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
yeah, i mean the system - of policing is inherently white supremacist, racist and anti black. - but these were black officers that were involved. the fact that someone - who is blackjoined that system doesn t mean that they re - going to remember that they re black, or they re going to put that first. - they put being j an officer first. the brutal death of tyre nichols has shocked america and reignited the debate about racialjustice, with talk of change and reform, but little hope that anyone can truly say this will never happen again. sarah smith, bbc news, memphis. earlier, we spoke to joe watkins, a civil rights advocate and former aide to president george w bush. here is why he feels the legislation won t be enough. the hope is that it would be. but i know that it s not going to be enough, after all, president biden just signed the law, last year, last december. a police measure meant to de escalate these kind
something to celebrate. patrick gearey, bbc news. a second tennis player has had their visa cancelled by australian authorities. renata vorachuva joins novak djokovic in being denied entry into the country because of their vaccination status, with the visas of other players being investigated, too. djokovic fans have been protesting outside the hotel they re confined to in melbourne, where they d been hoping to play in the australian open later this month. djokovic s appeal against the decision won t be heard until monday. and this afternoon djokovic has posted a message on social media. he said. the manchester city defender benjamin mendy has been released on bail ahead of his trial for rape and sexual assault. the french international has been held in prison since august last year. he ll have to live at his home
system to prevent others going through what they experienced. 97 men, women and children died in the disaster in the fa cup semifinal between liverpool and nottingham forest in sheffield in 1989. margaret aspinall, whose son james was among the victims, said new legislation won t help the families, but it will help others get the justice they deserve. these families deserve justice. the hillsborough law will not do any good for the hillsborough families but we are here today for us all united to change things because those 97 victims who died at hillsborough deserve the respect of a hillsborough law in honour of their name and if that does any good for the likes of other people
we re shifting to campaign mode. so given that grid lot, what s the soonest you think d.c. s gridlock could possibly break? right. don t look for it to happen in the midterm elections. the republicans expect the democrats to take hold of the house, although, they ll probably hold on to the senate. look for them to lead probes into the trump administration, all the things they ve been complaining about as a minority party, they re go after the majority party. legislation won t happen again until 2021. so as we ve seen so far, the president s not going to let up despite what you re reporting. right. what is his game plan to accomplish part of his agendage? what trump is shifting his attention to is international affairs. he can act with impunity without