this is bbc news. i'm monika plaha. our top stories — memphis police disbands the so—called scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. israel's security cabinet agrees new measures in response to the deadly attack on a synagogue in eastjerusalem. a former head of the czech republic's armed forces wins the race to be the country's next president. and meet the new queen of melbourne: aryna sabalenka wins the australian open women's final.

hello and welcome to bbc news. the us memphis police department has disbanded the so—called scorpion special unit whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. the 29—year—old black man was kicked and punched by five policemen who are also black. they've now been sacked and face multiple charges, including murder. a warning — nada tawfik�*s report contains distressing images. all chant: justice for tyre! the familiar rallying cry heard too often after incidents of police brutality. memphis�*s worst fears never materialised as protesters remained peaceful — a considered effort by city officials to deliver swift justice for tyre nichols seems to have worked. small—scale demonstrations took place across the country — from new york to detroit and los angeles — mostly calm, just as the family wanted. five black officers have been charged with murder

in the death of tyre nichols, in no small part due to the existence of these extremely graphic videos. (bleep). the officers aggressively approach his car after a traffic stop. taken aback, the 29—year—old black motorist is heard protesting his innocence. i didn't do anything! he seems to comply... i'm on the ground. ..but as this encounter continues, mr nichols breaks away and flees. when they find him, they repeatedly kick him in the head, strike him with a baton and punch him. in distress, he calls out for his mother. tyre nichols was ultimately taken to the hospital in a critical condition and died three days later from his injuries. today in memphis, people again took to the streets, deeply affected by what they saw in the video.

this is horrific. we are traumatised by it. but i applaud the city and the people here today who have gone about trying to correct this in an orderly way. this is an attack on human rights, this is an attack on the rights of black americans and, you know, this shows the true nature of policing. the mood here today is sombre. additional rallies are planned for later, where grief counsellors will be on hand for residents. and accountability is still key. in fact, after the video's release, the shelby county sheriff announced two other deputies who responded to this scene have now been relieved of duty. how can you look at that footage and not want to do something? at a press conference saturday, state lawmakers said they plan to introduce legislation aimed at police training. if a dog in this country was beaten like that, what the hell would happen? you all know what would happen. if the dog is beaten like that, somebody�*s going to jail.

now you got a man that's dead. these disturbing videos have reignited concerns about the culture of policing in america. the need for police reform is once again at the forefront of people's minds. nada tawfik, bbc news. a rally has just ended a rally hasjust ended behind me and, of course, the feeling is that reform has been slow but family lawyers say the swift way city officials handle this should be the blueprint moving forward, and that this proves that things have changed in the way officials handle cases of police brutality. just now, the police department, in fact, announced that the special unit these officers long to have been permanently deactivated, hyperactive measure, they say that will help in the healing process. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has promised a "strong, swift and precise" response to an attack by a palestinian gunman outside a synagogue in occupied eastjerusalem. seven people were killed and many others injured. here's our middle east

correspondent, yolande knell. 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's said to be the relative of another teenager shot dead by israeli forces this week. meanwhile, this was the scene of yesterday's shooting 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 over to those injured, one witness said they were shot, too. translation: a guy stopped here to help them. _ he went out of his car and was hit by a bullet in his head. he died here, next to me, and his son was hit by a bullet in his back. after police shot dead the attacker, israeli politicians were quick

to visit the scene. the veteran prime minister benjamin netanyahu has since promised to take immediate action. translation: iwill submit to the security council - additional steps in the fight against terrorism. this includes significantly hastening and expediting the licensing of weapons for authorised civilians. as we have seen time and again, this saves lives. on the streets ofjerusalem tonight, emotions are running high. israelis blocked cars in palestinian neighbourhoods, here shouting "arabs, beware — hebrew blood isn't cheap". tensions had risen sharply after the deadliest israeli military raid in the occupied west bank in years. on thursday, nine palestinians, including two civilians, were killed. the israeli armed forces say they were acting on intelligence to prevent islamichhad fighters carrying out major attacks.

