welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. the headlines... a bipartisan group of senators in the us say they've agreed a framework for potential legislation on gun safety. china says it'll fight to the end to prevent taiwan from being declared independent and describes relations with america as "critical". the family of former british soldier jordan gatley say he's been killed fighting for the ukrainian armed forces. are they loving it? in russia, the first home—grown version of the mcdonald's restaurant reopens, after the us chain pulled out.

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to newsday. it's six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in washington dc, where a group of 20 senators from both sides of the us political divide have announced proposals for limited measures aimed at curbing gun violence. the developments come after the tragic mass shootings in texas and new york. ten republican senators have backed the legislation — potentially enough numbers for this to be voted into law. let's have a closer look at what's in the guns proposal. the framework agreement includes support for state "red flag" laws, where guns could be kept from those who might pose a danger. also included, tougher background checks for gun buyers under the age of 21.

there would also be measures to prevent what's known as straw purchases — where people buy guns for others who are restricted from purchasing them. but what's not included are measures that the democrats and presidentjoe biden had advocated, such as raising the age for buying semi—automatic rifles to 21 or new limits on assault—style rifles. our correspondent david willis spoke to us a short while ago. some sort of agreement has been reached, which would lead to the first gun control laws in this country in decades, since the mid—90s when we saw any legislative measures taken to try and control what since become an epidemic of gun violence in this country. the measures that have been agreed upon, though, are more modest than those that many in the democratic party president biden among

them would like to see, and they include federally funded so—called red flag laws that would alert authorities to people who are unstable being in possession of weapons, and would allow them to be confiscated. expanded mental health checks, expanded school security and strengthened background checks for those under the age of 21 seeking to buy a firearm. what president biden of course had called for, which is not included in these rather modest set of principles outlined today, a ban on assault weapons and much wider background checks on people here seeking to buy firearms. president biden in a statement a very short time ago said that these measures, the proposed measures, they don't do everything that i think is needed but they reflect an important step in the right direction, as he puts it. they would be the most significant

gun safety legislation to passed congress in decades. he's right about that, of course. they tried after the sandy hook shooting nearly ten years ago to get some sort of legislative measures in place but they didn't... the votes weren't there in the senate. such has been the i suppose, nationwide sense of horror in the response to the uvalde shooting at the school three weeks ago that some sort of measures are now being taken, it would seem. i'm joined now by neil w mccabe, washington editor of armed american radio. that's a radio programme that deals with gun rights and gun politics. thanks very much for your time here on newsday. i'd like to start by asking you, you are not happy with the agreed framework, but why would you say that this would be restrictive towards gun rights? i

think by its very nature, sir, it's restricting gun rights. it's suddenly moving towards a gun registry, which concerns many supporters of gun rights, and by its very nature it's going to restrict second amendment, first amendment, fourth amendment, sixth amendment. it's a constitutional nightmare for gun owners in america, sir. you know, gun owners in america, sir. you know. but _ gun owners in america, sir. you know, but when _ gun owners in america, sir. you know, but when you _ gun owners in america, sir. you know, but when you talk about the people, they are in support of some of these aspects. background checks is an issue that a majority of americans are supporting. according to recent surveys, 73% supported background checks and 15% somewhat supported them, so how do you respond to the public sentiment going into this? i respond to the public sentiment going into this?— going into this? i don't run this country by _ going into this? i don't run this country by polls _ going into this? i don't run this country by polls and _ going into this? i don't run this country by polls and i'd - going into this? i don't run this. country by polls and i'd question the methodology. we've seen in recent times that so crowned background check referendums have failed to garner the actual result

is that the polls predicted. in some cases the actual vote was 20—30 points less than people predicted going on. it's a case where people want to impress the pollster, they want to impress the pollster, they want to impress the pollster, they want to seem like nice guys and they tell the pulse to what they want to hear, but suddenly i wouldn't run a country by political polls. fin hear, but suddenly i wouldn't run a country by political polls.— country by political polls. on the red flan country by political polls. on the red flag laws. — country by political polls. on the red flag laws, is _ country by political polls. on the red flag laws, is that _ country by political polls. on the red flag laws, is that something | country by political polls. on the . red flag laws, is that something you think could work?— think could work? absolutely not. i think could work? absolutely not. i think the red _ think could work? absolutely not. i think the red flag _ think could work? absolutely not. i think the red flag laws, _ think could work? absolutely not. i think the red flag laws, 19 - think could work? absolutely not. i think the red flag laws, 19 states i think the red flag laws, 19 states applied red flag laws and a0 other municipalities or counties that have their own version of it, i think that it's been absolutely tragic in its practice. it's a situation where many people have been killed in these predawn raids. it's really been terrible and what do you tell these people whose loved ones are killed when the police come at their door, banging on the door before

