welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. national and local leaders pay tribute to tyre nichols, the 29 year—old black man, who died after a beating by police in memphis. us vice—president kamala harris was among the speakers — she called on lawmakers to finally pass policing reform.. and as vice president of the united states we demand that congress passed the george lloyd justice in policing act. joe biden will sign

it. —— george floyd. as many as half a million workers go on strike, across the uk, the biggest day of industrial action, in over a decade. the funeral of the controversial australian cardinal george pell begins in sydney shortly. the fbi search president biden�*s home in delaware as part of their investigation into his handling of classified documents. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the us, where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29—year—old black man who died after being beaten by police, has taken place. the us vice—president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, tennessee.

following tyre nichols�*s death, five officers, all of them black, were charged with murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up... the grief was overlaid with anger as mourners celebrating the life of tyre nichols also railed against the injustice of his death. i can't speak for everybody in memphis, i can't speak for everybody gathering, but for me, i believe that if that man had been white, you would not have beat him like that that night. applause america's first black vice president demanding congress pass police reform legislation. and when we look at this

situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe. applause. tyre nichols�* family want to remember a young man who was a passionate skateboarder. they say he had a beautiful soul and his mum's name tattooed on his arm. i see the world showing him love and fighting for his justice, but all i want is my baby brother back. even if the legal reforms being demanded today do come into force, the sad truth is no one here believes that this is the last time a funeral will be held for an unarmed black person killed by the police in america. will this finally bring about change, do you think? bring about the law change?

we're going to try to make change happen. change doesn't come... ..just drops out of the sky, it comes from the ground up. we've got to keep fighting. the five policemen who assaulted tyre nichols, who are all now facing charges of second—degree murder, are all black. amber sherman, who has spent years campaigning for police reform, says she's not surprised. yeah, i mean the system of policing is inherently white supremacist, racist and anti—black. but these were black officers that were involved. the fact that someone who is black joined that system doesn't mean that they're going to remember that they're black, or they're going to put that first. they put being an officer first. the brutal death of tyre nichols has shocked america and reignited the debate about racialjustice, with talk of change and reform, but little hope that anyone can truly say this will never happen again. sarah smith, bbc news, memphis. sarah smith reporting there. let's cross to the uk now,

where as many as half a million workers have gone on strike in what's been described as the biggest single day of industrial action in the country in a decade. marches and rallies have been held in a number of cities across britain — with the focus sharply on pay. teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university staff and bus drivers are among those striking. most schools in england have been affected, the train network has faced major disruption — and there's more to come over the next few days. our political editor, chris mason, reports. birmingham at breakfast time. rush hour without much rushing. the barricades are out, but not many passengers. the trains, going nowhere. it's an inconvenience, and it's more of an inconvenience because tomorrow we are also likely to be out because the trains won't start till a bit later. so, steph in redditch is having to work from home. and in bromsgrove, ryan and son harry are as well. work have allowed me to work from home. it's just unfortunate for you you're missing another day of school,

especially with the covid situation, the amount of days they missed then. and molly's a student at birmingham university. her lectures are cancelled. i think it's going to be, yeah, considerably disruptive to learning, specifically because there are so many classes being disrupted in a row. yeah, it's definitely inconvenient. # solidarity forever...# in central london, a demonstration. whether you are sympathetic to the strikers or not, the consequences of today — huge. you are one of the country's most senior trades unionists, what do you say to those millions of people today inconvenienced, having to home—school their children, can't get a train? i mean, no—one wants to inconvenience the public, and the last thing any of these teachers behind me or indeed any public servant wants to do is to be taking industrial action, but you've got people at the end of their tether who can't afford another year of real terms pay cuts. do you guys need to compromise? we'd love to be able to negotiate with the government to reach some sort of compromise,

but rishi sunak and jeremy hunt are refusing to come to the table. down the road in the commons, it's rishi sunak�*s 100th day as prime minister. tory britain isn't working. is the prime minister going to get a grip and negotiate with working people? our children's education is precious, and they deserve to be in school today being taught. and, actually, the party opposite would do well to say that the strikes are wrong and we should be backing our schoolchildren. the labour leader said it was ludicrous to suggest the strikes were his fault. after 13 years in power, trying to blame the labour party for his failure to sort out the strikes is rank pathetic. he can't stand up to his union bosses. for britain's schoolchildren today. passion inside parliament — passion outside too. we don't want to be here,

