this is bbc news, i'm simon pusey with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as politicians consider new laws in the wake of mass shootings in america, pleas for tighter gun controls in washington. can both sides rise above? can both sides see beyond the political problem at hand and admit we have a life preservation problem on our hands? i preservation problem on our hands? , l, , preservation problem on our hands? , a, , preservation problem on our hands? , a, , hands? i promise you that every tear a cry _ hands? i promise you that every tear a cry will — hands? i promise you that every tear a cry will be _ hands? i promise you that every tear a cry will be a _ hands? i promise you that every tear a cry will be a fuel- hands? i promise you that every tear a cry will be a fuel for- tear a cry will be a fuel for action _ borisjohnson tells his cabinet it's time to �*move on�*, despite losing the support of 40% of his mps, in a confidence vote. the ride—hailing app, uber teams up with the un to deliver emergency food and water to war—torn ukraine.

the true volume of microplastics in the antarctic uncovered for the first time. we examine the latest evidence. and, revealed to the world after three centuries, the shipwreck that could contain billions of dollars of sunken treasure. hello and welcome to the programme. three weeks after the school shooting in texas, there are signs that some, very limited, gun control measures could be adopted by congress. democrats have been pushing for new legilation, and now the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell says he hopes for a deal addressing mental health and school security. with regard to the ongoing issue about violence, senator cornyn is representing our side in discussions

with senator murphy and we are hoping to actually get an outcome that will make a difference in areas of mental health, school safety and things that are related to the incidents that occurred in texas and buffalo. so what are the proposals on gun control that congress is looking at? so here's whats on the table. so not banning them outright, but perhaps making itjust that bit harder to aquire the kind of powerful weapons

that were used by 18—year—old shooters in buffallo and uvalde. we've heard many people speak out in the aftermath of the shooting, the latest person is the actor mathew mcconaughey who is also a former resident of uvalde, texas, and a campaigner for gun reform. gun responsibility is an issue we agree on. this should be a nonpartisan issue. this should not be a partisan issue. there is not a democratic or republican value in one single act of these shooters. there's not. but people in power have failed to act, so we're asking you — and i'm asking you to please ask yourselves — can both sides rise above? can both sides see beyond the political problem at hand and admit that we have a life preservation problem on our hands? relatives of victims

of another mass shooting, this time by a suspected white supremacist in buffalo, new york, just ten days before the killings in uvalde, were also in washington. this is what a victim's daughter had to say. i came here to tell the story of my mother. my mother did not deserve the death that she had, but greater than that, i promise you, that every tear i cry will be a fuel for action. with us now is hasan piker a political commentator, who broadcasts daily to his audiences on twitch, an online streaming platform. hejoins us now from his home in west hollywood. would you agree there seems to be real momentum now to get change? be real momentum now to get chance? ., , be real momentum now to get chance? ., , change? there has always been real momentum _ change? there has always been real momentum that _ change? there has always been real momentum that tried - change? there has always been real momentum that tried to i real momentum that tried to enact some kind of change with regards to gun violence in this country but unfortunately i am a little bit more pessimistic than you guys over there considering that the government of extras are unfortunately too

powerful of an industry and the gun lobby is incredibly, incredibly powerful with their lobbying efforts so we will see. i am not holding my breath. ~ see. i am not holding my breath-— see. i am not holding my breath. ~ . ., ., breath. we have heard from mitch mcconnell _ breath. we have heard from mitch mcconnell who - breath. we have heard from mitch mcconnell who seems breath. we have heard from i mitch mcconnell who seems to have changed his tune a little bit in terms of the republicans, do you think there is an appetite among republicans now for more gun control? i republicans now for more gun control? ., �* _ republicans now for more gun control? ., �* ., control? i wouldn't say more nun control? i wouldn't say more gun control _ control? i wouldn't say more gun control or— control? i wouldn't say more gun control or at _ control? i wouldn't say more gun control or at least - gun control or at least adequate, commonsense gun safety measures but instead they will probably misdirect and focus on, i don't know, maybe offering minor concessions for things that many other comparable oecd nations have been taking for granted like mental evaluations and character, any kind of control that allows you to basically speak for your character and allows you to demonstrate competence with a

