this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm... culture secretary nadine dorries has urged uefa to launch a formal investigation — after fans were tear—gassed at the champions league final in paris. liverpool's mayor wants an explanation from the french authorities it was shambolic and badly organised. i think the police were really brutal in terms of the treatment of fans. president biden has arrived in the texan city of uvalde, after a teenage gunman killed 19 children and two teachers. ukraine's president volodyrmyr zelensky has made a rare trip outside the kyiv region, to visit the city of kharkiv.

one of the greatestjockey�*s of all time lester piggott, who won the derby 9 times, has died at the age of 86. hello, welcome to the programme. i want to take us live to the us. these are live pictures from texas, where president biden and the first lady are just arriving from delaware. this is the town, of course, that has witnessed the school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. president biden is visiting today. he will meet with the families, and of course, this is something deeply unpleasant, and

unfortunate ritual biden is used to playing. of course himself his family has lost family members, he is all too familiar with the grieving process and he hopes that his visit there will show some kind of strength and solidarity to so many families affected there. the difficult balance he will have to strike, though, is this is an area of the us where guns are integral to so many people. so many people have guns there. so talk of gun control at a time like this is fraught with difficulty and sensitivity for him. we know, harris, the vice president has spoken in the last couple of days about trying to ban assault rifles. of course, there are always conversations about trying to restrict firearms in the us after events like this, but we can see there that president biden is entering the car there for his

daylong visit. he will spend a long time there and we will across those pictures and that visit for you here on bbc news. right, let's return to our top story now. the culture secretary has called on on uefa to "launch a formal investigation into what went wrong and why" after chaotic scenes at saturday night's champions league final between liverpool and real madrid that took place in paris last night. the match was delayed by more than half an hour after liverpool fans were held outside the stadium and police used pepper spray and tier gas. some merseyside police officers at the game described it as the worst european match they'd experienced. in the past few minutes the french sports ministry has called a meeting to "draw lessons" from the champions league final. yesterday's events have prompted condemnation from the mayor of liverpool — joanne anderson — let's hear what she said. i want action to be taken. we have lots of events in the city. we have lots of football events, we have events like the grand national,

a lot of other cultural events. you want people to feel safe in your city, and i think the mistreatment of fans has been awful. i think someone said we are lucky it's not worse, is absolutely right. people want to be able to go to a football match and feel safe and the police should be there to support and help them in doing that. i would like action taken against the police for their behaviour. what do you say to some of the reports that came out early on? we have seen pictures of people climbing overfences and the idea that the police just simply had to respond with something and they responded in the best way that they thought at the time. well, i'm sure that happens at lots of different events. i think tear gas is a bit extreme. i think we can see that was with all fans. it happens and the police and organisers should make sure they take precautions to prevent that sort of thing from happening, but tear gas is a bit of an extreme response and everybody else was affected by that,

notjust the people who is climbing the walls. do you think anything will change after this? i'm not sure, but i think we need to demand some answers, and at least lessons learned. we've got fans from all over the world who want to come and attend the match wherever they are in the world commanded think it's our responsibility as authorities to look after them properly. thank you there tojoann and the mayor of liverpool speaking to us. you will have noticed it was quite loud in the background there, that is because fans are lining the street of liverpool... liverpool celebrating their successful season, winning two cup competitions, they are out on the streets celebrating and also let's go live to liverpool and our sports news reporter chetan pathak. anger at what happened yesterday but celebrating a successful season. yeah, absolutely. ithinkjuergen

klopp summed it up when he said it's a disappointing and to the season, but on a disappointing season —— not a disappointing season itself. they went to trophies. i was coming here unsure of what to expect, really, from the supporters. i was on a train where so many had been in paris last night frustrated with how they were treated at this stadium, but also keen to shift the focus to celebrating to really applaud what the men's and women's teams have achieved. if you look behind me, we are on... so at this parade time it started around an hour ago on the south side of the city. it will be the cross over eight miles and end “p the cross over eight miles and end up here on the strand. we are in a few yards from albert dock where most fans around about 50 deep with those flares going off, itjust takes you up to the main train station here in liverpool. we've got thousands of people who are eager to

