this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. outrage as authorities in texas admit police were wrong to delay storming the school classroom, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers. the information i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate and i am absolutely livid about that. former us president, donald trump, dismisses calls for gun reform but says the us should prioritise funding for school security over aid to ukraine. we spend trillions in iraq, trillions in afghanistan. we got nothing. before we nation build the rest of the world we should be

building safe schools for our own children in our own nation. in ukraine, officials warn it may need to withdraw from the eastern region of luhansk, to avoid their soldiers being captured by russian forces. latin america reports its first case of monkeypox — as the world health organization warns the number of infections will continue to rise. and in sport, liverpool and real madrid fans descend on paris — to support their teams in the final of european club football's most prestigious prize. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the authorities in texas have admitted they made the "wrong decision" by failing to immediately storm a primary school classroom

where a gunman had barricaded himself during the shooting. families have been asking why action wasn't taken faster. officers waited in a hallway of the robb elementary school for a0 minutes, despite several emergency phone calls from pupils inside. meanwhile, at the annual conference of the pro gun lobby group — the national rifle association — former us president donald trump said he wanted more citizens to be armed. our correspondent barbara plett usher has the story. just days ago, children cowered on the floor in this school as a killer stalked their classroom. some of them stealthily called 911, begging for police to come and save them. we now know there were up to 19 policeman in the hallway outside for nearly an hour before security forces finally stormed in. as students in other parts of the schools scrambled to escape, the commanding officer took time to organise an operation to tackle the gunman, who he believed was focused on barricading himself in with the children, and no longer an active threat.

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. but again, i wasn't there, but i am just telling you, from what we know, we believe there should have been an entry as soon as we can. hey, when there's an active shooter, the rules change. distraught parents confronted police outside the school on the day of the attack, demanding they act quickly. since then, pressure on the authorities has grown to explain why they didn't. the verdict was blunt and damning. perhaps officials were hoping that admitting mistakes would help to calm the anger here, but there is a lot of frustration and emotions are running high. this man heard the gunshots from a distance. he found out later they had killed his great—granddaughter. where was that police that was supposed to be there to protect those kids? where was he? first they said he was there, he confront the shooter, then now they are retracting and saying they are not.

i have been watching tv all day, and i watched it at night until 12 o'clock, wondering why, why, why? that's all i can tell you. the revelations have embarrassed the state governor, who had been defending the police response. this the information i was given turned out, in part, to be inaccurate. - and i am absolutely livid about that. - he had cancelled his attendance at the convention of the national rifle association, taking place this year in texas, but still holds to its stance that gun control laws are not the answer to the scourge of mass shootings. the former president donald trump was there to amplify that message. the existence of evil in our world is not a reason to disarm law—abiding citizens who know how to use their weapon and can protect a lot of people. the existence of evil is one of the very best reasons to arm law—abiding citizens. many here say something has to be

done, but are reluctant to enter the bitter partisan debate over gun restrictions. speaks spanish and they are beseeching a higher power to help them. barbara plett usher, bbc news, uvalde, texas. let's speak now to the cbs correspondent, danya bacchus, in uvalde. thank you very much for coming on the programme _ thank you very much for coming on the programme. we— thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme. we heard some of the anuer at, the programme. we heard some of the anger at. we — the programme. we heard some of the anger at. we have _ the programme. we heard some of the anger at, we have just _ the programme. we heard some of the anger at, we have just lost _ the programme. we heard some of the anger at, we have just lost out - the programme. we heard some of the anger at, we have just lost out loud - anger at, we havejust lost out loud connection and will try and get it back as soon as we can and we will cross live to the us as and when we re—establish that link. to ukraine now. troops may have to retreat from the large eastern city of severo—donesk, according to a senior official in the region. the governor of the luhansk region says russian forces are in the city.

