this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm tanya beckett. the headlines: police in los angeles say a suspect, described as an asian male, is on the run following a mass shooting at a lunar new year that has left ten dead and a further ten injured. our very preliminary description, has been described as a male asian and that's from the scene here in monterey park. labour calls for a parliamentary investigation into claims the bbc chairman 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's 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. former british prime minister boris johnson makes an unexpected visit to kyiv to show support for the ukrainian government, after being invited by president volodymr zelensky in sport: arsenal beat manchester united in the 90th minute to extend their lead in the premier league. police in the us say a gunman is on the run after a mass shooting in los angeles. at least ten people — five men and five women — have been killed — ten others have been wounded — some critically.

the attack happened at a dance venue in monterey park — around seven miles east of los angeles city centre. the motive for the attack is still not clear. emma calder reports. celebrations turned to tragedy. a gunman opened fire at this lunar new year celebration. thousands had attended the event, which had drawn to a close when witnesses say a man turned a semi automatic weapon on the crowd. i had my head phones on at the time, but i did hear some sounds going off and i was like, are those fireworks? i was, wow, i thought we were missing fireworks. and then i knew for a fact it was not fireworks when i heard the helicopters, up above, because we never get helicopters around here. preliminary police reports suggest the suspect is an asian male who is still at large. all of us at the department, all - of my officers responded, all of my

professional staff are very serious about catching this suspect and i bringing him tojustice. and that's our no 1 goal here. 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 is of asian heritage, with many marking this key date in the chinese calendar. it is horrible that such a thing could occur at a time of celebration for so many in the aapi community and in the asian community worldwide. this is a time to be with family to celebrate and yet this tore a hole through all of our hearts. 0fficers investigating the attack say it remains unclear whether the shooting is connected to lunar new year celebration events. the suspect, an asian male, remains at large.

the police say their top priority is to apprehend him. and when they do he will be prosecuted to the full extend of the law. emma calder, bbc news. may lee — a journalist and activist against asian american hate, based in california — has been giving me her view on the shooting. it's actually one of the biggest. monterey park here in southern california is one of biggest asian communities in this area and nearly 70% of the population of monterey park is asian. so this celebration of lunar new year was going to be one of biggest, specially coming off the heels one of biggest, especially coming off the heels of a couple of years of covid—i9. and just yesterday there were something like over 200,000 people who descended on monterey park to join in on the festivities and it would have continued today had it not been for this mass shooting. we don't know what the motive for the shooting is, but you could perhaps give us a sense of what relations

are like within that community. well, i can tell you from personal experience living here in southern california that the asian community is very tight and this lunar new year is one of biggest celebrations in all of asian culture. so coming off the back of so many anti—asian hate and violence so coming off the back of so much anti—asian hate and violence that has been taking place in this country for almost three years now and it continues, it hasn't stopped, it has brought us together in a way that's both good and bad i will say. let me explain. good in a way that it's built a sense of community and identity. bad, because of why it is bringing us together, because of fear and hate and violence. as you said, we don't know the motive yet of this particular mass shooting. but regardless of that motive, what it's done is instill more feel that we already had and so that's exacerbating an ongoing problem for the community.

britian�*s opposition labour party 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. 0ur 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 weeks 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 paper claims he didn't 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. 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've not had a 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. i'm asking if you think it's appropriate that you should end up,

as a massive tory donor, getting a job from a tory cabinet minister when you're friends with two members of the cabinet. firstly, i think that is an entirely legitimate question to ask. - well, thank you. and the answer is, - really, on my merits am ian appropriate candidate? will i be able to do a good job? i and i think that's for you to judge. and that was for the panel to judge. labour want an investigation into whether borisjohnson broke parliamentary rules, and say these revelations could have an impact on the bbc. i think it's pretty extraordinary if someone who was 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 spokesperson 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. the former prime minister, borisjohnson 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. despite heavy fighting continuing in the east of the country — some civilians continue to return to towns close to the frontline, against the advice of local authorities. lyman in the donbas region was occupied by russian forces last year. 13,000 people are living there in gangerous circumstances. andrew harding reports. in the ruins of liberated territory here in the donbas, a small town called lyman. it's three months now since the russians were pushed out of here. but they're still close. ukrainian fighterjets on their way to bomb the front lines 20

