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 spent 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.

as the school half—term begins, travellers are experiencing busy roads and long queues at stations and airports. british prime minister borisjohnson continues to face criticism from some of his own mps after sue gray's report into lockdown parties in downing street. 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. 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

they did not do so as quickly as parents and family members felt they should have so, then, of course, to hear this admission that they mistakenly thought this was a barricaded shooter, not an active shooter, there is a lot of frustration here in the community.

meanwhile, we have heard from former us president donald meanwhile, we have heard from former us president donald trump meanwhile, we have heard from former us president donald trump on 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 where, l nra convention yesterday where, basically, he called for an overhauling of the 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 saying, you know, it is not going to kill people, people kill people and when you talk about maybe adding gun restrictions, they feel that is an infringement on their rights. the current president will be visiting this weekend and 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 their and nothing changed there, it doesn't feel like much could potentially change this time either. what are you expecting to hear from joe time either. what are you expecting to hearfrom joe biden? we time either. what are you expecting to hear from joe biden?_ time either. what are you expecting to hear from joe biden? we saw right after this happened _ to hear from joe biden? we saw right after this happened when _ to hear from joe biden? we saw right after this happened when president l after this happened when president biden addressed the nation, he immediately said, "when in gods name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?" he said we need to act but as you said, we heard this same rhetoric, i don't recall it rhetoric, i don't recall it rhetoric, but we have heard the same call to action after mass shootings here, notjust from president biden from but from otherformer from but from other former presidents from but from otherformer presidents and lawmakers and some of them who believe that something needs to be done and there needs to be tougher gun restrictions but of course, we also hear people from the other side who oppose that saying that no, we don't need to do that. so i think this is now a wait—and—see game to determine if

the shooting is going to cause action or if it will be in action like we have seen before. thank you for that. to ukraine now, which says its forces may have to retreat from the last territory it holds in the eastern region of luhansk, to avoid becoming surrounded by russian forces. ukrainian officials say russian troops have now entered the city of severo—donesk. meanwhile russia's defence ministry says the ukrainian town of lyman is under the full control of russian and separatist forces. it's a town on the road to the ukrainian city of slovyansk, which is a key target as moscow tries to take full control of the donbas. there's no way of verifying this claim. our correspondentjoe inwood has more from kyiv. severo—donetsk and luhansk are these two twin cities that are in the far east of ukrainian territory in the donbas. they sit on a river called the donbas river which has been 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 —— can paint 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. 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 6thjune. 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 quickly enough. tim muffett, bbc news. british prime minister borisjohnson is facing further criticism

from some of his own mps after sue gray's report into lockdown parties in downing street. our political correspondent charlotte rose is with me. we have had a few days to digest the report and conservative mps doing the same. i report and conservative mps doing the same. ., ., , ., ., the same. i mention to you earlier that we had _ the same. i mention to you earlier that we had but _ the same. i mention to you earlier that we had but one _ the same. i mention to you earlier that we had but one mp _ the same. i mention to you earlier that we had but one mp this - the same. i mention to you earlier. that we had but one mp this morning who has confirmed that she has submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister back in january and that was a lacy occurrence, the mp for milton and rutland. since then we have found out that steve brian who represents winchester has also submitted his own letter. he said that the response to the sue gray report had created a sense of disappointment and mistrust. he said it is clear that officials in number ten knew what was going on and he makes reference to a whatsapp message that was sent by martin reynolds, who was at that time the prime minister's private secretary sign to another member of staff, i think we got away

with it, referring to that bring your own booze party back on the 20th of may 2020. he told his own constituents, i cannot and will not defend the indefensible and he goes on to say that he submitted his letter some time ago. there are also reports of a third mp who may have submitted a letter of no confidence but we don't have any confirmation of that yet. what i think is important to say is that whilst these claims are now being made public, many of these letters were actually sent in some time ago and so, crucially, it doesn't change the number that really matters which is how many letters have gone in total, whether public or private and when we reach the point of 5a there is going on there will be no poll on borisjohnson�*s leadership, it is just down the speculation in the media. but i think it is worth saying that the fact that these mps are coming out now and making these, is publicly does show that the publication of the sue gray report has really increased their irritation to a point where some of

