welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines. a scathing report concludes the police response to the uvalde school massacre in texas was a "failure". i hope that the failures end today, and that. local officials... she cries. ..do what wasn't done that day, do right by the victims- pakistan carries out strikes on what it calls �*terrorist hideouts�* in iran's border province — days after iranian attacks on pakistan. the bbc understands tata steel is to close blast furnaces in port talbot, with the loss of up to 3,000 jobs. and japan looks to the stars as it plans the country's first ever moon landing.

we begin in uvalde, texas, where a long—awaited report into a deadly school shooting has been highly critical of the police. it found, what they describe, as a cascading failures of leadership, decision—making, tactics, policy and training. when the gunman burst into robb elementary school in 2022 hundreds of police officer rushed to the scene — but it took more than an hour for them to confront him. in that time, the gunman murdered 19 students and 2 teachers. that delay sparked outrage among the victims�* families and across the us more widely, and it prompted the us

department ofjustice to investigate, producing today's report that runs 600 pages long. the us attorney general — merrick garland — visited families in uvalde, said the victims and survivors of the mass shooting deserved better. the law enforcement response at robb elementary school on may 24th, 2022, and in the hours and days after was a failure that should not have happened. we hope to honour the victims and the survivors by working together to try to prevent anything like this from ever happening again here or anywhere. another deeply distressing day for the families of all those who were killed. let's hear from some of them — who commented after seeing the report. this... it's hard enough waking up every day

and continuing to walk out on these streets and walk to an heb or drive to an heb and see a cop that, you know, was standing there while our babies were murdered and bleeding out. it's hard enough that. but this community doesn't care and i hope that this i hope this makes you all. i hope that the failures end today and that local officials... ..do what wasn't done that day do right by the victims and survivors of robb elementary, terminations, criminal prosecutions. and that our state and federal government enact sensible gun laws because rob elementary began the day an 18—year—old was allowed to purchase an ar 15. 0ur north america correspondent — emma vardy — she told me how the report had

been received by families. it made really emotional reading today for the families of the victims. hundreds of pages in this report. failure after failure was laid out in black and white. as for any changes, well, the city of uvalde says that there have already been changes in procedure and better training for officers. but what families are calling for is for officers themselves, the ones who were most culpable for those mistakes to be held accountable. and there is also a criminal investigation which is going on has been going on alongside this, and there is the possibility that charges could be brought. families have also said they want to push for resignations for the police officers who made the greatest mistakes that day. and what was really highlighted in this report was one of the biggest errors, which then led to such a long time passing before they actually entered the classroom and apprehended the shooter, was that they arrived on scene and instead of going into the classroom where there was a gunman active, well, instead they assessed

the situation and believed that it was somebody who had barricaded themselves in and they didn't identify this as a gunman who was active. and if they had, then the protocol would have been to force entry to a classroom to apprehend a gunman as soon as they could. but that didn't happen. and that left these students and teachers trapped inside the school with this active gunman. and some 77 minutes passed with police outside from when they first arrived to when they actually apprehended the gunman. so these are all criticisms and failings which many victims families knew about already, but they've really seen it laid out very clearly today and all those missed opportunities where they potentially could have saved lives. and emma, we heard from the us attorney general as well as the victim's family, that those guns belong to the battlefields, not in schools. but has this actually brought up that debate again over access to guns among lawmakers and the us public? yes, it always does. after every mass shooting. and this was one of the worst in us us history with 19

children killed. a statement after that report came out today came from presidentjoe biden saying there need to be stricter gun laws to help prevent this type of mass shooting in future. but it is a argument that you see that cycles around again and again when these tragedies happen. the un secretary—general has urged iran and pakistan to exercise maximum restraint to avoid further heightening tensions. it follows pakistan's launching missile strikes into iran — two days after similar iranian air strikes on pakistan. the two countries share a border — and they have long accused each other of having militant groups along the frontier. 0ur pakistan correspondent caroline davies is in the capital islamabad for us. rubble and dust. the aftermath of today's strike by pakistan in iran. nine killed, say iran's state media, children and women among them. pakistan says this was about national security.

