this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm kasia madera. our top stories: a gunman is on the run after a mass shooting in los angeles that has left ten dead and a further ten injured. police say a motive isn't yet known. labour calls for a parliamentary investigation into claims the bbc chairman helped borisjohnson 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. that is why he was appointed to chairmanship of the bbc. former british prime minister boris johnson makes an unexpected visit

to kyiv to show support for the ukrainian government. he was invited by president volodymr zelensky, who he met with on the trip. president biden�*s personal lawyer says a further six classified documents have been found in the us president's home in delaware. more than a billion people have welcomed in the lunar new year, one of the world's biggest festivals. police in the us say a gunman is on the run after a mass shooting in los angeles. at least ten people have been killed and ten others have been wounded, some critically. the attack happened at a dance venue in monterey park around 7 miles east of los angeles city centre. eyewitnesses have described seeing a man entering the building and firing indiscriminately.

the motive for the attack isn't clear, but the area is home to a large asian community. david waddell reports. we are monitoring this live shot from just outside the city of monterey park civic centre, as you can see, where we expect the los angeles police department and the law enforcement officials to just brief us on this shooting in which ten people were killed at a ballroom dancing venue where earlier, people were celebrating the chinese new year. so we are keeping an eye on this potential press conference that is due to be imminent, but until then, let's get this report from david waddell. officers from the monterey park police department responded to a local business in the 100 block of west garvey avenue in the city of monterey park

regarding a "shots fired" call. local police responded to an urgent call, to find a large number of casualties. officers from the monterey park police department responded to a local business in the 100 block of w. garvey ave in the city of monterey park regarding a shots fired call. when officers arrived on scene they observed numerous individuals, patrons of the location, pouring out of the location, pouring out of the location, screaming. the officers made entry to the location and located additional victims. as yet, no motive has been suggested by the police. monterey park is a small city of about 60,000 people in los angeles county, just a few miles east of la city. a significant proportion of the population of asian heritage. the city's been dubbed the chinese beverly hills, hence why so many were out marking this key date in the chinese calendar. i had my headphones on at the time, but i did hear some sounds going off, and i was like...is it fireworks? i was like sad, because i thought

we are missing fireworks. and then i knew for a fact it was not fireworks when i heard the helicopter up above. because we never have helicopters around here. mass shootings have been a growing problem in the united states for many years. there were 167 such incidents last year alone, when four or more people were killed with firearms in public, not connected to "underlying criminal activity". the issue is extremely polarising many want to see greater the issue is extremely polarising. many want to see greater restrictions on access to firearms, whilst others are adamant that the second amendment right to bear arms means there should be no or very few restrictions to gun ownership. in california, the hunt for the killer goes on. no description has been offered and the suspect remains at large. britian�*s opposition labour is calling for parliament's standards watchdog to investigate claims in the sunday times that the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, helped borisjohnson secure a loan guarantee weeks before

the then—prime minister recommended him for the job at the corporation. mr sharp has denied any conflict of interest. a spokesman for mrjohnson said he had never sought or received any financial advice from richard sharp. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. as chairman of the bbc, richard sharp is responsible for upholding and protecting the broadcaster's independence. he was appointed injanuary 2021 by then prime minister borisjohnson and the culture secretary at the time. the sunday times reports that before that, mr sharp had helped borisjohnson get access to a loan of up to £800,000 by putting

a wealthy distant relative of the former prime minister, sam blythe, in touch with the most senior government official, cabinet secretary simon case. the report claims he did not declare this during his application to the bbc, but in a statement, mr sharp denied any conflict of interest, saying... this morning, the foreign secretary defended richard sharp's appointment. this morning, the foreign secretary defended richard sharp'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. but i have not had the chance to discuss any of the issues that were brought up today. before he was appointed as bbc chair, richard sharp was quizzed by mps about his political links. do you think it is appropriate that you should end up, as a massive tory donor, getting a job from a tory cabinet minister when you are friends with two members of the cabinet? first of all, i think that's an entirely legitimate question to ask. oh, thank you. then the answer is, really, on my merits, am i an appropriate candidate?

