hello, you're watching bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: more details have emerged 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. from the benefit of hindsight, where i'm sitting now, of course it was not the right decision, it was the wrong decision. there is no excuse for that. 21 dead and you're gonna smile and laugh?! you got grandkids? protesters gather outside the annual meeting of the national rifle association, in texas, as the convention continues inside. moscow's advance continues, as russian backed separatists claim they've captured a strategic town in northeastern donbas.

latin america reports its first case of monkeypox — as the world health organization warns the number of infections will continue to rise. to her majesty, tuck in. cheers! and a feast fit for a queen. preparations are in full swing for the platinumjubilee. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. police in texas say it was the wrong decision to delay entering the classroom in a school in the city of uvalde, where 21 people were killed by a gunman on tuesday. it took 53 minutes for armed police to eventually go in. as 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 while 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 students 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 to criticise 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 do not try to enter.

at 12:15pm, the border patrol tactical team started to arrive. minutes later, the gunman fires again. it is 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. from the benefit of hindsight, where i'm sitting now, of course it wasn't the right decision, it was the wrong decision. there's no excuse for that. but, again, i wasn't there. we believe there should have been an entry as soon as. hey, 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.

chanting: nra, go away! angry 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 to look at it? 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 a weapon that he's able to go and kill the people. but — but — but, why don't you protect the schools? you say that the schools are gun free. so are your churches. how many church shootings have we had because they're supposedly gun—free?

chanting: protect our kids! children, some of them the same age as the kids 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. we can now speak to javed ali who previously held senior positions at the department of homeland security and the fbi, where he dealt with a number of security threats faced by the us. thank you very much for being with us. more information coming out, as we have heard, an hour or so these police officers were outside the classroom before going on. should these police officers lose theirjobs? is should these police officers lose theirjobs?_ should these police officers lose theirjobs? lose their “obs? is good to be with ou lose theirjobs? is good to be with you again _ lose theirjobs? is good to be with you again this _ lose theirjobs? is good to be with you again this evening. i lose theirjobs? is good to be | with you again this evening. a harrowing set of fact that were laid out at the press conference earlier today. and there will have to be a reckoning going forward in terms of the accountability for

the strategic decisions that were made, the tactical ones that were made, whether that means people will lose their jobs, there will be some administrative penalties, they also have to suspect families will be behind lawsuits as well, so will be consequences for the lack of action, unfortunately.- for the lack of action, unfortunately. there are federal training - unfortunately. there are federal training probe i unfortunately. there are| federaltraining probe -- federal training probe —— programmes available to law enforcement, guidelines set out for dealing with incidents like this, why won't these followed? and that's another one of these deeply troubling questions that we don't have the clear answers to. and when i was on the programme last night i'd try to explain that, over the past 25 years, almost 25 years since the kollo mine attack in 1999 and after 9/11 because of terrorism threats, there have been a number of federal programmes, first sponsored by the fbi, then dhs, both organisations to train and provide standards and guidance to law enforcement across the

united states and thousands and thousands of officers have received that training and hundreds of departments, but it is still up to people at an individual level to implement the training and follow the guidelines and standards that have been delivered to them and, in this case, tragically doesn't like that has happened. the investigation that follows will be a criminal investigation, but they never seem to be any sort of public enquiry as to how these kinds of things happen and what we can learn from them.- of things happen and what we can learn from them. well, one idea that a _ can learn from them. well, one idea that a colleague _ can learn from them. well, one idea that a colleague of- can learn from them. well, one idea that a colleague of mine i idea that a colleague of mine and ir working on right now in and ir working on right now in an opinion piece is to potentially think or get some attention behind the potential for an organisation that looks like the national transportation safety board which investigates accidents with transportation in the united states. we think it's now time to develop something similar, at least at the federal government level, that looks at these massive shooting events and can take a step back

independently and assess what happened, what went wrong, and what fixes and measures need to be put in place going forward to prevent those same incidents from happening again, that obviously doesn't exist right now. , ., �* , now. 0k, javed ali, very grateful _ now. 0k, javed ali, very grateful for _ now. 0k, javed ali, very grateful for your - now. 0k, javed ali, very grateful for your insides | now. 0k, javed ali, very - grateful for your insides once again. thank you for being with us. ., ~' again. thank you for being with us. ., ~ , ., let's get some of the day's other news. greece has protested to iran over what it called the violent seizure of two greek—flagged vessels in the gulf by iranian forces. the move appears to be in direct response to the temporary seizure by greece of a russian—flagged ship carrying iranian oil on suspicion that it had breached eu sanctions over ukraine. beijing says the united states is trying to smear china by accusing it of being the most serious long—term challenge to international order. on thursday, the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, said china was the only country with the desire, and the power, to reshape the current international system. passengers booked on 240 easyjet flights to and from london's gatwick airport over the next ten days

