this is bbc news, i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. three emergency service workers in memphis are sacked following the death of tyre nichols, and another two police officers suspended. france braces itself for a day of mass protests against pension reform, transport, schools, and other services will be disrupted. searching for a missing radioactive capsule that fell from a truck somewhere along the highway and western australia. it's eurovision, and it's heading to liverpool, with an

official handover today. hello and welcome to the programme. the fire department in the us city of memphis has sacked three people in connection with the fatal police beating of tyre nichols earlier this month. an investigation found two paramedics and a driver failed to provide mr nichols with adequate care. five police officers have been charged with second—degree murder. two others have been suspended. a number of premature�*s have been held in multiple cities across america. community leaders and locals coming together to honour the life of

tyre nicholls. our north america correspondent david willisjoins me now. more and more individuals now having to take the committee for what happened that night? the circle of punishment is widening in regard to the death of tyre nicholls, that's for sure and today it was announced that two more police officers from the memphis force have been disciplined in regards to their allegedly involvement in their allegedly involvement in the incident that led up to his death. that is on top of the five police officers who were sacked and last week were slept with charges including second—degree murder in regard to the death of tyre nichols. the two officers that have been charged as preston hemphill, he is a white please officer and another one whose name and ethnicity has not been

revealed. officer hemphill is said to have fired his taser at tyre nichols but not thought to have been involved in the confrontation that led to tyre nichols�* death. nonetheless the fact that this white police officer or allegedly involvement is only being released now in connection of course with the death of a black youngster has incensed tyre nichols�* family. they have issued a statement accusing the police department of shielding mr hemphill and seeking to protect him from the public eye. they have called for officer hemphill to be charged and sacked from the fourth. meanwhile a couple of paramedics who attended to the scene and who following the beating have also been dismissed along with their driver or failing dismissed along with their driver orfailing to dismissed along with their driver or failing to administer proper medical attention. find proper medical attention. and as more detail _

proper medical attention. and as more detail comes out about what actually happened on that night, what has been going on as far as the mood is concerned? we�*ve talked about the prayer vigil that have been taking place in several cities because there is concerned, isn�*t there, about what might happen next. isn't there, about what might happen next-— isn't there, about what might happen next. absolutely and as a result of— happen next. absolutely and as a result of that _ happen next. absolutely and as a result of that the _ happen next. absolutely and as a result of that the memphis i a result of that the memphis police department is continuing to promise a thorough investigation into what happened on that fateful day at the beginning of this month that saw tyre nichols taken to hospital from where he died, where he died a couple of days later. they are saying they are determined to get to the bottom of this and there may be more disciplinary action taken, and regards perhaps two other officers who were captured on video images from the scene not intervening, basically standing bat and watching that eating

being administered. meanwhile the local district attorney is saying that he is possibly considering additional charges which may involve those who compiled the police report into that and didn�*t. that is an internal report which apparently accused tyre nichols of struggling with offices and at one point attempting to seize their gun stopping there was no evidence of either of those allegations being borne out by the video footage that was released to the public and that report actually also names one officer as a vet them of this confrontation, that same officer was one of the five who have subsequently been charged with second—degree murder. thank you, david willis there with the latest on that story for us. let�*s get some of the day�*s other news. president biden says he�*s not in favour of sending f—16

fighter jets to ukraine. germany has also ruled out sending f—16s, but others, including france and the netherlands, have yet to give a definitive response. kyiv says it needs them to take control of its airspace. security has been stepped up in pakistan�*s capital, islamabad, after more than 80 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in the city of peshawar. many of the dead were police officers. the us secretary of state says urgent steps are needed to restore calm between israel and the palestinians after weeks of heightened violence. antony blinken was speaking after talks in israel with the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. brazil�*s former president, jair bolsonaro, has applied for a us tourist visa to allow him to stay for another six months. he left brazil for florida when his term ended in december. priscilla presley, the ex wife of elvis, has filed a legal challenge to the validity of her daughter lisa marie�*s will. the couple�*s only child,

died at the age of 5a earlier this month. the author of a five—year—old report into the hillsborough disaster has said it�*s intolerable that the uk government has still not responded to the document. bishop james jones wrote his review about the experiences of the hillsborough families in 2017. today the police will become the first public body to respond to the findings. judith moritz reports. the horror of hillsborough continues to be felt almost 3a years after the crash on the terraces that killed 97 liverpool supporters. police failures were the main cause of the disaster but the bands were wrongly blamed and four years theirfamilies fought for their families fought for justice. in theirfamilies fought for justice. in 2016 they rejoiced when fresh and quest returned

