this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. i'm shaun ley. our top stories... ten people have been killed and three injured in a mass shooting in buffalo —— president biden says america must do everything in its power to end hate—filled domestic terrorism a british military intelligence assessment suggests russia may have lost one third of its ground forces since the start of its invasion of ukraine. nato ministers are meeting in berlin with leaders hoping to smooth over a difference with turkey, to enable sweden and finland to join the alliance. if in nordic europe, sweden and finland, people did not want to join nato but now they are being pushed into nato because they want to live into nato because they want to live in peace and security.

lebanon holds parliamentary elections for the first time since an economic collapse sparked widespread anger against the political elite. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote in italy. hello and welcome to bbc news. an eighteen—year—old man has appeared in court charged with murder, after ten people were killed in a shooting at a supermarket in the city of buffalo, in new york state. three others were wounded. of the thirteen people shot, eleven were black. police said the gunman, payton gendron, livestreamed the killings. he's suspected of being a white supremacist. nada tawfik reports from new york.

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. british military intelligence

believes russia has lost a third of the ground forces it used to invade ukraine. the latest report from the ministry of defence claims moscow's offensive has lost momentum and fallen behind schedule. the assessment is in stark contrast to briefings coming from the kremlin, which have consistently painted the invasion as making steady progress. president zelensky warned the situation in the east of the country remains difficult. our correspondentjoe inwood is in lviv with the latest on russia's setbacks. the claim is that since the start of this invasion, one third of the forces of the ground forces that the russians permitted the rewrite committed have been lost, that is a vast number of vehicles, armoured personnel carriers and of men but it should not be that surprising when you look at some of the images we have seen of those burned—out shells of tanks whether it is north of kyiv, the vehicles that have been destroyed around kharkiv or most

recently the absolutely catastrophic failed river crossing to try and get around behind the back where almost an entire battalion title goal group was wiped out by ukrainian artillery, so it is a striking suggestion but one that does not seem completely implausible. in terms of the actual military situation in ukraine at the moment, we had some further attack in the west where you are, any significant damage? west where you are, any significant damaue? ., �* ., west where you are, any significant damaie? ., �* ., ,., , damage? know, we've got reports there was one — damage? know, we've got reports there was one missile _ damage? know, we've got reports there was one missile strike - there was one missile strike overnight and we understand it hit a military target but no more information other than to say there were no casualties and they often do not release much when it is a military target, so we heard the air raid sirens and there were reports of an explosion but i have to say i came up at about five i am to have a look around as the sun was coming up and see if i could see smoke on the

horizon as you often can, as we could after the strikes of last week, and i couldn't see anything but we understand from the intelligence services here there has been one attack. let intelligence services here there has been one attack.— been one attack. let me ask you about the _ been one attack. let me ask you about the response _ been one attack. let me ask you about the response in _ been one attack. let me ask you about the response in ukraine i been one attack. let me ask youi about the response in ukraine to been one attack. let me ask you - about the response in ukraine to the wind last night, your vision, because they have a headache of hosting the contest next year which, for obvious reasons, could be something to worry about logistically, but how important do you think this wind is, apart from any good news in the middle of a war being great? i any good news in the middle of a war being great?— being great? i think it is extraordinarily - being great? i think it is| extraordinarily important being great? i think it is - extraordinarily important and the sound that you heard from the commentator they are, i could heal that out of my bedroom window yesterday as the wind was announced. —— as the win was announced. this is a country that takes your vision very seriously and in uk we are a bit cynical, you could say, about it but for the ukrainians, this is a big deal and if it is a big deal normally, my word, it was a big deal last night and another point worth drawing out is that this is

political notjust because the russians were disqualified and the ukrainians one but also there's a number of political elements to this, we kalush orchestra that one this, we kalush orchestra that one this or not the first choice, the first choice was a rap artist it was found out she had visited occupied crimea, she was disqualified and they brought in this folk act, why does a folk act matter? it really does a folk act matter? it really does because one of the central claims by the russians about this whole invasion is that ukraine is not a real nation and doesn't have a national identity, and a region of russia but for the ukrainians to have one, but notjust one, one spectacularly because a public vote and done so with a traditional folk act that shows off the culture and heritage of the nation, i think that really, really mean something to this country in times that are otherwise very dark. sweden will announce today whether or not it wishes tojoin nato. its neighbour, finland, is expected to make a formal request to join soon; both countries have seen a surge in public support for membership since russia's invasion of ukraine. president putin has warned an expansion of the alliance would be a mistake and bring repercussions.

