this is bbc news. i'm anjana gadgil. our top stories: five former police officers in the us plead not guilty to murdering the young black man tyre nichols last month. his mother demands justice. i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven't done that yet. they couldn't even do that today. almost a fortnight after the turkey earthquake, a man has been rescued from the rubble of a building in hatay province. the government is facing criticism over the shoddy construction of buildings that were supposed to be tremor—proof. in civilised countries, earthquakes happen and people don't die. unfortunately, in turkey, these kind of earthquakes happen every ten years

and people die and they say it is a destiny. no, it is not a destiny. bulgarian police make four arrests after 18 migrants — including a child — were found dead in an abandoned truck. the ukrainian president urges world leaders gathered for a security conference in munich to speed up their support for his country. a qatari consortium bids to buy the english premier league football club manchester united. a british businessman has already put in a rival offer. and the latest marvel superhero movie sets out to conquer the us cinema box office over the presidents day holiday weekend.

hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin in memphis, tennessee, where five former police officers have pleaded not guilty to second—degree murder — and other charges — in the case of tyre nichols. mr nichols, a young black man, died in hospital three days after being beaten in memphis last month. videos showed the officers repeatedly kicking and punching mr nichols after he'd fled a traffic stop. the five officers, all out on bail, entered their not—guilty pleas during an arraignment hearing in shelby county criminal court. tyre nichols�* mother made this statement outside the court. i know my son is gone. i know i'll never see him again. but we have to start this process ofjustice right now, and i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face — they haven't done that yet.

they couldn't even do that today. they didn't have the courage to look at me in my face after what they did to my son. so, they're going to see me at every court date, every one... exactly. ..until we get justice for my son. let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis. david, thank you forjoining us. an emotional statement there from tyre nichols's mother. what did we hear today in the hearing? it mother. what did we hear today in the hearing?— in the hearing? it was a very brief hearing. _ in the hearing? it was a very brief hearing. we _ in the hearing? it was a very brief hearing. we heard - in the hearing? it was a very brief hearing. we heard the | brief hearing. we heard the five police officers, five black police officers from entering the plea through their lawyers of not guilty to a range of charges, including second—degree murder but also including aggravated assault, official misconduct, aggravated kidnapping, all in connection with the very violent arrest of

tyre nichols earlier this year. the next hearing was set for the 1st of may, and the judge took time out to urge patients on the part of those involved in this case —— urge patience. he said that there should be patience and civility because there was a large amount of evidence to go through. he said it is important to understand that each of the defendant has an absolute right to a fair trial. while he made the point there is a lot of evidence to go through, the lawyer representing tyre nichols's family benjamin krupp, who is also a civil rights lawyer, he made the point that there is very little evidence in this case that needs to be gone through, it speaks for itself in those very violent images from the body cameras that the police were raring when they arrested tyre nichols —— benjamin crump. arrested tyre nichols -- benjamin (rump.- arrested tyre nichols -- ben'amin crum. ~ . . ,, , benjamin crump. what happens over the coming _ benjamin crump. what happens over the coming months, - benjamin crump. what happens|

over the coming months, david? they will be renewed hearings and we heard of course from tyre nichols's mother, who said that she is going to attend all of them. she called it a nightmare for which she hoped one day to wake up, but still had not done so, and she said that she will be coming to every court hearing not only because she wants to press for justice on behalf of her son but also because she wants one of those police officers, one of those police officers, one of the five charged with kherson�*s murder, to look her in the face, she said, and that was something they failed to do in court today —— her son's murder. in court today -- her son's murder-— in court today -- her son's murder. �* ., . ., ., murder. and how much attention is a gathering — murder. and how much attention is a gathering from _ murder. and how much attention is a gathering from the _ murder. and how much attention is a gathering from the media - is a gathering from the media over there, is a gathering from the media overthere, david? it is a gathering from the media over there, david?— over there, david? it has led to this whole _ over there, david? it has led to this whole case, - over there, david? it has led to this whole case, for - over there, david? it has led to this whole case, for her i to this whole case, for her nude calls for police reform here. there was such measures introduced briefly into congress following the death of

george floyd but they stalled in congress, and now a call for a tyre nichols law which would compel, amongst other things, police to intervene if a fellow officer is seen to be assaulting a suspect. it remains to be seen how far that will get in the us congress. as i mentioned previously, police reform legislation under the biden administration has found itself bogged down in congress. david willis, thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news. six people have been shot dead in mississippi in the united states. the sheriff of tate county says the killings were in various locations and a suspect is now in custody. the victims were all in the small community of arkabulta. police in the city of karachi in pakistan have retaken control of their headquarters, hours after it was stormed by pakistani taliban militants. seven people died in the attack. some reports say the attackers were wearing police uniforms. the pakistani taliban said they carried out the assault.