verdict of unlawful killing. the former bishop of liverpool james jones the former bishop of liverpool jamesjones was then james jones was then commissioned jamesjones was then commissioned to write a report about the experience of the hillsborough families to ensure their pain and suffering wouldn�*t be repeated. the government is yet to respond. i think we have to put ourselves in the shoes of the families. this year it will be 3a years since the tragedy and for them to wait for so long for a response to these 25 points of learning is intolerable and add to their pain and i think in some instances, even affects their own grieving.— some instances, even affects their own grieving. let's hope that's only — their own grieving. let's hope that's only the _ their own grieving. let's hope that's only the beginning - their own grieving. let's hope that's only the beginning of. that's only the beginning of what's _ that's only the beginning of what's going to be done. margaret, whose sonjames was killed as one of those who have campaigned on behalf of the hillsborough families. campaigned on behalf of the hillsboroughfamilies. she campaigned on behalf of the hillsborough families. she is also critical of the time it has taken to hear from government. i has taken to hear from government. has taken to hear from covernment. , government. i remember writing, i don't know—

government. i remember writing, i don't know who _ government. i remember writing, i don't know who it _ government. i remember writing, i don't know who it was _ government. i remember writing, i don't know who it was too, - i don�*t know who it was too, somebody in government, to say i hope this report does not get put on the shelf gathering dust for years like other things in the past have done. we are now into 2023. how long does it take to read a report? to come up take to read a report? to come up with yourfindings take to read a report? to come up with your findings are what you think should happen? when bisho you think should happen? when bishop james — you think should happen? when bishop james published - you think should happen? when bishop james published this - bishopjames published this report in 2017 he made 25 recommendations. just under half of which were directed at the police. today there will be the police. today there will be the first national police response to it and i understand for the first time an apology issued on behalf of all of the police forces in england and wales. there are calls for there to be a hillsborough law which would help them is a future mass tragedies. the government says it will publish its response to the bishop�*s report in due course. firefighters have become

the latest public sector workers in the uk to vote to go on strike, in a dispute over pay. the fire brigades union said more than 80% of its members who took part in the ballot backed the move. it will be the first nationwide walkout by firefighters in two decades. france is bracing for a day of mass protests against pension reform. the strikes are expected to cause heavy disruption to transport, schools and other services. our reporter sofia bettiza joins me in the studio. do tell us more about these protests. fix. do tell us more about these protesta— protests. a really big day of rotests protests. a really big day of protests planned _ protests. a really big day of protests planned for - protests. a really big day of protests planned for later. protests planned for later today, 1 million people are expect to go strike all over france and that is because of a pension reform that the government is trying to introduce. this reform is deeply unpopular with french people, and the most controversial element about the

reform is raising the retirement age. at the moment french people can retire at the age of 62 which, by the way, is the lowest and any major european economies. but president macron wants to change that to 64, and he says that this measure is absolutely vital, that the system needs at and his basically told french people repeatedly that they need to work more. this people repeatedly that they need to work more.- people repeatedly that they need to work more. this is not the first strike _ need to work more. this is not the first strike action - need to work more. this is not the first strike action we've - the first strike action we�*ve seen as far as this is concerned, took us through the pushback from french unions. couple of weeks ago on the 19th of january there was a couple of weeks ago on the 19th ofjanuary there was a similar day, a nationwide day of strikes about exactly this same issue and it brought the country to a standstill in paris, specifically supporters clashed with the police and got arrested. french police are warning of similar disruptions for today especially when it comes to transport, many

trains, some flights being cancelled, lots of metro lines not working and also schools, many schools are closed. find many schools are closed. and for president _ many schools are closed. and for president macron - many schools are closed. and for president macron a - many schools are closed. and for president macron a very important issue for him? this is a big test — important issue for him? this is a big test for— important issue for him? this is a big test for him. - important issue for him? this is a big test for him. this - is a big test for him. this pension reform has been a big issue and his election manifesto and he�*s not able to implement it. this could have an impact in his credibility for the remainder of his time in office. on one side all european countries, most european countries, most european countries, most european countries have taken steps when it comes to increasing the official retirement age, for example italy and germany changed it to 67. spain to 65 but on the other hand it is worth remembering that this comes at a time of major strikes elsewhere in europe, especially here in the uk. on wednesday we