make sure that they get to celebrate with their team who didn't achieve that history quadruple, who didn't land to travel by losing that champions league final to travel by losing that champions league final two real madrid last night, but did win two trophies, the season where they've played 63 games, they only last four matches. no english men's team in football history has gone into the final weekend of the league season with four trophies potentially to win. i felt agonisingly for cash they fail agonisingly for cash they fail agonisingly short last week and in the title race, losing out byjust a point, then didn't take their chancesin point, then didn't take their chances in paris last night only to see real madrid left the title, but juergen klopp said, listen, as disappointing as it is, he was going to pick his players up and make sure they shared what was a successful season with their supporters, and thatis season with their supporters, and that is the bus that is cascading its way, amazing its way through parts of the city. we are expecting around about an hour or so for it to land appear in the strand, which is where eager liverpool supporters are

patiently waiting in huge numbers to celebrate with the players. remember, they missed out on this feeling when he won the primary league title back in 2020 during coded. there was no parade. if the back to 2019 when the last won the champions league when we saw scenes like this. some people were suspecting how many would come out for this parade, this is liverpool. they turn out in their numbers for their team. they turn out in their numbers for theirteam. half they turn out in their numbers for their team. half a quadruple achieved in the end, but still a success that most fan bases across the country would cry out for. the supporters that i've been speaking to are determined to enjoy this evening despite last night's disappointment in paris. . i’m this evening despite last night's disappointment in paris. . i'm sure the will. disappointment in paris. . i'm sure they will. thank _ disappointment in paris. . i'm sure they will. thank you _ disappointment in paris. . i'm sure they will. thank you very _ disappointment in paris. . i'm sure they will. thank you very much - disappointment in paris. . i'm sure they will. thank you very much for| they will. thank you very much for that. great to talk to you. we are seeing the pictures they are of the bus make its way that eight mile route not many people around at the moment because it's on kind of a freeway but at different points, there have been quite a few people

swarming around that bus following its journey. swarming around that bus following itsjourney. let's speak swarming around that bus following its journey. let's speak now to robbie —— ——nd we'rejoined now by robbie ryan, a liverpool fan who is making his way home from the game last night. thank you for coming in the programme. h0 thank you for coming in the programme-— thank you for coming in the programme. thank you for coming in the rouramme. ., , ., ., m programme. no problem at all. we leave those — programme. no problem at all. we leave those fans _ programme. no problem at all. we leave those fans elevating - programme. no problem at all. we leave those fans elevating their - leave those fans elevating their success in liverpool, and concentrate on some of the more unpleasant side of this yesterday. what do you make of what happened at the ground yesterday? what what do you make of what happened at the ground yesterday?— the ground yesterday? what do i make of it? i'm very — the ground yesterday? what do i make of it? i'm very angry — the ground yesterday? what do i make of it? i'm very angry about _ the ground yesterday? what do i make of it? i'm very angry about it _ the ground yesterday? what do i make of it? i'm very angry about it and - of it? i'm very angry about it and shocked by it and big events like the world cup major six nations matches have better communication between the fans, even the signage i thought was very poor. greater knowledge of where to go and when we did get there, we found the gates

were locked, no stewards around. there was no communication. we are told at the gate is going to open, thenit told at the gate is going to open, then it was going to open. it was just chaotic. it is a disgrace, and it was very dangerous.— it was very dangerous. that's interesting. _ it was very dangerous. that's interesting, a _ it was very dangerous. that's interesting, a couple - it was very dangerous. that's interesting, a couple of - it was very dangerous. that's i interesting, a couple of people it was very dangerous. that's - interesting, a couple of people this afternoon on the news channel here have talked about the frustration of that lack of communication. what about the length of time? how long where people held and put into those tightly packed areas? weill. where people held and put into those tightly packed areas?— tightly packed areas? well, i can only speak _ tightly packed areas? well, i can only speak for — tightly packed areas? well, i can only speak for myself. _ tightly packed areas? well, i can only speak for myself. i - tightly packed areas? well, i can only speak for myself. i arrived l only speak for myself. i arrived just after seven o'clock, by the time i got in it was 9:07pm, no one was there to greet me, a big sign on the screen saying that the match is delayed due to fans being maced, which isjust ridiculous —— fans

