welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. us vice president, kamala harris, leads calls for police reform at the funeral in memphis of tyre nichols, who died after being beaten by officers. and as vice president of the united states we demand that congress passed the george floyd justice in policing act. joe biden will sign it. the funeral of the controversial australian cardinal george pell begun in sydney a few minutes ago. divisive internet personality andrew tate will remain in police custody until february 27 after a romanian court rejected his detention

appeal on wednesday. american football legend has been announced his retirement for the second time, tom brady. welcome to the programme. 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 second degree 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 blackjoined 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. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... rescue workers in the ukrainian 60 are searching through the rubble of a residential building that was destroyed by a russian attack. they say at

least two people were killed but warned others may be trapped under the debris. the city is in the eastern region which is controlled by moscow forces. presidentjoe biden has had his delaware home search by fii —— had his delaware home search by fii -- fbi had his delaware home search by fii —— fbi agents. some documents dating from his time as vice president had early been discovered into location. this search was preplanned and carried out with their cooperation. the flagship company of one of the world's richest men, gautam adani, has made a dramatic u—turn and will return two point—five billion dollars to investors poised to buy new shares in the firm. the indian billionaire had been trying to raise cash to help fuel the growth of adani enterprises. it has rejected accusations by a us investment firm that it was guilty of stock manipulation and accounting fraud. the uk supreme court has ended a long running privacy battle

between the tate modern in london and the owners of four nearby flats really in flavour of the homeowners. they'd complained that visitors to the art gallery could see into their properties from a viewing gallery that opened in 2016. thousands of striking workers have taken part in marches and rallies across the uk —— on what's thought to be the biggest day of coordinated industrial action in a decade. up to half a million employees walked out —— including teachers, train drivers and civil servants. unions argue pay increases offered by the government are inadequate to keep up with annual inflation of more than ten percent. but ministers say they can't afford to pay more — and theirfocus is on bringing down the rate of inflation. further strikes are planned next week by health service workers. many unions feel there's little progress on talks. 0ver over the last 12 years there have really catastrophic

long—term decline in pay. teachers have lost 13% over that period. that in real terms is a huge amount to lose. i think a simple i think the disputes can be resolved, all people — disputes can be resolved, all people want is enough money to pay the — people want is enough money to pay the bills. people want is enough money to pay the bills-— pay the bills. with high inflation, _ pay the bills. with high inflation, high - pay the bills. with high inflation, high in - pay the bills. with high inflation, high in cost l pay the bills. with high | inflation, high in cost of living _ inflation, high in cost of living everyone - inflation, high in cost of living everyone wants i inflation, high in cost of| living everyone wants to inflation, high in cost of- living everyone wants to take everything _ living everyone wants to take everything you _ living everyone wants to take everything you got _ living everyone wants to take everything you got and - living everyone wants to take everything you got and give i living everyone wants to take . everything you got and give you nothing — everything you got and give you nothing for— everything you got and give you nothing for it _ everything you got and give you nothing for it is— everything you got and give you nothing for it is a _ everything you got and give you nothing for it is a very - nothing for it is a very difficult _ nothing for it is a very difficult place - nothing for it is a very difficult place to - nothing for it is a very difficult place to be. l the uk prime minister rishi sunak has resisted calls to suspend his deputy dominic raab despite more allegations of bullying behaviour by mr raab. the claims by from civil servants and others are being investigated but mr sunak is facing questions about his awareness of the allegations when he appointed mr raab. labour's sir keir starmer at prime minister's questions asked whether mr sunak had been the only person apparently unaware of the complaints.

0ur political correspondent ione wells has the story. please welcome rishi sunak! his deputy, his close ally, and his latest political headache. questions mounting for dominic raab over bullying allegations... will you sack dominic raab, prime minister? ..lead to questions for the prime minister over whether to sack the man sat next to him. according to recent reports, some of the complainants were physically sick. 0ne says they were left suicidal. how would he feel if one of his friends or relatives was being forced to work for a bully, simply because the man at the top was too weak to do anything about it? when i was made aware of formal complaints, i instructed a leading independent kc to conduct an investigation, because i take action when these things happen. number 10 say rishi sunak was not aware of any formal complaints about mr raab when he appointed him, but won't confirm whether or not he was aware of informal ones. it's a question that has followed the prime ministerfor months. were there any concerns, even informal ones, raised with you about the conduct of dominic raab before you appointed him as your deputy?

