this is bbc news with the latest headlines. the government says it's "very concerned" over upsetting scenes at the champions league final — as fans were tear gassed in paris. people were begging, the liverpool fans that were in were begging because they said it just seemed to be like it could be a repeat of hillsborough. that's how bad it was. 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 a very strict provision on the issues of the use of tactical nuclear weapon, and it is mainly when the existence of the state is endangered. president biden will arrive

in the texan city of uvalde later today, after a teenage gunman killed 19 children and two teachers. one of the greatestjockeys of all time, lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. welcome to the programme. liverpool football club has called for an investigation into what it describes as "unacceptable issues" faced by fans trying to get into the stadium in paris last night to watch the champions league final. the match was delayed by more than half an hour after liverpool fans were held outside the stadium, and police used pepper spray and tear gas. some merseyside police officers at the game described it as the worst european

match they'd experienced. dan johnson reports. 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 and thousands of fans out there getting tear—gassed, with tickets. they're 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. uefa and the police was an absolute disgrace today, indiscriminately -

pepper—spraying people queueing up, . with tickets, to get in the ground, l 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. 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. it has been a tense, nervy game, and they never really got going. there is a stunned silence here and there is heartbreak. crying: congratulations to real madrid... - they're really playing better football. not the result we wanted at all,

but it is what it is. we'll go again next year. the atmosphere was fantastic but it's just a shame - to come away with a loss. if we'd have won this it would be bouncing here, wouldn't it? - and there was more tear gas in the streets as they left. well, within two minutes of the final whistle they tear—gassed everybody. that's why all the fans went that way. this is where liverpool's season ends, but this club and its supporters always somehow show their hope never dies. danjohnson, bbc news, paris. our correspondent peter harris is at john lennon airport in liverpool — where fans are arriving back from paris. fans have been arriving back here throughout the day in liverpool and there is considerable anger at the way they feel they were treated last night and also at the speed with which the authorities, they feel, sought to blame fans for the bottlenecks that appeared outside the stadium. a message had gone up on the big screen at the stade de france

suggesting that kick—off was delayed because of fans arriving late. liverpool fans say that is simply not the case. the bottlenecks outside were caused, they say, by the stewarding, by the policing, and ultimately, as you mentioned, some of those fans were subjected to pepper spray and tear gas. we have been speaking to some of the liverpool fans who were in paris last night and this is their account of what happened. the queue we were in... people who were sat with us in the ground were gassed, you know, a young lad who i know, who's 12. his dad's posted a message. they were gassed. he's12. and this is not fans rioting. this is people with tickets queuing legitimately, just trying to get in to watch a football match. l it's pretty frightening, actually, i got squashed because they weren't organising the ticketing properly and things like that. _

and so, yeah, that was scary. and then the police didn't really seem to be that. bothered about us either, to be honest. _ it sounds like a bit of a kind of scary atmosphere at times. yeah, it was a bit. obviously we were alljust trying to keep together. but there was nothing we could do. and then we were getting pushed . in and then they were trying to push us back, like the police . and authorities and stuff, but we couldn't control it. they were squashed up against the fences all down the side. people were crying. there was children on parents�* shoulders. we were in tears. just what we witnessed, it was just horrific. it really was horrific. and nobody seemed to know what was happening. there was a language barrier. so there was english people there from liverpool who were helping, but they said there's a barrier between them and the french, so nobody understood what was going on. so they were just, just locked out, just like animals. and people were begging. the liverpool fans that were in were begging because, you know, they were saying itjust seemed to be like it could be a repeat of hillsborough.

that's how bad it was. it wasn't good, was it? no. yes, clearly a very unpleasant experience for many of the fans who were there on what should have been obviously a great night for liverpool fans. now, the french police are sticking to their line. they say there were fans with fake tickets who attempted to get into the ground. they are blaming those people, they say, for the problems that occurred last night. as for the liverpool fans�* group, the spirit of shankly, they say the scenes last night were shambolic and dangerous. indeed, the bbc has spoken to some people who were there who say it is lucky really that we're not talking about a far worse outcome than we actually are as a result of that bottleneck that formed outside the ground. and liverpool football club itself says it wants uefa to carry out an investigation into what it says were unacceptable issues faced by liverpool fans in paris last night.

