this is bbc world news: i'm lucy grey. our top stories: hundreds of thousands across the usjoin marches to push for reform of gun laws. are you ready, young and old and in between, to be the generations that make ourselves heard from ballots, not bullets? ukraine's army says it urgently needs more ammunition as battles intensify. so why are western—made arms taking so long to reach the front line? ajudge in los angeles dismisses a rape allegation lawsuit against footballer cristiano ronaldo. not floating, but sinking. hong kong's famousjumbo restaurant is to disappear after nearly 50 years.

hello and welcome to bbc news. tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating across the united states, demanding stricter gun laws in response to a series of mass shootings. president biden encouraged the protesters to keep marching, and called on congress to pass common sense gun safety legislation. the democrat—controlled house of representatives passed a package of gun reforms last week, but republicans in the senate are likely to block them. barbara plett usher reports. another march against gun violence banging on the doors of the nation's capital. this is a movement powered by young people, demanding the country's leaders take action after yet another school shooting — a horrific massacre in uvalde, texas. if our government can't do anything to stop 19 kids

from being killed and slaughtered in their own school, and decapitated, it's time to change who is in government! all: vote them out! again! vote them out! for years, congress has failed to pass gun safety measures, blocked by opposition from the gun lobby and the republican party. but people here feel now is the right time to renew their campaign. rallies took place in hundreds of cities across the country, in new york, where a gunman recently killed ten people in a racist attack, and in florida, where a school shooting four years ago launched this movement. the theme of these rallies is this time will be different, meaning this time, there will be action on gun control. many of these people have been fighting for this for a long time. some have told me they feel more hopeful, rather than optimistic, but this is a time when the issue has captured the national attention in a very visceral way — we have to keep our kids safe.

protesters have pushed through gun restrictions at the state level, but they want national action. do you feel that there is a bit of momentum around this issue? i think so, definitely, for our generation. this is one of our biggest pushes because we're the ones dying in schools, in movie theatres. it's been happening since before i can remember. something has to change. we can't keep letting our children die like this. but even here, a few minutes of panic. there was a disruption on stage and people ran. the fear of a gun attack is alive and everywhere. earlier this week, a young survivor of the texas shooting described her terrifying experience to lawmakers. emotional testimony from the families brought the pain and horror to capitol hill. gavel bangs. hours later, the house passed gun control legislation, but republican senators will almost certainly reject it. some are working on a very modest compromise that may have a chance.

the nays are 204 — the bill is passed. the president told the marchers to keep up the pressure. keep marching. it's important. look, this has to become an election issue. the way people listen — senators, congresspeople — when people say, "i'm gonna — this is gonna affect my vote". too many people are dying needlessly. and what's even being proposed in the house and senate is marginal. i mean, it's important, but it's not all that needs to be done. in uvalde, another vigilfor the dead. in public opinion, at least, the mood is shifting — americans agree the killing of children has to stop. more and more say that should involve national gun controls. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. i'm joined now from new york by journalist ginger adams otis.

i would like to, however, having been a reporterfor 20 years now i have covered, i can't tell you how many mass shootings and there are so many we don't cover. so i'd like to think so but it is hard to tell. just explain to people why it is so difficult. you hear a president talking about wanting reform and calling on people to carry on marching and, yet, it is so difficult, isn't it, to get any change through? it is difficult. part of it is simply the nature of how the government works, checks and balances, it makes it a bit easier for the majority will to get stymied along the way by a group of people who field differently, lawmakers who feel differently. part of it is simply the ongoing debate around the second amendment. it is still very much an open, living discussion as part of the constitution, and very strong feelings on both sides about that. and a new wave of technology, basically, and firearms, that have outpaced where the laws are in america.

