this is bbc news with the headlines. los angeles police have released the first images of a suspect following a mass shooting at a lunar new year that has left ten dead and a further ten injured. 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 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. hello and welcome to bbc world news. 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 remains unclear. 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 sad, 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. all of us at the department, | all of my officers responded, all of my professional staff- are very serious about catching this suspect and 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 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 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 what it's done is instill more fear 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. let's just show you these pictures from torrance in la. have surrounded suspect. torrance in the south west of the state of california — a short distance from monterey park. we hear with the loss of ten people's lives and a further ten

injured. 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 front line, 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 dangerous 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, youngerfamilies 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.

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. 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 waterloo, the country's busiest station. but last weekend, a 44 metre section of clay embankment collapsed after torrential rain. network rail spent the weekend desperately trying to repair some of it for tomorrow morning. i'd like to apologise for the impact this has had for the last week, and i recognise the service has been woefully inadequate, but the work will really 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's affecting a lot of workers, i can see there is very few people on the train travelling up from the south coast. you're lost without a train? yes, so we need - trains to be running. we need them back on track. network rail can't say whether they will finish the work in time to open up two of the four tracks by tomorrow morning. and it is notjust 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 centrifuge at southampton university simulates years of climate change erosion to railway embankments. the team says britain's track infrastructure is at risk. there is no doubt that the sort of incident we saw at hook is a result of changing weather patterns as a result of climate change. but whatever we do, there are inevitably going to be some failures that catch us by surprise. that is probably what we've seen at hook. the thing is to be prepared and make sure the disruption to commuters 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. duncan kennedy, bbc news. 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. news of the search has just emerged and we ups from the president's lawyer, that it was carried out with the full cooperation of the president, although, neither he nor the first lady were there at the time. it was an exhaustive search. it seems officials from the department ofjustice were there for more than 2 is hour, going through private areas of mr biden�*s home and they took away several documents, including some hand—written notes he made when he was vice—president and six documents marked as classified. we don't know the nature of that those documents just like we don't

know the nature of the documents previously found, initially at the office of a think—tank, a political think—tank in washington that mr biden used for a period of time amend we heard about documents found in the garage at his home. a special council has been appointed to investigate these documents, just like a special council has been appointed to look into the documents that were taken from the white house by former president trump, who is facing a criminal investigation, 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. buckingham palace has announced details of events planned to mark the king's coronation in may — including a concert at windsor castle and nationwide lunch gatherings and people

being being encouraged to volunteer in their communities. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more. 1953 — the coronation of the late queen elizabeth. many of the features which were part of that coronation day will be seen again when king charles and the queen consort are crowned. details of the coronation service are still to be given, but this is the formal programme for the remainder of the weekend. on saturday the 6th of may, there will be processions to and from westminster abbey for the service, and then a balcony appearance at the palace by the newly crowned monarch and his consort. on sunday the 7th of may, there'll be the coronation big lunch, an opportunity — as happened during last year's jubilee — for communities to organise their own street parties. then that evening at windsor castle there will be a special coronation concert and light show to be broadcast live by the bbc. once again, there will be echoes of the jubilee concert at the palace, with global stars and

the coronation choir, described by the palace as "a diverse group from across the uk". there will be a public ballot for concert tickets. on monday the 8th of may, a public holiday, they will be something called the big help out, a day when people across the country will be encouraged to volunteer with groups like the scouts to help their local communities. overall, the palace says it hopes king charles' coronation will look to the future while being rooted in long—standing traditions and pagea ntry. nicholas witchell, bbc news. let's show you some live shots from torrance in los angeles where police have surrounded a vehicle in their hunt for a suspect in connection with the killing of ten people on saturday night. police have now caught up with and sur surrounded a vehicle, this in

their hunt for the suspect in connection with the killing of those ten people on saturday night, and we don't have information as to whether the suspect has been any, any information about the suspect or whether the suspect is in that vehicle, but it looks as if a very tense situation the ongoing there. we will bring you up—to—date as soon as we have more news. 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. in february 2021, the town of winchcombe in gloucestershire had an unexpected visitor from outer space — a 4.6 billion—year—old meteorite which landed on a family's driveway. it sparked interest across the world, but it's also had a big impact on the town itself. andy howard has been to take a look. the exhibit that's genuinely out of this world.