weapon is impossible to push for here in this country. you broadcast — for here in this country. you broadcast to _ for here in this country. you broadcast to hundreds - for here in this country. you broadcast to hundreds of thousands of people every day, you interact with your fans and your audience, what have they been saying on this issue? fix, been saying on this issue? lot of people on the ground, like real people are of course traumatised by the senseless violence that they see almost on a daily basis here, but what the people want in america and what the politicians are going to end up doing our two very different things. for the past i would's a decade if not longer, there has been almost a complete consensus on expanding ground checks in this country, to universal background checks and closing up certain loopholes like the gun show loopholes like the gun show loophole or private sales, that holds around 90% i think by latest measures it's around 85% if i'm not mistaken and yet this is a nonstarter by the republican party, they don't even consider it to be a conversation. 75% of the nra

members actually want this kind of adequate legislation and yet it is not something that the republican party is interested in pushing for and i believe thatis in pushing for and i believe that is a obviously multifaceted problem. part of it is because of our gun culture and part of it is because the gun lobby uses that as a very effective tool to mobilise single issue voters. they always go out to the polls and they always vote on behalf of loosening up gun restrictions.- of loosening up gun restrictions. ., ., restrictions. you mentioned the nra a few _ restrictions. you mentioned the nra a few times, _ restrictions. you mentioned the nra a few times, what - restrictions. you mentioned the nra a few times, what kind - restrictions. you mentioned the nra a few times, what kind of. nra a few times, what kind of role do they play and is the influence as powerful as it has been over the past few decades? i thought that they were supposed to go bankrupt because they tried to get into the media business which is treacherous, but it does seem to be still incredibly powerful. one, because they are backed by a very powerful small arms manufacturing industry but also very powerful because, like i've mentioned already, there are a lot of americans

who associate there commodity consumption with their identity. it sounds weird to explain but they basically feel like a gun is very much a part of their identity. gives in politicians campaign on it. gods, guns and babies was a campaign slogan that only recently was mentioned in the mid terms, in the primary�*s. so this is very much like a fundamental american value and the right wing and also the gun manufacturers have been able to affect overly weaponised this identity as a political identity as a political identity and can organise around it, so it's a little bit more complicated than just simply saying the nra is individually powerful. i think the nra drives its power from being able to effectively weaponised that base of pre—existing support for guns. it is obviously a very complicated issue too. that's all we've got time for, thank

you very much indeed for joining us on the programme. let's get some of the day's other news. the world bank has slashed its annual forecast for global economic growth, warning that many of the less rich countries face a major recession. the causes include russia's war against ukraine and continuing effects of the covid pandemic. the bank says there's a strong risk of stagflation, low growth combined with high inflation. the police in brazil have opened a criminal investigation into the disappearance of the british journalist dom philips who went missing in a remote part of the amazon while he was with a leading indigenous expert. local people said the men had been threatened during their visit to the javari valley in north western brazil. monkeypox is to be listed as a notifiable disease in england. what that means is, doctors are now required to notify their local council or health protection team if they suspect a patient has the viral infection. around 30 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks, with more than 900 confirmed or suspected cases so far, mainly in europe.

king philippe of belgium is on his first visit to the democratic republic of congo since taking the throne nine years ago. he'll initiate the return of artefacts looted during the rule of his ancestor, king leopold the second. philippe has already voiced deep regret for the wounds of the colonial period, which saw millions of congolese die and the country plundered. apple could be forced to change the type of charger it supplies for iphones sold in europe, after the eu agreed a law to introduce a standard port. the new rules would mean new electronic devices such as mobiles and tablets have to use the same kind of usb cable. apple has previously resisted a one—size—fits all approach. the uk prime minister boris johnson has told his cabinet that it's time to draw a line under the controversies and internal wrangling that resulted in a confidence vote on his leadership on monday.