everyone is struggling to catch up. the one thing that does not change is that gun lobby and its big budget and big influence? absolutely. very much prevalent, yes. what do you make about the bipartisan group in the senate trying to reach some sort of deal. do you expect anything substantial to come out of that? at this point where we are in america, i think anything would be an improvement. whether it will be substantial is a little bit hard to know. it does seem, i don't want to be too much of a cockeyed optimist, but it does seem there is more of a willingness to find some common ground, at least in terms of raising some age of purchasing assault weapons or increasing red flag legislation. it does seem there is more discussion this time around and what we have

seen in the past. i think there is hope. i would like to think so. i feel right now the discussion is a little bit more opened than in the past. please explain what you mean by red flag? that is the term we use, different states have different laws about what the red flag would be for mental health background checks, people who have had encounters with the law in the past, they have a red flag on their background history and if we could unify those, and make it a federal uniform rule, a top—down law, that may improve some of the enforcement as it stands. as it stands right now, you could go to different states and find different laws for every situation. military leaders in ukraine say theirforces urgently need more supplies of ammunition as they battle for control in the southeast of the country. in his nightly address to the nation, president zelensky said that his troops have recaptured some towns and villages in kherson and zaporizhia, but fierce street fighting is continuing in severodonetsk, in the eastern luhansk province, which has become the focus of russia's advance.

nick beake reports from kyiv. the russian onslaught in the donbas region is relentless, bombarding ukrainian troops whose commanders now say they are outgunned and rapidly running out of ammunition. the ukrainian governor of the luhansk province claimed they could hold on to the besieged city of severodonetsk if western allies sent them enough long—range artillery. nice to meet you, ursula. what a pleasure to see you. you are welcome. meanwhile, in the capital kyiv, president zelensky was welcoming the head of the european commission and arguing the eu's future depended on letting ukraine into its ranks. translation: all of europe is a target for russia, - we are sure of it, and ukraine is just the first stage in this aggression. this is why a positive eu response to the ukrainian

application for membership can be a positive answer to the question of whether the european project has a future at all. the commission's decision on whether to recommend kyiv�*s eu application is coming next week. you have done a lot in strengthening the rule of law but there still needs to be reforms implemented to fight corruption, for example. ukraine is pinning its long—term hopes on eu membership, but says it's the quantity and speed of weapons coming from the west that will determine its immediate fate. nick beake, bbc news, kyiv. nine people have been arrested in northern china, after a video of a brutal attack by a group of men on a woman who spurned an advance went viral. the incident happened in the city of tangshan. it started after a man put his hand on a woman's back in a restaurant, and she pushed him away. officials say two women were admitted to hospital. our china media analyst,

kerry allen, has more about the case. there's surveillance footage that was filmed at a restaurant in an area of north—east china called tangshan in hebei province, and this footage showed a group of women in a restaurantjust enjoying a meal, minding their own business, and a man approaches one of these women and starts touching her and she's clearly uncomfortable and she tries to put him off several times. and then what happens, within a matter of seconds, is the whole incident suddenly turns violent. so, the man starts throwing punches at one of the women, herfriend rushes to defend her and then, itjust — this whole incident spirals out of control. these women are wrestled to the ground, you see men throwing chairs at them and then, there's footage outside the restaurant that shows one of the women being grabbed by her hair along the street and repeatedly kicked while she's down. so, this footage, which was filmed in the early hours of friday, has horrified social media users. it's been absolutely erupting online on platforms like sina weibo —

which is china's version of, say, twitter or facebook — and saying that it's a very chinese thing for nobody to rush in and intervene because historically, before domestic violence laws were introduced in 2016, it was very much the case that people just thought that this kind of behaviour was acceptable — it was a private matter between a man and a woman. and also, there is a fear in china of people being implicated in crimes, so the idea that anybody would rush in, this does not often happen. and i remember myself, when i was living in china ten years ago, i would see incidents like this of men assaulting women on the streets and you would just see crowds of bystanders not intervening whatsoever, just stood there, watching. tests are underway after possible human remains were found by police searching for a britishjournalist and a brazilian man who disappeared six days ago in the amazon rainforest. dom phillips and bruno pereira, an expert on indigenous

peoples, were last seen in the remote javari valley area in the west of brazil. police say experts are analysing the material, along with blood traces that were discovered on a fishing boat. katy watson reports. dom phillips and bruno pereira are experts in their field. one, an established journalist writing a book on saving the amazon — it was the reason for taking this trip. his travel companion, a renowned expert on indigenous affairs. bruno knows these communities well, but also has his enemies and had been threatened in the past for his work in trying to protect communities from illegal mining and fishing. on friday, there was a significant breakthrough — materialfound in the river not far from here that could be human remains. the authorities are also examining traces of blood on a boat belonging to a suspect, and police have visited the families of the missing men to collect dna samples.

