it. george floyd. as many as half a million workers go on strike, across the uk, the biggest day of industrial action, in over a decade. the funeral of the controversial australian cardinal george pell begins in sydney shortly. the fbi search president biden s home in delaware as part of their investigation into his handling of classified documents. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the us, where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police, has taken place. the us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, tennessee. following tyre nichols s death, five officers, all of them 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 over
from the bbc sport centre. we ll start with golf where jon rahm dedicated his maiden masters title to seve ballesteros, a0 years after the spaniard last won the famous green jacket. rahm s four shot victory at augusta came after a composed final round that saw him overtake brooks koepka. it also marked what would have been ballesteros 66th birthday. when i hit that first shot on the green, the crowds reaction. a wave of emotion, of so many things overtook me. i never thought i would cry about winning a golf tournament, but i got very close on the 18th hole. in a lot of ways, because of what it means to me, and to spanish golf. this is spain s tenth major, my second win, my second major win. it is pretty incredible, and to play the way that i did today, and sunday, on difficult conditions, coming in with a margin, i have a lot of pride and am very proud of myself for what i did. it still has not really sunk in, i am looking at the course, thinking i still have a couple more h
hello, and welcome to the programme. a major meeting of ukraine s allies has ended without agreement on whether to send more tanks to kyiv. representatives of around 50 countries gathered at the us airbase in ramstein, in germany, to discuss co ordinating military support. germany s new defence minister denied blocking the export of its leopard tanks, which kyiv has been pushing for, saying such a decision had to be carefully considered. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard ii tanks, to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. germany s new defence minister has said no decision has been made, adding that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies acted together. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger ii tanks to the front line. russia has warned that providing tanks would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this
dies at the age of 81. hello and welcome. defence ministers from around 50 countries are gathering at the ramstein air base in germany later for a crucial meeting to coordinate arms supplies to ukraine. the main focus is expected to be on whether germany will send its leopard battle tanks to ukraine or at least approve their transfer from third countries. the united states has already announced details of its latest package of military aid to ukraine, worth about $2.5 billion. the uk has also pledged to send 600 brimstone missiles to ukraine. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. is this the week when the west finally delivered the weapons ukraine says it needs to win this war? britain is the first promising to send modern main battle tanks. the army s challengers are already parked in estonia to reassure a nato ally also worried about russian aggression. ultimately, this tank was designed to fight russian tanks in eastern europe, and that s exactly what it s off
we can t wake up in 20 years with 2 million andrew tates. teenage girls tell the bbc how they were contacted online by the influencer andew tate and his brother. and fright night on sea how southend is becoming something of a global capital for amateur horror movies. 0n the bbc news channel, britain s number one is knocked out of the australian open, beaten in the third round by a rising star. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. more than 50 countries have been meeting today to discuss sending aid, and weapons, to ukraine. there have been pledges of missiles, armour and combat vehicles, but the allies weren t able to agree on sending heavy tanks, that ukraine s government says it needs to break the deadlock in the war. russia has warned that providing tanks would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this is what kyiv wants, but can t yet have. german made leopard 2 tanks, as part of hopes for hundreds of weste