this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the suspect in a shooting which killed ten people and left another ten wounded in california, has been found dead by police after shooting himself inside a van. he isa he is a 72—year—old male agent. you have been asking me about motive, we still are not clear on the motive. as heavy fighting continutes in eastern ukraine, the german chancellor faces growing pressure to allow german—built tanks to be sent to ukraine. how russians are being affected by the crackdown against the lgbt community, as the russian parliament

passes a tough new law. i have just bought this book, recently published, it is a gay love story but if you look inside, you can see parts of it have actually been re— deducted. we speak to the actor brendan fraser, who's being widely tipped for an oscar nomination for his role in the whale, which critics are calling one of the most powerful performances of the year. iam going i am going to need to be the voice for those who live the way he does, to depict him with respect. and surfing into the record books — it looks like a french woman has set a new record in california.

hello and welcome to the programme. the suspect in a shooting in los angeles, which killed 10 people and left another 10 wounded, has been found dead by police. he shot himself inside a white van that officers had surrounded. he's been identified as a 72—year—old man of asian descent. saturday's mass—shooting took place at a dance venue in monterey park, during lunar new year celebrations. at a news conference the la county sheriff, robert luna, gave more information 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 suspects 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 can you tell us? as we what more can you tell us? sis we heard what more can you tell us? is we heard that, police have named the suspect as a 72—year—old man. he is huu can tran and he died, they say, of self—inflicted wound wound after police surrounded the white van he was driving in an eastern la suburb called torrance. they have revealed before confiscating a handgun and other materials they say linked huu can tran to this massacre, he had attempted to enter and other dance while in

another suburb called alhambra and he had been overpowered and his weapon in that particular case taken from him by two local bystanders. the police are saying that without the prompt action of those bystanders, this man could have killed a lot more people. that say most of the victims were in their 50s, 60s or 70s. this is an elderly community in a ballroom dance setting in an area predominantly asian, 60 or so% of monterey park is asian—american. meanwhile president biden has ordered a lowering of flags on federal buildings out of respect for those who died. he called this attack senseless. he did manage lastjune to introduce the first gun tightening laws in

this country for nearly 30 years. that was in response to a massacre at a school in texas but president biden said at the time that those measures did not go far enough and today the sheriff we heard from at the top of the programme, said the status quo is not working in terms of gun control is here and he hoped this tragedy did not go down simply on a long list of mass shootings that people only recall when the next one happens.- people only recall when the next one happens. thank you, davis willis. _ kristy hutchings is a reporter based in la, who's been covering events from monterey park throughout the day. talk us through today's dramatic events. . ,, , ., ., dramatic events. thank you for havin: dramatic events. thank you for having me _ dramatic events. thank you for having me on _ dramatic events. thank you for having me on the _ dramatic events. thank you for having me on the show. - dramatic events. thank you for having me on the show. it - dramatic events. thank you for having me on the show. it has| having me on the show. it has been a chaotic 2a hours. i got a call this morning from my bosses telling me that there was a second location at alhambra that was potentially

linked to the monterey park shooting and within an hour we had a white van was spotted in torrance, a suburb right near where i lived, i went to the scene right away and the van was surrounded by slot units, onlookers trying to get the slightest of image and how it was related to the shooting stop —— swat. police expanded the barricades around the area for a long time until it was called off at 3pm when it was discovered the suspect inside the van had shot and killed himself. ~ . ., ., himself. we are finding out who he is and has — himself. we are finding out who he is and has been _ himself. we are finding out who he is and has been named. - himself. we are finding out who he is and has been named. of. he is and has been named. of course, now there will be the discussions about why, what the motive was, all that kind of discussion will start?- discussion will start? yes,

everything _ discussion will start? yes, everything we _ discussion will start? yes, everything we had - discussion will start? yes, everything we had from i discussion will start? yes, | everything we had from the officials tells us they are still in the preliminary parts of their investigation. yesterday and this morning and this afternoon was all about tracking down the suspect and getting him into custody one way or the other, which is what happened. now, they will get the new onto the more in—depth part of the investigation when they find out who this man was, what possibly could have motivated him to target these communities and any information that can be brought to light in the coming weeks. tail: that can be brought to light in the coming weeks.— the coming weeks. talk us throu~h the coming weeks. talk us through the _ the coming weeks. talk us through the atmosphere, l the coming weeks. talk us i through the atmosphere, this the coming weeks. talk us - through the atmosphere, this is happening on your doorstep. how are people feeling?— are people feeling? people from torrance, alhambra, _ are people feeling? people from torrance, alhambra, outside - are people feeling? people from torrance, alhambra, outside ofl torrance, alhambra, outside of la county and like we hear from most mass shootings from the people affected, they never expected these things to happen in their neighbourhood. monterey park from what we hear is a safe place with a lot of