hope might be fading but families are doing everything they can to find their loved ones. today, wejoined the military teams as they headed to the main search area, deep in the javari valley. its sheer beauty masks the conflict found in these forests, and it was along these rivers the two men were threatened again, just before they disappeared. this is an area of the amazon where there's so little state presence and everybody involved in the search is having to be flown in. the news of the missing pair has gained worldwide attention. we urge brazilian authorities to redouble their efforts to find philips and pereira, with time of the essence in view of the real risks to their life and security. it is therefore crucial that the authorities at the federal and local levels react robustly and expeditiously. that's a call that has been echoed by mr phillips' sister in london. she called for an in—depth and open investigation into what's happened.

katy watson, bbc news, in valle dojavari. a us districtjudge in las vegas has dismissed a lawsuit against the manchester united football star cristiano ronaldo. kathryn mayorga alleged that the portuguese player raped her at a hotel in 2009. ronaldo denies the accusations and has never been charged. in 2010, they reportedly reached an out—of—court settlement, which ms mayorga was seeking to void in this latest lawsuit. earlier, we spoke to mitra ahouraian, who's an attorney based in beverly hills. she's in los angeles. this stems from an incident in 2008, 2009 in las vegas. there was a settlement between ronaldo and the plaintiff in this case for, i think, us$375,000 and there was a confidentiality agreement that was signed at the time. now, this lawsuit is alleging that ronaldo leaked the contents of that settlement to a german newspaper that then made the matter public.

but in doing so, in making that allegation and in filing this lawsuit, her lawyer obtained it somehow and used leaked and confidential information — communications between ronaldo and his lawyers — to make their arguments and make their case. and the district court said that, you know, "your bad faith actions have basically destroyed this "lawsuit for your client. "we can't determine what arguments are based "on these illegally obtained documents or not, "and therefore, i need to throw out this entire "case," which is a very extreme action but the judge felt it was warranted. and is there an actual definition of what bad faith is, or is it up to thejudge's discretion? it's up to the judge's discretion, and this is something that's sort of beyond that. it's the equivalent of — we have a doctrine in criminal law called the fruit

of the poisonous tree. when you have evidence that's obtained illegally, really everything that sort of stems from that is bad — bad fruit! — so, it's sort of that same equivalent in civil court and it's really up to the judge to decide what the penalty is for this level of bad faith. i should say, we wouldn't normally be naming this woman in such circumstances, but she has waived her right to anonymity — i should mention that. what do you expect to happen next? is there going to be an appeal? yeah, certainly she can appeal the case to the appellate court. they were asking for $25 million — if you remember, the original $375,000 versus the $25 million they were asking for in this lawsuit, so, you know, they are welcome to appeal, it's well within their right, but i can't imagine an appellate judge would really overturn what this district courtjudge determined, which is the evidence was obtained illegally. it's going to be a hard argument to make in an appellate court as well.

friends have been paying tribute to a father and son from crewe in north west england who were killed in a crash while racing at the isle of man tt. roger and bradley stockton, who were 56 and 21, died during a sidecar race yesterday. five riders have now been killed at this year's event. alex wotton reports from the isle of man. it was their dream to race the world famous tt course together. roger stockton was a seasoned rider, but his son bradley was just 21. it was his first tt, and theirfamily say they absolutely loved racing. bradley was a keen footballer in his home town of crewe. to bradley. all: to bradley! today, his team—mates and coach came together to pay a heartfelt tribute.

