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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
hello, thank you for joining us today. i m abby phillip in washington. a major announcement is coming two ours from now in memphis, tennessee, the shelby county district attorney will be giving an update on the tyre nichols investigation. tyre nichols died three days after a violent confrontation with police and a source tells cnn that charges will be announced today. we ve now learned at least one of the former officers involved in the nichols arrest has been indicted and that s according to his attorney, the attorney for emmitt martin who says his client has already surrendered but it is not clear what charges he is facing just yet. and just in, we have new scanner audio of the incident. listen. we got one male black running. set up a perimeter. scorpion car come over. running on foot. run that tag and see what the address is. he s fighting at this time. by the time that incident ended nichols wound up in the hospital in critical condition. his family has releas
did you take any classified documents with you from the white house? i did not. yes, he did. poppy and i are here without classified documents. more classified documents have been discovered at the home of former vice president, mike pence. it s the former vice president this time leaving lawmakers stunned. breaking overnight, a significant development for the war on ukraine. the german government agreeing to deliver leopard two tanks to ukraine. this is a big story we re following from the southwest to new england. more than 80 million people are facing winter weather alerts. some cities are expected to get hit by nearly a foot of snow. plus this. it could have been my son. it could have been you. don t gavel me. i m here to let you know i can speak whenever i want. we want the tape. we want the tape and we want it now. tensions running high after the beating death of tyre nichols at the hands of memphis police what a new autopsy is revealing. we begin with