this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: ten people have been killed in a mass shooting east of los angeles. the suspect is still at large. labour 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. senior government ministers defend the bbc chairman's appointment. i know that he is an incredibly accomplished and incredibly successful individual who brings a wealth of experience with him. that is why he was appointed to chairmanship of the bbc. 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. police say ten people have been killed in a mass shooting on the outskirts of los angeles. the attack happened as thousands of people gathered to celebrate the lunar new year in monterey park, which is around 7 miles east of los angeles city centre. the area is home to a large asian community. at least 10 people have been injured and the suspect is still at large. los angeles sheriff's office gave this update just a little earlier. when officers arrived on scene they observed numerous individuals, patrons of the location, pouring out of the location, screaming. the officers made entry to the location and located

additional victims. the monterey park fire department responded to the scene and treated the injured, and pronounced ten of the victims deceased at the scene. there were at least ten additional victims who were 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 motive goes, it's 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. what we know is this does not seem to have ties to the lunar new year celebration that happened at monterey park. i was just at the celebration already on saturday afternoon where tens of thousands gathered to celebrate lunar new year. this does not appear to have been related to that.

it appeared to happen at a dance studio nearby where a gunman came in with what an eyewitness described as a machine gun or a semi—automatic gun, and fired multiple rounds at people who were mostly asian americans, from what we've heard from eyewitness. i talked to a restaurant owner across the street from where the shooting happened. we described to me that three people had come in rushing 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 and the guy told me that about ten minutes afterwards somebody fled in a car. tell me more, if you can, but the celebrations taking place this evening. how busy would this area have been?

this area would have been big, really busy, i was there around six �*o clock on a personal capacity to visit the celebrations. monterey park is what is known as america's first suburban china town because it's where many chinese and taiwanese american immigrants first come together and build their american lives here. so lunar new year is a big celebration, a big event. we haven't had it for a few years because of the pandemic, so i saw tens of thousands of people there. thankfully, in a sense, by 9pm the celebrations were wrapping up. so all the booths and everything kind of closed down and the shooting appears to have happened at 10:30pm. so there was that gap for an hour or so which could have prevented further casualties in the area. if you want to find out more on this developing story, you are more than welcome to go to our website, our

live page, it will give you the very latest. what we know now is that monterey park city authorities have cancelled the rest of the lunar new year festival, cancelled the rest of the lunar new yearfestival, it cancelled the rest of the lunar new year festival, it was scheduled to carry on today. they say that although the shooting didn't happen at the event, an active investigation is currently under way and the area near and around the festival is affected, they say the decision was taken as a precaution for everyone�*s safety. it has been difficult to get information from the ground on the story, there is a lot we still don't know, motive, whether or not the attacker is still at large, police say the attacker is potentially still at large right now, but the information we do have so far is that at least ten people have died and a further ten have been injured in this shooting in monterey park. the foreign secretary has insisted the bbc chairman, richard sharp,

was appointed on merit — amid reports he was recommended for the job weeks after helping arrange a loan guarantee for the then—prime minister, borisjohnson. james cleverly said mr sharp was an "incredibly successful" individual and deserved the role. labour wants a parliamentary inquiry. our 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, was 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. meanwhile borisjohnson 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. mrjohnson said he was invited by the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, saying it was a privilege to visit again. 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. i began by asking him why it was such a big problem for president biden and to explain it in legal terms. 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. he's received a unanimous

endorsement by the party's mps — 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. 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. this is bbc news, these are our latest headlines. ten people have been killed in a mass shooting east of los angeles. the suspect is still at large. labour 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. senior government ministers defend the bbc chairman's appointment. 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. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. the australian open has delivered its most shock—filled day as the quarter finals take shape in melbourne. world number one and top seed iga swiatek has been knocked out,

beaten by wimbledon champion elena rybakkina in straight sets. i elena rybakkina in straight sets. think it's going to for i think it's going to be motivating for me and i am pretty sure that i am going to play in the next tournament with something to focus on and something to work on and i think i'm going to go forwards. seventh seed coco gauff also lost to latvianjelena 0stapenko. and the american teenager was disappointed she couldn't do more against the french open champion of 2017. i still feel good, i still feel like i still feel good, i still feel like i have — i still feel good, i still feel like i have improved a lot, when you play a player— i have improved a lot, when you play a player like — i have improved a lot, when you play a player like her and she plays really— a player like her and she plays really well, there is nothing you can do— really well, there is nothing you can do and _ really well, there is nothing you can do and i feel like today, i wouldn't _ can do and i feel like today, i wouldn't say nothing, because every man should — wouldn't say nothing, because every man should play a part in, but i feel like — man should play a part in, but i feel like it _ man should play a part in, but i feel like it was rough. so it's a little _ feel like it was rough. so it's a little bit — feel like it was rough. so it's a little bit frustrating on that part. the highest seed left in the men's draw stefanos tsitsipas survived a comeback from jannik sinner. the greek player had been two sets up but was forced to a decider which he won 6—3 after four

