welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines — president biden is in uvalde to meet the families of those killed in america's latest mass shooting, as parents there prepare to bury their children. president zelensky visits the front line in eastern ukraine for the first time since russia invaded, as intense fighting continues in the region. the uk government says it's "very concerned" about french police firing tear gas and pepper spray at liverpool fans on saturday night's champions league final in paris. and tributes are being paid to one of the greatest jockeys of all time, lester piggott, who's died at 86.

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 6am in the morning in singapore and 5pm in texas, where the usjustice department is to investigate the police response to the mass shooting at a school in which 19 children and two teachers were killed. public anger has grown after it emerged that officers waited in the hallway as children remained trapped with the teenage gunman in a classroom. the announcement comes as president biden visited the town and met with the families of those killed. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports. this is the hardest visit a president has to make, especially when the victims are so young. mr biden and his wife, jill, joined the mourning of a devastated community, pausing to recognise each of those

murdered at this school. 19 children and two teachers. the president draws on his personal history in these moments of public grief because he's lost two children of his own. a bouquet of flowers added to the mound of remembrance that seeks to dampen the horror by honouring the dead. the rampage began when the teenage gunman entered the school through a back door, armed with a high—power rifle. children as young as eight were trapped with him for an hour before security forces finally stormed in. the justice department announced today it would review the police response. mr biden went on to meet privately with the families of victims. he also attended a church service. as he left, the crowd outside called for action. but this is a difficult political environment. there's a fierce debate about how to stop such attacks. the president wants to tighten gun laws and faces strong

partisan opposition. especially in texas. this is, after all, gun country. there are mixed feelings about mr biden�*s visit. i don't know if it can make any difference, actually. i think that as a nation, we'rejust very divided. but i think, you know, that in a time of crisis, it's great for leaders to show unity. we just need to grieve. just come here and give us hope for tomorrow. but don't tell us politically what we need to do. most of all, the families did not want their pain to be drawn into the political disputes. patricia castanon is lost in a fog of grief at the death of her niece, annabelle. she was a happy, smiley... this is how she was with me. there's no words for me to say. she wasjust a good person. you know the president is coming to visit. do you think that will help? no. why do you say that? because he can't bring her back.

he can't bring her back. he can't bring none of them back. and nobody can. he can't bring them back, and he's struggling to protect others. his biggest obstacle is how to prevent this happening again. a difficult time for so many people there as he saw in that report from barbara. for more on how communities like this try to heal, we are speaking now tojohn like this try to heal, we are speaking now to john woodrow like this try to heal, we are speaking now tojohn woodrow cox, a reporter at the washington post and author of children under fire. we just saw in that report a real sense people trying to come to terms with this awful tragedy that has happened. i know you have done extensive research on how people can come back and recoverfrom extensive research on how people can come back and recover from this sort of trauma and. is that even possible in the situation?— in the situation? sure it's possible but it's not — in the situation? sure it's possible but it's not easy. _

in the situation? sure it's possible but it's not easy. and _ in the situation? sure it's possible but it's not easy. and these - in the situation? sure it's possible| but it's not easy. and these people will never be who they were. who they were is gone. that does not mean they cannot live fulfilling lives and happy lives, especially for children, you know there is a term we often hear called children are resilient. that's only true when adults intervene, when these kids have access to support, therapy and a lot of adults in their life you love them and understanding that this can take years and really decades to recover from. this can take years and really decades to recoverfrom. and this can take years and really decades to recover from. and the trauma that kids do with any situations sometimes does not appear for a decade or two after it occurs. so, you know, it's something that is going to take a very long time and it requires a lot of patients from the people around. notjust the children, is the adults, teachers, family members, there are thousands of victims from a shooting like this. i of victims from a shooting like this. ~ .,

of victims from a shooting like this. ~' ., ., of victims from a shooting like this. ~ ., ., ., , ., . this. i know that from your research over the years. _ this. i know that from your research over the years, you _ this. i know that from your research over the years, you have _ this. i know that from your research over the years, you have spoken - this. i know that from your research over the years, you have spoken to | over the years, you have spoken to survivors of columbine, where they were children back then who are now in their 405. from what you have spoken to them about come it is that trauma ever go away? it is spoken to them about come it is that trauma ever go away?— trauma ever go away? it is not for them. i trauma ever go away? it is not for them- i have _ trauma ever go away? it is not for them. i have interviewed - trauma ever go away? it is not for| them. i have interviewed survivors to go back even 40 years in this country, and way before columbine, and they are still dealing with the trauma. woman in particularjust turned 40 years, who is a columbine survivor, 5he turned 40 years, who is a columbine survivor, she could not even bear to read the headlines. she could not process any of it because what it does is it takes them right back to their role in it when they lost their role in it when they lost their friend, their role in it when they lost theirfriend, when their role in it when they lost their friend, when they were hiding in the classroom and hearing people shot to death in the hallway. john. shot to death in the hallway. john, it's a difficult — shot to death in the hallway. john, it's a difficult we _ shot to death in the hallway. john, it's a difficult we talk _ shot to death in the hallway. john, it's a difficult we talk about - it's a difficult we talk about 5ituations it's a difficult we talk about situations like this because ultimately the5e situations like this because ultimately these are little kids who have gone to the situation and it strikes me that when we talk about gun shootings in the united states,