the move has faced opposition from another member of the alliance, turkey but officials believe they can overcome turkish objections. britain's foreign secretary liz truss expressed her support for finland joining the alliance. we are very pleased to be joined by ourfriends finland and sweden. if they do apply to join nato, the uk a strong but above that and we are also working closely with the ukrainians, the polls and others to make sure that ukraine has nato standard defence. it's also important today that we focus on a global nato because as well as protecting euro atlantic security, we also need to watch out for indo pacific security, too, thank you.

our correspondent nick beake in berlin told us more about the mood among nato members. certainly lots of support from the foreign ministers arriving here in the blue carpet of the nato building in berlin, and this is of course a departure from decades of policies for both countries, but we heard this trust there really encapsulating what a lot of her counterpart from the other 29 nato countries are thinking. yes, the concern among some is that the turkish may want to hold up or possibly walker's process but it seems certainlyjudging by the body language, the turkish foreign minister today was very jovial as language, the turkish foreign minister today was veryjovial as he arrived here giving a big bear hug to his luxembourg counterpart and the hope is that they can overcome any differences they may have, and

that this would be a ratification process that is quite speedy, actually. process that is quite speedy, actuall . ., ., ., actually. integration would presumably _ actually. integration would presumably be _ actually. integration would presumably be very - actually. integration would - presumably be very straightforward because the military cooperation already exist between norway and sweden, and nato, but presumably it must raise questions and indeed i saw some copyjust must raise questions and indeed i saw some copy just a must raise questions and indeed i saw some copyjust a few moments ago, i don't know if you for these remarks from the foreign minister of germany, green party leader, saying we have to ensure finland's security during the process of admission. i did actually. i was standing quite near her when she made the remark and she once again raised the idea of this grey period or grey zone so the time to take after an official application comes in from sweden or finland, the time until various parliaments have ratified this and are officially in the nato club, so the point at which the idea of collective defence, this article five that people talk about, the

concept that an attack on one country as an attack on all of the nato members, she said if you have a quick ratification process, the idea of a grey period in which russia may be tempted to launch some sort of attack can be negated, so as well as trying to find agreement here, i think all of the relevant countries will be trying to figure out a ratification process as quickly as possible so lots of conversations going on today and last night they werejoined, actually, by the swedish and finnish foreign ministers for a dinner, quite a symbolic image, really, you have the two extra prospective new partners around the dinner table and of course many people saying that an image that vladimir putin did not want to see and in some way he's achieved the opposite of what he wanted to end his invasion of ukraine. was a striking, i was looking at animation yesterday on youtube which someone has done showing the process of accession

since the north atlantic treaty organisation came into being in 1948, 49, organisation came into being in 1948, a9, whenever it organisation came into being in i9a8, a9, whenever it was, and there are long periods where there is very little going on, then you see an acceleration, the last few years was relatively quiet, then growing, then suddenly this optic again. it is getting to the point where they are almost no non—nato members on the continent of europe, i think the republic of ireland clearly is not in nato because it maintains neutrality, some of the smaller countries like moldova and georgia but there is a question mark year, isn't there, over the that kind of sense actually russia can perceive itself and even argue to the russian people, look, we are surrounded. certainly that is what vladimir putin was saying at the tail end of last year in particular, beginning this narrative in public, increasingly saying that the enlargement of nato on his doorstep or something that put russia's

security at risk i was unacceptable, and was talking about not wanting to see any more nato expansion whatsoever and saying it was unacceptable if more members were to join. what we've seen of course since then is this huge shift in public opinion in finland and in sweden with these two countries set to join and vladimir sweden with these two countries set tojoin and vladimir putin sweden with these two countries set to join and vladimir putin saying once again it is a mistake. in the case of the fin saying there are simply no security threat posed to them, saying this is a redundant move in promising consequences but also countries saying look at what has happened to ukraine, russia promised would not invade and look at what happened. people in lebanon are voting in the first parliamentary election since an unprecedented financial collapse fuelled new anger and distrust of the political elite that's ruled the country for decades. the devastating explosion in beirut in 2020 deepened the sense among many lebanese that the political system needed to be changed. but analysts say that there is little expectation that this election will bring a major shift in the power structure in lebanon. our middle east correspondent anna foster is following

