passes by the earth. we look at what this means. welcome to bbc news. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with the murder of tyre nichols. a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee, who are all black, were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. here s what the memphis police chief and the district attorney had to say. this is notjust a professional failing, this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. i expect our citizens to exercise their first amendment right to protest, to demand action and results, but we need to ensure our community is safe in this process. none of this is a calling card for inciting violence or destruction on our community or against our citizens
and a tale of two brothers: one who survived the holocaust and one who didn t. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with the murder of tyre nichols. a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee who are all black were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. here s what the memphis police chief and the district attorney had to say. this is notjust a professionalfailing, this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. i expect our citizens to exercise their first amendment right to protest, to demand action and results, but we need to ensure our community is safe in this process. none of this is a calling card for
of humanity s greatest crimes ceremonies are to be held to mark holocaust memorial day. hello and welcome. in the united states, president biden has called for calm, after five police officers were charged with the murder of tyre nichols, a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee, who are all black, were fired last week, after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. our correspondent peter bowes has more on the developments. another case of alleged police brutality in america. 29 year old tyre nichols died three days after being stopped the reckless driving in memphis, tennessee. his family say he was severely beaten. five officers were sacked last week after investigation found them to be directly responsible for the physical abuse of tyre nichols. now they are being charged with second degree murder. charged with se
our army and passers by that we were tv. there was the first shot. returned and found her on the ground. borisjohnson signed a new host security deal with amanda swindon. both countries are considering joining the nato military alliance. ukrainian forces are advancing against russian troops just north of the country s second largest city, kharkiv. kharkiv is just 30 miles from the border and the operation may pose a wider threat to russia s war in the east. you can see in purple in this map the ukrainian counter attacks, which have taken a number of towns and pushed russian artillery back towards the border. the ukrainian military says it has recaptured four villages near kharkiv in recent days. he air raid sirens. the spectre of russian victory once haunted this city. but no more. for months, the invaders were at the city gates, but kharkiv has cast doubt vladimir putin s foot but kharkiv has cast out vladimir putin s foot soldiers, forcing them back towards the border. this
Week once things may turn more unsettled next week once again. Joined me later for the details its sunday 22nd october. Our main story israel says its intensify airstrikes against hamas in gaza, as it prepares its troops for a Ground Assault. Hamas is regarded as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk and this latest escalation in tensions in the language follows its attack on israel two weeks ago. Twenty lorries carrying humanitarian aid have been allowed through the Rafah Crossing, on the border with egypt, and a second convoy could enter gaza today, but un agencies say this represents a drop in the ocean of what is needed. Greg mckenzie reports. Yesterday, the Rafah Crossing that connects egypt to the Southern Gaza strip opened for the First Time Since hamas launched its assault on israel to allow 20 trucks to carry aid in. Today, the humanitarian chief of the un for the second convoy of 20 30 trucks could enter the region, delivering much needed aid but admits the un and israel are hav