germany's defense minister visit the bass, that'll then 14 times to ukraine. he says new ones will be built to replace them signaling business when it comes to building up the german military. and day 2 of hopes visit to one of africa's most catholic countries, the democratic republic of congo, huge crowds to attend to mass in the capital kinshasa. ah, i'm told me on medical welcome 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 mourners called for an end to police violence at the ceremony for tyree nichols who was killed last month. vice president carmella bristles among those attending service families of other black men and women who died. and we're also present since the 29 year olds death 3 weeks ago. 5 police officers have been expelled from the memphis force and charge with mud hole. she should be here. the vice president urged congress to approve a package of police reforms, call the george floyd justice and policing 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 asked. r, corresponded in washington stephan simons, whether congress is likely to pass police reform sought by those at the funeral. i'll. that's a tough question. 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 are not only kimberly harris, but also al sharpton and everybody there and everybody in the community black mascot, manor community, and those families who lost their daughter's brothers sisters, her husband's father's mothers, and hoping for real change. and al sharpton sat in his eulogy, which was really strong that he and many, many, many others will not stop fighting for the george flood, policing of 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 terry nichols 7. what about the, the as you mentioned, eat that the incidents 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, and 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 officers be charged with a 2nd degree murder and aggravated assault, and a few other charges. there's 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 would is 3 fire department or employees have been let go, have been fired because of their in activeness after they arrived and to help effectively help terry nichols and then to sheriff's deputies are on put on leave because the sheriff has, as he saw, the video is also said that he has questions or 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 in the city of memphis, and the police department is planning on releasing more videos we hear nobody knows what's to be shown in this one, but this is far from over and consequential. all right, thanks stephan. that's stephan simons in washington. a cycle of now add some other stories, making headlines around the world. this presidential vitals lawyer says an f. b. i search of the president beach house in delaware has turned up with no documents, with classified markings, 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 turkish president rhetoric. i've heard one says ankara will look positively on finland's application to join nato, but he repeated his opposition to sweden. been a recent koran burning in stockholm, and good official to authorities have rated the home of one of ukraine's richest men and a former lensky ally e or cullum, whiskey. ukraine security for service says it has uncovered embezzlement to june of $1000000000.00. at 2, all companies owned until november by the bill in britain's defense secretary says the u. k. isn't ruling outstanding fighter jets to ukraine. adding to uncertainty over the fate of cubes. request frances, also allowing for the possibility of a u. s. and germany, a polls such transfer. now this comes as ukrainian authorities report a new russian missile strike on the eastern city of criminals. lisa, at least 3 people were killed and 20 others were wounded by the attack, which completely destroyed an apartment building and damage. 7 others. cubes request for war planes come, came on the heels of berlin's long debate, a decision to deliver advanced leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. germany's defense minister acknowledges that his army could use a few more tanks of its own 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 has been story is visiting the base from which the tanks will come, said the decision to send leopard care is a cost. this is tomorrow's already. the fact that ukraine needs every support and left the tanks, whether they are 2, a 6 is one to a 4. you can play an important role in the ukrainians kind against the russian aggressor. so everyone understands that it has to happen, even though it is of course regrettable under the exercise and training capacities of being significantly reduced as a result or at least that would fit then the price tank for less than 2 weeks, anywhere between 3 and 7000000 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 years have been promised by the government to make the bone despair fit for purpose. but some are already asking if that will be enough. and shameless um if you decide to 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 casual terms, i honestly don't care. because god, after a period of hesitancy, germany is now showing its military muscle. that new readiness for action brings with it new challenges for the country's armed forces. a missing radioactive capsule that spot a 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 the desert road from a remote mind. and the government is investigating how this happened. it was a surge described as like looking for a needle in a haystack. but after almost a week of scouring the australian out back and hundreds of kilometers of highway, the hunt for a missing radioactive cap till it's finally over. authorities releasing these images of the spot where the tiny device was finally found. sitting just 2 meters from the side of the road, par pharmacy services. let relentless search off past si size. there it is. the actually is the route to 1000 research and surgery. as of april harvey, i work and we go all the research area and his office was monumental charge the capsule itself. am it's 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 captured way. will survey the site to ensure there is no contamination in the surrounding area in the extremely unlikely circumstance that the capture late we will remediate the area. the mining group responsible for the device. rio tinto has said it will pay for the cost of the search operation if asked as the government investigation into how the capsule was lost in the 1st place is launched. oh, francis is on a don day too, of his visit to the democratic republic of congo. one of africa's most catholic countries, a pontiff, lead a huge open air mass in the capital kinshasa. an estimated 1000000 people turned out to hear his message of peace and forgiveness in recent months. conflict in the east of the darcy as displaced hundreds of thousands of people. ah, a day of pure joy and anticipation, congolese catholics have long been waiting for this. pope francis on his way to lead a massive open air service in their capital kinshasa most of them were not yet alive . the last time at pope came to visit many people here, camp actually outside this airport just to get a good position to see the pope with their own eyes. many thought as they were so excited about the paypal visit the fast since 1985. i was wrong, so i'm happy to come to bob, visit our country, and we hope that these reviews it can, it can give our vote b as in our country because we have some difficult step. okay. i understood the message that we should show mercy for each other that we should reconcile. so that piece can come back to our country, to ne, would you got to gauge it that visit those if they're pulled the pony culture piece, we called for them to put an end to the war in the east. and i gave her the lester, even though geographically people here are far away from the conflict in the east of the country in their hearts and minds. then yeah, peace and reconciliation of the 2 cornerstones of pope francis trip to the dear sea and later to south sedan. he came to draw attention to 2 countries with protracted and neglected crises. and to remind the international community not to ignore them . he also criticized rich countries of exploiting the african continent. newly mommy in hands off the democratic republic of the congo, my hands off africa stopped choking africa. it's not a mind to be stripped or to be plundered in st. louis. louis, okay john. these words struck a nerve with the congolese, says this civil society leader. he says the neglect of the international community became particularly visible during the war and ukraine. why you saw the international community mobilized against the aggression from russia against ukraine. now look out, they mobilized against the aggression for a wanda against our country. we're in the same world, same humans up, but the support from the international community is reluctant to absence of means absence of sanctions to us. this is unfair. he and other catholics hope to hear more a clear messages from the pope. in the coming days. on friday, the pope, a continuous trip to south dawn, west message will also be about peace and reconciliation. to criticize the international community, had grown accustomed to violence in this part of the wild with his trip, his aim as to highlights another neglected crisis. reminder of our top story. one is in memphis, tennessee 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