practices review general accepted practices and contemporary active shooter training — and contemporary active shooter training courses. other organisations and new south is a document— organisations and new south is a document in parts of what happened on this_ document in parts of what happened on this horrific day. but all of this_ on this horrific day. but all of this work_ on this horrific day. but all of this work has lead to a justice department report that is both the most _ department report that is both the most detailed and modest in scope looking _ most detailed and modest in scope looking beyond the immediate incident — looking beyond the immediate incident to include the communications, victim services and school_ communications, victim services and school safety aspects of this tragedy _ school safety aspects of this tragedy —— broadest in scope. as well_ tragedy —— broadest in scope. as well as_ tragedy —— broadest in scope. as well as the — tragedy —— broadest in scope. as well as the post incident response and investigation and planning and preparation. the public demands a lot from public service _ the public demands a lot from public service and _ the public demands a lot from public service and we often take their service — service and we often take their service are _ service and we often take their service are granted for the everyday police _ service are granted for the everyday police officers run towards danger to keep _ police officers run towards danger to keep people safe at you've all day on _ to keep people safe at you've all day on may 24, 2022 that did not happen— day on may 24, 2022 that did not happen until far too late. —— uvalde for that— happen until far too late. —— uvalde for that did — happen until far too late. —— uvalde for that did not happen until far too late — for that did not happen until far too late -- _ for that did not happen until far too late. —— uvalde. uvalde is a community— too late. —— uvalde. uvalde is a community that is healing and getting — community that is healing and getting clear on the facts as part of healing. so two of the beautiful, powerful _ of healing. so two of the beautiful, powerful murals all over the city

commemorating each child and teacher killed commemorating each child and teacher kitted on— commemorating each child and teacher killed on may 24. so too is enacting change _ killed on may 24. so too is enacting change in _ killed on may 24. so too is enacting change in policies and practices to help make — change in policies and practices to help make sure these failures do not happen— help make sure these failures do not happen again. while it took time for the justice _ happen again. while it took time for the justice department to examine the justice department to examine the facts _ the justice department to examine the facts and put this report together our commitment to the uvatde _ together our commitment to the uvalde community does not end here. thev're _ uvalde community does not end here. they're available funding, fund income — they're available funding, fund income or— they're available funding, fund income or resources, technical assistance _ income or resources, technical assistance and training we will sopport— assistance and training we will support uvalde and communities across— support uvalde and communities across the — support uvalde and communities across the country in their efforts to address — across the country in their efforts to address and prevent violence. just as— to address and prevent violence. just as we — to address and prevent violence. just as we have looked back we will look forward. we're committed to honouring — look forward. we're committed to honouring the memory of the lives lost by— honouring the memory of the lives lost by working to build a future where _ lost by working to build a future where all — lost by working to build a future where all of our children, their loved — where all of our children, their loved ones _ where all of our children, their loved ones and their teachers can feel loved ones and their teachers can feet cared — loved ones and their teachers can feel cared for, supported protected. i feel cared for, supported protected. iwoutd _ feel cared for, supported protected. i would now pass this to the director— i would now pass this to the director of our office.- i would now pass this to the director of our office. we're going to leave that _ director of our office. we're going to leave that news _ director of our office. we're going to leave that news conference - director of our office. we're going to leave that news conference in l to leave that news conference in

uvalde tech says a damning conclusion looking at the way that the law enforcement agencies handled that entire mass shootings for the merit darlin', you can see on the left there, the us attorney general raising massive questions about the way police headed eight —— american darlin'. police arrived at the elementary school they finally entered the classroom where students and teachers were terrified, trapped inside the classroom for more than an hour with the gunmen and another shocking revelation coming from the investigation is that relatives of those who had died in that mass shooting were told by the police that their loved ones had survived. they said that victims deserved better and they've outlined in that report some 273 recommendations

about how the police should handle these kinds of incidents. they say these kinds of incidents. they say the police on that day did not follow active shooter practices. of course on that day in 2022 to teachers and 19 children were killed in the massacre, which we heard shattered families in that small community. we have more on the bbc news website including a live page which you can see they which has details of what's been said at that news conference. this is bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a look at the rest of the days headlines. the bbc understands indian owned tata steel is to push ahead with plans to close both blast furnaces at its port talbot works in south wales. the move is expected to lead to the loss of up to 3,000 jobs. nurses, teachers and civil servants are among tens of thousands

