i'm responsible for the future fall country for the people far behind the boss. sh . guardians of truth starts february 18th on d. w. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, there's a deed of the news live from berlin. mourners have said farewell to tyree nichols at his funeral in memphis, tennessee. us vice president, pamela harris and reverend al sharpton. a. their last respects to the young man whose death at the hands of these officers lost model for the excessive force. once

again into the national debate, also coming up in germany's defense minister, visit the bass. that'll send 14 tags to ukraine. he says new ones will be built to replace them signalling. he means business. when it comes to building up the german military ad, they call him the greatest american quarterback of all time. after a brief come back, tom brady says he's retiring again this time. good. ah, i'm told me or laddie, well come to the program. a funeral has taken place for a man who died from injuries sustained in a police beating in the u. s. city of memphis, manas guy called for an 2 police violence at the ceremony for tyrene nichols who was killed last month,

vice president campbell harris was among those attending the service families of other black men and women who died of athens were also present since the 29 year old's death 3 weeks ago, 5 police officers have been expelled from the memphis force and charged with murder . whole house should be here. the vice president urge congress to approve a package of police reforms called a george floyd justice in the leasing act. 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. and as vice president of the united states, we demand that congress passed the george lloyd justice and policing act. joe biden will sign it. of course one un stephens that simon's in washington has follow the

funeral for us. stephan seen a sad and mournful funeral, mixed with impassioned calls. therefore, police reform. how likely are these reforms to happen? i'll that's a tough question. i, you know, if you would have asked me 3 years ago after recovered or the untimely and horrible death of george floyd, if this is going to happen, if the george floyd, police and justice act will go through congress, i would have said yes, no doubt ill go through and guess what? it didn't a crash and burn in the senate. now the senate is in democrats hands, but the house is in republicans hands and i'm not so sure if it will really happen . i think millions of americans are hopeful, many politicians on both sides are hopeful. it will because that's what, not only kimberly harris, but also al sharpton and everybody there and everybody in the community,

black labs can manor community and those families who lost their daughters, brothers sisters, her husband's father's mothers, and hoping for real change. and al sharpton said in his eulogy, which was really strong that he and many, many, many others will not stop fighting for the george flood, policing and justice. and going through congress, real reform, structural reform, accountability for police, and then the prevention of something happening. what we just witnessed on video for the world to see, to tarry nicholas other stuff. and what about the, the, as you mentioned that the incidence itself, the investigation we believe has been underway. what do we know about that right? investigation is ongoing. so just because, as we mentioned before, that's completely correct. there are charges filed

a 2nd degree murder for 5 former memphis police officers. that doesn't mean that more charges can not come. there may be, will more charges coming. not only have those 5 police officers, former police of this be charged with a 2nd degree murder and aggravated assault in a few other charges. there is also, for example, 2 more officers who are now on leave and they're still investigated. that is the officers who are also both in this scorpion unit, which the 5 officers belong to who beat up, tarry nichols, so badly. what we will is 3 fire department or employees have been let go, have been fired because of their in activeness after they arrived a to help effectively help terry nichols and then to sheriff's deputies are on put on leave are because the sheriff s, as he saw the video is also,

it said that he has questions and concerns about the performance of those 2, surf deputy. so it is on going and then last but not least, and forgive me, there will be probably and more videos coming out soon. and the city of memphis and the police department is planning on releasing more videos. we here a, nobody knows what's to be shown in this one, but this is far from over and consequential. thanks, stephan. that's stephan simons in washington. britain's defense secretary, it says the u. k. isn't ruling out sending fighter jets to ukraine after a lukewarm reception on western allies to keep recent request for president. mcroy is also allowing for the possibility opiates on multiple conditions. but you, as president joe biden has ruled out providing american f sixteens, and germany flatly opposes sending jets cubes. requests for western fighter jets

came on the heels of weeks of diplomatic wrangling that led to germany's decision to deliver leopard 2 tanks. ukraine. now, germany's defense minister acknowledges that there is an urgent need to replace the equipment in germany's own army fast and deadly. the leopard too, could be a game changer in ukraine. germany says it will deliver 14 of them by the end of march for ukrainian forces to use on the battlefield. defense minister bar is historian visiting the base from which the tanks will come said the decision to send leopard care is a cost. this is still miles already. the fact that ukraine needs every support and left the tanks, whether they are 2, a 6 is $12.00, a 4. you can play an important role in the ukranian sky against the russian aggressor. so everyone understands that it has to happen, even though it is of course,

