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this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. los angeles police have released the first images of a suspect following a mass shooting at a lunar new year event that has left ten dead and a further ten injured. and police have entered a white van said to contain the suspect of the mass shooting. as we 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. 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
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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 president biden�*s personal lawyer says a further six classified documents have been found in the us president's home in delaware. we are are going to take you straight to some pictures in torrance, not farfrom
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straight to some pictures in torrance, not far from the shooting that took place in monterey on saturday night. we understand that police have surrounded a person they believe to be the suspect, who has beenin believe to be the suspect, who has been in this white van that you can see, right in the centre of the shot. the shooting that took place, on saturday night, was at a dance venuein on saturday night, was at a dance venue in monterey park, about seven miles east of los angeles city seven terms and condition we don't know the motive for the attack, ten people were killed in that attack, and ten people, ten further people were injured. as you can see, events very much under way there, in terms of retrieving that suspect, or who the police have said they believe is the police have said they believe is the suspects. we don't have confirmation of that. we, the description and they have released a picture of the person they believe to be the suspect, the early description was that it was an asian man, againry pete we don't know what the motivation was for the attack. but this was a lunar new year event.
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there is the picture they have released of the person who they believe to be the suspect who perpetrated this attack, we have no suggestion at all that anybody else was immediately involved in this. emma calder at the latest. 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,
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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. officers investigating the attack say it remains unclear whether the shooting is connected to lunar new year celebration events.
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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. in the last hour, the los angeles county sheriff held a press conference and gave this update. at 11.18 this morning, we released a bulletin, with a picture or image, of what we 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 that we get this man off the streets. so, i think you, that we get this man off the streets. so, ithink you, all of that we get this man off the streets. so, i think you, all of you have received this. i want to
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address also, that there is a tactical incident, that is occurring inst city of torrance, that is being covered. people have asked s 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 will in the safest manner, that we possibly can, to try and identify that person. could it be our suspect? possibly.
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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 that is the update on this incident which happened on saturday night, an event linked to the lunar new year in which ten people were killed, shot and a further ten people were injured. some severely injured. let us look at the live pictures now. so this is the police a short distance by which i mean a few miles from the original incident. we understood that a gunman, as the police suspected was on the run, this is the white van, in which the suspect was as we understood it, contained but we don't know whether the police have secured that suspect, or not, if
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thatis secured that suspect, or not, if that is indeed the suspects or not, we are not clear of the update. it look versus much mr the update as if the police have entered the van but more we don't know, we will keep you up—to—date on that. 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
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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,
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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
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in the recruitment of the chair and any questions are a matter for the government. let's stay with politics in the uk, as there are calls for the conservative party chairman, nadhim zahawi, to release full details of a settlement he reached with the tax authorities, which the bbc has now confirmed happened while he was chancellor of the exchequer and therefore the minister in charge of hmrc. the settlement is reported to have been as much as £5 million. mr zahawi says he paid what the taxman said was due and that his error was "careless not deliberate". 0ur political correspondent, helen catt reports. from vaccines minister to chancellor, and now the chair of the conservative party, nadhim zahawi is a former businessman who's made it to the top of government. he said he wants to address confusion about his finances, but his explanation of why he had to pay a settlement to the tax office has left key
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questions unanswered. now, some in his own party are suggesting he should go further and make all of the details public. get it all out now, whatever you have to do and clear it up. i genuinely don't believe this is a man who's deceitful in any shape or form, but this goes on and on and the media waits. i think i would just clear it up. in a statement yesterday, mr zahawi said that hmrc had found he had made a careless error and not a deliberate one, and that it related to a disagreement about shares allocated to his father in return for helping him found the polling company yougov in 2000. among the details, which mr zahawi chose not to confirm, was how much he paid the taxman and whether or not he was subject to a penalty. questions that his cabinet colleague, the foreign secretary, couldn't answer either. in the spirit of getting everything out in the open. everything out in the open, can you confirm to our viewers this morning that he has paid a penalty to the taxman? well, i don't know any more detail than the detail that he's put out in his statement. in the uk system, people's tax
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affairs are personal and private. i recognise as politicians there is quite rightly an enhanced duty for openness. what has been acknowledged by mr zarhawi's team is that the matter was settled while he was the chancellor of the exchequer and therefore in charge of the country's finances and hmrc. labour has said his position in the cabinet is untenable and criticised the government more widely. you've got a prime minister who is too weak to do anything about it, and it's going to take an incoming labour government to clean up this mess, drain the swamp because frankly, it stinks. it is up to politicians how much of their financial affairs they want to reveal. the danger for the government, if mr zahawi chooses not to say more, is that the focus stays on the tax affairs and not on the things it wants to talk about. helen catz, bbc news, westminster. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. the former prime minister, borisjohnson has made an unannounced visit to ukraine to show his ongoing support
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. lizzie greenwood—hughes has all the sport. hello and thanks forjoining us. arsenal kept their five—point lead at the top of the premier league table, in arguably their biggest test to date, beating manchester united 3—2, with a late winnerfrom eddie nketiah. they went behind in the first half to a great strike from marcus rashford. but that lead lasted just seven minutes — nketiah with his first, levelling the scores at half time. then bakayo saka scored another stunning goal to give arsenal a 2—1 lead. lisandro martinez equalised for united before the stoppage time
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winner, a tap in from nketiah to move arsenal a valuable three points. to do it repeatedly, especially against big teams and especially the way we played again today, it gives me a lot of positivity for the future. but it is hard to win the league. winning, losing or drawing it isjust round league. winning, losing or drawing it is just round the corner and you have to be conscious of that. two top team a but, yeah, but we are disappointed. when you lose this game _ disappointed. when you lose this game and — disappointed. when you lose this game and especially in really late stage _ game and especially in really late stage of— game and especially in really late stage of the game, and i it can't happen, — stage of the game, and i it can't happen, so_ stage of the game, and i it can't happen, so i think all the goals we concede _ happen, so i think all the goals we concede today, are mistake, can't happen _ arsenal's closest rivals manchester city also won, courtesy of erling haaland, who scored his fourth hat—trick of the season, taking his tally to 31 in all competitons as pep guardiola's side beat wolves 3—0 at home. wolves remain fourth from bottom.
