this is bbc news — i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the us vice president, kamala harris, has led calls for police reform at the funeral of tyre nichols, who died after being beaten by officers in memphis. and as vice president of the united states we demand that congress passed the george floyd justice and policing act. joe biden will sign it. public health officials in the uk are concered that the current bird flu outbreak could spread to humans as 200 cases have been recorded in other animals. a new design for australia's five dollar note, and it

won't feature of members of the royal family. and beyonce has announced her first new tour in nearly seven years. there have been passionate appeals for us police reform at the funeral of tyre nichols, who died after being beaten by officers in memphis last month. speaking at the service, the us vice president, kamala harris, urged congress to pass a bill promoting police accountability. five policeman have been charged with murder in connection with the 29—year—old's death. 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 wouldn't 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 familyj 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 j 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 now speak to jotaka eaddy, ceo of full circle strategies and former senior advisor at the naacp. at the end of that report sarah was staying when we get to the stage that this will not happen again, the vice president kamala harris saying they need

to see legal change happening in congress. your hopes for that? in in congress. your hopes for that? . ., , ., in congress. your hopes for that? , ., ., , that? in her comments sarah was riuht. and that? in her comments sarah was right. and today _ that? in her comments sarah was right. and today the _ that? in her comments sarah was right. and today the vice - right. and today the vice president was quite clear that it is time for the united states congress to pass the george floyd justice in policing act. it is time and has been time for us to pass this law because what it will do is be a step in the right direction and put into place legal safeguards for the vast amount of americans who now fearjust being in their own neighbourhoods because of the vast amount of police misconduct that we see. we know the passage of this act will include a number of measures including banning some of these techniques that we see, chokehold and deadly force. it will create a national registry of police misconduct and in this case there were officers who had a history of police misconduct. there is no reason why some of these offices should have even been

patrolling in memphis during that time. there are so many mechanisms and so many things we would see in this act and it is time for congress to step up, do the right thing and pass it. when you lived through george floyd we all said never again and here we are again, the same exact very similar scenario where officers have crossed the line and we have the unfortunate untimely and unnecessary death of yet another black man in america, unharmed. another black man in america, unharmed-— another black man in america, unharmed. , ., ~ , ., unharmed. given the make-up of concress unharmed. given the make-up of congress now. — unharmed. given the make-up of congress now, the _ unharmed. given the make-up of congress now, the republicans . congress now, the republicans who are the majority in the house of representatives, do you that that act, that bill will be passed this time? it is my hope that republicans and democrats alike will come together and understand that this is not an issue that is a republican issue or a democrat issue, this is an american

issue, this is an american issue, an issue that is important and it is my hope that the republicans will put aside petty politics and really get to the business of ensuring that americans in this country are free and safe, that they deal with issues such as qualified in unity where police officers around the country feel they can do whatever they want because they have a protection under law against a civil suit. we have to do away and deal with that, we have to deal with the fact that there is a police culture in this country that is rooted in fear and intimidation. we need to move away from that and move to real community policing rooted in community and care. we have to do that we have to put policy and politics aside. my hope is that republicans in congress will step aside and move away from petty politics and get into the business of what is at the heart and mind of the american public and that is getting a look at the

amazing amount of racial profiling and police misconduct that we see in this country today. thank you for that and giving us your take on the situation in the us at the moment. there is much more on our website as well. staying in the united states who has signed a deal allowing large numbers of its troops to return to the philippines for the first time in three decades. the agreement was announced after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, met president ferdinand marcosjunior in manila. both countries are seeking to counter china's growing military influence in southeast asia. american forces will now have access to four more bases on the islands of palawan and luzon. beijing has accused washington of trying to push the philippines towards confrontation. australia's former prime minister has described the controversial cardinal, george pell, as the country's greatest ever roman catholic. tony abbott was addressing the cleric�*s funeral in sydney. cardinal pell�*s conviction for child sex offences was overturned in 2020.

for more on this i am joined now by our correspondent phil mercer who's in sydney. this funeral has been taking place. describe the day, phil. he is extremely divisive figure. he is extremely divisive fiaure. . . he is extremely divisive fiaure. ., ., ., figure. cardinal pell was an extremely _ figure. cardinal pell was an extremely polarising - figure. cardinal pell was an | extremely polarising official of the catholic church in this country and today his funeral in sydney was a day of contrasts, really. thousands of mourners gathered and for them it was a sombre and poignant occasion. in the end hundreds of people could not get into the famous sandstone cathedral behind me because it was full and they heard the feel that mac former prime minister tony abbott eulogised about cardinal pell saying he should be the next saint in australia and he