walking out over pay — in northern ireland's biggest ever strike. a report into the deadly uvalde school shooting in texas in 2022 has criticised the police response to the attack as a failure. and as a sweep in the us department ofjustice has had to say... the departments — ofjustice has had to say... the departments can _ ofjustice has had to say... tue: departments can collusion of ofjustice has had to say... tt9 departments can collusion of major failures, failures in leadership, tactics, communications, in training and in preparedness were made by law enforcement and others responding to the mass shooting. that enforcement and others responding to the mass shooting.— the mass shooting. that is the us attorney general _ the mass shooting. that is the us attorney general merrick - the mass shooting. that is the us attorney general merrick garland | attorney general merrick garland delivering those damning remarks on the way the police handled the uvalde school shooting. now for sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. let's start with the action

at the australian open and an incredible match between anna blinkova and elena rybakhina. blinkova won it, beating one of the tournament favourites, in a deciding set—tie break which broke records. 42 points between them meant it was the longest tie—break, in a women's singles match, in grand slam history. blinkova winning that 22—20. taking the match two sets to one. the unseeded russian, then, into the third round — and said it would be a day she'll remember for the rest of her life. jessica pegula is another of the top players out. the fifth seeded american was beaten in straight sets to france's clara burel. who'd never beaten a top ten player before, but won comfortably, in just over an hour. the women's number one iga swiatek managed to survive a scare against american danielle collins — she came through that match in three sets to reach the third round.

the four time grand slam champion is chasing a first title in melbourne and she overturned a double break deficit in the deciding set. win, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. emma raducanu's tournament is over — the british player struggled with sickness, in an exhausting match lasting nearly three hours against chinese player wang yafan. against chinese player wang yafan, who won 6—4, 4—6, 6—4. raducanu was playing only her fourth match after wrist and ankle surgeries which kept her out for eight months. the men singles, approaching 4am local time by the time the number three managed to find his way through to the next round. number three seed daniil medvedev had a major scare before beating emil ruusuvuori. the finnish number 50 seed had a two set lead against the russian, who eventually fought back to win

sets to two, after four hours and 23 minutes. great shots and skills throughout the foot of good sportsmanship as well. the spaniard proving too much in the end. his best performance at the australian open at making it all the australian open at making it all the way to round three. cameron orie, the british number one was two sets down losing the second on a tiebreak. it was a grueling match, nori needing medical timeout as well as players coping with two rain delays. just the third time he has come back from two sets down to win a grand slam matching his career. —— cameron norrie. casper coming through to make it to the third round. great britain women's hockey team have lost their olympic qualifier

semi final against belgium in valencia. despite a late comeback, belgium won the match 3—2 and have secured their place in paris — great britain will now play ireland on saturday in the third place play off, for the final qualifying spot. africa coast taken on nigeria with a disappointing match of the campaign. i can tell you it is goal is late in the first half. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. later egypt are looking for their first win of the competition. for theirfirst win of the competition, against ghana. they needed a late mo salah equaliser in their opening match against mozambique. they're after a record—extending eighth afcon title but are up

against a side who haven't won the tournament for 42 years. australia are into the last 16 of the asian cup, with a game to spare in the groups — after beating syria 1—0 earlier. jackson irvine with the only goal of the game, in the second half. palestine have a chance to respond. they've kicked off against the uae. currently goalless as you can see. a lost combined with the victory or drawer by iran against hong kong would end their hopes of progression into the knockout stages. and that's all the sport for now. you can stay up—to—date on the bbc sport website. sad news just sad newsjust coming out sad news just coming out of india. we're hearing from officials that at least 15 people, including 13 children have drawn after a boat capsized in the west of the country. the incident happened with students travelling to a picnic organised by

a school. dozens of people joined a frantic search for survivors around the lake near where the boat capsized. hospitals superintended and confirmed that 15 people had died. india's prime minister two prime minister shared his thoughts and typically on x, formally known as twitter. mr modi saying in his message "my thoughts are with the bereaved families in this hour of grief for that made be injured recover soon. "the local administration is providing all possible assistance to those affected. the home state of prime minister modi. fatal boat accidents are unfortunately common in india. at last year at least 22 people were killed when their double—decker tourist boat capsized in the southern indian state. survivors

told the local media and many passengers were not wearing life jackets. we will have more on that story from india when we get it. at the moment confirmation that at least 15 people drowned in india as a boat sizes. now to westminster — where rishi sunak has been outlining the next steps for his plan to send some asylum seekers who come to the uk — to rwanda, in central africa. he won a vote in the house of commons on wednesday evening for legislation which declares rwanda to be a safe country. the new legislation was brought in after the uk's supreme court ruled it could not go ahead as previously draughted. the prime minister had to face down a potential rebellion from inside his own conservative party — some of his mps said it didn't go far enough, while others fear it could violate international law. it might face even more opposition from the house of lords — or once again in the courts. this is an urgent national priority.

