this is bbc world news — i'm david eades. our top stories... a community in shock as ten people are killed in a mass shooting by a lone gunman at a grocery store in the us city of buffalo. the 18—year—old suspect, who was allegedly shouting racial slurs during the shooting, 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 the mayor of kharkiv tells the bbc russian troops have withdrawn from his city — which has been under constant bombardment since the invasion began.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.

thank you for supporting ukraine, this victory is for every ukrainian, slava ukraini! and ukraine wins the eurovision song contest — they take an overwhelming share of the public vote to push the uk into second place. hello and welcome to bbc news. a 18—year—old white american man has been charged with first—degree murder after allegedly killing ten people in what appears to have been a racially motivated hate crime in the us city of buffalo, new york. 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. nada tawfik reports. a busy grocery store in a predominantly black community. this was the shooter's intended target. the horror started immediately in the parking lot as the gunman 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. when i first saw him shooting, he shot a woman, he shot a deacon, he shot another woman, and then he went in the store and started shooting again. a retired buffalo police officer was working security and shot the gunman, but he was unharmed because of his armour. the shooter then returned fire, killing the security guard. the entire horrific episode of people being killed in cold blood in the store

was streamed live online. officials said evidence showed the attack was racially motivated. we are investigating this incident as both a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism. a white supremacist who has engaged in an act of terrorism — and will be prosecuted as such — in a cold—hearted, cruel, calculating way. a military—style execution, targeting people who simply want to buy groceries. the suspect was taken into custody alive after putting his gun to his neck and threatening to shoot himself. he's been identified as an 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, much 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. 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 already 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 this cannot exacerbate racial tensions in the area. the people i talked 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. 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 kathy hochul talking about the role of social networks in enabling live streaming of 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 videos i did see that were being 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. emyle watkins there. 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!" 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 it 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. 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, 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 who are supporting pkk, ypg, terrorist organisations,

and they're 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 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 other neighbour to do just that. mark lobel, bbc news. it is just it isjust coming up it is just coming up to 7:15am in beirut and that means the polls opened about ten minutes ago for the first parliamentary election since an economic crash sparked widespread anger at the political elite. these are live pictires from a polling

station in beirut. the iran—backed islamist group, hezbollah, and its allies currently hold a majority in parliament. it says it's confident of maintaining its share of the vote. mistrust of the ruling class has also been fuelled by the response to the explosion at the port in beirut which left more than 200 people dead. not surprising they it is quiet as it isjust not surprising they it is quiet as it is just the start of the day, but voting is under way. 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. a woman's right to choose is her business. the message to the supreme court was unequivocal. when our reproductive justice 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 the landmark abortion law, roe v wade, is not touched, and that legislators and judges 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 worst 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 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 fight 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 a final decision is yet to be taken. the republican party is confident that most americans will accept an end to roe v wade, with more than half the states ready 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. this is bbc news, the headlines... ten people have been killed in a mass shooting by a lone gunman at a grocery store in the us city of buffalo. the 18—year—old suspect, who drove for a number of hours to reach the supermarket, has been taken into police custody. the former australian cricketer andrew symonds has died in a car crash at the age of 46. he made his international debut in 1998 and played for australia 238 times. police are investigating the incident, near townsville in north queensland. our correspondent phil mercer has been following the story, and hejoins me now from sydney. another very shocking, very upsetting story in the world of australian cricket. this

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talented, a powerful all—rounder. he didn't necessarily fit into the strict boundaries of the game's administration but when he was on peakform he administration but when he was on peak form he was a superb player and of course and member of those victorious australian one—day international teams at the world cups in 2003 and 2007. so in many ways, an extraordinary character who lived life to the full, tragically dying in that car accident which is under investigation, at the age of 46. ., ~ , ., investigation, at the age of 46. ., ~ _, y investigation, at the age of 46. ., y . ., 46. thank you very much for that. 46. thank you very much for that- the — 46. thank you very much for that. the scale _ 46. thank you very much for that. the scale of _ 46. thank you very much for that. the scale of regard - 46. thank you very much for that. the scale of regard in i that. the scale of regard in which he was held is reflected on twitter where all the legends of international cricket have been coming out and expressing their deep sorrow at the passing of andrew symonds, there. 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. 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 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 — eurovision 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 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. liverpool have won the men's fa cup final after beating chelsea on penalties at wembley. nesta mcgregor reports from wembley. 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 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 mcgregor, bbc news. that is bbc news. goodbye for now. 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 through 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 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. we do it all again 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 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, under 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.

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 have been protesting in cities across the united states against a probable supreme court decision to overturn the roe v wade case that