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welcome to bbc news, i'm rich preston. our top stories: california police say the suspect in a shooting that left ten people dead in los angeles has been found dead inside a van. these were the first images released by police of the suspect in the monteray park shooting. he is a 72—year—old male. you have been asking me about motive, we are still not clear about motive. we meet the ukrainians returning to dangerous circumstances in towns close to the frontline, despite heavy fighting nearby. the horrors of the last few months have brought this town closer together. before the war,
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there were some people here and elsewhere who genuinely supported russia. that's not really the case anymore. women's rights marches take place across the us, marking the 50th anniversary of the roe v wade case, which was overturned last year. a public memorial takes place for the singer lisa marie presley at her father's graceland mansion in tennessee, ten days after her death at the age of 5a. and no wipe—out here! it looks like a french surfer has set a new record in california, for the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman.
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let's start with developing news and within the last hour police in california say the main suspect in saturday's mass shooting has shot himself dead after being tracked down to a van he was travelling in. 10 people were killed and 10 others injured in the attack during lunar new year in monteray park, around 11 kilometres east of los angeles city centre. at a news conference the la county sheriff, robert luna, gave more information about the suspect. the suspect has been identified as huu can tran and the way that is spelt is h—u—u, middle name c—a—n, last name t-r-a-n. he is a 72—year—old male asian. i can confirm that there are no outstanding suspect
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from the mass shooting incident that occurred in the city of monteray park. i'm joined now by our north america correspondent david willis in los angeles. what more did we learn in this press conference?— press conference? a couple of details came _ press conference? a couple of details came out _ press conference? a couple of details came out of— press conference? a couple of details came out of that - details came out of that conference as well as the name and the age of the south in this case. we also learned that after police surrounded the vehicle that he was driving in a suburb called tolerance which is the east of los angeles, they heard a single gunshot they then broke their way into they then broke their way into the vehicle and found the suspect dead inside it and the recovered from that vehicle a handgun stopping the police said at this press conference as well that after the shooting in monteray park which is a majority asian—american community, this suspect went on to another area called alhambra
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also to the east of los angeles and attempted to get into another gathering armed with what they say was a semiautomatic assault pistol. he was barred from entry by two individuals at that event, they overpowered him, he ran off but they seized the weapon from him and the police say that had they not done so, then this man could have killed a lot more people. they have also said that the vic m's were in their 50s and 60s so they were mainly elderly, like the government itself, it would appear and as we heard there a big investigation is still under way to try to ascertain the motive for this attack. alice a bit more _ motive for this attack. alice a bit more about _ motive for this attack. alice a bit more about that, - motive for this attack. alice a | bit more about that, obviously it is early days but for those watching outside the us, what form of that investigation take and who will take the lead on it? it and who will take the lead on it? , ., , it? it will be a big investigation - it? it will be a big - investigation undertaken by both the la county sheriff's department and the fbi, and of
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course federal officials will be closely involved in all this, president biden himself has ordered the lower ring of flags on federal buildings in memory of those who died and he has described this as a senseless massacre, he has offered federal support for the victims and their families. lastjune joe victims and their families. lastjunejoe biden managed to get to sign into law some of the first gun—control laws to pass congress in nearly 30 years, that was in the wake of the massacre in qld texas, the elementary school there —— uvalde. and that gave permission to intervene if somebody was a danger to themselves or the mothers but that hasn't been enough to stop incidents like this and as we heard in that club at the top of the programme, mr luna has said that the status quo as far as gun control is not working
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in this country and he hopes that this tragedy doesn't go down amongst a long list of other mass shootings that are only remembered when the next one happened. qm. only remembered when the next one happened-— one happened. 0k, david willis in la for us. — one happened. 0k, david willis in la for us, thank _ one happened. 0k, david willis in la for us, thank you. - we can now speak to local los angeles reporter josie huang who has been covering events from monterey park throughout the day. thank you very much for talking to us. its not even 2a hours yet since this shooting happened, what have people been saying to you?— saying to you? people are 'ust aenerall saying to you? people are 'ust generally shocked i saying to you? people are 'ust generally shocked that i generally shocked that something like this could happen in monteray park and sadly that's the kind of thing everyone says when they have been a mess shooting in america, there is a lot of sadness too that this attack happened at the start of the lunar new year which is a joyous time for people across asia and also for the asian—american dyas broke, a lot of asian—americans in the la area no monteray park for its wide array of chinese restaurants and many choose to come here to celebrate the new year with dim sum but the people i've talked to today said they were in no mood to
