this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. more horrifying details emerge from the school shooting in uvalde texas. students repeatedly called 911 pleading for help, as more than a dozen officers waited in the school's hallways for nearly an hour before entering the classroom. 21 dead and you're going to smile and laugh? of course it was not the right decision, there was no excuse for it. z�*i decision, there was no excuse for it. ' ., decision, there was no excuse forit. . ., for it. 21 dead and you smile and laugh? _ protesters gather outside the annual meeting of the national rifle association, in texas, as the convention continues inside.

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in a school in the city of uvalde, where 21 people were killed by a gunman on tuesday. salvador ramos barricaded himself inside the room, shooting 19 children and two teachers. it took 53 minutes for armed police to eventually go in. as the local people come to terms with tragedy, grief is turning into anger. here's our north america editor, sarah smith. terrified students were rescued from the school whilst the gunman was still in one of the classrooms. the children trapped inside were desperately calling 911 for help. one young girl called back four times, telling the operator, some of the student are still alive, and pleading, "please send the police now." authorities now have to explain why there was not a much faster response. we're here to report the facts as we know them now.

not to defend what was done or the actions taken. it took well over an hour before the gunman was shot. at 11:33am, he entered the school and started shooting, firing at least 100 rounds. at 11:35am, the first police officers entered the school. two minutes later, more shots were fired. by 12:03pm, there were up to 19 officers in the hallway outside the classroom. they not try to enter. at 12:15pm, the border control tactical team started to arrive. it's not until 12:50pm when the keys are found to open the classroom door and the gunman is shot dead. the police knew there were children alive trapped inside the classroom, but waited over an hour before going in. with the benefit of hindsight, where i'm sitting now, of course it wasn't the right decision, it was the wrong decision. there is no excuse for that.

but again, i wasn't there. we believe there should have been an entry as soon as. i'm just telling you what i know. when there's an active shooter, the rules change. protesters are out in force in houston because the powerful pro—gun lobby, the nra, are hosting a huge convention here today less than 300 miles from uvalde. the elementary school massacre has not stopped them, not even briefly, from passionately defending their right to own weapons. protesters outside are demanding new laws to restrict ownership. do you understand why people are now calling for tighter gun control? i can understand it. there's a lot of evil people out there. i think we need to control crime. if evil people didn't have access to semi—automatic weapons, they wouldn't be able to conduct massacres inside schools. that's one way to look at it. what's another way? control crime. if you have personnel.

who want to be trained, they can be trained in weapons safety, they can be armed, - then you will restrict - the access of any crazy nut that decides to come in. it's not the weapon, it's - the nut that's got the weapon. it's because the nut has the weapon which gives them the ability to go and kill the people. but why don't you i protect the schools? you say the schools are gun free. - so are your churches. how many church shootings have we had because they're - supposedly gun—free? children, some of them the same age as the children killed in uvalde, say they want to feel safe in their schools. but protests like this will not persuade the gun lobby to agree to any changes in the laws governing gun ownership. sarah smith, bbc news, houston, texas. is an grows, hundreds of protesters

gathered outside the annual meeting of the nra. —— is anger grows. the demonstrators are rallying for tighter gun control laws. they are in houston. the former president, donald trump, has addressed the lobby group's gathering and suggested teachers should be armed. surely we can all agree our schools should not be the softest target, our schools should be the single hardest target in our country. applause. and that's why, as part of a comprehensive school safety plan, it's time to finally allow highly trained teachers to safely and discreetly concealed carry, let them concealed carry. cheering. and again, they have to be able to handle it,

they have to be highly trained — all of those things, but to let them do that would be so much better and so much more effective, even from a cost standpoint. let's cross to our correspondent in los angeles, david willis. david, of course, the nra, i think sponsor the trunk campaign, 50— $80 million back in 2016, and his message hasn't changed. in 2016, and his message hasn't chanced. �* , ., , ., changed. and he is no stranger to the national— changed. and he is no stranger to the national rifle _ to the national rifle association, arguably one of the most powerful lobby groups here in the united states. he's addressed this annual gathering of the nra, and no fewer than half a dozen times before, this was a highly political soul speech —— political speech. after a massacre in the same

state and see nra's gathering is taking place. donald trump rejected any calls for tighter gun laws, saying they would have absolutely no effect, and he said law—abiding american citizens should be allowed to arm themselves in defence against evil. it underlines, i think, with the midterm elections coming up and a few months —— in a few months, remember how political this issueis remember how political this issue is likely to become in the run—up to those crucial elections. the run-up to those crucial elections-_ the run-up to those crucial elections. ~ ., , ., , elections. what struck me was the language _ elections. what struck me was the language he _ elections. what struck me was the language he used - elections. what struck me was the language he used about i elections. what struck me was l the language he used about the gun control supporters, exploiting the tears of some big families.— big families. that's right, at ains to big families. that's right, at pains to point _ big families. that's right, at pains to point out _ big families. that's right, at pains to point out in - big families. that's right, at pains to point out in his - big families. that's right, at i pains to point out in his view, this is being politcised, this whole issue by rival democrats. we heard calls from president

