this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories: ten people have been killed in a mass shooting east of los angeles. the suspect is still at large. the uk labour party calls for a parliamentary investigation into claims the chairman of the bbc helped boris johnson secure a financial loan while he was serving as prime minister. investigators seize more classified documents from president biden�*s home in the us state of delaware. at an emotional meeting in new zealand, jacinda ardern hands over the leadership of her party — and country — to chris hipkins.

ten people have been killed in a shooting near los angeles during the lunar new year celebrations. the mass shooting happened in monterey park, around seven miles east of los angeles city centre. tens of thousands of people had attended the festival earlier in the day. at least 10 people have been injured and the suspect is still at large. has given this update. when officers arrived on scene they observed numerous individuals, pageant of the location pouring out the . ., pageant of the location pouring out the ., ,. . the location, screaming. the officers made _ the location, screaming. the officers made entry - the location, screaming. the officers made entry and - the location, screaming. the officers made entry and is i the location, screaming. the - officers made entry and is located additional victims. the monterey park fire department rebounded to the scene entry treated the injured and pronounced ten of the victim is deceased at the scene. there were at

least ten additional victims that are transported to numerous local hospitals and are listed in various conditions from stable to critical. the suspect fled the scene and remains outstanding. as far as motives go, too early in the investigation to know what the motive is, no description on the suspect at this time. earlier i spoke tojeong park, reporter for the los angeles times, who's at the scene. he gave me the latest. at this time we don't know if this has ties to the celebration. i was a this afternoon where tens of thousands gather to celebrate new year. this does not appear to have been related to that, in fact it happened at a dance studio nearby where a gunman came in with what in ibiza is described as a machine gun,

or semiautomatic gun. —— mike watt and eyewitness described as. i talked to someone from across the street from where the shooting happened, he had described to me that three people had come in to the restaurant and told the restaurant owner to lock the door because there was a guy with a machine gun who was coming and who was in the area. the guy told me that about ten minutes afterwards somebody fled in a car, i do not believe we know what happened to the suspect at the moment, but we are still trying to get more information about what happened last night here in monterey park. [30 we night here in monterey park. do we know any more _ night here in monterey park. do we know any more about _ night here in monterey park. do we know any more about the _ night here in monterey park. do we know any more about the perpetrator, where he or she is, whether they are in custody?—

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down and the shooting appears to have happened around 10:30pm. so there was that gap for an hour or so, which could have prevented further casualties in the area. the bbc website has all the very latest on this developing story, you can go there for more information on what we know so far. let's move on now and talk about uk politics. the main opposition, labour party, in britain, has reported the former conservative prime minister, borisjohnson, to a parliamentary standards watchdog, over what it calls a �*quagmire of sleaze'. it follows reports that the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, helped to arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to $990,000 — weeks before the then—prime minister, recommended him for the role.

the bbc chairman denies any conflict of interest. a spokesman for mrjohnson said he had never sought, or received, financial advice from mr sharp. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake has more. richard sharp was appointed as chairman of the bbc injanuary 2021. it is a role chosen jointly between the prime minister of the day and the culture secretary in government, and the sunday times is reporting today that, weeks before that appointment, richard sharp, long a friend of the former prime minister borisjohnson, helped him get access to a loan of up to £800,000, and he did that through meeting with a distant cousin of mrjohnson, a wealthy canadian businessman, called sam blyth, who was proposing to act as a guarantor for that loan. he was later put in touch by richard sharp with the cabinet secretary, the most senior official in government, simon case. that, as far as richard sharp is saying in a short statement he's issued, is the end of it. he simply connected individuals.