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feast and be with friends, they felt very sombre and one woman said she couldn't even go near the busy street whether dance studio whether shooting took place at the dance studio because she couldn't bear to think of the ten people that were killed inside.- think of the ten people that were killed inside. what more do we know — were killed inside. what more do we know about _ were killed inside. what more do we know about the - were killed inside. what more do we know about the vic? i l do we know about the vic? i think your reporter was mentioning they are all elderly, that is actually not surprising given that these were ballroom studio students, ballroom dance studio students who tend to be older. there is a very rich ballroom dancing culture in the monteray park area where it is, the students hail from area where it is, the students hailfrom all over asia including china, taiwan, hong kong and vietnam and it has become a way for the students who tend to be middle—aged or older to relax and to do something for themselves after working so hard to make it in the us. i should mentioned that monteray park is a heavily immigrantarea and monteray park is a heavily immigrant area and even though many of these students didn't have the same native tongue they were able to connect over
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dance. ,, ., , .,, dance. several people hospitalised, - dance. several people hospitalised, still- dance. several people hospitalised, still in l hospitalised, still in hospital, what support is being offered to them as well as the families of those who lost their lives?— families of those who lost their lives? ~ ., �* ~ ., . their lives? we don't know much about what's _ their lives? we don't know much about what's happening - their lives? we don't know much about what's happening to - their lives? we don't know much about what's happening to the i about what's happening to the folks in hospital because the sheriff did not want to actually named the hospital because there had been some kind of hospital name floating around and they already were dealing with a caller who was saying that he wanted to go and just finish thejob, saying that he wanted to go and just finish the job, so they are very concerned about these vic being retraumatized but for all those folks who were affected by the mass shooting or have family affected by the mass shooting there is a resource centre set up for victims where there are translation services because as i've mentioned there are many immigrants in this area and many languages of 0kun here, as well as food and counselling services. in well as food and counselling services. . ., ., services. in addition to the ress services. in addition to the press conference - services. in addition to the press conference have - services. in addition to the press conference have you | services. in addition to the - press conference have you been hearing any more about this
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suspect? hearing any more about this susect? ~ ~ ., hearing any more about this suspect?— hearing any more about this susect? ~ ~ ., , suspect? we know very little about the — suspect? we know very little about the suspect _ suspect? we know very little about the suspect other - suspect? we know very little about the suspect other than that he is 72, he was from the town of hemet which i should mention as an hour and a half drive monterey park so we know very little about what he was doing in monteray park and what his relationship is with the vic m's, very little is being shared about the victims pending their identification by the coroner's office and so we don't know who they were, the little we know is just about their ages, that they are all middle—aged or older. mil middle-aged or older. all riaht, middle-aged or older. all right. thank— middle—aged or older. all right, thank you very much. thank you. germany's chancellor, 0laf scholz, is facing growing domestic and international pressure to allow german—built leopard 2 tanks to be sent to ukraine. during a visit to paris to meet president macron, mr scholz said his country would not slacken its support for ukraine as it fights off the russian invasion. despite heavy fighting continuing in eastern ukraine, some civilians continue to return to towns close to the frontline, against the
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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.
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that resilience is everywhere in lyman. it's 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's no central heating in town — no gas or piped water, either. valeriy�*s wife, era, an accountant, shows me the basement where they've lived for the past nine months. a warren of tiny storerooms. it's onlyjust now that power has finally been restored here. new year's decorations,
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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." in a strange way, the horrors of the last few months have brought this town closer together. before the war, there were some people here, and elsewhere, who genuinely supported russia. that's not really the case any more. meanwhile, the mayor of lyman is back and battling to restore basic services. but with russian rockets are still doing this kind of damage, he's not sure the town can cope with too many residents right now. "i'm100% sure that the russians won't capture "this town again," says mayor 0leksandr zhuravlyov. "0ur soldiers won't let that happen. "but still, the front lines are just too close." close, and getting louder, as both armies gear up for fresh offensives.