them now feel that they are willing to make their dissatisfaction known in public. to make their dissatisfaction known in ublic. . ~ to make their dissatisfaction known in ublic. ., ~ , ., , to make their dissatisfaction known in ublic. . ~' , . to make their dissatisfaction known in ublic. ., ~ , . ., in public. thank you very much for that, charlotte. _ chelsea football club confirms that a final and definitive agreement was entered into on friday night to sell the club to a consortium led by la dodgers co—owner todd boehly. in a statement, the london club said the £4.25 billion takeover will be completed on monday. chelsea was put up for sale in march before owner roman abramovich was sanctioned over his links to russian president vladimir putin. 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 evolves to be more and more 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, 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 rising cost of living is impacting so many people around the world. we're taking a look now at new zealand where inflation is at a 30—year—high and people are dealing with a worsening housing crisis, high food prices and wages that are much lower than their australian neighbours. that's prompted some to leave the country altogether.

shaimaa khalil�*s report starts in wellington, new zealand. the pay is not keeping up with the cost of living. i don't know how i am going to continue to work in this field and survive. he looks a bit sad, he definitely needs more water. hannah loves her early childhood teaching job. she says the magic moments of the kids learning new things bring herjoy and pride. and yet she feels undervalued. with a low wage and rising prices, it has been hard to make ends meet. i don't know that necessarily this role is something i can continue for the rest of my life. at least not if there are going to be pay increases. which is sad. all of the essential items that you need to live are incredibly expensive. inflation is the highest it has been in 30 years. partially because of the increase in price of petrol and while the new zealand government

has tried to introduce some short—term measures like subsidising fuel prices and cutting the cost of public transport in half, there's not much they can do about food. fruit and vegetables have risen 18% in the last year. it is bad news for hannah, who is a vegan. it is insane to see how much it has gone up. cauliflower, broccoli, really basic vegetables that should be, you know, accessible to people are no longer the case. new zealand's capital wellington has been ranked one of the world's least affordable cities for buying a house. the picture is also grim for renters, with a rise of 12% in the past year. to keep costs down, hannah shares a house with others. they say that with the current prices, none of them could ever contemplate owning a home. i can't afford to go the doctors.

like, i'm in the process of selling my computer| because i would rather not have a computer and - have something to... food. yeah, food. at least three of this small group are thinking about leaving new zealand. every year, tens of thousands of new zealanders move abroad and many choose australia. it is a country where they have a right to live and work. and lately, the rising cost of living in new zealand has been a major push. take chris and his family, they recently left wellington to start a new life here in brisbane. chris is a builder. he and his wife harmony decided to move here a few months ago. despite owning their home and both are earning fairly good salaries back in wellington, they were still struggling. we hear australians saying the cost of living is going up, and that was the cost of five years ago for us. living in brisbane and being away from the rest of her family was a difficult decision for harmony. when are you going to go back home?

i'm not going back home. new zealand is home. you don't get a choice. if you want to live, you have to move, or new zealand has to change. and i want a future for my children and there is none in new zealand. hannah says she wants to put down roots in new zealand, but with her current financial situation, she just can't see how that will happen. shaimaa khalil, 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 looked 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 against the talent —— european might... 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 —— this 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.

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and before we go, take a look at sydney australia, where the famous vivid light festival took place for the first the light show features artworks representing australia's landscape and indigenous culture. how many old phones and other gadgets do you have stashed away in a drawer? well, it might be time to dig them out. experts are warning that if we don't start recycling our electronic products, we could run out of the materials needed to make new ones. our science correspondent richard westcott has been to visit a firm which uses bacteria to help retrieve the precious metals from old gadgets. this warehouse is a gold mine of precious metals. literally a gold mine buried inside unwanted machines. this is a classic telecommunication board and what we are looking at here is all of these little black ships which looked very dull but contain all of the metals we want to see so copper, tin, zinc,

