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. now on bbc news, our world. on the 24th of february, russian president vladimir putin ordered a military invasion of neighbouring ukraine. reporter: , , ., ukraine. reporter: russian troops are closin: in reporter: russian troops are closing in on — reporter: russian troops are closing in on the _ reporter: russian troops are closing in on the capital, - reporter: russian troops are closing in on the capital, and l closing in on the capital, and in the last few hours multiple exposures have been reported. the invasion trigger the largest refugee crisis in europe since the second world war, almost 6 million ukrainians have fled the country. more than half of those who have left are now in poland where local people are providing accommodation, food and other support. the population of warsaw is nearly a 20% in just two weeks.

the mayor says they can't handle the millions more are expected to come here into poland. we are at capacity, we cannot accept _ we are at capacity, we cannot accept another wave of hundreds of thousands of refugees in just— of thousands of refugees in just one _ of thousands of refugees in just one city alone. we _ just one city alone. we spend time with the city's mayor, rafal trzaskowski, as well as refugees and volunteers living through the crisis. i need to help the refugees in this tragic situation, but we need a system. we cannot do it alone, we cannot improvise any more.

the mayor had invited a group of local and cheerleaders to talk to discuss the influx of refugees. —— geo leaders.

just one month ago, five weeks ago, poland was inaudible refugees, supporting them, second in the world, nowie office. we are overwhelmed, we have 300,000 warsaw alone, and over 600,000 in my city. there other people simply opening their hearts and opening their homes to our ukrainian friends. since the war began, sofia has been co—ordinating housing for

refugees, they have open the home to a ukrainian family. it isa it is a mix of polish and russian because i don't speak russian because i don't speak russian but i am trying to learn. they have been staying with my parents for two weeks and a half. they are from one of the worst places you can come from. they are less and less housing opportunities, and more and more people coming and also more people coming and also more and more people coming who don't know what's next. it's impossible to find apartments for larger families these days, which are affordable for ukrainians. and, yes, they have

no idea what to do here, where to send their children to school, what work they can do, you know? but, ukrainians are very much like pulse, and since we are so close, culturally, linguistically and historically, it is so much easierfor them to start historically, it is so much easier for them to start a in poland quite you know, poland with its challenges, its tragedy of the whole situation, but i mean, i think it is doable in poland. at least for now, i don't know about the long—term. it's probably going to be a challenge. first day of the invasion, second _ first day of the invasion, second day of the invasion we saw_ second day of the invasion we saw those _ second day of the invasion we saw those incredible crowds. most — saw those incredible crowds. most of— saw those incredible crowds. most of those people, for the first few — most of those people, for the first few days, they were taking _ first few days, they were taking care of by their families and by their friends. but, _ families and by their friends. but, then— families and by their friends. but, then it changed. in a few days— but, then it changed. in a few days they— but, then it changed. in a few days they were 30—40,000 people asking _ days they were 30—40,000 people asking for— days they were 30—40,000 people asking for accommodation, and so on. _ asking for accommodation, and so on. and _

asking for accommodation, and so on, and so of course the reality— so on, and so of course the reality was— so on, and so of course the reality was slowly sinking in. we started adapting our own city facilities in order to be ready— city facilities in order to be ready for— city facilities in order to be ready for the numbers that were coming — ready for the numbers that were coming through the border because, i mean, we knew this was _ because, i mean, we knew this was going _ because, i mean, we knew this was going to be a crisis of a huge — was going to be a crisis of a huge magnitude. every corner of warsaw has had to be adapted to house the city's new guests. in the centre of town, a high school is accommodating 22 ukrainian refugees in one of its unused buildings. single mother vera and her daughter eva arrived here three weeks ago from the city of volodymyr zelensky in the west.

the school has said that vera

and her daughter can but, across town, the burden for providing for refugees are starting to show. on the second day of the war, polish engineer, rafal, co—ordinated to help deliver aid across the border. with rafal�*s how long can you keep doing this?

now we drive for one minute. rafal and his friends have created an orphanage in a disused country house near warsaw. it now hosts i6 warsaw. it now hosts 16 children and three carers from central ukraine.

this is incredible that there are no pitched tents in parks, no huge reception centres, because those people are with us, but it took an enormous effort of the society. without the volunteers, the system

would have broken down long, long ago. i, as the mayor of the city, i have a responsibility, i need to help the refugees in this tragic situation, but i also need to make sure that this city functions properly, because if it doesn't, then this incredible solidarity and energy of the polish people might be snapped, when the city services are going to be overwhelmed, people are going to start complaining, that's normal. in to start complaining, that's normal. ~ ., ., ., ~ normal. in ukraine, vera worked as a masseuse- _ normal. in ukraine, vera worked as a masseuse. and _ normal. in ukraine, vera worked as a masseuse. and although . normal. in ukraine, vera worked| as a masseuse. and although she has some savings from her business, she has started to work in warsaw.

like hundreds of thousands of

ukrainian refugees in warsaw, vera is starting to confront the reality that she may not be going home anytime soon. we have going home anytime soon. - have guaranteed ukrainian citizen —like status, they have access to education and social and health policy. so now the bigger problems are long—term. most of these people are going to stay with us for months or years. to stay with us for months or ears. ., ., , ., years. there are thousands of ukrainian _ years. there are thousands of ukrainian refugees _ years. there are thousands of ukrainian refugees looking i years. there are thousands of| ukrainian refugees looking for accommodation in warsaw, so the marious taking a step to reclaim russian owned property which can then be used to house refugees. —— the mayor is. that refugees. -- the mayor is. that is the preperty _ refugees. -- the mayor is. that is the preperty of— refugees. -- the mayor is. that is the property of the _ refugees. —— the mayor is. t�*isgt is the property of the russian embassy, it is called a spy building, because that is where most of the russian diplomats were housed for years. building is in a very bad state, it is symbolic. we sometimes need symbols, and of course this

building should also serve the ukrainian community in warsaw, i hope as soon as possible. the mayor was meeting with the ukrainian ambassador to formally claim ownership of the building.

the russians are preparing for an offensive in the east and the south, and there are several million displaced ukrainians in ukraine. so if there is an escalation, we might expect another million crossing the polish have an ukrainian border. and of course we are at capacity, so that is worrying. if there is a second wave we keep on helping, but the conditions will deteriorate, and then we have two create eight reception centre camps for refugees, because we are at the limit. we need to share that responsibility with our friends in europe and elsewhere, because we cannot simply carry the burden alone. the because we cannot simply carry the burden alone.— because we cannot simply carry the burden alone. the mayor has asked the eu _ the burden alone. the mayor has asked the eu to _ the burden alone. the mayor has asked the eu to come up - the burden alone. the mayor has asked the eu to come up with . asked the eu to come up with a relocation scheme, in a bid ease the pressure on cities like warsaw. in the meantime, vera and millions like her will remain in poland until the ukrainian president says it is safe to return.

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 ia 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. 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. protesters gather outside the annual meeting of 21 dad, and you will smile and laugh? — 21 dad, and you will smile and laugh? have you got grandchildren? 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

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