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juventus boss max allegri had urged his team to "do their duty" on the pitch, after they were docked 15 points. after they were docked 15 points, after an investigation into their past transfer dealings. the penalty has moved them from third place down into 10th. it's been a dramatic game so far against atalanta in serie a. ademola lookman had put the visitors ahead after just four minutes, but a penalty from angel di maria and goal from arkadiusz milik put juventus 2—1 ahead at half time. atalanta then went 3—2 ahead, butjuventus have now equalised through danilo. around 15 minutes to go in that game. elsewhere in europe, la liga leaders barcelona beat getafe 1—0, pedri with the goal. real madrid looking to reduce the gap — they are currently 1—0 up at athletic bilbao — karim benzema with the goal. and a crazy game in the german bundesliga where borussia dortmund return from a two—month winter break to win 4—3 over augsburg — which moves them up to sixth
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in the table. cristiano ronaldo has made his debut for al—nassr, as his new side beat ettifaq in the saudi pro league. the 37—year—old captained the side, after signing at the start of the month. since then, he's had to be content with watching from the sidelines after a two—game ban imposed by the english fa. ronaldo didn't get on the scoresheet but his side got a 1—0 victory, that takes them back to top of the table. the australian open is the first grand slam in the open era to lose the top two seeds in both the men's and women's draws before the quarterfinals. and it was melbourne's most shock—filled day so far. women's number one and top seed iga swiatek is out. the pole, who won two majors last year, was beaten by last year's wimbledon champion elena rybackkina. the kazakh won 6—4, 6—4 to go through to the quarter—finals, where she'll facejelena 0stapenko. the latvian beat another
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high—ranking seed, number seven coco gauff. 0stapenko hit 30 winners and broke gauff�*s serve three times during the match, reaching a major quarter finalfor the first time since wimbledon in 2018. for gauff though, — she's still only a teenager but her wait for a grand slam continues. i still feel good, like i still feel like i have improved a lot. you know when you play a player like her and she plays really well, there is nothing you do and i felt like today, i wouldn't say nothing, because every match you play a part in, but i felt like it was rough, so it is a bit frustrating on the highest ranked player left in the men's draw is the number three seed stefanos tsitsipas, and he 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 to reach the quarterfinals. that's all the sport for now.
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thank you lizzie 678 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.
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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
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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
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that affects movement — such as stroke, parkinson's, and heart disease, and could one day help patients such as yanita. pallab ghosh, 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. this relates to a shooting on saturday night, in which ten people were killed, another ten people were injured, five men, five women died as a result of this shooting. we believe that the suspect is held in or suspects are held in two white vans and we are showing pictures of those very shortly. you can see there is vast police presence now and we understand those vans have both been entered. witnesses claim they saw an asian man, related to this shooting, and
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we have had press conferences saying that the suspect was being, or the person they believe the suspect was being pursued. those live pictures coming out of los angeles. hello there. we will continue to see some big differences in the weather. in scotland and here in northern ireland, it has been grey and damp, but temperatures have reached ten or 11 degrees. in the sunshine after a frosty start, around cambridgeshire, temperatures struggled to get above freezing. we still have that cold air across south eastern areas. this milder air still in the north—west and struggles to break through that cold air. in the cold air there is more frost and fog. in the west we are under the cloud with some rain and drizzle. in the east that fog will thicken up, dense and freezing. we will find frost forming
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in these areas as well. in wales and the north—west it could be frost—free and milding milder in wales and the north—west it could be frost—free and milder in northern ireland and scotland. a lot of cloud to start the day on monday. the fog in eastern parts will lift to be replaced by cloud in east anglia and the south—east and we may see more sunshine in england and wales. and there will be a lot of cloud for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures ten degrees. struggling to make four or five in the midlands and much of eastern england. that cold air under that area of high pressure, the mild atlantic winds coming in around that and feeding in this cloudy skies. to the south across wales, the midlands, certain england still a touch of frost. complicated by fog and cloud and some sunshine at times. still cold air here.
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further north more cloud and temperatures up to 11 degrees. not until wednesday that we see some changes, because we will find this front pushing into that area of high pressure and bringing some rain. not a great deal of rain, most of it over the hills of western scotland. followed by sunshine and the odd shower in northern ireland and scotland. the air chillier here. further south still cloudy and misty and cold in the south—east in particular.
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this is bbc news, the headlines. at least ten dead and for the ten injured. the labour party calls for a parliamentary investigation into claims the bbc chairman, richard sharp, helped borisjohnson secure a financial loan while he was serving as prime minister. senior government ministers defend the bbc chairman's appointment. presidentjoe biden's personal lawyer says a further six classified documents have been found in the us president's home in the state of delaware — the files were discovered during a 13—hour search of the property.
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former british prime minister boris johnson makes an unexpected visit to the ukrainiain capital kyiv to show support for

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