this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. our top stories... anger at the treatment of fans at the champions league final in paris; the match is delayed — some supporters claim they were tear gassed and prevented from entering the ground. we have been stewed in this queue since a quarter past six, i've got really bad asthma and i've been tear gassed twice. i really bad asthma and i've been tear gassed twice-— gassed twice. i was really struggling- _ gassed twice. i was really struggling. thousands - gassed twice. i was really| struggling. thousands and gassed twice. i was really _ struggling. thousands and thousands of fans_ struggling. thousands and thousands of fans out— struggling. thousands and thousands of fans out there, getting tear gassed — of fans out there, getting tear gassed. with tickets. treating them like animals. it's a disgrace. real madrid win the match, after a 1—0 victory over liverpool. the spanish football side take the title for a record 14th time. france and germany urge president putin to engage in peace talks as russia continues its offensive in the dombas. the russian ambassador to the uk tells the bbc that moscow will not

use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. we have very strict provision on the issues of the use of tactical nuclear weapons and it is mainly when the existence of the state is in danger. president biden renews his appeal for tighter gun control following the texas elementary school shooting — as the parents prepare to bury their children. and the top prize at this year's cannes film festival has been awarded to sweden's ruben 0stlund. his movie, triangle of sadness receives the palme d'or for outstanding film. hello and welcome to bbc news.

liverpool football club have called for an investigation into the security arrangements of saturday's champions league final in paris, after thousands of fans were stopped from gaining access to the ground. police fired tear gas and pepper spray at supporters, as some attempted to climb over the security barriers — delaying kick off for more than half an hour. liverpool went on to lose 1—0 to real madrid. danjohnson reports from paris. these are scenes any football fan will find uncomfortable and not what you'd expect to see at the biggest european final in 2022. thousands of supporters, frustrated and angry, after the french police reached quickly for the tear gas as they struggled to get everyone to their seats on time. chaotic scenes and fans saying they feared for their safety despite having queued for hours. i've got really bad asthma and i've

been tear gassed twice. i was really, really struggling. thousands of thousands of fans out there getting tear gassed. with tickets. treating them like animals. uefa blamed thousands of liverpool fans with fake tickets blocking the turnstiles, but supporters said organisation wasn't good enough. tom was there with his disabled son harry. the treatment of supporters by uefa and the police, is an absolute disgrace today, indiscriminately pepper spraying people queuing up with tickets to get in the ground who arrived two and a half hours before kick off at the stadium and then getting charged by riot police with shields, again, having to shield my son out of the way. absolute disgrace. away from the stadium, the afternoon was full of joyful positivity and confidence in the crowd at the liverpool fan park.

but concern over the delay gave way to the tension of the match, and ultimately, the disappointment of the final whistle. that is it. no seventh champions league title for liverpool. it's been a tense, nervy game and they never really got going. there is a stunned silence here and there is heartbreak. congratulations to real madrid. they're really playing better football. sorry, i'm getting so emotional. it's ok. just so happy i came out here. so it was worth every penny. honestly, every penny. not a result we wanted at all. but it is what it is. is what it is. we'll go again next year. the atmosphere has been fantastic innit, but it'sjust _ a shame over the loss. if we would have won this, i

it would have been bouncing here, wouldn't it? it's just a shame. and there was more tear gas in the streets as they left. but within, like, two minutes of the final whistle, they tear gassed everybody, that's why all the fans went that way. and this is where liverpool's season ends. but this club and its supporters always somehow show their hope never dies. danjohnson, bbc news, paris. well on the pitch, liverpool dominated the first half, but despite several chances to score, they couldn't put the ball away. real madrid's karim benzema scored just before half time, but after lengthy discussions, he was declared offside and the goal was disallowed. the spaniards came out fighting in the second half and it paid off when viniciusjunior scored, putting real madrid in the lead. unfortunately, liverpool were unable to claw back an equaliser. let's speak to our sports correspondent john watson who is in paris. john, good morning to you on a

