welcome to bbc news — i'm david eades. our top stories: police in chicago arrest a suspect, following a mass shooting at a fourth ofjuly parade. gun shots at least six people were killed when a gunman on a rooftop opened fire on the crowds below. president putin orders his forces to push on with their offensive in eastern ukraine, after seizing control of the entire luhansk region. and, desperate to learn, we visit the secret school in kabul that dares to teach girls.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. six people dead, several more wounded, and now one man arrested. those are the bare facts of another mass shooting in the us. this time in a well to do suburb just north of chicago, at the start of a fourth ofjuly day of celebration. hundreds of people, mums, dads and their children had embarked on a parade through highland park, when a gunman started firing from a rooftop, armed with a high powered rifle. nomia iqbal has this report. the independence day parade had just started. americans in this wealthy chicago suburb were out in the sunshine, celebrating the day their country became an independent nation. gunfire child: are you kidding me right now? - ten minutes in, shots rang out.

there was confusion and panic. people moved quickly for safety. rapid gunfire i remember hearing shootings, going like... tsh—tsh—tsh. and then reloading and then again. and people screaming and running. i thought it was the navy| that was saluting the flag with the rifles, but then - when i saw people running, i picked up my son, . and i started running, they started shooting again, and then we ran behind - the building and i put my son in the dumpster. - i went back, there were a few people shot on the ground, . there was a little boy - that was in one of the police officer's arms, and that was the worst experience ever, i because all i thought about was my son. . at least six people are dead, and dozens are in hospital. this morning at 10:14,

our community was terrorised by an act of violence that has shaken us to our core. our hearts go out to the families of the victims during this devastating time. on a day that we came together to celebrate community and freedom, we're instead mourning the loss, the tragic loss of life and struggling with the terror that was brought upon us. the police found the gun, but not the gunman. once again, americans are dealing with gun violence. not a week has gone by without a mass shooting in america this year. it happens everywhere, in their schools, supermarkets, and even on independence day. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. well throughout the day there was a huge search operation for the suspect. hundreds of officers were the

man of interest. police named 22—year—old robert e crimo the third as a person of interest, police said he was armed and dangerous. hundreds of officers were searching for him in the area and a short while ago, they announced they'd arrested him. the subject was taken into custody without incident. he has now been taken to the hyland park police department where we will begin, you know, the next phase of the investigation, we will make sure we speak to this person to make sure he isn't back connected this incident. ——is in fact connected. the democratic governor of illinois, jb pritzker, gave this statement earlier. it is devastating that a celebration of america was ripped apart by our uniquely american plague. a day dedicated to freedom has put into stark relief the one freedom that we as a nation refused to uphold, the freedom

of our fellow citizens to live without the daily fear of gun violence. if you are angry today, i am violence. if you are angry today, iam here violence. if you are angry today, i am here to tell you, be angry. i am furious. i am furious that yet more innocent lives were taken by gun violence. i am furious that their loved ones are forever broken by what took place today. i am furious that children and their families have been traumatised. i am furious that this is happening in communities all across illinois and america. that was 18 pritzker- — for more on that story, let's hear from chrisjones who is an editor with the chicago tribune newspaper — hejoins us now. thank you forjoining us. some strong words, words of fury from jb pritzker there. strong words, words of fury fromjb pritzker there. i suspect for people in hyland park are deeply upset and shocked, and certainly stunned

perhaps you can give us an idea of this part of chicago, it is not the place you would expect to get a scene like this? it's not, it's a very beautiful place. it is the place that you go to sort of escape are busy life of the city, if you like. it is very affluent, it is very peaceful it has beautiful homes, it is right by lake michigan. it is a family—oriented place, and 4 july and hyland park is kind of the iconic day. there is an iconic parade and you would go to that with your kids. it is a place that you would think of as as far away from gun violence as you could imagine, anything being. what we discover today is that gun violence is clearly ubiquitous now and this was, i think, an enormous wake—up call for americans realising that it really is — it really can happen anywhere. this was... this was eight o'clock in the evening here. i don't remember

