this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid gets underway, but the kick off was delayed by more than half an hour as fans struggled to get into the stadium. we'll get the latest from paris. president biden renews his appeal for tighter gun control following a the texas elementary school massacre. there is too much violence. too much fear. too much grief. former us president donald trump dismisses calls for gun reform and says the us should prioritise funding for school security over aid to ukraine. and france and germany urge president putin to engage in peace talks as russia

continues its offensive in eastern ukraine. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the uefa champions league final is under way, with liverpool taking on real madrid at the stade de france, the kick off was delayed by more than half an hour as fans struggled to get into the stadium. some liverpool fans said french police had used pepper spray and tear gas as they tried to enter. let's go straight to our correspondent danjohnson, who is at the fanzone in central paris. so, paris. the drama started even before the so, the drama started even before the kick—off, dan.

so, the drama started even before the kick-off, dan.— so, the drama started even before the kick-off, dan. yes, we are quite a distance from _ the kick-off, dan. yes, we are quite a distance from the _ the kick-off, dan. yes, we are quite a distance from the stadium - the kick-off, dan. yes, we are quite a distance from the stadium here. i a distance from the stadium here. this fan zone has been set up for 30 or 40,000 liverpool fans who came here to paris without tickets, there are a huge number of people here watching the game on big screens. we are 25 minutes into the match. so far it is 0—0 but they were frustrated and confused by the delay to kick off, it was delayed by 35 to 40 minutes because of access problems in the stade de france. we saw videos on social media where some fans were being pepper sprayed by police. everybody who should have been wasn't in the ground at the original kick—off time and it looks like some fans may have managed to get into the stadium without tickets, and that is why the french police is saying that they needed to sendin police is saying that they needed to send in more officers to try to actually differentiate who in the

crowd had tickets, who was eligible to come forward. we have seen complaints from fans about not enough gates being opened, not been able to get close enough to the ground from the station, so some access problems that caused that delay to kick—off but everybody here is now pleased that the game has kicked off but perhaps frustrated that so far there has been no progress, no score. there was confidence earlier, all the liverpool fans confident they would be able to do it, is liverpool seeking a seventh champions league title but real madrid are unbeaten, they are the team that has won the champions league more than anybody else, they have won 13 times. and they are prepared for a tough night, perhaps a long night, especially after that delay to kick—off. everybody here hoping it doesn't go to extra time or penalties but braced perhaps for the long haul. thank you. we'll keep you up—to—date as the match progresses.

president biden has urged americans to make their voices heard as he renewed his appeal for tighter gun controls. it follows the massacre at a school in texas, in which 19 children and two teachers died. meanwhile, the former us president, donald trump, and other leading republicans have dismissed calls for gun reform, saying the shooting was a reason to arm, not disarm. 0ur north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports. just days ago, children cowered on the floor in this school as a killer armed with assault rifles stalked their classroom. the latest victims of a uniquely american tragedy. president biden addressed the parents�* heartbreak at a speech at a graduation ceremony. he will be visiting the town tomorrow. those parents are literally preparing to bury their children. in the united states of america, to bury their children. there's too much violence, too much fear. too much grief.

the massacre thrust the issue of gun control back into national focus. gun rights activists say they were horrified by the violence. but the national rifle association went ahead with its convention in texas, supported by its high—profile champion. like others, he insisted the solution had nothing to do with guns. 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. it's taking our babies! the convention was a target for growing outrage over mass shootings with assault weapons, and over the fierce opposition to gun control in the republican party. here in uvalde people say something has to be done, but they are reluctant to get into the bitter partisan debate over gun restrictions. and they are consumed with the process of grieving, planning funerals now that will start to take place in the coming days. the sorrow here is mixed with anger

over mistakes made by the police. this man, ruben mata montemayor, heard the gunshots from a distance. he found out later they'd killed his great—granddaughter. where was the police that's supposed to be there to protect those kids? why, why, why? there are no answers here. they are beseeching a higher power to help them. barbara plett usher, bbc news, uvalde, texas. joining me now is jaclyn schildkraut, associate professor of criminaljustice at the state university of new york, who specialises in mass shootings in the united states. welcome to the programme. there seem to be many calls to try and tackle this problem of mass shootings. the first way is the political problem, could you just explain why it is so difficult to change gun laws in the united states?—

difficult to change gun laws in the united states? ,, . ~' , ., . . united states? sure, thank you again for havin: united states? sure, thank you again for having me- _ united states? sure, thank you again for having me. guns _ united states? sure, thank you again for having me. guns are _ united states? sure, thank you again for having me. guns are an _ for having me. guns are an incredibly polarised issue in our political sphere and even those measures that 90% of our general public agree on, whether they are democrats or republicans, donors, or non—gunners, nra members, or non—nra members, background checks are not going through. what members, background checks are not going through-— going through. what about looking for rofilin: going through. what about looking for profiling to _ going through. what about looking for profiling to see _ going through. what about looking for profiling to see problems. - going through. what about looking l for profiling to see problems. there are lot of problems _ for profiling to see problems. there are lot of problems with _ for profiling to see problems. ti” are lot of problems with attempting to psychologically profile mass shooters. there is considerable variability between individuals and there is also a lot of variability in the motivations that makes pinpointing one specific profile or a series of profiles very difficult. where there is more traction to be

