the us memphis police department has disbanded the so called scorpion special unit whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. the 29 year old black man was kicked and punched by five policemen who are also black. they ve now been sacked and face multiple charges including murder. awarning nada tawfik s report contains distressing images. all chant: justice for tyre! woman: justice for tyre! the familiar rallying cry heard too often after incidents of police brutality. memphis s worst fears never materialised as protesters remained peaceful a considered effort by city officials to deliver swift justice for tyre nichols seems to have worked. small scale demonstrations took place across the country from new york to detroit and los angeles mostly calm, just as the family wanted. five black officers have been charged with murder in the death of tyre nichols, in no small part due to the existence of these extremely graphic videos. the officers aggressively approa
hi there, thank you for being with us. we begin with the latest on the israel gaza war because a key hospital in gaza city has been told by israel to evacuate according to the palestine red crescent which warned that 400 patients and 1a thousand displaced people were sheltering there. israel hasn t confirmed the order but a military spokesperson said that they had killed what he called dozens of terrorists during bombing of the territory including senior commanders of hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk, us and other governments. the red crescent director says the area around the al quds hospital has been under attack, causing panic. further south, thousands of people broke into aid depots taking flour and other basic supplies after an israeli blockade severely limited amounts into gaza. our international editor jeremy bowen is in southern israel and sent this report. people are living in the ruins in gaza. the israelis insist that they
the un warns civil order may be breaking down in gaza, as thousands of residents break into warehouses for food and other basic items. our other main story: matthew perry, one of the stars of the hit tv show friends has died. he was 5a. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. international agencies have expressed concern about reports of an israeli evacuation order for a key hospital in northern gaza. they ve warned that evacuating the site is impossible. it s treating hundreds of people, some of whom are chronically ill. around 14,000 gazans are also reported to be sheltering there. both the world health organization and international federation of the red cross have raised deep alarm over the order, saying hospitals must be protected. there are unconfirmed reports of air strikes about 20 metres from the al-quds facility. these images show smoke billowing from what appears to be a strike nearby. and this footage shows staff and patients struggling to breathe because of smoke inside t
aiden aslin, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is just over a year since you were released from captivity after being held by the pro russian forces in occupied donetsk. looking at you, your physical scars have healed. what about your mental scars? erm, definitely my physical scars have definitely healed or, like, i m now a lot bigger compared to when i was released. i m sure everyone would remember the images. i was a lot skinnier than i am now. but i think mentally, you know, i m mentally better than i was, especially, like, just coming out of captivity. erm, but as most people can probably observe, like, i still have, like, a lot of issues mentallyjust dealing with going back out into the big wide world after going through what we did go through. i am wondering how a youth in his late teens turning 20 could become so fixated on fighting in other people s wars. because that s what happened. pretty much, erm, and i think.i think, like, the important thing to realise is.is t
of the hit tv show friends has died. he was 5a. now on bbc news our world: lady of the hills: the thai wife killing. thai women are sold a dream online. the message is, marry a foreign man and you will have a good life. many couples of course remain happy, but the dark reality of others isn t talked about in my community. in this isolated part of england, the body of a thai woman was found. 20 years on, her family is still seeking answers and justice. she died not long after i moved to the uk. her death has always haunted me. why didn t her british husband report her missing? i tracked him down to question him. mr armitage! yeah? did you kill your wife? mr armitage. .. i replied to your email, 0k? this is the first time buathong is visiting the place where her cousin was found. in 2004, walkers came across her half naked body here in this remote place. it was buathong who recognised a police drawing of her in a bbc story, finally identifying the body as 36 year old lamdua