in response, palestinian militants fired rockets from the gaza strip. in recent months, amid rising violence, there have been repeated international calls for calm here but they've had little impact. and now, once again, fears are growing of wider unrest. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. let's get some of the day's other news. at least 2a people have died in a bus crash in peru. it happened in the north—western province of piura, when the vehicle plunged off a cliff. 60 passengers were on board, many of them thought to be haitian migrants. differing accounts have emerged of a ukrainian missile strike on a hospital in an occupied part of the eastern luhansk province. moscow says 14 people were killed and 2a injured, including medical staff, but the regional governor says dozens of russian troops were killed. the former us president

donald trump has begun his campaign for re—election in 2024, saying he's "more angry and more committed than ever". delivering the keynote speech at the new hampshire republican party's annual meeting, mr trump accused the biden administration of running america into the ground. thousands of teachers and other school staff have gathered in lisbon for the latest demonstration in a long—running dispute over pay and careers. protesters assembled outside the education ministry and at the palace of portugal's president. a sunday newspaper here in the uk is reporting that the former prime minister borisjohnson was told by government officials to stop asking richard sharp for advice about his personal financial matters just days before mr sharp was announced as the new chairman of the bbc. our political correspondent iain watson has been investigating the sunday times article and gave us more details.

the sunday times ran this story, in effect, last week, but what they have done this week is published a leaked memo from the cabinet office — the people who advise the prime minister on propriety and ethics — that memo comes from december 2020, so it was a couple of weeks before the announcement of richard sharp as the bbc chairman, and it is offering strong advice to the then prime minister borisjohnson. it tells him to, quote, "no longer" ask for advice on his financial affairs from mr sharp. now, this would then — you would assume — tend to suggest that perhaps, advice had been sought in the period when richard sharp was a contender to become bbc chairman. but as far as richard sharp was concerned, he had said at the time when this story first broke a week ago that his role has simply been to introduce a wealthy canadian businessman called sam blyth

to the country's most senior civil servant to discuss how he could assist the prime minister financially. he had no knowledge, he said, of the financial arrangements. and in a letter to bbc staff, he said he didn't guarantee any loans himself and he didn't get involved in any financing, although mr blyth did turn out to guarantee a loan worth £800,000. now, following the publication of this leaked memo, as i understand it, mr sharp's position hasn't changed — his position is still insisting that he was not a financial adviser in any way to borisjohnson. he is, of course, a former banker. borisjohnson�*s spokesman is also saying he neither sought nor received any financial advice from mr sharp. as to the cabinet office itself, where this memo originated, they are refusing to comment on a leaked document. police in the north east of england are questioning a 16—year—old boy on suspicion of murder after a 15—year—old girl was stabbed to death. the attack happened on a street in the small market

town of hexham. another 16—year—old boy was taken to hospital but his injuries aren't thought to be life—threatening. northumbria police said the three teenagers knew each other. more now on our top story. the us memphis police department whose offices are accused of murdering irene nicholls. —— tyre nichols. joining me now is the founder of one memphis one vision devante hill, who sat on the focus group committee headed by the city's mayor to dismiss the five police officers who have been charged with the murder of tyre nichols. gifford joining me. thank you gifford “oining me. thank you for gifford joining me. thank you for having _ gifford joining me. thank you for having me. _ gifford joining me. thank you for having me. i— gifford joining me. thank you for having me. i don't - gifford joining me. thank you for having me. i don't want i gifford joining me. thank you| for having me. i don't want to much footage _ for having me. i don't want to much footage being _ for having me. i don't want to j much footage being released, what is the mood been bike and i also understand you organised a visual as well for tyre? absolutely, the temperature here in memphis is

