this is bbc news, broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. i'm shaun ley. 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. 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. president biden renews his appeal for tighter gun control following the texas elementary school shooting — as the parents prepare to bury their children.

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 one—nil 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. some news that has come in the last hour — legendaryjockey lester piggott has died at the age of 86. he rode his first winner at the age ofjust 12 and went on to be crowned champion jockey 11 times. his son—in—law, william haggas, told the pa news agency...

"sadly, we can confirm that lester died peacefully in switzerland this morning". andy swiss looks back at his career. and he has said in the bank. when it came to the — and he has said in the bank. when it came to the art _ and he has said in the bank. when it came to the art of _ and he has said in the bank. when it came to the art of winning, - and he has said in the bank. when it came to the art of winning, few - came to the art of winning, few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering, nearly 5000 victories across a career spanning almost half a century. he rode his first winner back in 1948 at the age ofjust 12. rode his first winner back in 19118 at the age ofjust 12. it was rode his first winner back in 19118 at the age ofjust12. it was a feat that made the headlines and plenty more would follow. in 1954 while still a teenager he won the derby, the first of a record nine victories in the race. the first of a record nine victories in the race-— the first of a record nine victories in the race. i. , ~ , ., in the race. the youngest 'ockey to win the derby * in the race. the youngest 'ockey to win the derby in h in the race. the youngest 'ockey to win the derby in modern _ in the race. the youngest jockey to win the derby in modern times. - in the race. the youngest jockey to | win the derby in modern times. for all the adulation, lester piggott remained a shy and softly spoken man. ., ., ., i. ., remained a shy and softly spoken man. ., ., ., ., ., remained a shy and softly spoken man. how hard do you have to work? it's re man. how hard do you have to work? it's pretty hard _ man. how hard do you have to work? it's pretty hard work, _ man. how hard do you have to work? it's pretty hard work, all— man. how hard do you have to work? it's pretty hard work, all day - man. how hard do you have to work? it's pretty hard work, all day long. i it's pretty hard work, all day long. and at— it's pretty hard work, all day long. and at night, _ it's pretty hard work, all day long. and at night, sometimes. - it's pretty hard work, all day long. and at night, sometimes. at- it's pretty hard work, all day long. and at night, sometimes. at five. and at night, sometimes. at five feet eight, he was tall for a jockey, hence his nickname, the long

fellow. but his much imitated style in the saddle earned him the championjockey title in the saddle earned him the champion jockey title some 11 times. the success was followed by scandal. good evening, the headlines at 6pm. lester piggott has been sent to jail for three years. in lester piggott has been sent to 'ail for three years.�* for three years. in 1987 lester pi aott for three years. in 1987 lester piggott was — for three years. in 1987 lester piggott was jailed _ for three years. in 1987 lester piggott was jailed for - for three years. in 1987 lester piggott was jailed for tax - for three years. in 1987 lester i piggott was jailed for tax evasion and stripped of his 0be and while he made a comeback to some success, in 1995 at the age of 59, he finally retired from the saddle. despite his personal controversy, his sporting ability beyond dispute. 0ne personal controversy, his sporting ability beyond dispute. one of the greatest jockey ability beyond dispute. one of the greatestjockey is ability beyond dispute. one of the greatest jockey is that ability beyond dispute. one of the greatestjockey is that racing has ever seen. the jockey lester piggott, who has died at the age of 86. 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 an 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. back to our top story — the sports correspondent now 0lly foster, who got teargassed and experienced it all last night. the demand by liverpool football club for a review into the handling of the event. thousands of fans stopped from gaining entry to the ground. tell us about what happened last night. ground. tell us about what happened last niuht. , ., ground. tell us about what happened lastniaht. , ., ground. tell us about what happened lastniht. , ., ., ., ground. tell us about what happened last niuht. , . , . ,, ., ., . last night. yes, a snapshot of what ha--ened last night. yes, a snapshot of what happened last _ last night. yes, a snapshot of what happened last night _ last night. yes, a snapshot of what happened last night which - last night. yes, a snapshot of what happened last night which lasted, l happened last night which lasted, terrible scenes, really, for about 90 minutes up to kick—off, kick—off was delayed by issues at the turnstiles. it was reporting on the delays for bbc news last night i got

the stadium probably a couple of minutes before the delayed kick—off, around 8:30pm, the west side of the stadium that you can see behind me. all the turnstiles had been shot but there was certainly still a lot of pushing from what appeared to be genuine ticket holders trying to gain entrance to the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid. all the stewards had been instructed to shut the gates and what exacerbated the situation as well was that local french youths, gangs, were running riot with french riot police around the periphery of the stadium and they were very freely using pepper spray and tear gas as well and there were and tear gas as well and there were a lot of innocent bystanders, ticket holders, accredited people still trying to get into the stadium and were caught up in the middle of this, including myself and our bbc