being late, which is absolutely not true. i being late, which is absolutely not true. u, , being late, which is absolutely not true. , _, being late, which is absolutely not true. , ., ., , being late, which is absolutely not true. , ., ., true. i can see you are angry about this. are true. i can see you are angry about this- are you — true. i can see you are angry about this. are you one _ true. i can see you are angry about this. are you one of _ true. i can see you are angry about this. are you one of the _ true. i can see you are angry about this. are you one of the people - true. i can see you are angry about| this. are you one of the people that think sexually this could have a lot worse? it was so handled that it could've been a lot worse? absolutely. we were due to go in turnstiles and blocks they are where our seats were, we were waiting, as i said, there were no stewards no communication, so we were waiting and waiting, more people queuing and queuing. things started to get tight, a crash was starting to develop and me and my friend just said this isn't working, we climbed over the barriers that we had to get out of it and then we heard a guy beside us got a website message from a friend of his to say to go to gate c, that they were letting people in there. so we went around there

again. on the got there we were greeted by four orfive again. on the got there we were greeted by four or five lads who obviously weren't liverpool fans running away from the turnstile, my guess is they were trying to get in and they were stopped. when we got there then, some people had tickets, we wear it with people from different blocks. to be fair to the stewards, they could only let people in from biloxi because that tickets were able to be stamped at that gate. so if they couldn't let us in. people tried to get back out of it, but because so many people were coming through, we couldn't go back. to be fair to the steward who is there at the machine, he started to... of people who are not in the

black, which is fair play to him, the smart thing to do. i appreciate that. the smart thing to do. i appreciate that- thank _ the smart thing to do. i appreciate that. thank you _ the smart thing to do. i appreciate that. thank you very _ the smart thing to do. i appreciate that. thank you very much - the smart thing to do. i appreciate that. thank you very much for - the smart thing to do. i appreciate l that. thank you very much for taking us to that. i'm so sarri that we have to leave it there, but we appreciate you giving us a picture of some of the distressing events there. thank you very much. you're more than — there. thank you very much. you're more than welcome. _ thank you. israeli security forces have forcefully cleared palestinians from the damascus gate area ofjerusalem, as thousands of israeli jews begin a controversial annual march through muslim areas of the old city. there have also been scuffles in the muslim quarter, where palestinians have closed their stores, with most staying inside their homes. the flag march celebrates the capture of eastjerusalem during the 1967 war. it's taking place with tension high after months of deadly incidents which have strained relations. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has made a rare trip outside the capital by visiting

the eastern city kharkiv, from where russian troops have withdrawn in recent weeks. mr zelensky was seen in a bullet—proof vest, handing out medals and thanking troops for defending the country. he was also given a tour of some destroyed buildigs in kharkiv and its surroundings. meanwhile the russian ambassador to the uk andrei kelin, has been speaking to our correspondent clive myrie. he asked him 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. this is not a 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. now it is time to look at the weather. hello again. through the afternoon, we have seen quite a number of showers pop up, particularly across northern scotland, eastern areas of england, and a line of heavier showers across parts of wales and south—west england. one or two thunderstorms

mixed in there. looking at the weather picture to take us through this evening and overnight, those showers in the south—west will tend to fade away but we have got more showers that are going to move in across scotland and northern england overnight. another chilly night for the time of year as well with temperatures for a number of you down to about 5—7 celsius. tomorrow is another showery day and because there is not much wind around, the showers are going to be slow—moving in nature, and there will be some heavy ones, particularly across south—west england and central southern england and the south midlands as well. temperatures about 11—15 celsius. there will be more showers to come on tuesday. if anything, they will be heavier, with more in the way of hail and thunder. but the showers will start to become less widespread and the weather tries to settle down a little bit more as we head towards the middle part of the week.

today's main news... growing calls for an urgent inquiry into the chaos around the champions league final last night. french police tactics were criticised and the uk government says the scenes were deeply concerning, as returning fans described their experiences. a few old people were getting tear gassed. we got tear gassed. there was a few kids panicking. just mayhem. just mayhem, to be honest. it was just poorly organised. in liverpool this afternoon, a victory parade for the club's two trophies this season — despite defeat in the champions league final. we'll have the latest on the reaction to last night's events. also today... president zelensky visits his troops on the front line in eastern ukraine for the first time since the war started. president biden arrives in texas to meet families of the 19 children

and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman. and tributes to one of the greatest jockeys of all time — lester piggott — who's died at 87. good afternoon. there are growing calls for uefa — the governing body of european football — to explain the chaotic scenes before, during and after last night's champions league final in paris. liverpool football club has called for an urgent investigation into what it called the �*unacceptable issues' faced by fans, which led to the match being delayed by over half an hour. uefa said the delay