kilometres away. only this morning another russian missile crashed into this apartment block. 73—year—old alexander lives here all alone now, looking after eight abandoned cats. i live seven, the rocket hit five. so you live on seven, the rocket hit the fifth floor? yes. and you're 0k? i'm 0k. that resilience is everywhere in lyman. it is mostly the elderly and poor who have come back, or who have clung on throughout, helped now by free meals driven in daily from safer towns. but amid the ruins, younger families are also getting by. valeriy has adopted a stray — he's named princess diana. he's a railway worker now busy trying to keep his neighbourhood warm. there is no central heating in town,

no gas or piped water either. valeriy�*s wife era, an accountant, shows me the basement where they have lived for the past nine months. a warren of tiny store rooms. it's onlyjust now that power has finally been restored here. new year's decorations still in place. some of era's neighbours in the cellar were openly pro—russian. there were quite a few russian supporters down here, she says, but they all left with the russian troops when they retreated. i guess they were scared of what would happen to them now. since this town was liberated, a few thousand people have come back. but it's not much of a life and the local authorities are saying they don't really want more people to return, it's not safe and there simply aren't the services to keep people warm and fed. and right now the war is getting

louder, as both armies gear up for fresh offensives. let's return to calls from the labour party for a parliamentary investigation into 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. the government has released a statement in response to the claims. it says:

i'm joined now by the former editor in chief of the wall streetjournal europe, baroness patience wheatcroft, who used to sit as a conservative in the house of lords but is now a cross—bench peer. welcome to the programme. what questions do you think this story raises? i questions do you think this story raises? ~ ., , , ., , ., raises? i think it raises a question of how things _ raises? i think it raises a question of how things look _ raises? i think it raises a question of how things look to _ raises? i think it raises a question of how things look to the - raises? i think it raises a question of how things look to the public i raises? i think it raises a question i of how things look to the public and in this case they don't look good. just imagine that you were in financial difficulties and somebody p°pped financial difficulties and somebody normed up financial difficulties and somebody popped up and found you a distant relation who would guarantee you a loan of 800,000. i think you would feel a degree of gratitude to that individual and that seems to have

happened between borisjohnson who was in need of financial help and richard sharp who found it for him. days later he was appointed chairman of the bbc. it is a strange coincidence and it may being nothing but coincidence, but it doesn't look good to a public who have seen too much of this sort of cavalier attitude. , , ., , much of this sort of cavalier attitude-— much of this sort of cavalier attitude. , ,., , ., attitude. the response of the government _ attitude. the response of the government is _ attitude. the response of the government is his _ attitude. the response of the government is his candidacy. attitude. the response of the i government is his candidacy was assessed by a panel of experts and they applied the normal scrutiny. yes and the sunday times tells us that somewhere along the line between applying for the job and getting it, richard sharp had a conversation with borisjohnson, just to tell him presumably about the money that was coming his way. now, it may be there was nothing there that should have been declared. sticking to the absolute

letter of the rules. but it's never ever any harm to overdeclare and i think probably both of them would have done better to come clean on this relationship. neither did. we are told that borisjohnson always, always declares his financial affairs correctly. i think there are people who would take issue with that. it took a long time to find out who had paid for the gold wall paper, you will recall. i think it might have been sensible to err on the conservative side.— might have been sensible to err on the conservative side. should happen now, what the conservative side. should happen now. what can _ the conservative side. should happen now, what can happen _ the conservative side. should happen now, what can happen now? - the conservative side. should happen now, what can happen now? i - the conservative side. should happen now, what can happen now? i think. the conservative side. should happen now, what can happen now? i think if i were richard _ now, what can happen now? i think if i were richard sharp _ now, what can happen now? i think if i were richard sharp i _ now, what can happen now? i think if i were richard sharp i would - now, what can happen now? i think if i were richard sharp i would feel- i were richard sharp i would feel obliged to resign. because i think whatever the letter of the law, his position inside the bbc is now going to be very difficult. people inside the bbc will quite rightly i think feel uncomfortable about a chairman