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andrew harding, bbc news, in lyman, ukraine. let's get some of the day's other news. police in somalia say an islamist militant attack on the mayor's office in the capital mogadishu has left at least six civilians dead. a police spokesman said five al shabab gunmen were also killed during an exchange of fire with security forces. the attack began when a suicide bomber targeted the building before thejihadist gunmen stormed in. thousands of people have protested on the streets of brussels against the jailing in iran of a belgian aid worker. 0liver vandecasteele was sentenced last month to forty years in prison on spying and other charges. the belgian government has dismissed the charges as fake, saying his alleged crimes had been fabricated. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has sacked a senior minister after a supreme court ruling ordering his removal. aryeh deri, the leader
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of the ultra—orthodox shass party, had taken charge of health and internal affairs, despite a conviction last year for tax evasion and an earlier one for bribery. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: surfing into the record books — we'll tell you about the french woman who's set a new record in california. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after lift—off. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman school teacher. all of them are believed to have been killed. by the evening, tahrir square, the heart of official cairo, was in the hands of the demonstrators. they were using the word "revolution".
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the earthquake singled out buildings and brought them down in seconds. tonight, the search for any survivors has an increasing desperation about it as the hours pass. the new government is firmly in control of the entirely - republic of uganda. survivors of the auschwitz concentration camp have been commemorating the 40th anniversary of the liberation. they toured the huts, gas chambers, and crematoria and relived their horrifying experiences. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: california police say the suspect in a shooting that left ten people dead in los angeles has been found dead inside a van. women's rights marches are taking place
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across the united states to mark the 50th anniversary of a case called roe v wade, which made access to abortion a constitutional right across the country. the ruling was overturned last year by the supreme court. today a variety of different arrangements exist across individual states. the states you see here marked in dark red are those where abortions are very restricted or completely banned. another 1a states marked in orange have some restrictions on access, and marked in green are the states which are the most protective of a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy. 0ur north america editor, sarah smith, has the latest from washington. you've seen so many of these women's marches taking place today and also today the president said he wants to secure the right to choose for every woman in america. the vice president kamala harris gave a speech in florida, pledging that she and the president would do everything they can to try and make it easier for women to access abortions,
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but there really isn't that much that they can do, theyjust don't have enough votes in congress to pass a nationwide federal law guaranteeing abortion rights. instead, as you say, these rules are being made very differently in every individual state in the nation, so you have some that have completely banned the procedure, whilst you've got other states, like california and oregon, declaring themselves to be sanctuary states, saying that women from elsewhere can come there to have an abortion if they need one, so that's why you are seeing the battle and the marches taking place in state capitals, other cities right across america, because these are actually 50 individualfights. just two days ago here in washington, there was a huge anti—abortion march for life and the participants there, well, it was something of a victory lap for them, celebrating roe v wade having been overturned, but they too said that the fight goes on, they won't be satisfied until abortion has been banned in every single one of america's 50 states. joining me now from los angeles
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is women's rights attorney, and partner in the law firm of allred, maroko and goldberg, gloria allred. thousands of women and men of course marching across the united states. in your opinion, what message does it send to the supreme court?— what message does it send to the supreme court? yes, and i am one of— the supreme court? yes, and i am one of the _ the supreme court? yes, and i am one of the people - the supreme court? yes, and i am one of the people who - the supreme court? yes, and i am one of the people who was| am one of the people who was marching today and speaking at a big protest rally in support of the right to choose legal, safe, affordable, available abortion. so, this message to the supreme court is that you have now created a firestorm, a backlash, not only against the decision but against the court itself. it has undermined the credibility of the court because 50 years roe v wade has been the law of the land, it has interpreted the constitution of the united
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states has a having a fundamental right of privacy — — as having, of privacy and liberty and under those rights that it perpetrated that women and girls have, there was a legal right to choose abortion and that roe v wade was affirmed time and time again as it was being challenged by the antichoice movement. they are antichoice, not pro—life, because it is not pro—life of the woman. they are antichoice. and we're not about telling people they should should not have an abortion butjust that they should have the legal right to choose whether they want an abortion or not. i do the supreme court of the united states now understands what it has done but i think the majority of the court, which were for men and one woman justice, who voted five out of the nine majority to send it