are being told their flights have been cancelled. the airline said customers would be given the option to rebook or receive a refund. 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 eight trillion roubles had been spent to support the russian economy so far, that's roughly us$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 uninhabited. i am nowjoined by one of the world's leading urban warfare experts, retired majorjohn spencer. he is chair of urban warfare studies with the madison policy forum. hejoins me now from colorado springs. thank you for being with us. in the early days of russia's invasion, we saw heavy losses by russian troops, they will pushed back by ukrainian forces from areas like kyiv, are they now regaining their strength? i wouldn't say they are regaining their strength, but they are definitely getting smaller gains. when they entered the war they were spread across such a large area, you know, the second largest country in europe, so they would just spread so thin, so logically if they take all of those units and put them under a very small geographic location, although still pretty big and eastern donbas, they are still able to

have more mass, more ability to move forward and take positions like we see right now, which is a precarious position, to be honest. ~ ., ., a precarious position, to be honest. ~ . ., ., . , ., honest. ukrainian forces are also depleted, _ honest. ukrainian forces are also depleted, they - honest. ukrainian forces are also depleted, they are - honest. ukrainian forces are also depleted, they are also completely exhausted. will they be able to continue putting up a good fight? i be able to continue putting up a good fight?— a good fight? i think so. they still have _ a good fight? i think so. they still have what _ a good fight? i think so. they still have what russia - a good fight? i think so. theyl still have what russia doesn't, the will to fight, they are fighting for the country, many russians still struggle with morale and cohesion because they are not sure what they are fighting for. the artillery did cause a huge shift in their favour and wear hearing that the us is going to give these longer range systems to really five times the range of the artillery, these multiple launch rocket systems, they are the critical lifeblood to keep ukrainians from losing more and more of eastern donbas at the moment. ., ., ,, moment. you mentioned the us rocket system, _ moment. you mentioned the us rocket system, on _ moment. you mentioned the us rocket system, on top _ moment. you mentioned the us rocket system, on top of - moment. you mentioned the us rocket system, on top of that i rocket system, on top of that is ukraine getting the support it still is from the west? i

think so. we just saw the coalition of nations last week and 20 new nations with helicopter, artillery, tanks, thatis helicopter, artillery, tanks, that is the sort of support they need to keep an eye don't see that waning even as the fight continues longer than the russians thought it would. do ou see russians thought it would. do you see russian forces backing out of the donbas or will only stop when they have completely taken it? i stop when they have completely taken it? ~ , taken it? i think they will keep pushing _ taken it? i think they will keep pushing forward. i taken it? i think they will i keep pushing forward. they don't have the initiative, but they have some momentum. i think eventually, personal opinion, that ukrainians still have the ability, if continued, to get these western weapons to make the russian military commented, is it not be able to move forward, then they will face the fact that they are under the threat of being destroyed. i am very hopeful with the support that will happen. with the support that will ha en. n, ., with the support that will hauen. ., . happen. 0k, ma'orjohn spencer, thank ou happen. 0k, ma'orjohn spencer, thank you very — happen. 0k, majorjohn spencer, thank you very much _ happen. 0k, majorjohn spencer, thank you very much for - happen. 0k, majorjohn spencer, thank you very much for being i thank you very much for being with us. m, .., thank you very much for being with us. �* ,, . ., ., ~ with us. appreciate it. thank ou. stay with us on bbc news, still to come:

preparations are in full swing for the queen's platinum jubilee celebrations. 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 i the juventus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. i 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',j has announced _

she's left the spice girls. argh! 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: police in texas admit they delayed storming a school where a mass—shooting was taking place because they believed no more pupils were at risk. protesters gather outside the annual meeting of the pro—gun national rifle association in texas, as delegates defend their constitutional right to own a gun. latin america has reported the first case of monkeypox as the world health organization warned that it expected the number of infections to continue to rise. argentina's health ministry has said that the confirmed case is a man who recently travelled to spain. about 200 monkeypox infections have now been detected in countries outside africa, where the disease is usually found. mark lobel reports.

the latest laboratory to confirm a case of monkeypox outside of africa. reportedly a ao—year—old man who recently returned from spain to argentina, where residents reacted to the news. translation: where is this going? for example, this pandemic, is it going to end or not? i think this is going to continue and pandemics will come one after the other, all the time, unless we become more conscientious. translation: | hope | that it is not something that evolves to be more and more complicated for our everyday life. of the 200 cases recorded recently, around half are in the uk, where where its health security agency says monkeypox patients should avoid any contact with their pets for 21 days, as virologists fear the virus could get into domestic animals and ping—pong between them and humans.