53 people have been killed by suspected islamic state fighters in a central region of the country. the syrian observatory for human rights says those who died were picking truffles. the country's state media have confirmed that the attack took place in the palmyra area near homs. iran has seen its most widespread anti—government protests in weeks, after crowds took to the streets of numerous cities, including the capital tehran. video footage shows people chanting "woman, life, freedom" and "death to khamenei" — a reference to iran's supreme leader. the protests mark the 40th day of mourning for two men who were executed on protest—related charges. a spy at the british embassy in berlin — who sold secrets to russia — has beenjailed for more than 13 years. thejudge in london said david smith, a former security guard, had wanted to damage the uk's interests. the prosecution told the court that he was motivated by his support for president putin

of russia and hatred for britain. in turkey, there's growing anger over the shoddy construction of what were advertised as "earthquake—proof" buildings, with president erdogan�*s government accused of accepting billions of dollars in payments to approve buildings that didn't meet safety standards. our correspondent nick beake has been investigating, and he sent us this report from gaziantep in southern turkey. night and day, they've been waiting for a miracle. but there is no sign of one. their relatives lived in the most expensive part of this city. that meant nothing, as their apartment block turned to dust. emre, whose five loved ones are missing, says so many people are to blame. translation: they have the blood of the people i who died here on their hands. it's not right to scapegoat

the contractors. the ones who approved this building are responsible — together with the government and the state. the next morning, we come back to try to find out why these four blocks collapsed, while all around, others stood firm. first, we go to the petrol station next door. their cctv footage shows how first the lights shake, then people run — before a blanket of dust and debris envelops everything. a community ripped apart in seconds. "everything is gone", emel weeps as we meet her. before revealing this... translation: it was an accident waiting to happen. _ six months ago, the head of the residents' association told us about the problems of the building.

she said our buildings might collapse at the smallest earthquake. "let's strengthen the pillars," she said, but nothing happened. other people we meet here tell us we should try to track down a former security guard called bahattin. here's why. he took this video in the minutes after the collapse. "can anyone hear me?", he shouts. in all, he rescues seven people. it turns out he too was worried about this building. translation: | witnessed - the defects with my own eyes. when i touched the concrete columns, it would crumble to dust in my hands, as though it wasn't concrete at all. the iron was rusting in the columns, the rainfall was damaging and corroding the iron.

in the middle of all this death and destruction, we need to remind ourselves that these days homes can be built or strengthened to withstand earthquakes of this magnitude. 2a years ago, this country got a big wake—up call when more than 17,000 people were killed in a previous quake. since then, the turkish authorities have failed to protect their people, whether it's those living in new—builds or in older properties, too. this is a crime... opposition politicians say tens of thousands have paid with their lives. unfortunately in turkey, these kind of earthquakes happen every ten years and people die and they say it is a destiny. no, it is not a destiny. if we just do what the science says, nobody dies. a man connected to our complex has been arrested. his lawyer tells us the building was well constructed. the local authority says there were no formal complaints, and so no inspections have ever

been carried out. president erdogan argues it was not possible to prepare for such a big disaster and that his opponents are telling lies. but in light of this story, one replicated across this country, how many in turkey can truly sleep soundly tonight? nick beake, bbc news, gaziantep. bulgarian police have arrested four suspects in connection with a deadly incident of human trafficking. 18 people have been found dead in an abandoned truck in bulgaria, near the capital sofia. police believe they were asylum seekers from afghanistan, being smuggled into europe illegally. our reporter sofia bettiza has been following the story. shejoins me in the studio now. sofia, talk us through what happen. sofia, talk us through what ha en. ., , sofia, talk us through what hauen. �* ., ., happen. on friday, bulgarian olice happen. on friday, bulgarian police found _ happen. on friday, bulgarian police found an _ happen. on friday, bulgarian police found an abandoned i happen. on friday, bulgarian i police found an abandoned truck in a village near the capital

sofia and they discovered a gruesome scene, with bodies scattered on the grass and in the vehicle. that truck was carrying 52 migrants who were hiding in a compartment under some wood. police believe that they are all from afghanistan and they were being illegally smuggled to serbia. 18 people have died and one of them was a child. and bulgaria's health minister has said that the cause of death was suffocation — too many people in a small place. we have a clip from him. translation: the people locked in the truck died _ due to a lack of oxygen. they were freezing and wet. they had not eaten for several days and they had injuries on their bodies. sofia, what happened to the smugglers?— sofia, what happened to the smu: clers? . , ., , smugglers? once they realised that some _ smugglers? once they realised that some of _ smugglers? once they realised that some of people _ smugglers? once they realised that some of people that - smugglers? once they realised that some of people that they. that some of people that they were carrying in that truck had died, they ran away and left everyone there. the police said that they made four arrests,