magnesium, gold, silver, platinum, and they are all hidden inside these chips. that is what we are after. this company recycles around 1000 tonnes of old electronic kit every year. from the copper wiring to the plastic around it which goes off to become the bottom of traffic cones. but the warehouse is it with a cover that happens. to get the precious and rare materialfrom the microchips, they grind them into a solution of bacteria. there is an example of how it might work. this is cut off an old electronic circuit board and is a gold leaf and apparently 7% of the world's gold is stuck in a waste... stuck in you put this in the bacteria, the bacteria eats the blue and gold floats to the surface and floats away and here is the after. you can see the board is completely stripped of gold. the normal recycling process either mills the circuit boards with heat

or uses acid so it can have a big carbon footprint. they say there bacteria is much greener and in the lab next door they are working on making it more efficient.- making it more efficient. bacteria are livin: making it more efficient. bacteria are living organisms _ making it more efficient. bacteria are living organisms so _ making it more efficient. bacteria are living organisms so we - making it more efficient. bacteria are living organisms so we have l are living organisms so we have parameters we need to control and measure _ parameters we need to control and measure constantly, things like ph temperature, and the nutrients we -ive temperature, and the nutrients we give them — temperature, and the nutrients we give them a their food. if you and i were— give them a their food. if you and i were to— give them a their food. if you and i were to get — give them a their food. if you and i were to get sick we will check our temperatures and then decide what to do next _ temperatures and then decide what to do next. that means the same principle — do next. that means the same principle with the bacteria, where we check — principle with the bacteria, where we check the nutrients, if the nutrient— we check the nutrients, if the nutrient levels are good and the bacteria — nutrient levels are good and the bacteria can do what we want them to do, bacteria can do what we want them to do. which _ bacteria can do what we want them to do. which is _ bacteria can do what we want them to do, which is essentially eight and the metals from the e—waste. is do, which is essentially eight and the metals from the e-waste. is the lonu-term the metals from the e-waste. is the long-term idea _ the metals from the e-waste. is the long-term idea to _ the metals from the e-waste. is the long-term idea to take _ the metals from the e-waste. is the long-term idea to take recycling - the metals from the e—waste. i3 true: long—term idea to take recycling to the businesses and they would have a little recycling plant next to where they make them?— little recycling plant next to where they make them? little recycling plant next to where the make them? , ., ., they make them? yes, what we look to do is reduce — they make them? yes, what we look to do is reduce the _ they make them? yes, what we look to do is reduce the carbon _ they make them? yes, what we look to do is reduce the carbon footprint - they make them? yes, what we look to do is reduce the carbon footprint of- do is reduce the carbon footprint of transporting unnecessarily waste all over the country and actually deal with it at the point.— with it at the point. only one fifth ofthe with it at the point. only one fifth of the world's _ with it at the point. only one fifth of the world's e-waste _ with it at the point. only one fifth of the world's e-waste is - with it at the point. only one fifth of the world's e-waste is ever - of the world's e—waste is ever reused. how much have we tucked away

in drawers? scientists are now calling for a global effort to ramp up calling for a global effort to ramp up recycling before we run short of the precious elements to make our gadgets. i started the precious elements to make our gadgets. istarted my the precious elements to make our gadgets. i started my career as an electronics engineer fixing model telephones in the days when it was still in cars. irate telephones in the days when it was still in care— telephones in the days when it was still in cars-— still in cars. we were the generation _ still in cars. we were the generation that - still in cars. we were the generation that really . still in cars. we were the l generation that really saw still in cars. we were the - generation that really saw the explosion of technology as part of that we _ explosion of technology as part of that we are the generation that has a responsibility to clean the technology afterwards. bbc news, sunderland- _ here is the weather. so far we have seen plenty of sunshine and it hasn't been a bad start the weekend and in fact, with light winds its a perfect day for getting out and putting up thejubilee bunting. we will start to see the windstar to strengthen but it's going to take its time through the course of the day and particularly down to that north sea. that could continue to push and a few isolated showers but with a bit more shout out to the west and the best of the sunshine will see the best of the warmth,

perhaps highs of 19 and possibly 20 degrees if we are lucky. winds will continue to freshen further through the night of the high pressure drifts a bit further north and west and that will allow that cooler air to really start to push its way further south and west so it's going to be a cooler and windier start to sunday and there will be more cloud round and there will also be a risk of a few more sharper showers as we go through the day. no three different to the feel of the weather with top temperatures of 11—16 . 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