gained is the fact that while their psychological backgrounds and motivations may be different, the trajectory where they go from the motivations to the attack is often very similar in terms of their behaviour. do you mean the course of events? yes, we typically see they follow the same sort of pre—attack behaviours were making a decision that they are going to carry out their plan in a violent way, that they have sort of been fantasising about, they will begin gathering weapons and ammunition, possibly body armour, they will test locations after they have picked one to kind of understanding security of it, they will study previous shooters, and they also engage in the process of leakage they often will broadcast, whether person—to—person, or posting online, their intentions all their plans. 50 their intentions all their plans. so leakage would be very close to the event itself, that is the difficulty?— event itself, that is the difficul ? ., . , , difficulty? not necessarily, these are the vigiis _ difficulty? not necessarily, these are the vigils league _ difficulty? not necessarily, these are the vigils league far- difficulty? not necessarily, these are the vigils league far in - are the vigils league far in advance. the buffalo shooter had

been posting online forfive months prior to his attack. it is something that can actually really happen anywhere in that process. donald trump was _ anywhere in that process. donald trump was talking _ anywhere in that process. donald trump was talking about - anywhere in that process. donald trump was talking about more i trump was talking about more security at schools, is at a sensible way forward? you know, allah secures _ sensible way forward? you know, allah secures -- _ sensible way forward? you know, allah secures -- our— sensible way forward? you know, allah secures -- our schools - sensible way forward? you know, allah secures -- our schools are. allah secures —— our schools are very security driven. millions and millions of dollars are spent each year to keep schools safe and secure. the challenges that we need to know or ensure that those security measures are being used effectively. 0ne security measures are being used effectively. one thing we know today that most schools use a single point of entry that was —— once per day is in session, but in this case in uvalde, it seems there was a door propped open and that is how he was able to gain easy access into the school. the leaders of france and germany have urged president putin of russia to hold serious direct negotiations with ukraine's president on how to bring the war in ukraine to an end. emmanuel macron and 0laf scholz

spoke to mr putin by phone for 80 minutes in theirfirst three—way conversation since march. russian forces are continuing to make gains in the east of ukraine. troops, together with moscow—backed militia units, are reported to have taken another key city in the donbas region. moscow says its forces 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. earlier, we spoke to former ukrainian prime minister, volodymyr groysman, to ask how ukraine will keep feeding its people going forward if farmers can no longer harvest their grain.

translation: here, we are not alone. we must not ameliorate the situation from the view of ukraine itself. because here, we are all together in the one boat. and the threat which comes from putin is much wider thanjust the territory of ukraine. if we imagine that he was successful and he prevented his original plan of conquering ukraine after four days, what would have happened? we would have seen his killers on the eastern borders of the european union. and i see that western societies, they all understand that it is not only up to ukraine to fight this evil, but for all of us, altogether. if we discuss the topic

you asked about, about food, then it is also right to say that putin's actions are provoking a global food crisis, because annually, ukraine harvested 80 million tonnes of grain for our internal needs. we only needed 20 million tonnes. the other 60 million, they were exported to other countries, and it was enough to cover the needs of 500 million population outside ukraine. and so, indeed, there might be problems and effects which will not only hamper ukraine but also other countries which used to buy ukrainian food. just look at what putin is doing. he is trying to destabilise

the media and take it under control. it is really a priority for the democratic world to stop putin because i believe he is a neofascist. we need every kind of efforts, economic, political, diplomatic, to eventually get rid of putin and to free russia of putin, and we need to be together and we need to use all possible means. vladimir grossman, the former prime minister of ukraine. sri lanka's government says it's received a shipment of oil from russia to help tackle a crippling energy crisis.the country's energy minister says the government now plans to restart its only oil refinery and hopes to buy more from russia. meanwhile, protests in the capital colombo entered a 50th consecutive day. police used water cannons and tear

gas to disperse demonstrators bringing down barricades outside the residence of the country's president gota baya rajapa ksa. protesters are calling for the president's resignation — they accuse him of mishandling the economy. here in the uk, there has been severe travel disruption at the port of dover as liverpool fans heading to the champions league final in parisjoined families heading across the channel on holiday during the school half term break. airlines also cancelled a number of flights — blaming a range of issues including air traffic restrictions. 0ur correspondent simon jones has the latest. the great getaway is not so great when you're stuck in queues at dover. football fans and half term holiday makers faced delays of several hours. charlotte nobbs was trying to hitchhike her way to see family in france after exhausting other options. i was supposed to go and fly this morning back to france.

