this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm... culture secretary nadine dorries has urged uefa to launch a formal investigation — after liverpool fans were tear—gassed at the champions league final. president biden is in texas to meet the families of some of the 19 children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman. president zelensky visits his troops on the front—line in eastern ukraine, for the first time since the war started. another day of travel disruption — waits of six hours reported for ferries at dover, and hundreds of flighs cancelled at some uk airports. leicester has it in the bag! and one of the greatest jockeys of all time,

leicester piggott, has died at 87. —— leicester piggott. hello, welcome to the programme. culture secretary nadine dorries has called on european football's governing body uefa to "launch a formal investigation into what went wrong and why" after chaotic scenes at last night's champions league final between liverpool and real madrid in paris. french police have been criticised for firing tier gas and pepper spray at some liverpool fans waiting to get in to the stadium. ms dorries said the footage from fans and the media was "deeply concerning". the mayor of liverpool — who was at the game — described the police actions as brutal and intimidating. uefa has said it will "review these matters urgently" with french police.0ur correspondent danjohnson

sent this report from paris. this sort of scene unnerves any football fan. it's 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 meant many went home to merseyside today in shock as well as disappointment. a big queue of kids getting crushed together, it was disgusting. a young lad who i know, he's 12, his dad posted a message, they were aghast. a message, they were gassed. he's 12. a few older people were getting tear gassed, we got tear gas. a few kids panicking. me and my daughter got into the stadium. it was quite intimidating but others did not get in who had tickets. we got there two and a half hours before kick—off and then

going through one gate, thousand of us trying to go through one turnstile. it was just mayhem. they were squashed against the fences, all down the side. people were crying. there was children on parents' shoulders. we were in tears at what we witnessed. it was horrific. liverpool fans have 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. you know, 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... to be honest, they werejust making it up at times and clearly panicking and things, tear gas getting thrown at people, which is unacceptable. the culture secretary wants an investigation, echoing calls from liverpool's mayor, who was at the match herself. i will call on liz truss, the foreign secretary, to write to the french president, macron, and hold uefa to account. the police behaviour was absolutely brutal, and we need some answers. uefa says there will be a review into how this happened and whether the response was proportionate. but 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 then the olympics in 2020 for. danjohnson, bbc news, paris. let's go to liverpool now. so, a strange one because lots of anger about what happened yesterday, but as i can see behind you, thousands of people out celebrating what

otherwise has been a successful season for the club.— otherwise has been a successful season for the club. yes. that was the message _ season for the club. yes. that was the message that _ season for the club. yes. that was the message that juergen - season for the club. yes. that was the message that juergen klopp i season for the club. yes. that was l the message that juergen klopp was the message thatjuergen klopp was keen to deliver last night. clearly understanding the frustrations of those liverpool supporters that were trying to get into the stadium in paris into the securities occurrence that forced liverpool to release a statement asking for an investigation. speaking to the supporters here this afternoon, they have been really keen to focus on the positives. many of those in the crowd behind me here were in paris last night and had to take in that frustrating evening and that defeat to real madrid. but they are looking at the bigger picture which is what juergen klopp was saying. yes, disappointing into the season, but a disappointing into the season, but a disappointing season in itself. they fell short of the quadruple end of the trouble, but they have an fa cup and a league cup to share with the pans. we have got thousands here, i am at the historic building just a few yards from the dalbert dock where fans have been patiently waiting here for hours now waiting

for the liverpool team bus, which started over eight miles away in the south of the city and has been amazing its way here. we are expecting the liverpool team bus is to be in the next 30 minutes or so. remember, the women's side two will be showing off their championship trophy after securing promotion to the w exile. forjuergen clock dashed juergen klopp he had a parade after their champions league success, but they missed out in 2020 winning the primary during the pandemic meant we had no seems like this. it's an opportunity for the supporters to show their gratitude to the team for delivering where two outlasting trophies on his cd. he won everything else, the champions league, the world cup, the super cub, but not the ethic cup or league cup and those two penalty successes over chelsea at wembley allowing liverpool to at least share something with their supporters today who for the most part have tried to stay optimistic and full of