the prime minister said the government should focus on dealing with the aftershocks of the covid pandemic. he saw off a leadership challenge, but with a much smaller majority than many had expected, prompting speculation that his position is far from secure. here's the latest from our political editor chris mason. the prime minister took his jack russell, dilyn, out first thing this morning on a day when the biggest word in westminster is "loyalty" — or the lack of it. a few hours later, another outwardly loyal bunch gathered, the cabinet. thank you, by the way, to everybody for all your good work yesterday because it was a very important day because we are able now to draw a line under the issues that our opponents want to talk about. desk thumping. down the road from here, a bus stop, which it turns out, was onto the result last night before the rest of us. the 211 destined for keeping borisjohnson in office and 148 keen on a new driver. so where is the party going now? the former cabinet minister andrea leadsom had criticised

the prime minister. the party gave its views yesterday and today is another day, we move on. the former health secretaryjeremy hunt has needed a helmet for more than a bike ride recently. i don't have any comments to make. are you still running for the leadership? i'll try not to run you over. thanks. boris johnson's allies were really riled yesterday by what they saw as him manoeuvring towards a leadership bid with his criticism of the prime minister. and talking of other possible contenders to replace borisjohnson at some point, they insist their attention, for now, is on the dayjob. my 100% focus is on my role as foreign secretary. there's a lot to do. we need to carry on supporting ukraine, we need to make sure that russia is driven out of ukraine. the prime minister visited ukraine in april. he said boris, thank you. dya kuyu. and today received an endorsement from the country's leader.

president zelenskyy described mrjohnson as a real friend of ukraine, and that he was very grateful he hadn't lost such an ally. but a former conservative party leader said trying to carry on when 40% of your mps want rid of you isn't sustainable. this is like trying to drive along the mi with two flat tyres. and, you know, you can say you are at the steering wheel but is it really viable? you're not going to get to the end of the motorway. and just off the mi, mrjohnson soon faces the verdict of voters. there are two by—elections this month in seats the conservatives did hold. one of them is here in wakefield in west yorkshire. i don't trust boris johnson at all. i think what he's been doing recently is just terrible. i think he's been incredibly unlucky, and now it would appear that his own team are out to get him. the opposition parties are delighted. this is catastrophic for the prime minister.

but i think what's more important, actually, is the overwhelming public opinion that borisjohnson broke the rules and shouldn't be prime minister. getting rid of a prime minister who doesn't want to go is not easy. and those who want to turf borisjohnson out have had a go and failed, and so they will now bide their time. losing two by—elections later this month, if that were to happen, could bring conservative mps' anxieties back to the boil. but even then, dislodging borisjohnson will not be easy. what we have is an awkward stalemate. the prime minister's internal critics have squashed at least some of his authority. but while the jubilee bunting is being removed from downing street, the man who lives here is not. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the shipwreck containing billions of dollars of sunken treasure being revealed to the world, after three centuries.

the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops have begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorbymania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. it happened as the queen moved towards horse guards parade - for the start of- trooping the colour. gunshots the queen looks worried, but recovers quickly. - as long as they'll pay to go see me, i'll get out there and kick �*em down the hills.

what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power? it feels pretty neat. it feels marvellous, really. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: us politicians are considering new laws in the wake of the texas shooting — including extra background checks for gun owners under 21. borisjohnson tells his cabinet it's time to move on, despite losing the support of 40% of his mps, in a confidence vote. the bodies of some ukrainian fighters killed defending the key south—eastern port of mariupol have now arrived in kyiv. the soldiers' families say this was part of a swap with russia. more than 50 are the bodies of members of the azov regiment, who died defending the azovstal steelworks. in the city of mariupol, there has also been warning of a possible outbreak of cholera — many bodies are still believed buried under the rubble, and sewage reportedly contaminates

the water supply. intense fighting is continuing in eastern ukraine, with reports of civilians killed in strikes on kharkiv, and other areas of the donbas(tx oov)and —— on kharkiv, and other areas of the donbas. and the distribution of food from ukraine to the rest of the world continues to be a problem. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has arrived in turkey for talks aimed at unblocking the export of grain, and other agricultural products. russia has been accused of weaponising food supplies by blockading ukrainian ports, which the un says is increasing the risk of famine in parts of the developing world. meanwhile, uber has partnered with the un world food programme to help it deliver emergency food and water supplies in war—torn cities of ukraine. our technology editor zoe kleinman reports. in some parts of ukraine, it's getting harder and harder to access food and water, but in a warzone big delivery trucks can also be big targets, so now the united nations world food programme is trying