was for �*security reasons'. the ministerfor sport, nadine dorries, said the images of what happened were deeply concerning, while the mayor of liverpool — who was at the game — described the police actions as brutal and intimidating. within the last half hour, the french authorities have said they will convene a meeting tomorrow to discuss what happened. 0ur correspondent danjohnson sent this report from paris. this sort of scene unnerves any football fan. not what you would expect of the biggest game in european club football. liverpool supporters say there was indiscriminate tear gassing by heavy—handed french police, who failed to manage the crowd and get everyone to their seats in time. it was an experience which met many went home to merseyside today in shock as well as disappointment. big queue of kids getting crushed together, it was disgusting. aha,

big queue of kids getting crushed together, it was disgusting. a young lad he was 12, _ together, it was disgusting. a young lad he was 12, his _ together, it was disgusting. a young lad he was 12, his dad _ together, it was disgusting. a young lad he was 12, his dad posted a - lad he was 12, his dad posted a message, _ lad he was 12, his dad posted a message, they were aghast. a few older people _ message, they were aghast. a few older people were _ message, they were aghast. a few older people were getting - message, they were aghast. fr older people were getting tear gassed, we got tear gas. aha, older people were getting tear gassed, we got tear gas. a few kids anickina. gassed, we got tear gas. a few kids panicking- me _ gassed, we got tear gas. a few kids panicking. me and _ gassed, we got tear gas. a few kids panicking. me and my _ gassed, we got tear gas. a few kids panicking. me and my daughter- gassed, we got tear gas. a few kids panicking. me and my daughter got| panicking. me and my daughter got into the _ panicking. me and my daughter got into the stadium. it was quite intimidating but others did not get intimidating but others did not get in who— intimidating but others did not get in who had tickets. we intimidating but others did not get in who had tickets.— intimidating but others did not get in who had tickets. we got there too and half hours _ in who had tickets. we got there too and half hours before _ in who had tickets. we got there too and half hours before kick-off - in who had tickets. we got there too and half hours before kick-off and i and half hours before kick—off and then going through one gate, thousand of us trying to go through one turnstile. it thousand of us trying to go through one turnstile.— one turnstile. it was 'ust mayhem. the were one turnstile. it was 'ust mayhem. they were squashed — one turnstile. it wasjust mayhem. they were squashed against the i they were squashed against the fences, — they were squashed against the fences, all down the side. crying. there _ fences, all down the side. crying. there was— fences, all down the side. crying. there was children on parents' shoulders _ there was children on parents' shoulders. we were in tears at what we witnessed. shoulders. we were in tears at what we witnessed-— we witnessed. liverpool fans have told us this _ we witnessed. liverpool fans have told us this was _ we witnessed. liverpool fans have told us this was a _ we witnessed. liverpool fans have told us this was a narrow - we witnessed. liverpool fans have i told us this was a narrow bottleneck created by the police which stopped them reaching the turnstiles, even though there were here in good time. so the pressure was on here. there were some people climbing the fence, it is not clear if they were actually liverpool fans. but uefa and the french authorities are sticking to their line that these

problems were caused by thousands of liverpool supporters turning up here with fake tickets. even the friends and family of liverpool players had trouble getting into the stadium. it was a shambles, really. one of my mates who got a ticket from me was told it was a fake ticket, and i can assure you it was not fake. when you get them from the club and you know the player... they werejust get them from the club and you know the player... they were just making it up at times and clearly panicking and things, tear gas getting thrown at people, which is unacceptable. the culture secretary once an investigation, echoing calls from liverpool's mayor, who was at the match. i liverpool's mayor, who was at the match. . ., liverpool's mayor, who was at the match. .. ., , , match. i will call on liz truss, the foreian match. i will call on liz truss, the foreign secretary, _ match. i will call on liz truss, the foreign secretary, to _ match. i will call on liz truss, the foreign secretary, to write to - match. i will call on liz truss, the foreign secretary, to write to the | foreign secretary, to write to the french president, macron, and told uefa to account. the police behaviour was brittle and we need some answers. behaviour was brittle and we need some answers-— behaviour was brittle and we need some answers. uefa says there will be a review — some answers. uefa says there will be a review into _ some answers. uefa says there will be a review into how— some answers. uefa says there will be a review into how this _ some answers. uefa says there will be a review into how this happenedj be a review into how this happened and whether the response was