but also they found 3a people who had survived, including five children. they have all been taken to hospital, but some of them are in a critical condition. some of them are in a critical condition-— condition. bulgaria has struggled _ condition. bulgaria has struggled for _ condition. bulgaria has struggled for a - condition. bulgaria has struggled for a long . condition. bulgaria has l struggled for a long time condition. bulgaria has - struggled for a long time to deal with migrants coming illegally from afghanistan. that is right. bulgaria is located on a trafficking route that migrants used to enter the european union from turkey. they don't intend to stay in bulgaria, they want to go to richer countries, but what happened on friday is believed to be the deadliest incidents involving migrants in bulgaria. you remember there were similar tragedies in the uk and austria a few years ago, but the timing of this is significant, because the number of asylum—seekers who are trying to get to the u from the west balkans is going up, and actually earlier this month, the u has introduced tougher measures to protect its external borders —— de use.

sophia, thank you. sophia batista sophia —— sofia bettiza, thank you for talking to me. this is bbc news. the headlines: five former police officers in the us plead not guilty to murdering the young black man tyre nichols last month. his mother demands justice. almost a fortnight after the turkey earthquake, a man has been rescued from the rubble of a building in hatay province. the government is facing criticism over the shoddy construction of buildings that were supposed to be tremor—proof. president zelensky has called on western allies to speed the delivery of weapons to ukraine. addressing world leaders who've gathered in germany for the annual munich security conference, he warned that dithering and delays also posed a threat to their country's security. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in munich and he sent us this report. ukrainian troops on the front line in bakhmut. a moment to rest and eat before the next russian assaults. their fate, top of the agenda for world leaders gathering in munich, a chance for them to hear once again from,

well, you know who. he wants more tanks, he wants more ammunition, and he wants them fast. there is no alternative to speed because it is the speed that the life depends on. delay has always been and still is a mistake. this is part of what he is talking about, ukrainian troops being trained how to use western air defence systems to protect their skies. france's president appeared to heed president zelensky�*s call, telling the conference russia must not and could not win the war. translation: we needj to intensify our support, to increase our effort in order to help ukrainian people so that ukraine itself can launch a counteroffensive. but what of germany?

its chancellor urged nato allies to deliver the battle tanks they had promised ukraine but... translation: we will continue to strike a balance _ between providing the best possible support for ukraine and avoiding an unintended escalation. caution must take priority over hasty decisions, and unity over going it alone. that caution is a source of frustration in kyiv. the western ministers here assure me their tanks, their artillery shells, will arrive in time for any russian offensive. many lives depend on them being right. james landale, bbc news, in munich. a bankerfrom qatar has confirmed a bid to buy the english premier league football club manchester united. sheikh yassim bin hamad al tani will lead a consortium that wants to purchase the club outright. the qataris are the second group to put in a bid; the first was the british businessmanjim ratcliffe,

a lifelong united fan. the club is currently owned by the glazer family, which says it's "exploring strategic alternatives." our sports correspondent andy swiss has more details from old trafford. sheikh jassim bin hamad al—thani. he's the chairman of a qatari bank. he's a son of a former prime minister of qatar, and he says he is a lifelong manchester united fan. in a statement, he says his bid will return the club to its former glories, both on and off the pitch. he says his bid is for 100% of the club and will be completely debt free through his foundation. remember, the current owners, the glazer family angered a lot of the fans here by plunging the club into millions of pounds of debt. and he says his vision is for manchester united to be regarded as the greatest football club in the world,

although he doesn't give any size or amount of his bid now. one potential stumbling block is that a qatari consortium already owns another major european club in paris saint—germain. but we understand that this consortium regards itself as entirely separate, so they don't believe there would be any conflicts of interest. now, qatar, of course, has just hosted the world cup, although many fans here will be concerned about the country's human rights record. we are expecting other bids to emerge. the british billionaire, sirjim ratcliffe, has already expressed an interest and it is still the early stages. andy swiss there. the latest superhero film from marvel — ant—man and the wasp: quantumania — is projected to earn $100 million in north america over the four—day presidents' day opening weekend. the star paul rudd has been in the uk promoting the movie and was pranked by fellow actor olivia colman, as part of a radio segment entitled "agony ant—man". in welsh accent: if your friend, right, had also - a brief trip but over to, let's say, america and they