the sunday times says he didn't declare any of that when he was applying for the job and indeed appointed for the role of bbc chairman and that raises what some see as a conflict of interest. borisjohnson's spokesperson has dismissed the story saying he never sought financial advice from mr sharp or received it and all of his financial affairs are properly declared. the bbc have said it is a matter for the government. until this morning we had had no government response, but the foreign secretary james cleverly, has been speaking on sunday with laura kuenssberg this morning here on bbc news and he was asked if this looked like borisjohnson was doing a favour for his friend. he acknowledged that perception was important but defended the appointment of richard sharp. i've only seen the details that you've seen in the papers overnight — i've not had the chance to discuss this with any of the people that have been involved. i have met richard, and i spoke

with him with relation to the bbc world service, which is of course an incredibly important voice internationally, and one, of course, where the foreign, commonwealth & development office has a direct interest. but i know that he is an incredibly accomplished, incredibly successful individual who brings a wealth of experience with him. that is why he was appointed to chairmanship of the bbc. labour have called for an investigation. they have written to the parliamentary commissioner for standards suggesting borisjohnson may have broken the rules here. they are also keeping pressure up on the government over another big political issue of the day, and that is the conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi's tax affairs. he put out a statement yesterday admitting he paid a settlement to hmrc but did not say how much he'd paid or whether he had paid a penalty on top of taxes owed, which had previously been reported. the shadow chancellor achel reeves, again speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning, was asked if all politicians in government should publish details of their taxes.

we have got a situation now in the conservative party- where you have the chairman, l who used to be the chancellor, who it looks like has been fined £1 million or more for not - paying his taxes. you have a deputy prime minister who is being investigated - for bullying claims, - and you have got a former prime minister who, it is alleged, l had his extravagant lifestyle funded by a donor who was facilitated - by the current chairman of the bbc, who incidentally got that job just . after facilitating that arrangement. labour asking further questions of nadhim zahawi and the prime minister over all of that. it seems rishi sunak is satisfied with nadhim zahawi's account but there are some conservative mps, notably in the former leader, iain duncan smith, saying he should put all the information out there, go further and clear this up.

he doesn't suggest he is being deceitful but it does suggest the pressure on nadhim zahawi will stay for him to go further and explain more about this dispute over his taxes. joe biden's personal lawyer has revealed that six more classified documents have been found in the president's home in delaware. a search byjustice department officials took place on friday, without the presence of the president, or the first lady. it's the latest in a series of discoveries that has already led to a special counsel investigation. earlier i spoke to scott lucas — professor of us politics at university college dublin. he gave his reaction. it's not actually a big legal problem forjoe biden, but i'll explain why it's being presented as such injust a second. let's put the case in context. you have 25 to 30 classified documents that have been discovered at an archive connected with biden at the university of pennsylvania and at biden's home in delaware.

when those documents were discovered, the first set in november, the lawyers forjoe biden immediately cooperated with the federal authorities. they did so again after a further search injanuary revealed about a handful of documents at biden's home. and they've done so again this week. in other words, they're doing a systematic review of any property connected with biden, to sweep up any classified document that might be there because the classification mark was not removed, or because it got mixed in with unclassified documents. now, why do i say that's not really a legal problem for biden? compare that with the legal problem for donald trump. when 325 documents, at least classified, wound up at trump's mar a lago home in florida. at least 60 of them are top secret documents. and for 15 months, and this is the key here, trump and his staff

refused to cooperate with the federal authorities to turn over all the documents. so on the one hand, you have the process in the case ofjoe biden being rightly played out to retrieve those classified documents and to find out why they got mixed in with other unclassified documents. and on the other hand, you have a former president who is being accused of obstructing justice while effectively taking top secret material to florida. so what you're saying is any equivalence that has been made between the two is false equivalence? absolutely false equivalence. but this is politics. so what happens is, is that the trumpist camp and indeed a lot of republicans will spin this as being equivalent. indeed, they'll say the real story is biden, because not only do they want to undercut biden, they want to divert from trump, they want to distract from trump, who, of course, faces multiple legal cases, notjust the classified document cases, but already has had the trump organisation convicted and indeed fined $1.7 million this month. trump faces criminal charges or potential criminal charges