regrettable of the exercise and training capacities of being significantly reduced as a result or at least that would fit then the price tag for level 2 is anywhere between $3.70 euros depending on how it's quit, the german firms that make the tank and now being asked to hurry, to produce new ones to ensure the country can defend itself. 100000000000 euros have been promised by the government to make the bonus. van fit for purpose, but some are already asking if that will be enough. in china. so misty decisive trying to for me, is that we have to order new tags and not in a year's time, but quickly. so that production can begin. and we can plan how many new leopards we will have available. and when, where the money comes from. to put it in capital terms, i honestly don't care because i've gone after a period of hesitancy, germany is now showing its military muscle. that new readiness for action brings with it new challenges for the countries armed forces. but let's take

a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. authorities of rated the home of one of ukraine's richest men and former soleski ally your color. my ski green security service said it is uncovered embezzlement to the tune of $1000000000.00. a 2 all companies owned until november by the billionaire turkish president, reggie type erd. one says anchor will look positively on finland's application to join nato. but he repeated his opposition to sweden's bid. recent qur'an burning in stockholm, angered turkish officials. i got a letter in the u. s. president. jo biden's lawyer says an f b. i search of the president beach house in delaware. i stand up with no documents, with classified markings, some documents had been found in a number of other locations linked to biden. his lawyer says the president has been cooperating with all the searches a missing

radioactive capsule that sponsor regional alert in western australia has finally been found. according to officials, the device which contains a harmful amount of the radioactive substance. cesium 137 went missing more than 2 weeks ago while being transported along a desert road from a remote mine, the government is now investigating how it happened. it was a surge described as like looking for a needle in a haystack. but after almost a week of scouring the australian outback and hundreds of kilometers of highway, the hunt for a missing radioactive count to it's finally over. authorities releasing these images if the spot where the tiny device was finally found, sitting just 2 meters from the side of the road. lead relentless is passed their search. and so i did

have in k. and when you go all the area and locating this was a monumental challenge, the cap steel itself from its dangerous amounts of radiation equivalent to receiving 10 x rays in an hour. it was tracked down with the help of nuclear experts using specialist detection equipment. force is currently verifying the capture using it. serial number a 20 made a hot sign has been set up around the capture. we will serve either side to ensure there is no contamination in the surrounding area in the extremely unlikely circumstance that the capture late. we will remain at the area the mining group responsible for the device we owe tinto has said it will pay for the cost of the such operation if asked. as the government investigation into how the capsule was

lost in the 1st place is launched. sport now and news of the man the goat. greatest of all time, american football superstore tom brady has announced his retirement at the age of 45. he briefly retired after the $22.00 in one season, but ended up returning for one more year. in the message posted on social media, he said this time is retiring for good. ah, considered by many as the greatest of all time and american football, a serial winner his professional career began without much fanfare in 2000 johnston as the 190 nines overall pick in the nfl by the new england patriots. after a rookie season on the bench, the quarterback slowly found his stride on the coach. bill bella, check winning back to back. super bowls in 2003 in 2004. for more super bowl wins

followed as plenty of nfl records tumbled. the one blemish during this period was 20 fifteens deflate gate scandal, where he and his team were accused of manipulating footballs to gain an advantage resulting in a 4 game suspension in 2020 after 2 decades with the patriots. brady move to the tampa bay buccaneers. in his 1st season with the new franchise, he claimed his 7th super bowl at age. 43, seemingly unaffected by age. in return for good. i know the process, i was a pretty big deal our firm. so when i woke up this morning, i figured i'd just 1st record what you guys know for, so i won't be long winded. you only get one super emotional retirement essay and i use my not last year. so really thank you guys so much to every single one of

you for supporting me. now. it's really the end tom brady's records in the sport may last forever. we asked former german national play romances because what made brady quit now? i think it's, it's not only of number, it's also in this body. so and also the success is not really for ever. so you have to decide to go home and go to the, to the beach or whatever is going to be the best moment. so last year he thought he has a really good chance to win another title, but the whole team change. so the coach retired, his head coach, retired last year. so there was another different situation. and this time, he felt that the things the circumstances around him are totally different and so he should go when it's going to be best. and that's

a good decision. a reminder of our top story was in memphis, tennessee of said farewell to tyree nichols a 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police. those attending called for an end to police violence. 5 officers involved have been fired and charged with murder. robot says of next dw business, and the latest for the u. s. federal reserve back agent for that will be allowed to go with people and trucks injured when trying to free the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away at the border families playing phone tag