beautiful day but it's really the morning after the night before and it's left a really bad feeling, hasn't it?— it's left a really bad feeling, hasn't it? , , ., hasn't it? yes, events in the lead u . hasn't it? yes, events in the lead u- to the hasn't it? yes, events in the lead up to the game — hasn't it? yes, events in the lead up to the game overshadowing i hasn't it? yes, events in the lead | up to the game overshadowing the match itself which is saying something when this is the biggest club football match, really, in world football. i think it's fair to say, the champions league. but questions really will be asked of uefa, why some of the liverpool fans were not permitted entry ahead of the game, why there was such a delay in allowing them access to the stadium, white french police saw fit to use pepper spray and tear gas against them, some young liverpool fans caught up in all of that. if there were liverpool fans in there who were trying to weed out, why were they allowed to get so close to the stadium before kick—off? i think what will probably frustrate liverpool fans most of all is the

claim from uefa that the match was delayed because fans were arriving late to the stadium when clearly liverpool fans have been queueing for hours outside the ground to get in. i think that claim will be questioned by uefa. seemingly a lack of communication as well from those working on security, uefa, the authorities, as to the reasons why the liverpool fans were kept outside the liverpool fans were kept outside the stadium and the match getting under way before many had managed to take their seats for such a big game in their season. it seems there were a catalogue of errors which led to events last night and uefa will now respond following that request from liverpool football club this morning. certainly, last night, for that investigation to come as to why fans were exposed to the treatment that they were. fans were exposed to the treatment that they were-— that they were. uefa said in a statement — that they were. uefa said in a statement that _ that they were. uefa said in a statement that it's _ that they were. uefa said in a l statement that it's sympathetic that they were. uefa said in a - statement that it's sympathetic to those affected by the events and therefore will have this review but i heard one fan saying in comparison

when he was in kyiv for the final a few years back, you will remember that match, his ticket was checked three times before he got anywhere near the turnstile and he said his stick at this time was not checked until he got to the turnstile and the could be something quite elementary wrong here, if you get a build up and apparently you get fake tickets and people suddenly saying there is something wrong with this ticket and instead are people going through smoothly you have a bundled up through smoothly you have a bundled up entrance? through smoothly you have a bundled up entrance?— up entrance? yes. i am no expert in stewarding _ up entrance? yes. i am no expert in stewarding and — up entrance? yes. i am no expert in stewarding and policing _ up entrance? yes. i am no expert in stewarding and policing but - up entrance? yes. i am no expert in stewarding and policing but i - up entrance? yes. i am no expert in stewarding and policing but i think. stewarding and policing but i think one of the key things here is where you set up the initial perimeter, where your initial checks on fans are made and i think in this case, the first perimeter which fans were kind of leading towards the stadium, it created a real bottleneck and liverpool supporters were being backed up in their thousands as they tried to check tickets, check the

fans and then of course, they are allowed closer to the stadium and that's where the turnstile is r and you are permitted entry and i think theissue you are permitted entry and i think the issue here was perhaps there were some ticketless fans who had managed to make their way into words the stadium, perhaps had that perimeter been set up further out they might have been able to kind of exclude them sooner. they did not manage to do that and i think there were isolated cases of some fans breaking through security and into the stadium and i think at that point there were concerns amongst police and the officials and security staff that we may well have seen a potential repeat of the incidents that led in the lead up to the final between england and italy at last year euros. i think that was one of the concerns, they did not want a repeat of that but obviously in this instance i think that was one of the concerns and why some of those fans not allowed through and were being kept where they were in

