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this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. ten people have been killed in a mass shooting by a lone gunman at a grocery store in the us city of buffalo. we are investigating this incident as both a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism. the 18—year—old suspect, who drove for a number of hours to reach the supermarket, has been taken into police custody. the mayor of kharkiv tells the bbc russian troops have withdrawn from his city — which has been under constant bombardment since the invasion began. us pro—choice supporters protest across the country, ahead of a supreme court decision that is expected to overturn the country's long—established right to abortion.
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a british man breaks the record for climbing the most summits of mount everest by a non—sherpa — reaching the summit for the 16th time. thank you for supporting ukraine, this victory is for every ukrainian, slava ukraini! and ukraine wins the eurovision song contest — favourites from the start, they won the public vote to take the title. an 18—year—old white american man has been charged with first—degree murder after he killed ten people in what appears to have been a racially motivated hate crime in the us city of buffalo, new york.
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most of the victims were african american. police say the gunman, payton gendron, was wearing body armour which protected him when he exchanged fire with the store's security officer. he livestreamed the killings with a video camera, before surrendering to police. the bbc�*s nada tawfik reports. at the grocery store in a predominantly black community. this was the shooter's intended target. the horror started immediately in the parking lot as the government emerged from his car, heavily armed and wearing tactical gear. he shot four people, killing three of them. to eyewitnesses it was clear he came to do maximum damage. clear he came to do maximum damaue. ~ , damage. when i first saw him shooting. _ damage. when i first saw him shooting. he _ damage. when i first saw him shooting, he shot _ damage. when i first saw him shooting, he shot a _ damage. when i first saw him shooting, he shot a woman, l damage. when i first saw him l shooting, he shot a woman, he shot a deacon, he shot another woman and then he went into the store and started shooting again. i store and started shooting aaain. �* , ., ., store and started shooting aaain. �* ., . again. i retired buffalo police officer was — again. i retired buffalo police officer was working _ again. i retired buffalo police officer was working security, | officer was working security, and shot the gunman, but he was
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unharmed because of his army. the shooter then returned fire, shooting the security guy. the entire horrific episode of people being killed in cold blood in the store it was streamed live online. officials say evidence showed the attack was racially motivated supplement we are investigating this incident is both a hate crime and a case of this incident is both a hate crime and a case 0 crime and a case of racially motivated _ crime and a case of racially motivated violent - crime and a case of racially l motivated violent extremism stops i am a white supremacist who has —— motivated violent extremism. b, who has -- motivated violent extremism-— who has -- motivated violent extremism. �* , , , extremism. a white supremacist in a cold hearted _ extremism. a white supremacist in a cold hearted cruel, - in a cold hearted cruel, calculating way. a military style — calculating way. a military style execution targeting people who simply want to buy groceries. people who simply want to buy aroceries. , , , . ., , groceries. the suspect was taken into _ groceries. the suspect was taken into custody - groceries. the suspect was taken into custody alive - groceries. the suspect was l taken into custody alive after putting a gun to his neck and threatening to shoot himself. he has been identified as an
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18—year—old white male and has been charged with murder in the first degree. distraught community members have been gathering at the scene, trying to come to terms with the fact that a toxic mix of guns and racism has ended their neighbours' lives in an instant. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. wbfo reporter emyle watkins gave me more information about the shooter and how the community has reacted to the shootings. the gunman was from broome county which i believe is about 200 miles away from here. that is several hours away, closer to new york city and i think that is hitting everyone hard that someone would drive so far to commit an act like this. obviously a very deliberate act. what have they been saying about the way that it has affected them? obviously it is shocking but the fact that it has already been called out as a racially motivated crime and a hate crime.
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this community is heavily african—american. i have a colleague on scene getting community reaction right now. the city has been deploying mental health professionals to be on the scene, talking to people. they have set up a command centre for families to be reunited. my understanding is many families may not even know that their loved one could be deceased, others are still finding out. and there are families gathering around the scene, just wondering about what had happened, before we knew more details trying to figure out why something like this would happen. did anyone express a view about racial tensions? it was something some politicians picked up on, saying that this cannot exacerbate racial tensions in the area. the people i talked
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to, we hadn't gotten into that topic so far. i know there is lots of concern about it igniting racial tensions but it is very early to say if that would be the case, and i know that, with the gunman being from so far away, they are still sorting out the details of why someone would do something like this. the other question we would tend to ask straight away is what an 18—year—old might be doing with a very high—powered weapon like this. i know that that is a familiar theme, but i understand that buffalo police have been on a campaign to try to reduce the amount of guns in the community in the last weeks and months. is that a prevailing issue? yes, absolutely. even as a reporter, when i get alerts to my phone and i hear about a shooting, it happens so commonly in this city, and today it really stunned us when we realised how many people had died.