as you can imagine, there has been plenty of reaction to this. the mayor of liverpool has since spoken out in the last hour. she says:. and now in liverpool, just back from paris, we'rejoined by neil atkinson, liverpool fan and presenter of the anfield wrap podcast, who was in the thick of it last night. thank you forjoining us. what happened to you?— thank you forjoining us. what happened to you? thank you forjoining us. what ha ened to ou? ~ ., ., ., happened to you? well, i managed to net into the happened to you? well, i managed to get into the ground _ happened to you? well, i managed to get into the ground after _ happened to you? well, i managed to get into the ground after we - happened to you? well, i managed to get into the ground after we got - happened to you? well, i managed to get into the ground after we got at. get into the ground after we got at the train station at 6:15pm and i got to my seat by about 8:20pm, the gate i was coming into was open, it was shut just gate i was coming into was open, it was shutjust before and not long after, and a number of the gate that liverpool supporters were meant to

be going into where shucks, x, y, z, walking along there, a was open and i managed to get in but coming out, this idea about ticketless fans, it was horrendous. i had a direct message this morning from a woman who is five months pregnant he was tear gassed after the match. this is not about who has got to get son who hasn't, this is about police brutality. the french police can make any statement they like. they are absolutely in the wrong on this one. it was horrendous around the ground afterwards, it really was, it was deeply unsafe, there were only two macca weighs in and out of the complex around the stadium and they need to be answers and there does need to be answers and there does need to be answers and there does need to be an investigation into uefa and the french police and it needs to be an independent investigation.— needs to be an independent investiuation. ~ ., ., ~ investigation. what do you think went wrong? — investigation. what do you think went wrong? was _ investigation. what do you think went wrong? was this _ investigation. what do you think went wrong? was this a - investigation. what do you think went wrong? was this a matter| investigation. what do you think. went wrong? was this a matter of planning, not having the gates open, too many people in one area or was it a behaviour thing? i too many people in one area or was it a behaviour thing?— it a behaviour thing? i think it is ultimately. _ it a behaviour thing? i think it is ultimately, there's _ it a behaviour thing? i think it is ultimately, there's massive - it a behaviour thing? i think it is i ultimately, there's massive issues in terms of the fact that it was deepin in terms of the fact that it was deep in confidence but incompetence everyone was sort of happy with. the police were in the element, i would

say, having a fantastic time from what i could see, they were deliberately creating circumstances of provocation. they tried to do it in the stadium 88 minutes when about 150 riot police went in front of the liverpool land even though there was no reason to do so, no police went to the real madrid end and they were trying to get liverpool supporters to give them the story they wanted. liverpool supporters mostly did not rise to it which i was pleased to see. you can go which way you want to go on this. i don't think there was investment into it or planning, i don't think the stade de france is particularly suited for purpose, at this stage of proceedings, it looks great but the infrastructure around it does not quite work and it is important and it does not quite work and it is importantand i it does not quite work and it is important and i am pleased the mayor of liverpool has spoken out and demanded answers and asked for the government's help on this. we have got to understand why it is... we are customers, they want to treat us like customers and charge a fortune for a ticket so treat us like customers, we are paying good money to go to these matches and spend time in paris, therefore, treat us like customers. the idea you would go to a play and even be expected to

be there two hours before which most liverpool supporters were, i hasten to add but the idea go to theatre and they would say you've got to get there two hours before but if we still can't get you in, that is your fault, that is ridiculous and we wouldn't stand for it anywhere else and it is time we stop standing for it in football as well. if an investigation does rule and come out with clear and transparent findings and supports lots of the points you brought up, do you expect anything to change? brought up, do you expect anything to chance? . , brought up, do you expect anything to chance? ., , ., brought up, do you expect anything to chance? . , ., , , brought up, do you expect anything to chance? ., , ., , , ., to change? ultimately, no. this is a pan-eumpean _ to change? ultimately, no. this is a pan-european problem, _ to change? ultimately, no. this is a pan-european problem, i, - to change? ultimately, no. this is a pan-european problem, i, for- pan—european problem, i, for instance, don't like going to games on the iberian peninsula, the way they are policed as well. you deal with a number of different police cultures, ours is not fantastic at times but i feel safer going to tell moor than back to the stade de france, like you say, i want to make that crystal clear. —— are going to turf moor. it is a complex situation and will take some solving at this stage of proceedings but first there's got to be big questions into uefa practices, they are the pan—european body and they are the

