just sitting ready thinking that their flight to leeds bradford was going ahead. so they were very shocked. and let's hear now what they had to say earlier. the fact that they didn't send any
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email about the cancellation or anything. so you're here at the airport and didn't know? yeah, we don't even know. we didn't receive any notification. so, yeah, we checked in already. so it's really sad. and i'm not sure what are we going to do with that? j i hope there will be a staff from flybe i who will tell us what to do, and i don't know if they'rel going to rebook our flightl or we're going to like book another flight. or were going to board another aeroplane. - so those were just two of the passengers i met today, the only two who were willing to go on camera. i suppose it's important to point out that, of the ten routes that flybe served from belfast city airport, eight of those routes are served by other carriers. so people today have been trying to find alternative arrangements, but there's still a lot of uncertainty facing
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ajudge has adjourned legal proceedings against a serving soldier, in the british army, who is accused of terror offences. the attorney general needs to approve the case before it can proceed. 0ur correspondent, robin brant, is following the case. private khalif came into court but proceedings against him were very brief in terms of what we heard this morning. that is because, when the prosecutor stood up, he told the judge that one of the charges private khalif faces requires the attorney general to give their permission for proceedings to go ahead. and, at that point, the lawyers of daniel abed khalif will be back here in the court room for things to go further. we did hear a few more details about the circumstances of his arrest. private khalif, one of the charges he faces is placing three canisters
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with wires in what was a hoax bombing at a location in raf stafford, which is in staffordshire, the base where he lives and the base where he works. the other allegation he faces is that he elicited information, this relates back to august 2021, about another serving member of the armed forces, and information that could be used by someone in acts of preparing for terrorism. he faces two charges, one of those the attorney general has to approve for proceedings to go ahead, we wait for that. private daniel khalif, who stood in the dock with dark hair, light blue jeans and a light grey top, he has been remanded in custody and will stay there for a week. there was an application for bail.
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a man who spoke to some of the waiting journalists afterwards said he was private khalif�*s father, he revealed that he is lebanese but private khalif was born here in london, in the uk, back in 2001 and, as far as we know, he remains a serving soldier at this time. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has said the party can't be complacent in the run—up to the next general election. speaking at the london labour conference, where he was welcomed with cheers, sir keir starmer said, it was important to let the public know how much labour had changed. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. keir starmer accuse the conservatives of having sticking plaster policies but much of his speech was targeted at labour's previous leadership and he did not mentionjeremy corbyn by name but it was very obvious that this was who
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he was speaking about, very critical. we spoke to the regional conference. critical. we spoke to the regional conference-— critical. we spoke to the regional conference. , ., conference. our message at the next election must — conference. our message at the next election must be _ conference. our message at the next election must be we _ conference. our message at the next election must be we are _ conference. our message at the next election must be we are different - conference. our message at the next election must be we are different to l election must be we are different to the party— election must be we are different to the party that written rejected in 2019 _ the party that written rejected in 2019 we — the party that written rejected in 2019. we must say never again will labour— 2019. we must say never again will labour be — 2019. we must say never again will labour be a — 2019. we must say never again will labour be a party of protest, not public _ labour be a party of protest, not public service. never again will labour— public service. never again will labour failed to grasp the economic stability— labour failed to grasp the economic stability is _ labour failed to grasp the economic stability is the foundation of our ambitions, neveragain will stability is the foundation of our ambitions, never again will labour allow— ambitions, never again will labour allow hale — ambitions, never again will labour allow hate to spread unchallenged. really— allow hate to spread unchallenged. really strong accusations there, saying the party let hate spread unchallenged. elephant in the ruffo
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keir starmer, he was very prominent frontbencher in that labour opposition, he campaigned not in one general election but two to try to getjeremy corbyn into 10 downing street. momentum the left—wing campaign group who backed jeremy corbyn's leadership called this a waste. , ., ,., .., corbyn's leadership called this a waste. , ., ,., .. , waste. there is other political news coin: waste. there is other political news auoin on waste. there is other political news going on concerning _ waste. there is other political news going on concerning dominic- waste. there is other political news going on concerning dominic rob i waste. there is other political news i going on concerning dominic rob and the bullying prove he is facing. yes, the justice the bullying prove he is facing. yes, thejustice secretary the bullying prove he is facing. yes, the justice secretary and the bullying prove he is facing. yes, thejustice secretary and the deputy prime minister is facing accusations of bullying from previous stints in government. there are eight formal complaints made against him, they have been investigated by an independent lawyer. now, he denies any bullying accusations, he is confident he has behaved professionally in politics. we know now that there were actually