unequivocally peaceful. we always knew memphis has always been leading the charge for peaceful protest, i don't know if you remember in 2020 with the likes of george floyd and aubrey and taylor, the world was in flames and memphis was at peace and we truly began the systemic work of changing policing looks like in memphis and changing the way we deal with issues like this, that we knew one day would actually happen in our city and so right now, the tone and temperature is that of peace because we were met with justice is that of peace because we were met withjustice before we were met withjustice before we were met with the video. the trauma changed and the song changed and so, our protest, the sound of it has to change as well, and it has.— as well, and it has. and earlier— as well, and it has. and earlier on, _ as well, and it has. and earlier on, i _ as well, and it has. and earlier on, i mentioned | as well, and it has. and - earlier on, i mentioned that special police unit, the scorpion, being disbanded in response to what happened to tyre nichols. do you think it goes far enough and what further changes do you want to see now? �* . . , further changes do you want to see now?— see now? actually, i actually 'ust see now? actually, i actually just sent _ see now? actually, i actually just sent a — see now? actually, i actually

just sent a message - see now? actually, i actually just sent a message to - see now? actually, i actually just sent a message to the i see now? actually, i actually. just sent a message to the desk of the mare and the police director, whom i'm incredibly proud of in their swift movement to termination and through arbitration and also into the realm ofjustice —— mayor. but i have sent them a message to say we dissect the damage that the scorpion unit has done. we need to know how many violent complaints have been made against the unit. we need to ask questions such as what have we addressed or how we are addressing these complaints made against these units, and how can we use this knowledge as a dashboard to police departments across the world on how they deal with violent claims against units that are created in their inception to be aggressive. and so, there is much more work that has to be done and of course, our first african—american female police director here in the city of memphis, she has remained committed to doing that work and am actually, as an

investor, i'm oddly enough saying i'm incredibly proud of our police director in this moment. i'm disgusted by our police department but i am not shocked. i am police department but i am not shocked. iam not police department but i am not shocked. i am not at all caught off guard by what i was able to see because this has been happening to young black men across the country in america for decades. this is nothing new. but i am glad that memphis is now faced with a unique opportunity to show our country what it looks like to be a catalyst of change for the entire world and the world of policing. entire world and the world of olicinu. . , ., ,, .«r policing. really great speaking to ou on policing. really great speaking to you on bbc _ policing. really great speaking to you on bbc news, - policing. really great speaking to you on bbc news, thank - policing. really great speaking | to you on bbc news, thank you very much for your time. this is bbc news. our main headlines: as we've just been hearing, memphis police has disbanded the so—called scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. israel's security cabinet agrees new measures in response to the deadly attack on a synagogue in east jerusalem.

severe rains sweeping new zealand's north island have prompted more local emergency declarations, as flood rescue efforts continue in the city of auckland. at least three people have died following the torrential downpours. naomi choy 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 metservice has confirmed that yesterday was auckland's wettest day on record, and having just surveyed some of 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 eltonjohn 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. naomi choy smith, bbc news.

in the czech republic, the retired nato general petr pavel has been elected as the new president. he saw off a populist challenger andrej babis in a contentious campaign taking almost 58% of the vote according to initial results. mr pavel will replace milos zeman whose second term ends in march. azadeh moshiri reports. thunderous applause and chance of dom bagnato under the castle, petra pamela's supporters see it as a victory for liberal democracy. translation: if: for liberal democracy. translation: ic value is leadin: translation: ic value is leading the _ translation: ic value is leading the selection, - translation: |c value is i leading the selection, values like truth, dignity, respect and humility. iam like truth, dignity, respect and humility. i am convinced as these values are shared by the vast majority of us. in

these values are shared by the vast majority of us.— vast majority of us. in a symbolic— vast majority of us. in a symbolic moment, - vast majority of us. in a - symbolic moment, slovakia applause presidentjoined him on stage. like him, she too is a pro west and liberal leader. across the country, fans celebrate wearing an unofficial emblem of his campaign. the flannel shirt stop petr pavel is a better known in uniform. he is a former nato general and a decorated war hero. pro—eu, his win anchors the czech republic firmly in the west. and signals more support for ukraine. in contrast, his opponent andre bobish was widely seen as a populist leader. he privily says served as per minister and was criticised for running what some viewed as a negative campaign against it up travel.

