welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... the deadliest shooting at a us elementary school for a decade — 19 children, aged between seven and ten are left dead. in the town of uvalde, there's grief, shock, and anger. president biden says he's sick of the carnage caused by gun violence. the idea that an 18—year—old can walk into a store and buy weapons of war designed and marketed to kill is i thinkjust wrong. war designed and marketed to kill is i thinkjust wrong. also in the headlines: britain's prime minister borisjohnson says he will not resign after a highly—critical report

into lockdown parties at his government offices. i missed a speaker, i've humbled and i missed a speaker, i've humbled and i have _ i missed a speaker, i've humbled and i have learned a lesson. i missed a speaker, i've humbled and i have learned a lesson. the investigation blamed senior leadership for a series of alcohol—fuelled parties at downing street — that broke covid lockdown rules. and the ousted pakistani prime minister, imran khan, urges his supporters to occupy islamabad — demanding fresh elections. live from our studios in singapore. this is bbc news, it's newday. �*it�*s six in the morning in singapore, and five pm in texas where there's a profound sense of loss and grief, after 21 people were killed yesterday during a shooting at an elementary school. it's the worst such

attack in 10 years. 19 of the victims were children between the ages of 7 and 10. one was a 10—year—old boy who loved to dance. another was a girl who died while trying to call the police. the 18 year old gunman was shot dead at the scene. the attack took place in the town of uvalde in southern texas. our north america editor sarah smith is there and has been speaking to members of the community about how they're coping. she sent us this report. the heartbreak is painfully apparent for parents, families and neighbours. it must be the worst news anyone can hear — young children killed in their own classroom. as the police responded to the shooting, parents had to wait to discover if their children had survived or been shot dead. these are the faces of some of the young victims. xavier lopez was ten years old. as was ellie garcia, and anne mariejo, also ten.

eva mireles was one of the two teachers killed. children from other classrooms were evacuated by police while the shooter was still inside. this man's eight—year—old son was unharmed and he doesn't understand what happened yesterday. your son doesn't know that there was a shooting in the school? no, he'sjust acting like a regular day at school. how are you going to tell him what happened yesterday? well, only time, when the time comes. have friends of his being killed? yes. you will have to tell him that as well. yes. it will be heartbreaking for you as well as for him. exactly. the gunman, 18—year—old salvador ramos, lived locally. police have no idea why he did this or if it was pre—planned. he crashed his car outside the school, emerged wearing body armour and carrying a semiautomatic rifle. unfortunately, the suspect managed to get inside one of the classrooms

and barricaded himself, where he started to shoot not only at officers that were responding but also inside the classroom. all 21 victims have now been identified, and their remains removed from the school. what happened here in ulvade has reignited a nationwide political argument about gun control, and why powerful military style assault weapons are so readily available in places like texas, but the political response has served to illustrate how deeply divided america is over guns. gun ownership is common and widespread in texas, but questions are being asked about why an 18—year—old needs access to a military style rifle. the idea that an 18—year—old can walk into a store and buy weapons of war designed and marketed to kill is, i think, just wrong — itjust violates common sense. the police are working to try to establish a motive

for this shocking crime. the local community will never understand why this had to happen here. sarah smith, bbc news, uvalde, texas. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, is at the scene for us in uvalde with the latest. this is usually a very quiet neighbourhood, it's been completely torn apart by the horror of what happened in the school behind me. every now and again you see families with young children carrying teddy bears and balloons and flowers to give to the officers who are guarding the school to lay down on the grounds. this is a tight—knit community, everybody knows each other and they are now plunged into this deep grief. this is the eighth mast shooting, the 27th school shooting in america, you ask yourself, does it still make headlines? to shootings like this to get national headlines? yes they do. as a huge part of media here and

thatis as a huge part of media here and that is because were talking about 19 children who barricaded inside my classroom with teacher and shot dead by the gunmen. there is something familiar that happens here. you get politicians who are united in their grief, their anger, there are a comedy pray but they're also very quickly does not two divided by the politics of the you have once i president biden and islamic credit party who want meaningful legislation to stop this from ever happening again and on the other side of republicans as a any legislation is an infringement on american peoples rights to bear arms. the question is, will this lead to any change? i think it's a grim expectation by any people that it will either lead to a little change or nothing at all. president biden has made a heartfelt appealfor america to �*stand up to the gun lobby and tighten restrictions, but america is as divided as ever about the stated right to bear arms. our correspondentjohn sudworth reports from newtown in connecticut

