welcome to bbc news — i'm david eades. our top stories. president biden visits texas to meet grieving families after last week's school shooting. thejustice department says it will investigate police delays in confronting the gunman. a first visit to the front line since russia invaded — president zelensky visits and decorates troops in eastern ukraine as intense fighting continues in the region. translation: i'm greatly honoured to be here. - i want to thank each one of you for your great service, for risking your life for our sake, for the sake of our country. heightened tensions injerusalem — with thousands of israeli jewish nationalists marching through the old city's muslim quarter.

and the french government is to hold an emergency meeting with uefa and the paris authorities after police fired tear gas at liverpool fans during the champion's league final. 78 minutes — that is the precise length of time police are understood to have waited before going into the elementary school in texas to tackled the gunman, who killed 19 children and two teachers. public anger has been growing since the revelation on friday that officers waited in a hallway as children trapped with the teenage gunman made desperate emergency calls. the usjustice department is to investigate the cause of that delay. president biden met grieving families on a visit to uvalde earlier, along with survivors and first responders. barbara plett usher

reports from the town. 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 was just 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. joining me now is kris brown, president of the group, brady united against gun violence. thank you forjoining us. the mood coming out of duvall d is hardly one of hope or indeed momentum that this dreadful event is going to lead to any real change. do you have a

different view? do have hope, by didn't have hope i couldn't get up and do what i do every day. i have heard outpouring from people all across the country, who are afraid to drop their children at school, just before this horrific shooting there was another horrific shooting, only about a week before, and buffalo, targeting black americans at the grocery store, and the week before that another and the week before that another. every day in the united states we have the equivalent of a mass shooting. you are very attuned obviously to the realities of that situation, that is a much divided scene, in particular of course. so where do you draw — you talk about hope, but is there any optimism with that hope? there any optimism with that ho e? , ,

there any optimism with that hoe? , , ., _ hope? yes, there is, obviously this whole _ hope? yes, there is, obviously this whole time _ hope? yes, there is, obviously this whole time we _ hope? yes, there is, obviously this whole time we have - hope? yes, there is, obviously| this whole time we have passed a law in 1993 we required background checks, 1994 we passed a weapons check. but that has expired? the - passed a weapons check. but that has expired? the bradyl passed a weapons check. but. that has expired? the brady law needs to be _ that has expired? the brady law needs to be expanded, - that has expired? the brady law needs to be expanded, the - that has expired? the brady law needs to be expanded, the bill l needs to be expanded, the bill to do that has passed the house of representatives, it is pending in the senate, we have talked to leadership in the senate, we do fully expect that bill to come up for a vote in the united states senate within the united states senate within the next ten days, and i certainly hope that bill is enacted into law, and if it's not, i can tell you this, because we need 60, this will because we need 60, this will be a huge issue in novemberfor voters because people aren't forgetting, and everyone feels that the session is in the

going away, but what's most dramatic in the conversations i'm having with parents across the country as the unfathomable depths of despair the parents and duvall d are going through, and duvall d are going through, and understanding most of them were unable to identify the children outside of dna, they were unrecognisable because a assault weapon tears the human body apart. most americans are saying today in the polls here this 90% want background checks, 85 want extreme risk laws, 60% want assault weapons ban. so the majority of the senate can't make this happen, i think the voters in america, will be very focused on this in november. figs will be very focused on this in november-— will be very focused on this in november. �* , ,, november. as you say heighten sentiments _ november. as you say heighten sentiments at _ november. as you say heighten sentiments at the _ november. as you say heighten sentiments at the moment, - november. as you say heighten| sentiments at the moment, part of the question must be whether that can be maintained as long as through to november. thank you very much indeed for your

perspective. president zelensky has made a rare trip beyond the ukrainian 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. the president 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 he's ventured to this 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 soldiers 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 risking your life for our sake, for the sake of our country. glory to ukraine.

