more to support them. hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. we begin the programme with a developing story in kansas city, where a time of celebration turned into a scene of violence. local officials say 22 people were hit by gunshots following a super bowl parade on wednesday. police say at least one person is dead and eight more are in hospital with life—threatening injuries. at one of the three hospitals treating patients, 11 of the 12 victims recieving treatment for gunshot wounds are children. in their latest press conferece, police said three suspects have been detained. but they have not determined a motive for the shooting. the parade was to honour the kansas city chiefs, who won the nfl�*s super bowl on sunday. officials say all members of the team are safe. kansas city radio station kkfi says one of its djs was killed in the shooting.

in a post on facebook the station said... lopez leaves behind two children. kansas state representativejo ella hoye was there. it does not feel real yet. i was there with my son. we were rushed out before we realised what was going on. we were oblivious to the danger until we saw people running and getting on the bus, in a panicked and hysterical way, and it was just a bunch of us getting on phones, trying to getting on phones, trying to get in contact with everyone that we knew, in order to make sure that our friends and loved ones were accounted for. kansas city mayor quinton lucas called the attack another mass shooting

statistic in america. we became part of a statistic of too many americans. those who have experienced or been connected to a mass shooting. that is something that i hope we all recognise is highly problematic for all of us. i continue to commend our police officers, firefighters and others who are there to respond instantly. but we also need to figure out a way to make sure that things like this stop happening in our country. president biden has issued a statement on the shooting. he said... the president went

on to highlight that wednesday marked the sixth anniversary of the parkland shooting — when 17 people were killed at stoneman douglas high school in florida. live now to gun safety advocate kris brown, who's president of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. president biden pointing out there that this is the 6th anniversary of the parkland shooting, unfortunately plenty of other anniversaries in between times, has anything significantly changed in the meantime? a lot has changed, actually, at the federal and state level. joe biden has been an incredible leader in the presidency, remarkable what he has accomplished both legislatively with the passage of a federal law, the bipartisan safer communities act, which provided unprecedented funding for

enforcement, for intervention funding, penalties for trafficking of firearms and greatly enhancing the enforcement capabilities of the atf, and in state after state across this country, the gun violence prevention movements in 2018 has no big wins in the passage of extensive background checks, extremist protection laws, and other kinds of protections that are very important. we have had wins, two, former president trump appointed two members of the supreme court who have indicated that they have a very expansive view of the second amendment and there are a number of cases pending. and some more tangible laws that we need to pass our stock in the house of representatives right now, with a leadership that has, is captive to the gun

industry, and that is a uniquely american problem right now. that we hope this election will help to fix. fin now. that we hope this election will help to fix.— will help to fix. on that oint, will help to fix. on that point. you _ will help to fix. on that point, you outlined - will help to fix. on that point, you outlined the| point, you outlined the difference between present biden and president trump during his administration. it is as you say an election year. how highly do expect gun control to feature in the debate? it control to feature in the debate?— debate? it is a stark difference _ debate? it is a stark difference between | debate? it is a stark. difference between the debate? it is a stark- difference between the two. present drop when he ran for office in 2016, one of the single biggest contributor to his campaign was the national rifle association. he escorted them, while being on the campaign trail this time, he uses this as a wedge issue. he has extreme, insurrection wrist, literally, view of the second amendment, and joe biden is someone who knows what it is to lose individuals close to him. he has the bully pulpit and he has used his powers considerably to advance the

