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 the failures end today. and that local officials... do what wasn't done that day. pakistan carries out strikes on what it calls �*terrorist hideouts�* in iran's border province days after iranian attacks on pakistan. 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 officers rushed to the scene — but it took more than an hour for them to confront him. in that time, the gunman murdered i9 students and two 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, and he called the police —— he said the victims deserved better. in the hours and days after, it was a failure that should not have happened. we was a failure that should not have happened.— have happened. we hope to honour the _ have happened. we hope to honour the victims - have happened. we hope to honour the victims and - have happened. we hope to honour the victims and the l 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. 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 this community doesn't care. and i hope that this i hope this makes sure. i hope that the failures end today and the local officials do what wasn't done that day, do right by the victims and survivors of robb elementary. terminations. criminal prosecutions. our state and federal government enact sensible gun laws because robb elementary began the day an 18—year—old was allowed to purchase an ar15. emma vardy is our north america correspondent. what changes may come from the report? it correspondent. what changes may come from the report?— come from the report? it made emotional— come from the report? it made emotional reading _ come from the report? it made emotional reading for - come from the report? it made emotional reading for the - emotional reading for the families of the victims. hundreds of pages in this report. failure afterfailure was laid out in black and white. as for any changes, well, the city of uvalde says

there have already been changes in procedure in, 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. there's also a criminal investigation that's been going on alongside this. there's the possibility that charges could be brought. families have said they want to push for resignations for the police officers who made the greatest mistakes that day. 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 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 it was — someone had barricaded themselves in, and they didn't identify this as a gunman who was active. if they had, then the protocol was to force entry to a classroom to apprehend the 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. some 77 minutes passed with police outside from when they first arrived to when they actually apprehended the gunman. these are all criticisms and failings that many victims' families knew about already, but they've really seen it laid out very clearly today. and all those missed opportunity where they potentially could have saved lives. �* . ., ., lives. and emma, we heard from the us attorney-general- lives. and emma, we heard from the us attorney-general as - lives. and emma, we heard from the us attorney-general as well| the us attorney—general as well as the victims' families, that those guns belonged to the battlefield, not in schools. but has this brought up that debate again about access to guns? debate again about access to nuns? , ., , debate again about access to nuns? , ., ., , guns? yes, it always does, after every _ guns? yes, it always does, after every mass _ guns? yes, it always does, after every mass shooting. | guns? yes, it always does, - after every mass shooting. this was one of the worst in us history with 19 children killed, a statement after that report came out today, came from presidentjoe biden, saying there needs to be stricter gun laws to help

prevent this type of mass shooting in future. it's an argument that cycles around again and again, when these tragedies happen.— again and again, when these tragedies happen. emma vardy re ”ortin tragedies happen. emma vardy reporting there. _ reporting there. the un secretary—general has urged both iran and pakistan to exercise maximum restraint, to avoid further heightening tensions. it follows pakistan's launching missile strikes into iran, two days after some iranian airstrikes on iranian air strikes on pakistan. iranian airstrikes on pakistan. the two iranian air strikes on pakistan. the two countries share a border and they've long accused each other of having militant groups along the frontier. 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 baluchestan 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 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. the remote province is located in the far south—west corner of pakistan and bordering iran.

our correspondent is there and spent us this update. the timing is very important. this escalation has occurred just days before a general election in pakistan, where an interim government is in place, and election campaign is in full swing. for many here, this is an almost unprecedented incident between the two nations that otherwise boast of historical brotherly ties, but this also is a fact that both iran and pakistan have long been accusing each other of harbouring militant groups. speaking of the public sentiment here in balochistan, we see that people are supporting pakistan's response. they do acknowledge it could mean — it could raise escalation between the two countries, but they also think this was needed to bring both the countries, to get the countries to step back from the brink. reporting from balochistan.