my flight got cancelled so i did a bit of off the top of my head, ticket, train to dover and hoped i could hitchhike my way back home. well, not home technically, but... lots of disruption. lots of disruptions. how are you feeling? tired. we're only from maidstone, so it's 45 minutes' drive. and it's taken us about six and a half hours, seven hours. seven and a half hours. _ seven and a half hours now, sorry. seven and a half hours to get to this point. as well as a big increase in tourist traffic, p&0 are running a reduced ferry service after sacking 800 workers earlier this year, and there are now increased post—brexit checks. it's adding up to a bit of a perfect storm here in dover. hundreds of lorries were also trying to cross the channel. the coast guard brought in to distribute food and drink to those delayed. people were queueing around the block for eurostar services at st pancras in london but some won't get away at all. easyjet has cancelled more than 200 flights over the next ten days.

rob gore and his three children boarded their tui flight to turkey only for it to be cancelled. he faces missing a family wedding. they've been heartbroken, and when the news was announced on the plane by the pilot, the kids just burst into tears. notjust ours, but every other kid on there. airlines, airports, ports and ferry companies are apologising for the disruption, but are warning there may be more difficult days ahead. simonjones, bbc news, dover. the headlines on bbc news... the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid gets underway in paris — after a 15—minute delay to let fans after a 35—minute delay to let fans get into the stadium. the former us president, donald trump, and other leading republicans have dismissed calls for gun law reform — after 19 children and two teachers were killed by a teenager with an assault rifle in texas.

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzy greenwood hughes. (2114 bulletin) hello and thanks forjoining us. hello... we're starting at the champions league final because it's underway after a 36—minute delay because of problems for fans getting into the stadium in paris. it's currently goalless after 40 minutes. but there've been chaotic scenes at the entrance to the stade de france where thousands of fans reported spending hours trying to get in. police used tear gas to control crowds and fans were seen climbing security fences to get in. gary lineker, who's at the stadium called the organisation �*shambolic�*. steve rotheram, the mayor of the liverpool city region, says uefa and the relevant authorities must be held accountable for what has happened in paris. the mayor, a liverpool fan, described the scenes as completely chaotic with a total breakdown of control and communication outside the ground. 0n the pitch, as i say, it's goalless at the moment

approaching half time. liverpool have the only shots on goal so far. they seem to have had greater possession. but it's always going to be close. the two clubs are in great form and have 19 european cups between them. home favourite charles leclerc secured pole position for the monaco grand prix, as ferrari locked out the front row. it's le clerc�*s fifth pole in seven races this season — and he's expert around the twisty streets of the principality which is his home town althuiogh he's never actually finished a race there. his rival and championship leader max verstappen will start fourth. qualifying ended early after sergio perez and carlos sainz crashed, which left lewis hamilton unable to impove his time so he'll start down in eighth. i'm so incredibly happy. it has been a very smooth weekend until now. i knew the pace was in the car, ijust had to do the job and it went perfectly. the last lap before the red flag was really, really good. it

was all feeling good but then i saw the road _ was all feeling good but then i saw the road at the edge, it is unlucky, it is monaco, — the road at the edge, it is unlucky, it is monaco, we just had to deal with it _ it is monaco, we just had to deal with it and — it is monaco, we just had to deal with it and and move from there. karim _ with it and and move from there. karim benjamin thought he had scored for real madrid but it has been disallowed. —— karim benzema. in rugby union, french side la rochelle shocked leinster to win their first european champions cup. la rochelle, coached by irishman ronan 0'gara, won 24—21 against the favourites, who were looking for their fifth european crown. arthur retiere won the match in marseille with a last—minute try for la rochelle. wigan warriors came from behind to win rugby leagu'e challenge cup final at the tottenham hotspur stadium in london. huddersfield giants were 14—12 up and on course for a first challenge cup win since 1953 until this try from liam marshall withjust four minutes remaining.

