hello, welcome to bbc news, i'm david eades, our top stories: another mass shooting in the united states, at least 18 children and one teacher have been killed at a primary school in texas. a short time ago police released a photo of the gunmen, salvador ramos who was shot dead. president biden has addressed the nation, saying he felt sick and tired of hearing that another school had been attacked. i that another school had been attacked. . r' that another school had been attacked. . w ., ., that another school had been attacked. . ., ., ., attacked. i ask the nation to ra for attacked. i ask the nation to pray for them _ attacked. i ask the nation to pray for them stop - attacked. i ask the nation to pray for them stop you - attacked. i ask the nation to pray for them stop you give | attacked. i ask the nation to i pray for them stop you give the parents and siblings the strength in the darkness they feel right now?—

strength in the darkness they feel right now? education staff are preparing _ feel right now? education staff are preparing counselling - are preparing counselling sessions for those affected. my heart is sessions for those affected. m heart is broken today, sessions for those affected. mg heart is broken today, our small community, we need a press to get us through the. one of the headline the sour, russia says it is ready for a prolonged conflict in ukraine as its forces continue to make progress in the east of the country. we report from the front in ukraine's easternmost region luhansk. thank you forjoining us. a gunman who shot dead at least 18 pupils and at least one teacher at a primary school in the us state of texas. the pupils were in second, third and fourth grades, that's means they were aged between seven and ten years old. the mass

shooting within the small town of uvalde, west of san antonio, at robb elementary school, made up at robb elementary school, made up of a largely hispanic community. the attacker was an 18—year—old, named salvador ramos, shot dead by law officers. he is suspected of killing his grandmother before heading to the school itself. he crashed his car outside the campus and went into the classroom is wearing body armour. local officials provided an earlier update on the investigation.— the investigation. good evening- _ the investigation. good evening. this _ the investigation. good evening. this was - the investigation. good evening. this was a - the investigation. good i evening. this was a tragic the investigation. good - evening. this was a tragic and senseless event today and my heart was probe today, our hearths, thoughts and prayers are with all the families as we go through this day and days to come. a few announcements we need to make, we will have

grief counselling and support at the civic centre for our students, staff, community members, anybody that needs to come at that time, and we may be there more than one day, we may be a several days. our staff will meet at 8am at the civic centre as well. we will begin visiting with them and seeing what those needs are. school will be closed to the school he is done. we will have no school tomorrow or thursday. all activities are cancelled throughout the district. i know graduation is on people �*s mind, we will come out with a notice on that at a later time. all the staff members well report to their campuses. my heart was broken again today by a small community, and we will need your prayers to get us through this a need your prayers to get us through this—

need your prayers to get us throu~h thi . , ., ., ., through this a short time ago, president _ through this a short time ago, president biden _ through this a short time ago, president biden spoke - through this a short time ago, president biden spoke out - through this a short time ago, i president biden spoke out about this shooting, saying it is time for what needs to be done, and to stand up to the gun lobby. and to stand up to the gun lobb . ~ ., and to stand up to the gun lobb.~ ., lobby. another massacre, uvalde, — lobby. another massacre, uvalde, texas, _ lobby. another massacre, uvalde, texas, an - lobby. another massacre, - uvalde, texas, an elementary school, — uvalde, texas, an elementary school, beautiful, innocent second, _ school, beautiful, innocent second, third, fourth graders. and _ second, third, fourth graders. and how— second, third, fourth graders. and how many scores of little children — and how many scores of little children who witnessed what happened, see their friends die as if they— happened, see their friends die as if they are in a battlefield, for god sake. i am sick and — battlefield, for god sake. i am sick and tired of it. we have to act — sick and tired of it. we have to act. and don't tell me we can't — to act. and don't tell me we can't have _ to act. and don't tell me we can't have an impact on this carnage _ can't have an impact on this carnage i_ can't have an impact on this carnage. i spent my career as a seneter— carnage. i spent my career as a senator and — carnage. i spent my career as a senator and vice president in

