and doing the monster mash in bulgaria a tradition to ward off evil spirits that s made a covid comeback. the us memphis police department has disbanded the so called scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. the 29 year old black man was kicked and punched by five policemen who are also black. they ve now been sacked and face multiple charges, including murder. awarning: nada tawfik s report does contain distressing images. all chant: justice for tyre! woman: justice for tyre! the familiar rallying cry heard too often after incidents of police brutality. memphis s worst fears never materialised as protesters remained peaceful a considered effort by city officials to deliver swift justice for tyre nichols seems to have worked. small scale demonstrations took place across the country from new york to detroit and los angeles mostly calm, just as the family wanted. five black officers have been charged with murder in the death of tyre n
is there light at the end on the tunnel on train strikes in the uk? the transport secretary is optimisitc a deal can be reached with the unions. i think both the companies signed the rail unions are keen to reach an agreement but we have got to see if they can hammer out the detail but, that is for them to do. president biden declares a state of emergency in california after it has been hit by a succession of severe winter storms a plane carrying more than 70 people has crashed in nepal, killing nearly everyone on board. the plane was flying from the capital kathmandu to the town of pokhara a popular tourist town. the crash happened as it was coming in to land. it was a yeti airlines plane with 72 people on board.caroline davies has the latest. low, then the impact was that this video appeared on social media, reportedly showing the yeti flight. at the site, chaos and confusion as smoke and flames engulfed the place where the plane crash. this is 1.5 kilometres from the fli
of sabalenka s victory can t be over stated. a breakthrough is an understatement. it s a real show of resilience, a breakthrough for the ages, and she has been hailed as the best player without a major for several years. she never made a final until this week in melbourne. everyone knows her history with the serving problems, the yips. she left melbourne park last year having 56 double faults in only four matches. she was in total despair. her coach wanted to walk away. he didn t think he could do anything more for aryna sabalenka. a touching moment last night when he cried as she cried on court when she won a fourth matchpoint in a truly gripping, high quality final at melbourne park. gripping indeed. it s been described as a classic duel. how much of that is down to the play styles of
that momentum at the start of the year? we often get some unpredictable results at the start of the unpredictable results at the start of the grand slam season. haunstrup are of of the grand slam season. haunstrup are of tunisia has been the runner-up are of tunisia has been the runner up in the last two grand slams, runner up in the last two grand slams, she runner up in the last two grand slams, she could take the next step, and there slams, she could take the next step, and there could be opposition from coco gauft and there could be opposition from coco gauff of the us, and jessica paguia coco gauff of the us, and jessica paguia of coco gauff of the us, and jessica pagula of the us or aryna sabalenka, of belarus. pagula of the us or aryna sabalenka, of belarus, seems to have put her terrible of belarus, seems to have put her terrible serving problems behind her. terrible serving problems behind her~ hit terrible serving problems behind her. ., terrible serving
on serving problems in a conservative way and we re not as focused on president obama in washington. that s something that governor christie emphasized a couple of hours ago in a news conference. you talk about the common sense solutions we are bringing to the people of our state and the things that are getting done on their behalf. and that s what our focus is going to continue to be. nbc s kelly o donnell joins us live. so kelly, we know a big part of the story line is if i guess his colleagues love him as much as an parentally the voters apparently as the voters in new jersey and if he can avoid the missteps that mitt romney fell into when he led the group and had his sights set on the white house. well, tamron, there s certainly a check in the box for chris christie because his republican colleagues chose him to be that are leader for next year and bobby jindal of louisiana to serve as vice chair. this is a competitive group to be sure and there are many within the ranks