dawn, no explanation? there is no communication, right? the person inside the house fearing for their life uses their firearm, brandishes their firearm, life uses their firearm, brandishes theirfirearm, there is a life uses their firearm, brandishes their firearm, there is a shoot out and the person is killed. it's absolutely tragic and of course, you know, the constitution, the six amendment talks about knowing who your accuser is. you are not supposed to have secret witnesses in this country. you are supposed to have due process. the fourth amendment talks about having probable cause before you break into someone's house. what about the principle of a man's house is his castle? it's all thrown out by these red flag laws. we castle? it's all thrown out by these red flag lowe— red flag laws. we have also seen su ort red flag laws. we have also seen sunport from _ red flag laws. we have also seen support from the _ red flag laws. we have also seen support from the republicans, i red flag laws. we have also seen i support from the republicans, but, very briefly, why do you think republicans are agreeing to this? i think that the republicans who are agreeing to this are either senators who have already burnt themselves with conservatives by voting to convict president trump. at least

four or five of them aren't even running for election and are retiring and i would suggest that support for this measure is there way of preparing themselves for a more comfortable retirement. the republican leadership, the staffers and consultants who run the republican party, they are not committed to gun rights and i think this proves it. mi committed to gun rights and i think this proves it— this proves it. all right, i'm afraid that _ this proves it. all right, i'm afraid that is _ this proves it. all right, i'm afraid that is all _ this proves it. all right, i'm afraid that is all the - this proves it. all right, i'm afraid that is all the time i this proves it. all right, i'm| afraid that is all the time we this proves it. all right, i'm - afraid that is all the time we have, but thank you very much, someone who is not in favour of this proposed legislation. the big story over the weekend from asia. china's defence minister says relations with the united states are at a "criticaljuncture". wei fenghe was responding to the us defence secretary lloyd austin, who told a security conference that beijing had taken a more aggressive approach to its territorial claims. speaking at the same meeting, mr wei accused america of trying to contain china, and told it to stop. with me is our reporter nick marsh, who's been attending the summit over the weekend.

you certainly had a fairly busy weekend, tracking all those leaders and the big headlines that were coming in. tension has been rising in this region. the russia and ukraine conflict has resonated over here, in fact it was mentioned during those conversations. what are the key takeaways from this? so many issues bubbling _ the key takeaways from this? so many issues bubbling up _ the key takeaways from this? so many issues bubbling up in _ the key takeaways from this? so many issues bubbling up in this _ the key takeaways from this? so many issues bubbling up in this region - issues bubbling up in this region for many years. you have north korea, the chief south china sea, theissue korea, the chief south china sea, the issue of taiwan. we have this new dynamic coming from europe, animating this conference, the war in ukraine. i think the tone was set byjapan's prime minister when he said that ukraine today could be east asia tomorrow, and that is a chilling line. the issue of taiwan was at the forefront of people's mines. this is what the us secretary of defence lloyd austin had to say on the matter. irate of defence lloyd austin had to say on the matter.— of defence lloyd austin had to say on the matter. ~ , , ., , ., , on the matter. we witnessed a steady increase in provocative _

on the matter. we witnessed a steady increase in provocative and _ increase in provocative and destabilising military activity near taiwan_ destabilising military activity near taiwan and that includes pla aircraft — taiwan and that includes pla aircraft flying near taiwan in record — aircraft flying near taiwan in record numbers during recent months and nearly— record numbers during recent months and nearly on a daily basis. we remain— and nearly on a daily basis. we remain focused on maintaining peace, stabiliiy— remain focused on maintaining peace, stability and the status quo across the taiwan— stability and the status quo across the taiwan strait. but the prc's moves — the taiwan strait. but the prc's moves threaten to undermine security and stability and prosperity in the indo pacific. america made it stand clear and so did china and putting it bluntly if i may say so, how do you respond to the way china reacted? timer;r i may say so, how do you respond to the way china reacted?— the way china reacted? they got the chance to respond _ the way china reacted? they got the chance to respond the _ the way china reacted? they got the chance to respond the next - the way china reacted? they got the chance to respond the next day - the way china reacted? they got the chance to respond the next day and | chance to respond the next day and they certainly did respond with some force. the main gist of what they were saying, really, was mind your own business. china's development is not a threat to other countries, it's not wise or possible to try and contain this development in the indo