older people going about their lives. everyone is really devastated by what is going on and all the communities impacted our grieving right now. i impacted our grieving right now. . , impacted our grieving right now. ., , ., " impacted our grieving right now. . , ., ~ , ., impacted our grieving right now. . , ., ~ ., now. i am sure. thank you for aaivin now. i am sure. thank you for giving us _ now. i am sure. thank you for giving us the _ now. i am sure. thank you for giving us the details - now. i am sure. thank you for giving us the details of - now. i am sure. thank you for giving us the details of what l giving us the details of what has been going on in los angeles. let's get some of the day's other news: the bbc has been told that the conservative party chair, nadhim zahawi, did pay a penalty to settle a dispute with the tax authorities. it's understood mr zahawi paid a total settlement of about five million pounds to hmrc but he's denied trying to avoid tax. those close to him insist he won't be resigning. people living in england and wales are being urged to only call 999 if seriously unwell, as ambulance workers strike again. thousands of staff are walking out today in a dispute about pay, including paramedics, control room staff and support workers. presidentjoe biden says the fight for abortion rights in america is not over. he was speaking on what would

have been the 50th anniversary of the roe versus wade ruling, which was reversed by the supreme court last year. since then at least a dozen states have enforced bans. 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 a0 years in prison on spying and other charges. the belgian government has dismissed the charges as fake, saying his alleged crimes had been fabricated. family and friends gathered in memphis to pay tribute to singer—songwriter lisa marie presley, who died last thursday at the age of 5a. alanis morissette and axel rose honored the late musician with performances of the songs rest and november rain. the german 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. more than 2,000 leopards are sitting in warehouses all over europe. president zelensky believes about 300 of them could help to defeat russia. under german export laws, other countries who want to supply leopards, like poland and finland, are unable to do so until berlin gives the all—clear. despite heavy fighting continuing in eastern ukraine, 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 dangerous circumstances. from there, 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 fighter jets, 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 ok? i'm 0k. 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, 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. andrew harding, bbc news, in lyman, ukraine. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll tell you how russians are being affected by a crackdown

against the lgbt+ community. 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". 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: the suspect in a shooting which killed ten people and left another ten wounded in california, has been found dead by police after shooting himself inside a van. as heavy fighting continutes in eastern ukraine, the german chancellor faces growing pressure to allow german—built tanks to be sent to ukraine. a crackdown against the lgbt+ community in russia has intensified after a tough new law was passed by the russian parliament. the bill, passed in december, places restrictions on almost any mention of lgbt people or culture. russian officials have said the war in ukraine is a battle against western culture,

and especially against lgbt values, which president putin described as "pure satanism". will vernon reports from moscow. when he leaves the house, danya can't leave make up but even then, still afraid. translation: it is very frightening living somewhere where it is illegaljust to be yourself. i where it is illegal 'ust to be ourself. ., �* where it is illegal 'ust to be wraith where it is illegal 'ust to be ourself. ., ., yourself. i don't want to live in fear. the _ yourself. i don't want to live in fear. the 22-year-old - yourself. i don't want to live | in fear. the 22-year-old does in fear. the 22—year—old does something that can be very dangerous in russia. he is an openly gay drag queen. but now, danya plans to leave the country and moved to france. a new anti— lgbt law has been passed by the russian parliament. the main drag night danya performs at has cancelled its shows. �* ,, �* its shows. translation: according _ its shows. translation: according to _ its shows. translation: according to the - its shows. translation: according to the law - its shows. translation: according to the law it's l according to the law it's forbidden to do what we do now stop either have to leave the

country or stay here and wait for things to get even worse. ten years ago, so—called gay propaganda was made illegal in relation to children, but the new measures go much further. many are worried that even the slightest reference to lgbt culture will now be banned. i just bought this book, recently published, it's a gay love story but if you look inside, you can see that parts of it have actually been redacted. and shops right across russia have been withdrawing other books from sale, books with gay references or characters in them in case they get secured under the new law. it's almost as if lgbt people are being deleted from society. there are some here who want to do exactly that. vitaly molonov is an openly homophobic mp who signed up to the new law. irate

signed up to the new law. we think it is _ signed up to the new law. we think it is a — signed up to the new law. - think it is a russian right to have this legislation. russia is at war with _ have this legislation. russia is at war with ukraine, - is at war with ukraine, thousands of russians and ukrainian dying, there is emigration sanctions, international isolation. do you think this is the time to be focusing on an anti— lgbt law. come on. russia is not being isolated. we have contact with the western world.— the western world. activist ' otr the western world. activist pyotr recently _ the western world. activist pyotr recently set - the western world. activist pyotr recently set up - the western world. activist pyotr recently set up a - the western world. activist l pyotr recently set up a small lgbt museum. he closed it to the public after the law was passed. pyotralso the public after the law was passed. pyotr also plans to leave russia. he says people like him are an easy target for the kremlin.— like him are an easy target for the kremlin. translation: the war is lost. _ the kremlin. translation: the war is lost, the _ the kremlin. translation: the war is lost, the authorities - war is lost, the authorities need to show people what they have risked their lives for, just to find a new scapegoat,