who had this sort of relationship with the then prime minister. but briefl , it with the then prime minister. but briefly, it was evident he was a donor to the tory party so, the relationship was there to be seen. it is one thing to give money to the conservative party. it is another to dig up a long lost cousin who can bail out the prime minister when it is the prime minister who actually is the prime minister who actually is one of the people, one of the key people, in deciding what is going to be the head of bbc.— be the head of bbc. thank you for “oininr be the head of bbc. thank you for joining us- — energy suppliers have been told to stop forcing households to switch to more expensive pre—payment meters. the business secretary, grant shapps, has written to companies saying they should instead prioritise help — such as debt advice — for those struggling to pay their gas and electricity bills. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more the majority of people pay for gas and electricity on a direct debit, but some use a prepayment top—up meter.

it has become commonplace for energy suppliers to switch those struggling with their bills onto these pay—as—you—go meters, but we are increasingly hearing has something that makes matters worse, but we are increasingly hearing how some fell that makes matters worse, leaving them in the cold and dark. they cut me off for being 33p just over. it's never going to end. there's not a light at the end of the tunnel for anybody and it is just absolutely diabolical. now the business secretary has written to suppliers, accusing them ofjumping the gun in forcing often vulnerable customers onto meters. he wants transparency over the numbers and is threatening to name and shame those who don't offer more support instead. around 4.5 million people in the uk now have a prepayment meter. typically, they pay about £60 more for their energy than those paying by direct debit. citizens advice estimates 600,000 people were moved on to a meter last year alone. i'm afraid our research and the number of people coming to citizens advice really struggling

to top up their prepayment sure to top up their prepayment show there are many scenarios where it is not the last resort and energy firms should be doing far more to make sure the person in that home can afford their energy before they have a prepayment meter. britain's biggest supplier, british gas, has now announced it will stop forcibly moving customers onto prepayment meters. labour wants to increase the windfall tax on suppliers to fund more support. and also put a moratorium on this thing that's happening at the moment of energy companies moving people from regular payments to prepayment meters, which is effectively cutting some people off from heating. energy uk, which represents suppliers, told us firms only resort to installing prepayment meters after all other help has been exhausted. they say they'll work with ministers to help find the fairest way is to help all customers through the cost of living crisis. marc ashdown, bbc news. earlier i spoke with ruth london, the co—founder of campiagn group fuel poverty action. here she is on just why these

pre—paid meters have caused such an uproar. they just go theyjust go off, everything clicks off when you can't top them up and people are left in the dark and cold, they may need medical equipment to switch on. the machine says no and that is the end of it. it is a scandal. the government's moves now, of course, it is welcome there is some response, but we are not there yet. they're saying that the companies should do everything they can before moving people to a prepayment meter. we need a ban and we also need the removal of the meters that have been put in where they're not safe, where they're going to lead to deaths and everybody knows they will lead to

deaths and they're in defiance of the rules for the companies. you know, the government talk about name and shame. it is not name and shame, they should take the licence away from the companies break licence conditions they should not be allowed to operate. commuters in the uk who use south western railway are waiting to hear what theirjourneys might be like from tomorrow after repair work in hampshire where a huge section of embankment collapsed in torrential rain a week ago. experts believe climate change is responsible for more and more weather related incidents affecting the railways, as duncan kennedy reports. this track is usually one of the core spines of britain's railways, serving water loo, the busiest station. last year a section of embankment collapsed after torrential rain. network rail spent