where a decade ago 20 children and 6 adults were killed in a mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school. the flag's at half mast, a gesture of empathy from one town, one of so many scarred by the tragedy of gun violence, but there's despair here, as well. almost a decade ago six—year—old dylan hockley was murdered in his school along with 25 others. his mother, nicole, set up the sandy hook promise foundation. with little hope of gun control, the focus is on trying to help schools identify potential killers in advance. your thoughts and prayers are meaningless unless there is something substantive behind it that backs it up, and a lot of these politicians, they can do all the thoughts and prayers in the world but then they don't take any action whatsoever, so their words are meaningless. if you can't act on it, it doesn't matter. the recurrence of school

shootings has left no shortage of national despair, as well. the problem which came to the awful conclusion you're facing is a demon we have to do more to fight. our nation is shocked and saddened by the news of the shootings - at virginia tech today. since i have been president this is the fourth time that we have come together to comfort a grieving community torn apart by mass shootings. as a nation, we have to ask, when in god's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? but the outrage hasn't affected gun sales. 42% of adult americans own a gun or live with someone who does, and they are buying more. last year almost 20 million were sold, six new guns for every 100 americans. on average there are now more than 100 gun deaths per day in america, and although mass shootings account for a tiny fraction of the total,

from sandy hook to columbine to virginia tech, they are seared into this country's consciousness, but with each one it is not change that appears increasingly inevitable, but the lack of it. while president biden was urging more regulation, others were defending lawful gun rights. you see democrats and a lot of folks in the media whose immediate solution is to try to restrict the constitutional rights of law—abiding citizens, which doesn't work. it's not effective and it is not going to prevent crime. we know what does prevent crime which is going after felons 0n the fire station roof there is a star for each school child or staff member killed here. "we can't tolerate this any more," president 0bama said then, but ten years on, the solution seems as far away as ever. john sudworth, bbc news, sandy hook. i'm joined now by drjaclyn

shchildraut, associate professor of criminaljustice at state university new york 0swego. shejoins me now from syracuse in new york. great to get you on the programme. we spoke to you last night in the early hours of the investigation, 2a hours later i'm interested to hear, for you what is been the most significant development from this investigation at this point? i think we are all still— investigation at this point? i think we are all still trying _ investigation at this point? i think we are all still trying to _ investigation at this point? i think we are all still trying to process i we are all still trying to process everything that's gone on. i believe you guys just reported that they finally have identified and notified all 21 families, which is incredibly important because last night that wasn't the case. we are really in the early stages of this. it's can be a long time to determine what led to this event happening, if any such information is available. what was left behind by this individual? and there the long road ahead for these families and this community. we are

'ust lookin: families and this community. we are just looking at _ families and this community. we are just looking at pictures _ families and this community. we are just looking at pictures of— families and this community. we are just looking at pictures of the - just looking at pictures of the community that is devastated right now. some of my colleagues have been reporting. i know you've done a lot of work in this area. how does a community cope and heal from something like this?— community cope and heal from something like this? takes a really lona time. something like this? takes a really long time- i _ something like this? takes a really long time. i grew— something like this? takes a really long time. i grew up _ something like this? takes a really long time. i grew up in _ something like this? takes a really long time. i grew up in the - something like this? takes a really| long time. i grew up in the parkland florida community and more than four years out from the shooting in our community is still reeling on a daily basis from what took place four years ago. it's an incredibly long road ahead. right now everybody is in shock and in crisis and rightfully so. the days and weeks and months ahead everything will start to pick back up instead of being almost on slow motion. as a result, there is going to be a lot of grief and trauma and a lot of work to be done to work down that path towards resiliency. i

understand that information is slowly coming through about what we know, it's such a fluid situation at this point. i was intrigued by a word that you've been using and some of your research into this, this idea, the technical term is a leakage about what the government was possibly planning in the hours before the attack. can you explain for our audience what that means and what we know at this point? sure. leaka . e what we know at this point? sure. leakage refers — what we know at this point? sure. leakage refers to _ what we know at this point? sure. leakage refers to the _ what we know at this point? sure. leakage refers to the idea - what we know at this point? sure. leakage refers to the idea that. leakage refers to the idea that individuals who are planning one of these attacks, there's usually quite a bit of planning that goes into one of course to this case, we don't know how much planning went into it. but they become very consumed with the thoughts of what they are going to do for them in many cases they can't really contain those thoughts. they may share information or snippets of what they are planning to do in communication with other people. they may posted online or through social media. we know that in most cases there is some sort of

digital or person—to—person footprint left behind, a breadcrumb trail if you will, of information most all of these instances most people know but most time is more than one person. again, very little we know about this case but more will come. in we know about this case but more will come. ., , ., . ~ ., will come. in an instance like that is used as — will come. in an instance like that is used as described, _ will come. in an instance like that is used as described, can - is used as described, can investigators use that to possibly prevent an attack of this sort? absolutely. 0ne prevent an attack of this sort? absolutely. one of the challenges the internet is incredibly vast and so it's really important that when individuals come across this information that they understand the importance of reporting threats. and they're giving the mechanisms to do so as well as the education of how to identify them in the first place. there's a lot of trained professionals within communities between law enforcement and mental health that are trained in doing threat assessment so it's best to get that information to them and let