the lead up to kick—off. john the lead up to kick-off. john watson. _ the lead up to kick-off. john watson. in _ the lead up to kick-off. john watson, in paris, _ the lead up to kick-off. john watson, in paris, thank- the lead up to kick-off. john watson, in paris, thank you| the lead up to kick—off. john watson, in paris, thank you so much. us presidentjoe biden will visit uvalde in texas later on sunday where he'll meet the families of 19 children and two teachers who were killed last week. mr biden has called for action to prevent future massacres in a country where efforts to tighten firearms regulations have repeatedly failed. our correspondent, will grant, has this report. after the most terrible week in its history, uvalde is preparing for two things: to bury its children and to receive the president. the victims�* families are only concerned with the first of those, making preparations for a day which no parent can bear to imagine. the horrific attack on robb elementary school by a teenager armed with a semiautomatic weapon has made that nightmare a reality for them. as president biden�*s motorcade drives down the streets of uvalde, he will come across many of these — small, impromptu tributes to

the victims set up around the city. this is a community deep in mourning, torn apart by what happened. and mr biden knows he must tread carefully here to balance sympathy with asking the difficult questions. this attack has brought the gun control debate back into sharp focus in the us. before his trip, the president reiterated his position that change is both necessary and possible. we cannot outlaw tragedy, i know. but we can make america safer. we can finally do what we have to do to protect the lives of the people and our children. so i call on americans this hour tojoin hands and make your voices heard, to work together to make this nation what it can and should be. however, he has his work cut out. bipartisan support is increasingly difficult to find on any major issue in the united states these days — on gun control, it's almost impossible. at the nra convention in houston,

his predecessor, donald trump, echoed the republicans line — that the main issues are school security and mental health, not guns. in a city largely bereft of hope, president biden aims to show solidarity and empathy, as a man who has lost children of his own, to the victims�* families. the larger issues of how such brutality could have been prevented may simply be put on hold amid a moment's silence. will grant, bbc news, uvalde, texas. and we will be live in texas in a couple of hours. the leaders of france and germany have made a joint appeal to president putin to hold serious talks with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, amid russian claims of significant gains. ukraine has warned it may have to withdraw from severodonetsk in the east of the country. the russian ambassador to the uk has told the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. our world affairs correspondent

caroline hawley reports. an exercise involving nuclear weapons carried out by russia just before it invaded ukraine — an apparent warning to the west. russia has the world's biggest nuclear arsenal, so when vladimir putin made an announcement at the start of the war, it caused global alarm. as the war in ukraine escalated, there were fears that a cornered president putin might actually use them, but russia's ambassador to the uk has played down the threat for now. tactical nuclear weapons in accordance with russian military doctrine is not used in conflicts like that at all. so you do not believe that will happen? i don't. can you categorically say that it will not happen? we have a very strict provision over the use of tactical nuclear weapons, and it is mainly when the existence of the state is endangered. it has nothing to do

with the current situation. but russia is still determined to show the world its military might, the potential reach of its destructive power. these are images released by the russian defence ministry of the apparently successful test firing of a missile — its range over 600 miles. 0ur correspondent, james waterhouse is in kyiv and hejoins me now. the picture is obviously hard to judge in terms of fighting on the ground in donetsk but is the impression you're getting from those who have spoken to is that it is getting intense and somehow bogged down? �* ., ., getting intense and somehow bogged down? 1, ., ., , ,., , down? bogged down, absolutely, intense aiso- _ down? bogged down, absolutely, intense also. the _ down? bogged down, absolutely, intense also. the russians - down? bogged down, absolutely, intense also. the russians for - down? bogged down, absolutely, | intense also. the russians for the past week have made a number of assaults. they are throwing everything at trying to take the eastern donbas region, half of that

is made up of the luhansk region and a desired region the russians seem to be targeting the harvest, especially so the city of severodonetsk. there are 15,000 people trapped there. it is increasingly becoming surrounded as the russians familiar tactics. and the russians familiar tactics. and the thought from the institute of the thought from the institute of the study of war, a group of experts, is that while the ukrainians are facing an extraordinary challenge in trying to keep hold of this city which is becoming increasingly surrounded, the price the russians are paying for this assault, in their view, was disproportionate for any kind of strategic gain they might be hoping to get. what it does give russia though, should severodonetsk fall and should the luhansk region fall, it would give vladimir putin a landmark, a kind of small victory to claim that in times of war and certainly this work, justifications are important to present back to his