a sadder day here in chicago. no—one has really any ability to sort of get past that. it is just such a terrible day, july the fourth. and maybe that is the point. we have individual tragedies here. i can't imagine what individual families are going through of course. but the fact that it was today of all days means that everyone's opportunity to celebrate and have these quite quaint parades up and down the state, up and down the country, has been kind of quashed? in fact all of the parade that followed it in the nearby towns like deerfield, they cancelled their parade. no—one in chicago or its suburbs has any appetite for what happened tonight. obviously, there was a safety concern. thankfully they now found this person of interest but before that of course they didn't know where he was going.

it was possible he was going to another parade so some of it was initially a safety decision on the part of these other suburbs that had later in the day fourth ofjuly parade, which several dead. but i think it then itjust became a, you know, nobody was in the mood, it is as simple as that. it's sort of agreement that day. if you think about it, the kids of highland park in thejuly the 4ths going forward, this memory will take a great deal of excising from that community so next year what is going to be on peoples minds onjuly the fourth is going to be this incident. crosstalk. you make a good point, it is now unfortunately part of an adversary of sadness, isn't it, which is the last thing people want to deal with. an american plague is howjb pritzker called it, and i guess they will be a lot of people who would share that view these days? it would share that view these da s? , would share that view these das? , ., ., days? it is unavoidable. i don't know _ days? it is unavoidable. i don't know how - days? it is unavoidable. i don't know how any - days? it is unavoidable. i. don't know how any rational

person could not have any different view. it does feel like some of these shooters, they deliberately are picking these targets that are designed to be as terrific as possible. obviously i am thinking about the elementary school in texas and now, which of course targeted children, and in fact children were targeted here too. we know this is a family parade. one of the victims at least was a young kid. they were traumatised, and it's almost as if it's notjust shooters, it is like they are picking these moments to cause the maximum shock and maximum hurt, and i think it is causing amazing anger. it has certainly done that, thank you for that, chris jones from thank you for that, chrisjones from chicago tribune. let's move on to ukraine. president putin has ordered his forces to push ahead with their offensive in eastern ukraine, after seizing control of the entire luhansk region, following the withdrawal of ukranian troops from lysycha nsk.

russian troops are now stepping up their bombardment of cities in the donetsk region, including slovyansk, where at least six people were killed over the weekend, according to the city's mayor. our correspondentjonathan beale has been with ukrainian forces as they try to counter the renewed assault. shouting explosion ukraine's artillery lines were still firing, even as their troops were pulling out of nearby lysychansk. it's been an organised, not a chaotic retreat, it's been an organised, not a chaotic, retreat, ukraine says to ensure their troops can fight another day. this unit has been relying on mostly old, soviet—era artillery. still waiting for more western weapons to arrive. they've helped co—ordinate the fallback from this command bunker to new lines of defence. speaks ukrainian

more modern technology, like us—provided communications, has helped them target russian armour. the smoke is from your artillery? the commander says they're making sure every round counts, but there are so many targets. listen carefully to the odds stacked against them. translation: there is at least five times more russian - artillery here than what we have, or even up to 10 times more. daily, we pinpoint up to 169 enemy positions that are active, all at the same time. ukraine's forces had already left lysycha nsk when the russians walked in, claiming to be liberators. they'd surrounded the city. they're now targeting neighbouring donetsk region. this, the aftermath of their strikes on the city of sloviansk over the weekend. and this was sloviansk today.

distant explosions the sound of artillery getting ever closer. russia's forces are still advancing here in the donbas. they've already taken key cities and are now targeting the next line of ukraine's defences, including the city of sloviansk. the question, outnumbered and outgunned, can ukraine's forces stop them? nearby kramatorsk has also been hit. a few months ago, when i was last here, the streets were still busy. now, they're mostly deserted. the mayor says this month could be make or break for ukraine's defence of the donbas, and he says it all depends on the west providing more heavy weapons. look, without weapons, you are not able, and you will not be able to stop russians, without enough weapons, because without weapons and only with kalashnikovs, it's not possible to win. and it's not possible to stop artillery, and it's not possible to stop the missile attack we had last weekend.