will see the biggest strike day in over a decade which will bring huge disruptions in the country and you�*ve got people who are deeply unhappy and struggling because of the energy crisis, because of inflation and in france specifically, unions are saying that it specifically, unions are saying thatitis specifically, unions are saying that it is ordinary workers that it is ordinary workers that will be affect the most because of this reform, and so they are warning that more strikes are coming.- they are warning that more strikes are coming. thank you so much. _ strikes are coming. thank you so much. we _ strikes are coming. thank you so much, we will— strikes are coming. thank you so much, we will look - strikes are coming. thank you so much, we will look at - strikes are coming. thank you so much, we will look at the l so much, we will look at the strike action and france in detail in our business and we will be hearing from the chief economist from the international monetary fund who tells us the uk is expected to be the only major advanced economy to shrink this year, performing worse than sanctions hit russia. the imf rejects the british economy will contract by 0.6%. russia which faced an international economic backlash after its attack on ukraine last year is expected to grow by 0.3%. we will be hearing from the imf and our business coverage in the minute. also to

come here on bbc news. in three words? big _ come here on bbc news. in three words? big hemp— come here on bbc news. in three words? big hemp party. - come here on bbc news. in three words? big hemp party. music, l words? big hemp party. music, costumes. _ words? big hemp party. music, costumes, happiness! - words? big hemp party. music, | costumes, happiness! eurovision is coming to liverpool with an official handover today. —— big camp party. this is the moment that millions in iran have been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid, and the anc leader nelson mandela is to be set free unconditionally. mission control: three, two, one. a countdown to a critical moment. the world�*s most powerful rocket ignited all 27 of its engines at once. and apart from its power, it�*s this recycling of the rocket, slashing the cost of a launch, that makes this a breakthrough in the business of space travel. two americans have become

the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. one of them called it, "a piece of cake." thousands of people have given l the yachtswoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming - in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record . for sailing solo _ around the world, non—stop. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: three emergency service workers in memphis are sacked following the death of tyre nichols, and another two police officers suspended. after several years of delay, officials in the uk will finally respond to a report about the experiences of families involved in the hillsborough stadium disaster. australia�*s nuclear safety agency has confirmed it has joined the search for a missing radioactive

capsule which isjust 6mm in diameter. it fell from a truck somewhere along a vast stretch of highway in western australia. our correspondent phil mercer is following the story. this is a needle in a haystack? it is a very dangerous needle in an enormous haystack. it is believed that this capsule that is used in the mining industry, it was been transported from the pilbara region in the northern parts of western australia to the state capital, perth, was lost along a stretch of 1400 kilometres of the great northern highway and what we are having now is a specialist detection devices being fitted to trucks and cars, allowing search teams to travel at a speed of about 50 kilometres per hour, up and down the

highway, searching for this capsule and experts say it is emitting enough radiation to give someone a serious burn or potentially radiation sickness, and they also caution that sustained, prolonged exposure could lead to some forms of cancer. so, certainly the races on to try to find, as you say, this tiny device somewhere along a very big road. yeah, and it is _ along a very big road. yeah, and it is tricky _ along a very big road. yeah, and it is tricky because - along a very big road. yeah, and it is tricky because it - and it is tricky because it could have stuck to the will of any vehicle days ago, couldn�*t it? it could be anywhere. that is the worry. it? it could be anywhere. that is the worry-— is the worry. is the timeline. _ is the worry. is the timeline. the - is the worry. is the timeline. the device l is the worry. is the - timeline. the device loaded onto a lorry owned by the company rio tinto around the 11th of january. company rio tinto around the 11th ofjanuary. it company rio tinto around the 11th of january. it reached the — the lorry — reach the destination in perth on the 16th of january, destination in perth on the 16th ofjanuary, and it destination in perth on the 16th of january, and it was destination in perth on the 16th ofjanuary, and it was not until the 25th of the month, so, nine days later, that the authorities were told that this device had gone missing. they maintained that the chances of finding it a pretty good but