will i be able to do a good job? i think there is for you to judge, and that is for the panel tojudge. labour wanted investigation into whether borisjohnson broke parliamentary rules and say these revelations could have an impact on the bbc. it's pretty extraordinary, if someone who is running to be the chairman ends up acting as a broker to help the prime minister of the day out of whatever financial difficulties he was in. at the very least, that should all have been declared and brought into the open. a spokesman for borisjohnson said all of his financial arrangements had been properly declared and registered. the bbc says it has no role in the recruitment of the chair, and any questions are a matter for the government. jonathan blake with that report, and in the last hour, the government

blake with that report, and in the last hour, the government released a statement in — last hour, the government released a statement in response _ last hour, the government released a statement in response to _ last hour, the government released a statement in response to the - last hour, the government released a statement in response to the claims. | statement in response to the claims. they say... let's pick up on this. we can speak now to roger mosey, who's a former editorial director at the bbc. before we talk about the details the sunday times reporting, can i get your initial reaction to this? i think the problem is that appointments do seem to be political, and there is nothing new about that now, because the bbc has traditionally been appointed by governments to fit their own image. but clearly, whatever they say about

the appointment process, the fact you end up with someone who is a major donor to the conservative party and who appears to have been having dinner with borisjohnson at chequers, that that person gets the job when they have no broadcasting or hands—on editorialjournalistic or hands—on editorial journalistic experience, or hands—on editorialjournalistic experience, it does, i think, or hands—on editorialjournalistic experience, it does, ithink, at least raise an eyebrow. can you explain how that works, then? the bbc has issued a statement saying it categorically plays no role in the appointment of the chair and that is a question for the government. we have heard that richard sharp was appointed following a rigorous appointments process. how does it work in order to appoint a chairman of the bbc? i think two things can happen. one thing is that there is an allegedly independent appointment process run by good people, and then as the sunday times points out, and robert preston was reporting in november,

the prime minister had already decided he was going to be chairman of the bbc. so i do think we have this allegedly independent process, but i knew some people who were replying to be chair of the bbc and they were very, very good people, and yet you pick up the newspaper every day and discover that the culture secretary on the prime minister had a different idea, and of course, the original idea for chair of the bbc when richard sharp that it was that charles moore, lord moore, would have been chair of the bbc. so i think you can have this slightly mock process, i think i'm they come up with a candidate, but actually, really, it's down to the culture secretary to decide. at the heart of the bbc�*s impartiality and trust. how does this —— how does this look? well, the chairman is the person who was there on behalf of the public to safeguard the independence and integrity of the bbc, and richard sharp is clearly a talented man who has said and done some good things as bbc chair. but you need to be

impeccable. we are in a world in which all institutions are under challenge, and if you are leading an institution which is greatest institution which is the greatest public broadcaster in the world and you happen to come from a background giving money to the tory party and you have been out for dinner with borisjohnson, unfortunately, you will be hampered and trying to prove to the public that you are independent and impartial. richard sharp has said that there is no conflict—of—interest, that he was simply connecting people. just in terms of his position, roger, is it tenable? i terms of his position, roger, is it tenable? ~ ., , tenable? i think that is full richard sharpe _ tenable? i think that is full richard sharpe are - tenable? i think that is full richard sharpe are not - tenable? i think that is full richard sharpe are not for| tenable? i think that is full - richard sharpe are not for me. the lone dimension adds another element to it. but the bigger picture is that if you have this great organisation, the bbc, it would be better if the people living and had no known political affiliations and were completely independent. i used to sit on the board with the european broadcasting union when chris patton was chair of

the bbc, and it was actually the russians are used to make fun of us for the fact that there we were, the great public broadcaster, with a chairman of the conservative party apparently running it. it isjust much better if that doesn't happen, and it's much better if you have someone who genuinely is the best candidate coming through in an independent and impartial process. former editor editorial director of the bbc, roger mose, thank you very much. just on borisjohnson, the former prime minister has made an unannounced visit to ukraine to show his ongoing support to the ukrainian government. mrjohnson said he had been invited by the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, saying it was a privilege to visit again. after meeting volodymyr zelensky and his top officials in kyiv, borisjohnson went to the town near the capital borodianka and bucha, destroyed heavily by the russian shelling. now let's cross to james waterhouse in kyiv. james, an unannounced trip by boris johnson. tell us more. unannounced,

but a very choreographed _ johnson. tell us more. unannounced, but a very choreographed and - but a very choreographed and controlled trip. we saw images today along with everyone else of mr johnson appearing in, as you say, borodianka and bucha, cities which were effectively destroyed in the initial russian advance last year, early on in this invasion. there he was greeted warmly by some people. he met with local officials as well before heading to the presidential palace, where volodymyr zelensky greeted his guest alongside his cabinet. we are told by kyiv that this was an unofficial visit, but it did look pretty official. he met the whole cabinet, and then the former prime minister and ukrainian president sat down and exchanged words, and we are told they talked about the best way is mrjohnson could help ukraine going forward, and what we hearing is that they wanted mrjohnson to travel to kyiv,

because he is a friend of ukraine, in their words, and has been a long—time ally. and it is true that when mrjohnson was in office, he sort of lead the way amongst western allies in providing military support for ukraine early on. he was the first g7 leader to visit in april, where he worked through the streets of kyiv, since russia first retreated from the capital. so he is much liked here in ukraine, but the head of the rumours of this visit, there were accusations back in the uk that it would undermine the current prime minister rishi sunak, it would undermine his authority, and yet it is clear mrjohnson wanted to push ahead. i wonder, in that case, we understand that he was there on the invitation of volodymyr zelensky, and you have already touched upon it that they had got quite close in terms of, borisjohnson had visited