proportionate. whatever was behind it, this is not the impression sports fans were supposed to take away from the city hosting next year's rugby world cup and the olympics in 2020 for. danjohnson, bbc news, paris. the liverpool team — who lost 1—0 to real madrid last night — have been taking part in a parade through the city centre, thanking fans and celebrating the two trophies they've won this season — the league cup and the fa cup. 0ur sports correspondent jane dougall is there. you can probably seejust you can probably see just some of the thousands of liverpool fans who have gathered along the parade route behind me, blowing their whistles and their horns, cheering and singing to welcome liverpool home from paris. putting the troubles of plastered behind them, despite that loss in the champions league final, despitejust missing out loss in the champions league final, despite just missing out on winning the league to manchester city. the supporters have been determined to celebrate their team's achievements. they are waiting for them to arrive

your on an open top bus, and as you mentioned, on board will be the fa cup and the league cup, the two trophies that the men's team have won. the women have also won silverware. they won the championship and have been promoted to the women's super league and they will also be parading across the city with their trophy as well. for the men, perhaps not quite the celebration they might have wanted, but to have had the chance of winning four trophies right until last week is a huge achievement, and thatis last week is a huge achievement, and that is something the supporters feel is worth celebrating. indeed. many thanks- _ feel is worth celebrating. indeed. many thanks. jane _ feel is worth celebrating. indeed. many thanks. jane dougall- feel is worth celebrating. indeed. many thanks. jane dougall with l feel is worth celebrating. indeed. l many thanks. jane dougall with the latest on the scenes in liverpool. in a gesture of defiance directed at the russians, president zelensky has made a rare trip to visit his troops on the front line in eastern ukraine. he went to kharkiv region, close to the russian border — an area once again under attack. mr zelensky described the situation in some parts — particularly severodonetsk —

as �*indescribably difficult' for the ukrainian army. it's the first time since the start of the war that the president has ventured to the devastated eastern region, as our correspondent caroline hawley reports. with heavy artillery, russian forces are continuing to pound ukrainian positions in a war that's taking more lives every day. with all this firepower, moscow is now making steady advances in the east. today, president zelensky visited north—eastern ukraine for the first time since the russian invasion. he was shown the damage inflicted in what's been some of the worst fighting of the war. handing out medals, he thanked soldiers for their service to their country. for risking their lives for all ukrainians, their comrades in the donbas were now facing what he said was an indescribably difficult situation. applause.

nowhere has president putin's war been harder than in the port city of mariupol. these pictures show it before the invasion. and 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 when... this is over a widespread area. ..when ukrainian artillery was shelling residential areas. i do accept that mariupol is destroyed by fighting. but you won't accept it's the result of russian forces? no, it can be both because this is a fight. 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 have showed me something, probably a piece of a film or a piece of a game orajoke, orwhatever. a computer game, and telling me... sir, it's cctv footage. let's see what it is. it's cctv footage... great. ..from a building, and it has been corroborated. whatever the kremlin says, the ukrainian people know to their cost what to expect from the invading forces, and so, here in the town of sloviansk, they're preparing to flee as russia advances in the east. caroline hawley, bbc news. president biden has arrived in texas and the city of uvalde to meet families of the 19 children and two teachers killed in a mass shooting

at a school five days ago. the attack provoked yet another heated public debate about gun control laws. 0ur north america correspondent barbara plett usher is in ulvade. mr biden hasjust mr biden has just driven mr biden hasjust driven past mr biden has just driven past year, just a couple of minutes ago, and he has arrived at the school. what has got to be the most difficult visit a president has to make, to console the grieving families of the victims of that horrific mass shooting, hard at any time because these victims are so young, it becomes even harder. he will also meet community and religious leaders and first responders and he speaks from experience because he has lost two of his own children. he is an apathetic listener but this is a difficult political environment because of the fierce debate over how to stop further attacks, that debate over whether to tighten gun

laws. mr biden is a very strong advocate of that, but he faces very strong partisan opposition, especially here in texas, which is, after all, especially here in texas, which is, afterall, gone especially here in texas, which is, after all, gone country. especially here in texas, which is, afterall, gone country. he especially here in texas, which is, after all, gone country. he has to find that balance between dealing with that issue and also showing compassion. especially because the parents, the families, do not want their grief to be caught up in these political disputes. that is what one relative said to me, she said she did not think mr biden's visit would help because he could not bring her niece back. he help because he could not bring her niece back. .., ., , help because he could not bring her niece back-— niece back. he could not bring any of them back. _ niece back. he could not bring any of them back. barbara, _ niece back. he could not bring any of them back. barbara, many - niece back. he could not bring any l of them back. barbara, many thanks on the latest on the president's visit to uvalde. the record—breaking jockey lester piggott — who won the derby nine times — has died at the age of 86. in all, he recorded almost 11,500 winners in a career that started in 19118, when he was 12 years old. he was admitted to hospital in switzerland — where he lived — last week. he was jailed for three years in 1987 for tax fraud but returned