on the pitch, he played for everyone. if anyone got in a bit of a tussle, he was first there to back them up. he was a fiery character but with a heart of gold off the pitch. he carried on, like, throughout school and it was literally just non—stop laughter. there was never, like, a dull moment between us three as a group. it was like — i don't know, it was just a mad connection with him. it's hard to talk about it now, just thinking about it, but... sighs. but the reality of the races here on the isle of man means everyday roads become a race track in an instant, where riders can reach speeds of up to 200 miles an hour. so, while organisers have improved training for marshals and technology around the course, hundreds have died in the races in its 100—year history, raising continuing concerns about safety. with friends and loved ones mourning their loss, the stockton family say they are incredibly proud

of what roger and bradley achieved. alex wotton, bbc news. from today, travellers to the united states will no longer have to take a covid test before boarding their flight. the requirement to present a negative test had been in place for 17 months, and the change in policy comes almost three months after the uk government dropped all of its travel restrictions. royal officials in britain have insisted that prince charles "remains politically neutral" following a report that he has strongly criticised government plans to send some asylum seekers to rwanda in central africa. an unnamed source told the times newspaper that prince charles has described the policy as "appalling" and said he was "more than disappointed" by it. the first flight carrying asylum seekers to rwanda is due to leave on tuesday. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. as prince of wales, his interventions over the years have led to

accusations of meddling. charles is now moving ever closer to the throne, so this morning's headlines, suggesting he's taken a stand on the highly sensitive political issue of the government's refugee policy, are potentially problematic. 10,000 migrants have arrived in britain in small boats so far this year. the prince is said to have described the government's plan to send some to rwanda as "appalling". charles' comments are said to have been made in private conversations. they haven't been denied. the timing of the alleged remarks is particularly sensitive. yesterday, the high court refused to grant an injunction barring the first deportations, which are due to take place on tuesday. those opposed to the policy applauded the prince's alleged comments. well, we very much welcome what prince charles seems to have said. this policy is wrong, we believe it's unlawful and is morally indefensible.

applause. the home secretary has set great store by the deportation policy. she launched it in rwanda earlier this year. the government says it will act as a deterrent. conservatives say charles' alleged comments are misguided. he is entitled to his view, as is anyone else, but the number of the views that have been made about rwanda seem to be on the basis of a lack of information about what this program and what migrants' experience has been like in rwanda. and what of charles? clarence house says he's politically neutral. four years ago, he was asked if his tendency to intervene would continue when he was king. no, it won't! scoffs. i'm not that stupid. i do realise that it is a separate exercise being sovereign. in 10 days, charles will be in rwanda to represent the queen at the commonwealth heads of government conference. the prime minister will also be there. it promises to be an interesting conversation. nicholas witchell, bbc news.

the south korean boy band bts are promoting their new album with pop—up shops in the united states. fans of the k—pop group lined up to show their support for the world's top—selling act. the bbc�*s azaday moshiri has this report. as the world's best—selling boy band, bts's new album has been widely anticipated. injust1.5 hours, their new music video for the title track yet to come racked up more than 9 million views. so, to celebrate the release, they've opened pop—up shops with merchandise for their american fans. i heard everybody�*s crying — a lot. yeah, it's so emotional. and it's a hot ticket — fans lined up as early as 7:00 in the morning, and some who couldn't make it even managed to rope in others.