ukraine quite a lot when he was prime minister. yes, there is a warmth there, absolutely, and there is a city in the south of ukraine where the mayor that loves borisjohnson, and they have got a big neural, he commissioned a mural on the side of a building in a prominent part of the city. he even wanted to name a street after him, but he wasn't allowed because of the law. so volodymyr zelensky and boris johnson are close, and there were nerves in kyiv when boris johnson was forced out of office by his own party, because the concern has always been that the uk's level of military support might wane, and to kyiv, there is a clear goal here as well, because by inviting borisjohnson to ukraine, it creates a story. look at us now. we are talking about it. a former prime minister in ukraine against the wishes of some in his party. and for ukraine, that keeps

theissue party. and for ukraine, that keeps the issue of western help in the public domain. it keeps our eyes on the subject and in the eyes of volodymyr zelensky, the subject and in the eyes of volodymyrzelensky, it the subject and in the eyes of volodymyr zelensky, it enables him to keep pushing for more, and perhaps that applies some pressure on other western leaders, especially around the current hesitancy from countries like germany on the supply of tanks. perhaps it was hoped this visit might push others along ahead of what continues to be a significant and costly stage of this war. james waterhouse and the team in kyiv, as always, thank you. 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. despite 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. a senior adviser to india's information ministry says it has ordered utube and google to block links to a bbc documentary about the prime minister narendra modi. the documentary, titled the modi question, investigates modi's failure to prevent deadly riots in gujarat when he was chief minister of the state in the year 2002. more than 1000 people, mostly muslims, died on the violence. the bbc said the film was rigorously researched and the indian government choose not to respond to the issues raised. the indian government described the film as hateful propaganda.

joe biden�*s personal lawyer has revealed that six more classified documents have been found in the us president's home in the state of delaware. a search byjustice department officials,took place on friday, without the presence of the president or the first lady. this search of mr biden�*s home took place on friday, but news of it has just emerged, and we understand from the president's lawyer that it was carried out with the full cooperation of the president, though neither he nor the first lady were there at the time. but it was quite an exhaustive search, it seems. department of justice officials were there for more than 12 hours going through private areas of mr biden�*s home, and they took away several documents, including some handwritten notes that mr biden made when he was vice president, and six documents that were marked as classified. now, we don't know the precise nature of those documents, just like we don't know the precise nature of the documents that were

previously found initially at the office of a political think tank in washington that mr biden used for a period of time as a private office. and then we heard about some documents that were found in the garage at his home. a special council has been appointed to investigate these documents, just like a special counsel has also been appointed to look into the documents that were taken from the white house by former president trump, who is facing a criminal investigation. a rather different case in terms of the numbers of documents that were found, but clearly, this is now becoming increasingly politically awkward and some might say embarrassing for the biden administration. peter bos with an update there. joining me now is thomas gift, associate professor of political science at ucl. just in terms of what peter

mentioned there, our correspondent in north america, that this is politically awkward for president biden, what is your assessment, given that we have this latest cachet of documents? well, the real problem forjoe biden is the slow drip of revelations. the more batches of documents that are found, the more it keeps the story in the news, and the harder it is to discount the discoveries as just sloppy or an oversight. there is a real problem here. files have now been found in multiple locations stretching back to biden�*s time in the senate and as vice president. of course, biden says he is being cooperative and working with federal authorities. that is true, but there are legitimate questions about transparency over why the administration didn't make the initialfindings of administration didn't make the initial findings of documents public until after the midterms, over whether biden has been overly coy in answering questions during his press conferences. all that is compounded because, of course, biden and his allies have spent months attacking

trump over his own classified document scandal. so there is no doubt this is a public relations nightmare, and the pr coming out of the white house, i think, has often looked very reactive and somewhat overbearing. is its with these people in these high positions walking out with these documents? —— what is it with these documents? —— what is it with these people? butjust in terms of these people? butjust in terms of the logic of this, how do these documents end up in these places? it's really hard to make sense of it, and of course, that's why it is such a serious issue for both donald trump as well as forjoe biden. in the case ofjoe biden, at least right now, it does seem that they are making the case that they don't know how these documents got to where they were, and one of the next steps will be trying to uncover who actually had access to these documents, when and why they were removed, if there was any purpose for doing so. with donald trump, there are sorts of accusations that he might want to use this