pakistan undertook a series of highly coordinated, and specifically targeted, precision military strikes against terrorist hideouts in sistan and balochistan province of iran. this action is a manifestation of pakistan's unflinching resolve to protect and defend its national security against all threats. most are seeing pakistan's attack as a response to this — iran's missile strike inside pakistan two days ago, on what it claims was a terrorist base. pakistan says two children died. iran's justification is strikingly similar to pakistan's. translation: we won'tl allow them to play games with our national security. when it comes to the security of our country, we won't stand upon ceremony with terrorists in pakistan. iran has been trying to show its strength

in the region with strikes in syria and iraq, too. now it's seen a strike on its own soil and there are fears things could escalate. despite this strike, pakistan says it doesn't want a fight. and you can see the background to this. the economy here is weak. there's political instability. there's an election due in less than a month, and there are already difficult relations with india and neighbouring afghanistan. iran, too, has plenty occupying it, but there's real concern about how it might react. the hope is that they would use one of the many channels they have available to them, foreign office, the embassy in islamabad, the military channels that it has open to it, in order to reach out and try and de—escalate the situation. and there are some indications that that might actually be the case. but considering that the first strike itself was unprecedented, so what iran does next from a kinetic standpoint is anybody�*s guess. iran has condemned pakistan's attack. the question is, will that be all it does? caroline davies,

bbc news, islamabad. madiha afzal is a fellow in the foreign policy programme at brookings, the author of "pakistan under siege: extremism, society, and the state". and i asked her why she thought iran was compelled to attack pakistan. i think this seems to have come as a surprise to pakistan. and it was a unilateral strike that seems to have taken pakistan's at least political class and public by surprise and angered it. i think iran may be trying to show its assertiveness in the region. in the post october 7th timeframe and the strike in pakistan was just one of the strikes that's undertaken, it's somewhat unrelated to the other strikes it's undertaken. and in this, it's responding not to any immediate attack on its territory by this baluch militant group that it struck in pakistan. but attacks in the past and it's the most proximate attack that that took place was in early

january where, you know, dozens of iranians were killed. but that was not by this militant group. but and so that's the response that it undertook in iraq and syria was related to that. the response in pakistan seems to just have been bundled with that, taking advantage, perhaps, of pakistan's own internal turmoil to also bundle the strike in this set of strikes this week. it appears, as we heard in caroline's report, pakistan is keen to de—escalate, referring to brotherly relations. do you think iran actually wants the same? i think so. i don't think it benefits iran, which has had friendly relations with pakistan. and it talked about those brotherly relations this week as well, to have an open conflict with pakistan.

pakistan had no choice but to respond, but it seems to have done so in a very careful, deliberate, kind of targeted manner, targeting what it says were baluch militants on iranian soil, that baluch militants that strike pakistan that are sort of separatist baluch militants. and it again, you know, pakistan sort of made that those strikes yesterday, but then use the escalatory language, kind of an off ramp, if you will, in its very carefully crafted statement afterwards. iran, again, you know, sort of said that it was angered by this, but also used conciliatory language. so i think what iran does next is sort of anybody�*s guess, but it should be in its interest to take that off ramp for de—escalation. staying in the region, iran is of course a supporter of the houthi rebels in yemen. and in the last few hours, the united states has said it's launched further air strikes on the houthis.

a spokesman said the strikes destroyed houthi missiles that were being prepared for use in the red sea region. the latest strikes come a day after an american—owned commercial vessel was hit by a drone fired from houthi—controlled territory. we'll have more on the impact on the shipping industry on asia business report. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu has voiced his sharpest rejection of the creation of a palestinian state when the war in gaza ends. in defiance of us foreign policy, mr netanyahu said israel needed security control over the entire territory west of the jordan river for the foreseeable future. he accepted that this clashed with the principle of palestinian sovereignty. a us state department spokesman insisted there was no way to ensure israels long—term security without the establishment of a palestinian state.