we want to be teaching. we love teaching the young people, but the government aren't listening. we've got people leaving the public sector in droves, and ultimately we need people to deliver those services. if millions of people are inconvenienced today, as they are, that's worth it, is it? i mean, that's the point of the strike. the point of a strike is to inconvenience. both sides remain miles apart in so many of these disputes. there is every prospect of more days like this. chris mason, bbc news. more on the bbc website on that story. the funeral of the australian cardinal george pell begins in sydney shortly. cardinal pell died last month aged 81, after heart complications arising from hip surgery. at one point he was the third most powerful figure in the vatican but was also controversial. he spent 13 months injail for abusing two boys while archbishop of melbourne in the 1990s — before the conviction was quashed. and a landmark inquiry found

that he knew of child sexual abuse by priests in australia as early as the 1970s but failed to take action. hundreds of ribbons to represent victims of sexual abuse in the catholic church and elsewhere have been hung outside st mary's cathedral where pell will be buried. one of the abuse survivors told us why they are so important. we have come to toss ribbons on the fence and to open this dialogue. the whole point for us is to offer support to other survivors and to keep the dialogue open. to try and open a dialogue with the catholic church which unfortunately is a difficultjourney. but it is mainly about having hope a giving voice to those who don't have one. for more on this i am joined now by our correspondent phil mercer. great to get you on the show. just

to say that george pell was controversial in life and in death those controversies have not faded to talk through what people have been saying? cardinal george pell was an extremely polarising figure here in australia. fix, was an extremely polarising figure here in australia.— here in australia. a former archbishop _ here in australia. a former archbishop of _ here in australia. a former archbishop of sydney - here in australia. a former archbishop of sydney and l here in australia. a former - archbishop of sydney and melbourne he became a senior economic adviser to the pope to his detractors he was a man who ignored child sexual abuse in the church. as early as the 19705. in the church. as early as the 1970s. in in the church. as early as the 19705. in 2018 in the church. as early as the 1970s. in 2018 cardinal pell was convicted of abusing two boys in a cathedral in melbourne in the 1990s. he spent more than four days in prison before those convictions were overturned by australia's high courts in 2020. thousands of mourners have gathered here at st. mary's cathedral in sydney for

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polarising figure in death as he clearly was when he was life. phii clearly was when he was life. phil mercer there. _ clearly was when he was life. phil mercer there. thank you so much for joining us in the programme and i know you will be watching that story closely throughout the day here. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. 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 oil. 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. 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 the yachtswoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing a solo around the world nonstop. this is newsday on the bbc. 0ur headlines. national and local leaders pay tribute to tyre nichols, the 29 year—old black man,

who died after a beating by police in memphis. as many as half a million workers go on strike, across the uk, the biggest day of industrial action, in over a decade. an update for you now from the us — where us presidentjoe biden has had his delaware home searched by fbi agents as part of their ongoing investigation into his handling of classified documents. some documents, dating from his time as vice president, had earlier been discovered in two locations. the president�*s lawyers said the search was pre— planned and was carried out with their co—operation. last summer, forner president donald trump's mar—a—largo estate was searched and a number of top secret documents were found. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue has more on this. they are trying to put the best possible face on this but let's remember this is the second ofjoe biden's homes that have been searched. when they search the first

one in wilmington they found additional documents with classified markings. but is afterjoe biden's own lawyers and look through it and said they had removed everything relevant. now they have searched his beachfront home. no classified documents there. lawyers stressing they are cooperating. i think the word cooperation or cooperating was used about ten times in a very short press conference. but we have to take a step back into remember a sitting president having the fbi in his homes. that is quite an extraordinary thing from the public point of view they probably think thatis point of view they probably think that is all it will stop that would be the automatic reaction. there are differences with the case of donald trump. he was resistant to handing over documents for a long time. a subpoena was required. a search word. now there are potential criminal charges he faces notjust on the retention of documents but for obstruction and the espionage act. joe biden has always stressed that this was inadvertent and this

was, cooperation continues. having said all that he has been to himself and he says he has no regret on how you handle things which does not really chime well with this of cooperation lined that the lawyers have been pushing. in other stories for you today — the controversial influencer andrew tate will remain in custody in romania for at least another month after an appeal against his detention was rejected. mr tate and his brother tristan were arrested last month on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group. they've denied any wrongdoing. 0ur correspondent in bucharest, lucy williamson, has more. the court behind me came out with a short statement today saying it rejected the request by the tate brothers to overturn their continued detention. the two men have now been in custody for more than 30 days. they do to remain there until the end of february. their lawyers say that they have not seen any convincing evidence against the two