information for his business dealings and so on and so forth, but either way you cut it, this is inappropriate. it's a big problem. documents are supposed to be handled with the utmost care, particularly ones that are of a classified nature, so it's really head scratching. and compare and contrast what we were seeing in mar—a—lago. donald trump, president biden�*s team were allegedly saying they are cooperating, corroborating, handing over these documents. donald trump, not so much. how does this look? well, the details of the biden and trump cases should not be conflated, but of course, politics often doesn't care about the details, and the parallels are clear enough. the optics of this are just horrendous work forjoe biden, and of course, republicans are having a field day with it, with charges of trying to muddy the waters, and it becomes hard for democrats to defend biden without looking hypocritical. with the mar—a—lago scandal, we heard

expert after expert convey that what prompted was such an unforgivable breach to national security, and biden himself said that he was really shocked that any president could be this irresponsible. so this is really the last thing that by the knees, especially as he is already preparing to face a litany of investigations from the new republican—controlled house. biden will argue that his case is not as bad as trump's, but it is a sure—fire sign of being in a politically bad place when you start whataboutism with trump, when you're forced to use the previous white house is an ethical reference point, thatis house is an ethical reference point, that is a real problem. much to contemplate there. thomas gift, thank you very much. 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 different relatives' houses, and then there will be loads of people there, you do your rounds as a kid, go around, wishing people specific chinese greetings that you can use. you give them oranges and then in return they offer you the red packet and you just stash them all away! if you show up at a gathering and then you've cut all of your red packages, the amount in your red packages, people are going to 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 about giving the respect, giving the abundance, and if you do not have enough, it shows that you are lacking. so it's probably not how you would like to start your chinese new year. we believe in the tradition of- giving, that's the most important. for me, i won't change the amount that i will be giving. 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 if it's a distant relative, i will receive about $2, but now the market rate seems to be like $6 and it's like, wow. am i really going to give $6 to somebody i barely know? it's inflation. yeah, it's inflation. this is like accumulate, i give back to them again, the way to make everybody happy. are you giving more, then? - yes, a bit more than - what i used to give to them. just to make everybody happy. if you are celebrating the lunar new

year, a very happy new year to you. ijust want to year, a very happy new year to you. i just want to go back to the live shop we brought you a little bit earlier. this is in california just outside the city of monterey park civic centre, where we are expecting an update on the shooting earlier on. ten people killed, ten people wounded in that mass shooting in the city of monterey park, which is near los angeles. and concern, of course, that the gunman is still on the run, so we are monitoring that press conference. the moment that does come, they start that, we will bring it to you here on bbc news. hello there. we continue to see some big differences in the weather and the start of the week much like what we have seen today. in scotland and northern ireland, it has been grey and damp, but

temperatures have reached 10—11, whereas in the sunshine after a really frosty start, run cambridgeshire, temperature struggle to get much above freezing. we still have that wedge of cold air across south—eastern areas that will persist for the first half of the new week. this mile there are still across north—western part of the country, struggles to break through that colder air further south. in that colder air further south. in that colder air further south. in that cold there, we are going to find some more frost and fog overnight, but across north—western part of the uk, we are underneath that blanket of cloud, bit of dampness, of light rain or drizzle. at across eastern england, that fog will thicken up, dense and freezing. we will find some frost forming in these areas as well, but much of wales, the final north—western england, it could be frost free, and certainly, it will be milder across scotland and northern ireland, where we have the winds coming in from the atlantic. lots of cloud for many places to start the day on monday. that fog across eastern parts of england will slowly lift, but to be replaced by cloud in east anglia and the south—east. we may see a bit more sunshine across other parts of england and wales away from these western coastal areas, and there

will still be a lot of cloud for scotland and northern ireland, it may be a little bit thinner than today. temperatures could be 10—11, may be some sunshine in the moray firth, but again, struggling to make 4-5 firth, but again, struggling to make 11—5 across the midlands and much of eastern england. that cold air under that area of high pressure, the mild atlantic winds coming in around the top of that, and across northern parts of the uk, feeding in all these cloudy skies as well. to the south, across wales, the midlands and southern england, may be still a touch of frost early on tuesday, complicated by fog and cloud. some sunshine at times, some cold air here, further north, more cloud cover temperatures again reaching 10-11. not cover temperatures again reaching 10—11. not until we get to wednesday do we start to see some changes, mainly because we will find this weather front just mainly because we will find this weather frontjust pushing its way into that area of high pressure in bringing some rain. not a great deal of rain, mind you. most of it over the hills of western scotland, followed by some sunshine, and the odd shower for scotland and northern ireland, the air getting a little bit chillier here. further south across the uk, we are still cloudy,

may be still a bit misty and a bit cold across eastern anglia and the south—east in particular.

this is bbc news, the headlines... a gunman is on the run after a mass shooting in los angeles that has left at least ten people dead and a further ten injured, some critically. police say a motive isn't yet known.