said that cardinal pell�*s convictions for child sex abuse in 2018 that were later overturned by australia's high court were a modern form of crucifixion, outside we saw very noisy demonstrations from lgbt groups who are angry at the way the church addresses homosexuality and also cardinal pell�*s opposition to same—sex marriage. as in life as in death the cardinal was a polarising figure in his home country of australia. and polarising figure in his home country of australia. and many turned out. — country of australia. and many turned out, as _ country of australia. and many turned out, as you _ country of australia. and many turned out, as you say, - country of australia. and many turned out, as you say, it - country of australia. and many turned out, as you say, it wasl turned out, as you say, it was packed, wasn't it? this funeral which kind of underlines, really, how much support he still had despite the accusations against him. we were accusations against him. - were speaking to mourners who came and we ask them how they felt and they said it was a great honour to be here to

farewell a giant of the catholic church, as the cardinal was described during his funeral here at st mary �*s church and we also asked people about his legacy, about the spectre of child sexual abuse and many mourners here today believe that he had been unfairly pilloried and persecuted, resulting in him spending more than 400 days in prison. his detractors believe that he knew about child abuse in the church but did nothing about it. once again it comes down to contrast. this was a man who provoked many different reactions and he is revered among many catholics in this country and beyond but two critics he was a man who could and should have done more to stamp out child abuse in the church. a day of differing emotions for many people here in sydney and across australia.

thank you. that was phil mercer in sydney. let's get some of the day's other news. rescue workers in the ukrainian city of kramatorsk are searching through the rubble of a residential building that was destroyed by a russian rocket. authorities say at least two people were killed. but they've warned others might be trapped under the debris. kramatorsk is in the eastern donetsk region, much of which is controlled by moscow's forces. nikki haley, the former south carolina governor and us ambassador to the united nations, is expected to declare she's going to run for the republican presidential nomination. she's invited her supporters to an event in charleston on february 15th. it would make her the second declared republican candidate after herformer boss, donald trump. the bank of england is expected to announce that it's putting up interest rates for the tenth consecutive time later this morning. many analysts are expecting a rise of half a percentage point from 3.5% to 4% which will be its highest since 2008.

more detail on that in our business coverage in 20 minutes. more than 200 million birds have died as a result of the current avian flu outbreak, according to the world organisation of animal health. now public health authoritiesin the uk are worried about the disease spilling over into mammals — more than 200 cases have already been recorded in animals like otters and foxes — and there's a warning that bird flu could also spread to humans. our environment and rural affairs correspondent, claire marshall, reports. this is now, by far, the worst avian flu outbreak in global history. more than 200 million birds both wild and farmed have died or had to be killed. a development that is worrying scientists now is the spillover into mammals. in the uk the

virus has been found in foxes. they are scavengers who feed on the birds. it has also been found in an otter, the sort of animal also likely to encounter in fact had birds. what about the risk to humans? this is our genetics laboratory. we will shown to the government laboratory in surrey at the heart of the uk government's fight against bird flu.- heart of the uk government's fight against bird flu. here we have some — fight against bird flu. here we have some of _ fight against bird flu. here we have some of the _ fight against bird flu. here we have some of the latest - have some of the latest technology and innovation in order to speed our work and generate that important data. this virus is absolutely on the march. ., . ., ., , ., march. how much of that is a worry to _ march. how much of that is a worry to you _ march. how much of that is a worry to you that _ march. how much of that is a worry to you that this - march. how much of that is a worry to you that this may i march. how much of that is a worry to you that this may be the next covid—i9? worry to you that this may be the next covid-19?_ worry to you that this may be the next covid-19? when you are workin: the next covid-19? when you are working with _ the next covid-19? when you are working with this _ the next covid-19? when you are working with this disease - the next covid-19? when you are working with this disease every i working with this disease every day you are acutely aware of the risk and what it can become. without over playing, this global spread is a concern. if we do not solve the problem we will continue to have that risk.— problem we will continue to have that risk. this view was held around _ have that risk. this view was held around the _ have that risk. this view was held around the globe. - have that risk. this view was held around the globe. we l have that risk. this view was - held around the globe. we spoke to the head of science at the world organisation for animal