men and a new legal adviser has been brought in by the tate brothers from a us law firm. she was in court today and has been arguing their continued detention without charges, without any previous criminal record is a violation of international human rights law. that has been rejected by the court here today. the two brothers will now stay in custody until the 27th of february. prosecutors will happen until then to bring charges against them or to ask a judge to extend their detention once again. lucy williamson, bbc news, bucharest. pope francis has celebrated mass in kinshasa — the capital of the democratic republic of congo — on the first leg of his trip to africa. the country is the continent's most catholic nation — and hundreds of thousands are believed to have gathered at n'dolo airport to hear the pope speak. delivering his homily, he urged christians engaged in conflict in the war—torn country

to lay down their arms. the co—hosts of the 2023 women's football world cup australia and new zealand have asked the sport's governing body fifa to "urgently clarify" reports that saudi arabia's tourism authority is to be named as an official sponsor of the tournament. the potential has already been criticised by human rights groups. football australia and new zealand football say they were not consulted and are "disappointed" at the news. joining us now is craig foster, former member of the australia's men's national football team and human rights activist. thank you forjoining us on the programme. important to clarify at this point that these are reports, at the stage. we have not heard from fifa yet, but what is the reaction in australia and new zealand. in australia there has been a in australia and new zealand. ii�*u australia there has been a strong reaction for many fans and former players. we see in the media quite some outrage and rightly so. for

many of us particularly former players and the capital feel that visit saudi should not have the opportunity to be sponsoring a world cup which after all, is in a country where we take gender equality and sport seriously. we are proud in the australian football community of the fact that our mathilde does, our national football team have equal pay and conditions to our mail team, the soccer roots in only a couple of years ago that agreement was put in place and in that press conference was both captains of both teams. across cricket in many of the sports we see this in australia that is an absolute necessity. not to skip across all global sports. so this world cup in australia and new zealand this year will be so much the theme about gender equality through sport and from sport into broader society. therefore with

saudi arabia, the state tourism authority wanting and apparently being allowed to sponsor this tournament means that you have a country with a male guardianship system essentially that renders all women through their entire life a leaguer —— legal minor. now being able to sponsor the spoke up. what able to sponsor the spoke up. what do ou able to sponsor the spoke up. what do you think — able to sponsor the spoke up. what do you think the _ able to sponsor the spoke up. what do you think the response may be to these complaints from fifa that we are understandably seeing in australia and new zealand. that's a aood australia and new zealand. that's a good question- _ australia and new zealand. that's a good question. if— australia and new zealand. that's a good question. if the _ australia and new zealand. that's a good question. if the guitar - australia and new zealand. that's a good question. if the guitar work i australia and new zealand. that's a j good question. if the guitar work up as an example we can probably expect the monologue from him that i am a saudi woman and i am a gender equality activist but nevertheless thatis equality activist but nevertheless that is where my are at the moment and we see the head constantly

trying to push saudi arabia into the football agenda. and now they are heavily involved in the epl as well as newcastle united and very much support the small but important voice of newcastle united supporters who are pushing back against it. we cannot pronounce these values of the gender equality and women's rights through sport either here or in the uk or with world cup and then allow countries like this to appropriate those discussions and try and promote themselves as synonymous with those values. they are not. there has to be a real discussion about whether this should be withdrawn or saudi arabia ordered to be involved this way in football and sport then at major knish sessions need to be made around practical women's rights. == need to be made around practical women's rights.— need to be made around practical women's riahts. . ,, ., , . . women's rights. -- concessions. what ou think women's rights. -- concessions. what you think fans — women's rights. -- concessions. what you think fans may _ women's rights. -- concessions. what you think fans may say _ women's rights. -- concessions. what you think fans may say about - women's rights. -- concessions. what you think fans may say about this - you think fans may say about this because of course the qatar will cut did go ahead? this

