this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 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. heavy fighting is continuing in eastern ukraine, where russian forces are trying to capture the city of severodonetsk. 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 on 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. legendaryjockey lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. 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'm 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. 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. the sports minister here in the uk has tweeted in reaction to the scenes in paris last night... and earlier i spoke to our sports presenter olly foster, who got caught up in the thick of it in paris last night. we arrived at about 8:30pm. kick—off had already been delayed because of the security concerns, the chaotic scenes around the turnstiles. when we got there just a few minutes before a few minutes before that delayed kick—off, all the entrances had been shut but some of my colleagues had been down about an hour earlier and

described terrible scenes. they saw some liverpool fans trying to force their way through turnstiles but it is very much disputed, uefa's claims that thousands were arriving late and also with fake tickets. many, many liverpool fans with genuine tickets were very distressed, many did not get into the match the match which should have been a fantastic celebration of a fantastic season, they lost the match but this is one of the showpieces of world football. many denied entry despite having genuine tickets and many fearing for their safety and simply turning away. there are a combination of factors, it appears there was a complete system failure of crowd management around the stadium last night, certainly a couple of hours beforehand, there were bottlenecks with french police and stewards funnelling far too many fans down into narrow walkways

and underpasses and there were real logjams with fans getting stuck away from the stadium and then when they got closer to the stadium, as uefa were claiming, thousands having fake tickets, which is why kick—off was delayed, which is why many liverpool fans failed to get into the ground and what also exacerbated the situation is there were hundreds of local gangs of french youths, clearly ticketless and intent on causing trouble, who found themselves inside the outer cordon at the stade de france and there were running riots with french police who had already used pepper spray and tear gas to try to disperse fans trying to get in but also trying to control these french youths and there were many innocent bystanders caught up in the tear gas and the pepper spray that was used. many fearful for their safety. myself and our bbc team were caught up in the tear gas, it's a very

unpleasant and completely puts you out of sorts, which is what its intent is, but there were hundreds who were impacted by this, many women with children and families all caught up in this. hugely distressing and there will be so many questions asked about how the french authorities and the stewards dealt with this. do some of those who were there last night, is there a sense of relief that things could have got worse because of the numbers of people in a very restricted area, presumably the risk of crushes was real? very much so and of course liverpool are hugely sensitive to those issues of crushing when you think back to hillsborough and many took themselves away from the situation

but such was the set—up whereby many couldn't so were caught up in the trouble with local french youths and also the police trying to disperse them in a very provocative and at times heavy—handed way and there will be an inquiry, liverpool saying it was unacceptable and has called for an urgent investigation into what happened last night but for the most part we haven't heard from uefa since last night but they clearly blame all these fake tickets which were not electronic, which might have contributed to the issue, usually it is all done on your phone, you get your electronic ticket but there were paper tickets which are much easier to duplicate and one issue might have been that if there were so many counterfeit tickets, if they had already been used by the time genuine ticket holders turned up, they will not work because it goes down in the system that they have already been used so this is treated

as the counterfeit ticket, so much will have to be investigated because there were echoes here last night of what happened at the euro final at wembley which was lawless at times, i was caught up in that with very poor stewarding, many hundreds of people without tickets stormed into that euro final between england and italy. policing was found to be very inadequate with that situation and they will have to find out what went wrong here because so much did last night. that was olly foster in paris. that may bring you some breaking news coming out of turkey. it is that present recep tayyip erdogan, the turkish leader who has objected to finland and sweden joining turkish leader who has objected to finland and swedenjoining nato, he has been holding talks with the two countries but has come out and said that turkey cannot say yes to, quote, terrorism supporting

countries entering nato, so for now it looks like that puts a spanner in the works. other leaders will try to persuade him to drop his objections by the time of the nato summit in madrid at the end ofjune. russia's ambassador to the uk has told the bbc that moscow won't use nuclear weapons in the war in ukraine. andrei kelin said using such weapons would be against russian military rules. asked about alleged war crimes in ukrainian towns such as bucha, mr kelin said the evidence was all "fabrication". our diplomatic 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 operation. 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. well, the russian ambassador