agenda in a way that is unprecedented by any person. it is also a top issue for voters, so i expectjoe biden to be campaigning on this issue, and to really show the difference between his agenda, which is protecting americans, ensuring that you have got to work and walk down the street without being shot, it will be a key issue in notjust that they spotin issue in notjust that they spot in state races and in congress this november. for you is not from _ congress this november. for you is not from the _ congress this november. for you is not from the us, _ congress this november. for you is not from the us, kansas - congress this november. for you is not from the us, kansas city i is not from the us, kansas city has open carry gun laws, and missouri state permits concealed carry, although not in sporting venues over a certain size. can you explain what that means the practical sense? fist what that means the practical sense? �* , ., what that means the practical sense? �* ,, ., ' sense? at you look at the 15 mainly contiguous _ sense? at you look at the 15 mainly contiguous states . sense? at you look at the 15| mainly contiguous states and you are ranking which states have the strongest gun laws, you would look at a state like california, and which states have the weakest gun laws, in other words they have almost no

public safety protections enshrined in law, missouri would be one of those states with the weakest laws. to give your viewer some sense of what i mean, just last year, missouri passed a law that restricts, stops, the ability to stop children from carrying firearms in public. that is, evenin firearms in public. that is, even in the united states, that is a very, very extreme law, and it puts folks at risk. why is that? if you are a law enforcement officer, how are you supposed to tell who is a good guy with a garden or a bad guy with a gun? you can't. it is not like people are born in tatters on the forehead that distinguishes them. so, lots of the permitting systems and carrying systems, the laws in states like my state of virginia, part of the reason they are so important is, if i am walking down my street and

brandishing a firearm in public in the state of virginia, it is going to be presumed that that is unlawful to undertake, and law enforcement can act accordingly. in a like missouri, who is to know? that is the real risk that these these insurrection list extremist laws that are being passed in a handful of states like missouri, create real public risk and danger. the debate over _ public risk and danger. the debate over this _ public risk and danger. the debate over this will of course continue but chris brown, president of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has promised to press ahead with a ground offensive into rafah — a city in southern gaza. the city is gaza's last safe zone. around 1.5 million palestinians have relocated to the area. the red cross said an attack could be "disastrous". international criticism has increased since the announcement of the offensive. hundreds of displaced palestinians

sheltering at a hospital in southern gaza are evacuating, after israeli troops surrounding the building ordered them to leave. hamas officials say civilians at the nasser hospital, in the city of khan younis, face a potential massacre", but israeli officials say they are being offered safe passage. despite the international outcry, israel's heels are dug in. earlier on wednesday the country left talks in cairo aimed at releasing hostages and securing a six—week truce with hamas. the palestinian leadership is urging hamas to agree to a ceasefire with israel to avoid further catastrophe. for more on the situation, nick beake sent this report from jerusalem. well, tonight, the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has doubled down. he's told the israeli people, "we will fight until complete "victory, and that includes powerful action," as he put it, "in the city of rafah after we allow the civilian population to leave the battle zones." those were his words tonight,

and i think what he's basically saying or what he's indicating is, despite all these warnings from the united nations, aid agencies, notably from the united states, he is going to pursue this course of action. and that means moving 1.5 million palestinians out of the city of rafah, so that the israeli military can embark on this big military operation to try and wipe out the remaining hamas fighters. of course, fighting continues elsewhere in the gaza strip. there's been a particularfocus in the city of khan younis around the nasser hospital, a really big medicalfacility. the israelis have been telling civilians who sought shelter there to move. they're being encouraged to evacuate. in fact, they're being instructed to evacuate. the israelis saying, though, that patients and doctors, they do not have to move. all of this, of course, makes a pretty bleak backdrop for the negotiations that continue to try and find some sort of cease—fire or a lull in the fighting. they've been taking place

in cairo, and we hear that representatives from hamas will be joining the discussions in the days to come. today, though, we've also heard from the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, and he is urging hamas to do a deal very quickly. he says that has to be done, otherwise there will be, in his meanwhile, on wednesday, four people were killed in an "extensive wave" of israeli air strikes in lebanon, launched after hezbollah rocket fire killed a soldier in israel. israel's military said it hit hezbollah infrastructure. in response to the deadly attack, the clashes along the lebanon—israel border have raised fears of a wider regional conflict. israeli forces and iran—backed hezbollah fighters have exchanged fire across the frontier since the war began and do have a history of conflift. earlier: i talked with retired us general wesley clark, who served as nato commander in europe.

