welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. police video showing five officers in memphis, tennessee viciously beating a black motorist has been released. tyre nichols died three days later amd the officers who are all black each face multiple charges including murder. his family say the video shows him being kicked like a football. the bbc is reviewing the footage some of it is very graphic and too distressing for broadcast. this is what we will show you the first few seconds of the initial dash cam footage. we won t show any more than this clip at this time, as we still continue to review it. president biden has appealed for calm in the city and beyond amid fears the video could spark protests. he said america s image around the world was on the line. what the world was on the line. is at stake is, first of all, what is at stake is, first of all, the lives of innocent people, number one. number it known, that make number two it has a lot to say ab
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. police video showing five officers in memphis, tennessee viciously beating a black motorist has been released. tyre nichols died three days later amd the officers, who are all black, each face multiple charges including murder. his family say the video shows him being kicked like a football. the bbc is reviewing the footage. some of it is very graphic and too distressing for broadcast. this is what we will show you the first few seconds of the initial footage. we won t show any more than this clip at this time as we still continue to review it. two further police officers have been put on leave pending an investigation, after the video was released. in a statement released on twitter, the sheriff of shelby county in memphis floyd bonnerjr said: having watched the videotape for the first time tonight, i have concerns about two deputies who appeared on scene following the physical confrontation between police and
been made redundant. a seven day state of emergency has been declared in new zealand s largest city, auckland, after three people are killed in severe flooding. this is an unprecedented event in recent memory. in the aftermath, will have plenty of time to evaluate the response. israeli police say that two people have been wounded in a terrorist attackjust outside the old city in occupied eastjerusalem. it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed seven people near a synagogue. israeli police say they ve arrested 42 people in connection with friday s shooting. the gunman was killed. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has urged israelis not to take matters into their own hands. on thursday, nine palestinians were killed during an israeli military raid in the west bank town ofjenin. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. another victim of a jerusalem shooting being treated by medics. and israeli father and son were injured in a new attack this morning.
in new zealand s largest city, auckland, after 3 people are killed in severe flooding. this is an unprecedented event in recent memory. in the aftermath, will have plenty of time to evaluate the response. police in israel say that a 13 year old palestinian has carried out a shooting attack outside the old city injerusalem in which two people, a father and son, were seriously wounded. the teenage attacker was shot and wounded. it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed seven people near a synagogue in eastjerusalem. israeli police say they ve arrested 42 people in connection with friday s shooting the gunman was killed. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has urged israelis not to take matters into their own hands. on thursday, nine palestinians were killed during an israeli military raid in the west bank town ofjenin. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports. another victim of a jerusalem shooting being treated by medics. an israeli father and son