to racing after his release. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss reports. 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 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. but his much imitated style

in the saddle earned him the championjockey�*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. the champion jockey lester piggott, who's died at the age of 86. with news of today's sport, here's lizzie at the bbc sport centre. thanks. good evening. sergio perez won one of the most dramatic monaco grands prix for years — shortened due to heavy

rain and crashes... but it was a missed opportunity for favourite charles leclerc, who once again, failed to win his home race. joe lynsky reports. for charles leclerc, this was the chance of his life. he would start on pole for a race through the straights. but he grew up on. what one thing could stop him. torrential rain in monaco delayed this grand prix. then brought decisions. leclerc�*s ferrari team changed their mind about his tyres. two pit stops near the start sought leclerc lewis as lead, but down the field were bigger problems. this was a risk that came with the rain. fortunately, mick schumacher could walk off the track. the rest waited for safety. at the restart, lewis hamilton was stuck in eighth, just where he started. while at the front, sergio perez had the lead. but it was so close. through the narrow straights, perry has just held on. he wins the monaco grand

prix! leclerc had missed out and this extraordinary race had a winner not from monaco, but mexico. joe lynskey, bbc news. the most valuable game in football is going on at wembley. the championship play—off final, as huddersfield take on nottingham forest for a place in the premier league. 0ur reporter adam wild is there. adam, what's the latest? just past half—time at wembley and i can tell you that nottingham forest have taken the lead, just a few minutes before the break. the ball whipped into the huddersfield box. it has gone in off so it will go down as a huddersfield own goal. for us to head in this, the richest game in football. £170 million is the estimated value of promotion to the premier league. nottingham forest, despite being two—time european champions, have not played in the english top flight for 23 years. huddersfield have been much more

recently but that does not dim the desire for a return. 0ne recently but that does not dim the desire for a return. one set of fans will go home away from here celebrating jubilant, with all the riches and promise of the premier league. the other will go home knowing their season is over and it has counted for nothing. it can be cruel, it is always exciting. the second havejust cruel, it is always exciting. the second have just got under way, for us leading 1—0. —— nottingham forest leading. defending champion novak djokovic is through to the quarter—finals of the french open tennis. it means he's still on course to face his old rival, rafa nadal, in the next round. but the clay court legend is in a real battle with felix auger aliassime, who's part—coached by nadal�*s influential former coach and uncle, toni nadal. it's currently one set all. britain's most successful female slalom canoeist, mallory franklin, has won her seventh european title. the dual 0lympic silver medallist and world champion took gold in the single paddle category in slovakia. that's the sport. back to you, huw. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel.

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hello, this is bbc news. let's go back to texas where president biden and the first lady are visiting the memorial site at robb elementary school in uvalde in texas to pay their respects to the lives lost in tuesday's shooting. 0ur correspondentjane 0'brien is in uvalde for us now. so this is a difficult balance here that the president has to strike with this visit. it that the president has to strike

with this visit.— with this visit. it is, because of course this _ with this visit. it is, because of course this tragedy _ with this visit. it is, because of course this tragedy has - with this visit. it is, because ofj course this tragedy has opened with this visit. it is, because of. course this tragedy has opened up the enormous political divide in america over its gun culture. those who want more gun controls and those who want more gun controls and those who support more gun rights. joe biden and first ladyjust left the school where they paid their respects at the memorial, touching each cardboard cutout photograph of the 19 children who were killed on that site. they are now heading to the sacred heart catholic church where they will attend mass. the main focus of the day for the president is talking to the survivors and families of the victims. he is going to spend a number of hours with them, this is a very long visit, and unusually long visit, because this is what the president wants to do. as the politics well about the nation, his focus will be on trying to console the bereaved and sharing their grief —— swirl about the nation. there is