tata steel is to go ahead with plans to close both blast furnaces at its port talbot steel works in south wales. up to 3,000 jobs could go and is expected to be formally announced tomorrow. the company is due to replace the furnaces with an electric version which is more environmentally friendly, but requires a smaller workforce. hywel griffith reports. forged by over a century of steel making, port talbot is a place dominated by one industry. the site sprawls over three miles. at its heart, two coal—fired blast furnaces, which produce liquid iron. both will be switched off — replaced eventually by one new electric furnace, which recycles scrap steel. it's a cleaner, greener way to make metal, that needs far fewer workers. sean fears his part of the plant will close. a lot of anger, frustration.

disappointment is probably the biggest word. and disbelief. it's just been handled absolutely appallingly, in my opinion. but the news is out now, so we've just got to deal with it. britain's second biggest steelworks, in scunthorpe, is also going electric. it may mean the uk will no longer produce its own so—called "virgin steel" from scratch. steel's important because it has a place in all our lives. from construction to cars, from coins to tin cans, it all starts here. but it's an industry with a pollution problem. this site in port talbot is one of the uk's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, responsible for 2% of the uk's carbon emissions. tata has known for years it needs to clean up its act. electric arc furnaces are one way of doing that. so, an electric arc furnace should produce less than half the emissions of a blast furnace. there are a lot of things that will depend on,

it will depend on the material you put in the arc furnace, how much processing that material needs, and also where your electricity is coming from. getting enough renewable energy will be a challenge. trade unions say the plan is decarbonisation on the cheap and are unhappy that thousands of workers will lose theirjobs. at the local school, they fear what that will mean for the next generation. a new freeport has been promised for port talbot. there are plans for a jet fuel plant. but all are years away. at the school's food bank, they know demand will rise. they are not aligning in terms of the timing, so some of these are not going to be implemented for three, five, ten years�* time, but people are losing theirjobs today, so where do they go? where do they work? tata�*s expected to make its formal announcement tomorrow. many here already know they�*ll need to retrain and seek work elsewhere. for them, a greenerfuture is also an uncertain one. hywel griffith, bbc

news, port talbot. the military allience nato has announced that it will begin its biggest military exercise since the cold war next week. around 90,000 troops will take part from more than 30 countries. the operation follows a major overhaul of nato�*s defence plans prompted by russia�*s invasion of ukraine. the exercise, named steadfast defender, will run all the way through to may. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let�*s look at some other stories making news. the independent office for police conduct is to investigate whether there were "missed opportunities" to check on a toddler and his father before they died. bronson battersby is thought to have starved to death in a house in skegness after his father kenneth — had a heart attack. a man has been arrested

as part of an investigation into the alleged escape of daniel khalife from wandsworth prison last september. the 24—year—old was arrested on wednesday morning on suspicion of assisting an offender. police said the man is not a member of staff at the prison. thousands of public sector workers have staged rallies during what was billed as northern ireland�*s largest strike in 50 years. workers left picket lines tojoin rallies in belfast, londonderry, armagh, magherafelt and enniskillen at lunchtime. it caused distruption to bus and train services, schools closed and there is disruption across health services. you�*re live with bbc news. rare footage given to the bbc, shows north korea publicly sentencing two teenage boys for watching tv dramas from south korea. the footage, which appears to have been filmed in 2022, shows two 16—year—old boys

handcuffed in front of hundreds of students at an outdoor stadium. rachel mcadam has the story. south korean entertainment, including tv, is banned in north korea, but some people are willing to risk severe punishment to access k—dramas, which have a huge global audience. this video shows two teenage boys being sentenced to 12 years of hard labour for watching these shows. footage like this is rare because north korea forbids photos and videos or other evidence of life in the country from being leaked to the outside world. but the video was provided to the bbc by north and south development or sand research institute that works with defectors from the north. this clip has reportedly been distributed in north korea as a warning to its citizens. asan says that pyongyang sees

