good afternoon. the former us president, donald trump, and other leading republicans have dismissed calls for gun reform, days after 19 children and two teachers were killed by a teenager with an assault rifle in texas. speaking at the national rifle association gun lobby convention in houston, mr trump said the massacre in uvalde was a reason to arm — not disarm. this report from our correspondent, sanchia berg. just days ago, children cowered in their classroom here in uvalde

as an armed man came in and started shooting. by the time police stormed in, 19 children and two teachers had been killed. as families grieve and try to understand what happened, some politicians are weighing in. in houston, 300 miles away, former president donald trump condemned the shooting and said the answer was to arm teachers. surely we all agree our schools should not be the softest target, our schools should be the single hardest target in our country. applause. and that's why, as part of a comprehensive school safety plan, it's time to finally allow highly trained teachers to safely and discreetly concealed carry. let them concealed carry. he was speaking at the annual meeting of the national rifle association. outside, protesters gathered, some in t—shirts

spattered with red, calling for tighter gun control. i don't have a problem with anybody owning a gun, but i do believe that assault rifles were never meant for civilians. back in uvalde, officials have now acknowledged police made grave mistakes. officers wrongly thought the gunman had barricaded himself in. they took time to organise an operation. while children in other classrooms escaped, those under attack were calling emergency services, whispering into their phones. the revelations have angered the state's governor. the information that i was given turned out, in part, to be inaccurate. i am absolutely livid about that. ruben heard shots and found out later his great granddaughter had been killed. where was the police that were supposed to be there to protect them kids?

where was he? at first they said he was there, he confronted the shooter. and now they are retracting, and saying they are not. i've been watching tv all day, and i watch it at night, until 12 o'clock, wondering why, why, why? that's all i can tell you. on the national stage, the shootings amplified the gun—control debate. but for the families here, the prevailing emotions are shock and grief. sanchia berg, bbc news. travellers are facing long queues at the port of dover, as thousands of liverpool fans descend on kent to board ferries to france for the champions league final in paris this evening. the start of the half term holidays in some parts of the uk have also contributed to the number of travellers heading to the port. some people have complained of "chaos". simonjones is in doverfor us now. what is the latest? it is really busy here _ what is the latest? it is really busy here at _ what is the latest? it is really busy here at the _ what is the latest? it is really

busy here at the port - what is the latest? it is really busy here at the port of- what is the latest? it is reallyi busy here at the port of dover what is the latest? it is really - busy here at the port of dover and if you take a look down there you can see just some of the cars and vans waiting to get across the channel. amongst them some liverpool fans anxiously looking at their watches as the countdown to the champions league final in paris is under way. adding to that you have a lot of tourist traffic with the start of the half term break and also p&o ferries are running a reduced service which is adding to theissues reduced service which is adding to the issues and there are no increased checks following brexit so a bit of a perfect storm. there are so many lies king up on the outskirts of dover that the coastguard has standard, started to hand out food and water. also at st pancras station in london we had long queues with people trying to board eurostar trains to paris and also issues at the airports. easyjet have cancelled around 200 flights from gatwick on the next ten days saying they need to do that to make sure that they are able to operate

our bus service but many people desperate now to leave the country are going to face an uncertain time ahead. ,, ., ., ~ , ., russian forces are continuing to make gains in eastern ukraine. troops, together with moscow—backed militia units, are reported to have taken another key city in the donbas region. russia's forces say they have taken full control of lyman, close to severodonetsk, the easternmost place under ukraine control which is facing a sustained attack. from kyiv, joe inwood sent this report. the scars of war etched into the fields around lyman. this city has been the scene of fierce fighting for weeks. now, the russians say they have taken it. if true, that leaves the route open to slavyansk, a key objective for president putin in his war. translation: if the occupiers think that lyman and severodonetsk - will be theirs, they are wrong. donbas will be ukrainian. but this is the firepower they are up against. russian multiple launch rocket