health. . . . world organisation for animal health. ., ., ., ., health. the data are at risk for transmission _ health. the data are at risk for transmission between l for transmission between species and we cannot underestimate the potential adaptation to humans and in addition to the risk for impacting animal health we have a very important impact on public health.— a very important impact on public health. the threat to humans is _ public health. the threat to humans is still _ public health. the threat to humans is still said - public health. the threat to humans is still said to - public health. the threat to humans is still said to be . public health. the threat to i humans is still said to be very low. overwhelmingly the virus—infected birds. in warwickshire this lake is cherished by locals. many migrating waterfowl come here. last month there was an outbreak of avian flu and restrictions are still in place. sue runs a volunteer group. we are here every day and we can see what is going on, we can see the state of the birds that are here, we check out all the areas around with binoculars to make sure there are no dead animals in the corners, especially if the wind is blowing. corners, especially if the wind is blowing-— corners, especially if the wind is blowinr. �* ~ , . , ., is blowing. and keep an eye on it. the advice _ is blowing. and keep an eye on it. the advice is _ is blowing. and keep an eye on it. the advice is clear. - is blowing. and keep an eye on it. the advice is clear. he'd - it. the advice is clear. he'd

any warning _ it. the advice is clear. he'd any warning signs - it. the advice is clear. he'd any warning signs and - it. the advice is clear. he'd any warning signs and do i it. the advice is clear. he'd i any warning signs and do not touch any dead or dying birds. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: seven—time american football championship winner 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 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 world news. the latest headlines: the us vice president, kamala harris, has led calls for police reform at the funeral of tyre nichols, who died after being beaten by officers in memphis. the united states has reached a deal to boost its military presence in the philippines, as it seeks to counter chinese influence in the region. australia has announced that it will replace the portrait of queen elizabeth ii on its $5 banknote, with a new design to reflect

and honour the history of its indigenous culture, the country's central bank said on thursday. our reporter, sofia bettiza, joins me in the studio. tell us more. as you mentioned, following the death of queen elizabeth ii, the reserve bank of australia announced they were going to review the design of the $5 banknote and today they announced that they will change it. in practice, what this means is that the king of england, king charles, is not going to feature on the money. instead, they will replace it with a new design that will honour the history and culture of the first australians of indigenous people. this is quite a big change because this new design will replace the portrait of the late queen of england, queen elizabeth, and she had been on a $5 note 1992.

also, after the change, no member of the british royal family will feature on any australian banknotes. now, the reserve bank has also said that they will work together with various indigenous groups to come up with a new design, and the other side of the note will keep featuring the australian parliament. pm keep featuring the australian parliament.— parliament. an interesting timinu parliament. an interesting timing with _ parliament. an interesting timing with a _ parliament. an interesting timing with a coronation i parliament. an interesting i timing with a coronation here in may. it's very important yearfor in may. it's very important year for the royal family. in may. it's very important yearfor the royal family. took us through the timing of this, a decision that's been made now? �* , ., ., . , now? the british monarch is australia's _ now? the british monarch is australia's head _ now? the british monarch is australia's head of- now? the british monarch is australia's head of state, i now? the british monarch is| australia's head of state, but since queen elizabeth ii died last year, this has reignited a debate in australia about its future as a constitutional monarchy. also, australian authorities said that at the time the decision to feature

the late queen elizabeth on the money was because of her personality rather than her role as a monarch. and you mentioned timing. this comes at a time when the centre left labour government in australia is trying to push a referendum in australia and the constitution to recognise and that its people and the constitution. it will take several years to come up with the new design and print the new money, so in the meantime people in australia will continue using the current $5 banknote. continue using the current $5 banknote-— banknote. 0k. interesting. sohia, banknote. ok. interesting. sophia, thank— banknote. 0k. interesting. sophia, thank you. - time now for the latest sports news. iam gavin i am gavin ramjaun and this is your update on the bbc sport centre. tom brady has confirmed he is retiring for good after 23 seasons in the nfl. the 45 euros quarterback first announced his retirement on1 february last year but reversed the decision six weeks later to

claim had unfinished business. he won six syllables with the nang nguyen patriot and one with tampa bay buccaneers and bennie one. his final season and in the 13—41 playoffs last month. i and in the 13-41 playoffs last month. ., ., month. i am retiring for good. reau month. i am retiring for good. really thank— month. i am retiring for good. really thank you _ month. i am retiring for good. really thank you so _ month. i am retiring for good. really thank you so much - month. i am retiring for good. l really thank you so much every single one of you for supporting me. my family, my friends, my teammates, my competitors. i could go on forever. there is too many. thank you guys for allowing me to live my absolute dream. i wouldn't change a thing. we love ou wouldn't change a thing. we love you and _ wouldn't change a thing. we love you and thank you for everything. you have been great and you — everything. you have been great and you have bought me 30 years of some _ and you have bought me 30 years of some things. i love it. thank_ of some things. i love it. thank you. if he is going to make — thank you. if he is going to make the _ thank you. if he is going to make the announcement, i thank you. if he is going to- make the announcement, some people — make the announcement, some pecule say— make the announcement, some pecule say you _ make the announcement, some people say you need _ make the announcement, some people say you need to - make the announcement, some people say you need to back- make the announcement, some people say you need to back it i people say you need to back it up people say you need to back it up with— people say you need to back it up with that _ people say you need to back it up with that again _ people say you need to back it up with that again he - people say you need to back it up with that again he is - people say you need to back it up with that again he is the i up with that again he is the goat — up with that again he is the goat so _ up with that again he is the goat so if— up with that again he is the goat so if he _ up with that again he is the goat so if he has _ up with that again he is the goat so if he has another. up with that again he is the . goat so if he has another year