the rise of k—pop k—drama and admiration for south korea as a threat to its ideology. in fact, in 2020, pyongyang introduced a law to make watching south korean entertainment punishable by death a defacto from north korea. spoke to the bbc on thursday and said that if you get caught watching an american drama, you can probably get away with a bribe, but if you get caught watching a korean drama, you get shot. but they also said that for north koreans, k—dramas are a drug that help them forget their difficult reality. let�*s take a look at some other stories in the global headlines. indian officials say at least 15 people, including 13 children and teachers, are thought to have drowned in a boat accident in western india. the group were travelling to a picnic organised by their school, when the vessel ferrying them across harni lake capsized. gujarat officials say more than ten children have been rescued and taken to hospital. thousands of men have queued in northern india

during a recruitment drive to send workers to israel. the on—going war in gaza has led to a shortage of labour, with israel planning to bring in about 70,000 workers. masons, electricians, plumbers and some farmers in haryana state said they were looking for a job with some willing to risk going into a conflict zone. literary critics in japan are divided over the announcement by an author who won a prestigious award that her book was partially written with the help of artificial intelligence. rie kudan said about 5% of her novel �*sympathy tower�* was generated by the chatbot, chatgpt. she said ai had helped to unlock her creativity. the us�*s latest attempt to send a rocket to the moon may have ended in tears, that�*s due to burn up as it re—enters the earth�*s atmosphere too soon, but on the other side of the globe, japan is attempting its own mission. their smart landerfor investigating moon — or slim if you like your spacecraft names to be catchier, could make japan the world�*s fifth country to land on the moon if it�*s successful.

elizabeth tasker is associate professor at the japan aerospace exploration agency. she explained what was so different about this lunar expedition. normally when you land on the moon with conventional landing techniques, your accuracy, like how close you can plan to get to a landing site is somewhere between a few to tens of kilometres, which is obviously quite far. 0n the other hand, the slim landing attended attempted tonight injapan time is going to try and land within 100 metres of the target site and it�*s going to attempt to land on a slope. and neither of these things have been attempted before. and they�*re important because actually we�*ve become more picky about where we want to land on celestial bodies like the moon and mars. we now have from other missions such as jaxa�*s kaguya mission or nasa�*s lunar reconnaissance 0rbiter mission,

amazing surface maps of the moon. and that means that scientists are now saying, "oh, you know, "i don�*tjust want to land. "i want to land near that particular rock "that looks really exciting." so with things like slim technology, we�*re going to be able to achieve that as everything goes well tonight. so this is the precision navigation technologies that you�*re talking about, isn�*t it? which sounds very complicated, but very important. but what is next a more generally forjapan? because the reports suggest that a japanese astronaut could land on the moon with americans next year. yes, japan is part of the artemis programme, which is a us—led but highly international initiative to bring humans back to the moon. and technology for slim is part of this because if you want to send crewed missions to the moon or even to mars in the future, you are going to want to investigate very particular areas of that body.

for example, landing near potential resources that could support a human crew on the surface. so technology like slim, that will be feeding into programmes like artemis to help us extend human existence outside the earth in the future. 0ppenheimer leads the nominations for this year�*s bafta film awards. christopher nolan�*s epic about the creation of the atomic bomb has 13 nominations including best film and best director. it�*s big summer box office rival barbie received five, and missed out on a nod for best film. our culture editor katie razzall has more. detonators charged! discharged and preparing for glory. is this the year director christopher nolan wins his first ever bafta? we're in a race against the nazis. 0ppenheimer has 13 nominations, including best actor for cillian murphy as the theoretical physicist behind the atomic bomb. it's the best day ever. it is the best day ever. maybe not the best day for barbie, withjust five chances of a bafta