systems have been devastating in this war. ukraine's leaders say they need them, too. it's understood to be under active consideration by their allies, who say that despite their overwhelming firepower, russia is not having an easy time. they are facing and continue to face a stiff ukrainian resistance, which is why i won't go so far as to say it's too late to provide the ukrainians with any system or capability that they might need. but with each day that passes and each russian gain, the tide of this war seems to be turning against the ukrainians. they know that help is coming. the question is, will it be too late? joe inwood, bbc news, kyiv. steve brine, the mp for winchester, has become the latest conservative mp to call publicly for the prime minister to resign. in a statement to constituents he said he could no longer "defend the indefensible" as "rule makers cannot be rule brea kers". he has become the sixth mp to call on the prime minister to resign

since sue gray's final report into pa rtygate was published on wednesday. the bbc is aware of about 20 tory mps who have now submitted letters, well short of the 5a required to force a vote on mr johnson's leadership. with with a big day ahead in football, here's chethan pathak at the bbc sport centre... good afternoon. liverpool fans are continuing to arrive in paris in their thousands, ahead of tonight's champions league final against real madrid. after the disappointment of missing out on the premier league title, liverpool have the chance to win a seventh european cup and end the season with a treble having already won the fa cup and league cup. john watson reports. liverpool's love affair with the european cup is stronger than ever. it is the third final in five seasons, victory over villa royale

putting the serial contenders against familiar foes. putting the serial contenders against familiarfoes. over40 putting the serial contenders against familiar foes. over a0 years ago alec kennedy scored the only goal in the live victory against real madrid as they lifted the trophy for the third time in the history of the club. this trophy for the third time in the history of the club.— trophy for the third time in the history of the club. this team could be classed as _ history of the club. this team could be classed as one _ history of the club. this team could be classed as one of _ history of the club. this team could be classed as one of the _ history of the club. this team could be classed as one of the greatest i be classed as one of the greatest ever liverpool teams. i will be shouting for them and i will be willing anybody and i hope it is the left back, to score a goal! madrid's own association _ left back, to score a goal! madrid's own association with _ left back, to score a goal! madrid's own association with competition l own association with competition borders on obsession. four years ago they won a record 13th title in spectacular style. liverpool the losers this time. the final was due to be played in st petersburg tonight and was moved to paris following the russian invasion of ukraine. just under 20,000 tickets have been allocated to liverpool and the fans who will be hoping to see their side cap off a remarkable

campaign. their side cap off a remarkable campaign-— their side cap off a remarkable camaiun.~ �* ., _, , , campaign. we're not here by surprise we not a campaign. we're not here by surprise we got a ticket _ campaign. we're not here by surprise we got a ticket or— campaign. we're not here by surprise we got a ticket or something - campaign. we're not here by surprise we got a ticket or something like - we got a ticket or something like that. being us on the highest level, that. being us on the highest level, that would be cool.— that would be cool. having reached the final of every _ that would be cool. having reached the final of every cup _ that would be cool. having reached the final of every cup competition l the final of every cup competition and take in the premier league title to the final day, many are calling this one of the greatest liverpool sides in history. victory later in this, one of all, it might be hard to disagree. it's not all about the champions league — it's also challenge cup final day in rugby league. for the first time the match will be played at the tottenham hotspur stadium in north london. huddersfield giants seen here — last won the trophy way back in 1953 — they're taking on wigan warriors who've lifted the trophy 19 times. you can watch live coverage on bbc1 from 2 o'clock. just enjoy it and play the game, not

