at least nine palestinians are killed in an israeli raid in the west bank. the us secretary of state is to visit israel and the west bank next week. and injust over an hour s time, an asteroid the size of a bus is passing the earth on one of the closest approaches on record. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. in the united states in the last hour, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with murder of tyre nichols, a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this year. 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 towards another individual
boeing denies concealing information about flight control systems on its 737 max aircraft following two deadly crashes. and close encounters the asteroid the size of a bus has passed the earth. we look at what this means. voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with 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 expe
incarcerated at cornton vale women s prison, and i hope that provides assurance to the public presiding officer, not least to the victims in this particular case. at least nine palestinians are killed in an israeli raid in the west bank. the us secretary of state is to visit israel and the west bank next week. and in just over an hour s time, an asteroid the size of a bus is passing the earth on one of the closest approaches on record. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. in the united states in the last hour, president biden has called for calm, after five police officers were charged with murder of tyre nichols, a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this year. 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
so it wouldn t even do that. we have telescopes around the world, both the united states and other countries, that are scanning the skies, looking to see what s out there, and then sending their observations to get collated so that we can track anything. this is actually great news that we found something like this, found it early enough to show that we re finding things even this small on the way in. yeah, that is fantastic. just talk us through what you re expecting to happen in terms of the movement of the asteroid today. so, this asteroid goes around the sun, like basically everything in the solar system, and for most of its time, it s going to be far enough from any other object that it s going to mind its own business and go on its way. tonight, it s passing close enough to the earth about the earth s gravity is giving it an extra tug. that s going to change is for trajectory around the sun a little bit. then it s not going to come
around the world, both the united states and other countries, that are scanning the skies, looking to see what s out there, and then sending their observations to get collated so that we can track anything. this is actually great news that we found something like this, found it early enough to show that we re finding things even this small on the way in. yeah, that is fantastic. just talk us through what you re expecting to happen in terms of the movement of the asteroid today. so, this asteroid goes around the sun, like basically everything in the solar system, and for most of its time, it s going to be far enough from any other object that it s going to mind its own business and just go on its way. tonight, it s passing close enough to the earth about the earth s gravity is giving it an extra tug. that s going to change is for trajectory around the sun a little bit.