welcome to 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. more people have been pulled from the rubble in turkey but the government is facing growing criticism over the shoddy construction of buildings. in the 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.

bulgarian police make four arrests after 18 migrants, including a child, were found dead in a truck. play on: how finland became the computer gaming capital of the world. we have a special report from helsinki. a qatari consortium bids to buy manchester united. a british businessman has already put in a rival offer. dramatic music. and the latest marvel superhero movie sets out to conquer the us box office over the presidents day weekend. 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 — they haven't done that yet. they couldn't even do that today. they didn't even 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. lj abraham is regional director of the equity alliance, an advocacy group for black rights. she has been co—leading and planning the protests and joins me now. very emotional statement from's mum. what is the mood like at present? mum. what is the mood like at resent? , ., ., ., , mum. what is the mood like at resent? , ., ., ., present? there is a lot as far as 'ust present? there is a lot as far as just having _ present? there is a lot as far asjust having to _ present? there is a lot as far asjust having to deal - present? there is a lot as far asjust having to deal with i present? there is a lot as far| asjust having to deal with the as just having to deal with the guilty plea. even though in the united states it's something we expected, it's not something i think should have happened. i don't think she was expecting either, i think she wanted a little bit more responsibility and accountability, and she just didn't receive that today. what needs to happen, lj, just didn't receive that today.

what needs to happen, l], to stop things like this happening on a judicial and policing level? ., ~' level? right now, ithink it starts down _ level? right now, ithink it starts down with _ level? right now, ithink it starts down with our- level? right now, ithink it starts down with our entire police force. the unit, the scorpion unit in particular, is a part of the larger unit called the multiagency gang unit and the organised crime unit and the organised crime unit and the organised crime unit and they need to be dismantled. those likely are derived of unmarked cars and plainclothes officers and they usually do not identify themselves as officers until it is too late and in this case when it came to tyre they were uniformed but still aggressive and still had those practices that they learned in those units so i think as long as we can get a hold on these rogue units, and policing in general, i think that would be a huge problem solved for the citizens of memphis. 50

problem solved for the citizens of memphis-— of memphis. so you are organising _ of memphis. so you are organising and - of memphis. so you are organising and planning protests on the ground there in memphis. what form are these protests taking?— protests taking? we've been re protests taking? we've been pretty peaceful _ protests taking? we've been pretty peaceful for _ protests taking? we've been pretty peaceful for the - protests taking? we've been pretty peaceful for the most| pretty peaceful for the most part. i mean, there has been no burning of buildings or windows knocked out. we've done two major things so far. we shut down the eye 55 bridge that connects to memphis, tennessee to west memphis, arkansas and we then did take over the intersection that was close to the prison that people are not present at the jail that people would normally be taken to when first arrested for their crimes here in memphis. we have also been doing things that included going to city council meetings and counter commission meetings and counter commission meetings and asking them to make changes and asking them to make changes and pass ordinances that would make the citizens of memphis so far. , ., , , , far. tensions must be riding hiuh, far. tensions must be riding high. ll _ far. tensions must be riding high. ll so _ far. tensions must be riding high, lj, so how— far. tensions must be riding high, lj, so how do - far. tensions must be riding high, lj, so how do you - far. tensions must be riding | high, lj, so how do you keep far. tensions must be riding i high, lj, so how do you keep it high, lj, so how do you keep it peaceful? what do you say to people? peaceful? what do you say to --eole? ., , peaceful? what do you say to eo le? ., , ,

people? literally 'ust let them know that there _ people? literally just let them know that there are _ people? literally just let them know that there are things - people? literally just let them know that there are things we | know that there are things we can do to reform the police here in memphis and i think these reforms we are trying to make would spread across the united states because policing is not only a problem here in memphis, it is a problem systematically with black people and police across the united states, so if we can get these ordinances passed but we are asking for, like dismantling the multiagency gang unit, the organised crime unit, stops traffic stops which consist of people being pulled overfor consist of people being pulled over for headlights being consist of people being pulled overfor headlights being out or tags being expired, but what kind of eliminate some of the issues that we are running into now when people are put into positions where they may be put in a place of danger when it comes to policing in memphis. lj abraham. thank you much forjoining us. 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 arkabutla.