jov- tried to stay optimistic and full of joy. the sun has tucked behind the clouds, i have to say, but we can hear the move is a less, we had drums ringing out here as well. the traditional liverpool chance and songs, including young never walk alone, which is what you would expect to hear as he will wait, and what we hope in the next 25 minutes orso what we hope in the next 25 minutes or so is the liverpool team bus. thank you for that. disappointed to be reminded that movies a lot they are enjoying themselves there which is a great thing. a lot of fans have made it back from paris, so they are determined to make it in time for the celebration, but a lot still wanting answers about what went so wrong. wanting answers about what went so wronu. ~ , ,., y wanting answers about what went so wronu. m, , ., ~ wanting answers about what went so wronu. ~ , ., ~ g, wrong. absolutely, and i think what we aet a wrong. absolutely, and i think what we get a sense _ wrong. absolutely, and i think what we get a sense of— wrong. absolutely, and i think what we get a sense of here _ wrong. absolutely, and i think what we get a sense of here and - wrong. absolutely, and i think what| we get a sense of here and naturally with the liverpool, some of the supporters i was speaking to on the train down here were saying that they were concerned about the way they were concerned about the way the story originally broke inside the story originally broke inside the stadium, you wake up and out the statement saying it was because

initially dashiell beta—macro, because of security issues, the liverpool fans are saying they where getting the blame for that, had legitimate tickets, trying to get into the ground, there were locals into the ground, there were locals in front of him that rather than trying to get in. they were worried that they were not going to make it in time for kick—off. there were fans being told that there tickets were fake. the liverpool left back said he'd given a legitimate ticket to a friend of his who was then told at the turnstile that that ticket wasn't legitimate. merseyside police statement was interesting today as well, as ever, when these big functions happen, these big events, they were out there in numbers to observe the event. they said in the merseyside police words, the behaviour of the vast majority of liverpool fans was impeccable and they followed all the rules. huge questions about ua for�*s —— uefa, why things got as out—of—control as they did. remember that 36 delay to they did. remember that 36 delay to the kick—off as well. the liverpool fans i spoke to said they were

getting the blame for that. i do need to stress that they've come here today saying that was that, we want answers, there is frustration at falling short in what was being talked about as a quadruple winning, travel winning season, but huge sense of gratitude as well as to everything that this team has given them this season and gone so close to delivering the unthinkable, and thatis to delivering the unthinkable, and that is why they are here in their thousands waiting to show their thanks to the liverpool team and manager, juergen klopp. thanks to the liverpool team and manager, juergen klopp.- thanks to the liverpool team and manager, juergen klopp. thank you so much for that- — we will stay with the story and reflect a little bit more on some of those frustrations that were being referenced there, because earlier i spoke to ian byrne who is mp for liverpool west derby, who was at the stade de france last night. he told me about his experience. it was shambolic, it was dangerous, it was shambolic, it was dangerous, it was shambolic, it was dangerous, it was hostile. it's one of the worst atmospheres i've ever experienced. no football fan should ever experience that. blue ribbon

events at the premier league football game of football calendar in europe, to actually experience what we experienced as football supporters is absolutely disgraceful, and also the aftermath when once again we have a narrative of lies, smears, but uefa have put the blame solely on liverpool supporters. for people listening, this could have been any football team here today, manchester city, this could've been that as well, this could've been that as well, this is just untenable. this could've been that as well, this isjust untenable. football fans should not be like absolute animals. is fans should not be like absolute animals. , ., , fans should not be like absolute animals. , . , ., animals. is there any way of finding out or knowing. _ animals. is there any way of finding out or knowing, or _ animals. is there any way of finding out or knowing, or do _ animals. is there any way of finding out or knowing, or do you have - animals. is there any way of finding out or knowing, or do you have an i animals. is there any way of finding l out or knowing, or do you have an id at the moment, was this a case of a policing strategy that just policing strategy thatjust didn't work? was this ua for�*s organisation networking? —— uefa. any sense of what exactly has gone wrong. i can what exactly has gone wrong. i can only speak — what exactly has gone wrong. i can only speak from — what exactly has gone wrong. i can only speak from personal- what exactly has gone wrong. i can only speak from personal experience, and personal experience, you know,

and personal experience, you know, an example of that was where we were trying to get in, there's two turnstiles open. there are 13 available. i was lucky enough to get through, once we got through, i begged the stewards to open the other 11 turnstiles. it was so bad. you know, it was so unnecessary. liverpool fans have been there hours before, queuing to get in, we were tier gas, we were pepper sprayed. this would not happen at any other major sporting event, and that is just so worrying. the french authorities, uefa need to investigate exactly what happened there. tomorrow we asked the foreign secretary and we need a full investigation because this should never happen again, what we experienced. right, to the us now. joe biden and the first lady are visiting uvalde in texas.