because of course the qatar will cut did go ahead?— because of course the qatar will cut did go ahead? this may be a sense of timing from — did go ahead? this may be a sense of timing from fifa _ did go ahead? this may be a sense of timing from fifa is _ did go ahead? this may be a sense of timing from fifa is wild _ did go ahead? this may be a sense of timing from fifa is wild to _ did go ahead? this may be a sense of timing from fifa is wild to have - timing from fifa is wild to have less than six months to bring this to the public attention. you saw the football federation australia and new zealand now asking for further clarity saying that they were not consulted although that was not the ceo such as spokespeople of the organisations as i read in the media today. but fans will certainly. find today. but fans will certainly. and sis our we — today. but fans will certainly. and sis our we have _ today. but fans will certainly. and sis our we have run out of time thanks forjoining us. the american football player tom brady — thought by many to be the greatest quarterback ever to play the game — has announced his retirement — again. the as—year old, who's won the super bowl seven times, retired last year too, only to come back and take the tampa bay buccaneers to the playoffs. here's how he broke the news on his twitter account. i'll get to the point right away. i am retiring — for good. i know the process was a pretty big deal last time, so when i woke up this morning i figured just press record and let

you guys know first, so i won't be long—winded. you only get one super emotional retirement essay and i used mine up last year, so... really, thank you guys so much, to every single one of you for supporting me. my family, my friends, my team—mates. .. ..my competitors... i could go on forever, there are too many. thank you, guys, for allowing me to live my absolute dream. i wouldn't change a thing. love you all. let's put tom brady's career in some sort of perspective. ben volin reports on the nfl for the boston globe newspaper — and he told us why the quarterback is one of the all—time sporting greats. he is unquestionably the greatest player the nfl has ever seen. he played for 23 years, has every record in the book and his longevity and durability really is, to me, most impressive. to be able to do it well into his 405 at a time when every

other player at their body breaks down or they decide just cannot do it any more. tom brady thrived. no player ever won a super bowl over the age of 40 and he won two of them. he had a remarkable third act of his career and the later years of his career when players are supposed to be breaking down and winding down their career. so he isjust a remarkable player, accomplished everything, one everything there is to win and has redefined what it means to be an ageing athlete. so that's what sets him apart, not only from nfl players but from other athletes in american sports as well. and finally — an update on a story we covered for you yesterday — about a tiny, but potentially deadly radioactive capsule, that was lost in the vast western australian outback more than two weeks ago. well — it's now been found, despite it being about the size of a pea. a huge search operation has been under way after the capsule had fallen off the back of a lorry along a 1,400 km long road. authorities said search crews had "quite literally found the needle in the haystack".

hello there. there is a lot of settled and dry weather to come for many of us over the next few days. and indeed, even into the weekend. it's going to be very mild as well. certainly on friday, extremely mild for early february. and an area of high pressure bringing lots of dry weather too. these weather fronts will always be flirting with the north of the uk bring rain at times, particularly to the northern half of scotland and will be a bit windier here as you can see more isobars in the chart. we start thursday off on a mild, fairly cloudy note across the south, even into southern scotland parts of northern ireland as well. it will be cooler for the north—east of scotland. it's here we start very wet and quite windy for the north and west of scotland. elsewhere, southern scotland and northern ireland, much of england and wales dry, quite a bit of cloud around, that will be breaks in the cloud

to allow for some sunday at moments. ——sunnier it will be a fairly breezy day to come, particularly in the north and the west, windy there to the north of scotland. the temperatures up to 12, maybe 13 degrees across the south, up to 11 degrees this far north as the highlands. as we move through thursday night it stays fairly breezy, dry for most, variable clouds and clear spells we lose the rain as well across the north of scotland so we start off the early part of friday on a dry note for all areas pretty mild night to come, close to six or nine or 10 degrees. we've still got our area of high pressure to the south of the uk, lower pressure towards the north. this new weather front will wriggle into northern areas through the day on friday. a little bit of rain initially to northern ireland then pushed across scotland, perhaps northern england for a time. quite drizzly. in fact, some low cloud and mistand murk. best of any brightness late

in the day, northern ireland, parts of central and southern england and wales. another breezy day to come across more northern and western areas but lighter wins towards the south closer to the area of high pressure. very mild on friday, we could be up to 14 celsius and one or two spots across central and southern and eastern areas. that wedge of milder air continues at the start of the weekend but then this cold front spreads southwards introducing much fresher air right across the uk. it still high pressure with us though, so it's going to be dry with a lot of sunshine as well. the air will be a little bit drier. so a lot of cloud around. one or two spots of drizzle on saturday, mild again and it's colder, much sunday by sunday.

good evening. this is your update from the bbc sport center. manchester united are into the league cup final, after a straightforward win over nottingham forest, which saw them win 5—0 on aggregate. they came into the game having already done most of the work

from the first leg and came close to extending their three goal