israel has a real intent to force hezbollah to move back 10km. if they don't i think israel at some point will undertake military operations to clean out self lebanon or force them back. because you've got tens of thousands of israelis who have left their homes because of rocket attacks. so for israel this is an existential moment, probably the greatest danger israel has faced since 1973. and both from hamas in the south and hezbollah in the north. if we speak about the hamas in the south element, israel has insisted that its troops will still advance on rafah and they've ordered evacuations there although ngos say that 1.5 million sheltering don't have anywhere safe to go. what do you think the us should be saying to prime minister netanyahu at this point? from the beginning the united states and our european allies should

have insisted that israel evacuate those people and that egypt take them. if not all in egypt, then some in the southern israeli desert and we should have built a refugee camps for them and moved everyone out of gaza, lock, stock and barrel. if we'd done that we would've avoided a lot of this humanitarian problem. yes, some hamas people may be mixed in with that but we would've identified who those people are and they would have been dealt with appropriately. instead we've had months of humanitarian crisis there. i'm glad to see israel has finally followed through with the idea of getting the civilian populace out of the way so they can focus on hamas. australia, canada and new zealand have all issued a joint statement in last hour calling for an immediate humanitarian cease—fire. should the us go that far as well? i think you have to figure out what you're

going to get for it, if there's a release of hostages, certainly. otherwise israel should do those people out. we can put a lot of constraints on israel but when push comes to shove and israel's existence is threatened, you are going to see british troops and american troops and others going back in there to try to help israel. this is an israeli existential problem. they've got to deal with hamas. they've got to do it in the most humanitarian way possible and that means getting the population out of gaza or at least out of the southern area of gaza. the ngos would say that there is nowhere for those people to go, and they don't want to leave gaza for a fear they wouldn't be let back in. we've heard from the un saying this offensive could lead to a slaughter in rafah. what is your view given your vast military experience of the israeli strategy? i think first of all, you have to understand that this whole crisis

since the 7th of october was brought on by a deliberate hamas ploy to provoke israel, kill people, seize hostages, withdraw into gaza and use the civilian population as hostages to prevent israel from retaliating and eliminating hamas. that's worked pretty well for hamas thus far and they've gotten a lot of sympathy from the world when they should've had nothing but condemnation. now israel has said they're going to eliminate hamas. is it easy? no, it is not. but israel can't live with the existential threat of hamas in the south and hezbollah and the north. they are living on borrowed time. once iran gets a nuclear weapon everything in the region is going to change. so israel sees this as a decisive moment. that is the strategy. they are going to put in the refugee camps and give people the space

to move out. those people in rafah right now and in the south are living on the beach. so they may as well live in a refugee camp was are in their homes, all their homes have been destroyed. gaza is good have to be rebuilt. it will be and i see european companiesjust thirsting to get in for the rebuilding of ukraine. there is a huge opportunity here to rebuild gaza. get the operation finished, go in and rebuild. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look more closely now at a story in the uk. ten glass gems have been put on display for the first time since they were stolen from the british museum. the items are among the 350 recovered after the museum discovered that some of its precious pieces had been stolen and sold on ebay. the thefts came to light last year. our culture editor, katie razzall, has more. the british museum are trying

to build a positive story after the theft. the exhibition is its intent to signal openness and transparency. but is still grappling with the fallout of what happened. the police investigation is ongoing and many hundreds of items stolen from here remain unaccounted for. the museum's interim director sir markjoan says he expected it to take a couple of years to recover more of the 1600 stolen items. the vast majority of the recovered items came from a danish gemstone dealer who alerted the museum to the theft in 2021. a police investigation is ongoing. ukraine's newly appointed military chief has visited two command posts in eastern ukraine — and called the situation at the frontline �*extremely complex and stressful�*. general oleksandr syrskyi went to the frontline hours after ukraine's military said it destroyed a russian warship