in connection with election manipulation, including in a case in georgia. and he faces a fine of up to $250 million over his business practices in new york state. new zealand's outgoing prime minister, jacinda adern, has handed over the leadership of the governing labour party to her successor, chris hipkins. at an emotional meeting in the capital, wellington, the party's mps unanimously endorsed mr hipkins, avoiding the need for a party leadership contest. mr hipkins faces a general election in october which polls indicate labour could struggle to win — depite that — he's in an upbeat mood. this is the biggest privilege and the biggest responsibility of my life. i am energised and excited by the challenge that lies ahead. new zealand is the greatest little country in the world and i have dedicated my working life to the service of our people and to making it even better. earlier i spoke to phil mercer —

our correspondent in sydney — who told me the new pm needs to hit the ground running. big shoes to fill. chris hipkins replacing jacinda ardern who announced that shock resignation on thursday. so chris hipkins will be formally unveiled as new zealand's new prime minister on wednesday, facing a general election in october of this year. nowjacinda ardern had immense star power as prime minister, but that lustre had been fading, according to opinion polls. jacinda ardern's popularity fading it would seem, along with the governing labour party. so the party now is resetting. it has a new leader taking it in to the election later this year. and chris hipkins, who oversaw new zealand's very uncompromising approach to covid—19, essentially turning new zealand into a fortress at the height of the pandemic, now has the task

of convincing voters that he is the man to again lead a new government come that election later this year. the man himself says that he will bring stable and strong government to new zealand's, but of course later this year of five million or the country of five million, people will ultimately have their say as to whether they think chris hipkins is up to the job. a senior adviser to india's information ministry says it has ordered youtube and twitter to block links to a bbc documentary about the prime minister, narendra modi. the documentary — titled india: the modi question — examines mr modi's failure to prevent deadly religious riots in gujarat when he was chief minister of the state in 2002. more than 1,000 people, mostly muslims, died in the violence. the bbc said the film was rigorously researched and the indian government chose not to respond to the issues raised. the indian government described

the film as "hateful propaganda". the former uk prime minister boris johnson has made an unannounced visit to ukraine to show his ongoing support to the ukrainian government. he was in the kyiv suburb of borodianka this morning. sweden's prime minister has condemned as "deeply disrespectful" the burning of a copy of the koran in stockholm. protestors have set the swedish flag alight in ankara and turkey has described the burning of the islamic holy book as a vile act. the anti—muslim demonstration in stockholm was organised by a far—right politician, and took place in front of the turkish embassy. ankara has cancelled a planned visit by the swedish defence minister. in the uk, the business secretary has written to energy suppliers to demand they stop forcing households onto more expensive prepayment metres. grant shapps said suppliers should instead offer more support to customers who are struggling to pay their bills. under 0fgem rules forced switching to prepayment must only

ever be a last resort. earlier i spoke to dr elizabeth blakelock, the citizens advice bureau's principle policy manager. she welcomed today's development. what we've seen here in gb is an incredibly welcome intervention by the government and because there's a type of way of paying for your energy here where you have to top up a meter before you can use your energy and your global watchers will have to hear that from me, because it's an incredibly unusual way to pay for your energy when you look at it globally. so what that means is you have to walk to a shop or some people can use their phone at home to pay for their energy before they use it. now, of course, what we have here is a huge cost of living crisis where people are really struggling to pay their bills, particularly their energy bills. and what that means is that people are just unable to put money onto their meters, so they're unable to use energy in their home.

even the real basics like being able to run their fridge or be able to put their kettle on to make a cup of tea. we're seeing an incredibly high number of people who just can't afford to top up these meters, which is why it's so welcome to here this intervention by government to make sure that people aren't forced to use this way of paying for their energy. and it's important to reiterate that people who are forced onto these pre—payment meters often then just can't absolutely cannot afford to even heat their homes in freezing cold temperatures. that's right. so i'm in norwich today, it's a very icy day and of course we know there's a huge amount of pressure at the moment on the national health service. people need to be able to heat their home, to be able to use electricity, to put the lights on, to be warm, to be safe and to be healthy. and what that means is that we need the energy firms to listen to this call to action from the government and make sure that new people aren't forced onto this way of paying for their energy, yhey�*re not forced