to the uk andrei kelin,was speaking to the uk, andrei kelin, was speaking to clive myrie and he asked whether moscow had given up on ukraine's capital kyiv and was now focusing the war in the east of ukraine. it's a good question. none of our leaders, neither president or the others has ever said that we would like to seize kyiv. and i don't believe that it is possible to seize kyiv or to occupy kyiv. it's a big, big city. you did have troops. i was there at the time. yes, we did have troops. but not for the seizure of kyiv. so why were they there? i'm not a military person. i'm a diplomat for a0 years. but even i do understand if you would like to do something, then on one front, then you have to do some different things on another front just to stretch. so you have given up on it, there would be no attacks on the capital. we didn't have a goal of seizing kyiv at the initial stage of the operation, and i do believe

that that's a possibility. 0k. you've talked about russian forces not targeting civilian areas. you've talked about them being professional and waging this war in a professional manner. i'd like you to have a look at this cctv footage here, which shows two russian soldiers at a building in ukraine taking aim at two civilians walking away from them. they're walking away. if i had an ipad, i could also, if i had, i would be eager to show you that every day ukrainian forces are shelling innocent civilians in donbas, cities, towns and villages. these men are walking away from the soldiers. you can see it there. they are shot and they are killed. is this how russia is conducting this war? i cannot tell whether they are russian soldiers they are absolutely

russian soldiers. it has been verified. they are russians. don't conversation. you are showing me something. probably a piece of film or a piece of a game or a joke or whatever. this is cctv footage from a building that has been corroborated. the two soldiers took aim at two people walking away from them and shot them dead. they then went into the building and the cctv shows them taking off their uniforms, wiping down the sweat from underneath their arms and taking drinks that were in the building and looting food. is that is how russian troops... are we having an interview with you or you or you would like to express your ideas? i have expressed the question, which is, is that how russian troops are conducting this war?

you did express your point of view. i did express my point of view. and i can assure you that i pursue very attentively what is going on in the east of ukraine. and viewers in the uk can see that interview with the russian ambassador to the uk, andrei kelin, at 2:30pm here on the bbc news channel. it is about 16 minutes past midday. anger at the treatment of fans at the champions league final in paris the match is delayed and some supporters claim they were tear gassed and prevented from entering the ground. heavy fighting is continuing in eastern ukraine, where russian forces are trying to capture the city of severodonetsk. the russian ambassador to the uk tells the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. legendaryjockey lester piggott,

who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. that's a state with that story. lester piggott died in switzerland this morning. 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 this morning". andy swiss looks back at his career. lester has it in the bag! when it came to the art of winning, few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering — nearly 5,000 victories across a career spanning almost half a century. he rode his first winner back in 19118 at the age ofjust 12. 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 youngest jockey to wini the derby in modern times. but for all the adulation, lester piggott remained a shy and softly spoken man.

how hard do you have to work, in fact? - well, it's pretty hard work. you know, all day long, and night sometimes. at 98", he was tall for a jockey, hence his nickname, the long fellow. here comes lesterl piggott on nijinsky! but his much imitated style in the saddle earned him the champion jockey title some 11 times. the success, though, was followed by scandal. good evening, the headlines at six o'clock. lester piggott has been sent to jailfor three years. in 1987, piggott was jailed for tax evasion and stripped of his obe. 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 — one of the greatestjockeys that racing has ever seen. the jockey lester piggott who has

died at the age of 86. joining us is david carr, reporter at racing post. thank you. it was going to come at some point, it has come this morning and already we are getting reminders of how extraordinary this man's career was in terms of its quality and longevity. it’s career was in terms of its quality and longevity-— and longevity. it's a cliche to say it's the end _ and longevity. it's a cliche to say it's the end of _ and longevity. it's a cliche to say it's the end of an _ and longevity. it's a cliche to say it's the end of an era _ and longevity. it's a cliche to say it's the end of an era but - and longevity. it's a cliche to say it's the end of an era but it - and longevity. it's a cliche to say it's the end of an era but it is. i it's the end of an era but it is. when someone is known by theirfirst name like frankie in racing now or tiger in golf, you know they have achieved legendary status but i would say he was the most famous sportsman in the country alongside bobby charlton. the jockeys association have annual awards, they have always been known as the last ders and i'm sure they always will be. —— the leicesters.