people, according to vladimir putin. we have heard of ukrainian forces becoming increasingly outgunned in terms of their dominance and artillery, president zelensky is hoping to announce good news on the western weapons front, there could be more supplies coming into this week but the ukrainians are definitely struggling along that part of the eastern front. is definitely struggling along that part of the eastern front. is there a concern — part of the eastern front. is there a concern in _ part of the eastern front. is there a concern in ukraine _ part of the eastern front. is there a concern in ukraine if— part of the eastern front. is there a concern in ukraine if this - a concern in ukraine if this continues for months, through the winter and beyond, that actually kind of keeping people fed is going to become an issue? the harvest, the last harvest is in but arguably has not been distributed because it cannot get out of the country and there is another harvest that will have to be brought in and stored somewhere and presumably, the people and the places to do that are limited when you are in the middle of a war? limited when you are in the middle ofawar? , limited when you are in the middle ofawar? ~ , , ~' limited when you are in the middle

ofawar? , ~ of a war? absolutely. i think those su -l of a war? absolutely. i think those sunply issues _ of a war? absolutely. i think those supply issues you _ of a war? absolutely. i think those supply issues you speak _ of a war? absolutely. i think those supply issues you speak of - of a war? absolutely. i think those supply issues you speak of are - supply issues you speak of are particularly acute in the east. i think we have a case in point before this invasion, there was eight years of war building up to the 24th of february in the donbas region, where russian backed separatists in territories there, and resort community is essentially empty out. you were left with a much more elderly population. those who are able to escape did so. i think the pain being felt on the food front is more of an economic one in terms of ukraine �*s own, it is forecast to shrink by a third this year and also the more global implications in terms of food shortages. it is part of russia's campaign against ukraine in terms of the blockade in the black sea, vladimir putin has said he is up for negotiating on that but i think the main worry for ukraine is when does it stop? it is looking like some kind of negotiation will be the way out of this war but at

what cost is that deal struck? how much territory does ukraine have two seed? and as vladimir putin planning on stopping if he takes the donbas region? 0rwill on stopping if he takes the donbas region? or will he escalate things once more? state tv this week is talked about the desire to take kyiv once more, it is a huge uncertainty with ukraine continuing to pay dearly for this onslaught, frankly. james, in kyiv, thank you. uk holiday—makers are continuing to face cancellations and severe delays at airports, train stations and ferry terminals at the start of the half—term break. easyjet and tui have cancelled dozens of flights, while long queues have also been seen at london's st pancras station. 0ur correspondent tim muffett is there this morning. it all looks quite calm outside now but it's been a pretty difficult

weekend for those trying to get somewhere other than where they normally live?— normally live? that's right. this weekend. _ normally live? that's right. this weekend, for _ normally live? that's right. this weekend, for many _ normally live? that's right. this weekend, for many people, - normally live? that's right. this i weekend, for many people, marks normally live? that's right. this - weekend, for many people, marks the start of half term and right now, here at st pancras, the eurostar terminal, there is a pretty steady flow of people arriving and departing but yesterday, there were a very long queues here, notjust tourists making their way from here tourists making their way from here to the continent but many liverpool fans on their way to paris for the champions league final and i am sure we will see many of them returning today, a pretty miserablejourney for them given the result. but when it comes to the roads, the rac estimates by the end of today round about 17 million leisure journeys will have taken place this weekend, many roads have reported very heavy traffic including the four and the m5 and the roads leading into the port of dover. yesterday, there were very heavy queues there, tourists, and some liverpool fans as well, as

well as many freight lorries and this morning there are reports things are pretty busy as well. although the port says they expect things to become less busy as the day progresses but i think for many people, air travel is going to be the real challenge over the next few weeks. thursday, easyjet cancelled around 200 flights because of it problems then late on friday night it announced between now and the 6th ofjune another 200 or so flights will be cancelled from gatwick. not it problems but they say a combination of other issues including baggage handling issues, air traffic control issues, and runway work as well. i think the main problem is during the pandemic, manyjobs were lost and now, as there is a resurgence of demand for her travel, there is a struggle by many airlines to recruit the staff needed. many need security checks and special training so this is no quick fix.