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back to the states, well, sending it back to the states is a way it was before 1973, before 1973 it was a crime in many, many states to get an abortion and many women died or were injured by back alley abortion. i had a back alley abortion. i had a back alley abortion before 1973 and almost died from a because it was done by man who was not a license healthcare provider because in california those days, it was a crime and they called it a miscarriage to have an abortion — for someone to assist a woman to have an abortion, in any event, we are fighting back. in california, where i live now, we have now voted because the voters are so angry about with the supreme court have done to put in our state constitution
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the protection of the legal abortion in california and as a reporterjust said, a lot of people might be able now to come to california, we will give them a free abortion doctor you say the overturning of roe v wade undermined the law, the supreme court authority, those on what they would call the pro—life side, it would not be a supreme court ruling but would be passed as a law through congress, through the normal congress. haifa law through congress, through the normal congress. how would ou the normal congress. how would you respond _ the normal congress. how would you respond to — the normal congress. how would you respond to that? _ the normal congress. how would you respond to that? i _ the normal congress. how would you respond to that? i think - the normal congress. how would you respond to that? i think it i you respond to that? i think it is ridiculous, _ you respond to that? i think it is ridiculous, i— you respond to that? i think it is ridiculous, i think _ you respond to that? i think it is ridiculous, i think it - you respond to that? i think it is ridiculous, i think it is - is ridiculous, i think it is preposterous, it has been a supreme court ruling since 1973 before this decision but now, yes, we would like to pass a federal law which would require every estate to allow legal, safe, affordable abortion. let's talk about who is hurt by the present state of affairs in
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our 50 states that mainly it is poorer women, our 50 states that mainly it is poorerwomen, ruralwomen, young poorer women, rural women, young women poorerwomen, ruralwomen, young women and poorer women, rural women, young women and women poorerwomen, ruralwomen, young women and women of colour, those other women sometimes you cannot go to another state to get an abortion, they are afraid they will lose theirjob if they leave and these are the most vulnerable and it is like, for every woman, is a political football. politicians going back and forth on it.- football. politicians going back and forth on it. you say ou back and forth on it. you say you would — back and forth on it. you say you would like _ back and forth on it. you say you would like to _ back and forth on it. you say you would like to see - back and forth on it. you say you would like to see a - back and forth on it. you say l you would like to see a federal law passed, do you think it will happen? it law passed, do you think it will happen?— will happen? it will only ha - en will happen? it will only happen if— will happen? it will only happen if we _ will happen? it will only happen if we make - will happen? it will only happen if we make it i will happen? it will only i happen if we make it happen. will happen? it will only - happen if we make it happen. we have one the united states senate, we have the majority of votes in the united states senate but the house is now controlled by republicans and so, we will see at the next election. we always say, we will remember in november — thatis
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will remember in november — that is when elections are held. we will fight as though our lives depend on it because it does. , ., ., �* our lives depend on it because it does. ., ~ ., ~ it does. gloria allred, thank ou it does. gloria allred, thank you very _ it does. gloria allred, thank you very much _ it does. gloria allred, thank you very much for _ it does. gloria allred, thank you very much forjoining i it does. gloria allred, thank| you very much forjoining us. appreciate it. on sunday, family and friends gathered in memphis, tennessee, to pay tribute to singer—songwriter lisa marie presley, who died last thursday at the age of 5a. she was the daughter of rock'n'roll legend elvis presley. sofia bettiza reports. a funeral for lisa marie presley, the only child of one of the greatest stars in american music. as well as family and friends, members of the public were invited to attend. her mother read a poem written by lisa marie's only daughter. "i have no idea how to put my mother into words. "truth is there are too many. "lisa marie presley was an icon, a role model, "a superhero to many people all over the world." long—time friend friends
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of the presley family spoke at the funeral, including sarah ferguson, the duchess of york, who offered her support to the late singer's children. to the entire family, we march forward in support of you, all of us are with you, and we will help you as best you can if you just put out your hand we will be there. or i will definitely be there. on 12 january, lisa marie presley was found unresponsive at her home in calabasas, california, and rushed to hospital. she died of a cardiac arrest at the age of 5a. love is what many of her friends spoke about on sunday. her last public appearance was on the red carpet of the golden globes two days before she died. that night sam butler one an award for playing her father, elvis. — austin butler.