events from beirut. this is one of the polling stations. i am, this scene has been repeated across lebanon this morning with a steady stream of people arriving back and you can see the very tight security, pay checked as you come in, they are brought through, checked for weapons and they come and cast their vote, but the thing about this particular polling station is this is the fire station where they come in and see these ten pictures on the wall here, the fact ten firefighters from the station who died in the blast and it's important to say, you mention that there, that nobody has yet been found responsible for that with the investigation stalling several times because when powerful politicians have been called to give evidence, they vile not brought it up or they have brought a legal challenge, so that is one thing in people's mind, the devastating financial crisis year, a lack of fuel and food for people, 80% of lebanese live in poverty and many of them blame the ruling class for that, other

politicians for financial mismanagement, the system itself is a very rigid one that he normally voting by religion and sector which is what they will do today, the results will be watched closely but this is the first time since the uprising in 2019 the people have had a chance to pass official comment on politicians and thejob being done but make no mistake this is a fragile country that is angry and wants to send a message, whether they will manage to do that are not today, we will see when the polls close at 7pm. a lot of independent candidates are standing this time, why is there such scepticism that they will not be able to make an impact? because of the way

the system is set up here. at the end of the system in 1990, they drop a system that set up different sects so high... they always have set religions in this country is very much split on religious lines so it makes it difficult to affect any kind of change but you're right, this time round, there are more independent candidate and they have ever been before and they are hoping perhaps not to take power because that would be really difficult and very hard to take a majority away from hezbollah and its allies. interesting to see how many people pull away because there is really feel that the hope and expectation being that things tomorrow will not be the same —— might look the same as they have for the past four yea rs. a reminder of the headlines: ten people have been killed and three injured in a mass shooting in buffalo.

president biden says america must do everything in its power to end hate—filled domestic terrorism. a british military intelligence assessment suggest that russia may have lost one third of the ground forces it committed to the invasion of ukraine. the uk business secretary kwasi kwarteng says he does not think there will be a trade war with the eu over the northern ireland protocol. reports say the uk government is poised to introduce legislation to strip away parts of the protocol, a deal struck by borisjohnson which governs trade after between britain and northern ireland after brexit. let's talk to our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. this is quite complicated for anyone who follows it. almost impossible to follow, for many people in this country, around the world who don't really follow the detailed, well you do your best for us to get into the explanation of why this moment of crisis has arrived and how difficult it will be to resolve? yes, step one was the brexit deal, it involves a

the northern ireland protocol which means when some goods go from england, scotland and wales and northern ireland, they get checked at that point at the idea of why that check happens internally within the uk is to keep the board are open between northern ireland and the irish republic as one as part of the uk and one the eu, and the historic situation there means that border must they open but northern ireland had elections recently, sinn fein, a nationalist party who believe in a united ireland came out on top, they nominated a first minister, the dup, the biggest unionist party get to nominate deputy first minister but because of that northern ireland protocol and because they are unhappy about those checks, they don't like northern ireland having the borderfor goods don't like northern ireland having the border for goods with the rest of the united kingdom, they say while that remains in place we will not get into government so they are stale meeting northern ireland

whether a government can be formed. borisjohnson will go to help resolve this matter but he is also sending a message to the eu saying he wants more flexibility to reform the first goal saying he does not like how it is working in practice despite being part of a deal he set up, his cabinet colleague, the british that make business secretary has been speaking to bbc defending and saying when he signed up to that other provisions down the line that it should be modified and that is playing out right now, labour have been speaking and they don't like the rhetoric here, worried about the prospect of a trade war and that is something addressed by the shadow environment... and here is what he had to say. it environment... and here is what he had to say-— had to say. it proves again that boris johnson _ had to say. it proves again that boris johnson is _ had to say. it proves again that boris johnson is not _ had to say. it proves again that boris johnson is not a - had to say. it proves again that boris johnson is not a serious l borisjohnson is not a serious person— borisjohnson is not a serious person about the issues this country faces _ person about the issues this country faces he _ person about the issues this country faces. he signed the agreement, said it was_ faces. he signed the agreement, said it was a _ faces. he signed the agreement, said it was a triumph for the people of