cases are also mounting in spain, one of over 20 countries where the disease has spread. but the message from the world health organization is that this disease can be controlled. we are afraid that there will be a spread in the community, but currently it is very hard to assess this risk. we think that if we put in place the right measure now, we probably can contain this easily. the who said a mass vaccination programme was not required, but smallpox jabs should be given to close contacts of people affected. mark lobel, bbc news. i'm joined now from australia by sanjaya senanayake, an infectious diseases physician at canberra hospital. thank you for being with us. what is the advice you are giving to people in australia? it is very similar to the

advice being given around the world, this is a very unusual outbreak in terms of its scale, and as surveillance improves we are in —— discovering more and more cases. we are telling people who suspect they might haveit people who suspect they might have it to present to their doctors early, so they can get tested, and of course we are increasing the knowledge of our frontline doctors so general practitioners, emergency doctors, who see these patients who might otherwise have missed them. because it is really important, if you capture them early you can put them into isolation and their close contacts can be given vaccine and put into quarantine. i5 and put into quarantine. is there anything in particular about monkeypox that is concerning to you?- concerning to you? well monkeypox. _ concerning to you? well monkeypox, as, - concerning to you? well monkeypox, as, just i concerning to you? well- monkeypox, as, just before concerning to you? vii monkeypox, as, just before this particular outbreak, can cause a very nasty illness, which could make you feel very unwell, can give you a very nasty rash, and a proportion of people can die with it. that is

in the african setting, and i suspect those mortality figures would be lower in the western setting. but this outbreak is very unusual, it seems to be not involved in travel from africa, suggesting there is a lot of spread in countries outside africa, and we don't want to get established outside of africa, because it will continue to be a problem. australia reacted fairly swiftly to coronavirus, should australians expect to see a similar strong handed response when it comes to monkeypox? look, the two diseases are different. we shouldn't worry about monkeypox in the same way we worry about covid—19. it is not transmitted through a respiratory pathway, we already have vaccines for monkeypox, and we even have some antiviral treatments, which potentially are very good, although they haven't been tested on many people. but yes, we do want to get on top of this before it starts to cause a large burden

of cases. ~ starts to cause a large burden of cam-— starts to cause a large burden of cases. ~ ., ., ., of cases. we will have to leave it there, sanjaya _ of cases. we will have to leave it there, sanjaya senanayake, | it there, sanjaya senanayake, thank you for being with us. hundreds of fans lined the streets today asjohnny depp and amber heard's six—week—long libel battle reached its final stages in fairfax, virginia. 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. 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. siren wails 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...99%, yes. i'm here today because i support amber heard, 100%. reggae music plays 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 thejury, you now have 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 was a case about libel. amber heard's words describing herself as a victim of domestic violence were, his lawyers claimed, notjust false, but devastating. you heard mr depp testify 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. the uefa champions league final will kick off in paris on saturday night, and it should be a cracking match. around 60,000 liverpool fans are expected to descend on the french capital to watch their team take on real madrid. the spanish team has won the league 13 times and liverpool has won it 6

times, but with both teams at the top of their game, it's impossible to predict who will take home the trophy. platinum puddings, coronation chicken sandwiches, victoria sponges — they will be some of the many tributes that will be served at thousands ofjubilee street parties across the uk next weekend, to mark the queen's 70 year reign. our 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 stoic, 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 "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 rich majesty to her crowning. i was in the front row with my flag, waiting anxiously for this gold coach to come by. 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. laughs this is you, in 1977. this is your first street party. chaos! laughs was it? no, it was wonderful, because in that era, nobody had specificjobs. everybodyjust rolled up and did it and you asked for help and somebody helped. god save the queen plays in 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 goldenjubilee 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. orla made the news a decade ago as a diamond jubilee baby. i think it's amazing that she's 96 and i don't know anyone in their 90s who's still working. she's more agile on her pins than i am! laughs 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: , 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. and before we go, let's turn to sydney, australia, where the famous vivid light festival took place for the first time since the pandemic began. the immersive light show features artworks representing australia's landscape and indigenous culture, which will be projected onto the iconic sydney opera house and other landmarks over the next three weeks. a famous tourist attraction, the light festival is australia's largest event, bringing nearly 2.5 million visitors in 2019. much more on all those stories on the bbc news website. or on the bbc news website. you can download the b news or you can download the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @rich preston. from all the team, thanks

for watching and we will you next time. 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. but 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, there'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, there could still be a few pushing into northern and eastern scotland, it does remain breezy. elsewhere, 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 in fact 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, that willjust make it feel even chillier, but lighter winds across the south—west. it's here where we'll see

the highest 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 on 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: politicians and the police in texas have admitted they took too long to storm a classroom where a gunman was carrying out a mass shooting on tuesday. officials have admitted they thought no more pupils were at risk at the school in uvalde. protesters have gathered outside the annual meeting of the pro—gun national rifle association in texas as the convention continued inside. former president donald trump spoke out against tighter gun controls and said he believes "evil like the texas massacre "was a reason to arm, not disarm law—abiding citizens." moscow's advances in eastern ukraine are continuing. russian—backed forces have gained more ground close to a strategic town in north—eastern donbas and are close to encircling several important cities. the regional governor has warned that ukrainian forces may have to retreat to avoid being captured.