went and actually saw that friend and they had a cup of tea together, would you be offended if they didn't do the same back to you? boy! personally, if it's me, absolutely not. i tend to give everybody the benefit of the doubt. reveal yourself, please! hi, paul, it's olivia colman! it's olivia colman! that is such a good... god, you really can do every accent, can't you? i think you'll find that the welsh listeners are going, "what the hell was that?" los angeles—based entertainment journalist kj matthews joins us now. had you heard that clip already? this it surprise you to see paul ryan taking things so well? ., ., , , , so well? no, he has the best sense of— so well? no, he has the best sense of humour— so well? no, he has the best sense of humour -- - so well? no, he has the best sense of humour -- paul - so well? no, he has the best. sense of humour -- paul ryan. sense of humour —— paul ryan. he has been doing press all week long, here in the states, and so many of them had that funny stories for when they

first met paul rudd or when they first reviewed paul ryan him and it is always funny. it is one of those actors who gets that he has a charmed life, he shows up onset, early, and leaves. he is an all—around great actor and a really great quy- great actor and a really great i u _ ., , , great actor and a really great guy. clearly very popular guy as well. guy. clearly very popular guy as well- is — guy. clearly very popular guy as well. is he _ guy. clearly very popular guy as well. is he popular- guy. clearly very popular guy as well. is he popular with i as well. is he popular with cinema goers? do you think we are going to see box office records here this weekend? yes, ou know records here this weekend? yes, you know what. _ records here this weekend? yes, you know what, this... _ records here this weekend? yes, you know what, this... what - you know what, this... what they've been saying is for the three—day weekend, which would be friday on a saturday and sunday, slightly over $100 million in the box office. that is what is expected. if you include monday, because we have a holiday, federal holiday, here in the states called presidents' day, that would be friday, saturday, sunday and monday, you will get between 100 - 125 monday, you will get between 100 — 125 million. if monday, you will get between 100 -125 million. if it monday, you will get between 100 — 125 million. if it even breaks 100, it still would be doing better than the first

ant—man from 2015 and admin in the —— and ant—man and he was. it is on par to do really well. and it never hurts when you have an extra day off. most government agencies will take monday off, like banks and post offices, so you have an extra day to go to the movies, and even schools are closed. they will make more than 100 million, i'm going to say, because people are very excited to see a marble film. that sounds good _ to see a marble film. that sounds good for _ to see a marble film. that sounds good for the - to see a marble film. that sounds good for the film, | to see a marble film. that - sounds good for the film, and it is notjust american audiences. stars have been in london this week and it is incredible popular throughout the world, isn't it?— the world, isn't it? yes, they are saying — the world, isn't it? yes, they are saying globally, - the world, isn't it? yes, they are saying globally, my - the world, isn't it? yes, they - are saying globally, my numbers are saying globally, my numbers are telling me it could make slightly over 250 million. can you believe that? 250 million global dollars over a four—day weekend? is massive. figs global dollars over a four-day weekend? is massive. as well as paul rudd, _ weekend? is massive. as well as paul rudd, who _ weekend? is massive. as well as paul rudd, who are _ weekend? is massive. as well as paul rudd, who are the - paul rudd, who are the break—out stars of ant—man? {iii

break—out stars of ant—man? of course, you have jonathan course, you havejonathan majors, who is new to the scene. you have evangeline lilly w of —— you havejonathan majors, you have michelle pfeiffer and it is a great cast. the first marvel film of the year. i think they have five or six marvel films coming out this year but this is the very first one, at this year, so a lot of people are excited about it. you know many people around the world are hard—core marvel fans, so i think they will be pleasantly pleased with the third instalment of this ant—man series. the third instalment of this ant-man series.— the third instalment of this ant-man series. �* ., ., , ., ant-man series. and what do you think of the _ ant-man series. and what do you think of the film, _ ant-man series. and what do you think of the film, kj? _ ant-man series. and what do you think of the film, k]? is _ ant-man series. and what do you think of the film, k]? is it- think of the film, kj? is it up your street? think of the film, kj? is it up your street?— your street? yes, it is 'ust out publicly i your street? yes, it is 'ust out publicly today. i your street? yes, it isjust i out publicly today. obviously some reporters had a chance to see it a little bit earlier, but i think it is grateful to people... it is hard, when you have a franchise, they did the same thing with the black panther, black panther ricotta forever, is it as good as the