they've been visiting a memorial site outside robb elementary school — and meeting the families of some of the 19 children and two teachers killed in the shooting there 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. earlier i spoke to our news correspondentjane 0'brien — who's in uvalde — and gave us the latest. this tragedy has opened up the enormous political divides in america over america's then culture. those who want more gun controls and those who support more gun rights. joe biden in the first lady had just left the school where they paid their respects at the memorial there, touching each cardboard cutout, photograph of the 19 children who were killed on that site. they are now heading towards 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 the families of the victims. he's going to spend a number of hours with them. this is a very long visit, an unusually long visit because this is what the president wants to do. as the politics swirled about the nation, his focus will be on trying to console the bereaved and share in their grief in whatever way he can. of course, there is a mixed reaction of course, there is a mixed reaction to his visit. there always is. some say it's a distraction, some say that his visit will politicise this tragedy even further. some welcome his presence but say ultimately it will do nothing to change what has happened. qm. will do nothing to change what has ha ened. g ., will do nothing to change what has ha ened. g . ., will do nothing to change what has ha ened. ,, . ., will do nothing to change what has ha ened. g. ., ., ., ~' will do nothing to change what has ha ened. g. ., ., ., ~ ., happened. 0k, jane, i want to talk a little bit about _ happened. 0k, jane, i want to talk a little bit about the _ happened. 0k, jane, i want to talk a little bit about the politics. - happened. ok, jane, i want to talk a little bit about the politics. i- little bit about the politics. i know you suggested there that it is a very difficult that of course, it's always swirling around, but we have had quite strong comments from the vice president, for example. but

we often have those strong comments and nothing changes in congress. and and nothing changes in congress. and that's the and nothing changes in congress. fific that's the problem. and nothing changes in congress. fific that's the problem. you know, and nothing changes in congress. eic that's the problem. you know, even here today as the president met with the texan governor, greg abbott, 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. these are not guns you use for hunting. their weapons of war as one military veteran described it to me just yesterday. why are children allowed to buy these guns? the answer is is because there is no law preventing them, at least not in texas. that's the other problem here. 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 done. in new hampshire, where i'm from, pretty much anyone can buy a hand pistol. you do need a federal government background check, but beyond that, it could be open season depending on where you are. so it's not as easy as saying congress do something, the states have to do something to. thank you to jane there, jane 0'brien. the headlines on bbc news... culture secretary nadine dorries has urged uefa to launch a formal investigation — after liverpool fans were tear—gassed at the champions league final. president biden is meeting some of the families of the 19 children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman in texas. in a gesture of defiance — directed at russia — president zelensky has made a rare trip to visit his troops on the front line in eastern ukraine.

he went to kharkiv, close to the russian border, an area once again under attack. mr zelensky described the situation in some parts — particularly serevodonetsk — 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. so there is a possibility in your mind that russia is responsible for all this? that is a possibility, sir? 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 are preparing to flee as russia advances in the east. caroline hawley, bbc news. 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. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem and described the situation there. i've seen thousands of young israelis like these around west jerusalem. they're with their blue—and—white flags. now, the mood isjubilant, it's festive, even, but in other parts of the city, it is very tense indeed. you see lots of israeli police,

and the day began with skirmishes around the mosque compound where israeli police say that palestinians threw stones at their office areas and also atjewish visitors who are getting ready to go to the disputed site, which of course is known to gees as temple mount. now, social media videos have been circulating that show some of thejewish visitors inside bowing down to pray, shows them waving israeli flags. that is in breach of long standing rules that govern the site. palestinians i've spoken to have called that an injustice. they found that very provocative. the question is what happens next? because it is one year since the flag march injerusalem was one of the triggers for an 11 day conflict between israel and palestinian militants in gaza. and people are very worried that there could be a recurrent of that kind of violence. palestinians have already reacted very angrily to announcements from the israeli authorities saying that this year the march can take place on his traditional route

going through the damascus state, that is the main entrance to the muslim quarter of jerusalem's old city. 0ur our thanks to a reporter for that. there's more travel disruption today. in dover, passengers have complained of waits of up to six hours to get on ferries. the delays are being blamed on a lack of staff at french passport control. 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. joining me now is our business correspondent vivienne nunis. right, where do we start? tough out there. let's start until very. as you say come at their days of cu es there. long waits for lori drivers as well. authorities think it might calm down early in the week as some people go back to work, but then those bottlenecks may well build up again towards the bank holiday, the latter part of the week. the dover mp just said today that they are becoming

