official handover today. hello and welcome to the programme. the fire department in the us city of memphis has sacked three people in connection with the fatal police beating of tyre nichols earlier this month. an investigation found two paramedics and a driver failed to provide mr nichols with adequate care. five police officers have been charged with second degree murder. two others have been suspended. a number of premature s have been held in multiple cities across america. community leaders and locals coming together to honour the life of tyre nicholls. our north america correspondent david willisjoins me now. more and more individuals now having to take the committee for what happened that night? the circle of punishment is widening in regard to the death of tyre nicholls, that s for sure and today it was announced that two more police officers from the memphis force have been disciplined in regards to their allegedly involvement in their allegedly involvement in the in
important this is to you on twitter @annitabbc #bbcyour questions united in music the slogan for this year s eurovision contest is unveiled as the official eurovsion handover ceremony takes place today in liverpool. and coming up on the third anniversary of brexit, we ll have a special phone in on the impact. my colleague nicky campbell will be asking what your experience has been so far, in the next half an hour. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk economy is due to get smaller this year and do worse than other major nations, including russia that s according to the world s most important international financial organisation, the international monetary fund. it predicts the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% this year. it believes the uk will be the only country among the world s major economies to see its economy get smaller. it says its forecast reflects the uk s high energy prices, high inflation and high interest rates. the us, germany, france, italy and japan are
in peshawar in pakistan has claimed more than 90 lives a plan to allow everyone to live within 15 minutes of a green space or water is unveiled by the government and united by music liverpool s new slogan as it prepares to host this year s eurovision song contest coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, the latest on football transfer deadline day as arsenal agree a £12 million deal with chelsea to sign italian midfielderjorginho. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there s a gloomy prediction about the state of the uk economy this year from the international monetary fund which says it will perform worse than all other major advanced nations. and that is including russia. their assessment suggests the economy will shrink by 0.6% that s a sharp downgrade from an earlier prediction, although they do say the uk is now on the right track. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, said the uk had outperformed many forecasts last year. here s our economics correspo
eurovision song contest. we have kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, superfans on kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, super fans on the way and there is no bigger superfan dan rylan and aj. is the british transfer record set to be broken twice with chelsea bidding £105 million for world cup winner enzo fernandez as arsenal make a world record move for lioness alessia russo? we have a band of cloud and rain clearing the south of england. then most will have a day of sunshine and some showers, most of which in the north. the wind is also going to strengthen with gales later, especially in the north. all the details through the programme. it s tuesday, january the 31st. the world s most important financial institution, the international monetary fund, expects the uk to be the only major advanced economy to shrink this year. it predicts the economy will contract by 0.6%, as the cost of living continues to hit households. nina is here and can tell us more. it is pretty st