hours on court. canada's felix auger—aliassime seeded sixth, was knocked out by world number 71jiri lehecka. sebastian korda beat tenth seeded pole hubert hurkacz. the american, whose father peter won the event 25 years ago is into his first grand slam quarterfinal. he's come close against big names before and says that experience has helped him. i had ihada i had a tough match with ravel the dell, serving forward, and i think that helped me especially the last match. —— rafael nadal. and then today as well all those little moments that i have gone through, just learning from them, staying patient and staying positive, just going through the process. leaders arsenal face the only team that have beaten them in the premier league so far this season later. manchester united are at the emirates hoping to go third in the table themselves and help manchester city,

who also play today. and as we reach the half way point of the season... not many would have predicted both arsenal and united to be in the title race. i think the premier league and this moment develops and we have six, seven teams who all finally can win the league, because there are so many investments, when you have the right philosophy, strategy, i think many more clubs can compete for positions, for the top positions in the league. arsenal against manchester united, one of three games this weekend, thatis one of three games this weekend, that is all the sports an hour. 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 a thousand 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". 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. 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 kid, go around like wishing people, there are, like, specific chinese greetings that you can use, you give them oranges, and then in return they offer you the red packet. then you just stash them all away. if you show up at a gathering and then you've kind of count all your red packages, the amount in your red 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.

it's 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. i think it is a form of respect. previously as a kid, i growing up, let's say that say it was a distant relative, i that say it was a distant relative, i would _ that say it was a distant relative, i would receive _ that say it was a distant relative, i would receive about _ that say it was a distant relative, i would receive about $2, - that say it was a distant relative, i would receive about $2, now. that say it was a distant relative, i would receive about $2, now iti i would receive about $2, now it seems _ i would receive about $2, now it seems like _ i would receive about $2, now it seems like a _ i would receive about $2, now it seems like a market— i would receive about $2, now it seems like a market rate - i would receive about $2, now it seems like a market rate is - i would receive about $2, now it seems like a market rate is $6, | i would receive about $2, now it - seems like a market rate is $6, now you think— seems like a market rate is $6, now you think is _ seems like a market rate is $6, now you think is that — seems like a market rate is $6, now you think is that i— seems like a market rate is $6, now you think is that i might _ seems like a market rate is $6, now you think is that i might i'm - seems like a market rate is $6, now you think is that i might i'm going . you think is that i might i'm going to give _ you think is that i might i'm going to give to — you think is that i might i'm going to give to someone _ you think is that i might i'm going to give to someone i _ you think is that i might i'm going to give to someone i barely- you think is that i might i'm goingi to give to someone i barely know? so i accumulate and i give back to them again to make everybody happy. are you giving more, then? yes, a bit more than what i used to give to them. just to make everyone happy.

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. the uk steel industry, which supports thousands ofjobs, is "a whisker away from collapse" according to the unite union. the union has written to the business secretary calling for an urgent meeting after accusing the government of taking little action to support the sector. the government said the success of the steel industry is a priority. buckingham palace has announced some of the events to celebrate the king's coronation in may, spanning the weekend and extra bank holiday. they'll include a procession to and from westminster abbey, lets find out more. it will be 70 years since the nation at last witness to the coronation of a british monarch, that was in a british monarch, that was in a

british monarch, that was in 1953. monica, travelling in the gold coronation coach, was of course the late queen elizabeth. 0nce coronation coach, was of course the late queen elizabeth. once again, for the coronation of king charles iii, there will be a procession from buckingham palace to westminster abbey. no route has so far been disclosed, common sense suggests it will be down the mall to zhivago square and then via vital to the abbey. there will be a second, larger procession after the service which will take the newly crowned king and queen consort back to the palace where they will appear on the palace balcony. the first such appearance since last year's platinum jubilee of the late queen. no details of the coronation service have been given, they are still under review. 0n have been given, they are still under review. on sunday the 7th of may there will be the coronation big lunch, an opportunity for communities to organise their own street parties. then that evening, at windsor castle, there will be a special coronation concert, produced and broadcast live abide with the bbc. 0nce and broadcast live abide with the bbc. once again, it will echo the jubilee, according to the palace it

will bring together global music icons and contemporary styles. there will also be an appearance by the coronation choir, drawn from community choirs across the uk. they will be a national ballad, tickets to be organised by the bbc. 0n to be organised by the bbc. on monday the 8th of may, a public holiday, there will be something called the big help out, a day when people across the uk will be encouraged to volunteer and join groups like the scouts, the royal voluntary service, in support of the local community. 0verall, voluntary service, in support of the local community. overall, the palace says the king and queen consort hoped the coronation weekend will give people an opportunity to celebrate with families, friends and their local communities here in britain and across the commonwealth. that's it for me, you can reach me on twitter, do get in touch, but you stay with us on the bbc, goodbye.

hello. it was another morning of weather contrasts across the uk. we saw temperatures this morning start the day around minus 10 in parts of 0xfordshire, but at the very same moment, we're looking almost to plus 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 minus five, minus six 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 three to five 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. labour 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. senior government ministers defend the bbc chairman's appointment. i know that he is an incredibly accomplished and successful individual who brings a wealth of experience with him, that is why he was appointed to chairmanship of the bbc. investigators seize more classified documents

from president biden�*s home in the us state of delaware.