or two— goat so if he has another year or two left— goat so if he has another year or two left in— goat so if he has another year or two left in him, _ goat so if he has another year or two left in him, give - goat so if he has another year or two left in him, give the i or two left in him, give the fans— or two left in him, give the fans what— or two left in him, give the fans what they _ or two left in him, give the fans what they want. - or two left in him, give the fans what they want. the i or two left in him, give the fans what they want. the club throu . h fans what they want. the club through to — fans what they want. the club through to the _ fans what they want. the club through to the second - fans what they want. the club through to the second round i fans what they want. the clubl through to the second round of the fifa world cup in morocco after beating oceana champions auckland city in tangier. they qualified as runners—up last season and the african champions league and took the lead in the second time. the added tomb on the second half with south african striker completing a 3—0 victory. they apply north american champion seattle sounders and the winners will face real madrid in the semi—finals. in england majesty noted other to the league cup final article when a comfortable two legged victory over nottingham forest. united zero up and two more at the old trafford. there were scores in the three—minute spell in the second half with a 5—0 win. united had not won a trophy for six years and will make newcastle united in the final at wembley later this month.

winter in leipzig, admitting to the quarterfinals in leipzig won a 3—0. there was open scoring after eight minutes and this goalfrom ostar this goal from ostar international this goalfrom ostar international made it 2—0 before halftime. often homebuilder the callback midway through the second half of ford the team completed the scoring seven minutes from time. you get news on a website. but for me and the rest of the sports team, see you next time. we will see gavin and his team soon again. thank you. half a million free plaintiffs are being given to visitors and residents to encourage investment in the territory. $850 million hello hong kong campaign includes more than 200 business, cultural and tourism events with a number of

visitors to hong kong falling sharply between 2020 because of severe covid restrictions. talking of events to be across: for all the beyonce fans out there, she has announced herfirst new tour in nearly seven years. the renaissance world tour will kick off in stockholm on 10 may across europe and north america until the end ofjune. it will then resume in toronto injuly before wrapping up in new orleans in september. the album is inspired by black and queer dance music culture which, according to creative producer angel lenise pyles, is a huge reason for fans to be excited about. this is a huge deal because the last time any of us saw beyonce live was during beychella, the formation world tour or the on the run 2 tour where the music was about love and reconciliation, primarily about her marriage.

this time it is about celebration, dance and freedom, and to be able to experience that after the past few years we have had collectively as a world and a society, is just going to be an amazing experience. especially with her announcing a tour and going on tour without any music videos i think it is a testament to the type of artist everyone who loves beyonce and the renaissance album though you have to listen to it from track one to track 13, straight through with no skips. this will be a novel experience where we see her perhaps perform her complete collection live from top to bottom, no unnecessary transitions or unexpected transitions but to hear the flow of the album live for how she meant us to receive it. it's a grey hat. we have the top business stories next. it

is all about interest rates. the federal reserve, us central bank, made its choice leg yesterday. the bank of england early today and the european central bank so prepare for comment and analysis and the other top business stories. see you in a moment. 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 northeast 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 to allow for some sunnier moments. it'll be fairly breezy day to 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, some clear spells. we lose the rain as well across the north of scotland for a while. so we start the early part of friday off on a dry note forallareas, pretty mild night to come, lows of six to nine or ten degrees. so 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 in to northern areas through the day on friday. so that will introduce 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 and 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 milder air continues into the start of the weekend, but then this cold front spreads southwards, introducing much fresher air right across the uk. still high pressure with us 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 with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. rates on the rise again. millions around the world face higher borrowing costs — as the us federal reserve warns the fight against inflation is not over. recent developments are encouraging but we need substantial more evidence to be confident that inflation is on a sustained a downward path. also coming up: controversy in the pipeline. shell set to reveal record annual profits as homes and businesses struggle with sky—high energy bills. plus a year to forget for meta. the first fall in annual sales for facebook�*s owner since it floated on the stock exchange a decade ago. can it win back its

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