this was a visit aimed at boosting morale as ukraine suffers losses in the donbas region further east. applause. president zelenskyy said the situation facing the army there was "indescribably difficult". with heavy artillery, russian forces are pounding ukrainian positions. 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 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 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 sloviansk, they're preparing to flee as russia advances. caroline hawley, bbc news. the ukrainian band members who won this year's eurovision song contest, kalush orchestra, have sold their trophy at auction for $900,000 to raise money for the war in ukraine. the crystal microphone was put up for auction on facebook, and the funds will be used to buy drones for ukraine's military, battling russia's invasion. the sale coincided with the band's appearance at a charity concert for ukraine at berlin's brandenburg gate, to raise money for medical care and supplies.

in jerusalem, tens of thousands of israeli nationalists have marched with flags, many entering the old city through its muslim quarter. palestinians in occupied eastjerusalem see the annual parade as a major provocation. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. young israeli sting of their love forjerusalem. to them their undivided capital. but their undivided capital. but the song strung out the city's is a realities. 0n the symbols, for some, are more about a show of supremacy than a place to share. there is no such thing as palestinians says this person. there is such a thing as dues and they have neighbours. if they want to come, they are welcome. but israel was always hours. tens of thousands of religious nastiness marched into occupied

eastjerusalem, massively controversial route, with one of the biggest ever turnouts. the palestinians were moved to make way for the marchers. palestinians being cleared from this area, they were just sitting in a cafe, but the border police making it clear it will only be israelis getting anywhere near to hear that's why the stay in particular sizes to palestinians the profound sense, of the lack of rights they feel they have. we are going to go, thank you. and there were violent confrontations. as the marchers made their way through the muslim quarter. a provocation, say palestinians like mohammed, who just say palestinians like mohammed, whojust came to say palestinians like mohammed, who just came to meet old friends. , ., ., friends. the israeli government lets them come _ friends. the israeli government lets them come down - friends. the israeli government lets them come down to - friends. the israeli government lets them come down to give i friends. the israeli government| lets them come down to give us a headache, he tells me.-

a headache, he tells me. they rovoke a headache, he tells me. they provoke anyone _ a headache, he tells me. they provoke anyone on _ a headache, he tells me. they provoke anyone on the - a headache, he tells me. they provoke anyone on the street, j provoke anyone on the street, they hit. look. this is not right. some marchers shouted, death to arabs, and other races chance. but there was little visible police response. the biggest fear on days like this is around the most combustible site, the lx and mosque compound, known as temple mount. hopefully to all, dues can visit, two and a half thousand dead, said to be the biggest number in a day. in some prayed, breaching sensitive and long—standing arrangements. palestinian militant groups had earlier threatened to act if redlines, if they called them were crossed here. but it didn't speu crossed here. but it didn't spell over like last year when the day became the final triggerfor an the day became the final trigger for an 11 the day became the final triggerfor an 11 day the day became the final trigger for an 11 day wall.

the day became the final triggerfor an 11 day wall. it comes after months of violence and growing concerns the region is on the verge of much more. tom bateman, jerusalem, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — tributes are being paid to one of the greatest jockeys of all time, lester piggott, who's died. 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. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has 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. 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, a record described as "the album of the century."

this is bbc news. the latest headlines — president biden visits texas, to meet families who lost children in last week's school shooting. thejustice department says it will investigate police delays in confronting the gunman. president zelensky visits the eastern ukraine front—line for the first time since russia invaded, as intense fighting continues in the region.

the french government has called an emergency meeting later on monday, with football bodies and the police, after saturday night's champions league final. liverpool fans have accused police of brutal and intimidating tactics in the build—up to the match. the uk's ministerfor sport said the images of what happened were deeply concerning, while the french interior minister accused thousands of british fans of turning up with fake tickets, or no tickets at all, forcing their way in and in some cases, attacking stewards. 0ur correspondent danjohnson reports 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 merseyside in shock, as well as disappointment. a big queue, you have kids getting crushed 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. i 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 2.5 hours before kick—off, and then going into one gate, we tried — what, 1,000 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 wasjust horrific. - liverpool fans have told us this was a narrow bottleneck, created by the police, which stopped them reaching the turnstiles, 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 tickets. even the friends and family of liverpool players 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. so 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, fans gathered in celebration to mark their double cup—winning season, 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, to write to the french president macron, and hold uefa to account. the police behaviour was absolutely brutal and we need some answers.