there are concerns that it could have been lodged in the tire of another vehicle and be anywhere. no—one really knows, or, potentially, it could buy found by someone who just thinks it is a bit of an odd souvenir, so they could have it on their mantelpiece or still in their car, but at the moment we know that specialist teams are joining from australia federal government to join an exhaustive search that is already under way by the emergency services in western australia. ~ . australia. 0k. phil mercer, thank you- _ tributes are being paid to barrett strong, who�*s died at the age of 81. he was the name behind some of the greatest songs released by the motown record label. huw edwards looks back on his life. # your love give me such a thrill # but your love don�*t pay my bills # i need money # that's what i want...# he wrote and sang on the label�*s first major hit, money, in 1960. # you should have told me yourself

# that you loved someone else # instead, i heard it through the grapevine...# along with long—time collaborator norman whitfield, he wrote this classic for marvin gaye. # heard it through the grapevine...# and this one for the temptations. # papa was a rollin�* stone # wherever he laid his hat was his home...# the motown founder, berry gordy, said that barrett strong�*s songs were revolutionary and captured the spirit of the times. the motown songwriter barrett strong who�*s died aged 81. let�*s catch up with all the latest sports news. hello, i�*m tt, and this is your sports news, where we start with football and the fa cup. in the final match of the fourth round, west ham beat derby county 2—0 at pride park.

jarrod bowen put the visitors ahead early in the first half, hitting home from close range. michail antonio put paid to derby�*s hopes in the 50th minute with a header, meaning west ham�*s manager david moyes can now look forward to taking on his old club manchester united in the last 16. newcastle will be aiming to reach a first league cup final in 47 years when they face southampton in their semifinal second leg later. they hold a 1—0 lead from last week�*s opening leg, and have only lost twice this season in all competitions, as eddie howe�*s side continue their resurgence this season. southampton have only ever won one major trophy — the 1976 fa cup. premier league club everton have named sean dyche as their new manager on a 2.5—year contract until june 2025. frank lampard was sacked last week, with the club 19th in the table and two points from safety. dyche had been out of work

since he was dismissed by burnley last april after almost 10 years at the clarets. he�*s everton majority owner — farhad moshiri�*s seventh managerial appointment since buying into the club in february 2016. in the nba, the milwaukee bucks host the charlotte hornets later on tuesday, aiming for a fifth successive win. the bucks, who are third in the eastern conference, saw giannis antetokounmpo add 50 points and 13 rebounds in their comfortable victory over the new orleans pelicans on sunday. dylan groenewegen will take the race leader�*s jersey into stage ii of the saudi tour after beating dusan rajovic and max walscheid to the line in a bunch sprint finish on the opening day. the win at khaybar saw the dutch cyclist�*s register his 64th career win and his eighth forjayco alula, despite having three punctures during the stage. the alula region in northwest saudi arabia, where the race takes place, this year became co—title sponsor of the team, previously known

as bikeexchange. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that�*s bbc.com/sport. but from me, tt, and the rest of the team, that�*s your sports news for now. that is indeed. it�*s an exciting day for eurovision fans, as the competition finally heads to liverpool as part of the official hand—over from turin. we�*ll also find out which countries have got their place in the semi—finals as part of a special programme bbc programme. jayne mccubbin has been to liverpool to see how locals are gearing up for what�*s going to be one of the biggest music events of the year. brace, because you�*re vision is on the way, and everyone, everyone in the city is excited. tonight, a special ceremony will see the key is handed over to liverpool. this