i've been very clear. i don't recognise the characterisation of dominic's behaviour. and i also was not and i'm not aware of any formal complaints... i asked if there were any informal. well, there is a formal complaints process. and that's the important thing that people should avail themselves of if they have concerns. did anyone or any document raise any concerns about his behaviour? no, i was not and i'm not aware of any formal complaints about dominic's behaviour. the investigation into dominic raab is looking at eight complaints from three government departments. at least three of the most senior civil servants who ran departments with him have given evidence to the inquiry as witnesses. this investigation isn't set to conclude for a couple of weeks. it's trying to establish whether dominic raab bullied staff or not. was he, as some former colleagues have told us, very hard on staff and totally unsuitable for high office? or was he, as otherformer colleagues have told us, abrasive and demanding, but not necessarily a bully? as questions continue,

one serving minister tells us tonight that it might be difficult for the prime minister to keep mr raab in hisjob, given the number of complaints. mr raab has said he's confident he has always behaved professionally, denies wrongdoing, and has no apologies for "having high standards". but whether he's met the standards expected of him is now under scrutiny. ione wells, bbc news, westminster. the funeral of the australian cardinal george pell is under way in sydney. 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 tojoin the great to join the programme. just to say at the funeral is under way as we understand it. george pell, hugely controversial in life and in death. at

controversial in life and in death. �* , ., , death. a hugely polarising fi . ure death. a hugely polarising figure right _ death. a hugely polarising figure right around - death. a hugely polarising i figure right around australia. cardinal pell was australia's senior catholic official 0nce senior catholic official once upon a time he was the archbishop here in sydney and melbourne. he was the vatican to become one of the chief financial advisers to pope francis. to his detractors though, he was the man who at the height of his power knew about sexual abuse within the church but did nothing about it. those were allegations that cardinal pell always denied. in 2018 cardinal pell was convicted of abusing two boys in a cathedral and melbourne in the mid—19 90s. he spent almost 400 days in prison before those convictions were overturned by australia's high court in 2020. thousands of people have crammed in to st. mary's cathedral for today's funeral and you could see behind me hundreds of people have been

unable to get in. they are watching the service on large screens. it is a very hot day in australia's business —— biggest city. for many people here it will be a sombre and poignant location as they remember a man who they considered to have been a champion of conservative catholic values. i think he had an incredible ability to formally the truth in a way that people could understand it. and he was fearless, absolutely fearless. ijust felt- like a lot of peace. he had his hand on my shoulder and i really felt him with me. i it was honestly a beautiful experience with god, - a man of god who never stood down for his faith. _ he always did up for his faith

in what he believed in. - literacy and last evening a group of men with knives and scissors attempted to cut those ribbons down resulting in skirmishes that enter all of the intervention of the police as well. there is also a strong —— small demonstration by lgbt campaigners who are angry at the catholic church's stance on homosexuality and also cardinal pell to same—sex marriage. we can hear very faintly the protesters, george pell, go to hell. we also saw one person arrested but for the majority of people gathered here at st. mary's cathedral here today it is a sombre occasion as they farewell a man who they believed to have been a champion of the catholic church wrongly persecuted by the authorities as sydney and ulster... for mel —— farewell

to cardinal george pell. i’m to cardinal george pell. i'm sure we'll — to cardinal george pell. i'm sure we'll be _ to cardinal george pell. i'm sure we'll be speaking to you again later on in later hours of the programme. but for now you're you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... american football legend, tom brady, has announced his retirement after a 23 year career. 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 —i 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. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 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. the funeral of the controversial australian cardinal george pell is under way in sydney. 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 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 have until then to bring charges against them or to ask a judge to extend their detention once again. lucy williamson, bbc news, bucharest. 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 underway 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". 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. earlier i spoke to craig foster, former member of the australia's men's national football team and human rights activist, and i asked him about the reaction from both australia and new zealand on this. and ulster there has been a strong reaction for many fans in former players and we have seen some outrage rightly so many of us particularly former players and captains of country feel that visit saudi should not have the opportunity to sponsor a world cup. which after all is _ sponsor a world cup. which after all is in _ sponsor a world cup. which after all is in a _ sponsor a world cup. which after all is in a country - sponsor a world cup. which l after all is in a country where we take gender equality in sport extremely fiercely. we are very proud and the australian football community of the fact that our national