the event because it goes so quickly. it is another 80 minutes on a field at the end of day. we need to win, simple as that. there is no next week for this. it is not likely games when you get to go again. this is the be all and end all. i games when you get to go again. this is the be all and end all.— is the be all and end all. i think it is important _ is the be all and end all. i think it is important sometimes - is the be all and end all. i think it is important sometimes to i is the be all and end all. i think. it is important sometimes to take stock_ it is important sometimes to take stock because you can constantly look at _ stock because you can constantly look at the — stock because you can constantly look at the next game but sometimes you need _ look at the next game but sometimes you need to _ look at the next game but sometimes you need to stop and reflect and encourage the players to do the same _ encourage the players to do the same we — encourage the players to do the same. we will embrace this week and the excitement around the game but at times_ the excitement around the game but at times we need to be present at the moment. at team meetings and at kick-off_ the moment. at team meetings and at kick—off time. find the moment. at team meetings and at kick-off time-— kick-off time. and you can watch that match _ kick-off time. and you can watch that match on _ kick-off time. and you can watch that match on bbc _ kick-off time. and you can watch that match on bbc one - kick-off time. and you can watch that match on bbc one from - kick-off time. and you can watch that match on bbc one from twoj that match on bbc one from two o'clock and it kicks off at three o'clock. chelsea have confirmed that a final and definitive agreement has been reached to sell the club to a consortium led by american businessman todd boehly, with the deal expected to be completed on monday. the premier league and uk government's approved

the a.25 billion pound takeover. chelsea were put up for sale in march before owner roman abramovich was sanctioned over his links to russian president vladimir putin. the club have been operating under a special government licence which expires on 31 may. that's all your sport for now. more on that story on the bbc sport website along with build—up to the champions league final which kicks off at eight o'clock in paris. liverpool hoping to make it seven european cups against real madrid who want to make it 1a. if liverpool can do it it would be an treble winning season for them. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6:25pm. goodbye for now.

hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. let's get more now from texas, where authorities have admitted they made the "wrong decision" by failing to immediately storm a robb elementary school classroom where a gunman had barricaded himself during the shooting. families have been asking why action wasn't taken faster. cbs correspondent, danya bacchus, is in uvalde and gave me a sense of the anger there about the delayed police intervention. we are hearing that outrage, that frustration. as you can imagine, since tuesday when the shooting happened, people in this community started asking how. how can this happen? then police data giving a timeline, an explanation for what happened police giving...

here and then just yesterday that a stunning admission that it was police who actually made the mistake that they handled this situation incorrectly. tuesday, when shots rang out, there were parents who are outside the school. once they heard something was going on, they came to the school. this community is very tight—knit, so word spread quickly there was a shooting at the school. parents were in the parking lot in agony. they had to wait for police to go in. we saw a video of them screaming and arguing with police officers, asking them to go in to save their children and 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 that this was a barricaded shooter, not an active shooter, there is a lot of frustration here in this community. and meanwhile, we have heard from former us president donald trump on the topic. yes, we did. he spoke at the nra convention

yesterday were basically he called for an overhauling of school security and the nation's approach to mental health. he believes a part of that is allowing trained teachers to have concealed weapons in the classroom and there are people who agree with him. we've heard people say it is not guns who kill people, people kill people and when you talk about maybe adding gun restrictions, they feel there is an infraction on their rights. so, yes, former president trump and some other lawmakers believe that the answer to this is to make sure that people have the right to bear arms. and joe biden, the current president of course, 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 there and nothing changed there.

it doesn't feel like much could potentially change this time either. what are you expecting to hearfrom joe biden? you know, i think we are, we saw right after when this happened when president biden addressed the nation he immediately said, "what in god's name are we going to do to stand up to the gun lobby?" he demanded action then and said we need to act. but as you said, we have heard this same rhetoric, i don't want to call it rhetoric, but we have heard this same call to action after mass shootings here, notjust from president biden but from other former presidents, from lawmakers, some of them who believe that something needs to be done, that there needs to be tougher gun laws, gun restrictions, but of course, we also hear the people from the other side who 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.