ones who organise this event, they have put on an event and done it in such a way that football supporters were left to feel unsafe, en masse. this is not one or two instances, this is a huge number of liverpool supporters whether they were caught up supporters whether they were caught up in it beforehand or after, almost everybody was caught up in one aspect of it and it is simply not good enough in 2022 but it was never good enough in 2022 but it was never good enough. weill good enough in 2022 but it was never good enough-— good enough. neilatkinson, thank ou for good enough. neilatkinson, thank you for coming _ good enough. neilatkinson, thank you for coming on _ good enough. neilatkinson, thank you for coming on and _ good enough. neilatkinson, thank you for coming on and talking - good enough. neilatkinson, thank you for coming on and talking us i good enough. neilatkinson, thankj you for coming on and talking us to it and i should just explain for people watching, the noise and everything behind you is because there is a celebration, sadly not for the result yesterday but the other successes of the season so i wanted to expect people and i hope you can despite everything that has happened enjoy yourself this afternoon, thank you very much. thank you. now to the us. joe biden and the first lady are on their way to uvalde in texas. they'll be meeting the families of 19 children and two teachers who were killed last week. the us president has called for action to prevent future massacres in a country where efforts to tighten firearms regulations have repeatedly failed.

0ur correspondentjane 0'brien is in uvalde for us now. hello, just talk us through what is happening there today? joe hello, just talk us through what is happening there today?— hello, just talk us through what is happening there today? joe biden is exected to happening there today? joe biden is expected to arrive _ happening there today? joe biden is expected to arrive here _ happening there today? joe biden is expected to arrive here in _ happening there today? joe biden is expected to arrive here in the - happening there today? joe biden is expected to arrive here in the next i expected to arrive here in the next couple of hours or so. he is going to go straight to the school. there is a makeshift memorial there. he will be there to pay his respects. then he is going to attend mass at the sacred heart catholic church, a very religious community come here, the catholic faith underpins everything that happens here. there has been prayer services in the town centre all weekend. this is a very important part of the sharing and the burden of grief that he is trying to help alleviate. and then he is going to go to a local community centre and meet with the 19 families of the children that were killed and probably the

families of the two adults who died as well. this is a visit of unusual length. he is going to be here all day and he is going to be spending several hours with the families, a role thatjoe biden is said to be very good at, he understands grief, having lost his son and wife in a car crash many years ago, he is very good at empathising with people in this situation and it is a task that he has had to do all too often, just two weeks ago, he was in buffalo, new york, consoling the families of the victims of that mass shooting, when ten people were killed. that is his role today. he is here for the families and the community, not so much in a political role but a personal one.— much in a political role but a ersonal one. , ., ~ i. personal one. interesting. thank you for that. personal one. interesting. thank you for that and — personal one. interesting. thank you for that. and on _ personal one. interesting. thank you for that. and on the _ personal one. interesting. thank you for that. and on the politics - for that. and on the politics because i am afraid they are never far away, they have again been having the debate where you are about firearms controls. are we likely to see any progress with yellow —— any progress?

likely to see any progress with yellow -- any progress? know, is the bottom line. — yellow -- any progress? know, is the bottom line, congress _ yellow -- any progress? know, is the bottom line, congress is _ yellow -- any progress? know, is the bottom line, congress is gridlocked l bottom line, congress is gridlocked on this but i think what is interesting here is that this is not an open debate in this community, this is south texas, it is a real community and guns are part of the fabric of the community. it is described to as me family, god and guns, in that order. pretty much anyone here owns a firearm and they teach their children how to use them. the focus here is not so much on controlling guns, it is about the mental health of teenagers who get access to them. again and again, i have been told by teenagers themselves that they almost understand the frustrations of the 18—year—old who committed this atrocity. they talk about the frustrations, his anger, the sense of alienation from society, the abandonment, and they talk about his family problems. they say that one of the underlying issues here is that there is no support for

children in that situation. mental health is stigmatised in this hispanic community, i have heard that from youth counsellors who work with troubled teenagers. that interestingly is where the focus is here, not necessarily on gun controls, although pretty much everyone has said, how on earth did an 18—year—old get hold of not one but two ar 15 rifles? qm. an18-year-old get hold of not one but two ar 15 rifles?— an 18-year-old get hold of not one but two ar 15 rifles? 0k, thank you ve much but two ar 15 rifles? 0k, thank you very much for— but two ar 15 rifles? 0k, thank you very much for that. _ the headlines on bbc news... the government says it's "very concerned" over upsetting scenes at the champions league final — as fans were tear gassed in paris. 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.