the treaty with rwanda is signed and the legislation which deems rwanda a safe country has been passed unamended in our elected chamber. there's only one question — will the opposition and the appointed house of lords try and frustrate the will of the people as expressed by the elected house or will they get on board and do the right thing? prime minister rishi sunak defending his policy. the scottish national party, shejoins us his policy. the scottish national party, she joins us from his policy. the scottish national party, shejoins us from her constituency. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. what is your reaction to the prime ministers comments? it’s reaction to the prime ministers comments?— reaction to the prime ministers comments? �*, :, :, , comments? it's more of these same there's increasingly _ comments? it's more of these same there's increasingly desperate - there's increasingly desperate rhetoric from the prime minister. his plans are absolutely toxic. they are irredeemably awful, their

unlawful and it's more and more of this right wing extremist toxic playbook that the tories are engaging in. it's simply depressing. we know that it won't work. and actually, the way the tories are looking at this whole issue of people coming to the shores is so wrongheaded. really something that is on representative of scotland's boys or values. he certainly does not speakfor us. boys or values. he certainly does not speak for us.— boys or values. he certainly does not speak for us. how do you know this oli not speak for us. how do you know this policy won't — not speak for us. how do you know this policy won't work? _ not speak for us. how do you know this policy won't work? the - this policy won't work? the government says they've done this deal with rwanda for the rwanda has been giving funds to make sure it will work for that what makes you argue that it won't work? it will work for that what makes you argue that it won't work?- argue that it won't work? it won't work. argue that it won't work? it won't work- we've _ argue that it won't work? it won't work. we've seen _ argue that it won't work? it won't work. we've seen the _ argue that it won't work? it won't work. we've seen the evidence i argue that it won't work? it won'tj work. we've seen the evidence of that in various ways already. can ou that in various ways already. can you outline _ that in various ways already. can you outline what _ that in various ways already. can you outline what that evidence is?

that in various ways already. can i you outline what that evidence is? i will if i can continue for that there's been huge sums of money ploughed into this scheme. regardless, since the signing of the treaty that there have been huge numbers that have continued to travel. can we go back to principals here? these are people who are travelling because they are desperate. they are in the most dire and terrible situations. they are travelling here and they are doing so because they are fleeing something awful. instead of dealing with these people with care and compassion they ought to receive from us, from the uk government is acting like some kind of traffic and trying to send them off to rwanda, regardless of the fact that we know that this is not a safe place for them to be sent to. they have no links there. as we've seen through the various court conversations that have happened this is not something

that can be considered to be lawful. the uk government is saying is lawful and fair the uk government is saying is lawfuland fairand the uk government is saying is lawful and fair and reasonable does not make it so.— not make it so. what is your party solution to — not make it so. what is your party solution to stopping _ not make it so. what is your party solution to stopping people - not make it so. what is your party solution to stopping people or - solution to stopping people or making those extremely dangerous journeys across the channel to come to the uk? _, , . to the uk? under the conservative government _ to the uk? under the conservative government safe _ to the uk? under the conservative government safe haven _ to the uk? under the conservative government safe haven in - to the uk? under the conservative government safe haven in legal. government safe haven in legal routes for people to make these kind ofjuries have been removed. there is no way to claim asylum other than to actually be here. there's a significant amount that the uk government should be doing. they should be dealing properly with the people who are already here, they certainly are not. it is a huge backlog and that's unacceptable and unfair to all caught up in the situation. they should absolutely be looking at how to make it possible for people to come here in a safe and legal way so that their claims can be scrutinised. they should be looking at how they deal with people

who are here as well. who would have a contribution to make here if they were allowed to make such a contribution.— were allowed to make such a contribution. would your party advocate for _ contribution. would your party advocate for having _ contribution. would your party advocate for having third - contribution. would your party - advocate for having third countries to process asylum applications? t to process asylum applications? i think that there's far too much to process asylum applications? t think that there's far too much of that kind of conversation going on. off shoring refugees is particularly in an edifying way of dealing with people who are trying to flee from terror, famine, all kinds of very difficult situations that we know are happening across the world. they need to do much better at dealing with the people who are trying to flee from the situations. most are coming nowhere year the uk, most people who have to flee their country actually say in the next country actually say in the next country because they are seeking to go home. the uk government also need to get far better at dealing with people who are in situations of