women's football team have equal pay and conditions to our mail team. and only a couple of years ago that agreement was put in place and in that press conference was the captain of the mail team and the female team. across cricket and many other sports we see this as something in australia that is an absolute necessity notjust europe but across all global sport. this world cup injuly and august in australasia new zealand this year will be so much the theme about gender equality through sport and from sport into broader society and therefore with saudi arabia, 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 rendering all women through their entire life a legal minor. being able to

appropriate the brand and the public message and social value of this world cup. just public message and social value of this world cup.— of this world cup. just “ump in and i wonderfi of this world cup. just “ump in and i wonder iffi of this world cup. just “ump in and i wonder if from h of this world cup. just jump in and i wonder if from your - and i wonder if from your experience with fee for what you think their response may be to these complaints and outrage we are seeing, understandably in australia and new zealand. —— fifa. that's the stop if the qatar world is a example we can expect lines along the lines of i am a saudi women, i am a gender equality activists from the head of fifa. so that is what we are trying to see, her pushing saudi arabia into the football agenda. they are heavily involved now as owners of newcastle united and i very much support the small but important voice of newcastle united supporters pushing back against that. we cannot pronounce his values of gender

equality and up women's rights through sport either here or in the uk with wilcox and then allow countries like this to appropriate those discussions and try to promote themselves as synonymous with those values. —— world cups. so there has to be a discussion here about this being withdrawn or saudi arabia order to be involved this way in women's global football and sport, then major concessions need to be made around practical women's rates. —— rights. . now let me bring you these amazing pictures of a driver of a crashed car in las vegas— who had a fortunate escape thanks to a passerby and a police officer who captured the rescue on a bodycam. left unconscious from the crash, the driver was pulled from the wreckage moments before it was engulfed with flames. he was treated for smoke inhalation in hospital

a newly discovered comet will make its closest approach to our planet. the astronomers have said the comet's journey towards us took around 50,000 years — for those who expect to see a brilliant streak of emerald in the sky, you'll be disappointed. however, if you're far away from the light pollution and below dark skies, you might be able to see a smudge in the sky. good luck with that. 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 45—year old, who's won the superbowl 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 i would just press

record, let you guys know first so it 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, 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. i love you all. let's put tom brady's career in some sort of perspective. ben vohleen 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, for all the beyonce fans out there — she has announced her first new tour in nearly seven years. the "renaissance world tour" will kick off in stockholm on may 10th, across europe and north america until the end ofjune. it will then resume in toronto injuly before wrapping in new orleans in september. the album is inspired by black

and queer dance music culture and pioneers, that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. there's 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 it's going to be extremely mild for early february. and that area of high pressure will bring a lot of dry weather, too. these weather fronts will always be flirting with the north of the uk, bringing rain at times, particularly to the northern half of scotland. and it will be a little bit windier here as well. as you can see more isobars on the charts. but we start thursday off on a mild, fairly cloudy note across the south, even into southern scotland, parts of northern ireland as well, a little bit cooler for the north—east of scotland. it's here where we'll start very wet, quite windy for the north and west of scotland. elsewhere, southern scotland, northern ireland, much of england and wales dry quite a bit of cloud around, but there will

be some breaks in the clouds allow for some sunnier moments it'll be fairly breezy day come particularly in the north and the west. windy there for the north of scotland. but look at these temperatures were up to 12, maybe 13 degrees across the south, up to 11 degrees as far north as the highlands. as we move through thursday night, it stays fairly breezy, dry for most with variable clouds and clear spells. we lose the rain as well across the north of scotland for a while. so we start the early parts of friday, off on a dry note for all areas, pretty mild night to come, lows of 6 to 9 or ten degrees. so we've still got ourarea of high pressure to the south of the uk, lower pressure towards the north. this new weather front will wriggle in to northern areas through the day on friday. scotland could use a little bit of rain initially to northern ireland, then push across scotland, perhaps northern england for a time. quite drizzly. in fact, some low cloud mist, murk, best of any brightness. later in the day, northern ireland, parts of central southern england and wales, another breezy day to come across more northern and western areas.

but lighter winds towards the south, closer to the area of high pressure, very mild. on friday, we could be up to 14 celsius in one or two spots across central, southern and eastern areas. that wedge of moderate continues ——milderair. into the start of the weekend, but then this cold front spreads southwards, introducing much fresher air right across the uk. still high pressure withers though, so it's going to be dry with lots 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 then it's colder, much sunnier by sunday.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. here's the good news.

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