some western military support has arrived. more is on its way, but not yet in the quantities ukraine says it needs. barricades of earth will do little to stop the russian advance. jonathan beale, bbc news, in the donbas. over the weekend, the city of belgorod, not far from the border with ukraine, was hit by what russia says was a missile strike. it was the first time the city had been damaged since the start of the war. but, as our russia editor steve rosenberg found out, few of the people there are linking the two events. the kremlin promised its special operation in ukraine would make russia safer, but in belgorod, there's little sign of safer. explosion this was the city early on sunday. russia accused ukraine of a missile attack. ukrainian officials deny it.

wailing but at least four civilians were killed in an explosion. and many buildings were damaged. this is not destruction on the scale of ukraine, where thousands of civilians have been killed since russia invaded. but there is anger here. "we should have fired a missile right back at kyiv," this man says. "that would've made them think." i ask this woman if this has happened before. "what, in the city centre? of course not," she says. "we need to take harsher measures." i've been wondering, why is it that so many people here don'tjoin the dots? they don't make the connection between russia invading ukraine and their lives here becoming less safe. i think it's partly because the russian state media does all it can to prevent

those dots from being joined in people's minds. but also, many russians simply don't want to believe that their country started this, that russia is the aggressor. choir singing. but now, a call for peace from the orthodox church. the metropolitan of belgorod has issued a statement, saying it's time to turn towards into ploughshares, and that he's praying for an end to the bloodshed in ukraine that has now come to russian homes, too. prayers are one thing. the political will to make peace — well, that's another. steve rosenberg, bbc news, belgorod. you are watching bbc news. do stay with us. still to come: high—speed horticulture — we'll tell you about the motorsport

that is really grassroots. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they've pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated. celebration parties were cancelled. a man entered the palace i through a downstairs window and made his way— to the queen's private bedroom. then, he asked her for a cigarette. - and, on the pretext - of arranging for some to be brought, summoned a footman on duty, i who took the man away. one child... ..one teacher... ..one book... ..and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. applause

welcome back to bbc news. the main story this hour: police in chicago arrest a suspect following a mass shooting at a july the fourth parade. six people are killed. sri lanka is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis, according to the united nations. many of its 22 million inhabitants are struggling to get enough to eat. a situation many blame on economic mismanagement, made worse by the effects of the pandemic on tourism. rajini vaidya nathan reports. facing a fragile future. families in sri lanka are living in times of uncertainty. baby augustia was born prematurely, every day of her life marked by a worsening economic crisis.

translation: we couldn't afford normal food when i i was pregnant. i couldn't even buy medicines. sometimes, we adjusted by eating one meal a day. things are very expensive. hospitals across sri lanka are running out of medicines and equipment to treat patients. foreign currency to pay for essential imports is running low. you don't know how many times we cried, actually, because we were very upset to see some important medicines were lacking, and because of that, the patients' lives were in danger. we need more and more donations and we are completely dependent on donations for now. it's notjust medicines they're desperately in need of, but food. as this economic crisis continues to bite, they're turning to hand—outs. this community kitchen started just a month ago. now, it's serving hundreds. for many, it's the only meal

they'll eat all day. translation: we're here because we're hungry. - i'm trying to feed my children. my husband is a labourer. we cannot afford to live on his small salary. food prices went up by 80% injune. basic fruit and veg is becoming a luxury. normally, a market like this in colombo would be packed on a weekend afternoon. but traders here say that people can't afford the fuel to get here, nor can they afford the prices once they arrive. just to give you an idea, when i started covering this crisis in april, the price of a small apple like this had already tripled since the start of the year. now it's gone up by five times. so, this has become really expensive? it's forced maria to buy less on her weekly shop. the un says that more than two thirds of sri lankans have cut down on food since the start of the year. how bad could things get?