peril, trying to make their way here for the one—day could put safe and legal routes in place so people can be dealt with in a more humane and sensible manner. there is a huge irony in the uk government having their psychodrama amongst... taste irony in the uk government having their psychodrama amongst... we will have to stop — their psychodrama amongst... we will have to stop you _ their psychodrama amongst... we will have to stop you there. _ their psychodrama amongst... we will have to stop you there. thank - their psychodrama amongst... we will have to stop you there. thank you - have to stop you there. thank you for bringing us your thoughts and your party position on that story. we will go straight to uvalde texas and hearfrom family members of those who were impacted by that school shooting in 2022.- school shooting in 2022. these families along _ school shooting in 2022. these families along with _ school shooting in 2022. these families along with my - school shooting in 2022. these l families along with my wonderful co—counsel erin. erin and i have been asked by 17 families, 16 of whom have lost children to investigate and evaluate potential legal action. investigate and evaluate potential legalaction. in investigate and evaluate potential legal action. in a moment we will

turn to the families and they will tell you what their response is to what they've learned and what they are still learning. understand that the report has not been made available but for about an hour or two. it is voluminous as we have heard. most are reaction based on what we heard from the attorney general and his team last night. i want to talk about three things. the first thing i want to say is that the families appreciate the attorney generals commitment to seeing this investigation through. forfamilies investigation through. for families investigation through. forfamilies in this situation transparency and comfort and knowing that your government and state is listening to you and concerned of what you went through is critically important. they have a got a lot of that from the state of texas. for them that is very much appreciated. notjust that

the dod has taken this investigation seriously but the attorney general himself, i think you saw him express empathy and is very appreciated by the families. there are limitations though. these families didn't need a 500 page government report to learn that law enforcement failed them in an historic way. they didn't need the report that law enforcement violated its most sacred responsibility and that is to protect our children in a time of great need. they didn't need that for that why didn't they need that? because they where they were there. some had ar 15 and pointed at them as they desperately try to help with law enforcement wouldn't. they were there as their children were being killed while law enforcement was

paralyzed, paralyzed, they were there. so they did not need to learn that. the details of the investigation will come out for whatever value they provide. it's important to understand... let's just refresh our recollection about what happened that day. within minutes really, hundreds of heavily armed law enforcement officers where they are from all different agencies. the dea was there, border patrol was there. the uvalde police were there. the school police were there, county police, texas marshalls were there. it was a convergence of heavily armed and mostly very well trained law enforcement agents. you would think that they were fighting to protect a major army from invading us on our borders as we would like our law

enforcement to protect us. but who was on the other side of this epic battle? what were they afraid of? were they afraid of an 18—year—old kid? this 18—year—old, lets remember was about five foot five or five foot six. he was £140 soaking wet. were they really afraid of this kid? no. they were afraid of his weapon. and it turns out that even some of these well—trained officers are human beings and guess what? we have learned from this event, parkland and other events with law enforcement got cold feet. these people were scared. they were scared because they are human beings and they were scared of getting killed. and they waited around while somebody else was going to be brave enough to intervene. the questions that are not answered in this report

are significantly more important than the questions that are. this 18—year—old kid was able to walk into a store down the street and acquire a military weapon, a daniel defence ar 15. in about a week he acquired another one. the day he turned 18 he had made his decision long enough in advance, in fact, he ordered 6030 round magazines. they were delivered to his home. how did that happen? where is the government investigation on how this kid got this firepower? the other thing that happened is he ordered over 1700 rounds of ammunition from an online m0 rounds of ammunition from an online mo dealer. how can that happen? where is the investigation on that -- m0 where is the investigation on that —— mo dealer. how did this 18—year—old kid even know enough to equip himself in this way? what

happened? what are the means by which government companies are marketing these weapons to our children —— gun companies. where is the role of marketing in the gun companies in this report? there is no fault or investigation whatsoever. the truth is you can respond to in active shooting but let's not delude ourselves, you might be able to save a few lives but we can't accept that that's the best we can do. over 12 years ago after the city hook shooting shattered families went to the united states senate and they begged, they pleaded, they said to our elected officials, "it's too late for us, our children were just killed by a kid, a troubled kid under 21 who used an ar 15 to kill