but in times when concessions are by no means a given, aesthetically message to his supporters. translation: i congratulate mr petr pavel on his victory and acknowledge my defeat. i do not let him on becoming the next minister of the czech republic. but becoming the next minister of the czech republic.— the czech republic. but it marks the _ the czech republic. but it marks the end _ the czech republic. but it marks the end of - the czech republic. but it marks the end of a - the czech republic. but it marks the end of a toxic i marks the end of a toxic chemtrail, rife with disinformation as well as death. that's why mr pavel�*s victory is being held as a more new, dignified errorfor the new, dignified error for the country. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. thousands of passengers around the uk have suffered cancelled flights after the regional airline, flybe, collapsed for the second time in three years. administrators who have taken over the company say it ran out of money, and could be sold to another airline.

here's our business correspondent, noor nanji. for flybe passengers like natalie punshon, it was an early morning email that brought the news the airline had collapsed. she was due to fly from belfast to newcastle tomorrow to get home in time for her mother's funeral. i went on to an alternative airline, and they still had flights for tomorrow, so i was able to book straight on to an alternate flight back to newcastle tomorrow. in the back of my mind, it's kind of like, what if i hadn't been able to get a flight back? i have my mum's funeral next week and it's like, how would i ever got back? it would've been a little extra stress to fly to a different location and make my way back up to newcastle to get home. in total, around 75,000 people will have flights cancelled. some say they didn't even find out until they turned up at the airport. we don't even know. we didn't receive any notification, so, yeah. we checked in already, so it's really sad. this is the second time flybe has gone into administration. it first collapsed in march 2020. air travel has rebounded since

the height of the pandemic, but the airline faced specific problems — including the late delivery of 17 aircraft which are needed for its schedule. the civil aviation authority said it would provide advice to those affected. passengers are being told to check their travel insurance policies and to see if they can get their money back from their credit card providers. you will ultimately be able to claim back the money from the card issuer with which you bought the ticket, or indeed, you can talk to your travel agent if you booked through them. but right now, you have a problem. the caa says you're going to have to find an alternative flight or indeed a train or a coach that will be able to get you to your destination. british airways, easyjet and ryanair have offered special fares for flybe customers. the train company lner is also allowing them to travel free on their services this weekend. flybe employed 321 people at belfast airport, birmingham airport and other sites. 277 have now been made redundant. the government

says its immediate priority is to support those flybe staff who've lost theirjobs, as well as anyone trying to get home. noor nanji, bbc news. in tennis, the australian open is coming to an end in melbourne. belarusian aryna sabalenka is the women's champion after beating elena rybakina, while novak djokovic will play on sunday. darren walton is a reporter for australian associated press. he's in melbourne now. thanks forjoining us on bbc news. is this a breakthrough win for sabalenka? what you make of their performance? b, breakthrough is an understatement. it's a real show of resilience, a breakthrough for the ages, and she has been hailed as the best player without a major for several years. she never made a

final until this week in melbourne. everyone knows her history with the problems, there have been 56 double faults in only four matches. she was in total despair. her coach wanted to walk away. he didn't think you could do more for aryna sabalenka, a touching moment last night when he cried as she cried on court when she won a fourth matchpoint in a truly gripping, high quality final at melbourne park. gripping ended. it's been described as a classic duel. how much of that is down to the play styles of both the finalists?— play styles of both the finalists? , ., ., ., , finalists? these to a really hard-hitting _ finalists? these to a really hard-hitting first - finalists? these to a really hard-hitting first striped i ha rd—hitting first striped tennis hard—hitting first striped tennis players. they don't blink. the good thing last night was they were so many more winners than unforced errors which sometimes can at elements final on the big stage when nerves can rack them. you

have to give both players enormous credit for the way they kept going at each other like a boxing match. sabalenka are, to come through having lost the first set and serve a double fault on her first matchpoint was a real display of resilience to come through and finally when i first slam. as you say, resilience and what a comeback. she is certainly enjoying the win, isn't she, taking it all in her stride. how are the fans reacting? what is their response _ how are the fans reacting? what is their response being? - is their response being? sabalenka was a sentimental favourite because everyone wanted to see her come through. she has had so many trials and tribulations and has worked so hard to get to this moment. for her to earn is well—received. let's move on to the men's final because it interesting how stefanos tsitsipas is speaking a similar way to aryna sabalenka, both lawyers spoke

