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
time in a year. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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 vi
won t feature of members of the royal family. and beyonce has announced her first new tour in nearly seven years. there have been passionate appeals for us police reform at the funeral of tyre nichols, who died after being beaten by officers in memphis last month. speaking at the service, the us vice president, kamala harris, urged congress to pass a bill promoting police accountability. five policeman have been charged with murder in connection with the 29 year old s death. 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 reform legislation. and when we look at th
visitors to hong kong falling sharply between 2020 because of severe covid restrictions. talking of events to be across: for all the beyonce fans out there, she has announced herfirst new tour in nearly seven years. the renaissance world tour will kick off in stockholm on 10 may across europe and north america until the end ofjune. it will then resume in toronto injuly before wrapping up in new orleans in september. the album is inspired by black and queer dance music culture which, according to creative producer angel lenise pyles, is a huge reason for fans to be excited about. this is a huge deal because the last time any of us saw beyonce live was during beychella, the formation world tour or the on the run 2 tour where the music was about love and reconciliation, primarily about her marriage.
because the last time any of us saw beyonce live was during beychella, the formation world tour or the on the run 2 tour where the music was about love and reconciliation, primarily about her marriage. this time it is about celebration, dance and freedom, and to be able to experience that after the few years we have had collectively as a world and a society, is just going to be an amazing experience. we have seen incredible excitement on social media among beyonce fans, but also recently we have seen problems with taylor swift s tour and people trying to get tickets for that and the debacle there. will there be issues with tickets for this show? it is stressful, and you can look at twitter and the internet and see that people already making memes about what it will be like to get these tickets. there is registration for a pre sale code and various pre sales and it will be competitive but hopefully we will all be able to get