were going to come back to the uk now. with more and borisjohnson. he is coming under growing pressure... from some of his own mps after the release of the report into lockdown gatherings by the senior civil servant, sue gray. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent charlotte rose who had the latest developments. i spoke to you earlier that we heard about one mp this morning who was confirmed that she had submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister back injanuary. that was alicia kerns, the mp for militant and rutland. —— 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's 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 principal

private secretary saying to another member of staff, "i think we got away with it.", referring to that bring your own booze party back in the 20th of may, 2020. he told his constituents, "i cannot and will not defend the indefensible." and he goes on to say that he submitted his letter at some time ago. there are also some reports online 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 does not change the only number which really matters which is how many letters have gone on in total? whether public or private. and until we reach that point of 5a letters going in, 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 comments publicly does show

that the publication of the sue gray report has increased their irritation to a point where some of them now feel they are willing to make their dissatisfaction known in public. thanks to charlotte for that. the uefa champions league final will kick off in paris on tonight. 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? joining me now from paris is our sports correspondent, olly foster. the stage is set and not long now. it is still almost seven hours to go. we have beaten the rush but there is still a gaggle of fans, mostly real madrid fans, in this area of paris to the north of the city. that is the million dollar question. who was going to win this? real madrid, it is written in their

dna, the european cup, the champions league, but liverpool have a very rich history as well. the stadium itself, it was moved from saint petersburg for obvious reasons a couple of months ago. it has been a very lucky stadium for spanish teams. in 2000, real madrid beat valencia here, into to 2006 barcelona beat arsenal side has been lucky as for spanish teams. i caught up lucky as for spanish teams. i caught up with robbie fowler, won a liverpool plasma graders goal—scorers. he had a great run on the side and won many trophies with them and i spoke to him this morning and i said, how do you pick a winner here? and he said he can become very easily indeed. i here? and he said he can become very easily indeed-— easily indeed. i think liverpool will win comfortably. - easily indeed. i think liverpool will win comfortably. it - easily indeed. i think liverpool will win comfortably. it does . easily indeed. i think liverpool. will win comfortably. it does not mean _ will win comfortably. it does not mean being blase about liverpool, but they— mean being blase about liverpool, but they are european royalty, but i think— but they are european royalty, but i think about — but they are european royalty, but i think about a lot along the way. i think— think about a lot along the way. i think if_ think about a lot along the way. i think if liverpool start the way they—

think if liverpool start the way they can — think if liverpool start the way they can start games and they go about— they can start games and they go about it _ they can start games and they go about it that way, i don't think real_ about it that way, i don't think real madrid can live with them. this liverpool— real madrid can live with them. this liverpool team is a totally different team that won't play them in the _ different team that won't play them in the 2018 final. and i can see anything — in the 2018 final. and i can see anything believable win.- in the 2018 final. and i can see anything believable win. does that come into players _ anything believable win. does that come into players minds? - anything believable win. does that come into players minds? i- anything believable win. does that come into players minds? i know. anything believable win. does that - come into players minds? i know goes into no sala's mind. i come into players minds? i know goes into no sala's mind.— into no sala's mind. i think a lot of been made _ into no sala's mind. i think a lot of been made of _ into no sala's mind. i think a lot of been made of that _ into no sala's mind. i think a lot of been made of that and - into no sala's mind. i think a lot of been made of that and i - into no sala's mind. i think a lotj of been made of that and i think it's a _ of been made of that and i think it's a personality with things in his head — it's a personality with things in his head happens to the best. i know there _ his head happens to the best. i know there is_ his head happens to the best. i know there is lots— his head happens to the best. i know there is lots of talk of revenge. may _ there is lots of talk of revenge. may personally i don't think it's a revenge — may personally i don't think it's a revenge mission, it's a case of going — revenge mission, it's a case of going out— revenge mission, it's a case of going out there and showing people what you _ going out there and showing people what you can do and that is what those _ what you can do and that is what those too — what you can do and that is what those top players are liverpool will do. i those top players are liverpool will do i don't — those top players are liverpool will do. i don't think liverpool were ready— do. idon't think liverpool were ready in— do. i don't think liverpool were ready in the last one and they were relatively— ready in the last one and they were relatively new but they are more than _ relatively new but they are more than ready now.— relatively new but they are more than ready now. robbie fowler very certain that — than ready now. robbie fowler very certain that liverpool— than ready now. robbie fowler very certain that liverpool are _ than ready now. robbie fowler very certain that liverpool are going - than ready now. robbie fowler very certain that liverpool are going to l certain that liverpool are going to win this comfortably. he says but