just as famous for their traffic jams, it's something that will continue. ., ., continue. not too great in dover. what about _ continue. not too great in dover. what about the _ continue. not too great in dover. what about the airports? - continue. not too great in dover. what about the airports? a - continue. not too great in dover. what about the airports? a lot i continue. not too great in dover. what about the airports? a lot ofj what about the airports? a lot of frustration _ what about the airports? a lot of frustration for _ what about the airports? a lot of frustration for some _ what about the airports? a lot of frustration for some passengersl frustration for some passengers today, perhaps not at the scale that we saw when easyjet today, perhaps not at the scale that we saw when easy jet announced today, perhaps not at the scale that we saw when easyjet announced their cancellation of flights. these people are seemingly getting enough notice that they don't turn up and have the bad news, they stay home. there are people complaining about baggage, they are not getting their flights off on time because there are not enough ground staff. it's a bit of a tricky one comment airlines themselves who are responsible for those third—party ground handling staff, but it's well known across the industry that there are widespread shortages when it comes to people doing luggage and checking those sorts of roles. i think during the pandemic, a lot of those people were let go. now as things are ramping up again can airports and airlines haven't really caught up. they haven't dealt with a surge in traffic enough, otherwise aching

people perhaps are finding other jobs, low payjobs that they don't want to work at airports, there is a retail boom, so there are lots of other options for them, but you have to ask whether the airlines have bitten off more than they could chew selling all of these flights when they perhaps didn't have the staff and infrastructure to allow them to go smoothly. qm. and infrastructure to allow them to go smoothly-— and infrastructure to allow them to no smoothl . ., ,, i. , . go smoothly. 0k, thank you very much for brinuain go smoothly. 0k, thank you very much for bringing us — go smoothly. 0k, thank you very much for bringing us the _ go smoothly. 0k, thank you very much for bringing us the latest _ go smoothly. 0k, thank you very much for bringing us the latest there. - 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 ofjust12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 1954, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a record nine victories in the race. the 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 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 leicester piggott, who's died at the age of 86. the well—known stage and tv actor patricia brake — best known for her role in the sitcom "porridge", has died of cancer at the age of 79. her daughter told the bbc that she died yesterday morning at home — with herfamily by her side. 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. how to free a killer whale that is stuck in france's river seine? using orca sounds to guide it back to sea. until now, officials have been at a loss about how to deal with the whale. stephanie prentiss reports. it's a four—metre—long killer whale that's been trapped in the river seine for around ten days. and now experts say its situation has reached a critical point and that if it isn't freed, it's at risk of dying. they've come up with a plan to play orca sounds, using a drone to try and lure the mammal back towards the sea. translation: it's the least intrusive idea and the least | stressful for the animal. it's the first initiative. what is very interesting is that if it works, it will change everything in this type of rescue in france. the sounds will play just above the water, along this part of the river, stretching from rouen to le havre,

incrementally moving the whale to safety. whether it's still strong enough to save itself is up for debate. being in fresh water for so long has weakened it, and there isn't enough food to keep it going. it's been seen flailing around in the water, and its dorsalfin now appears to have been affected. the animal is in a bad shape and has a lot of injuries. its fin is bent, which means it's in a poor health. a group of marine specialists have decided that using ships or nets to try and herd the whale will cause further stress and danger. so its fate now rests on how effectively loudspeakers attached to the drone can mimic a fellow orca calling it back to the sea. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. through the afternoon, we have seen quite a number of showers pop up, particularly across northern scotland, eastern areas of england,

looking at the weather picture to take us through this martial to take us through this arts to come down from the north. martial arts to come down from the north. it will turn quite wet in scotland. sarri for northern england, probably northern ireland by the end of the night. still a bit drierfurther by the end of the night. still a bit drier further southwards across the midlands, wales, east anglia and the south. a cool night, 5—7 celsius south. a cool night, 5—7celsius celsius for many of you. tomorrow is another unsettled day. now, showers will be with us from the word go. quite a bit of cloud to the morning. into the afternoon commissioners become increasingly widespread, some of them heavy thundery, and because there is not much wind around, showers will be slow—moving in nature as well. i need you to stay�*s forecast, another showery looking day. this time the showers are going to be bigger, some more of them turning thunder e, a bit of hail mixed in as well. by the time i get to wednesday, the showers will become confined to eastern areas away elsewhere.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... culture secretary nadine dorries has urged uefa to launch a formal investigation after liverpool fans were tear—gassed at the champions league final. president biden is in texas to meet the families of some of the 19 children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman. president zelensky visits his troops on the front line in eastern ukraine for the first time since the war started. another day of travel disruption — waits of six hours reported for ferries at dover, and hundreds of flights cancelled at some uk airports.

lester has it in the bag! and one of the greatestjockeys of all time, lester piggott, has died at the age of 86. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm isaac fanin. despite losing the champions league final, liverpool return home as heroes. iam i am alive on the strand in liverpool where thousands upon thousands of fans have lined the streets, waiting for the open top bus and a parade which in the end celebrates a double winning season. the 23—year wait is over for nottingham forest. they're back in the premier league.

a horse—racing icon, lester pigott, dies aged 86.