caused severe flooding. the us city of memphis is bracing for the release of police video of an arrest that led to the death of the black man, tyre nichols. five police officers, who are also black, are facing murder charges. lawyers for the family, say the swift dismissal and charging of the police officers involved should be the blueprint for similar cases in the future. his family have called forjustice. our north america correspondent, nada tawfik reports the death of tyre nichols has prompted americans yet again to confront the reality of police brutality and its consequences. this 29 year old loved skateboarding and was on his way home from a local park when a traffic stop turned into a deadly confrontation. he died three days later from his injuries. now, anotherfamily is asking how this keeps happening, despite worldwide outrage and public demands for police reform following the killing of george floyd. i m going to pray for you and yourfamilies, because at the end of
and homes swamped. those are your headlines on bbc news. those are your headlines on bbc news. now its time for click. it s a pretty spectacular view from earth orbit. and there are plenty of things that have been viewed this days, couple of space stations, bounces of satellites. and more and more companies want to put stuff up there. did you know the closer you are to the equator the easier it is to get things up to right speed in orbit? that s because that s where the earth is spinning fastest to give you launch an extra wind. and that s where the uk spaceport is way down south in cornwall. yup. and that s why it was there earlier in the year, the virgin orbit attempted the first satellite launch in uk soil. the uk s first functioning spaceport is here in cornwall. we re creating huge clusters of technology. global value of the space economy is somewhere in the region of $360 billion, to the uk it s 60 and half billion pounds. every single year. uk airport usually host smal
of the liberation of the auschwitz birkenau death camp, the day honours all those murdered by the nazis during the second world war. you re watching bbc news. now it is time for newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam in the studio. and chris in the studio. and we re going to bejoined in the studio by lots of interesting guests on this episode of newscast. but first of all, chris, give us an update on what is happening with the tax affairs of nadhim zahawi, the tory party chairman, who was chancellor, of course. yeah, so he has now said that he is willing for revenue and customs, the tax people, to share details of his tax affairs that are normally shrouded in confidentiality, because that s the way it works in the uk. that is why apparently the prime minister didn t know anything about this. ..with the ethics adviser to the prime minister, who is crawling all over some elements of this to work out if nadhim zahawi, as the conservative party chairman and m
caused severe flooding. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us, or around the world. at least seven people are reported to have been shot dead at a synagogue in eastjerusalem, with others injured. the incident happened in the city s neve yaakov neighbourhood at around 8:15pm in the evening local time. israel s ambulance service reported 10 casualties in total, some of them seriously wounded. israel s police department called the incident a terror attack and said that the suspected attacker had been neutralised . we will bring you more later in the programme with our correspondent in jerusalem. the us city of memphis is anticipating the release of police video of an arrest that led to the death of the black man, tyre nichols. five police officers, who are also black, are facing murder charges. lawyers for the family say the swift dismissal and charging of the police officers involved should be the blueprint for similar cases in the future. his fami
welcome to bbc news. we begin in the us where gun crime continues to affect thousands of american lives including in dadeville in alabama where two teenage boys have been charged with four counts of murder after a deadly shooting at a birthday party on saturday. this scene shows the aftermath of the shooting where more than 30 people were wounded some critically, after shots were fired at the mahogany masterpiece dance studio. the district attorney spoke about the victims and theirfamilies and you can see he struggled to maintain his composure. the message that i want to send is, i know some of these victims personally, some of these kids are kids of friends of mine, people i went to school with, people i play ball with and against in the community back in high school. and these are my kids. these are our kids. don t mess with our kids. do not mess with our kids. thank you. it comes as, in the state of missouri, 84 year old andrew lester has pleaded not guilty in the sh