pacific region, and wei fenghe came out, gave a pretty forceful speech, and this is what he had to say in response to that secretary of defence, lloyd austin, yesterday. translation: we notice, secretary to llo d translation: we notice, secretary to lloyd austin's _ translation: we notice, secretary to lloyd austin's remarks _ translation: we notice, secretary to lloyd austin's remarks on _ translation: we notice, secretary to lloyd austin's remarks on the - translation: we notice, secretary to lloyd austin's remarks on the indo - lloyd austin's remarks on the indo pacific_ lloyd austin's remarks on the indo pacific strategy, that the strategy is an attempt to build an exclusive small_ is an attempt to build an exclusive small group in the name of a free and open — small group in the name of a free and open indo pacific, to hijack countries — and open indo pacific, to hijack countries in our region and to target — countries in our region and to target one _ countries in our region and to target one specific country. it is a strategy — target one specific country. it is a strategy to — target one specific country. it is a strategy to create confrontation, to contain _ strategy to create confrontation, to contain and — strategy to create confrontation, to contain and encircle others. thanks very much for putting that in perspective and getting those reactions. it's also significant both countries were sitting face—to—face and really talking to each other. there are several outstanding issues that need to be resolved. nick, thank you very much. in ukraine, russian forces are tightening their grip on the eastern city of severodonetsk, where a british man has been killed in the fighting.

jordan gatley left the british army in march to travel to ukraine. in a tribute on social media, his father said his son, who died in severodonetsk, was a hero. the bbc�*s nick beake has more from kyiv. the family have said that the young man travelled here after careful consideration and had been helping to train ukrainian forces. he told his family that he knew he was carrying out dangerous missions but believed they were worthwhile. but on friday the family was told he'd been shot dead on the front line in severodonetsk am in a place of fierce fighting in the donbas region. his family say they are proud and that he will live on in their hearts, and tonight, and aide to president zelensky has described him as a true hero. jordan gatley is the second briton known to have been killed in the fighting. in this country. back in march the head of the uk armed forces said people

should not come here but this clearly is the decision he has made and he has now lost his life trying to defend ukraine. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... five years after the grenfell tower blaze in west london that killed 72 people, what lessons have been learned? there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect than when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which, for 40 years, forcibly classified citizen according to race.

just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping - in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and - father to their apartment in kensington palace. - germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. berlin has celebrated into the night, but the decision was greeted with shock. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of - the russian woman in space? welcome back to newsday on the bbc. i'm arunoday mukharji in singapore. 0ur headlines. in the us, a bipartisan group of senators say they've agreed a framework for potential legislation on gun safety. china says it'll fight to the very end to prevent taiwan from being declared independent and describes its relations with america as at a "criticaljuncture".

the opposition left—wing alliance in france has scored big gains in the first round of france's parliamentary elections. despite that, president macron's supporters look set to have the biggest bloc in the national assembly, but it's unclear if they'll have enough seats to form a majority. 0ur paris correspondent hugh schofield has more. the big blind is this evening, it's this breakthrough by this left—wing alliance. if you look back at the presidential election two months ago, the left did terribly there, the leader of this new west left—wing alliance was in third place but in the interim between the presidential and this parliamentary election he has done something rather extraordinary. he's made an alliance between his far left party, socialists and the greens and communists, and turned into a major electoral force and communists, and turned into a major electoralforce and one communists, and turned into a major electoral force and one which is a

serious challenger to president madame —— president macron. he hasn't, i don't think, done so well that he's got any serious chance of dominating the assembly and having a majority there and forcing president macron into a cohabitation with the left—wing dominated national assembly, but he has done something extraordinary which looks like commanding a bloc after next week's second round of 150, — 180 mps and thatis second round of 150, — 180 mps and that is a big achievement. but the fact remains, it does look as if president macron will win this legislative election and the key question is whether his majority will be relative or absolute, and that's why he's going to be campaigning ferociously in the next few days to make sure that he does get as many seats as possible in the national assembly in a weak�*s time. he wants an absolute majority so he can push through his legislative programme and not be forced into alliances with smaller blocks macro in the assembly.