0bama and other leading democrats for a tighter gun controls. background checks on the sale of all weapons and a ban on assault style with nichols —— rifles, like the one used on tuesday. republicans argue that the answer to these sort of events is basically a tougher law and enforcement presence and greater mental health checks. this point was made a couple days ago by the texas governor greg abbott, even though he then went on to concede that there was nothing in the background of this particular gunman to suggest that he had suffered mental health problems. share that he had suffered mental health problems.— health problems. are you talkinu health problems. are you talking about _ health problems. are you talking about these - health problems. are you talking about these red . health problems. are you l talking about these red flag laws which i think exist in 19 states? is there any room potentially for democrats win over some republicans on that specific point? it’s

over some republicans on that specific point?— specific point? it's very interesting _ specific point? it's very interesting because - specific point? it's very interesting because if l specific point? it's very - interesting because if there is to be any ground given, the indications are that it will be indications are that it will be in that area. there are some republicans who are willing to sign up for that, but much more than that, it seems unlikely. we heard of course after the sandy hook massacre ten years ago, calls for all sorts of gun control laws. there was the normal calls to action, and then all went away. and the fear on the part of democrats, some leading democrats, is that exactly the same thing will happen this time around. david willis in los _ happen this time around. david willis in los angeles, - happen this time around. david willis in los angeles, thanks i willis in los angeles, thanks very much. russia's finance minister has given an indication of the huge financial cost of the war in ukraine to his country. anton siluanov said around 8 trillion roubles had been spent to support the russian economy so far. that's roughly $123 billion. financial reserves, known as the russian national wealth fund, are now being used, with the russian economy struggling under the effect

of western sanctions. meanwhile, the fighting continues — centred on donbas. russian—backed separatist leaders in eastern ukraine say they've captured the town of lyman, a town on the road to the ukrainian city of slovyansk, which is a key russian target as moscow tries to take full control of the donbas. there's no way of verifying the claim. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has accused moscow of being intent on reducing cities in the east to ashes and that the russian offensive could leave the donbas region uninhabitable. 0ur correspondent, joe inwood, sent this report from kyiv. this is what liberation by the russians looks like. popasna in the donbas region. 0nce 20,000 people lived here. 0nce, 20,000 people lived here. now, it is almost deserted. natalia is one of the few who remains. translation: iwas- sleeping here last night. i just have to fix the window somehow. the wind is still bad,

cold at night. she had seen the destruction of this invasion first—hand. she has seen the destruction of this invasion first—hand. two people back then were dead. they were sitting outside to cook and a projectile came flying. eight people were wounded at once. someone was standing with the cattle, somebody was cooking for the neighbours, and then eight got wounded. popasna is the town where russian forces broke through ukrainian lines and began their slow but relentless attempt to encircle and destroy thousands of ukrainian fighters. when he started this invasion, one of the main reasons given by president putin was to stop what he said was a genocide taking place in the donbas, carried out by ukraine. now, there never was any evidence of that. but now president zelensky says a genocide is taking place, but it's being carried out by russia. translation: the current offensive of the occupiers i in donbas will make the region uninhabited.

they want to burn our towns and cities to ashes. allthis, including the deportation of our people and the mass killings of civilians, is an obvious policy of genocide pursued by russia. this is lysychansk, one of two cities currently being encircled. before the invasion, many people here felt an affinity russia. an affinity with russia. people spoke russian, got their news from russian sources, but have now been driven from their homes by russian shelling. translation: what drove me out was the stress. _ shells kept falling every second. - translation: i don't know what we'll do. i we can't go home and we can't live here either. with every russian military breakthrough, escape becomes harder. in the last few hours, russian—backed separatist forces claim to have captured the town of lyman, another step in their conquest of the donbas, which is looking more likely by the day. joe inwood, bbc news, kyiv.