we're trying to avoid a humanitarian crisis. we're not yet at children dying, which is good, but we need to get the support very urgently to avoid that. these families in colombo, among those feeling this crisis most. the city's mayor says the capital could run out of food by september, warning that the worst is yet to come. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. in afghanistan, an all—male gathering this weekend of more than 4,500 taliban leaders and clerics has been criticised for not addressing the question of when girls can return to secondary school. it's been nearly 10 months since the taliban stopped teenage girls from attending secndary education, making afghanistan the only country in the world to enforce such a policy. yalda hakim has been to a secret school, where girls are taking matters

into their own hands. hidden away on the outskirts of kabul, a secret school. around 60 girls usually come here daily, desperate to learn. today only a handful show up, afraid of our cameras and worried about their identities being revealed. they've been locked out of their classrooms for almost 300 days by the taliban. simply because of their gender. despite the risks and fear, these brave girls tell me they have no choice but to take matters into their own hands. they are nervous to speak about their new rulers. translation: it's speak about their new rulers. translation:— translation: it's cruel not 0 en translation: it's cruel not open schools _ translation: it's cruel not open schools for _ translation: it's cruel not open schools for girls. - translation: it's cruel not open schools for girls. we i translation: it's cruel not. open schools for girls. we have as much right to learn as boys

do. it would be cruel of the taliban not to allow us to return to our schools. their teacher. — return to our schools. their teacher. as _ return to our schools. their teacher, as defiant - return to our schools. their teacher, as defiant as - return to our schools. their teacher, as defiant as her l teacher, as defiant as her students, is determined to help them. translation: we students, is determined to help them. translation:— students, is determined to help them. translation: we can't be in a situation _ them. translation: we can't be in a situation where _ them. translation: we can't be in a situation where we _ them. translation: we can't be in a situation where we go - them. translation: we can't be in a situation where we go back. in a situation where we go back centuries. we should be moving forward and uplift others. we want support for those who want to get educated. education is a basic right and we should not be denied this. but basic right and we should not be denied this.— be denied this. but they are also well — be denied this. but they are also well aware _ be denied this. but they are also well aware that - be denied this. but they are also well aware that this - be denied this. but they are also well aware that this is l be denied this. but they are i also well aware that this is no replacement to formal education. back in march, it seems schools were finally about to reopen. but hours after girls started to arrive, the defector authorities announced they needed to go back home. this sudden change in policy left millions devastated. a recent gathering of more than a500 clerics,

elders and taliban leaders was held to tackle the biggest issues facing afghanistan. girls' education and women's rights early rated dimension. this person was one of only two mac scholars who called for girls to be allowed to go back to school. is it under stomach that he taliban are burning girls from school? translation: it is under stomach to bad girls or boys from school. the taliban flows they aren't against education and they say that open schools soon —— unislamic. that open schools soon -- unislamic.— that open schools soon -- unislamic. since the taliban sub'ect unislamic. since the taliban subject to — unislamic. since the taliban subject to power, _ unislamic. since the taliban subject to power, the - unislamic. since the taliban subject to power, the lives l unislamic. since the taliban | subject to power, the lives of women and girls has changed dramatically. literally overnight. there is now growing concern in afghanistan and internationally that if the taliban continued to deny them their basic rights, the future of millions of girls and women will remain bleak.