earlier, i also spoke to madiha afzal. i asked earlier, i also spoke to madiha afzal. iasked her why earlier, i also spoke to madiha afzal. i asked her why she thought iran was compelled to attack pakistan. this seems to have come as a surprise to pakistan. it was a unilateral strike that took pakistan's political class by surprise and angered it. iran may be trying to show its assertiveness in the region, in the post—october 7 time frame. and the strike in pakistan was just one of the strikes it's undertaken. it's something unrelated to the other strikes. in this — it's responding not to any immediate attack on its territory, by this balochistan militant group it struck in pakistan, but attacks in the past. and it's the most

proximate attack that took place was in early january, where, you know, dozens of iranianance —— iranians were killed, but that's not by this militant group. the response it undertook the iraq and syria was related to that, the response in pakistan seems to have been bundled by that. taking advantage of pakistan's own internal turmoil to also bundle the strike in the 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 iran actually wants the same? ~' ,., think iran actually wants the same? ~ ., �* ~ same? i think so. i don't think it benefits _ same? i think so. i don't think it benefits iran, _ same? i think so. i don't think it benefits iran, which - same? i think so. i don't think it benefits iran, which had - it benefits iran, which 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 did so in a careful and deliberate manner, targeting what it said were baluch militants were on iranian soil. they are separatist militants. it again, you know, made those strikes yesterday. but then used de—escalatory language, an off—ramp in its very carefully crafted statements afterwards. iran again said it was angered by this, but also used conciliationry language. it should be in its interest to take that off—ramp. 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 a further two missiles at a us tanker ship. the launched a further two missiles at a us tanker ship.— at a us tanker ship. the us sa s at a us tanker ship. the us says it's — at a us tanker ship. the us says it's not _ at a us tanker ship. the us says it's not at _ at a us tanker ship. the us says it's not at war - at a us tanker ship. the us says it's not at war with - at a us tanker ship. the usj says it's not at war with the houthis, despite having launched more strikes on its basesin launched more strikes on its bases in yemen. we'll have more on the impact on the shipping industry on asia business report. meanwhile, israel's prime minister has voiced his sharpest rejection of the creation of a palestinian state when the war in gaza ends. mr netanyahu said that israel needed security control over the entire territory west of the entire territory west of the jordan the entire territory west of thejordan river, for the foreseeable future. he accepted that this clashed with the principle of palestinian sovereignty. a us state department spokesperson insisted there was no way to ensure israel's long—term security without the establishment of a palestinian state.

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. this video shows two teenage boys sentenced to 12 years of hard labour. footage like this is rare, because north korea forbids photos and videos from being leaked to the outside world, but the video was provided to the bbc, a research institute that worse with defectors from the north.

this clip has reportedly been distributed in north korea as a warning to its citizens. the sand institute says that his own gang sees the rise of k—drama in kapok as an aberration to sakkari as a threat to its ideology. in 2020 made watching south korean intimate punishable by death. at the fact of north korea splits the bbc on thursday and said that if you get caught watching an american trauma you can get away with the bride but if you get caught watching a korean drama you get shot. they also said that for north koreans, k—drama are a truck that help them forget their difficult reality. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. this might look like a pleasant video of wildlife frolicking in the forest of dean but take a look at this

dear�*s head. dean but take a look at this dear's head.— dear's head. the crossbow entered — dear's head. the crossbow entered from _ dear's head. the crossbow entered from the - dear's head. the crossbow entered from the side - dear's head. the crossbow entered from the side of. dear's head. the crossbow i entered from the side of the back of the head. sealed off and gone between the skull and the ear, behind the ear. so that it the ear, behind the ear. so thatitis the ear, behind the ear. so that it is hanging out. but we know that the sire, survivor at least a week because this man first spotted around christmas time. he did not get a clear photo of it back then so he came back recently and within five minutes found the deer and took this video.— took this video. deeply moved b what took this video. deeply moved by what he _ took this video. deeply moved by what he had _ took this video. deeply moved by what he had seen, - took this video. deeply moved by what he had seen, dave - by what he had seen, dave handed the video to police. , i felt sorry for it. really did. that bo could have totally missed gone into the dense part of the forest and hit somebody. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc website. your live with bbc