ders and i'm sure they always will be. -- the leicesters.— ders and i'm sure they always will be. -- the leicesters. what was it about his performance _ be. -- the leicesters. what was it about his performance in - be. -- the leicesters. what was it about his performance in the - be. -- the leicesters. what was it i about his performance in the saddle that made him stand out? lester piggott was a sportsman who everyone knew, i knew come as a kid growing up knew, i knew come as a kid growing up and he was a name that everybody knew. it’s up and he was a name that everybody knew. �* , , , , up and he was a name that everybody knew. �* , , _ ._ knew. it's the derby next saturday and it used — knew. it's the derby next saturday and it used to _ knew. it's the derby next saturday and it used to be _ knew. it's the derby next saturday and it used to be an _ knew. it's the derby next saturday and it used to be an annual - knew. it's the derby next saturday and it used to be an annual ritual, | and it used to be an annual ritual, every year people wanted to know who he would ride in the derby because if they knew if they backed him they would more often than not be collecting. epsom is an unusual track with switchbacks and undulations, a couple ofjockeys have won it six times but he won it nine times. he was tall for a jockey, he constantly rowed at 30 pounds less than his body weight which made for a lot of wastage. he had his own style in the saddle but he was mightily effective. what he was mightily effective. what

about his legacy _ he was mightily effective. what about his legacy to _ he was mightily effective. what about his legacy to the - he was mightily effective. what about his legacy to the sport? a lot of other jockeys, about his legacy to the sport? a lot of otherjockeys, youngerjockeys will have watched and admired him, as because of the superstar status he had. . ~ , ., , he had. frankie dettori said this mornin: he had. frankie dettori said this morning he _ he had. frankie dettori said this morning he was _ he had. frankie dettori said this morning he was the _ he had. frankie dettori said this morning he was the greatest - he had. frankie dettori said this i morning he was the greatest ever. they ran a race in his honour because he wrote his first and last there and i stood alongside the young jockey who won it and he was shaking with excitement, he said he couldn't believe he would meet lester piggott and this was a grown adult. this was 15 or 20 years after he retired, he had that aura. i he retired, he had that aura. i don't want to take away from the racing but we cannot ignore the fact he had a serious brush with the taxman and spent time in prison. did not have much of an impact, was he

able to brush it off? he obviously paid his debt and took the punishment but did it lead lasting plane crash that and the fact he had his medalfrom plane crash that and the fact he had his medal from the queen taken away. this is a man who spent his entire life 30 pounds less than his natural body weight, he was used to suffering for his craft. he won after an awful accident at epsom where he almost ripped his ear off and he said winning the race meant the pain. he put himself through an awful lot. in the pain. he put himself through an awful lot. .., . the pain. he put himself through an awful lot. _, . , awful lot. in concluding it will be awful lot. in concluding it will be a very special — awful lot. in concluding it will be a very special mood _ awful lot. in concluding it will be a very special mood next - awful lot. in concluding it will be i a very special mood next saturday. it is, nobody else won the race six times, he won it nine times. i am pretty confident that will never be beaten. ., ., ~

pretty confident that will never be beaten. . ., ~ , ., ., beaten. david carr, thank you for talkin: to beaten. david carr, thank you for talking to us _ beaten. david carr, thank you for talking to us about _ beaten. david carr, thank you for talking to us about the _ beaten. david carr, thank you for talking to us about the late - beaten. david carr, thank you for| talking to us about the late lester piggott. the government is to ask the public whether they would rather buy goods weighed in pounds and ounces than in kilograms and grams. under existing laws, inherited from the eu, shops and market traders can use imperial measures, but must display the cost in metric units as well. the consultation will begin on friday to coincide with the queen's platinum jubilee. william atkinson from conservative home is in rickmansworth in hertfordshire. thank you forjoining us. what do you make of the story? especially in the middle of _ you make of the story? especially in the middle of a _ you make of the story? especially in the middle of a cost _ you make of the story? especially in the middle of a cost of _ you make of the story? especially in the middle of a cost of living - the middle of a cost of living crisis it seems like fiddling while rome burns in the sense this is obviously designed to be a hearty patriotic announcement in the wake of that platinum jubilee but as somebody who has grown up in a world in which metric has been used alongside imperial measurements, it

