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
and, iran faces international condemnation after executing two more anti government protesters. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. in ukraine vladimir putin had said his forces would stop fighting for 36 hours so orthodox christians could celebrate christmas this weekend. the ceasefire was supposed to run from 9am yesterday morning to 9pm today uk time. but kyiv dismissed the ceasefire, as a russian tactic to regroup its soldiers. and while millions of ukrainians and russians were able to enjoy the festivities, fighting continued along a front line which spans 700 miles. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, producer siobhan leahy and cameraman paul francis have sent this report from the eastern city of bakhmut on the front line. you leave civilisation behind on the journey to bakhmut. we are heading to one of the most hostile parts of the front line. and coming into view is a city in the middle of it. the russians are just a mile away. uk
states and around the world. i m laila harat. president biden visits the border amid a surge of migrants trying to reach the united states. he s got the gavel but it could be a tough road ahead for newly minted house speaker kevin mccarthy as he attempts to wrangle fractious republican party. plus china bids a first farewell to zero covid as the country reopens its borders fare the first time in three years. we ll have a live report from one of the biggest crossings between hong kong and mainland china. in the coming hours, president joe biden is expected to visit the u.s. southern border for the first time since taking office. the white house says he ll meet with local officials in el paso, texas, to address border security concerns. the city is facing a surge in migration from latin america, and the president has been criticized for struggling to stem the tide. but mr. biden says his critics, primarily republicans, have demagogued the issue and that his administrati
states and right around the world, i m paula neaten. ahead on cnn newsroom, we are hours away from joe biden s visit to the u.s./mexico border. i will speak to a nonprofit director about what she hopes to see come out of his first visit to the frontier as u.s. president. plus, reports of new russian strikes right across ukraine. all this on the heels of what was supposed to be a russian ceasefire. we will have a live report from kyiv. and for the first time since his cardiac arrest on a football field, buffalo bills player damar hamlin is speaking out on social media. what he is saying about his recovery so far. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so for the first time since taking office president joe biden is expected to visit the u.s. southern border in the hours ahead. officials say he will assess immigration enforcement operations in el paso, texas, where border crossings have surged so much, the city recently declared a
iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions abhorrent . the newly elected speaker of the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has said former president trump helped him finally secure his position, after 15 rounds of voting and sometimes acrimonious exchanges with fellow republicans. he said i don t think anybody should doubt mr trump s influence. president biden congratulated mr mccarthy for his win and said he looked forward to co operating with his party. our washington correspondent gary o donoghue reports. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. cheering not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that w