the weekend trying to repair it. i apologise for the impact and i recognise the service has been woefully inadequate, but the work will improve the situation. timer;r will improve the situation. they have had to _ will improve the situation. they have had to build _ will improve the situation. they have had to build half _ will improve the situation. they have had to build half a - will improve the situation. they have had to build half a kilometre of road just to access the site. commuters say they are desperate for services to resume. it is commuters say they are desperate for services to resume.— services to resume. it is affecting workers, services to resume. it is affecting workers. there — services to resume. it is affecting workers, there is _ services to resume. it is affecting workers, there is very _ services to resume. it is affecting workers, there is very few - services to resume. it is affecting workers, there is very few people services to resume. it is affecting i workers, there is very few people op the train _ workers, there is very few people op the train from the south coast. you're — the train from the south coast. you're lost _ the train from the south coast. you're lost without a train? yes, we need trains — you're lost without a train? yes, we need trains to _ you're lost without a train? yes, we need trains to be _ you're lost without a train? yes, we need trains to be running. _ you're lost without a train? yes, we need trains to be running. we - you're lost without a train? yes, we need trains to be running. we need| need trains to be running. we need them _ need trains to be running. we need them back— need trains to be running. we need them back on— need trains to be running. we need them back on track. _ need trains to be running. we need them back on track.— them back on track. network rail can't say whether _ them back on track. network rail can't say whether they _ them back on track. network rail can't say whether they will - them back on track. network rail can't say whether they will finish | can't say whether they will finish the work in time to open up two of the work in time to open up two of the four tracks by tomorrow morning. and it is nojust here in hampshire that weather—related incidents are causing more and more problems for the railways. southern england alone has 600 miles of clay embankments that are seen as vulnerable to changing climate. this machine

simulates erosion to embankments. there is no doubt that the the sort of incident we saw at hook as a result of climate change. but some will catch us by surprise. the thing is to be prepared and make sure the disruption is minimised. back is to be prepared and make sure the disruption is minimised.— disruption is minimised. back in hook the work _ disruption is minimised. back in hook the work continues - disruption is minimised. back in hook the work continues to - disruption is minimised. back in hook the work continues to get | disruption is minimised. back in - hook the work continues to get some kind of service open by tomorrow morning. even if the full repairs will take many weeks. ? 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. i feel 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, an experimental 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. that all from s me. you can reach me on twitter and — that all from s me. you can reach me on twitter and i— that all from s me. you can reach me on twitter and i will— that all from s me. you can reach me

on twitter and i will be _ that all from s me. you can reach me on twitter and i will be back - that all from s me. you can reach me on twitter and i will be back with - on twitter and i will be back with the headlines shortly. but fist here is the weather. we will continue to see big differences in the weather for the start of the new week. like we have seen today. in much of scotland and northern ireland it has been grey and damp, but temperatures have reached 11 degrees. whereas in the sunshine, after a frosty start in cambridgeshire, temperatures struggled to get above freezing. we still have that cold air in the south—east. this milder air still across north western parts and struggles to break through the cold a air in the south. and we will find more frost and fog in the south. in the north—west under the cloud and dampness and rain, but across eastern parts of england the fog will be dense and freezing and some frost in these areas. for wales and the north—west of england could be frost—free and milder in scotland

and northern ireland. a lot of cloud for many places to start monday. that fog in eastern parts of england will lift, but to be replaced by cloud in east anglia and the south—east and we may see more sunshine in other parts of england and wales. and there will be a lot of cloud for scotland and northern ireland. maybe thinner than today. temperatures 10 degrees. some sunshine in the moray firth. struggling in the midlands and eastern england. that cold air under the high pressure, the mild atlantic winds around the top of that and northern parts of uk, feeding in cloud. to the south across wales and southern england a touch of frost early on tuesday with some fog and cloud. some sunshine and still cold air here. further north more cloud, but temperatures 10 degrees. 0n but temperatures 10 degrees. on wednesday we see some changes,

because this front will push into that area of high pressure and bring some rain. not a great deal of rain, most of it over the hills of western scotland and it will be followed by sunshine and the odd shower for scotland and northern ireland, the air getting chillier here, further south across the uk we are still cloudy and still misty and cold across east anglia and the south—east in particular.

this is bbc news, the headlines police in los angeles say a suspect, described as an asian male, is on the run following a mass shooting at a lunar new year event that has left ten dead and a further ten injured. 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. some senior government ministers have defended the bbc chairman's appointment. former british prime minister boris johnson makes an unexpected visit to kyiv to show support for the ukrainian government. he was inivted 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