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pressure for guest passes, but it is high demand, low availability. it it is high demand, low availability.— it is high demand, low availability. it will be the music event _ availability. it will be the music event of _ availability. it will be the music event of the - availability. it will be the music event of the year. | availability. it will be the i music event of the year. it availability. it will be the - music event of the year. it is not where it is meant to be. ukraine!— not where it is meant to be. ukraine! ., _, , ukraine! liverpool, of course, is hosting _ ukraine! liverpool, of course, is hosting on _ ukraine! liverpool, of course, is hosting on behalf _ ukraine! liverpool, of course, is hosting on behalf of - ukraine! liverpool, of course, is hosting on behalf of last - is hosting on behalf of last year�*s winners, ukraine. for you, julia, this is really important. it you, julia, this is really important-— you, julia, this is really imortant. , , . important. it is very important because. _ important. it is very important because. if— important. it is very important because, if you _ important. it is very important because, if you make - important. it is very important| because, if you make alkaloids — eurovision in the uk — but it is ukrainian— — eurovision in the uk — but it is ukrainian invoices, ukrainian hearts, and it will make — ukrainian hearts, and it will make the _ ukrainian hearts, and it will make the world is not forget us. ., , ., make the world is not forget us. ., , ., , ., make the world is not forget us. ., , ., , ., ., us. eurovision is an event that will show _ us. eurovision is an event that will show that _ us. eurovision is an event that will show that life _ us. eurovision is an event that will show that life has - us. eurovision is an event that will show that life has not - will show that life has not stopped for ukrainians, and that they are resilient. hope is what this _ that they are resilient. hope is what this event _ that they are resilient. hope is what this event gives - that they are resilient. hope | is what this event gives them that they are resilient. hope i is what this event gives them - is what this event gives them — an event which means so many different things to so many different things to so many different people. and if you

are watching us in the uk you can turn into bbc 2 tonight at 7pm for our special programme and it will be available online for our global viewers was a swell later. hundreds of fans have headed to hollywood boulevard to see thejonas brothers get their star on the hollywood walk of fame. traffic came to a standstill while the star was unveiled. the crowd cheered when the brothers announced that their new album will hit the stores at this may and were even more delighted when nick, joe and kevinjonas did a walk around after the ceremony, as you do. they were launched in 2005, fast became a teen sensation. they quickly bentin teen sensation. they quickly bent in 2013 to two solo albums and work in a film but reunited in 2019, much to the delight of their many fans. so, we have got all the top business stories here next. we will hear from the chief economist of the international monetary fund. it has graded its economic outlook

for most economies in the world, including russia, but not the uk. they believe we will see contraction this clear. we will talk about that in detail. see you in a moment. hello, there. most of us had a fine day on monday, with plenty of sunshine around. it was arguably one of the best days, weather—wise, we�*ll see this week, with the sunshine and relatively mild air. it did tend to cloud over in the west later in the day, and that cloud is all associated with an area of low pressure that�*s up near iceland in the north atlantic. look at this weather front, wrapped round and round and round the centre of the deep low, kind of like water going down a plughole. now, this low is going to influence our weather because the weather fronts associated with that low, even though it�*s over 1,000 miles away are those fronts are actually dangling across the uk, a warm front followed by a cold front. so we�*ve got a bit of rain from that feature. here comes the cold front southwards over the next few hours, bringing a little bit of rain across parts of england

and wales, showers following into the north—west. now, although we did have an early dip in temperatures in the nights down to about freezing, actually, temperatures by dawn coming up about seven or eight degrees pretty widely. and into tuesday morning, the dregs of that weather system clearing the south pretty quickly. any rain, light and patchy. sunshine follows. a few showers into the north west of england and wales, but the majority of the day showers for northern ireland and scotland, where some of the showers will be falling as snow in the mountains, about 500 metres elevation, so for the most part should be above the road network, really. not expecting any major problems. it�*s going to be a windy day wherever you are, but particularly so in scotland, with gusts of wind reaching around 50 or 60 miles an hour, and the winds get even stronger than that as we go through tuesday night. the iceland low passes close to the faroe islands, just kind of squeezes the isobars and give us wind gusts of 70 or even 80 miles an hour across parts of northern scotland. those winds could be disruptive then for a time, still very windy across these northern areas into wednesday before the winds start to ease down a little bit later in the day, it will

still be pretty blowy. we�*ve got a warm front that is going to be bringing some rain wednesday across northern ireland into south—west scotland, northwestern parts of england and wales, quite a bit of cloud elsewhere, a few breaks, but mild weather. temperatures 11 degrees across the south. and then looking at the weather picture later in the week, we�*ve got relatively mild air coming around the top side of this area of high pressure. so, weather—wise, well, for many of us, it�*s going to be largely dry, probably quite a lot of cloud around and staying quite breezy, but look at these temperatures, 12 degrees for a time. for reference in london this time of the year, the average is about seven. bye for now.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. shrinking back, the uk is the only leading economy likely to slide into recession this year says the imf, we hearfrom its chief economist. the factory of the world sees growth for the first time in four months as the unwinding of covid restrictions in china boosts manufacturing. and going off piste, widespread strikes in france threatens business at ski—resorts.