the weapons ban, mass shootings went_ the weapons ban, mass shootings went down, and when the law expired. — went down, and when the law expired, mass shootings tripled _ expired, mass shootings tripled. the idea that an 18—year—old kid can walk into a -un 18—year—old kid can walk into a gun store — 18—year—old kid can walk into a gun store and buy two assault weapons _ gun store and buy two assault weapons isjust wrong. these kinds — weapons isjust wrong. these kinds of— weapons isjust wrong. these kinds of mass shootings rarely happen— kinds of mass shootings rarely happen anywhere else in the world — happen anywhere else in the world. why? they have mental health— world. why? they have mental health problems, they have domestic disputes in other countries. they have people who are lost, — countries. they have people who are lost, but these kinds of mass — are lost, but these kinds of mass shootings never happen with— mass shootings never happen with the — mass shootings never happen with the kind of frequency they happen— with the kind of frequency they happen in america. why? why are we willing — happen in america. why? why are we willing to live with this carnage? why do we keep letting this happen? where in god's name — this happen? where in god's name is _ this happen? where in god's name is our backbone to have

the courage to deal with and stand — the courage to deal with and stand up to the lobbies? it is time — stand up to the lobbies? it is time to— stand up to the lobbies? it is time to turn this pain into action— time to turn this pain into action for— time to turn this pain into action for every parent, for every— action for every parent, for every citizen of this country. we have _ every citizen of this country. we have to make it clear to every — we have to make it clear to every elected official in this country— every elected official in this country it is time to act. it is time _ country it is time to act. it is time for— country it is time to act. it is time for those who have sought— is time for those who have sought to delay or block the common—sense gun laws, we need to let _ common—sense gun laws, we need to let you _ common—sense gun laws, we need to let you know that we will not forget. we can do so much more — not forget. we can do so much more we _ not forget. we can do so much more. we have to do more. and an: more. we have to do more. and angry and _ more. we have to do more. fiflc angry and frustrated joe biden there. we can speak to former fbi special agent tracy waldo whojoins us from fbi special agent tracy waldo who joins us from dallas. fbi special agent tracy waldo whojoins us from dallas. thank you for your time. i say you are ex fbi, you are a current mum, which i suppose in the first instance is the most pertinent points here, and you have a daughter who goes to elementary school. how much does a moment like this change

your thinking about your own children �*s safety? lt your thinking about your own children 's safety?— children 's safety? it really does change _ children 's safety? it really does change my _ children 's safety? it really does change my thinking. | children 's safety? it really| does change my thinking. i would like to say i have never thought of the possibility that something like this could happen at her school, but i do. i mean it is something that here in the united states unfortunately is a part of our lives. we have had so many school shootings since the start of 2022, and i think, for me, being a former fbi agent, i am somewhat hyper aware to these things, and i will continue to send my daughter to school. however, iwill continue to have discussions with her, in terms of what's both —— what personal safety means at school flower. indie means at school flower. we heard from _ means at school flower. we heard from ted _ means at school flower. we heard from ted cruz, texas senator of angler, it is down to law enforcement, it is down to law enforcement, it is down to the fbis of this world, to the police, to target the people who do this sort of thing. how do they feel about moments like this? you know,

that is very _ moments like this? you know, that is very unfair _ moments like this? you know, that is very unfair to _ moments like this? you know, that is very unfair to place - that is very unfair to place that is very unfair to place that blamed... that is very unfair to place that blamed. . ._ that is very unfair to place that blamed... i'm not sure if he was blaming _ that blamed... i'm not sure if he was blaming or— that blamed... i'm not sure if he was blaming orjust - that blamed... i'm not sure if he was blaming orjust saying the resource needs to be there. i get what you're saying, i think it is, with law enforcement, i think the problem becomes there are so many people and so many guns, i think the amount of guns we have outnumbered the amount of people we have and for law enforcement to be able to monitor all of that and to discern who is a bad guy with a gun and who is a good guy with a gun becomes almost completely impossible. wejust a gun becomes almost completely impossible. we just don't have the manpower to be able to do that and to be able to suss out who are the bad and he are the good. 50 who are the bad and he are the cod. ., ,., who are the bad and he are the aood. ., ,, ~ ., good. so do you think that gun control and _ good. so do you think that gun control and tighter— good. so do you think that gun i control and tighter management of gun control is the answer? i mean, would that provide an answer, or is this, as you pointed out, there are more guns than there are people, i