out a new way of delivering emergency supplies using a fleet of smaller vehicles. it's building its own delivery network using uber software and even some of its drivers. they can designate vehicles that are on board to the programme and they have got the same dispatch technology, they can track the food, etc. it essentially their own private—label uber that we built for them. it's the software behind what you see if you use uber that's been customised for the world food programme. uber usually charges big brands and supermarkets to use its delivery toolkit. this is the first time it's given it away for free and it's for humanitarian use. it's not like you can wait a month to get food to people. people have got to get food immediately. you can't go a few weeks without food and so using their technology, using their distribution systems and dispatch systems, it really is a great success story. uber has had a turbulent couple of years

thanks to both covid and controversy around its driver policies. its shares are currently worth around half what they were last year, but its expansion into deliveries seems to be working out. i ultimately think that delivery can be bigger in scope because it's notjust about food, it's grocery and also empowering any local merchants to, in some ways, out—amazon amazon, right? if amazon can deliver the next day, your local merchant can deliver next hour or the next two hours. the meta theme is people want delivery of everything at home as quickly as possible and we can ride that secular wave. by the end ofjune, the world food programme aims to be providing food and money to 3 million people in ukraine every month. if it's uber—style network can expand to other cities, it could play a part in helping supplies get to those in need. zoe kleinman, bbc news.

the un has warned north korea conducted nuclear at any time. the us and south korea have been conducting wargames. that's after the warning from the us special representative, sung kim, who says the north has shown no interest in returning to the negotiating table. the drills come after pyongyang fired a barrage of short—range ballistic missiles from multiple locations while conducting in its own tests on sunday. earlier, a senior us diplomat said there would be a swift and forceful response if north korea conducted a nuclear test. any nuclear test would be in complete violation of un security council resolutions. there would be a swift and forceful response to such a test because, as the international atomic energy agency itself has said, there is concern that they may conduct a nuclear test. this would be very destabilising to the world's security, and i believe that not only the rok and the united states and japan, but the entire world will respond in a strong and clear manner.

every week at this time we bring you climate critical — featuring the latest news on the environment. today we're focusing on antarctica, and a study published in new zealand which reveals for the first time the presence of microplastics in antarctic snow. our correspondent, phil mercer, joins us from sydney. just how significant is this new study?— just how significant is this newstud ? ~ , ., . , new study? when researchers from the university _ new study? when researchers from the university of- from the university of canterbury in new zealand set out to sample fresh snowfall in antarctica in late 2019, they said they were confident they would not find any micro plastics, they took samples from 19 locations and they were pretty surprised with what they found because they discovered micro plastics in every location including locations near scientific bases and more remote places as well. this is

a significant moment according to those researchers, they say this is the very first published study that confirms the presence of mike plastics in antarctica. they believe these bits of plastic debris could have flown on the year of thousands of kilometres or more likely from nearby scientific bases. —— air. the presence of people on antarctica they believe could well have reduced this micro plastic print so in one of the most remote and pristine areas in the world, scientists have discovered these plastic contaminants. i these plastic contaminants. i guess on the one hand we should be alarmed because this is new information about the climate and about how we are polluting the planet but we should also be grateful in terms of the findings and learnings we can get from this?— findings and learnings we can get from this? sometimes bad news is necessary _ get from this? sometimes bad news is necessary news. - get from this? sometimes bad news is necessary news. what| news is necessary news. what the researchers at the university of canterbury in christchurch new zealand are

saying is that these micro plastics, they are much smaller than a grain of rice, they can be harmful to people if we inhale them and leave them in. it can also be damaging to marine organisms if they are ingested or eaten and in the broadest sense, researchers say there is a potentialfor these micro plastics to influence climate change. many of these bits of plastic debris are dark in colour, they are blue or black and they can absorb sunlight, creating very small localised areas of heating. when researchers analyse these plastic pieces they found more than one dozen types of plastic, the most common coming from plastic soft drink bottles and clothing and the messages from this research team for the rest of the world, that the management of plastic, the manufacture of plastic in the care of it when it's been finished with by consumers is of the utmost importance so you are absolutely right, this is