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shootings are a massive issue in buffalo. they we have done a lot of work on gun violence. the governor had been planning on announcing some sort of comprehensive gun package on tuesday, and we will hear more about that in the days to but guns and illegal guns are quite an issue for our city. you probably heard the governor talking about the role of social networks in enabling and live streaming an event like this which is pretty appalling to many of us. she described them as being "moral accomplices". is it something that a lot of people picked up on in terms of going to the social networks, to see? you know, i know that immediately after it happened we started seeing some of these videos and photos coming up on social media. i believe the network it was streamed on took it down but the video i did see that they were being
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shared on social media, some of it was really quite graphic, and it seems like they are trying to work to remove them but i am not sure to the extent of how far that has been completed. the mayor of ukraine's second largest city — kharkiv — has told the bbc that russian forces have withdrawn from the city area and are heading for the russian border. ihor terekhov said shelling had stopped, and that residents were gradually returning. in the last few hours, president zelensky said the situation in the eastern donbas region remained very difficult. our correspondent laura bicker sent this report from dnipro. yesterday, these smouldering ruins were a home. russian bombs blasted the bricks and mortar, but they've not broken the spirit of this woman. translation: we were standing here as everything exploded. - "my sunshine, you're alive!"
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her neighbours were relieved to find each other. the russians have now left here, retreated back to near the border. the battle for kharkiv and its surrounding villages has been won — for now. russia's withdrawal from kharkiv marks a breaking point, according to the head of military intelligence in ukraine. what he means is that forces can be sent east to the donbas and south towards the besieged port of mariupol, areas that are seeing the most intense fighting. just south of dnipro, ukrainian forces test out new grenade launchers... ..weapons supplied from european allies. russian troops are not farfrom here. the ukrainians hope they can push them back and replicate the success of kharkiv. but even with new weapons, a quick victory is far from assured. both sides agree on just one thing — this conflict will continue.
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translation: today, | nobody can predict how long this war will last, but we're doing everything in order to free our land as soon as possible. this is our priority, every day to work towards making the war shorter. however, it doesn't depend only on our people, unfortunately. translation: the collective | west has declared total hybrid war on us, and it's hard to predict how long this will last, but it's clear- the consequences will be felt by everyone, without exception. the ukrainians hold onto every hope. the battered city of mariupol has still not completely fallen, despite taking the most intense battering of this war. encircled and under constant bombardment, a small fighting force battles on. russia is still trying to show its strength, and issued its own propaganda of troops on the offensive,
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but there's no doubt the loss of kharkiv will be a major blow to the kremlin. and both sides are now digging in for what could be a long and protracted struggle. laura bicker, bbc news, dnipro. turkey appears to be softening its position on plans by finland and sweden tojoin nato. ankara has accused the two nordic countries of harbouring kurdish people it deems terrorists. but the turkish foreign minister now says his country is ready to talk about the proposals. mark lobel reports. with finland and sweden yet to officially apply for nato membership, one of the organisation's members has concerns. ankara has accused the two nordic countries of harbouring kurdish people it deems a threat. turkish people, predominantly, a big majority of the turkish people are against the membership of those countries
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who are supporting pkk, ypg, terrorist organisations, and asking us to block this membership, but these are the issues that we need to talk, of course, with our nato allies. turkey's decades—long battle with the pkk has come up as both sweden and finland have kurdish communities, but turkey has not shown a link between them and the pkk. a path to bridging the two sides remains open. we have had those discussions in the alliance many times before, i think we have always found sensible solutions and i think that we will also this time. on saturday the finnish president reiterated his country's enthusing that enthusiasm to join the military alliance. we have to move as fast as possible because
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we have had our discussions and we are having now are additions and there is no doubt that it will be an application to nato. that position has riled finland's neighbour, president vladimir putin, and in a phone call between the two the russian leader stressed that the end of the traditional finnish policy of military neutrality would be a mistake since — in his words — there is no threat to finland's security. russia's decision to suspend electricity supply to finland is being seen as an early sign of retaliation in its move towardsjoining nato. putin has always been clear that ukraine should notjoin nato, but its invasion has pushed its southern neighbour to dojust that. mark lobel, bbc news. demonstrations in support of a woman's right to abortion are taking place in cities across the united states. organisers say there'll be what they call a summer of rage if the supreme court overturns the legal right to abortion. will grant reports.