onto prepayment meters. but what would also like to see here is that people who already have prepayment meters is that they can keep using energy. so energy companies say, don't they, that these are a last resort. do you accept that argument? it's true that the regulations are very strict and say that it should only be a last resort. but i'm afraid our research and the number of people who are coming to citizens advice really struggling to top up their pre—payment so that there are many scenarios where it is not the last resort and that energy firms should be doing far more to make sure that the person in that home can afford that energy before they have a prepayment meter. we need to make sure that whatever comes next, energy firms are doing more notjust to prevent new people from moving onto prepayment meters, but those people who are already using a way of paying have the support that they need and can use energy in their home.

millions of people around the world are welcoming in the year of the rabbit, as the lunar new year celebrations begin. the event kicks off a 15—day festival — and it's the first time since the pandemic began that it's been held without any travel restrictions in china. part of the tradition to mark the event is giving red envelopes filled with money. but with many facing cost of living pressures, are people giving less? so you go around visiting, you know, different relatives houses and then there'll be loads of people there. you do your rounds as a kit, go around like wishing people there, like specific chinese greetings that you can use, you give them oranges, and then in return they offer you the rate packet. ——red packet. then you just stash them all away. if you show up at a gathering and then you've kind of cut all your red packages, the amount in your packages, people are going to kind of realise it and it probably will not reflect

super well on you. for sure, 100%. unfortunately, our salaries do not rise accordingly with inflation, so i think it's about managing the dollars better. face is having one big thing. mint is what we call it in chinese. it's about having given the respect, giving the abundance. and if you do not have enough, it shows that you are lacking. so that's probably not how you would like to start the chinese new year with. so we believe in the tradition of giving. that's most important. for me, i won't change the amount that i will be giving. so i think it's a form of respect, at least to whoever i'm giving to. previously as a kid, growing up, let's say it's a distant . relative, i'll receive $2. right? but now the market rate seems to be like $6. - and it's like, wow, am.

i really going to give $6 to someone that i barely know? it's inflation. are you giving more? yes 'ust a it's inflation. are you giving more? yesiust a bit _ it's inflation. are you giving more? yesjust a bit more. _ it's inflation. are you giving more? yesjust a bit more. just _ it's inflation. are you giving more? yesjust a bit more. just make - yesjust a bit more. just make everyone _ yesjust a bit more. just make everyone happy. world—famous entertainers will perform at windsor castle as part of a weekend of celebrations for the coronation of king charles iii. the concert will be the day after the coronation and is expected to be a wide mix of music, dancing and a laser lightshow. the concert will be broadcast on the bbc on the 7th may featuring "global music icons", orchestras and a "coronation choir". we're used to seeing impressive special effects in some of hollywood's biggest blockbusters, but what if the technology could also be used to benefit our health? scientists have adapted the motion capture suits used in the film avatar to make the actors look like aliens — to track the progress of diseases in patients and help speed up the development of new drugs.

here's our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. it's very exciting. mm—hm. and you can see all the data's is coming in and being processed here by the ai. but why don't you try to shake hands with yourself? yanita is wearing a suit that records every one of her movements. there you are, it's slightly delayed... there is your hand. she has a rare genetic disorder that makes it progressively harder for her to move as she gets older. sensors on her suit send the data to a computer, which assesses how the disease is progressing. i'm very excited. i mean, it looks very futuristic. ifeel a bit like a robot. i think it will be amazing to be able to just put that on, even at home, and just be able to see your progression and how things are changing. the suit is professor aldo faisal�*s idea. his research shows that it can assess the severity of the disease in half the time a doctor could.