northern— it was a triumph for the people of northern ireland. he refuses to negotiate on things that could make a reel— negotiate on things that could make a real difference. our showing collapse — a real difference. our showing collapse two and a half months ago, he is finally — collapse two and a half months ago, he is finally getting around to northern ireland and what i hope he does not _ northern ireland and what i hope he does not do is try to use northern ireland _ does not do is try to use northern ireland as — does not do is try to use northern ireland as a — does not do is try to use northern ireland as a political weapon because _ ireland as a political weapon because that will be absolutely the wrong _ because that will be absolutely the wrong thing to do and what he needs to do is— wrong thing to do and what he needs to do is engage seriously with the people _ to do is engage seriously with the people of— to do is engage seriously with the people of northern ireland and europe, — people of northern ireland and europe, then find a solution to these — europe, then find a solution to these issues, not go around making threat _ these issues, not go around making threat a _ these issues, not go around making threat. a trade war at this month of all months — threat. a trade war at this month of all months would be the worst thing. and what— all months would be the worst thing. and what the uk government are saying is they don't think the eu is acting in good faith year, the eu said it will sit down and negotiate changes to try and make it work as smoothly as possible but they are saying if the uk goes ahead and changes it, unilaterally, uses domestic register that the legislation to alter it, they would be breaking international law because they signed this agreement.

the business secretary, can out cabinet colleague of borisjohnson, saying that is not the case and if you read the treaty, it is always envisaged they would act unilaterally to change it and that is something uk government reserves the right to do and in doing so he thinks they would not be breaching international law and thinks the consequences will not be as bad as what labour are saying and we can look now at what he said. i do what labour are saying and we can look now at what he said.- look now at what he said. i do not think there _ look now at what he said. i do not think there will _ look now at what he said. i do not think there will be _ look now at what he said. i do not think there will be a _ look now at what he said. i do not think there will be a trade - look now at what he said. i do not think there will be a trade war. i think there will be a trade war. you're — think there will be a trade war. you're talking about retaliation and action that will be taken. i5 you're talking about retaliation and action that will be taken. is a you're talking about retaliation and action that will be taken.— action that will be taken. is a lot of talk and _ action that will be taken. is a lot of talk and a _ action that will be taken. is a lot of talk and a lot _ action that will be taken. is a lot of talk and a lot of _ action that will be taken. is a lot of talk and a lot of talk - action that will be taken. is a lot of talk and a lot of talk about. action that will be taken. is a lot l of talk and a lot of talk about what they will _ of talk and a lot of talk about what they will or — of talk and a lot of talk about what they will or will not do and that is ”p they will or will not do and that is up to— they will or will not do and that is up to them — they will or will not do and that is up to them. as far as i'm concerned, our primary— up to them. as far as i'm concerned, our primary concern is the british government and if that means we are looking _ government and if that means we are looking at— government and if that means we are looking at the protocol, we absolutely have to do that. boris johnson absolutely have to do that. boris johnson saying — absolutely have to do that. boris johnson saying his _ absolutely have to do that. boris johnson saying his number - absolutely have to do that. err" 3 johnson saying his number one priority is to tell politicians to

start managing the bread—and—butter issues, and there is this massive elephant in the room with the northern ireland protocol and right now there does not seem to be agreement on how to go forward. ukraine's president zelensky says his country will do its best to host the eurovision song contest next year — after ukraine won the competition in italy on saturday night. the united kingdom came second — its best result in more than 20 years. mark lowen reports from turin. let the eurovision song contest 2022 begin! europe's fanfare of fun came to turin with that unique mix of glam glitter and glorious tunes. a europe seeing wall 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, anything but. then italy with an all male falsetto love song. sweden. eurovision once gave birth to abba, remember them? then the hand washer of serbia asking why meghan markle's hair is so shiny. the sparkles of spain belting it out with slomo, a sequin filled dance, anything but. then italy with an all male falsetto love song. sweden. eurovision once gave birth to abba, remember them? then the hand washer of serbia asking why meghan markle's hair is so shiny. then the uk, too many nul points in recent years but with sam ryder hits stratospheric notes with spaceman. then ukraine's folk hip—hop number. one band member stayed in the country to fight and the rest got permission to leave. the final results... 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 votes. 183 points. he did so well. there it is. sam ryder was pipped at the post by ukraine. eurovision triumph in its darkest moment. the spaceman had hoped to take the uk over the moon but in the end the public was with ukraine. for the very worthy second place sam, relief for the uk's best resulting years, a success to build on next time. the whole team held themselves with such credit, such positivity. being in that arena and witnessing just this tangible energy of light was incredible. everybody is standing, everybody is enjoying, everybody is in peace in this arena. fighting back on the ground, standing proud