still to come — moscow's slow advance in ukraine continues, celebrations are in full swing for the platinum jubilee celebrations. 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 j 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 bbc news. the latest headlines. police in texas admit they delayed installing a school because they believe no more pupils were at risk. protesters have gathered outside the annual meeting of the pro—gun national rifle association in texas about 300 miles away as delegates defend their constitutional right to own a gun. and moscow's advance continues as russian backed separatists claim they've captured strategic town in north donbas. the united nations has warned that somalia is suffering

its worst drought in a0 years. the crisis, fuelled by a lack of seasonal rains, has left more than 6 million people vulnerable. many families are being forced to migrate from their homes in search of water and food. 0ur correspondent catherine byaruhanga has more from southern somalia. the mass movement of people across somalia. grandparents, children, neighbours, leaving their homes, carrying all they have because their land has become hostile. this man and his family walked 300 kilometres to get to this camp in southern somalia, but some were left behind. translation: i'm feeling sad because the other - people we left back there, i'm worried about their survival. where are the children? our children are suffering. there are children

we left on the road. and some children do not survive the journey to get help. this child, who was three years old, is buried here. she died shortly after arriving at the camp. she was malnourished and suffering from measles and hepatitis. her mother and grandmother come here to visit her grave. translation: she suffered a lot the night before - she died and by the morning, she was gone. another grave is being dug for a little girl who we understand died from measles last night. the people here tell us she was also malnourished. most children won't die because they're simply hungry. itjust means that their bodies are too weak to fight off infections that they could survive. every bed on this specialist ward is taken, so there's no space for this baby,

carried in by her mother. they will have to wait until a bed is free. translation: if we could cultivate our farms, - we could have eaten our own food and stored some of it, i but now where can we get food? somalia needs aid to get through this drought, but international prices are already going up. the war in ukraine is the latest shock to global supplies, and the fact that the world's attention and donor funding are focused on a war thousands of kilometres away, many warn the crisis affecting somalia and its neighbours is being forgotten. resources are really, really small. 15% of the somalia appeal has been funded. needs are increasing every day, so i think there's a lot of concern that we might be heading to a risk of famine coming soon and when the needs grow...

unless we get the money now, it's going to be extremely difficult. the focus is now on keeping everyone, especially the youngest, alive. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, doolow, in southern somalia. hundreds of fans lined the streets today as johnny depp and amber heard's six—week—long libel battle reached its final stages. in closing arguments, johnny depp's lawyers said the accusations of domestic violence had ruined him. amber heard's legal team said if thejury rejected all her evidence and decided every allegation of abuse was a lie, then what sort of message was that for other victims of domestic violence? the case has now gone to the jury, who will resume deliberations on tuesday. david sillito reports now from fairfax virginia. cheering. we love you, johnny! it is now finally coming to an end, and johnny depp's welcome for today's closing arguments was more

than enthusiastic. and it's notjust the fans. this courtroom drama has for millions become daily viewing, and it's clear that from the very beginning, it'sjohnny depp who was winning the global pr battle. i believe johnny depp. i think he's very truthful, i think he's been through a lot. you're convinced johnny? i'm... i'm 99%, yes. i'm here today because i support amber heard 100%. support amber heard, 100%. as he pulled in, the sound of bob marley's war could be heard from the car speakers, but inside court, it was rather different. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have now heard heard all the evidence in the case.

the seven members of the jury who will now decide his future where reminded this was not a popularity contest, this is a case about libel. amber heard's rates describing herself as a victim of domestic violence were, his lawyers claimed, notjust false, but devastating. you heard mr depp testified that he has lost nothing less than everything because of miss heard's lies. nothing less than everything. the court was then re—shown this video ofjohnny depp. amber heard's lawyers said if they ignored all her evidence, what message does that send to others wanting to speak out about domestic violence? if you didn't take pictures, it didn't happen. if you did take pictures, they're fake. if you didn't tell your friends, you're lying. if you did tell your friends, they are part of the hoax. it is now over. the decision about who has been telling the truth is now

in the hands of the jury. david sillito, bbc news, fairfax, virginia. greece has protected over what will the violent seizure of two greek vessels in the gulf of iranian forces accusing tehran of piracy after using helicopters to land my personnel on the vessels, which were later escorted into arabian waters. the move appears to be in response to the temporary seizure by greece of a ship carrying iranian oil off the greek coast in april. coast guard its barrels of oil have been confiscated by authorities. platinum puddings, coronation chicken sandwiches, victoria sponges. they will be some of the many tributes that will be served, at thousands ofjubilee street parties here in britain next weekend to mark the queen's 70—year reign.