she said, "come, get in line, because i didn't have a ticket" — because sometimes, you have to buy a ticket — "just get in line, see if i can get in," so we'll the new york and los angeles stores demonstrate south korean k—pop success in breaking into america. it was only last year that the group became the first asian band to win artist of the year at the american music awards and it was just last week that bts met presidentjoe biden to discuss hate crimes against asian—americans. what their motto is is amazing, like what they give out, what they say to us, like, how they support us, like, we support them, they support us back. and having outsold stars like taylor swift and adele around the world for two years running, the peak of their impact outside of south korea may be yet to come. azeday moshiri, bbc news. one of the world's most famous restaurants is about to disappear, quite literally. it's been announced that hong kong'sjumbo floating

restaurant is to leave the city after nearly 50 years. it's been closed since the beginning of the pandemic and the local authorities don't want to invest in its re—opening. tim allman has the story. no trip to hong kong was complete without a visit to thejumbo floating restaurant. it attracted celebrities, royalty and more than a few locals. it was even the location for a bond film. but this is thejumbo floating restaurant today — almost derelict now. the kitchens have already capsized and there is no money for refurbishment. mr wong has been ferrying tourists to the restaurant for years, and he will be sorry to see it go. "my life is connected tojumbo," he says. "i've been worse off it since it closed.

"if it disappears, it'll hurt tourism. "it's an attraction known all over the world." covid was the final blow. but this wasn't just a place to eat, it was a symbol of the city itself. translation: there were only restaurants like this in hong - kong. covid destroyed the last and only one, and the government will do nothing to save it. it's sad. no word yet as to where it will end up but, one day soon, the tugboats will arrive and the restaurant will just float away. for hong kong, this really is at the end of an era. tim allman, bbc news. queen elizabeth becomes the second—longest serving monarch in recorded history today, overtaking the thai king, bhumiboladulyadej. only louis xiv of france ruled for longer.

thanks for all of your messages on twitter tonight. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lucyegrey. thank you for watching. hello there. 15 hours of sunshine for some south—eastern areas, where the temperatures got up to nearly 2a degrees celsius on saturday. it was a little different, though, further north, as you'll see. we had a wet and a windy spell. we had nearly two inches of rain in the past 2a hours across parts of scotland. gusts of wind 40—50mph quite widely — even as far south as the llyn peninsula of wales, and that's because of this unusually deep area of low pressure which is pulling away. so, gradually, the winds will ease down but they'll still continue to bring in a few showers through the early hours of the morning, particularly in the north and the west. temperatures, though, under starry skies further south perhaps as low as eight or nine, so a little bit on the cool side sunday morning, but plenty of sunshine will follow, particularly for england and wales. the cloud bubbles up. the showers are around for northern ireland,

particularly north—western parts of england and wales and particularly across scotland — still some heavy ones here but generally, fewer heavy ones than we had during saturday, and fewer showers. still quite blustery, really, for the time of year but, again, the winds won't be quite as strong as we saw on saturday. temperatures will be on a par with those of saturday — about 16 to 22 degrees celsius. so, some sunshine to be found for most parts and the showers tending to ease later but still some very high levels of pollen, particularly across england and wales. now, as we take the forecast forward, then, through sunday night and into monday, we start to see those showers fading for a time. weak weather front pushes close by to the north—west of scotland. the winds are easing down a notch as well, so temperatures mightjust be a little bit lower, again, on monday morning but, again, only 7s and 8s — a fresh start to our monday morning. plenty of sunshine will follow. rather more cloud, though, as you can see, across the northern half of scotland. showery outbreaks of rain to come here, but not as windy. still pushing into the low 20s, though, further south, with that strong june sunshine.

then, through the week ahead, this high pressure starts to push its influence further north, so still weather fronts around but little appreciable rain away from the far north of scotland and actually, that high pressure is going to tap into some of that heat that we're seeing further south, so temperatures are likely to rise, particularly for england and wales, but even further north, we'll start to see some warmth arriving later in the week. as ever, it's one to watch. we'll keep you posted. there's more online.

this is bbc news. the headlines: hundreds of marches have been held across the united states to pressure congress into making changes to gun laws. following a spate of mass shootings, the rallies are being organised by the group, march for our lives. president biden says guns should be a key issue in the coming elections. with fighting intensifying in ukraine, officials warn their army is running out of ammunition as it engages in intense artillery battles with russian forces. western countries are being urged to speed up their delivery of long—range weapons and ammunition to help ukraine strike back in the south and east. ajudge in las vegas has dismissed a rape lawsuit against the international

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