the survivors and bereaved from the grenfell tower tragedy in the uk will mark the fifth anniversary of the fire on tuesday. many of the 72 who died followed the official advice to stay put, and the government says it's still the safest thing to do. but it faces legal action from disabled residents, who say ministers have abandoned a commitment to give them personal evacuation plans. here's our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. a tower block fire. a major lesson from grenfell. sometimes, staying put is dangerous. so, we are going to put a smoke hood onto you and we are going to escort you out, 0k? so the london fire brigade has beefed up its training in evacuating buildings. there are new smoke hoods for residents, a new app to track information. you might think stay put would no longer be the policy. but five years after grenfell,

the government has reemphasised that when there is a fire, people should stay put in their flats, because the walls of the flats protect them. the question is, because of grenfell, will people want to stay or will they want to go? michael is moving his stuff out of his south london apartment because fire swept across its roof in april. thankfully, he wasn't at home. if i had been in the building, i think i would have tried to get out. he would have ignored the stay put advice. i probably would have seen it on twitter before anything else. there was people across the road sharing videos of quite a big fire on the roof. i think if i had seen that, i would have thought, i'm not going to hang about. and after grenfell, not staying put is the new rule for people in buildings with safety defects. and what if you live with a disability, like sarah rennie? her lift is not designed to work in a fire. she has had an expert draw up a personal evacuation plan.

we had a fire in february in this building and what it meant was that the fire was on the eighth floor and i got below the fire, to the seventh floor, before the fire service had even arrived. before they had come? before they arrived. that is a huge reduction in the risk and increase in the chance of me getting out and staying alive. it means that i can sleep at night. she was advised to get this special evacuation chair, and the grenfell tower inquiry said every resident with mobility issues should be given a bespoke plan. the government doesn't agree. how much is it reasonable to spend to do this, at the same time as we seek to protect residents and taxpayers from excessive costs? instead, ministers want to improve the way information about residents with mobility issues is shared with firefighters, so they can better coordinate rescues. but sarah rennie and another campaigner are planning legal action

against the government — a stand—off, five years after grenfell, a fire in which 15 disabled people lost their lives. tom symonds, bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. dozens of people have taken part in a protest in rio dejaneiro to demand action a week after a local indigenous expert and a british journalist went missing in the amazon. a fisherman has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of bruno pereira and dom phillips, but no further developments have been announced. on his final leg of a visit to the democratic republic of congo, belgium's king philippe has met victims of sexual violence in the east of the country. he visited a hospital run by the nobel laureate, denis mukwege, a congolese gynaecologist well known for his efforts to stop sexual violence being used as a weapon of war.

an australian newspaper has denied outing actress rebel wilson. on friday, wilson said she had found her "disney princess" as she shared a selfie with her partner on instagram. but on saturday the sydney morning herald revealed it had known about the relationship before it was public and had given ms wilson two days to comment. the first of the former mcdonald's restaurants in russia has opened in moscow under a new name, which translates to "tasty — and that's it". the us chain pulled out of the country last month following the invasion of ukraine, and a siberian oil magnate bought all of the 850 stores. mcdonald's left russia of its own accord, but a slew of international sanctions have hit the country's economy hard. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, has the story. in moscow, the burgers are back.

this was mcdonald's. not any more. the us fast food giant has left russia in protest at the invasion of ukraine. and it sold all its restaurants here — more than 800 — to a local company. gone are the golden arches. the logo now is two french fries and a burger. the man who was quick to buy the fast food business is siberian tycoon alexander govor. translation: there'll be no more big macs or mcflurries here. - it's a pity, because they were the most popular items, but we told our experts to find replacements that are just as good or even better. the customers we spoke to were lovin' it. "russians can do fast food just as well", he tells me. "and as for western sanctions and global brands leaving russia,

we are very tough people — you can't scare us." when the very first mcdonald's restaurant opened right here 32 years ago, that was a hugely powerful symbol, a symbol of russia embracing western culture, western ideas, western food. what's happening here today with the departure of mcdonald's and its russian replacement, that's a symbol too, but a symbol of how russia and the west are now moving apart. over in the kremlin, no burgers, but a hefty serving of patriotism from the president. at an awards ceremony, vladimir putin called on russians to united and to devote themselves to the motherland, but he will know that western sanctions are having an impact. here's one example. russian tv reports that due to sanctions, russian car—makers can't import key components, so the new lada's being made