at length this week about how they found a new calm on the court, both volatile, temperamental talents. court, both volatile, temperamentaltalents. i'm temperamental talents. i'm looking forward temperamentaltalents. i'm looking forward to that contest tonight against novak djokovic. what will this victory mean to aryna sabalenka, especially not being allowed to compete at wimbledon?— being allowed to compete at wimbledon? she did say in a ress wimbledon? she did say in a press conference _ wimbledon? she did say in a press conference that - wimbledon? she did say in a press conference that it - wimbledon? she did say in a press conference that it was| wimbledon? she did say in a| press conference that it was a tough moment, but having to sit out at wimbledon, she wants to put that behind and was to look forward. she has this on her back now and she has turned her attention to the number one ranking. she will go to number two on monday. who's to say what can happen in the future now the shackles are offer? darren walton, good to speak to you on bbc news. ila darren walton, good to speak to you on bbc news.— you on bbc news. no problem. thank you- _ you on bbc news. no problem. thank you. our _ you on bbc news. no problem. thank you. our top _ you on bbc news. no problem. thank you. our top story: - thank you. our top story: memphis _ thank you. our top story: memphis police _ thank you. our top story: | memphis police disbanded thank you. our top story: - memphis police disbanded one of its specialist squads after five officers were charged with the matter of a black motorist.

the decision came a day after the release of a video showing five black officers brutally beating tyre nichols. you are watching bbc bbc news with me, monika plaha. hello. after an uneventful first half of the weekend weather—wise, sunday does look set to bring something a little livelier, with some stronger winds and some outbreaks of rain for some, particularly across the northern half of the uk. the reason — an area of low pressure pushing to the north of scotland, this frontal system which will eventually bring some outbreaks of rain. and plenty of isobars on the chart. that always shows that we will have some brisk winds. so a breezier day, really, across the board. a lot of cloud to start off in the south of england and south wales. some of that will break up, and actually for england and wales, we will see some spells of sunshine

through the day. but winds really picking up across parts of northern england, particularly gusty conditions over the pennines and just to the east of the pennines as well. rather windy for this north coast of northern ireland and more broadly across scotland. strongest winds of all in the far north of scotland, gusting to 65 miles per hour. and this band of rain here pushing its way southwards and eastwards. but just ahead of that, a particularly mild feel, 12 or 13 degrees in parts of eastern scotland, and actually a fairly mild day generally. now, as we go through sunday night, we'll push this band of cloud and rain southwards. much of the rain will fizzle. behind it, a mix of clear spells and showers with some slightly colder air tucking in. some of the showers could be wintry over high ground in scotland. it probably will be too windy for us to see anything much, though, in the way of frost. and then into monday, we see this little bump in the isobars here, this little ridge of high pressure building its way in. so that means, actually, plenty of dry weather, some spells of sunshine. those early showers in the north—east should tend to ease off, but we will bring more cloud in from the west as the day wears on. a little bit of rain with that, temperatures of eight, nine or ten degrees. now, as we look ahead to tuesday,

we will see some spells of sunshine. but particularly through northern england, northern ireland and scotland, there will be some showers, these falling as sleet or snow over high ground, but perhaps even to low levels in parts of scotland, where the winds will once again be strengthening. very gusty conditions the further north you are through tuesday afternoon. temperatures north to south, seven to 12 degrees. and then as we head into tuesday night, well, there's uncertainty about the detail of this, but we could well see a really deep area of low pressure pushing close to the north of scotland. and that could bring some very windy, even stormy, conditions for some, particularly in the far north.

this is bbc news. the headlines — the memphis police department has disbanded the so—called scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. the 29—year—old black man was kicked and punched by five policemen, who are also black. they've now been sacked and face multiple charges, including murder. a special meeting of israel's security cabinet has approved measures in response to the killing of seven people outside a synagogue in eastjerusalem by a palestinian gunman. family members of attackers are set to lose their residency and health insurance rights. the former nato general who'll be the next czech president has described the election outcome as "a victory for the values of truth, dignity,

" respect and humility". in a speech to cheering supporters in prague, petr pavel said it was time to return those