so we've developed a technology, an ai, that analyses human movement and understands it better than any doctor, but can also look at a patient on a 24/7 basis like no other doctor can. the benefit is that we can diagnose patients precisely, and monitor their progression in an unprecedented way. this family is our fortress... the idea was inspired by the motion—capture suits used in the film avatar to make actors look like aliens. hello. can i get a chicken katsu, please? in medical research, it can track a patient doing everyday things. sway in her upper body. now she is sitting down at the table... doctors can get much more reliable information than they can from test in the clinic. and he is now much more stable. the new technology has the potential to develop new drugs much more quickly and cheaply. currently, to test out an experiment or treatment, it needs to be tried out on at least 100 patients for around two years.

because the new system is much more accurate, only 15 patients are needed, for around six months. the motion—capture suit has also been able to predict the development of duchenne muscular dystrophy in children much more accurately than ever before. i believe that this new system will enable drug development to be accelerated, and novel therapies to reach patients much faster. so this will be a game—changer for drug development. the researchers say in the journal nature medicine that the new system could be used to test out the effectiveness of new drugs for any condition that affects movement — such as stroke, parkinson's, and heart disease, and could one day help patients such as yanita. pallab ghosh, bbc news. more on our website, from me and the

team, thanks for watching, stay with us on the bbc. hello. it was another morning of weather contrasts across the uk. we saw temperatures this morning start the day around —10 in parts of 0xfordshire, but at the very same moment, we're looking almost to +10 in northern ireland and western scotland. now, those temperature contrasts are going to exist over the next few days. the blue colours show where temperatures will be below average — the warmer oranges above average. it evens out a little bit later this week, but certainly across southern parts of england and south wales, it never gets particularly mild. now, over the next few days, though, rainfall will figure a bit across western scotland. but if i show you the animation for the week — good news for those areas hit by floods recently, not a huge amount of rain through many parts of england, wales and eastern scotland. rain today, in fact, also a bit hit and miss — southern scotland and around these irish sea coasts as we go into the afternoon, a few showers in the highlands,

but a bit brighter here compared with this morning. a bit of brightness to the north west of northern ireland — ten, 11 degrees. central and eastern parts of england, though — some lingering fog patches, sunshine for many, but where fog lingers, temperatures again won't get above freezing. and the fog returns tonight for some. elsewhere, plenty of cloud around, still some drizzle around these western coasts and hills, and those temperature contrasts again into tomorrow morning — start monday with temperatures maybe as low as —5, —6 through some rural parts of eastern england. now, as we go into tomorrow, this is the big picture — this is what's happening at the moment. high pressure's keeping the cold air locked in place to the south. around the northern edge of it's where we've got the milder air pushing in through scotland and northern ireland. again, could be a bit of a breeze for some developing through the day, but some breaks in the cloud — north—east scotland, north coast of northern ireland. bit more sunshine to parts of northern england and wales, as well as the south—west, compared with what we we'll see through today. a bit more cloud through parts of east anglia and the south—east, so a grey and cold day, and one or two lingering fog patches, but those temperature contrasts once more — just above freezing for some,

up to ten, 11 degrees for others. and with more of a westerly wind blowing as we go into tuesday across the north, we'll see temperatures climb further. some patchy rain to the west of scotland, admittedly — most places, though, will stay dry with a bit of sunshine at times across england, wales, eastern scotland. eastern scotland could see highs of 1a degrees, but notice — still only talking about 3—5 celsius at the highest across some parts of central and southern england. temperatures, though, will lift here a little bit later this week. a cloudy day on wednesday, some patchy rain, but sunshine more widely for the end of the week. that's how it's looking. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines... ten people have been killed in a mass shooting east of los angeles. the suspect is still at large. earlier thousands of people had gathered in the city of monterey park to celebrate the chinese new year. the uk labour party calls for a parliamentary investigation into claims the chairman of the bbc helped borisjohnson arrange a guarantor on a financial loan of £800,000 while he was serving as prime minister. investigators seize more classified documents from president biden's home in the us state of delaware during a 13—hour search. classified documents should be handed over to the national archive at the end of an administration. at an emotional meeting in new zealand, jacinda ardern hands

over the leadership of her party and country to chris hipkins.