Tyre Nichols: Biden urges calm ahead of police beating video release

2023-01-27

Tyre Nichols: Biden urges calm ahead of police beating video release

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1. Tyre Nichols: Biden urges calm ahead of police beating video release

- Bodycam video of the encounter with Tyre Nichols will be published on Friday and lawyers for his family said it will show him being severely beaten.

- Five now-fired police officers face murder charges after Mr Nichols died after a traffic stop 7 January.

- President Joe Biden is urging protests in Tennessee to remain peaceful as officials plan to release video of an arrest that led to a motorist's death.

2. NYC bike path killer Sayfullo Saipov convicted of murder

- An Islamic extremist who killed eight people when he intentionally sped a lorry down a New York City bike path in 2017 has been convicted of murder.

- Sayfullo Saipov shouted "God is great" in Arabic as he emerged from the truck during the rampage in Manhattan.

- He was shot by police, and asked to hang an Islamic State group flag at his hospital bed.

- Saipov could now face the death penalty for what was the city's deadliest terrorist attack since 9/11. The last time someone was executed in the state was 1963.

3. Bilal al-Sudani: US forces kill Islamic State Somalia leader in cave complex

- US forces have killed an Islamic State leader, Bilal al-Sudani, and 10 of his operatives in northern Somalia.

- He was killed after US special forces raided a remote mountainous cave complex hoping to capture him.

- Al-Sudani was responsible for fostering the growing presence of ISIS in Africa. He also allegedly funded the group's activities globally.

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