as we've been hearing, president biden will arrive in the texan city of uvalde later today after a teenage gunman killed 19 children and two teachers. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's isaac. good afternoon. a spot in the premier league is up for grabs as huddersfield town take on nottingham forest at wembley. adam wild is outside the stadium. how big a day is it going to be for these two teams? the? how big a day is it going to be for these two teams?— these two teams? they call it the bi est, these two teams? they call it the biggest. the _ these two teams? they call it the biggest, the richest _ these two teams? they call it the biggest, the richest game - these two teams? they call it the biggest, the richest game in - biggest, the richest game in football, don't they? when you look at the figures, it is easy to see why, £170 million is the estimated prize for promotion to the premier league. if you can avoid relegation, that can rise to upwards of £300 million. but let's not get ahead of ourselves, before they can start spending the cash, there is the

small matter of the play—off final at wembley. it is all resting on this, nine months of the season all comes down to 90 minutes here, but nottingham forest, well, the wait has been rather longerfor nottingham forest, well, the wait has been rather longer for them nottingham forest, well, the wait has been rather longerfor them than that. it is extraordinary to think that. it is extraordinary to think that the twice european champions has been out of the english elite for quite so long. they have not played in the premier league this century. 1999 was when they were relegated. how their fans, century. 1999 was when they were relegated. how theirfans, and century. 1999 was when they were relegated. how their fans, and you can probably hear them, would love a victory this afternoon but it won't be easy, huddersfield town has been on journey themselves. in the championship last season, they were battling relegation and finished 20th so it has been quite some turnaround to be now one match from the premier league. for one set of fans, and they are really getting pretty noisy on wembley way, for one set of fans, there will be a party like no other, the promise of the riches of the premier league. for the others, well, it will be a wretched afternoon. it is a terrible

way to end the season, losing in the play—off final. it can be cruel but it is always exciting. play-off final. it can be cruel but it is always exciting.— play-off final. it can be cruel but it is always exciting. indeed it is, adam, it is always exciting. indeed it is, adam. thank _ it is always exciting. indeed it is, adam, thank you _ it is always exciting. indeed it is, adam, thank you from _ it is always exciting. indeed it is, j adam, thank you from wembley. it is always exciting. indeed it is, - adam, thank you from wembley. we are going to head up for liverpool now. while the authorities will be looking into the ticketing fiasco that marred liverpool's champions league final defeat last night, fans will get a chance to honour the team. a parade is being held in the city to mark was has been a long and at times very happy season. chetan parthak is there for us. chetan, even in the disappointment from last night, what's the mood like there? jurgen klopp called it a disappointing end but not a disappointing end but not a disappointing season. he said even if the rest of the world thinks we are mad holding a parade, we are going to hold it and celebrate the successes because from 4pm this afternoon, liverpool will parade the league cup and fa cup, lazing around just over eight miles of the city and they will end up at the strand so bearing in mind, the fans that

are behind me next to the historic cunard building, just a few minutes from albert dock, just opposite us here, the fans have been lining up, getting in prime position to celebrate with the team, inevitably, the energy is not going to be where it would have been if liverpool had managed to pull off the win last night, instead being beaten by real madrid, it has been a disappointing week for them because they narrowly missed out on the premier league as well, manchester city finishing a point ahead of them and the one thing i would add is that the last time liverpool lost a champions league final, the following season, they won it and the women will be part of the pareto, the women's team that won the championship title will be —— will be part of the parade, too. they have returned to the wsl for next season. the parade will get under way in the next a0 minutes or so. under way in the next 40 minutes or so. . , ., ~ , ., under way in the next 40 minutes or so. . , ., ., so. exciting times. thank you for “oininu so. exciting times. thank you for joining us- _ solihull moors are 90 minutes away from reaching the football league after beating chesterfield

in the national league play—off semifinal. they came from behind to win 3—1. callum howe's header from a corner sealed it for the west midlands club, who were created 15 years ago when solihull borough merged with moor green. they'll play grimsby in the final next sunday. novak djokovic is through to the quarterfinals of the french open tennis. the top seed beat diego schwartzmann with relative ease, 6—1, 6—3, 6—3. he could face 13—time champion rafa nadal next. the spaniard plays felix auger—aliassime today. that's all the sport for now. the monaco grand prix has been delayed by rain and is just under way. you can find more on that and all our stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has made a rare trip outside the capital by visiting the north—eastern city of kharkiv. mr zelensky was seen handing out