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and it is a relationship she had with her father that many friends spoke about. i do know lisa loved her family very much and was fiercely protective of her father, his legacy, and both her love for him and his love for her. she was extremely proud, as proud as anyone could ever be of herfather and his many accomplishments, his place in music and america and american and world history. lisa marie's final resting place is next to her son and near her father. sofia bettiza, bbc news. french surferjustine dupont may have set a new record for the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman, after tackling the biggest of the day at an event in the notorious cortes bank, one of the most extreme big wave spots in the world. the area off the coast of san diego is known for its difficult weather conditions and shark infested waters. the current record for big wave surfing by a woman is 73.5 feet and was ridden in portugal. footage of ms dupont�*s ride will now be submitted
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for analysis. absolutely incredible pictures. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. bye— bye. hello. for some of us, it was a chilly weekend with frost and fog towards the south, milder conditions further north, and we're really keeping with that north—west, south—east split in the weather over the next few days. frost and fog once again for parts of southern and eastern england, in particular, but milder, cloudier conditions elsewhere. and that's because we've still got this cold air mass with us. you can see the blue colours through the course of monday into tuesday as well, pushing across really southern and southeastern parts of england, perhaps into south wales, but much milder conditions with the orange colours
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further north across the uk. so overnight we've seen quite a lot of fog forming, some dense freezing fog patches through parts of eastern england, east anglia, through to the west of london, for instance, minus seven degrees some of the overnight lows first thing monday morning, but milder and frost free further northwest. so monday then, most places rather cloudy pretty much of the day. the best slice of the sunshine will be for parts of lincolnshire, down towards the south coast of england as well. but we have got a few freezing fog patches and a bit more cloud working in across the far south—east of england, and there'll be more cloud for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, but a bit of brightness around the north coast here, ten or 11 degrees, but you'll struggle to get more than about three or four down towards the southeast. so that contrast continues through monday night into tuesday as well. we've still got mild, cloudy and drizzly conditions in the northwest, clearer skies down towards the south. look at that, minus two, minus three, even in the towns and cities. so again, touch of frost and perhaps some freezing fog patches here and there that could be a little bit slow to clear. but there should be some sunshine breaking through on tuesday, particularly through central and southern england, a little bit more cloud into the far southeast. again, add a bit more cloud once again across the northwest of the uk,
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where temperatures are going to reach 11 degrees or so, despite a few spots of drizzle, but struggling at around three or four down across southeast england. now moving through tuesday night into wednesday, then high pressure dominating. but we've got this weather frontjust sinking its way a little bit further south. so that's a bit of a change, i think during wednesday. some rain for a time clearing out of scotland and northern ireland, pushing into england and wales, but it should also squeeze some of that milder air a bit further south. so we're still seeing temperatures only about five degrees for the likes of london and norwich as well. and, actually, it's not going to be any colder to the north of that cold front. there will be some more sunshine around, but things looking mostly dry through thursday and friday. temperatures eventually turning a bit milder in the south. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: california police say the suspect in a shooting that left ten people dead in los angeles has been found dead inside a van. officers say the 72—year—old suspect died of a self—inflicted gunshot wound and they still don't know what his motive was. many ukrainians are returning to dangerous circumstances in towns close to the frontline, despite heavy fighting nearby. germany's chancellor, 0laf scholz, is facing growing domestic and international pressure to allow german—built leopard 2 tanks to be sent to ukraine as it fights off the russian invasion. marches have been taking place across the united states to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark supreme court
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