seems a rather unimportant announcement. i know a lot of people have been cheered by it and still remember the muppet maters in 2001 and are happy to use imperial measurements and you see them reintroduced —— the metric markers. i think it isjust reintroduced —— the metric markers. i think it is just the government trying to generate a good day's headlines. ., u, trying to generate a good day's headlines-_ trying to generate a good day's headlines. ., ., ., headlines. you can almost hear the prime minister'svoice _ headlines. you can almost hear the prime minister'svoice in _ headlines. you can almost hear the prime minister'svoice in these - prime minister'svoice in these words, a government minister said we measure our walks in miles and nobody knows what a 11.5 kilo baby looks like but we note that a tent pound baby is a whopper. is it the timing of this, anything to do with the difficulties the prime minister is in? this might please some in his party who have felt the party hasn't been terribly conservative the past week? i been terribly conservative the past week? ~ , been terribly conservative the past week? ~' , ., , ., .,

week? i think there is a bit to do with that but — week? i think there is a bit to do with that but it _ week? i think there is a bit to do with that but it is _ week? i think there is a bit to do with that but it is more - week? i think there is a bit to do with that but it is more to - week? i think there is a bit to do with that but it is more to do - week? i think there is a bit to do | with that but it is more to do with the platinum jubilee. with that but it is more to do with the platinumjubilee. the government has planned a weight of patriotic announcement although this extent to which they are patriotic varies. they include the announcement of a ukrainian defence fund and relaxation of the rules on childcare will obviously this is comfort because i think it is our way of opening the door on's news but i think as someone who backed leaving the eu but was too young to vote at that time, i think this gives a bad impression of the benefits of brexit. i think, impression of the benefits of brexit. ithink, and i impression of the benefits of brexit. i think, and i apologise for using the word ream owner, this may remind them of that blue passport debate a few years ago. it is the political equivalent of what is going on at wembley at the moment. william atkinson from conservative home, good to talk to you. as long

as i can get a quarter pound of pear drops in a sweet shop, i will be happy. you're watching bbc news. 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. and there are apparently continuing to be queues at dover for the ferry service to france. i spoke with paul charles, travel expert and ceo at the pc and there are apparently continuing to be queues at dover for the ferry agency, about the issues that passengers, airports and airlines are experiencing.

the eurostarjust saw a really busy day yesterday. and we'll see another very, very packed day today. it's good that people are coming back, that demand is there, but the airports and the airlines are worst 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 talent, 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 have not been able to attract those staff back to the sector. that is a real problem, then, because given that particularly demand seems to have bounced back strongly? that's right. demand is very strong. there's no issue on demand, when you look at forward bookings, not just for flights, but also for ferries, trains for hotels across the uk and certainly in europe, the demand is there. people have plenty of money. it seems they're 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 can't 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. and the whole sector operates on the principle of safety. so you have to train people effectively. you can'tjust put new workers into a job overnight. they have to be trained very well indeed before they're able to operate as airline crew, for example, or security staff. paul charles there. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell.

hello there. expect an afternoon of sunshine and showers for many of us. not all of us will see them, of course, but if you do catch one, they could be heavy, possibly even thundery later on in the day. we've already seen some sharp showers so far across that north norfolk coast, but some of those showers will tend to move further inland as we go through the afternoon and the clear skies certainly a will cloud over a little. skies certainly will cloud over a little. a brisk northerly breeze, that will make it feel disappointingly cool for the time of year as well — top temperatures ranging from nine to 16 celsius in the far south. it's a similar story as we move into monday, but the wind direction perhaps more of a north—westerly, and so that means more frequent showers from the west to begin with, pushing further inland through the afternoon, and temperatures a similar feel, really, around 11 to 17 celsius the high. as we move into tuesday, we will see some further showers developing into the far north—west, but a little bit warmer and a little

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