russian—backed separatist leaders say they've captured the town of lyman. it's 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 this claim. our correspondentjoe inwood is in ukraine and has more. donetsk and luhansk are these two twin cities that are in the rar east of ukrainian territory in the donbas. they sit on a river called the donis river which has been —— —— donbas... a crucial geographical feature in this war. why this matters is because these two cities are the last bit of the luhansk, the luhansk region that is controlled by the ukrainians. taking that has been the key strategic aim of the russians, basically since they refocus their objective here after their failure to take kyiv. what we are seeing is the russians really putting all their energies, huge amounts of artillery bombardment of men into trying

to take the last bit of this key region. once they do that, if they do that, that will be something that president putin campaigned as a victory, sell as a victory to people back in russia. however, in his way are thousands of ukrainian troops that are very well dug in. they are in the city of donetsk, which is an old industrial heartland. i have been there and it has got warrens of tunnels and bunkers. it is a very, very heavily built—up area, being heavily destroyed, but it does give them a lot of key defence positions. if the ukrainians can hold on, it will make russian advance is difficult, but as we heard from the governor, they might decide to retreat to avoid getting encircled. i think the next few days, may be weeks of this are going to be rather crucial for the battle for ukraine. thank you to joe for that update. we're going to look at one of the impacts of the war in ukraine. hundreds of thousands of young russians have left their country — many because they oppose the war. many of them ended up in armenia —— a country in the south caucasus

which russian citizens can enter without visas. but not everyone feels safe in armenia, which is russia's strategic partner in the region — rayhan demytrie reports. a pop—up russian wedding in a remote armenian town. most of the guests have fled russia. the groom used to make animation films. after getting arrested for opposing russia's invasion of ukraine, he and his bride made a life—changing decision. i never thought about moving abroad. seriously. but, yes, now, i don't think i can go back. and if you ask about the future? nobody knows. also it is dangerous for us to go back because i think we are on the list. it is a list of so—called

"traitors and scum," in the words of vladimir putin, for russians who do not back his war in ukraine. palina was punished with two weeks in prison for attending an anti—war rally in saint petersburg. they try to give you this feeling that actually you are nobody here. your voice is nothing. she is not planning to stay in armenia. she does not feel safe here. some hotels were asked by police for the data of russian guests. and also, injust normal routine talks, i can feel how people in yerevan can't really get what is going on and they are on the side of my government, which actually punished me and all my friends, so, no, i don't feel really safe. despite yerevan�*s close ties to moscow, more than 100,000 russians have entered armenia since the start of the war.

this man found work in this cafe, catering for russian ex—pats. translation: i used to travel to ukraine every summer. - i have lots of friends there. i don't like what is happening at all. i of course i don't support it. it is a war between brothers. back in the town, the guests and the newlyweds have put aside their worries for the night. this is a celebration of love and the ever—changing circumstances of life! a few months ago, these people were living in the comfort of their homes in russia and now they are among the tens of thousands of new immigrants in armenia trying to make sense of this massive shift in their lives. the bride and groom plan to open an animation studio here and begin life anew. rayhan demytrie, bbc news.

let's go back to the school shooting in texas now — we can speak now to the cbs correspondent, danya bacchus, in uvalde. thank you very much forjoining us. we were hearing at the top of the programme some of that desperate, angry reaction from parents, from families involved about the delays in the police response. what are you hearing there? we in the police response. what are you hearing there?— hearing there? we are hearing that outraae hearing there? we are hearing that outrage and _ hearing there? we are hearing that outrage and frustration. _ hearing there? we are hearing that outrage and frustration. as - hearing there? we are hearing that outrage and frustration. as you - hearing there? we are hearing that outrage and frustration. as you can imagine, since tuesday when this happened, people in the community started asking how, how can this happen? and then police started giving a timeline and explanation for what happened here and then just yesterday, that stunning admission that it was police who actually made the mistake that they handled the situation incorrectly. tuesday, when shots rang out, there appeared to, outside of the school when they