0ur royal correspondent, sarah campbell, has been speaking to a group of women from across the generations about what the queen means to them. are you a fan of lemon puddings? oh, yes. an afternoon tea, fit for a queen. different generations, but in the background, of all their lives, one woman. she's constant, she's historic, she's loyal. she's done a lot for everyone, holding the country together. she is not a person that throws up her hands and says over, i up her hands and says oh, i can't cope with it. she gets on with it. newsreel: from the farthest corners of the world, - they've come to see the first lady of our nation journey in which majesty to her crowning. i was in the front row with my flag, waiting anxiously

it was like a fairy princess. you know, when you're that age, when you're that young, it was just awe—inspiring. 25 years later and the nation took to the streets again to celebrate the silverjubilee. susie, this is you. this is you, in 1977. this is your first street party. chaos! was it? no, it was wonderful because in that era, nobody had specificjobs. everybodyjust rolled up and did it you asked for help and somebody help. 2002, queen's brian may memorably played the national anthem on the palace roof. a few miles away in south—west london, a young kamar celebrated a golden jubilee with her family and friends.

i remember it as amazing, with all the flags and tables decorated, food everywhere, everyone's laughing, having a great time. most of my family were there as well, having a good time, so it was really nice. that's a really nice photograph. eileen isjust 18 months younger than the queen. 0rla made the news a decade ago as a diamond jubilee baby. i think it's amazing that she is 96 and i don't know anyone in their 90s who is still working. she's more agile on her pins than i am! she's not bad for 96. she is very good for 96, definitely. first there was the victoria sponge and now inspired by the lemon posset served at the queen's wedding... does everybody want some? all: yes. all right, here we go, then. how else to thejubilee tea party than with a dollop of platinum pudding? tuck in. cheers! sarah campbell, bbc news. that looks rather delicious, doesn't it? full coverage of thatjubilee weekend here on

bbc news. much more on the website. from me on the team, bye—bye. hello there. it was a warm and sunny day across the southern half of britain from friday and we saw temperatures pretty widely across the south and south—east reach around 21 degrees. now, we're not going to see temperatures that high for quite a few days now. certainly into the weekend, things are set to turn cooler as we start to pick up a northerly breeze, we could even see a few showers as well. now, many places will be dry on saturday thanks to high pressure. dry on saturday thanks as this area of high pressure continues to push towards iceland, it will open the floodgates to this northerly wind, which is coming down from the arctic. so, for saturday, we start dry, on the cool side, they'll be plenty of sunshine around but into the afternoon, clouds will develop, most across northern and eastern areas and we could see the odd shower here. northern scotland, down parts of eastern england could see the odd shower, too, but further south and west you are, the best of the sunshine and the best temperatures. we could see 19 or 20 degrees in south wales.

but quite cool across north sea coasts, especially with that on—shore northerly breeze. now, through saturday night, most of the showers fade away, they could still be a few pushing into northern and eastern scotland, it does remain breezy. elsewhere, winds are light, the winds will be light and the clearest skies with it all the cool night to come, i think, a range of around 5—8 degrees typically. sunday is looking cooler — we could see why — the blue hue extended its way southwards around this area of high pressure will be pushing towards iceland. so, it's going to feel quite disappointingly cool across northern and eastern parts of the country throughout sunday. more cloud around generally across the country and anywhere could catch a shower. they will be sunny spells in between but quite limited, i think a lot of places holding onto the cloud. it's going to be breezy in the north and east, which willjust make it feel even chillier, but lighter winds across the southwest. it's here where we'll see the lightest temperatures

again, 15, 16 degrees, disappointing for the time of year across northern and eastern scotland and eastern parts of england. into monday, we could see quite a bit of cloud around generally, we got a shallow area of low pressure across the uk, but there'll be barely any wind, so any showers that develop will be pretty slow—moving. sunshine will be quite limited, so that will affect the temperatures again. i think all the cool side, 11 to 1a or 15 degrees in the south. as we move into tuesday and wednesday, it's a similar sort of story with a slack air flow across the uk. i think most of the showers will tend to be across more northern and western areas through tuesday and wednesday, perhaps turning a bit drier and warmer in the south.

this is bbc news, the headlines. police in texas have admitted they took too long to storm a classroom where a gunman was carrying out a mass shooting on tuesday. 0fficials admitted they thought no more pupils were at risk at the school in uvalde. the governor has denied the state's loose gun the national rifle association is holding its annual convention in houston. donald trump is due to address the convention in person. protests have been held outside the venue. donald outside the venue. trump said he believed evil donald trump said he believed evil like the texas massacre was a reason to arm not disarm

law—abiding citizens. moscow's advance in eastern