mean, significantly more guns than there are people. it is very difficult to see how you ever put this back.— ever put this back. yes, it is one of the — ever put this back. yes, it is one of the things _ ever put this back. yes, it is one of the things that - ever put this back. yes, it is one of the things that it - ever put this back. yes, it is one of the things that it is i one of the things that it is audio the bag so it becomes incredibly difficult to put the guns into the bag, knocking on people �*s doors and trying to obtain their guns, that becomes very difficult. i do think gun control is a good step in that direction but i'm not sure that i see it as sort of this cure—all to this. i see it as sort of this cure-all to this. , cure-all to this. there will be a wringing — cure-all to this. there will be a wringing of— cure-all to this. there will be a wringing of hands _ cure-all to this. there will be a wringing of hands around i cure-all to this. there will be l a wringing of hands around the united states of course, indeed in texas as well, but when we look atjoe biden talking very passionately about the need to do something, he has been on that campaign trailfor do something, he has been on that campaign trail for many, many years, and it still seems nigh on impossible to make much of a breakthrough. what would your expectation be? the sound is cuite your expectation be? the sound is quite pessimistic _ your expectation be? the sound is quite pessimistic but - your expectation be? the sound is quite pessimistic but my - is quite pessimistic but my

expectation is not a lot. i think we have moved even farther and farther away from each other, and not in the middle, which is probably where we should be in order to come up we should be in order to come up with some type of action to this problem. so my expectation is not high in terms of what is going to happen with gun control. however, iguess going to happen with gun control. however, i guess i can at least try to be optimistic. thank you very much indeed. we can go live to washington were president biden, sorry, he has done that, of course, already. let's move on because also in washington, senator chris murphy, where the sandy hook shooting happened ten is ago, made an impassioned appeal to conquer than whalers. is;

made an impassioned appeal to conquer than whalers.— conquer than whalers. 14 kids dead in an — conquer than whalers. 14 kids dead in an elementary - conquer than whalers. 14 kids dead in an elementary school| conquer than whalers. 14 kids i dead in an elementary school in texas right now. what are we

doing? what doing? just days after shooter walked into a grocery store to gun down african american patrons, we have another sandy hook on our hands. what are we doing? there were more mass shootings than daysin were more mass shootings than days in the year. our kids are living in fear every single time they set foot in the classroom because they think they are going to be next. what are we doing? why do you spend all this time running for the us senate because my quality go through the hassle of getting this job, through the hassle of getting thisjob, putting yourself through the hassle of getting this job, putting yourself in a position of authority and the, we do nothing.— we do nothing. senator chris murh , we do nothing. senator chris murphy. one _ we do nothing. senator chris murphy, one person - we do nothing. senator chris murphy, one person who - we do nothing. senator chris l murphy, one person who could have addressed that was ted cruz, open the tougher texas and is opposed to greater country holds but was asked about issue and this is what he said to our partners at cbs. when there is a murder of this kind, you see politicians trying to politicise it and see democrats and a lot of folks in the media whose immediate solution is to try to restrict the cons additional rights of law—abiding citizens. that doesn't work. it is not effective, it does not prevent crime. we know what does prevent crime, going after felons and fugitives and those with serious mental illness, arresting them, prosecuting them when they try to buy firearms, we all other circumstances of this mass

murderer but if you look to the past, we know what is effective and that is targeting the felons and fugitives and bad guys but as sure as night follows day, you can bet they are going to be democrat politicians looking to advance their own political agenda rather than to work to stop this kind of perfect violence and to keep everyone safe. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: as ukraine's wounded civilians are ta ken to safety, russia says it's prepared for a long and protracted conflict. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles,

scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juventus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will. mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day— of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 4,500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she's left the spice girls. argn — i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the go, girl power. not geri. why? this is bbc news, the latest headlines: at least 18 children and one teacher have been

killed in another mass shooting at a primary school in texas, in the united states. law enforcement officers shot dead the attacker, 18—year—old salvador ramos. he'd purchased two military—grade rifles and is suspected of killing his grandmother before heading to the school. let's get some other news now, and russia says it is ready for a prolonged conflict in ukraine, as its forces continue to make progress in the east of the country. the ukrainian defence ministry said, the offensive was in its most active phase, while moscow said, it would continue until all its objectives had been achieved. our correspondent, jeremy bowen, reports from the front line in ukraine's eastern most region, luhansk. the ukrainian army could be fighting a losing battle in luhansk. they're committing reserves to the front line. russian firepower is destroying towns and killing ukrainian soldiers.