without any airbags or an anti—lock braking system. taxi driver nikita thinks the russian economy is in for a bumpy ride. the prices in roubles, they became ridiculously high, yeah. so, for the taxi business now, it's gone. we don't have new cars. we have to use old ones. russians won't relish the prospect of economic pain, but so far, the kremlin shows no sign of changing course. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. queen elizabeth had a lot to celebrate last weekend at her platinum jubilee and now she has another achievement to chalk up, as the second longest serving monarch in world history. the queen has been on the throne for 70 years and 127 days now. 0nly louis the 1ath of france has ruled for longer. his reign began when he was

just four years old — and lasted more than 72 years. you have been watching newsday. before we go, lets just revisit our top story once againa bipartisan group of senators in the us has reached an agreement on gun safety laws, following a spate of mass shootings. the measures include tougher background checks for gun buyers under the age of 21 and moves to prevent people buying guns for others who are restricted from purchasing them. the proposals fall short of changes demanded by president biden after recent shootings, including the killing of 19 children and two teachers at a school uvalde in texas. but he's described them as an important step in the right direction. they're the first gun safety laws in decades to receive this level of support from both republican and democratic party senators.

that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello. just as we saw over the weekend, the weather for the week ahead will be a tale of two halves. in the north it was quite unsettled, windy with showers. not as windy this week but remaining quite cloudy at times with some outbreaks of rain. getting a little warmer potentially later in the week but not as warm as it will be for england and wales. northampton fairly typical of many parts of england, seeing those temperatures pushing towards 30 degrees by the end of the week. the reason being the azores high is pushing its way northwards. we'll say goodbye to the low pressure that's brought the unusually windy weather through the weekend and a lot of showers. we will still have crowd approaching the west towards dawn on a week

where the front. elsewhere under the starry show is a little under the chilly side, 6—7 first thing. plenty of sunshine and that tends to ease away as the cloud spills across scotland bringing patchy rain to the highlands and islands, northern ireland getting an odd spot. england and wales will see the lion's share of the sunshine. feeling warm in the sun when it comes out in parts of northern ireland and scotland, just warmerfurther northern ireland and scotland, just warmer further south. northern ireland and scotland, just warmerfurthersouth. in northern ireland and scotland, just warmer further south. in the south some very high levels of pollen are forecast on monday as well as strong sunshine, high levels of uv. in fact this week we might see high levels of uv. through the night we will continue to see on monday night weather fronts brushing close to the north and west but for many with the clearer skies and light winds in rural spots, clearer skies and light winds in ruralspots, 6—7, clearer skies and light winds in rural spots, 6—7,10—11 clearer skies and light winds in ruralspots, 6—7, 10—11 in clearer skies and light winds in rural spots, 6—7, 10—11 in towns and cities. plenty of sunshine on tuesday in england and wales but for the north—west of scotland and

northern ireland, more cloud and patchy rain. we are starting to pick up patchy rain. we are starting to pick up temperatures further north and really building that heat across the bulk of england and pushing towards east on wales. it is not the heat that we are seeing further south across iberia, where it's been intense for a week or so now, at least aa forecast. but we will find this week as the high pressure slips eastwards we start to pull in a southerly wind which allows us to tap into some of that heat a little bit, that's why temperatures are expected to get particularly across central and eastern areas towards the 30 degrees mark. we will keep you posted and there is more on the website. hello, this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment, but before that, an update on one of our stories. an imam from leeds who was dismissed as a voluntary government adviser

on anti—muslim hatred over a row about a controversial film has made a statement. imam qari asim said he did not personally attend or organise any protests against the film the lady of heaven outside cinemas. demonstrators have been angry with the depictions of early revered sunni muslim figures by a shia film—maker. imam qari asim said his concern was the film risked fuelling tensions in communities. more than 130,000 people have signed a petition for the film to be pulled from uk cinemas.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sienna rodgers, senior writer at the house magazine, and rachel watson, scottish political editor at the scottish sun. thank you forjoining us. quick look through the front pages. the metro's front page focuses on the former british soldierjordan gatley, who's reported to have been killed while fighting in the war in ukraine. the daily mail leads on the government's rwanda asylum—seeker policy. the paper calls the potential ban on putting people on the first flight to rwanda a "farce". the i newspaper also follows the story, saying the delay could be caused if the policy is blocked by the court of appeal on monday. the ft reports on the northern ireland trade deal, as conservative backbenchers apply pressure on the prime minister to rip it up.

the guardian features a stark warning from the confederation