them determine the credibility of them determine the credibility of the threat and what type of management plan be needed. thank you so much forjoining _ management plan be needed. thank you so much forjoining us _ management plan be needed. thank you so much forjoining us on _ management plan be needed. thank you so much forjoining us on the _ so much forjoining us on the program. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... another apology from boris johnson — after the publication of the full report into parties in downing street — during the covid lockdown. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletics 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 four and a half thousand 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. argh, i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the go, the girl power. not geri, why? this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines... us investigators say all 19 schoolchildren murdered by a teenage gunman in texas were in the same classroom. minutes before the killings, he'd posted that he was going to attack an elementary school. british prime minister borisjohnson

has again apologised after a report blamed senior leadership for breaking covid lockdown rules. the report revealed a culture of alcohol fuelled parties. the report revealed a culture of alcohol—fuelled parties — in government offices at a time when british people were banned from socialising, or even attending funerals because of the pandemic. 0ur political editor, chris mason, has more. it was the week before christmas this investigation began. today, its verdict is delivered. 37 pages and nine photos. and here it is. at party after party, when of course parties were banned, we read about wine and cheese, beer and pizza. 0n pages 15 and 16 an event with a karaoke machine, excessive alcohol consumption, one person being sick.

a minor altercation, a fight between two people. people leaving in the middle of the night. and on page 13 a reference to that do where people were encouraged to bring their own booze. the day after a senior official says, "we seem "to have got away with it. " sue gray concludes there were events that should not have been allowed to happen. she puts blame on senior leadership at the centre, who must bear responsibility for this culture. since her earlier report injanuary she accepts progress is being made in addressing the issues raised, but that we, the public, have the right to expect the highest standards of behaviour and what happened fell well short of this. she makes one final observation, that it is her firm belief that these events did not reflect the prevailing culture in government at the time. the prime minister had a few hours

to digest what the report said this morning before addressing mps at lunchtime. i take full responsibility for everything that took place on my watch. sue gray's report has emphasised that it is up to the political leadership in number ten to take ultimate responsibility and, of course, i do. sue gray investigated 16 events. the police looked at 12. fines were issued at eight of them, the prime minister showed up at nine of them. for the first time we have pictures published today of the one both he and the chancellor were fined for, a mid afternoon gathering to mark mrjohnson�*s birthday injune 2020. the report also includes these images from a leaving do. the prime minister said turning up at events like this was an important part of his job. i briefly attended such gatherings to thank them for their service, which i believe is one of the essential

duties of leadership. and he insisted he had changed his team and how they work and wanted to get on with governing. i am confident with the changes and new structures that are now in place, that we are humbled by the experience and we have learned our lesson. labour's leader, himself alongside his deputy currently under police investigation for breaking covid rules, repeated that boris johnson must resign. it's time to pack his bags. only then can the government function again. only then can the rot be carved out, only then can we restore the dignity of that great office and the democracy that it represents. and other party leaders also focused on the prime minister's character.

truthfulness, honesty and transparency do not enter his vocabulary. it is just not part of his way of being and it speaks for the type of man that he is. can the prime minister look the british people in the eye and name one person, just one person, he cares about more than himself? and this conservative critic of mrjohnson posed this thought for fellow tory mps. the question i humbly put to my colleagues is, are you willing, day in, day out, to defend this behaviour publicly? some did respond by saying "yes. " from the commons it was back to downing street for the prime minister and questions from reporters. talk to our viewer, convince our viewer you are not tempted or willing to lie to get out of a tight spot?

i say to that person, "look, i've tried to explain as clearly "as i can what happened. " i believe that they were work events, they were part of myjob, and that view appears to be substantiated by the fact i wasn't fined. tonight, borisjohnson was back in parliament facing conservative mps in private. it is they who have the power to decide whether he stays or goes. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the governor of luhansk province in ukraine has described the situation in the donbas as exceptionally bad, with no let up in russian shelling. the cities of severodonetsk and lysychansk are under intense bombardment as russian forces try to encircle them. people up to the age of 50 can now enlist in the russian army.