off the coast of occupied crimea. pictures released by ukraine's military show the moment the warship was hit. moscow has not commented on the incident — although it did say russian forces shot down six aerial drones over the black sea, as well as another three over russia. elsewhere ukraine is struggling on parts of the front line. from kyiv — our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, reports. heavy rock music plays. as the dramatic music suggests, ukraine's military wanted to make a noise about this latest strike. several marine drones, packed with explosives, head towards a russian landing ship in the black sea. they're designed to leave a mark. crimea has been occupied by russia for a decade. the russian navy has dominated the black sea, but that's started to change. ukraine says this ship was destroyed here, near the south coast. kyiv claims it was the caesar kunikov, in the centre here. bbc verify has confirmed

it is at least the same type of russian vessel. these features are the same. landing ships are the most efficient way for russia to move machinery and men for its continued invasion. while it's not clear who or what was on board, it's another dent in russia's dominance around occupied crimea. translation: today, - we have increased security in the black sea and added motivation to our people. this is important. step—by—step, we will clear the black sea of russian terrorists. explosion ukraine has previous when it comes to striking russian vessels in the south. in december, a missile caused this. suggesting ammunition was on board. it's a strategy which has frustrated moscow and unblocked ukrainian ports. according to this man, a military analyst, it's a kyiv success story.

translation: after the damage inflicted today, _ this ship is impossible to repair. now they will have nine large landing ships remaining. this slightly decreases russia's capacity to supply troops in crimea. this is part of kyiv�*s long game. by targeting russian supply lines in the south, it hopes to eventually isolate invading troops in occupied crimea, and it's a strategy which is working over water. but the story on land is a different one, where political delays in the west are having real—time consequences on the front line. and those are being felt the most in the eastern city of avdiivka. the russians released this footage as they surround defending ukrainians with the dwindling ammunition. the country's new head of the armed forces called james waterhouse reporting.

farmers in northern india have clashed with police for a second day as they continue their attempt to march to the capital, delhi. security forces used drones to drop tear gas on protesters, who used kites to bring them down. our south asia correspondent samira hussein sent this report from the midst of the demostrations. every time the governmentjobs tear gas the farm is dispersed, they come back. that just shows. .. the smell and a feeling of getting tear gas into your nose and nostrils, it's incredible. this is the government and paramilitary forces that are lobbing tear gas onto farmers that are protesting here for better financial protection. samira hussein reporting from punjab. former french president, nicolas sarkozy,

lost his appeal over illegal campaignfinancing and was sentenced to jail for one—year, although half of it was suspended. mr sarkozy will not immediately go to prison but will likely serve time in the form of electronically monitored house arrest. the conviction is tied to concealing illegal campaign spending during his failed 2012 re—election bid. storms in eastern australia have toppled trees and knocked out power supplies to more than 170,000 homes and businesses. one person was killed, apparently struck by flying debris. high winds fanned bushfires in a region west of melbourne, which burned a number of homes while several major fires are still blazing. south korea confirmed that north korea hacked into the personal emails of a member of the south korean presidents team. it happened in the run—up to president yoon s state visit to the uk in november. the north s hacking abilities have become increasingly sophisticated, and this instance is thought to be the first time it successfully hacked an official working in the presidents office. our south korea correspondent, jean mackenzie gave us

this update from seoul. this hack was reported by a south korean newspaper that got it from a high—level government source. it said that a member of the present�*s team had their e—mails hacked before the prison went on a state visit to the uk where he met king charles and queen camilla and british members of rishi sunak. this source claimed that not only were the details of mr yoon's itinerary leak but also details on the president himself. we have spoken to the presidential office who confirmed that the hack took place but would not disclose what information was accessed in the hack. they were keen to point out that this did not mean that their security systems had been breached, they said this was down to one of their employees' careless actions. they said that this