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more civil servants planning to come forward with formal allegations of bullying but did not do so when they found out they would have to become known to mr robb, they change their mind. that is standard practice for investigation like this, it would not be normal for complainants to give testimony anonymously and former uk cabinet minister david davis has tweeted about this, he says that serious accusations cannot be made under it shield of anonymity so he thinks it is right that you would have to be known to who you were making complaints against. we don't know the timescale for this investigation but of course when it does report it will be a rishi sunak to decide what action will be taken and there is another cabinet minister also facing his own independent investigation, so potentially some decisions that rishi sunak will have to make. new zealand's largest city has declared a state of emergency
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after torrential rain prompted widespread flooding and evacuations. at least three people have died and more than a hundred have been rescued from flooded cars and homes. friday's downpour in auckland damaged houses, stalled traffic and cut power to homes and businesses. naomi choi smith reports. roads turned to rivers and homes submerged as rising floodwaters left entire communities in auckland under water. the water was up to my neck when i went out of the house. i've been in this community my whole life, 45 years. i've never seen it like this. new zealand's prime minister viewed the damage from above. plunged straight into his first major crisis just a few days into his new role, chris hipkins called the flooding unprecedented. the met service has confirmed that yesterday was auckland's wettest day on record and having just surveyed some of
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the extensive damage both on the ground and in the air, it's clear it's going to be a big clean—upjob. meteorologists say roughly an entire summer's worth of rain fell in just a few hours. cutting off power and forcing big events like an elton john concert to be cancelled last minute. nearly 2,000 passengers were stranded at auckland's airport after ankle—deep water flooded the international terminal. the chaos prompted questions about the country's response and whether it's prepared for the challenges posed by new climate patterns. 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. hundreds of people have been rescued from flooded cars and homes as the rain shows no sign of slowing down.
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we have got plenty more coming up here, don't go away. the weather not interfering with our saturday afternoon plans to much although you might think it is a touch on the chilly side. northern ireland and scotland most favoured. in wales and england a lot of cloud around so count yourself lucky if you see prolonged sunny spells out there. we have a weather front taking light rain and drizzle across northern england, north wales and into the midlands as well. although even with that front most places will stay dry. a good deal of cloud around, limited brightness for wales and england, northern counties should brighten up, northern ireland and scotland keeping further sunny spells. scotland mayjust catch the
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odd passing shower. not much difference in temperature, if you have tickly grey cloud it mayjust stick around and it will feel chilly. we keep a lot of cloud through wales and england overnight, patchy drizzle in places, that will limit any potential for first as will the freshening breeze in scotland. eastern and southern scotland. eastern and southern scotland in the northern counties mayjust scotland in the northern counties may just end scotland in the northern counties mayjust end up close to freezing as we get under way on sunday morning. a breezy day across the board on sunday, when deer in scotland with gales and the northern isles gusts of 60 mass per hour possible as we see rain moving into northern ireland, reaching parts of northern england getting on into the evening. ahead of that a lot of cloud. that will ease away and it will brighten up will ease away and it will brighten up a touch milder on sunday, colder air following up a touch milder on sunday, colder airfollowing into up a touch milder on sunday, colder air following into scotland will bring wintry showers in places for a time, they move quickly out of the way on monday and for much of monday
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it's looking dry with a lot of sunshine around during the first part of the day. there will be the brisk winds initially using, cloud increasing from the west later, outbreaks of rain pushed back in to north—west scotland. another area of low pressure well as it gets closer to scotland going through tuesday and into wednesday bring ever strengthening winds and it may turn stormy. it will be colder with wintry showers, mainly on hills but perhaps to lower levels before things start to settle again as we go towards the end of the week.
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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak and these are the headlines. israeli police say a 13—year—old boy has shot and injured two people in eastjerusaelm — a day after seven people were shot dead near a synagogue. graphic footage is released showing the moment 29—year—old black man tyre nichols was beaten by five police officers, in the us city of memphis. british regional airline flybe ceases trading for a second time. hundreds of staff have 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.
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