heard things going on they came to the school in this community is small and tight knit so word spread quickly that there was a shooting at the school. parents were in the parking lot in agony, they had to wait for police to going. we saw videos of them screaming and arguing with police officers asking them to going to save children and they did not do so as so as quickly as parents and family members felt they should have. then of course to hear this admission that they mistakenly thought that this was at the barricaded shooter, not an active shooter, there is a lot of frustration here this community. and frustration here this community. and meanwhile. — frustration here this community. and meanwhile, we have heard from former us president donald trump on the topic. us president donald trump on the toic. , ., topic. yes, we did. he spoke at the nra convention _ topic. yes, we did. he spoke at the nra convention yesterday - topic. yes, we did. he spoke at the nra convention yesterday were - nra convention yesterday were basically he called for an overhauling of school security and the nation's approach to mental health. he believes are part of that is allowing trained teachers to have

concealed weapons in the classroom and there are people who agree with him. we have heard people say it is not going to kill people, people kill people and when you talk about adding gun restrictions, they feel that that is an infringement on their rights. so, yes, former president donald trump and other lawmakers believe that the answer to this is to make sure people have the right to bear arms. find this is to make sure people have the right to bear arms.— right to bear arms. and joe biden, the current — right to bear arms. and joe biden, the current president, _ right to bear arms. and joe biden, the current president, will - right to bear arms. and joe biden, the current president, will be - the current president, will be visiting this weekend. the topic, well, it will come up about what possible action he can take, if any. i remember i was in sandy hook in the aftermath of there and nothing changed there and it doesn't feel like much could potentially change this time either. what are you expecting to hear from joe this time either. what are you expecting to hearfrom joe biden? i expecting to hear from joe biden? i think we are, we saw right after this happened when president biden

addressed the nation, he immediately said, open lyman in gods name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? does". he... going to stand up to the gun lobby? he... we have heard the same rhetoric but we have heard the same call to action after mass shootings here, notjust from president biden but from otherformer here, notjust from president biden but from other former presidents and lawmakers and some of them who believe that something needs to be done and that there needs to be tougher gun laws on gun restrictions, but of course, we also hear from restrictions, but of course, we also hearfrom people restrictions, but of course, we also hear from people of the other side who oppose that and say that no, we don't need to do that. i think this is now a wait—and—see game to determine if this shooting is going to cause action or if it will be in action like we have seen before. we will leave it there but thank you very much for coming on and talking us through that. here in the uk easyjet is cancelling more than 200 flights

over the next ten days — all of them from gatwick airport. the airline says there are a few different reasons for the cancellations, including airport delays. this is at the start of the half—term travel rush, which will put pressure on roads, railways and ports — as tim muffet explains. as the half—term holidays began, so did the queues. in dover yesterday, it wasn'tjust tourists waiting to board ferries, so too were liverpool fans on their way to tonight's champions league final in paris. according to the national highways agency, queues on the m4 were largely down to the holiday getaway coinciding with an ed sheeran concert in cardiff. for air travel, it's expected to be the busiest weekend since the start of the pandemic. long queues were reported at a number of airports yesterday. easyjet has also announced it is cancelling around 2a flights a day between now and sixthjune. flights that were due to depart from gatwick airport. it comes soon after a software

failure forced the airline to cancel around 200 flights on thursday. the airline says this fresh wave of cancellations is not related to it problems, but a combination of issues including air traffic control restrictions, runway works and airport handling delays. easyjet has apologised to customers and says they will be able to rebook their flight, or receive a refund. the travel industry cut thousands ofjobs during the pandemic, but as demand for flights has returned, there has been a struggle to recruit staff, carry out security checks and train new workers. and tim muffett, bbc news. british prime minister borisjohnson is facing continued criticism from some of his own mps after sue gray's report into lockdown parties in downing street. earlier i spoke to our politicla correspondent charlotte rose had the latest developments. there's not been a huge surge