i'm not sure about that. he was part of a great liverpool team in 2001 that won the cup trouble then, the fa cup, league cup and uefa cup, the second tier of you out two european competition and that is whatjuergen klopp and his team wants to achieve. it has been an astonishing season but they could not quite do it in the league. do you think that has bearing on what happens next? will they be even more eager to win this? it is fantastic deliverable have gone the distance in every competition they have been in. you mention the league, obviously they pushed manchester city all the way to the very last day of the season and were pipped to the title byjust point but for liverpool fans, they are so confident coming here that they can get one over at real madrid, whether it is motivated by revenge for what happened in 2018 or other things as well, theyjust think they are playing at the very

top of their game but you are right, this is their 63rd match of a marathon of the season and you just wonder whether those liverpool players will be a little bit more leggy than real madrid. they wrapped up leggy than real madrid. they wrapped up the league title and a three or four weeks ago around their semifinal win against manchester city so carlo ancelotti has rested his key players, bends emma, junior, mod rich, you can roll off so many great names of world football. and they should be a little bit fresher but ifjuergen klopp gets this liverpool side clicking and in tune, we just know how devastating they can be. that three—pronged attack is so strong and works devastatingly against other oppositions. thank ou, against other oppositions. thank you. ollie. _ 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 chips which looked very dull but contain all of the metals we want to see so copper, tin, zinc, magnesium, gold, silver, platinum, 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.

the warehouse isn't where the clever bit happens. to get the precious and rare material from 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 e—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 —— mike mills 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. bacteria are living organisms so we have parameters we need to control and measure constantly, things like ph temperature, and the nutrients we

give them, theirfood. if you and i were to get sick we will check our temperatures and then decide what to do next. that means the same principle with the bacteria, where we check the nutrients, if the nutrient levels are good and the bacteria can do what we want them to do, which is essentially eight and the metals from the e—waste. —— metals... is the long—term idea to take recycling to the businesses and they would have a little recycling plant next to where they make them? yes, what we look to do is reduce i the carbon footprint of transporting unnecessarily waste all overi the country and actually deal with it at the point of use. only one fifth 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 recycling before we run short of 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. - we were the generation that really saw the explosion - of technology as part _ of that we are the generation that has a responsibility to clean

the technology afterwards. i bbc news, sunderland. —— microsoft. —— suffolk. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. 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 this low to move in and that could bring further showers are longer spells

of rain, particularly across the north and west on monday. a lot of cloud around on monday and some of those showers could be quite slow moving as the winds fall lighter. top temperatures again 16 degrees so still a little bit disappointing but we are unlikely to see a change developing on tuesday, —— we are likely to see... 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. as the school half—term begins, travellers are experiencing busy borisjohnson continues to face criticism from some of his own mps after sue gray's report into lockdown parties and 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: new figures show a dramatic link between addiction and serious mental health problems with over 70% of those in treatment being affected, according to the country's largest recovery organisation. the bbc�*sjeremy cooke takes an in—depth look at mental health and drug addiction and is given exclusive access to a new approach. just to warn you, this programme contains graphic scenes of drug use. it is april 2021 and i am in north—west england meeting tony. covid rules apply. still got our masks on, mate. with a bit of like we will get to the end of this. thank you, we're hitting it off and thatis thank you, we're hitting it off and that is good news because for the next year or so i will be seeing a lot of him. when we're finished with this what would you like people to understand about you, folks like

you, that we don't get at the minute?