yalda hakim reporting there. this is certainly shaping up to be quite a summer of sport. wimbledon is well under way and the european women's football championship starts on wednesday. we have the jewel in the sporting crown now. it's an event that's been taking place in a field in south—west england — as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. this is where horticulture meets motor racing. a sort of high—speed gardening, if you well. how else can you put it then ready, steady, mo? —— mow. these are the lawnmower world championships, an annual event dating back nearly half a century. it would be an awful lot of cut grass except they take place to be on the safe side. ., ., . ., ,

side. there are enough crazy --eole side. there are enough crazy people out — side. there are enough crazy people out there _ side. there are enough crazy people out there who - side. there are enough crazy people out there who want i side. there are enough crazy| people out there who want to jump people out there who want to jump on a mower, tweak it up and go hurtling around a field during the summer months, and long may it last. during the summer months, and long may it last-— long may it last. there are vafious long may it last. there are various different _ long may it last. there are| various different categories long may it last. there are . various different categories of lawnmower. some are bigger than others. this is fundamentally a very egalitarian kind of sport. it doesn't drive like anything you've ever driven before so you've ever driven before so you've got a letter from scratch. all the engines of the same, the equipment is pretty much all the same, everyone is on a level. much all the same, everyone is on a level-— on a level. the weather wasn't ideal but over _ on a level. the weather wasn't ideal but over the _ on a level. the weather wasn't ideal but over the course - on a level. the weather wasn't ideal but over the course of. ideal but over the course of two days, we witnessed some pretty high endurance lawnmower. this is a grassroots motorsport. quite literally. tim allman, bbc news. tim allman taking a shortcut at the lawnmower championships. if

you want to see more on the stories we have covered, go to a website: bbc.com/news. i'm david eades. hello there. many of us were chasing cloud amounts around on monday, but the thickest cloud that brought some rain at times, well, that was reserved for the far north—west of scotland. let's take a look at this weather watcher picture from highland around lunchtime on monday. the best of the breaks in the cloud, the best of the sunshine and the warmth was in kent in the south—east — 2a celsius, 75 fahrenheit. and it looks likely that that weather pattern will stay with us for a few days. higher pressure is trying to build in from the south—west, toppling across the high, these weather fronts that will always continue to introduce a little bit more cloud and some showery outbreaks of rain as the afternoon continues into western scotland and northern ireland. the cloud thick enough for some misty, damp conditions

across west facing coasts of wales and south—west england. so, the best of the sunshine certainly further east, and that's where the best of the warmth will be once again. 23—2a degrees not out of the question in the south—east corner. that bodes well for wimbledon. i suspect it's going to be another day of fine, dry, sunny weather — very pleasant for both players and spectators. but it does mean where we've got the best of the sunshine, we're still looking at pretty high, if not very high pollen across the majority of england and wales and even into southern scotland as well. let's look further ahead. not that much in the way of change, in actual fact. this weather front will bring more significant rain on tuesday into wednesday, but it will also allow for some more warmth and more humidity to develop, particularly in the far south—east corner. so, we start to see those temperatures perhaps widely into the mid—20s, maybe eventually getting a little bit higher. there'll be some nuisance rain just clinging onto the far north—west of scotland, more cloud along those west facing coasts once again. england and wales seeing the best

of the sunshine and, again, the best of the warmth, so we can't rule out 2a or 25 degrees — that's 77 fahrenheit. we're almost stuck in repeat mode because as we move towards the end of the working week, that high pressure is still with us, still sitting out to the south—west, so it shouldn't get too extremely hot. but we still have the risk of weather fronts toppling across that high and still producing the risk of more cloud in the north, but at the same time, temperatures are likely to peak into the high 20s, and there's a lot of dry weather to look out for. take care.

this is bbc news — the headlines: us police say they've detained a suspect after a mass shooting at a july the fourth parade in a chicago suburb, which killed at least six people. officers said a 22—year—old male was taken into custody following a brief car pursuit. more than 30 others were injured in the shooting. the focus of russia's advance in eastern ukraine is expected to shift to the donetsk region after kyiv withdrew its forces from its last foothold in neighbouring luhansk. an adviser to the ukrainian defence ministry said the retreat from lysychansk had been a tactical redeployment to new defensive lines. sri lanka is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis, according to the un. many of its 22 million inhabitants are struggling to get enough to eat. fuel is running out and medicines are in desperately

short supply. the government has run out of hard currency