people around the world when they talk to their families about this can legitimately say this will happen here, don't worry, you will be all right. but in the us it's quite different. it could happen in a classroom down the road or in their school. fir a classroom down the road or in their school.— a classroom down the road or in their school. or in their church or in a mall or— their school. or in their church or in a mall or in _ their school. or in their church or in a mall or in a— their school. or in their church or in a mall or in a movie _ their school. or in their church or in a mall or in a movie theatre. i| in a mall or in a movie theatre. i make this point all the titles of the reason that we know it does not have to be this way is because not this way in every other developed country. everybody else, you all have solved this. it is unique to the united states, which means it does not have to be this way, which is often the sort of message from conservative lawmakers i5 is often the sort of message from conservative lawmakers is that what can we do? maybe we need more guns. there is no evidence that that's true in the difference between this country in every other developed countries are the number of guns that we have here and our inability to keep people from having him who should not have them and that is the

only difference. americans are not uniquely evil. wejust only difference. americans are not uniquely evil. we just have clearly a gun problem. john uniquely evil. we 'ust have clearly a gun problem.— uniquely evil. we 'ust have clearly a gun problem. john woodrow cox, thank ou a gun problem. john woodrow cox, thank you so _ a gun problem. john woodrow cox, thank you so much _ a gun problem. john woodrow cox, thank you so much going _ a gun problem. john woodrow cox, thank you so much going to - a gun problem. john woodrow cox, thank you so much going to get - a gun problem. john woodrow cox, thank you so much going to get on| thank you so much going to get on the programme, author of children underfire, thank you the programme, author of children under fire, thank you forjoining u5 under fire, thank you forjoining us on newsday. under fire, thank you for “oining us on newsday.— in other headlines today, ukraine's president zelensky has made a rare trip outside of the capital, kyiv, to visit his troops on the front line in eastern ukraine. he went to the kharkiv region, close to the russian border, an area once again under attack. president zelensky described the situation in some parts, particularly severodonetsk, a5 "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. he came to ukraine's second—largest city to be shown the damage inflicted by russian forces in some of the fiercest fighting of the war. to talk of reconstruction. and to reward the ukrainian soldier5, who'd repelled the russians from kharkiv.

translation: i'm greatly honoured to be here. - i want to thank each one of you for your great service. for ri5king your life for our sake, for the sake of our country. glory to ukraine. this was a visit aimed at boosting morale a5 ukraine suffers losses in the donba5 region further ea5t. applause. president zelensky said the situation facing the army there was indescribably difficult. with heavy artillery, russian forces are pounding ukrainian po5itions. all this firepower helping them advance in a war that's killing more and more people every day. nowhere has president putin's war been more devastating than in the southern port of mariupol. these pictures show it

before the invasion, and this is what it looks like now. it fell to russian forces earlier this month. and moscow's emissary here has defended their conduct in the city. these are residential areas. these are not legitimate military targets. we have a lot of registered cases when ukrainian artillery- was shelling residential areas. i do accept that mariupol is destroyed by fighting. | but you won't accept that 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 di5missed 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 i or a joke or whatever. it's a computer game, and telling me... - sir, it's cctv footage. let's see what it is. it's cctv footage... 0k, 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 eastern town of slovian5k, they're preparing to flee as russia advances. caroline hawley, bbc news. now to a story that has dominated the headlines in football over the weeke nd. the french government has called an emergency meeting to be held on monday with football bodies and the police to examine what went wrong at saturday night's champions league final. there were chaotic scenes before, during and after the match between liverpool and real madrid, a5 liverpool fan5 accused police

of brutal and intimidating tactics. the uk minister for sport, nadine dorrie5, said the images of what happened were deeply concerning, while the mayor of liverpool, who was at the game, described the conduct of the french police as completely unacceptable. the french authorities accused many liverpool fans of turning up with fake ticket5. 0ur correspondent danjohnson sent this report from paris. this was like something from darker days in football. a scene that unnerves any fan and not what you'd expect at the biggest match in the european club game. this nine—year—old was caught by the effects of tear gas. liverpool fans say it was indiscriminate and heavy—handed policing after officers failed to manage the crowd and get everyone to their seats in time for kick—off. it was an experience which meant many went home to mer5ey5ide in shock as well as disappointment. a big queue, you have kids getting cru5hed together and stuff. it was disgusting, really.