team, security guards and producers and we were caught up in the tear gas which was deeply unpleasant. a lot of people highly anxious about the situation and frightened, children caught up in it as well. i know from speaking to my colleagues, perhaps an hour earlier as they tried to gain access to the stadium that there were some liverpool fans that there were some liverpool fans that they saw trying to tell guide other fans going through the turnstiles and force entry as well, certainly security staff and police were trying to deal with that stopped it had been largely good—natured for most of the day but certainly it appeared about two or three hours out that the access into the stadium, the large flyover behind me, underthere the stadium, the large flyover behind me, under there there were certainly fans being funnelled through there, thousands, being held up through there, thousands, being held up there. uefa stipulating that all the cause of the issue was fans arriving late and also thousands of

fake tickets and that is something thatis fake tickets and that is something that is being disputed by liverpool football club, certainly, fans arriving late. and there will be a huge inquiry about this because there was chaos there and there were echoes of what happened at wembley for the euros final last year when it was felt security and policing was hugely inadequate. inadequate for the purposes, _ was hugely inadequate. inadequate for the purposes, after _ was hugely inadequate. inadequate for the purposes, after the - was hugely inadequate. inadequate for the purposes, after the match l for the purposes, after the match when people were dispersing, did the trouble continue? where police are still using those tactics after the game finished? i still using those tactics after the game finished?— game finished? i was still inside workin: game finished? i was still inside working until — game finished? i was still inside working until at _ game finished? i was still inside working until at least _ game finished? i was still inside working until at least a - game finished? i was still inside working until at least a good - game finished? i was still inside | working until at least a good two hours after kick—off, it was fairly quiet around the periphery of the stadium but certainly, further away, where we are now, this hotel, a quarter of a mile away from the stadium was in lockdown, police still using tear gas here in the streets of this area and everybody was trying to get back to this area because it's the closest metro stop

to get back into central paris. so the scenes here were pretty violent and lawless. and it was certainly a dangerous place but the experiences of some of the fans, genuine ticket holders, trying to get in was terrible last night and many including one that i have just spoken to in the last half an hour, they actually gave up because they felt it was so dangerous to try and get close to the stadium. if ijust touch on the fake tickets issue. that might not be the fans fault if they had fake tickets, they might genuinely think the tickets are genuinely think the tickets are genuine and they might not go through the gates which might be the first time you realise something is wrong? first time you realise something is wron: ? �* first time you realise something is wron. ? �* ., , ., first time you realise something is wrona?�* ., , first time you realise something is wrona?�* ., first time you realise something is wron? . , ., wrong? and also there is a question as to why they _ wrong? and also there is a question as to why they were _ wrong? and also there is a question as to why they were not _ wrong? and also there is a question as to why they were not electronic l as to why they were not electronic tickets, they were paper tickets which is quite old school, certainly the europa league final between rangers and nitro frankfurt in brazil were electronic tickets,

there are all sorts of other issues in that european final a week or so ago but there is certainly a feeling that perhaps duplicate tickets were working at the gates so when genuine ticket holders tried to use their tickets they were being denied entry because it was coming up in the electronic system as they had already been used, those paper tickets, and that was people, that is just one theory and certainly this is something that will be looked at but certainly there was a system failure at ground level that led to thousands being involved in the tear gas situation, the french youths and gangs clearly trying to cause trouble and gain entry themselves to this final that really marred the start of it and a lot of those fans who thought they were coming here for a celebration of football, what should have been a fantastic showpiece and an end to a wonderful season for liverpool, it endedin wonderful season for liverpool, it ended in defeat but ended in so much

worse for some of the fans who failed to gain entry, the genuine ticket holders, the families. yes, we do have witnesses that said some liverpool fans tried to push their way through the turnstiles without tickets but certainly, not the numbers that uefa are suggesting, those thousands come fake tickets and certainly so many that were light and liverpool have called for an immediate investigation into what happened last night. {lillie an immediate investigation into what happened last night.— happened last night. ollie foster in paris, happened last night. ollie foster in paris. thank— happened last night. ollie foster in paris, thank you. _ uk holidaymakers continue facing 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. joining us now is paul charles, travel expert and ceo at the pc agency. he's also the former director of virgin atlantic & eurostar.

it was obviously busy at eurostar yesterday, that is hardly surprising. families going off to disneyland paris and football fans trying to get to the match but putting that aside, because eurostar has a lot of trains and it has staff and there is no suggestion there was and there is no suggestion there was an issue about that but there is an issue in the airline industry. what issue in the airline industry. what is going on, do you think? fundamentally, eurostar saw a really busy day yesterday and will see another very packed day to day. it's good people are coming back and demand is there but the airports and airlines are worse affected. they are suffering from a lack of staff, the workforce available for the travel and tourism sector has shrunk and as a result, airlines and airports have found it very difficult to attract new and fresh talent back into the sector. they simply aren't paying wages that are attractive enough compared with other sectors and of course, so many thousands were made redundant or put

on furlough during the pandemic and airports and airlines had not been able to attract those staff back to the sector. ., , able to attract those staff back to the sector. . , ., able to attract those staff back to the sector-— able to attract those staff back to the sector. that is a real problem because given — the sector. that is a real problem because given particularly - the sector. that is a real problem | because given particularly demand seems to have bounced back strongly? that is right, demand is very strong and there is no issue on demand. when you look at forward bookings, not just for flights but also for ferries, trains, hotels across the uk and certainly in europe, the demand is there. people have plenty of money, it seems, they are spending it on travel that they weren't able to do over the last two years, especially to see family and friends. so the demand is there. but the problem is the operators simply cannot meet that demand due to the lack of a decent workforce that is available to them. and i don't see this changing dramatically over the next few weeks. i think it's going to take some time to recruit those who really want to work in the sector and of course to train them

up sector and of course to train them up and the whole sector operates on the principle of safety. so you have to train people effectively, you cannotjust put new workers into a job overnight, they have to be trained very well indeed before they are able to operate as airline crew, for example, or security staff. thank you very much. 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.