the culture secretary, nadine dorries, has made a similar demand, and uefa says 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, paris. with more than 90% of votes counted, leftist candidate gustavo petro has won the 1st round of could colombia be on course to elect the first left—wing president in its history? mr petro, who has promised huge economic and social changes in colombia, took 40% of the vote and will face right—wing populist rodolfo hernandez in next month's run—off. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson has the details.

well, colombia is no stranger to political violence, the elections on sunday took place peacefully. but the results were a break with the past. people here made it pretty clear they are fed up with traditional politics and they want something different, something that works for them. translation: i’m something that works for them. translation:— translation: i'm completely sure that the _ translation: i'm completely sure that the boats _ translation: i'm completely sure that the boats will - translation: i'm completely sure that the boats will be - translation: i'm completely sure that the boats will be in l sure that the boats will be in favour of the real change colombia needs. we have been asking for it for over 60 years, and we can have the hope of a better future for beloved country. of a better future for beloved count . ~ ,, �* of a better future for beloved country-_ the i of a better future for beloved - country._ the truth country. translation: the truth is, we country. translation: the truth is. we want _ country. translation: the truth is. we want a _ country. translation: the truth is, we want a change _ country. translation: the truth is, we want a change in _ country. translation: the truth is, we want a change in our - is, we want a change in our country— is, we want a change in our country and we need to go out to exercise our right to vote to exercise our right to vote to get — to exercise our right to vote to get the changes we want so badlx — to get the changes we want so badl . , , ., ., ., to get the changes we want so badl. , _, ., ., badly. gustavo petro was the frontrunner _ badly. gustavo petro was the frontrunner all _ badly. gustavo petro was the frontrunner all along. - badly. gustavo petro was the frontrunner all along. a - frontrunner all along. a leftist former mayor and self labelled revolutionary, who promised huge economic and social changes, improving the inequality, and fixing the violence the country.

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been wracked by decades of civil war, been wracked by decades of civilwar, colombia's civil war, colombia's conservatives are civilwar, colombia's conservatives are afraid of a sharp turn to the left and are expected to back rodolfo hernandez in the second round. katy watson, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the authorities in brazil say the number of people known to have died, following torrential rain, has risen to at least 56. officials said rescuers were using a lull in the downpours to search for survivors. european union ambassadors have once again failed to reach an agreement on proposals to ban russian oil imports. they've been struggling for weeks to strike a deal. hungary, which depends on moscow for most of its supplies, has been leading resistance to the measures. the record—breaking jockey lester piggott, who won the epsom derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. in all, he recorded more than 4,000 winners, in a career that started in 1948, when he was 12 years old. 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.

commentator: 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 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 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, 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 champion jockey�*s title some 11 times. the success, though, was followed by scandal. good evening. the headlines at six o'clock... lester piggott has been sent to jail for three years. - in 1987, piggott was jailed for tax evasion and stripped of his 0be, and while he made a comeback to some success, in 1995, at the age of 59, he finally retired from the saddle. despite his personal controversy, his sporting ability beyond dispute, one of the greatestjockeys that racing has ever seen. lester piggott, who has died in fact in the very week of the epsom derby itself.

just to remind you, bbc dot—com forts news is the place to go forts news is the place to go for all of 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, but 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. a 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 to 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president biden and the first lady have visited uvalde in texas to meet families who lost children in last week's school shooting. mr biden paid his respects by a memorial site at the robb elementary school. thejustice department has announced it will investigate police delays in confronting the gunman. president zelensky has visited the front line in eastern ukraine for the first time since russia invaded. after witnessing the devastation in the city of kharkiv, he greeted front—line troops. tens of thousands of people have marched through jerusalem's muslim quarter on an annual parade organised by nationalist jewish israelis. some made their way through the narrow alleys

of an arab neighbourhood, waving flags and chanting slogans.