and special training so this is no ruick fix. ., , quick fix. you said leisure journeys. _ quick fix. you said leisure journeys. they _ quick fix. you said leisure journeys, they don't - quick fix. you said leisure | journeys, they don't sound quick fix. you said leisure - journeys, they don't sound very leisurely to me for a lot of people! but thank you. a clean up operation is under way in a marina in torquay in south west england, after a superyacht burst into flames and sank there yesterday. the 85 foot vessel was carrying 8,000 litres of fuel, which the environment agency fears could escape into the surrounding waters. a major incident was declared and nearby beaches and roads were evacuated. the death of a black man forced into the boot of a police car, where a gas grenade was set off, has sparked outrage in brazil. video footage shows two officers holding down the boot with genivaldo santos inside as thick smoke poured out of the car.

an autopsy confirmed mr santos died of asphyxiation. the top prize at the cannes film festival — the palme d'0r — has gone to a satirical movie about two fashion models who end up stranded on a desert island with a group of billionaires. triangle of sadness was directed by the swedish film maker ruben 0stlund — who's won the prize twice. claudia redmond reports. we are all equal. that is so true. triangle 0f sadness is the winner of one of film's most prestigious awards, the palme d'0r, at the 75th cannes film festival. directed by ruben 0stlund, the biting satire about the worlds of fashion and the super rich set on board a luxury yacht had an eight minute standing ovation when it was first shown at the festival. i feel happy. of course. it's crazy.

to be in the cinema together with the audience in lumiere and hear them clap and laugh and be upset, you know, all these different kind of emotions. i'm very, very happy that the audience, the jury acknowledged that and gave a film that is basically considered a satire or a comedy, the golden palme. the film follows the story of a male model played by harris dickinson, who finds himself on a luxury cruise captained by woody harrelson. he can make you extremely uncomfortable. he can make you think. he can give you a sense of meaning. like there was a purpose to going to see the film. and at the same time, and perhaps more importantly, he makes you laugh throughout. which is quite a trick. ruben is very wonderful. at picking holes in our our

behaviour and our egos. and i think with this character, i really had to try and let go i of that, and allow myself to be i pathetic and, you know, and offer myself up as a piece of meat. and that's an absurd thing to do. 0stlund's second palme d'0r means he nowjoins a select club of two time winners, which includes the likes of francis ford coppola and ken loach. claudia redmond, bbc news. how to free a killer whale that is stuck in france's river seine? using orca sounds to guide it back to sea. until now, officials have been at a loss about how to deal with the whale. stephanie prentice reports. it isa it is a four metre long killer whale that has been trapped in the river sent for ten days. it has reached a

critical point and if not freed is at risk from dying. they came up with a plan to play organ sounds using a drone to triumvirate the mammal back towards the sea. translation: it is the least intrusive id and the least stressful for the animal. it is a first initiative. what is very interesting is that if it works, it will change everything in this type of rescue. the sounds will playjust above the water along the part of the river incrementally moving the while to safety. whether it is still strong enough to save itself is up for debate still full being in fresh waterfor so long for debate still full being in fresh water for so long has weakened it, and there is not enough food to keep it going. it's been seen flailing around in the water and its dorsal fin now appears to have been affected. . ., , ., fin now appears to have been affected. . . , ., affected. the animal is in a bad sha -e affected. the animal is in a bad shape and _ affected. the animal is in a bad shape and has _ affected. the animal is in a bad shape and has a _ affected. the animal is in a bad shape and has a lot _ affected. the animal is in a bad shape and has a lot of- affected. the animal is in a bad shape and has a lot of injuries, | shape and has a lot of injuries, it's thin is bent which means it is in poor health. aha, it's thin is bent which means it is in poor health.— it's thin is bent which means it is in poor health. a group of marine specialists _ in poor health. a group of marine specialists have _ in poor health. a group of marine specialists have decided - in poor health. a group of marine specialists have decided using - in poor health. a group of marine i specialists have decided using ships or nets to try and hyrdofoil will