news. 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 its successful. i'm joined now by elizabeth tasker, who's associate professor at the japan aerospace exploration agency. she explained what was so different about this lunar expedition.— different about this lunar exedition. ., expedition. normally when you land on the _ expedition. normally when you land on the moon _ expedition. normally when you land on the moon with - land on the moon with conventional planting techniques, your accuracy is somewhere between a few to tens of kilometres, which is actually quite far. on the other hand, the slim landing attempted tonight injapan time is going to try and land within 100m of the target sight and it is going to attempt to land on a slope. neither of the things

has been attempted before. they are important because we have become more picky about where we want to land on celestial bodies like the moon and mars. we now have from other missions and amazing surface maps of the moon and that means scientists are now saying, 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 are going to be able to achieve that. assuming everything goes well tonight. so this is the precision navigation technologies your talk about which sounds very complicated but very important. what is next for generally forjapan because 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 highly international initiative to bring humans back

to the moon. technology for slim is part of this because if you want to send crude missions to the moon or even mars in the future you are going to want to investigate particular areas of the body, for example landing near potential resources that could support a human crew on the surface. so technology like slim will be feeding into programmes like artemis to help us extend human existence outside of the earth in the future. one minute left on the program but the space race is heating up. where does japan fit into this? from my perspective, i think the greatest thing about exploration, space exploration is the collaborations. for example in 2026 japan will launch the martian moons explanation mission mmx to collect a sample from the mars moon phoebus, and this is a highly international mission and to have a roof or developed by the german space agencies and

we have instruments development by these french species disease and one developed by nasa and we are also working with others so this is a global initiative to go on and find out more about the martian sphere. fortu nately we fortunately we have a bit more than a minute left on the programme. than a minute left on the programme-— than a minute left on the programme. than a minute left on the rouramme. , ,, ., programme. lets tell you other stories. tata steel is to go ahead with plans to close both blast furnaces at its port talbot steelworks in the uk. up to 3,000 jobs could go and is expected to be formally announced tomorrow. 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. let's take a look at some other stories in the 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 was travelling to a picnic organised by their school, when the vessel capsized. about 5% of poor novel sympathy tower was generated by chat gdp. , , , ., gdp. oppenheimer is leaning the nominations _ gdp. oppenheimer is leaning the nominations for _ gdp. oppenheimer is leaning the nominations for this _ gdp. oppenheimer is leaning the nominations for this year - gdp. oppenheimer is leaning the nominations for this year after i nominations for this year after the awards, the uk version of oscar. christopher nolan's epic 0scar. christopher nolan's epic about the creation of atomic bomb has 13 nominations.

discharged and preparing for glory, is this the year director christopher nolan wins his first ever after. 0ppenheimer has 13 nominations, including best actorfor including best actor for cillian murphy, as the theoretical physicist behind theoretical physicist behind the atomic bomb. this theoretical physicist behind the atomic bomb.— theoretical physicist behind the atomic bomb. this is the best day ever. _ the atomic bomb. this is the best day ever. maybe - the atomic bomb. this is the best day ever. maybe not. the atomic bomb. this is the | best day ever. maybe not the best day ever. maybe not the best day ever. maybe not the best day for _ best day ever. maybe not the best day for barbie _ best day ever. maybe not the best day for barbie with - best day ever. maybe not the best day for barbie with just. best day for barbie with just five chances next month. the most popular movie across the world last year but not in the running for best film. producer bar, margot robbie is up for best director. saltburn also has five nominations including outstanding british film. its writer—director is emerald purnell. writer-director is emerald purnell. , , writer-director is emerald purnell. , purnell. saltburn is an entirely _ purnell. saltburn is an entirely british - purnell. saltburn is an entirely british crew, l purnell. saltburn is an l entirely british crew, we purnell. 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. something

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you so much for watching. 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 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 6:00 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 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 southeast 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 the 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 over 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 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. the cost of living — inflation in japan hits the cost of living — inflation injapan hits the highest level injapan hits the highest level in more than four decades last year. is this the end of its lost decades? hi there. welcome to the asia business report. as we've been reporting on news day, yemen's houthi movement says it has targeted another ship in the gulf of aden. this is the

latest attack in the red sea,