our children. "put up they said to help us, you can help us by help us by helping others. you can help us. and congress turned their back on these families. and congress turned their back. by the way, they use sandy hook families were the only families to plead, to beg and say let's protect our children. there are other families, let's protect our children. there are otherfamilies, every let's protect our children. there are other families, every mass shooting that occurs almost, there are families pleading with the government to do something for the parkland families at the same thing. they said, ok, how about now? let's limit the access to these weapons to children, killed two kids 18 years old. and congress turned their nose at these parkland families. in the attorney general is here, nobody can

fault the attorney general for his commitment for this, for these families and is very moving and its entire office. i applaud them in their effort. but the attorney general would not be here, none of his team would be here, i would be standing here, most importantly, these wonderfulfamilies standing here, most importantly, these wonderful families would be standing here pleading, talking about what happened that day. you wouldn't be here. if congress had just listened to the sandy hook families, listen to parkland, you know who would be here? if a morale us, uzziah garcia...— us, uzziah garcia... where leaving a very moving — us, uzziah garcia... where leaving a very moving moment _ us, uzziah garcia... where leaving a very moving moment as _ us, uzziah garcia... where leaving a very moving moment as the - us, uzziah garcia... where leaving a very moving moment as the lawyer. us, uzziah garcia... where leaving a l very moving moment as the lawyer for the families of those who died in the families of those who died in the uvalde shooting is reading out the uvalde shooting is reading out

the names of the victims. it follows a damning report which criticises quite strongly the way that law enforcement agencies handle that incident. you are watching bbc news. hello there. good evening. staying very cold again today across the uk, but things are about to change weather—wise into the weekend. now, england, wales and northern ireland woke up to the coldest morning so far this winter. lots of weak, wintry sunshine around for most, but blizzard—like conditions across northern scotland, with brisk northerly to north—westerly winds and heavy snow showers. the focus for those snow showers tomorrow will change slightly, more towards the west with more of a westerly wind, staying cold and then turning milder, wetter and very windy as we head through the weekend and the start of next week. now, overnight tonight, there'll still be some snow showers across these western hills in particular, perhaps driving further eastwards. icy stretches, brisk westerly winds blowing. a few wintry showers for northern areas of northern ireland, icy stretches certainly here.

and there'll be some freezing fog patches forming, most likely, i think, across the east midlands, perhaps into eastern areas of wales. a sharp widespread frost yet again, but not quite as cold for most as it was last night. and then tomorrow, we start to draw in more of a south—westerly wind. it'll start to feel a little less cold through the day. still plenty of snow showers through the morning across these north—western hills of scotland, but turning increasingly back to rain and sleet to lower levels. still some hill snow, though, as we go through the afternoon. a few wintry showers maybe for northern ireland, but for most, it will stay dry and temperatures more widely will rise to between 4 and 6 degrees celsius, turning windier towards those western coasts later on through the day. and then as we head through friday night, our high pressure starts to spill away towards the east, allowing for these weather fronts to approach from the atlantic. they're going to drive their way eastwards, bringing strong winds — look at the squeeze in the isobars — and some heavy downpours of rain as we head through the weekend, but also some much milder air. so, in a little more detail, i think many of us will wake up

to temperatures just slightly above freezing as we head through the day on saturday, perhaps a little bit below towards the south—east of england. there'll be some heavy rain, particularly out towards western coasts, and some strong, gusty winds at times, too, but temperatures starting to rise. we could even see double figures for western areas as we head through the afternoon on saturday potentially. here's the outlook for our capital cities. already, met office weather warnings in force for heavy rain, for strong, gusty winds through the day on sunday as another front pushes its way eastwards. but much milder conditions, 12 or 13 degrees celsius, later in the weekend.

tonight at six, we're live in belfast as northern ireland faces its biggest day of strike action in a generation. health care workers, bus drivers and teachers are among among those who have walked out in a dispute over pay. you know, why is a teacher in england worth £5,000 more than me? why is a teacher in scotland worth approximately £8,500 more than me? union leaders say workers are being used as pawns in negotiations with westminster about restoring power sharing at stormont. also on the programme: 3,000 jobs at risk as tata steel says it will go ahead with plans to close blast furnaces in south wales. we talk to 91—year—old betty —

the oldest victim of the post office scandal.