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. 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 been jailed 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.

to turkey now where, 11 days after the earthquakes, survivors are still being rescued from the rubble of collapsed buildings. a man believed to be in his 40s is among the latest survivors freed after more than 270 hours trapped in the ruins of an apartment building in the centre of hatay. it's a moment of relief amid growing anger over the collapse of buildings that were advertised as ea rthquake—proof. our correspondent nick beake has been investigating why so many buildings seemingly crumbled in the quakes, and sent this report from gaziantep in southern turkey. night and day, they've been waiting for a miracle, but there's 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 contractor. 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. man yells. 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. 0pposition 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. a little earlier, i spoke to our reporter sofia bettiza, who's been following the story.

so, on friday, bulgarian police found an abandoned truck in the village near the capital, sofia. they discovered a gruesome scene. with bodies on the grass and near the vehicle. now, the truck was transporting 52 migrants, who were hiding ina hiding in a compartment under some wood. police believe they were all from afghanistan and were being smuggled illegally to serbia. now, 18 people have died, and one of them was a child and the bulgarian health minister said the cause of death was asphyxiation, because there were too many people in a small space. we have a clip from him. translation: the people locked in the truck died due _ to lack of oxygen. they were freezing and wet. they had not eaten for several days, and they had injuries on their bodies. sofia, do we know what happened to the smugglers?

so, once they realised the people in the truck had died, they ran away and left everyone there. now, police say they made four arrests and they also said that 3a people survived, including five children. they've all been taken to hospital, but some are in a critical condition. bulgaria, of course, has struggled for a long time with migrants coming illegally from the middle east and afghanistan. that's right. bulgaria is located on a trafficking route that migrants use to get to the european union from turkey. now, they don't necessarily want to stay in bulgaria — many of them want to move onto richer countries. but, you know, if we look look at what happened on friday, this is believed to be the deadliest accident involving migrants in bulgaria. you know, similar tragedies happened a few years ago — you remember, in the uk and in austria — but the timing of this is significant because the number of asylum seekers who are trying to get to the eu

from the west balkans is going up — and, infact, earlierthis month, the eu introduced new, tougher measures to protect its external borders. sofia bettiza. this is bbc news. the latest headlines — five former police officers in the us plead not guilty to murdering the young black man, tyre nichols, last month. his family are demanding justice. more people have been pulled from the rubble in turkey, but the government is facing growing criticism over the shoddy construction of buildings that collapsed during the earthquakes. 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. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is in munich and he sent us this report.

a moment to read and reflect before the next russian assault. before the next russian assault-— before the next russian assault. ., ., , assault. their feet on the top ofthe assault. their feet on the top of the agenda _ assault. their feet on the top of the agenda for _ assault. their feet on the top of the agenda for world - assault. their feet on the top l of the agenda for world leaders gathering in munich, a chance to hear, once again, from, you know who. he wants more tanks, he wants more ammunition, and he wants more ammunition, and he wants more ammunition, and he wants them fast.— he wants them fast. there is no alternative _ he wants them fast. there is no alternative to _ he wants them fast. there is no alternative to speed, _ he wants them fast. there is no alternative to speed, because l 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. the video game industry was worth £4] billion to the uk economy in 2022, but there's another country punching above its

weight in the sector. finland made £2.8 billion in that time, despite having a population 12 times smaller than the uk. 0ur gaming correspondent steffan powell has been to its capital find out why. when you think of the cities of the world that are hotbeds for innovative technology, you're probably imagining silicon valley or tokyo. you might not be thinking of this place. but it is these streets here in helsinki, a cityjust the size of glasgow, that has some of the most innovative, influential and successful mobile games this companies in the world. this place is home to some of the best games talent out there. it is the birthplace of world—famous games like the original snake, angry birds, and clash of cla ns. it is where netflix chose to set up its first internal games studio. so how has this happened? i think we are just generally very interested in technology.

we have this ability of, and it is in the culture, that we can try and then we can fail and then we can try again. you don't have to worry about failing. and when you don't have to worry about failing, you are obviously much braver. we have a social security network so we don't actually have to mortgage your own house if you want to start a company. and also the government is supporting gaming companies a lot. more than 30% of the developers who work in the games sector here have moved to live in helsinki from around the world. and there is an organisation whose job it is to attract them. where are people coming from? i think they are coming from all the places, america, from europe, of course it is the easy way of moving around in europe, but from everywhere, from the states and asia, so there is no limit. helsinki is known for its work—life balance. we don't have those money incentives for many things but actually you get more here because, yes, we have maybe less salaries than in silicon valley but you don't have to pay for the schools so you don't have to pay for the health