a mixed reaction to the visit, some say it is a distraction, some who say it is a distraction, some who say his visit will politicise this tragedy even further. there are some that welcome his presence but say ultimately it will do nothing to change what has happened. i ultimately it will do nothing to change what has happened. i want to talk a little about _ change what has happened. i want to talk a little about the _ talk a little about the politics, and 0u suggested there it is a very difficult, always swirling around, but we have had strong comments from the vice president —— i know you suggested. we often have those strong comments and nothing changes in congress. that strong comments and nothing changes in concress. . , , .,, in congress. that is the problem, even here — in congress. that is the problem, even here today, _ in congress. that is the problem, even here today, as _ in congress. that is the problem, even here today, as the - in congress. that is the problem, | even here today, as the president met with the texan governor, there were people nearby shouting, pleading with both of them to do something to bring in greater restrictions to stop an 18—year—old being able to buy notjust one but

two ar 15 rifles. these are weapons of war, they are not going to use for hunting, they are weapons of war, as one military veteran described it to me yesterday. why are children allowed to buy these guns? the answer is, because there is no law preventing them, at least not in texas, that is the other problem, this isn'tjust about a federal response, each individual state has its own gun legislation. so in texas pretty much anyone can buy pretty much any sort of garden. in new hampshire, pretty much anyone can buy a handy pistol, you do need a federal government background check, but beyond that it is open season depending on where you are —— hand pistol. it is not as easy as asking congress to do something, the states have to do something also. thank you for talking us through the

context and nuances there, always very difficult, thank you. let's get more now on our top story, and the culture secretary nadine dorries has called on on uefa to "launch a formal investigation into what went wrong and why" after chaotic scenes at saturday night's champions league final between liverpool and real madrid that took place in paris last night. uefa said the delay was for security reasons. these are live pictures of the players' open—top bus, making its way to liverpool city centre. you may ask, why is there a celebration at all given the events last night and that liverpool didn't win last night? they also didn't win the league this year either. but it was still a successful season on the pitch, they won two caps, league cup and fa cup, and in the women's team won their league as well, so they decided this tour was going to go ahead and of course they would have

been hoping that they would have been hoping that they would have been celebrating for trophies this year, in the end it was just two. jurgen klopp said it was not a successful end to the season but still a successful season. that is why they are out there, mixed emotions for many liverpool fans, celebrating a great season, how close they came, but reflecting also on a lot of anger about what happened last night inside and outside the stadium. neil atkinson is a liverpool fan and presenter of the anfield wrap podcast who was in the thick of it last night. he did manage to get into the stadium but told me there were a lot of angry and disappointed fans in paris last night. coming out, though, i mean, this idea that it is about ticketless fans, it was absolutely horrendous. i had a direct message this morning from a woman who is five months pregnant, who was tear—gassed after the match. so this isn't about who has got tickets or who hasn't. this is about police brutality. so the french police can make any statement that 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 was only two ways in and out of the complex around the stadium, and there does need to be answers, and there does need to be an investigation into uefa and into the french police. and it does need to be an independent investigation. so what do you think went wrong? was this a matter of planning, just not having the gates open, too many people in one area? or was this about behaviour? i think it is ultimately that there are massive, massive issues in terms of the fact that it was deep incompetence, but incompetence everyone is sort of happy with. the police were in their element, i would say, they were having a fantastic time. from what i could see, they were deliberately creating circumstances of provocation. they tried to do it in the stadium on 88 minutes, whereabouts 150 riot police went in front of the liverpool end, even though there was absolutely 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 didn't rise to that bait, which i was really pleased to see. you know, you can go which way you want to go on this, i don't think there was investment

into it, as a piece of planning. i don't think the stadium is particularly suitable for purpose at this stage of proceedings. it looks great but all the infrastructure around it doesn't quite work. and it is important, you know, i am really pleased that the mayor of liverpool has spoken out and demanded answers and asked for the british government's help on this. we have got to understand why it is. we're customers, you know, they want to treat us like customers, they want to charge us a fortune for the tickets, so treat us like customers, then. we are all paying good money to go to these matches, good money to spend time in paris, therefore treat us like customers. the idea that 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 you go to the theatre and say, "you have got to get there two hours before, "but by the way, if we still can't get you in, that's your fault." that is absolutely ridiculous. we wouldn't stand for it anywhere else. it is time we stopped standing for it in football as well. if an investigation does rule and comes out with clear transparent findings and supports lots of the points that you have brought up there, do you expect anything to change? ultimately, no, because this is a pan—european problem.