the law, passed by the parliament in moscow, is linked to efforts to recruit more troops as russian casualties in ukraine continue to mount. under current legislation, russians can enlist only up to the age of forty, and foreigners up to age thirty. pfizer has announced it will no longer make a profit from selling its patented medicines to the world's poorest countries, after being criticized for making a profit from its coronavirus vaccines. pfizer's chief executive, albert bourla, said forty — five countries would benefit, covering a total of more than a billion people. rwanda will be one of the first countries involved and its president said pfizer's scheme was an important step towards sustainable health in developing countries. supermodel kate moss has given evidence between the defamation case ofjohnny depp. she died that mr deppe ever abused her while dating backin deppe ever abused her while dating back in the 905. she told the court by a video link that she'd never

been pushed down the stairs by the actor, a rumour to which amber heard had referred. now to pakistan — where the former prime minister imran khan has arrived near islamabad to lead a protest demanding new elections. imran khan has urged supporters tojoin his long march to the capital — despite all approach road5 being blocked and thousands of police being deployed to prevent the demonstrators reaching the city centre. he was ousted as prime minister in april after a no—confidence vote in parliament. saher baloch report5 now. islamabad this evening looks like a battleground. the capital is ten5e a5 protester5 continue to arrive. former prime minister imran khan has asked his supporters and party workers to gather near the parliament. holding pakistan's flag in his hands, khan is also on his way towards the capital, where he will demand the dissolution of the parliament and call for early elections.

protester5 have fought all day to reach the city. there were early—morning classes in lahore, where tear gas was fired in an attempt to scatter the protesters — but they remained undeterred. gunshots. tear gas was again fired this afternoon to disperse the protesters approaching islamabad. but they managed to break through, despite the barricaded 5treet5 and the heavy presence of riot police. cla5he5 have erupted between the police and the marchers as they are being stopped from getting into islamabad. the government is also trying to persuade former prime minister imran khan to move his prote5t5 to a designated spot and to not prolong his 5itting, as it was seen before. the supreme court of pakistan is also speaking with both the current government and imran khan and has asked them to reach an agreement. so, for the time being, the situation seems to be in a flux. many have now made their way to this entry point into the capital, and the marchers' progress has put pressure on the current government to try and reach a compromise.

imran khan this evening appears to remain resolute and stand by the demand that elections are called. as the unrest reaches the heart of the capital, the country is watching to see how the protests will unfold. saher baloch, bbc news, islamabad. we will be sure to bring you the latest updates on that story to be sure to stay tuned to bbc news for god. and before we go , there's been an outpouring of grief in the us, after the killings in uvalde texas. in addition to vigils there've been tributes to the victims happening around the globe. this is the scene at a vigil being held in northern india, at the punjabi city of amritsar,

honoring the victims in texas. that's it for us. thank you for watching. i think it's fair to say eastern england had the best of wednesday's weather. term eight hours of sunshine and a warm and she spots with 20 c. it was a lovely enter the date meanwhile it was to share. right now the weather is quite quiet, a few showers for the northwest of scotland but picketing clock moving into northern ireland starting to bring outbreaks of rain. mild for the most part but quite chilly air in scotland today and if you look at where the is coming from, although across the uk we will all have westerly winds in the south the air is coming from a long way software is in the north the air is coming around past iceland, polar regions working eventually as it northern scotland for the pic

temperature contrast from north to south. we start off with a band of rain thursday morning in northern ireland, pushing eastward across northern england, scraping the south east of scotland, the fridge itself weakens it as it slowly trickles down towards linkage or through the afternoon, by the skies to the northwest, blustery skies in scotland was up this blustery spells and feeling warmer, temperatures 21 degrees by the year gets cooler and cooler the further north you go and so in stornowayjust 11 degrees. some fairly brisk blustery winds making it feel quite chilly. through friday the winds turned to more of a northwesterly direction, those winds will bring plenty of showers to northern and western scotland, one or two for northern island, the northwest of both england and wales but otherwise most of you will see spells of sunshine. and the sunshine not feeling bad for the southern areas of uk, 21 in london, warm in the sunshine but across the far northwest a little on the cool side once again. for the weekend, high

pressure is influencing our weather but it is moving to the northwest of the uk allowing these winds to dive in. might well start of sunny where you are and a cold start to the day but the cloud is likely to build up particularly for northern and eastern areas, the rest of the sunshine and highest temperatures for selfless wells in england, we should get up to about 20 degrees. just 12 in aberdeen. cloud may be a bit thicker on sunday, perhaps wanted to showers around and temperatures for the most part will be dropping a few degrees, it will start to feel a little bit cooler, should be a bit us sunshine away but 11 in aberdeen and just 1a and london.

this is bbc news. our latest headlines. us officials have given more details of tuesday's fatal school shooting at a texas primary school. they say the gunman had locked the children in a classroom where he then murdered 19 of them. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has again apologised after an investigation blamed senior leadership for a series of parties at downing street that broke covid lockdown rules, but he has dismissed renewed calls for his resignation. people up to the age of 50 can now enlist in the russian army. the law, passed by the parliament in moscow, is linked to efforts to recruit more troops as russian casualties in ukraine continue to mount. the former pakistani prime minister, imran khan, has vowed to reach islamabad, leading thousands of supporters

who are demanding fresh elections.