shining a light on a serious problem that is now affecting parts of antarctica. i problem that is now affecting parts of antarctica.— parts of antarctica. i guess the hope — parts of antarctica. i guess the hope is _ parts of antarctica. i guess the hope is that _ parts of antarctica. i guess the hope is that policy - parts of antarctica. i guess the hope is that policy will| the hope is that policy will improve due to these discoveries. stories of ships stuffed with treasure from an era long ago rarely live up to the hype, but wendy urquhart has a true story about a spanish galleon laden with real treasure that's worth billions. the colombian navy has discovered two historical boats near the caribbean port of cartagena, very close to the wreckage of the spanish galleon sanjose which historians described as the holy grail of shipwrecks. new technology has made it possible to get a much closer look at exactly what was on board. the sanjose was en route to spain with a cargo of gold, silver and other priceless items when she was sunk by the british in 1708. the colombian president wants to raise all of the ships from the seabed and display

the contents in museums. translation: equipment acquired in recent years has made it - possible to obtain better images, which allow us to protect the integrity of the treasure and carry out permanent and constant monitoring so that the shipwrecks can be preserved and protected until their riches can be made available to the world in museum exhibitions. that is a great idea, but he will have a battle on his hands. the cargo on board the sanjose is worth billions, and a legal argument over ownership has been raging between colombia, spain and bolivia ever since she was found near cartagena in 2015. wendy urquhart, bbc news. if you want to keep up with all the stories we're covering, head to the website with background and analysis.

bbc.com/news and you can download the bbc news app. that's it from me, stay tuned to bbc news. umbrellas at the ready — we'll be dodging the downpours during wednesday. there's rain sweeping north and east overnight. a lot of that clears away for wednesday. that lingers in scotland, whereas elsewhere, you may get to see some sunshine. the showers will be heavy, possibly thundery with hail in places. this area of low pressure is pumping that rain north and east through the night and into the morning. it will be a very mild start in the morning. still some rain across eastern parts of england and into southern scotland. it'll be heavy in places. the eastern england rain will soon clear away, but in scotland, very slowly, the rain pushes northwards — not reaching the very far north.

elsewhere, you get sunny spells and showers, some heavy, some thundery, a chance of hail. some of the beefiest ones in the afternoon could be across parts of southern scotland, into the far north of england, but with the showers dying away from wales and the south—west into the later stages of the afternoon, a cooler day, certainly so in scotland. a windier one along the coast of wales and southern england, and for the afternoon in northern ireland, increasing cloud, some outbreaks of rain becoming more widespread. mayjust push across parts of north wales and northwest england overnight and into thursday morning. still some patchy, light rain and drizzle at this stage in scotland, though many places on thursday starting dry, not as mild. an area of low pressure, ex—tropical storm alex, moves to the northwest thursday, friday and into saturday. doesn't hit the uk, but we're close enough across north—western areas for it to become very windy for a time, especially friday—saturday. though on thursday, winds will start to pick up in the west and from that weather system, we'll see cloud and outbreaks of rain through southern and western parts of england, wales and into northern ireland. northern and eastern scotland, down the eastern side of england, a few showers, but also warm, sunny spells around. turning very windy, particularly across the western isles on friday, some gusts 40—50 mph, blustery across scotland and northern ireland, where we'll see most of the showers.

breezy for england and wales, chance of a shower, many places staying dry but rather grey and drizzly perhaps first thing on friday towards the south—east. temperatures — high teens and into the low 20s. that area of low pressure keeping things very windy on saturday in scotland and northern ireland and just easing away northwards on sunday, so the winds will begin to ease at this stage. there may still be a few lingering showers around. actually, by sunday, it looks as if many places will turn a bit cooler, whereas throughout the weekend, the warmest and the sunniest weather's going to be across south—east england. that's your forecast.

this is bbc news, the headlines three weeks after the school shooting in texas, there are signs that very limited gun control measures could be adopted by congress. the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell said he hoped both sides would find common ground for a deal addressing mental health and school security. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has promised to focus on taking the country forward — after surviving a vote of confidence but losing the support of 40% of his mps. opposition critics say his position has been fundamentally undermined. the ride hailing app uber has announced it's partnered with the un world food programme to help deliver emergency supplies to war—torn cities in ukraine. it's hoped that the customised technology will make it easier to distribute food and water, using smaller vehicles and more drivers.