a young lad who i know who's 12, his dad's posted a message they were gassed. he's 12. a few old people were getting tear—gassed. we got tear—gassed. there was a few kids panicking. we got into the stadium, me and my daughter, but it was quite intimidating. but other people we knew didn't get in who had tickets to get in. we got there about two and a half hours before kick—off, _ and then going into one gate. we tried, what, 1000 of us tried to go through one gate that only had one turnstile open. so, it wasjust mayhem. they were squashed up against the fences, all down the side. people were crying. kids. there was children on parents' shoulders. we were in tears. just what we witnessed, it was just horrific. liverpool fans have told us this was a narrow bottleneck created by the police which stopped them reaching this turn5tile5, even though they were here in good time, so the pressure was on here. there were some people climbing the fence. it's 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 ticket5. even the friends and family of liverpool player5 had trouble getting into the stadium. it's been a shambles, really. you know, one of my mates who got a ticket off me got told he had a fake ticket, which i can assure you it definitely wasn't a fake ticket when you get them off the club and you're a player. to be honest, people were just making it up at times and obviously clearly panicking and things like that. tear gas getting thrown at people, which is unacceptable. today, fan5 gathered in celebration to mark their double cup—winning 5eason despite missing out on the premier league and champions league titles. but the city's mayor, who was at last night's final, has echoed calls for an investigation. i'm going to call on liz truss, the foreign secretary, - ito write to the french presidentl macron and hold uefa to account. the police behaviour.

was absolutely brutal, and we need some answers. the culture secretary, nadine dorrie5, has made a similar demand, and uefa say5 there'll be a review into how this happened. the french ministry of sport called a meeting tomorrow morning, presumably aware that whatever was behind it, this is not the impression it wanted sports fans to take away from the city hosting next year's rugby world cup, then the olympics in 2024. danjohnson, bbc news, pari5. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, as the uk prepares to start four days of celebrations to mark the queen's platinum jubilee, we take a look back at the changes that have occured during the 70 years of her reign. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given —

the great guns of the tower. tribute5 have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who's died at the age of 74. 0utspoken, but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter. yes. and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles' lp sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band, record described as the album of the century. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma va5wani in singapore. 0ur headlines —

president biden visits the town of uvalde in texas, where a teenage gunman rampaged through a primary school with an assault rifle on tuesday. 19 children and two teachers were killed. ukraine's president zelensky has made his first visit to the north—east of the country since the russian invasion. after greeting front—line ukrainian troop5, he said the army was facing an "indescribably difficult" situation. i want to tell you about this story now in israel, where tens of thousands of israeli jewish nationalists have marched through mu5lim areas ofjerusalem for their annualflag parade. the flag march celebrates the capture and annexation of ea5tjerusalem after the 1967 arab—israeli war. police say over 70,000 people took part in this year's event. this comes after months of deadly incidents that have strained relations. cla5he5 between palestinians and the israeli security forces erupted both injerusalem and in the west bank. palestinians see the event

as highly provocative. the territory's presidency 5aid israel was playing with fire. the record—breaking jockey lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. in all, he recorded almost 4500 winners in a career that started in 1948, when he was12 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 looks back at his career. lester has it in the bag! when it came to the art of winning, few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering. nearly 5000 victorie5 across a career spanning almost half a century. he had a ruthless desire to win, a thirst for knowledge, and an innate talent.

and when you combine all those things, you have someone who is very, very difficult to beat. he rode his first winner back in 1948 at the age ofju5t12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 1954, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a record nine victories in the race. the youngest jockey to wini the derby in modern times. but for all the adulation, 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, and 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. sri lanka's new prime minister has said his government will be amending the constitution to ensure the president and his cabinet must be held accountable to parliament. the announcement came as protests continued across the country. the police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators trying to break down barriers near the residence of the country's president. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. authorities in nepal have suspended a search operation for a small

plane that went missing. the aircraft took off with 19 passengers and three crew members from the tourist town of pokhara. officials say bad weather and mountainous terrain have hampered their efforts to locate the plane. the polls have closed in colombia, where around 38 million voters have cast their ballots in the first round of presidential elections. the front—runner is the former leftist rebel and ex—mayor of bogota gustavo petro. if mr petro wins, he'll be the first left—wing president in the history of colombia. in brazil, at least 44 people have died and nearly 1000 are homeless after severe floods and mudslides in the north—east of the country. over 70% of the area's average monthly rainfall fell in one day, and more storms are forecast in the coming weeks. this week will see the start of four days of celebrations in the uk to mark the queen's platinum jubilee

