for the second time in a year. we begin in the us where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police in the city of memphis, has taken place. us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, in tennessee. following tyre nichol s death, five officers, themselves also black, were charged with murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. 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 ref
time in a year. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in the us where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police in the city of memphis, has taken place. us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis in tennessee. following tyre nichol s death, five officers, themselves also black, were charged with murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. 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 vi
year only to come back and take the tampa bay buccaneers to the play offs. those are our latest headlines this our stop. that s all from me. sally is here at five o clock. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. here s the good news. the proportion of the world s population living in extreme poverty has declined sharply over the past 30 years. here s the bad news. still close to one in 20 of all the world s people relies on humanitarian assistance for survival. with many nations cutting their aid budgets, international ngos remain a linchpin of the global aid system. but are they fit for purpose? well, my guest is danny sriskandarajah, chief executive of oxfam great britain. he promised to reimagine what aid would look like. has he succeeded? danny sriskandarajah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. let s start with those two different ways of looking at what s happening to the world s poorest people. one in 20, almost