this is 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. period. there is no — no excuse for that. man yells: 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 north—eastern donbas.

johnny depp�*s lawyers say accusations of domestic violence have ruined him during closing arguments in the defamation trial with amber heard. 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. we begin in america. 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 are 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 12:50 that 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. hey, from the benefit of hindsight, where i'm sitting now, of course, it wasn't the right decision — it was the wrong decision. period. there's no — no excuse for that. but, again, i wasn't there. but i'm just telling you from what we know, we believe there should've been an entry at that — as soon as you can. 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. all chant: 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're gonna 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? all chant: 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. earlier, i spoke to javed ali, who has 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. i asked whether he felt the law enforcement officers who failed to react quickly should face penalties. a harrowing set of facts 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 theirjobs, there will be some administrative penalties, i also have to suspect families will be behind civil lawsuits as well, so there will be consequences for the lack of action, unfortunately. there are federal training programmes available to law enforcement, there are guidelines set out for dealing with incidents like this, why weren'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 tried to explain that, over the past 25 years — almost 25 years since the columbine attack in 1999 and after 9/11, because of terrorism threats, that there have been a number of federal programmes, first sponsored by the fbi, then dhs — and i worked in 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 in hundreds of departments, but it's 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 look like that happened. the investigation that follows will be a criminal investigation, but there never seems to be any sort of public enquiry as to how these kinds of things happen and what we can learn from them. well, one idea that a colleague of mine and i are working on right now in an opinion piece is to potentially think of, 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. javed ali. 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 antony blinken said china was the only country with the desire and the power to reshape the current international system. the us secretary of state antony blinken has said he's optimistic finland and sweden could join nato in time for the alliance's summit in the spanish capital madrid at the end ofjune. following talks with his finnish counterpart, mr blinken expressed confidence that turkey's objections to the two nordic countries

joining nato could be resolved swiftly. 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.

earlier, i spoke to retired army lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. he was directorfor european affairs for the us national security council until 2020. i asked him about president putin's comments that it would be a red line if the us gave long—range rockets to ukraine. i asked him how likely it was that the us would do that and how would it help ukraine. well, i could start with what it would mean for the ukrainian forces. it would significantly close the gap between the systems that the russians have. they have long—range rockets and they have these short—range ballistic missiles, these iskander missiles that fire from hundreds of kilometres away, and they could attack ukraine with impunity. there's no means of the ukrainians to defend against those — at least not effectively. they try to do something with regards to air defence, but it's just not effective. the best way to do this is for ukraine to do counter—battery strikes. identify where these weapons are coming from and destroy those weapons.

so, there it be a meaningful, significant added capability. 0ur stuff is better than their stuff. nato stuff is better than russian stuff. we could destroy those systems, as well as target really critical assets that the russians are using to perpetuate this evil war. but in terms of whether it's going to happen, i still have my doubts. i hope it's going to happen. i think the conversation has turned to this idea of giving ukraine all the tools they need to win. that's, so far, been rhetorical. we've given them a lot. we've given them offensive weapons, heavy weapons but we have not given them these types of things — these long—range fires — and i still have my doubts. i'll believe it when i see it. russia is focusing its energies on the donbas region at the moment. it says it's making small gains but it is still suffering huge losses and, as we heard, it's costing the country every day, every week as the fighting continues. what might they do next? i think we're seeing the ebb and flow of war and a longer

campaign than many expected — certainly than the russians expected. they've consistently suffered major defeats up until this point. they have, in fact, sustained some small successes, making limited gains on an area that is about 150km in length. that is a tiny piece of ukraine. much, much more focused — that's where they can apply artillery, that's where they could apply all of their combat power — but that is reversible, in my view. i think they're pushing to achieve some gains but they're going to run out of steam and then, it's going to be up to the ukrainians to choose where to fight and they're not going to choose to fight exactly in this area, they'll probably start to reverse russia's gains over the long run, and this is something that really goes against russia's long—term strategy. at the same time as these military gains, as little as they are, are flowing back and forward, sanctions are unfolding, and that cost is going to start to weigh down on russia.

casualties are mounting — that's also going to weigh down on russia as we get deeper into the summer. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman there. 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 world 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. moscow's advance in ukraine continues as russian—backed separatist claim they have captured a strategic town in north—eastern donbas. latin america has reported its first case of monkeypox as the world health organization warned it expects the number of infections

to continue to rise. argentina's health ministry says 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.

the united nations has warned that somalia is suffering its worst drought in a0 years. the crisis, fueled by a lack of seasonal rains, has left more than 6 million people vunerable. 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. abdikhadirabdi nurand 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. a 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 hamdi. 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, 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. so that's really — our 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. now when the needs grow, unless we get the money now, 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 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 jury 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 were 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. 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." i think 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 the 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.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @rich preston. from all the team, thanks for watching and we will see 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: 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 severalimportant cities. the regional governor has warned that ukrainian forces,

may have to retreat to avoid being captured.