here's an assessment of what the ambassador had to say from our russia editor, steve rosenberg. what the ambassador said there, we've been hearing for years from russian officials. whenever their country is accused of anything all accusations are rebuffed, all evidence of a russian complicity is dismissed, and what you end up with is this parallel reality in which, for example, cctv footage of a russian soldiers are shooting dead an armed ukrainian civilians is dismissed as — what did the ambassador call it? ajoke, a game, a computer game. where the horrors of bucha are dismissed as a fabrication and where the levelling of mariupol, this extensive damage to residentialareas, is sort of brushed aside as other collateral damage or blamed

on ukrainian soldiers. in other words, none of this is ever russia's fault. everyone is against russia, everyone is blaming russia, everyone is accusing russia. russia is the innocent party. this is the kremlin narrative which we've heard many times before. we heard it after the salisbury poisonings, we heard it after the attempted assassination of the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, and we're hearing it again now. 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. 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 prentiss reports.

it's a four metre long killer whale that's been trapped in the river seine for around ten days. and now experts say its situation has reached a critical point and that if it isn't freed, it's at risk of dying. they've come up with a plan to play orca sounds, using a drone to try and lure the mammal back towards the sea. translation: it's the least intrusive idea and the least | stressful for the animal. it's the first initiative. what is very interesting is that if it works, it will change everything in this type of rescue in france. the sounds will playjust above the water, along this part of the river, stretching from rouen to le havre, incrementally moving the whale to safety. whether it's still strong enough to save itself is up for debate. being in fresh water for so long has weakened it, and there isn't enough food to keep it going. it's been seen flailing around in the water, and its dorsalfin now appears to have been affected. the animal is in a bad shape and has a lot of injuries. its fin is bent, which means

it's in a poor health. a group of marine specialists have decided that using ships or nets to try and herd the whale will cause further stress and danger. so its fate now rests on how effectively loudspeakers attached to the drone can mimic a fellow orca calling it back to the sea. stephanie prentice, bbc news. a clean up operation is underway in a marina in torquay in south west england, after 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. let's ta ke let's take a look at some other news... i'm sorry, please forgive me. we have run out of time! we will have other news on the website. do

join us again, after these messages. and the weather is coming up! hello. the second half of the weekend not quite as optimistic as the first, more cloud as we move through sunday and some nuisance showers. it has been a beautiful start in northamptonshire as you see but the shower cloud threatening and we have seen the first sign of the showers across the north norfolk coast. the reason? high—pressure drifting our way to the north—west and we see a tightening of the isobars, the strengthening of the wind, a cooler source, coming down from the north. that has been driving the shower is chiefly along the east coast. one or two as welljust moving their way down through the irish sea along the cheshire gap as well. so cloudier skies as we go

into the afternoon and the showers becoming a little bit more frequent. a cooler afternoon in scotland along that east coast, 9 to 11 degrees, maybe a top temperature of 14. fewer showers potentially into northern ireland and still a high of 14 degrees. cloudier skies for england and wales. a cooler story across that north sea coast. top temperatures of 16 degrees. not everyone will see the showers, but some of those across cornwall and devon could be heavy and thundery by the end of the afternoon. now, as we go through the evening and overnight, most of the showers will be driven along the far north and we'll see some clearer skies. that's going to allow the temperatures to fall away to single figures, so a chilly start first thing on monday morning. and a subtle change in wind direction means the showers could be in different places as we move into monday across the north and the west. and those showers then will push their way steadily inland, so another cloudy day, another coolish day, and showers hit and miss. not everyone will see them, but if you catch them, they could be slow moving with the odd rumble of thunder. highs of 11 to 17 degrees. the low still with us as we move out of monday into tuesday.

we could see some showers or longer spells of rain into the far north—west, maybe starting off dry across central and southern parts of england and wales. sunshine could trigger off a few sharp showers as we go through the day, but with that sunshine, maybe a degree or so higher — expect temperatures to peak at around 18 degrees. now, as we head to the all—important bank holiday weekend, still some level of uncertainty for the weather story here, but it looks a little bit warmer and generally a little bit drier. there is a risk of a few scattered showers around. please keep abreast of the forecast. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... anger at the treatment of fans at the champions league final in paris. the match was delayed and some supporters claim they were tear gassed and prevented from entering the ground. 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. the russian ambassador to the uk tells the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. president biden renews his appeal for tighter gun control following the texas

elementary school shooting, as the parents prepare to bury their children.