employee had been conducting what business through personal e—mail to plan some of this trip. we know that north korea is increasingly using cyber hacking and its methods are becoming more sophisticated. it tends to have two reasons to hack. the first is to steal money so that it can earn money for the regime because north korea is under strict international sanctions, which means it can earn money in conventional ways so it steals sometimes large sums of money, recently crypto currency, and it is thought that some of this goes towards the state's nuclear weapons programme. the other reason that it taxes to steal state secrets, so that this hack we have seen today, and the ultimate goal of that is thought to be to get access to sensitive weapons technology that it can use to advance its nuclear weapons programme. before we go. there's new evidence suggesting more human—like antics among great apes — scientists say they've compiled the first detailed proof that apes enjoy teasing each other. video studies of

bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans showed behaviours injuveniles including elements of surprise and play. evidence of mostly one—sided teasing included hair—pulling, poking, and offering an object before whisking it away at the last moment. some little cheeky monkeys there! that is it for the moment. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. some very wet, very mild conditions around at the moment. temperatures reached 16.5 celsius in hereford on wednesday and it could turn even warmer still, perhaps, as we head through thursday. but the focus for the day's highest temperatures will tend to be further east. there's a lot more rain to come in the forecast as well, all of these weather fronts just pushing northwards and eastwards as we head through into thursday morning. so temperatures rising unusually through the night across much of scotland. and we'll start the day

off on 12 or 13 degrees towards the south of england and wales. all of that mild airjust flowing in on that southerly wind from the azores. you can see all of that very mild air marked in the deep yellow there. it's a very wet start to the day across scotland, the heavy rain clearing northwards, being replaced by this batch of rain just pushing away from northern ireland. a cold front sweeping eastwards, giving some more heavy rain where the ground is already saturated, but it should stay largely dry ahead of the front across eastern areas of england. now, these are the average temperatures for this time of year, just 8 or 9 degrees. you can see just how mild it's going to be through the day on thursday. in fact, across parts of essex, we could even see 16 to 18 celsius, perhaps, given any brightness. that's still well off the february record, but it will feel pleasantly warm, i think, for the time of year. now, as we head through thursday night, that cold front continues to sweep its way eastwards. and behind it, there's some slightly cooler—feeling air, but only a drop in temperature

by a couple of degrees or so. we'll start off friday morning, then, with a legacy of cloud out towards eastern areas of england. that's going to be clearing away. a few isolated showers, perhaps, in the wake of the front, but generally speaking, i think friday should be largely dry for most of us. the best of the brightness probably towards central areas at first and then out towards the east, but also some brighter skies, perhaps, further west. temperatures really around 9—12 celsius for the vast majority. on saturday, again, a largely dry day. the brighter skies really towards the east. it will cloud over from the west through the afternoon, with heavy rain by the end of the day across northern ireland. once again, temperatures will peak between 11 and 1a celsius, and that's where they'll tend to stay on sunday. that heavy rain clears eastwards as we head through sunday morning and the rest of the day should be largely dry with some spells of brightness. perhaps a few showers again on monday.

concerns escalate as japan's economy slipped into recession. in indonesia's elections. we'll have more on what this means for south—east asia's largest economy. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm arunoday mukharji.

turning our attention to japan as we receive some numbers as the country has slipped into a recession, based on newly released growth figures that we were anticipating. for the final three months of the year, the economy shrunk 0.4% on an annualized basis. this could meanjapan has lost its spot as the world's third—largest economy. economists had predicted a disappointed reading means the value of japan's output would drop behind us in dollar terms. japan macro .com, neil, good to have you back on the programme come appreciate you joining us once again, now that we have the numbers, your initial thoughts as to what we've seen? it's not very helpful, to be honest. this was an important release because it is a factor in the bank ofjapan's decision to raise rates or not. talked about for a long time and i think generally it had been a positive number but you know japan has slipped into a recession now, we seen figures,