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
passes by the earth. we look at what this means. welcome to bbc news. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with the 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 expect our citizens to exercise their first amendment right to protest, to demand action and results, but we need to ensure our community is safe in this process. none of this is a calling card for inciting violence or destruction on our community or against our citizens
and even the president s transition team. and they denied investigators the ability to authenticate evidence, serve warrants, question witnesses, and bring charges. this led to hunter biden sweetheart agreement announced five years after the investigation started. but mere days before my committee voted to publicly release this testimony. would americans in my congressional district or any others, ever receive the same treatment? after raising their concerns internally at the irs, these whistle-blowers were discouraged and demoralized and turned it to congress as a last resort. they bravely reported wrongdoing to us. and what have president biden s allies, including hunter biden s lawyers done? they responded with a vicious