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a woman's right to choose is her business. the message the supreme court was unequivocal. when our reproductive rights are under attack, what do we do? stand up and fight. "no bans on our bodies, we won't go back," chanted the thousands who turned out in washington, dc, who demanded that the landmark abortion law, roe v wade, is not touched, and that the justices do not meddle with the decades—long law that protects the rights to what say what goes on in their bodies. i think we are going in the west direction possible. i don't know, ifeel like the first abortion march i went to was when i was three years old and the fact that i am still here and i am 17 and i am still having to fight for my right, thatjust shows that we have made little to no progress
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and it is gut—wrenching. abortion is basic health care, it is basic health care. it is horrific that this country continues to abuse their power to oppress people over their basic health care and basic rights. there was a similar story in hundreds of cities across the country. the anger and frustration, palpable. organisers have promised a summer of rage if the law is eventually reversed. back in washington, the crowd began to march on the seat ofjudicial power itself. young people who have attended this march are furious that they are having to march for the same reproductive rights enjoyed by their grandmothers and mothers. furthermore, they fear that this may be a tipping point for other established freedoms in the united states. the supreme court has confirmed that a draft ruling leaked last week was genuine, but said that a final decision is yet to be taken. the republican party is confident that most
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americans will accept an end to roe v wade, with more than half the states willing to enact a ban on abortion if the law is changed, but these protesters vehemently disagree and insist that they are in the majority on the issue of a woman's right to choose. will grant, bbc news, washington, dc. let's get some of the day's other news peru has sued the spanish energy company repsol and five other businesses over a coastal oil spill described by the un as the country's worst ecological disaster. peru is claiming $4.5 billion. repsol called the claim unfounded and said it took no account of cleaning and remedial work it had already carried out. former australian cricketer player andrew symonds has died in a car crash aged 46. symonds made his debut for australia in 1998 and went on to play 238 times for his country — including 26 tests. police said they were investigating a single car incident about 50km from townsville in north queensland.
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denmark is suspending its general immunisation programme for coronavirus because of high vaccine coverage in the population and a waning pandemic. as of sunday, officials will stop sending out invitations for vaccinations, though another programme will be launched in the autumn. vaccination rates in adults stand at 90%, and as many as 70% of the population may have caught the omicron variant of covid — helping denmark achieve widespread immunity. ukraine have won the eurovision song contest with their song stefania, which was sung in ukrainian. president zelensky has praised the band's success — he said, "our music conquers europe." the uk ended their disappointing run of results with sam ryder coming second — the first time that the uk has placed in the top three at the contest in 20 years. mark lowen reports from turin.
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the colour, the kitsch, the camaraderie. europe's fanfare of fun came to turin. there is politics here, with ukraine an early favourite and russia booted out, but minds from across europe were on the music. it is magical, it is special, the feeling, people coming together and celebrating together from all over the world. 0h, iwould be so proud of my country. you get 12 points for the outfits. thank you very much. it keeps breaking. how are you feeling about the uk tonight? so excited because we think we have a really good chance. let the eurovision song contest 2022 begin! and then it was off, drawing almost 220 million tv viewers with its unique mix of glam, glitter and glorious tunes. # all we are saying
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is give peace a chance... a europe seeing war for the first time in three decades coming together in a plea for peace before the entries took to the stage. the sparkles of spain belting it out with slomo — a sequin—filled dance. the hosts italy with a heady falsetto all—male love song. sweden — once gave birth to abba — remember them? the handwasher of serbia asking why meghan markle's hair is so shiny. and then the uk. too many nil points in recent years, but with space man a bookies' favourite, sam ryder hoping he would match his stratospheric vocals in points. up against ukraine's folk hip—hop number, one band member staying to fight, the others getting special permission
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to leave the country. back home in kyiv the song has won hearts broken by war, proud of their homeland for standing up to russia and now for standing tall in europe. as the votes came in from the europeanjuries, it was heading for a close race. the uk, sweden, spain and ukraine leading at the top before it went to the public vote. 183 points. and then the uk had dared to dream big, but sam ryder was pipped at the post by ukraine — a eurovision triumph in its darkest moment. the space man had hoped to take the uk over the moon but in the end the public was with ukraine. fighting back on the ground, standing proud on stage, living up to its national slogan — glory to ukraine. mark lowen, bbc news, turin. a british man has broken the record for climbing the most summits
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of mount everest by a non—sherpa. kenton cool has now topped the world's highest peak 16 times, and he's literally on top of the world. today's been absolutely unreal. we always start in the dark, to allow enough time to come down in daylight in case it goes wrong. and we had almost a full moon all the way up, the video footage is going to be amazing. you can see the sun coming up over chinese tibet. it's just been absolutely epic on the weather front today. it was simply sublime. my next question was going to be, what keeps bringing you back again, but maybe you have just answered it! i presume it is also the challenge. it is also the challenge. my dayjob is an everest guide — i guide people to the top. my client, i am looking across at her now,