one unit went into the line with 240 men and came out with 100 of them killed, wounded and captured. bakhmut is a town getting slowly eaten by the war. this week, it's around three miles from the russians — well within range. next week, it might be much closer. civilians with somewhere to go have left. in the ruins in donbas, the victory in kyiv in march, the euphoria, glory and sacrifice feel distant. "where's the cease fire?", says this man. "even if it costs land." translation: what could it change for me? - the main thing is to stay alive. this isjust the beginning. everything still to come. if we survive, we'll see how it goes. at a safe distance from the front line, civilians were brought to a railway platform for evacuation.

most were too weak and too old to leave before the war swallowed them, and now they're wounded. leda was rescued from ruined severodonetsk, almost surrounded by the russians. thousands of ukrainian civilians are still there. the train's been transformed into an ambulance and intensive care unit by msf — doctors without borders. the intensity of the fighting means the train is running at close to full capacity. the medics work continuous back—to—back trips. relative safety in lviv is 20 hours down the track. it's an escape capsule from a war that's so hard to predict that the medical teams only know who's coming in the last hours before they leave. sometimes they're wounded the same morning. this man from bakhmut was on the train six hours after he was hurt

in an airstrike. translation: i saw our soldiers standing nearby j and crawled towards them. then i realised my strength was leaving me and i wouldn't be able to crawl. i got up and started screaming. even when families survived with them, the lives they led are smashed. translation: my husband and i have lived together i for 51 years in peace and harmony, and now it ends so badly. i guess we're running out of time. yasser kamaledin organises the train, evacuating the wounded is vital for the ukrainians, as the war in the east intensifies. the hospitals closer to the front line are overwhelmed, are receiving continuously big numbers of patients beyond their capacity to cope. so it's very important for us and for the ministry of health

here in ukraine to make sure that these hospitals are always ready to receive more patients, especially the war—wounded. this war is much more organised now than it was back in february when it started. notjust medical evacuation, though what they're doing on this train is really remarkable, but also where the decisions are made — the generals, the presidents. you get the feeling that they've settled in for a long, hard attritional struggle. the ukrainians don't talk much about their own casualties, but the graveyards in the east are filling up and their president says up to 100 soldiers a day could be dying in donbas. he says only diplomacy can end the war. his allies, led by the us and uk, want to weaken putin's russia permanently. their critics say they'll fight

to the last ukrainian. the currency of war is blood. new graves are ready. as they're filled, more ukrainians will question the blood price they're paying and ask how much a cease fire will cost. jeremy bowen, bbc news, in eastern ukraine. 0k, ok, a 0k, a bit ok, a bit of a global round—up for you now. we stop with the situation in south korea. north korea has fired three ballistic missiles in the space of an hour, apparently launched just a few hours after president biden left of the region, after the trip he agreed to deter north korea from intensifying its missile tests. a subsidiary of the mining

and commodities trading giant glencore has pleaded guilty to seven counts of bribery in a london court. the firm also said it will pay more than one billion us dollars — or eight hundred million pounds — to resolve similar claims with the us and brazil. the president of argentina is the latest world leader to receive a fine for breaking covid rules. alberto fernandez and the first lady have been ordered to pay a total of three million pesos — or 24 thousand us dollars — after a photo emerged of them at a birthday celebration injuly 2020, when the country was under a strict lockdown banning all gatherings including funerals. to the uk now — where borisjohnson is under renewed pressure over gatherings during lockdown, following the latest revelations by people who worked in downing street at the time. they describe a culture in which parties were routine, despite strict laws forbidding indoor and outdoor mixing. the gatherings were often crowded, and security guards were laughed at when they tried to stop one party from taking place. the testimony, obtained by bbc panorama, comes of an official report,

into what happened. and the metropolitan police are facing new demands to explain why the prime minister wasn't fined for attending a gathering in november 2020, while others were. our deputy political editor vicki young has the latest. unemployment is now down to its lowest level since 1974. boris johnson trying to focus on the positive as he opened this week's cabinet meeting. they have all been defending his behaviour during lockdown, at a time when rule—breaking was rife inside number 10. there were bottles, empties, rubbish — in the bin, but overflowing, or indeed sometimes left on the table. panorama has spoken to three insiders who attended gatherings in downing street. police have issued more than 120 fines to those who partied here. this event took place in november 2020.