on stage, living up to its national slogan, glory to ukraine. thank you so much, thank you for supporting ukraine. this victory is for every ukrainian. slava ukraini! what an emotional night. it really was a spectacular finale. the music certainly is catchy. i'm really not sure if the pink cat is going to go the same way. it's actual most news break —— why exactly are most read news story on the bbc news website just now. you can follow the football if you are a women's football fan with the women's football fan with the women's fa cup final this afternoon as well as full coverage of all international events with those

terrible shootings in buffalo on saturday. i'm looking forward to your company again later. goodbye. hello. we have a real mix of weather types out there to day, some heavy showers, thunderstorms spot some spells of warm sunshine as well. that is how it looks through the rest of the day with some of us catching those heavy downpours but for other areas, the warm spring sunshine break through and we still have high pressure not far away sitting to the north—east with a feature pushing northwards bringing heavy showers and thunderstorms which fizzle out into the afternoon but we still have a lot of cloud and some showers across parts of central england and wales into northern england, south—west scotland and northern ireland, either side of that cloud and showers returns sunshine with it dry for much of the day in northern scotland and warm sunshine for southern england and wales where temperatures reached 22-23 c wales where temperatures reached 22—23 c and the warmest spot with a

few degrees cooler know for the likes of newcastle with a breeze picking up. into the evening and overnight, the showery rain clears away than heavy showers rattling from the south and bringing some heavy cloud and thunder across parts of england, wales, northern ireland for parts of monday. then you might catch a glimpse of the lunar eclipse if you're in the north of scotland or the far south west of england which will have the clearer skies but through monday, this rush of showers continues with slow progress. heading into... with some thunder and lightning mixed inbox from the south, return to sonia, drier conditions. one of two bubbling up. an isolated thunderstorm and temperatures between... with that moving to tuesday, low—pressure approaches from the west, bumping into high pressure in the east but it will

turn increasingly breezy for western fringes of britain and northern ireland, outbreaks of rainier, central and eastern areas thing dry through the day with a southerly wind which could well so 25—26 c to only 16 with the rain three meals a week, some rain to get out of the way during the course higher and re—establish once again so some showers still in the forecast of some, drive for thursday were temperatures through this week in the warm spots this is bbc news. the headlines. ten people have been killed in a mass shooting by a lone gunman at a supermarket in the us city of buffalo.

the 18 year—old suspect, who was allegedly shouting racial slurs during the shooting, has appeared in court. british military intelligence suggests russia may have lost a third of its ground forces since its invasion of ukraine began in february. it also says the offensive in the east of ukraine has lost momentum and is significantly behind schedule. nato ministers are hoping to smooth over a difference with turkey — which opposes sweden and finland plans to join the military alliance. finland has said it will make a formal application to join in the coming days — while sweden is announcing later whether it will follow suit. pro—choice supporters have been protesting in cities across the us, ahead of a supreme court decision that is expected to overturn the country's long—established nationwide right to abortion. lebanon is holding parliamentary elections, for the first time since an economic collapse sparked widespread anger against the political elite. discontent worsened after the devastating explosion in the port of beirut.

now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello, welcome to political thinking. a relaxed conversation, not a news interrogation with someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. now not since the creation of what used to be called the ministry of fun, rather more boringly these days, it's called the department of digital, culture, media and sport. not since then have we had a secretary of state who is actually claimed to be able to contribute to the culture. not any more, nadine dorries has written 15 novels. she sold more than 2.5 million copies of them. you might think that means that the people in the world of the arts and the media have welcomed her appointment.