of criticism since the sue grey report was published, but we are starting to see a trickle of conservatives coming out and saying they no longer have confidence in the prime minister. last night, a backbencher alicia kearns put out a statement on social media in which she was very critical and used some strong language. she said, "to say that we need to move on is to treat with contempt and disregard the sacrifices of the people of rutland and melton, my constituency, and our country." she goes on to say, "i can only conclude that the prime minister's account of events to parliament was misleading," which is of course a really serious allegation because any minister found to have misled parliament would be expected to offer their resignation. she says that the scandal has bought the government and my party into disrepute and she finishes by saying that since january, she has not had confidence in the prime minister and her position remains unchanged. she suggested to me since then that that was when she submitted a letter of no confidence and of course it

would require 5a such letters in order to trigger a leadership ballot against borisjohnson. we also yesterday heard from a senior mp sir bob neil, we heard that he had put in a letter of no confidence, we saw the resignation of a junior aid as well and we also heard last night from the treasury minister, john glenn, who appeared on a bbc programme and he used some interesting language. he said that he felt that borisjohnson was now in yellow card territory. so there has not been a flood of criticism, but now the mps are going back to their constituencies for recess no doubt, they will be talking to lots of their constituents, attending jubilee party is over the weekend and they will start to get that reaction of how people feel about the report that was published on wednesday and when they come back to parliament in a week's time, they might talk to colleagues about how they feel about the future of the government and the prime minister.

thanks to charlotte for that. let's get the latest on the monkeypox outbreak now. latin america has reported its first case. the world health organization says 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. wendy urquhart 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 they will come one after the other, all the time, unless we become more conscientious. i hope that it is not something that

involves to be more and more —— evolves... complicated for our everyday life. of the 200 cases recorded recently, around half in the uk where the health security agency says monkeypox patients should avoid any contact with their pets for 21 days. virologists fear that 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 can be controlled. we are afraid that there will be spreading in community, - but currently this is hard to assess as a risk, we think that if we put. in place the right measures now, i we probably can contain this easily. the who said a mass vaccination programme was not required. smallpox jabs could be given to close contacts of those affected.

wendy urquhart, bbc news. the uefa champions league final will kick off in paris on saturday night. one of the biggest nights in football. around 60,000 liverpool fans are expected to travel to the french capital to watch their team take on real madrid. the spanish team has won this competition 13 times and liverpool have won it six times, but with both teams at the top of their game, who will take home the trophy? our correspondentjohn watson is there for us. welcome to paris. here we are on the banks of the canal. not far from one of the fan parks where lots of the liverpool fans arriving here today will be gathering as the build—up continues to tonight's kick—off. we are about half an hour away from the stade de france as well, where the 20,000 liverpool fans will be gathering, alongside those real madrid fans after what has been a brilliant season for them. they have been contesting silverware on all four fronts. they werejust pipped for the premier league title by that single point by manchester city, but if they win here later,

it will be a third cup for them this season and potentially a seventh european cup. they come up against one of the form sides in europe when it comes to this competition. they have won it more than any other club, real madrid. 13—time winners. and for carlo ancelotti, a very calm and cool manager, he has certainly built a team in the shape of himself. they look very relaxed heading out to training yesterday. some of those players taking their children out on the pitch with them and in contrast, of course, tojurgen klopp, who has the energy, the enthusiasm, the passion and he promises full—throttle football. as we have seen with liverpool this season and that will be on full display in the stade de france later. how you split these two, it is too hard to call. the european night of real madrid —— at the european might... against the talent and in—form side of liverpool. and matt graveling is at liverpool'sjohn lennon airport —

speaking to fans before they head to paris. we are on the countdown to kick off and there departure lounge is buzzing with a sea of red. people trying to get from liverpool to paris for the final of the champions league. normally there is one flight to paris but today they are putting on an extra 20. there has been some travel disruption which we will talk about later. lots of people here, you can see checking the departure boards, they will not let that ruin their spirits. two people who have been delayed but are hoping to get out to paris today, tom and simon. what is the situation, what flight are you? it is meant to at four o'clock, it is now six hours later and we don't know what's what about it. we have had four orfive delays and we are lost. we have been here since early in the morning waiting, but hopefully we get in time. how excited are you about the game?