at least one person was fined, but mrjohnson wasn't. a staffer who was there described the do. their words are spoken by actors. there was about 30 people, if not more, in a room. everyone was stood shoulder to shoulder with some people on each other�*s laps. the prime minister will be disappointed. as you know, he has apologised for what happened. i think he has popped down there to raise a glass and say thank you to a long—term member of staff who was leaving, and my view is that none of this should have happened, of course. insiders say there were weekly invites to �*wine time friday�* in the press office at 4pm, and several leaving parties. one went on so late some people stayed the night. i apologize... since december, mrjohnson has been forced to answer questions about what went on. i have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged

that there was no party and that no covid rules were broken. you and your colleagues felt that you had essentially permission from boris johnson to have these events? that is what you are saying? yeah. because... ? he was there. he may havejust been popping through on the way to his flat because that is what would happen. he wasn't there saying they shouldn't be happening, he wasn't saying, can everyone break up and go home? can everyone socially distance? can everyone put masks on? no, he wasn't telling anybody that, he was grabbing a glass for himself. a lot of these young members of staff from across downing street who have been fined feel that they went to these events — they did not think they were breaking the rules at the time because the prime minister was at them, some of the most senior civil servants in the country were at them, and were indeed organising some of them. and mrjohnson's response

to the allegations caused disbelief, according to one staffer. why is he denying this? when we have been with him this entire time. we knew that the rules had been broken, we knew these parties happened. the police may have finished their investigation into partying here in downing street but that is not the end of the matter. a senior civil servant is about to give a much fuller picture of what went on. this is about the behaviour of the prime minister and the country's top officials. it is about leadership and integrity in public life. mrjohnson says he takes the allegations very seriously. so far he has been helped by cabinet ministers staying loyal, even though he has been fine. has a prime minister being honest about partying here in downing street? but many conservative mps are waiting until they see sue gray's report before passing judgement. vicky young, bbc new, westminster.

ido i do have an update i'm afraid i do have an update i'm afraid i have to bring you on the uvalde school killings, because the texan authorities now say 19 children have been killed, along with one teacher forced hello, again. tuesday was a very unsettled day, we had loads of showers across the whole of the uk, some impressive thunderclouds, this one spotted across the skies of west london. in acton, and there were reports of some hail, lots of thunder and lightning, and around kent we even had reports of a funnel cloud, that's like a tornado coming down, but doesn't quite reach the ground. although there were loads of showers, the thunderstorms

really were concentrated across eastern areas of england. why? well, that was down to the jetstream. you see, we had this trough moving across eastern areas of england, that's what kicked up the showers and made those thunderstorms, whereas a ridge to the northwest meant the showers actually weren't very heavy at all. that trough feature has pinged all the way across into northeast europe and looking at the charts for wednesday, a strong jetstream will be pushing in this set of weather fronts. the fronts themselves not particularly active by the time they get to eastern areas of england but it will be a blustery kind of day, certainly a different day compared with tuesday. northern ireland, western parts of england and wales, across scotland will push its way eastward, barely any rain left on by the time it reaches east anglia and south—east england, what follows is much brighter weather with sunshine and a few showers mainly across north—western areas. temperatures about 16—18 degrees celsius, it won't feel too bad in that strong may sunshine. looking at the weather picture through wednesday night, many of the showers will fade

away, but then the cloud will start to rebuild in northern ireland, as we head into the first part of thursday morning with that rain starting to make inroads here. this is another weather front off the atlantic, a tiny bit of uncertainty about where that is going, northern england and wales looks the favoured spots for seeing rain, scotland, sunshine and showers more likely and towards southern england, variable cloud but there will be some sunny spells coming and going here. temperatures quite a range, cooler air getting in across temperatures, quite a range, cooler air getting in across scotland and northern ireland, highs just around 13—15 degrees for some, but warmer to the south—east with temperatures up to 20. and towards the end of the week and the all—important weekend, this area of high pressure is going to be building in from the west. now, the weather is set to settle down, but we eventually are going to get some fairly brisk northerly winds, and those winds will feed in some showers to northern scotland at times, but otherwise a fair amount of dry weather with some sunny spells. that's the latest.

this is bbc news, the headlines: at least 19 children and one teacher have been killed in a mass shooting at a primary school in texas. it happened at the robb elementary school in uvalde, and the pupils were aged between seven and ten. the gunman has been

named as salvador ramos, who was shot dead.