first one? i will let you be the judge of that. i think audiences will love it. it is what people were looking for. and it is definitely a form of escapism the great characters, good acting, and i think people will be surprised with this marble film. you have seen it, you've _ with this marble film. you have seen it, you've talked - with this marble film. you have seen it, you've talked about. seen it, you've talked about this being a popular weekend for cinema. what are you going to see? mi; for cinema. what are you going tosee? g , , ., for cinema. what are you going tosee? , , ., ., to see? my cousins have not seen it yet. _ to see? my cousins have not seen it yet, so _ to see? my cousins have not seen it yet, so i _ to see? my cousins have not seen it yet, so i think - to see? my cousins have not seen it yet, so i think i - to see? my cousins have not seen it yet, so i think i am l seen it yet, so i think i am going to be a really great cousin and possibly in new orleans and taken to see it. that is good. —— and possibly an aunt. that is good. -- and possibly an aunt-— that is good. -- and possibly anaunt. , ~ . an aunt. sounds like a perfect film for the _ an aunt. sounds like a perfect film for the family. _ an aunt. sounds like a perfect film for the family. we - an aunt. sounds like a perfect film for the family. we are - film for the family. we are advertising, aren't we? i was hoping you were going to tell me you would see another film! kj, thank you forjoining me. really appreciate your time.

the first full sized carnival in rio dejaneiro since the start of the pandemic has officially begun. carnival 2023 started with drumbeats and block parties across the city. one of the first street parties was the annual "carmelitas" in the bohemian neighbourhood of santa teresa. every year, hundreds of street bands and thousands of tourists — as well as locals — seeking a good time descend on rio during the world—famous party. it will peak sunday and monday nights with the annual samba school parade competition. and before we go, we all have travel horror stories, lost luggage, lousy seatmates, delayed flights. well, passengers travelling from auckland to new york this week spent 16 hours in the air, only to end up back where they started. as you can see in this flight tracker, the air new zealand flight had to make a u—turn over the pacific and return to where it started. that's because a terminal atjfk airport in new york, where they were due to land, was closed due to a power outage. this also affected flights coming from rome, seoul and others.

what a nightmare! you are watching bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @anjanagadgil see you soon. hello. storm otto was the dominant force in our weather on friday. it brought some very strong and gusty winds to the northern half of the uk. a gust of 83 miles power on the coast of aberdeenshire. but further south, it was all about mild weather. temperatures at pershore in worcestershire got above 17 celsius, unusually mild for this point in february. that curl of cloud there on the satellite picture, that was storm otto, now quickly moving away eastwards. this is our next weather system that's been bringing some rain and indeed some snow in places through the night. ice likely to affect some parts of scotland as we start saturday morning. but much of the rain pulling away eastwards. a lot of dry weather through the day on saturday. this band of cloud and some

patchy rain for a time in the south of england, that will tend to clear. we will also keep this band of cloud and some patchy rain in central and southern parts of scotland and into northeast england. but elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, just the odd rogue shower. 6 or 7 degrees in northern scotland, 15 in the east of england. some of this rain turning a little heavierfor a time in eastern scotland and northeast england before clearing on saturday night. then a drier interlude before more rain starts to push in to the western side of scotland on sunday morning. a mild start to sunday for the majority. so, that rain in the west of scotland comes courtesy of this frontal system approaching from the atlantic. further south, high pressure keeping things mainly fine and dry, so split fortunes for the second half of the weekend. cloud and some rain across scotland, the rain heaviest over hills in the northwest. a few spots of rain from the cloud into northern ireland,

the far north of england. but further south, some high cloud turning the sunshine hazy, but essentially, a fine—looking day. quite breezy, in fact, quite windy in the north, and again, it's going to be mild — 10 degrees there for aberdeen, 13 the top temperature in london, and it stays mild into the start of the new week. we see frontal systems just running across the far north of the uk, high pressure to the south of us, often quite breezy, but we will be within this wedge of very mild air. so, some unusually high temperatures for the start of the new week likely to be up to 15 or 16 degrees in parts of the south. later in the week, though, it will turn a bit more unsettled and perhaps a little bit chillier as well.

this is bbc news. the headlines... five former memphis police officers, charged with murder over the death of tyre nichols, have pleaded not guilty in their first court appearance. mr nichols�* death sparked protests against police brutality in the us. videos showed the officers, who are all black, kicking and punching him. almost a fortnight after the turkey earthquake, a man has been rescued from the rubble of a building in hatay province. authorities in turkey have been criticised by quake survivors — over the shoddy construction of buildings that were supposed to be tremor—proof — but still collapsed. bulgarian police have arrested four suspects in connection with an incident of human trafficking. 18 people were found dead, in an abandoned lorry near the bulgarian capital,

sofia.