cause further strength and danger so it's fate rests on how effectively loudspeakers attached to the drone can mimic a fellow or calculating it back to the sea. let's return to ukraine, jeremy bowen is in the highly contested donbas region. it looks idyllic behind you but is anything but for many of the people there at the moment, i imagine? loss of sound. what is happening is that it is a very different situation to the ukrainian victory around the capital kyiv. what is happening in donbas is that the russians are concentrating their forces and they are moving, grinding forward and taking territory and while the ukrainians

are fighting with a great deal of resolution they cannot match the firepower and as a result of that, there can only be one result as they push forward, slowly, but steadily. that result is ultimately to take more and more control. what difference will that make to president putin �*s wider objectives? i think it doesn't mean to say the ukrainians have lost the war, far from it. but i think what they are going to try and do is stabilise the line and hope that there might be something of a lull when they can arm themselves, when these more sophisticated and heavier western american—made howitzers and so on can be delivered to them in greater numbers so they can try and push back. as for vladimir putin, i think he will celebrate because he has said that taking back the donbas, as

he puts it, is one of their priorities. however, opinion polls coming out, indications from social media sites and so on in favour of the war in russia is that a lot of pro—war russians feel that would not be enough so it would be far from the end of things. irate be enough so it would be far from the end of things.— be enough so it would be far from the end of things. we had this call this weekend _ the end of things. we had this call this weekend in _ the end of things. we had this call this weekend in a _ the end of things. we had this call this weekend in a joint _ the end of things. we had this call| this weekend in a joint intervention ljy this weekend in a joint intervention by chancellor olaf scholz and president emanuel macron to negotiate with vladimir putin and negotiate with vladimir putin and negotiate seriously. the negotiate with vladimir putin and negotiate seriously.— negotiate seriously. the question about negotiation _ negotiate seriously. the question about negotiation in _ negotiate seriously. the question about negotiation in a _ negotiate seriously. the question about negotiation in a war - negotiate seriously. the question i about negotiation in a war depends on the state of mind and on the battlefield of the parties contesting it. it has to get to a point where either side is suffering so much, they are prepared to go into a negotiation and give some ground. orthat into a negotiation and give some ground. or that one side feels it has achieved enough and is prepared

to bank those gains. but at the moment, i think both the russians and ukrainians have unfinished agendas. the ukrainians want the russians out, the russians want to move forward and make their point and a victory. so i think politically, war is all about politics, there is no chance right now for a negotiation that means anything other than... and it may be anything other than... and it may be a virtue in itself, people getting together and talking in a room. jeremy, thank you for talking to us. we will have more from ukraine in the course of the next couple of hours and we also expect to see presidentjoe biden arrived in texas later today, sunday, and he will pay his respects to the family of the dead stop it is expected he will the message he delivered at the speech at the university of delaware on

saturday when he called for more gun control. you are watching bbc news. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines: anger at the treatment of fans at the champions league final in paris. the match was delayed — some supporters claim they were tear gassed and prevented from entering the ground. we've been stood in this queue since quarter past six. i've got really bad asthma and i've been tear gassed twice. i'm just really, really struggling. thousands and thousands of fans out there getting tear gassed, with tickets. treating them like animals. it's a disgrace. real madrid won the match after a 1—0 victory over liverpool. the spanish football side take the title for a record 14th time. france and germany urge president putin to engage in peace talks as russia

continues its offensive in the donbas.