insurance and everything like that is covered so actually you have more money in your pocket. success stories like super cell, the studio behind clash of clans, have also been helped to grow by a heritage of mobile technology expertise that dates all the way back to nokia phones in the 1990s. expertise that is still paying off, all these years later. steffan powell, bbc news, helsinki. a bankerfrom qatar has confirmed a bid to buy the english premier league football club manchester united. sheikh jassim bin hamad al—thani 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." 0ur 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. one potential stumbling block is that a qatari consortium already owns another major european club in paris saint—germain. but we understand that this court 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. 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 0livia colman, as part of a radio segment entitled "agony ant—man". if your friend if yourfriend had if your friend had a if yourfriend had a brief trip, but over two, if yourfriend had a brief trip, but overtwo, let's if yourfriend had a brief trip, but over two, let's say, america, and they went and 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? i. same back to you? i, personally. - same back to you? i, personally, if it is me, absolutely not. i tend to give everyone _ absolutely not. i tend to give everyone the benefit of the doubt _ everyone the benefit of the doubt. revealyourself, please. doubt. reveal yourself, please. hi, doubt. reveal yourself, please. hi. paul. — doubt. reveal yourself, please.

hi. paul. it— doubt. revealyourself, please. hi, paul, it is 0livia common. you really can do every accent, can't _ you really can do every accent, can't you? _ you really can do every accent, can't you? |_ you really can do every accent, can't you?— can't you? i think you will find the _ can't you? i think you will find the welsh _ can't you? i think you will find the welsh listeners l can't you? i think you will. find the welsh listeners are going "what the hell was that? los angeles based entertainmentjournalist kj matthews told me the movie is expected to do very well at the box office this weekend. for the three—day weekend, friday, saturday, and sunday, slightly over $100 million at the box office. that is what is to do. if you include monday, because remember we have a holiday, a federal holiday, here, in the states, called presidents day, friday, saturday, sunday, and monday, you will get somewhere between $100 and $125 million. if it even breaks $100 million, it will be doing better than the first ant—man, from 2015, and ant—man and the wasp from 2018 we did something like $86

million. it never hurts when you have an extra day off. most people who are working for government agencies here in the us will take monday off like banks and post offices and so on. even schools are closed. so they will probably space as it will probably make a little bit more than $100 million, i would say, because people are very excited to see a marvel film. that is good for the film, but it isn'tjust american it isn't just american audiences, it isn'tjust american audiences, the stars will be in london and it is incredibly popular throughout the world, isn't it? , ., , isn't it? they are seen globally. _ isn't it? they are seen globally. my - isn't it? they are seen globally, my numbers| isn't it? they are seen . globally, my numbers are telling me that he could make slightly over $250 million. can you believe that? $250 million globally four—day weekend. it is massive. as massive. as well as paul rudd, who are the breakout stars of ant—man? you breakout stars of ant-man? you have jonathan — breakout stars of ant—man? ym. have jonathan meijer who is new havejonathan meijer who is new to the scene, and angeline lilly, jonathan majors, michelle pfeiffer. it isjust

lilly, jonathan majors, michelle pfeiffer. it is just a great cast. it is the first marble film of the year. i think they have about five or six marvel film is coming up through the year. but this is the very first one to come out this year. so a lot of people are excited for it. you know that 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. third instalment of this ant-man series.- third instalment of this ant-man series. �* ., ., ant-man series. and so what do ou think ant-man series. and so what do you think of _ ant-man series. and so what do you think of the _ ant-man series. and so what do you think of the film, _ ant-man series. and so what do you think of the film, then, - you think of the film, then, kj? isn't up your street? just kj? isn't up your street? just toda it kj? isn't up your street? just today it has _ kj? isn't up your street? just today it has come _ kj? isn't up your street? jut today it has come out. the reporters, some of them, good to see it earlier. it is hard when you have a franchise. everyone always compares. they did the same thing with the black panther. is it as good as the first one? i will let you guys be thejudge the first one? i will let you guys be the judge of that. i think this one delivers. i think this one delivers. i think it is great. i think audiences will love it. it is properly what they have been looking for. and it is

definitely a form of escapism and really well done. great characters, good acting, and i think it will be surprised with this marvel film. kj matthews there. you are watching bbc news. hello. storm 0tto 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 0tto, 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 north—east 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 north east 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 north—west. 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 theirfirst 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. turkish authorities 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. police say they were in hidden compartments and had suffocated. 3a others, including five children, were rescued.