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we are still coming down, we are 8,500 metres above sea level still. it is partly because i love the mountains, partly i love the sherpa people that i work with. throw that all in the mix and you have a classic combination. basically you're going to carry on breaking records, i presume. this is just part and parcel of what you do now. yeah. it's notjust everest, i climbed k2 last year. i am a qualified alpine guide, i do things like mont blanc and the matterhorn, i guided ranulph fiennes up the north face of the eiger about ten years ago. i'm a qualified coach, as well. i have a company and i am a performance coach. so you put that together, it is notjust everest — there are many other mountains out there. i know that a lot of people do embark on the everest route, but at the same time it is still extremely
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dangerous. are there any points at which you think, "you know what? i've ridden my luck pretty well — i6..." is there a point at which you look at something different? you're absolutely right, it is a dangerous mountain. we passed two bodies today, not wanting to be too morbid about it. and it is a stark reminder that everest doesn't take prisoners, it commands a huge amount of respect. i like to think that i have got the depth of experience when i come here. i always say that you control the controllable, and that is what we have done today — we controlled what we can control extremely well. and the things that are beyond that, well, hopefully we can manage those as and when they come up, but i have a climb lined up for next year, so i'm already looking forward to coming back. kenton cool. liverpool have won the men's fa cup final after beating chelsea
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on penalties at wembley. the result means liverpool are a step closer to winning the quadruple, as they hope to add the english premier league and the european champions league titles. nesta mcgregor reports. another event this weekend where you represented by waving your flag. although, in the fa cup, it's not a case of nil points, more point to prove. an occasion where even brotherly love is put on hold. as liverpool chased an english football record of four trophies in a season, chelsea were trying to avoid three fa cup final defeats in a row. liverpool started freshest and fastest, but luis diaz's finish didn't match his clever run. 30 minutes in, the reds were forced into a substitution and it was a key player — top scorer mo salah. a goalless first half, and after the break, chelsea settled. they came closest to getting on the score sheet when, from a free kick, marcos alonso
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grazed the post. as full time neared, one final chance. off the post! again, so close. so that meant extra time, and a chance for extra words of encouragement between players and from fans. when either team failed to score, penalties would decide the winner. so when mason mount missed, a successful liverpool spot kick would win it. here's tsimikas. wild cheers. liverpool's hero! honestly, i think it was the toughest game i played this season. but we expect it — it's normal because it's final. and we have two more cups to go. we will see. liverpool have the fa cup. so, liverpool's second trip to wembley this season and the second time they have lifted a trophy here. the quest for the quadruple — four trophies in one season — lives on. from wembley, nestor
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mcgregor, bbc news. there it is, you are up to date. thank you for watching. hello there. hasn't it been a glorious start to the weekend? hardly a cloud in the sky for many. lots of warm, spring sunshine but it was london that recorded the highest temperature, just shy of the warmest day of the year so far with 23.5 celsius. but i do need to draw your attention to this little feature running up through the south—west as we speak, and it's going to continue to bring some sharp, possibly thundery downpours during the early hours of sunday morning. so, becoming more heavy and widespread to central and southern england towards dawn, and yes, that means some welcome rain potentially for the gardens. but not all of us will see those showers, but some of them could be quite potent. they will be running up through east anglia by the middle part of the morning
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and all the showers drifting steadily northwards. that means we should see an improving picture across england and wales into the afternoon with sunshine and warmth returning and highs of 23 degrees. not a bad afternoon in western scotland if you dodge the showers and keep the sun as well. sunday night and into monday morning, showers and longer spells of rain merging together as this front enhances precipitation. we will see some wet weather drifting its way steadily northwards to begin with during monday morning, and that means a tricky story to tell across northern ireland, northern england and scotland by the middle of monday afternoon. once again, an improving picture across england and wales after the early morning rain eases away, temperatures will recover. again, we could see 23 celsius. another area of low pressure pushing in from the west, but as it bumps into the high sitting across europe, it looks likely that most of the rain will stay out into western areas, and ahead of it, it's really going to throw up some warm and humid air, so there's
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the potential on tuesday for some of us to see the warmest day of the week with highs of 25 celsius. but out to the west, and the cloud and rain, we're looking at mid to high teens. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday and through the middle part of the week, we do see these weather fronts starting to ease away and high pressure building in once again. there will be some outbreaks of rain to clear away, but generally speaking through the middle part of the week, it looks likely to turn that little bit quieter and again, still pretty warm.
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this is bbc news, the headlines: at least ten people have been killed in a mass shooting at a supermarket in the us city of buffalo in new york state. the 18—year—old suspect has been taken into custody. police are calling it a hate crime and an act of "racially motivated violent extremism". ii of the 13 victims were african american. the mayor of ukraine's second—largest city kharkiv has told the bbc that russian troops have withdrawn from his city, which has been under constant bombardment since the invasion began. but president zelensky has said the situation in the eastern donbas region remains very difficult. abortion rights supporters are protesting in cities across the united states against a probable supreme court decision
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to overturn the roe v wade case that legalised abortion nationwide.

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