to our viewers in the united states and around the world, welcome to the situation room. happening now, a sixth memphis police officer has now been relieved of duty after the deadly beating of tyre nichols and the release of chilling videos of his arrest. our experts are breaking down the evidence and the growing calls right now for federal police reform. also tonight, cnn is on the front lines in ukraine amid fierce fighting in the east and the south after nearly a year of war, we re told some battles are worse than ever before. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is on an urgent mission in israel and the west bank amid a new outbreak of violence, meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and urging a deescalation of tensions. i ll discuss these high-stakes international conflicts with key white house official john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight t
this is bbc news. the headlines: search and rescue efforts are under way after one of the deadliest tornadoes to have ever hit the us state of mississippi. at least 25 people have died, with more thought to have been trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings. the governor has declared a state of emergency. vladimir putin has said russia will station nuclear weapons in belarus the first time it has deployed such arms outside its territory in almost 30 years. the us department of defence said it was monitoring the situation but did not currently see any reason to adjust its nuclear posture. the uk government is preparing to announce further alternatives to hotel accommodation for migrants as early as next week. those behind the policy say it will be a big break from hotels and a shift to more basic accommodation in an effort to deter people from coming to the uk illegally. now on bbc news, our world. facial recognition fighting crime. across america, police are incr
people in berlin have voted against making the german capital climate neutral by 2030, after a referendum. at ten o clock we will be here with a full round up of the days news. first, our world. facial recognition, fighting crime. across america, police are increasingly using facial recognition technology to fight crime. speaks spanish. can you open the door? we want law enforcement to have more tools at our disposal, not less. images can be fed into a database to search for matches and track people down. but critics argue the use of this technology is opaque and could be inaccurate. if law enforcement knows how accurate that is, how come they are fighting so hard to keep that information from us when we ask for it? why won t they share it? i m james clayton, and i m investigating whether the police should be using this controversial tech. the technology itself is harmful. it is too dangerous, and that is just a massive threat to civil liberties in this nation. march 2017. an
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an asteroid, estimated to be between a0 and 90 metres wide passed harmlessly between the orbits of the earth and the moon this evening in what astronomers are calling a once in a decade event. at ten o clock we will be here with a full round up of the days news. first, ourworld: facial recognition fighting crime? across america, police are increasingly using facial recognition technology to fight crime. speaks spanish. can you open the door? we want law enforcement to have more tools at our disposal, not less. images can be fed into a database to search for matches and track people down. but critics argue the use of this technology is opaque and could be inaccurate. if law enforcement knows how accurate that is, how come they are fighting so hard to keep that information from us when we ask for it? why won t they share it? i m james clayton, and i m investigating whether the police should be using this controversial tech. the technology itself is harmful. it is too danger