after 70 years on the throne. during that time, fundamental aspects of life in the united kingdom have changed beyond recognition, but the queen has been a constant symbol of continuity, presiding over a society in a process of relentless change. our home editor mark easton has been looking at what we know of the queen's own reaction to the changes she's seen. will you solemnly promise and swear... along with the crimson velvet mantle edged with ermine, huge responsibility was placed upon the young queen's shoulders at her coronation in 1953. she was presented to the world as a new beginning for an impoverished kingdom and its crumbling empire. "some people have expressed the hope that my reign may mark a new elizabethan age," the queen said in her christmas day address later that year. it was from elizabeth i, who may well have pondered her own destiny in this room in hampton court, that elizabeth ii

sought inspiration. i will call to your mind the words of the earlier elizabeth. "though god has raised me high, yet this i count the glory of my crown that i have reigned with your love." so, how did she approach the job? her answer — to guide this kingdom through changing times. a vital part of what she called "a trusted framework of stability and continuity to ease the process of change". # freedom, freedom # everywhere there l must be freedom...# the most immediate challenge was helping the country adapt to the end of empire during a time of post—war economic hardship. no longer an imperial power, we have been coming to terms with what this means for ourselves and for our relations with the rest of the world. it was also a time of change and tension as immigrants arrived

from britain's colonies. elizabeth described the new commonwealth as an equal partnership of nations and races, pledging to give the institution her heart and soul every day of her life. the queen has often reflected on the enormous social and political change that has characterised her reign. in the swinging �*605, she reflected on how good it was that women were beginning to play theirfull part in public life. in the strife of the �*705, she spoke of hope and faith and above all, the values and principles she believed would see us through the toughest of times. the traditional values etched across our history equip us well for this age of change. to ease the process of change, queen elizabeth ii has sought to bring constancy to her role as monarch. dependable, unchanging, loyal and true. as the united kingdom celebrates her 70 years on the throne, she's become the keystone

in the nation's architecture. the solid and immovable piece that holds the country's image of itself in place. change has become a constant. managing it has become an expanding discipline. the way we embrace it defines our future. if success to elizabeth was to have reigned with the love of her people, as elizabeth i inspired her to do, then success it has been. transcending ages, races and classes, elizabeth can be confident she enjoys the respect and affection of her kingdom. mark easton, bbc news. you have been watching newsday. a reminder of our top story for you today — presidentjoe biden and his wife, jill, are in uvalde in texas speaking to first responders and to parents who lost children in a mass shooting at a local school. the usjustice department is to investigate why police took nearly an hour

to confront the gunman. that's all for now. stay with bbc news. hello. i'm sure it'll be all eyes on the weather forecast this week, with the platinum jubilee celebrations just around the corner. the week certainly begins with some heavy showers in the forecast, some spells of sunshine in between, but those showers driven by this area of low pressure wobbling its way westwards. and that will take up residence across the uk as we head through the next couple of days. it'll be quite a chilly start to the morning across some southern areas, but that's where we'll see the best of the morning sunshine. quite a lot of cloud to start off for scotland and northern ireland, with some patchy rain. and by the afternoon, we are essentially all in the same boat. we'll see some spells of sunshine developing, but there will also be some showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. quite a few showers across parts of southern england, the midlands, east anglia, across this eastern side of england. maybe not as many showers

across parts of wales. northern ireland, turning brighter into the afternoon, sunny spells but still scattered showers and just 12 degrees for belfast. 11 at best in aberdeen, and these heavy showers across scotland will be quite slow—moving, given we will have very light winds. now, through monday night, some of the showers will continue. the area of low pressure just sits on top of us, and so the showers just continue to circulate around and we will see this band of cloud bringing some slightly more persistent rain, perhaps into the far west of scotland. bit of mist and murk across parts of scotland as well, quite a chilly start again on tuesday morning. it's another sunshine and showers day for most, but we will see this area of more persistent rain dropping its way southwards into parts of northern ireland. it may well be that across wales and the southwest, by the afternoon, there will be fewer showers and more in the way of sunshine. and temperatures will nudge upwards a little, 12—18 degrees. still some showers around on wednesday, but they will increasingly become confined to northern and eastern parts. further west, more in the way of dry weather, some spells of sunshine,

and again slightly warmer — 17 to maybe 20 degrees across parts of the southeast. now, as we head into the long weekend, this area of high pressure will try to settle things down, but this little weather front threatens to bring some showers in from the northwest. this low spinning to the south threatens to throw some showers across the channel islands and into southern counties of england, so certainly there is the chance of a few showers as we head through the weekend. it should often be dry, and where we see some sunshine, it will feel relatively warm.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and writerjemma forte and also the journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. hello again. quick canter through the front pages. the anger of fans caught up in the chaos around liverpool's champions league final

makes the lead in the daily mirror. and an image of a tearful young liverpool fan dominates