after arriving rather abruptly in winchcombe almost two years ago, these pieces of rock — which are older than the planet earth itself — have sent the town's museum into a different stratosphere. before covid, we were experiencing visitor numbers between 1,000 and 2,000 a year, but since covid has passed away, just about, we have seen it — again, helped with the meteorite being here — our numbers have gone up to between 5,000 and 6,000. we call it an act of god. it's such a wonderful thing that has arrived in winchcombe, and we're so blessed with the fact that the people who found it were able to identify it relatively quickly, and therefore able to preserve it in its pristine state. so in many ways, it's a blessing all round. but the old piece of space rock isn'tjust a window to the past — it's part of the town's future. the local school is running lessons on it. the winchcombe meteorite contains what similar to that found on earth? water — fantastic.

it was water. for the pupils, this particular science lesson feels very close to home, thanks to their meteorite from outer space. it travelled really fast, - and it created a sonic boom, which people can actually hear. and about how there'sj extra—terrestrial water and carbon in the meteor, which is, like, _ the compounds of life. because also it's, like, everywhere. it's, like, in the natural history museum, and we can see it in, like, in winchcombe, as well. so it's, like, all connected, and that's, like, pretty cool. and it's that connection to a world—famous event literally on their neighbour's doorstep the school hopes will now be an inspiration. we had scientists come in and take them away to a museum in london. that could be you! so just this real—life connection that something's happened locally, and you could be involved in it, as well. well, it seems to be working — in this classroom, at least, science is cool. andy howard, bbc news.

now to the main story, the shooting that happened in los angeles an a press conference is about to take place. press conference is about to take lace. . press conference is about to take . lace, ., . press conference is about to take lace. ., place. that occurred last night. sheriff? thank _ place. that occurred last night. sheriff? thank you _ place. that occurred last night. sheriff? thank you captain. - place. that occurred last night. sheriff? thank you captain. as| place. that occurred last night. - sheriff? thank you captain. as most of you were here it is very important for our community on the updated on something as significant and tragic so we are back up here, making ourselves available to you for any questions, i think you are aware that at 11.18 this morning, we released a bulletin, with a picture or image of what believed to be the suspect. we haven't named him, and there is a reason for that. there are, we have a lot of resources, in

the sheriff's department, working with other agencies, to make sure again, that our priority beyond taking care of the victims and survivors of this horrible incident that we get this man off the streets. so, ithink, all of you have received this, i wanted to address also that there is a tactical incident that is occurring in the city of torrance, that is being covered, people have asked, is that your suspect? we don't know. as i said earlier, today, we had a vehicle that was described as a white box van, i guess you would say, van of interest, and there is a van that looks just like what we, what was described to us in the city of torrance, it is a barricaded suspect situation, we are working with one of our partner agencies,

the torrance police department to resolve that. we believe there is a person inside of that vehicle, we don't know their condition, but we are going to handle that in the safest manner that we possibly can, to try and identify that person, could it be our suspect? possibly. but at this point, if we are doing ourjobs correctly, we are not only looking at that situation, or scenario, but we are making sure that we are looking at any and every possibility, so i do encourage our community, if they have any leads, maybe they saw the picture of this individual, to come forward with any information that they believe may help us, in this very critical and important investigation. that is going to be very important. i also

want to talk about the victim survivor side of this, in response to our mass shooting this morning, a victim resource centre has been set “p victim resource centre has been set up at the langley senior citizens centre, located at 400 west emerson avenue. and i want to make sure that the appropriate victims, families, friends, take advantage of that resource, there are many people be mind me, some of them will speak, representatives from different agencies, and there are so many parts to this, the medical side of it, but, as which are looking for the suspect, we will not forget the victims and survivors and it is important, because i can, you can imagine the trauma they have experienced, and it is our responsibility to wrap our arms round them.