harry smith with the perfect kick through and marshall did the rest. joy for wigan who win16—14 and clinch a 20th challenge cup but a first for nine years. (tx sot) we've playing games this year where we have been better than that. we showed how mentally tough this team is, to hang in there. literally to the last minute of the game. yeah, mentally tough, resilient, and that is all the things that matter to bring to the team. we have shown in abundance that we are pretty with a bold but we hung in there, the simple things, that is all you have to do in the finals. tennis and the men's second seed daniil medvedev is through to the fourth round of the french open. he hasn't yet dropped a set. and the top seed in the women's draw iga swiatek is also through to the last 16. world number one swiatek won 6—3 7—5 against montenegro's danka kovinic. that extends the polish player's unbeaten run to 31 matches. i feel like every person basically

is playing better when they feel they have nothing to lose. from my point of view, i didn't really mind the streak, i am just playing my tennis and i gained so many points this season already that i tried to look at it from that perspective, that i actually have nothing to lose her. this that i actually have nothing to lose her. �* , that i actually have nothing to lose her. a her. as i said, with the football, real madrid _ her. as i said, with the football, real madrid thought _ her. as i said, with the football, real madrid thought they - her. as i said, with the football, real madrid thought they had i her. as i said, with the football, - real madrid thought they had scored with karim benzema. we thought it had been ruled as not a goal but they are actually looking at va are now. so it could be a goal or it may not. you will have to go to the bbc sports website and find out. colombians are heading to the polls on sunday to pick a new president in an election where deepening economic woes and social divisions are key campaign issues. leading the polls is former guerilla fighter gustavo petro — here on the left — focusing on the economy and renewable energy. he's expected to go head—to—head with right—wing candidate federico "fico" gutierrez,

who's running on an anti—crime platform. but a third candidate — businessman rodolfo hernandez — has seen his popularity surge in the last month, with multiple polls now putting him neck—and—neck with gutierrez. he has the support of ingrid betancourt — a colombian politician who was kidnapped by farc rebels in 2002 and held captive for six years. mrs betancourt was herself a candidate in these elections. my colleague lucy grey has been finding out why she chose to stand down. i was working on uniting the centre for quite a long time. for two months, actually. and it was difficult because, as always, there are all types of interests involved. and ten days before the election,

the polls, i decided to move and not to wait for the others to do the unity of the centre. so i decided to back down from my candidacy and to support rodolfo hernandez, which is from the centre. the candidate that has the best options to go to second round and to beat both or one of the two extreme options that i consider could be very bad for our country. but the other major issues in this election, we have seen the pandemic has pushed more than 3 million colombians into poverty, hasn't it? this is one of the major issues that every candidate needs to be talking about, isn't it? yeah, and i think that rodolfo has the best way to deal with the problem. the problem in colombia is corruption. colombia, it's a rich country. we have a good economic and sound economic environment. but everything goes into corruption. all their taxes, the national budget goes into corruption.

we need to stop that in order to serve the poor and to end poverty. we shouldn't have poor people in colombia because it is a big and wealthy and rich country. and what about the security situation? people will know you as having been held hostage for six years. is the situation now, are you not saying that that is the number one priority in terms of this election campaign? but is it still right up there? yeah, it's right up. especially because, if we elect rodolfo hernandez, we will avoid a war. actually, the two extremes will bring us to another situation of confrontation and violence. this is what we want to avoid. with the peace process we had, we have farc, the former farc guerrilla, backing up one of the leaders of this poll, which is the extreme leftist gustavo petro option.

and we know that if he wins, the country will be back to work. the country will be back to war. hello again. 0n the satellite picture, you can see the extent of the cloud, the best of the sunshine was in the south—west, 20 degrees in exeter. towards the end of the day, we started to cloud collapse again, giving more sunshine across eastern areas. the weather did brighten up in scarborough, pretty big waves hitting the coastline. the winds continue to blow overnight bringing scattered showers to northern and eastern scotland into eastern areas of england as well. 0therwise,

eastern scotland into eastern areas of england as well. otherwise, it is a dry night, but a chilly night for the time of year, temperatures dropping to sixes and sevens to the northern half of the country. the second half of the weekend still dominated by this area of high pressure to our west, it is dragging in north de northwesterly winds and those winds are increasingly bringing cooler air southwards across the british isles. sunday morning starting on a chilly note, for many of you, dry with spells of sunshine around. cloud will develop enough to bring scattered showers from scotland to parts of england and wales, northern ireland closer to the area of high pressure should stay dry with further sunshine. temperatures will be down on recent days, down to 13 degrees, whether sunshine breaks through it won't feel too bad but where it is cloudy with a breeze, not too warm for the time of year. next week, low pressure will move in from scandinavia and it will bring showers with it. on monday, the

majority of the showers will be across northern areas where some of them will have hail and thunder next and with them, they will be pretty widespread. in the south, one or two showers bubbling up. still some brightness between the showers but it continues to get a bit cooler across the northern half of the country, temperatures 11 to 13 degrees, still some 15,006 teams in the south but it is not exactly a scorcher for this stage of may. there will be seven for england and wales, heavy with thunder, the weather becomes more settled later in the week.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... liverpool are playing real madrid. the play was delayed by half an hour because of congestion. the hold—up was blamed on the late arrival of supporters. the governor of texas says he was misled by the way police previously described the response to a school shooting in which 19 children and two adults were chilled. protesters have gathered outside the annual meeting of the pro—gun national rifle association of texas as the convention continued inside, donald trump spoke out

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