win next month. the most popular movie across the world last year, but not in the running for best film, though its producer, margot robbie, is up for best actress. why don�*t you come home with me? come to saltburn. the gothic romance saltburn also has five nominations, including 0utstanding british film, with acting nods for barry keoghan, jacob elordi and rosamund pike. it's given me goose bumps. its writer director is emerald fennell. saltburn is an entirely british crew. we were over 50% women on our cast and crew as well, which meant a great deal to us. and so something like bafta means the world to us. this is bella. the fantastical coming of age comedy poor things is also riding high, with 11 nominations. and the heart—warming 1970s drama the holdovers is up for seven awards... i heard you got stuck - with baby—sitting duties. ..including for paul giamatti as a curmudgeonly teacher and da�*vinejoy randolph as a grieving mother. it really means a lot.

i used to always call it when i was younger, the british 0scars. so, to me it feels like i just got nominated for an oscar today. but amongst bafta�*s omissions, martin scorsese isn�*t on the best directing list for killers of the flower moon. his true crime story about the murders of native americans is up for best film. what was that? but neither leonardo dicaprio nor co—star lily gladstone are nominated. this would be a suicide. though oscar winner robert de niro is, it would be his first ever bafta win. katie razzall, bbc news. now before we go — some news to chew on. false teeth belonging to britain�*s wartime prime minister, winston churchill, are going up for auction in the uk. in 2010, another set of his teeth sold at auction for more than 19,000 dollars.

that�*s all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. the cold wintry snap continued on thursday with more snow that�*s been accumulating across parts of northern scotland also northern ireland around some exposed coast of england and wales as well. this was the picture in highland. we�*ve got several centimetres even right down to sea level, up to a0 centimetres over the higher ground. now, still a cold day to come on friday with some more snow. but milder, windier and wetter weather arrives as we head through the course of the weekend. 0vernight snow continuing to pile in across northern and western scotland in particular. few showers, perhaps northern ireland, north—west england. so some slippery conditions as we start the day on friday around some western areas in particular. temperatures, i think at six in the morning, around about —2, —3 for many of us, a little bit milder, perhaps under the cloud cover across parts of western scotland with the breeze picking up, too.

we�*re going to continue to see snow across scotland, but it�*ll mainly be over the higher ground because later in the day at lower levels, that is going to turn back to rain showers as that slightly milder air moves in. for much of northern ireland, england and wales, mist and fog clear away through the day to leave some sunshine and temperatures will be at that a little bit less cold than recent days. so we�*re looking at highs between around about 4—6 degrees friday afternoon for most of us. and then as we move through into the weekend, we�*ve got this area of high pressure which then moves its way out towards the south—east and that opens the doors for atlantic weather fronts to move their way in. so bringing some rain, some wind and some milder air, you can see the yellow and orange colours returning to the map as that arctic air gets squeezed away towards the east. so for saturday, some fairly heavy rain across parts of england and wales, particularly further north you are, further south and east should stay mostly dry. could be some more rain across parts of scotland and northern ireland as well later on in the day.

just wintry for the highest peaks but i think for most it will be falling as rain. still relatively cool in the south and the east, six or seven, but double figures further west. into sunday the next frontal system moves in. so it�*s really this central swathe of the british isles that are going to be particularly wet. windy, ithink, wherever you are on sunday. gales around exposed coasts and hills too. temperatures in the low teens possibly for some of us in the south. single figures further north. the outlook for the course of next week is for the much milder weather to return but then it will also be windy and often unsettled too. bye— bye.

shipping crisis in the red sea — we speak to the head of the un�*s maritime organisation about protecting the industry as attacks continue in the region. japan inflation — stays among central banks 2% target but slow for the second month in a row. hello and welcome to asia business report. i�*m mariko 0i. we�*ve just learned in the last hour that yemen�*s houthi movement has targeted american ship in the gulf of aden with naval missiles, according to a spokesman for the group. this is the latest attack in the red sea, one of the the world�*s most important trade routes. the head of the un s international maritime organisation

has told the bbc that the attacks are one of the biggest challenges the