you still have some cars to kick off. —— hours to kick off... it is a big occasion and if we win it is even better. it has been handled badly but if we don't get there and we don't win it becomes a really sour point in your life. i am hopeful that we will win, i think we will. you are hoping to be there, in the stad to france? once i'm on the plane i will be very excited. you hope to use this extra time we have been delayed to go sightseeing. we wanted to visit the eiffel tower. it is a wonderful thing. if your wife is watching, would you like to _ if your wife is watching, would you like to be — if your wife is watching, would you like to be his godmother? i think she will say yes. you didn't know that he was going to ask you that. it is not a proposal but you are saying yes. iam. a lovely moment. let's see if we can top

that with a liverpool win and that you guys being inside of the stadium. there are still thousands of people here at the airport, trying to get as many of them as possible to paris. there has been some slight disruption but the vast majority will be there tonight, we believe around 60,000 people, which is a lot because only 20,000 tickets were allocated to liverpool fans. the game kicks off at 8pm. good luck to those fans getting there and good luck this evening. and before we go, take a look at sydney australia, where the famous vivid light festival took place for the first time since the pandemic. the light show features artworks representing australia's landscape and indigenous culture. it's projected onto the iconic sydney opera house and other landmarks over the next three weeks. the light festival is australia's largest event, bringing in nearly two and a half million visitors in 2019.

you're watching bbc news. hello there. it has not been too bad start to our weekend, has it? there is a good deal of dry weather out there and a lot of sunshine. take a look at this, this was northamptonshire earlier on this morning. a glorious start of the day. now, this is a beautiful weather watcher picture sent in from highlands, scotland, but there is certainly more cloud around and there has also been a few isolated showers as well. not quite as many as the last couple of days, but nevertheless, a bit of a nuisance here and we could see this cloud drifting off the north sea bringing a few showers as well to that east coast. so further west, with lighter winds and a little bit more shelter, that is where we will see the best of the sunshine and the best of the warmth. top temperatures

expected of 19 degrees. just that little bit cool on exposed east coasts, the wind light, but starting to come now from a northerly direction. as we go through the evening, however, the winds are set to strengthen and that could drive further showers inland. in fact, we could see a line of organised showers developing across north—west england, the midlands and eventually into parts of east wales as well to start the day on sunday morning. single figures so chilly start, particularly when you factor in the winds are starting to strengthen and the fact that it's coming from the north. never a warm source at whatever time of year, we are talking about so the blue tones and denoting that cooler air is starting to push even as far south as the midlands. so on sunday, certainly more cloud around than we have seen in recent days and the risk of some showers more frequent right across the country. the temperatures will struggle and we are likely to see those northerly winds really playing their part so in terms of the feel of the weather, just a maximum of 15, maybe 16 degrees if we are lucky, but that is subdued for this time of year and noticeably cooler on those exposed east coasts. as we move out of sunday into monday, the high—pressure

drifts away, allowing the slow to move in and that could bring —— this low... further showers are longer spells of rain, particularly across the north and west on monday. a lot of cloud round on monday and some of those showers could be quite slow moving as the winds fall lighter. top temperatures again 16 degrees south still a little bit —— so —— so still... disappointing but we are unlikely to see a change developing on tuesday, into wednesday. the winds start to push back around to a south—westerly, drier for england and wales, more showers continue further north and west.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. outrage as authorities in texas admit police were wrong to delay storming the school classroom, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers.

former us president, donald trump, dismisses calls for gun reform but says the us should prioritise funding for school security over aid to ukraine. in ukraine, officials warn it may need to withdraw from the eastern region of luhansk, to avoid their soldiers being captured by russian forces. latin america reports its first case of monkeypox — as the world health organization warns the number of infections will continue to rise. and in sport, liverpool and real madrid fans descend on paris — to support their teams in the final of european club football's most prestigious prize. now on bbc news — it's time for dateline london, with shaun ley.