medals and thanking troops for defending the country. he was also given a tour of some of the damage moscow's forces have caused in the region. heavy fighting is continuing in the luhansk region of eastern ukraine, where russian forces are trying to capture the city of severodonetsk. moscow says it has taken the town of lyman, a key railway hub. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky said moscow was trying to "squeeze out some result for itself" in the region. here, russia's ambassador to the uk — in an inteview with the bbc — has described alleged war crimes by russia in ukraine as a "fabrication". 0ur ciplomatic correspondent caroline hawley reports. 0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley reports. with heavy artillery, russian forces are continuing to pound ukrainian positions in a war that is taking more lives every day. with all this firepower, moscow is now making steady advances in the east. president zelensky has admitted

the situation is difficult. nowhere has preident putin's war been harder than in the port city of mariupol. these pictures show it before the war. this is what it looks like now. but in a bbc interview, moscow's emissary here defended the conduct of russian forces. these are residential areas. these are not legitimate military targets. we have a lot of registered cases... this is over a widespread area. ..where ukraine's artillery was shelling residential areas. i do accept mariupol is destroyed by fighting. but you won't accept it is the result of russian forces? fighting, it cannot... it can be both because this is a fight. so there is a possibility in your mind russia is responsible... russians... that is a possibility? as i have said, russians are targeting military infrastructure.

collateral damage is possible. the town of bucha has become synonymous with atrocities but the ambassador dismissed allegations of war crimes here as a fabrication. and what of an incident caught on cctv in which these two soldiers are about to kill two unarmed ukrainians? these men, sir, 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. you are showing me something, probably a piece of a film, or a game, or a joke or whatever. it is a computer game. it is cctv... let's see what it is. it's cctv, 0k, great. it's cctv footage from a building, and it has been corroborated. and ukrainians know only too well what to expect from russian forces, and so here in the east, they are preparing to flee their advances. caroline hawley, bbc news.

and you can watch clive myrie's interview with the russian ambassador in full on the bbc�*s iplayer. lester piggott, one of the greatest jockeys of all time, has died. he was 86. his family said he died peacefully in switzerland, where he lived. the nine—times winner of the derby rode his first winner in 19a8, when he was just 12 years old. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. 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 19a8 at the age ofjust12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 195a, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a record nine victories in the race. the youngest jockey to win

the derby in modern times. but for all the adulation, piggott remained a shy, softly spoken man. how hard do you have to work, in fact? well, it's pretty hard work. you know, all day long, i and at night sometimes. at five foot eight, he was tall for a jockey, hence his nickname the long fellow. here comes lester piggott on nijinsky. but his much imitated style in the saddle earned him the champion jockey�*s 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 jail for three years. - in 1987, 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. one of the greatestjockeys that racing has ever seen.

lester piggott, who's died at the age of 86. there's more travel disruption today. in dover, passengers have complained of waits of up to six hours to get on ferries. it's being blamed on a lack of staff at french passport controls. and people flying abroad from some airports, including gatwick, bristol and manchester, have expressed frustration, after airlines cancelled hundreds of flights over the next few days. paul charles, travel expert and ceo at the pc agency, told my colleague shaun ley about the issues that passengers, airports and airlines are experiencing. fundamentally, 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, so the 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. just a quick update on ukraine, we are getting a fresh line, we told you president della zelensky —— presents made a rare trip outside the capital to kharkiv where he handing out medals, and wejust the capital to kharkiv where he handing out medals, and we just have a line telling us several loud explosions have been heard in khakis

after that visit —— kharkiv after the visit by president zelensky. those are the details from reuters. we will keep you up to date. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello. today has been a day where we have seen a cloud really build through the afternoon to bring some scattered showers. this was one of those showers working across parts of devon earlier this afternoon. 0n the radar, you can see showers across northern scotland, eastern england. we have had a line of heavier showers and even a few thunderstorms working across wales and the south—west, where we have seen today's heaviest showers. they will clear overnight and it will be dry for a client —— a time because most of england and wales. scotland and northern england will see clouds thicken with showers returning to many areas as we go through the night. another chilly night with temperatures, 5—7 celsius. a cool start on monday and another unsettled day as this area of low

pressure moves westwards from