the ukrainian president urges world leaders gathered for a security conference in munich to speed up their support for his country. a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin is sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for russia. and a qatari consortium bids to buy manchester united ahead of the deadline which has just passed, meaning there are now two contenders. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. 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 after a police beating in memphis, tennessee last month. videos showed the officers repeatedly kicking and punching nichols in a traffic stop close to his home. 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.
we invetigate why so many buildings that should have withstood the tremors collapsed. travel disruption and thousands of homes without power after storm otto sweeps across northern england and scotland with gusts of up to 80 miles an hour. and the hollywood star bruce willis is diagnosed with dementia at the age ofjust 67. on bbc london. coming up on sportsday later, will united find a new owner? tonight, the deadline for potential investors, forwarded ten p:m.. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a spy at the british embassy in berlin has beenjailed for more than 13 years for selling secrets to russia. david smith was caught in an undercover sting using fake russian agents who in fact worked for the british security services. the 58 year old had been passing on details to the russians of other members of staff as well as photographs and videos of buildings. british police described smith s actions as reckless and dangerous . our home affairs correspondent tom s
good evening, welcome to bbc news. in memphis, tennessee, 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 after a police beating in memphis, tennessee last month. videos showed the officers repeatedly kicking and punching nichols in a traffic stop close to his home. 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 haven t done that yet. they couldn t even do that today. they didn t 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, everyone. exactly. ..u
bruce willis is diagnosed with dementia at the age of 67. and in the capital: how london s firefighters saved 11 lives in turkey. and the doctor whose surgery has never been busier he tells us about the pressures he s facing. good evening. a spy at the british embassy in berlin has beenjailed for more than 13 years for selling secrets to russia. david smith was caught in an undercover sting which involved fake russian agents who in fact worked for the british security services. the 58 year old was passing details to russia of other members of staff, as well as photographs and videos of buildings. police described smith s actions as reckless and dangerous . our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. secretly filmed, david smith, the embassy security guard with an access all areas pass, stealing secrets for the russians. scottish, married but separated, a lover of military memorabilia, the court found he hated britain and felt sympathy for vladimir putin. sentenci
in turkey, there s growing anger over the shoddy construction of what were advertised as earthquake proof buildings. this satellite image shows the extent of the damage in a neighbourhood at the epicentre of last week s earthquakes in gaziantep, in southern turkey. president erdogan s government has been accused of accepting billions of dollars in payments to approve buildings that didn t meet earthquake safety standards. this is one of the apartment blocks that was next door to the petrol station. 136 people were living there at the time the earthquake struck. so why did so many people die? our correspondent nick beake has been investigating, and he sent us this report. night and day, they ve been waiting for a miracle. but there is 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 p