lgbt maple-— lgbt people. vladimir putin sa s the lgbt people. vladimir putin says the war _ lgbt people. vladimir putin says the war in _ lgbt people. vladimir putin says the war in ukraine - lgbt people. vladimir putin says the war in ukraine is i lgbt people. vladimir putin l says the war in ukraine is also a fight against the west. and lgbt values. repression is increasing in russia and if the war continues to go badly for the kremlin, many here are wondering who the next target will be. will vernon, bbc news, russia. the actor brendan fraser is being widely tipped for an oscar nomination in his new film the whale, all about a morbidly obese man trying to connect with his estranged daughter. it's his first leading role in years — and he's already bagged a british academy nomination and a critics choice award for it. he's been speaking to our entertainment reporter, lizo mzimba. the point of this chorus is to learn how to write clearly and persuasively. learn how to write clearly and persuasively-— persuasively. think about the truth of your _ persuasively. think about the truth of your argument. i

persuasively. think about the i truth of your argument. charlie is a reclusive lecturer. he obese and desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter. reconnect with his estranged dau:hter. �* ,, reconnect with his estranged daughter-— daughter. are you actually t in: daughter. are you actually trying to — daughter. are you actually trying to parent _ daughter. are you actually trying to parent me i daughter. are you actually trying to parent me right l daughter. are you actually i trying to parent me right now? who would want me to be a part of their— who would want me to be a part of their life?— of their life? how much responsibility _ of their life? how much responsibility do - of their life? how much responsibility do you i of their life? how much l responsibility do you feel doing apart like this? aha, responsibility do you feel doing apart like this? a great deal doing apart like this? a great deal. ifeel_ doing apart like this? a great deal. i feel like _ doing apart like this? a great deal. i feel like i'm _ doing apart like this? a great deal. i feel like i'm going i doing apart like this? a great deal. i feel like i'm going to i deal. ifeel like i'm going to be the voice for those who live the way that charlie does, to depict him with dignity and with respect in a way that we haven't seen that character played on screen before. we live in a very _ played on screen before. we live in a veryjudgemental society in many ways, particularly with social media. what kind of impact do you hope this can have beyond the emotion of a story. we can often lose _ emotion of a story. we can often lose sight _ emotion of a story. we can often lose sight of- emotion of a story. we can often lose sight of those i emotion of a story. we can l often lose sight of those are human beings with thoughts and feelings on hearts and families and everything and this is a story that is not often told in media and destroy that is played out behind closed doors

into— bedroom apartments all across the country, the continent and the world. i need to know that she is going to have a decent life, where she cares about people.— cares about people. fraser's remarkable _ cares about people. fraser's remarkable transformation, | cares about people. fraser's i remarkable transformation, the result of heavy prosthetics. the lead character might be an unusual one for hollywood but the director hopes the story will resonate with us all. i need to know that i have done one thing right with my life! i'm happy that it's out in the world — i'm happy that it's out in the world and _ i'm happy that it's out in the world and it has a positive message, it's about bringing families_ message, it's about bringing families back together and so much — families back together and so much that happened over the last few— much that happened over the last few years has brought so many — last few years has brought so many people apart that it's nice — many people apart that it's nice to _ many people apart that it's nice to feel that human connection again.- nice to feel that human connection again. she saved him. connection again. she saved him- she — connection again. she saved him. she wasn't _ connection again. she saved him. she wasn't trying i connection again. she saved him. she wasn't trying to i connection again. she saved l him. she wasn't trying to hurt him. she wasn't trying to hurt him. 20 him. she wasn't trying to hurt him- 20 years _ him. she wasn't trying to hurt him. 20 years ago, _ him. she wasn't trying to hurt him. 20 years ago, brendan l him. 20 years ago, brendan fraser was one of hollywood's leading stars thanks to films like the mummy series but in recent years, his work has made

less of an impact. the whale though has led the industry to once again recognises talent. i think the response to this film has certainly opened people's eyes to new ideas and ways to reorient beliefs that they held formally that i guarantee are changed by story's end. did you really feel _ changed by story's end. did you really feel you _ changed by story's end. did you really feel you are _ changed by story's end. did you really feel you are out - changed by story's end. did you really feel you are out in - changed by story's end. did you really feel you are out in the i really feel you are out in the wilderness for the past few years in film terms?- wilderness for the past few years in film terms? you could sa i years in film terms? you could say i was. _ years in film terms? you could say i was. yes- _ years in film terms? you could say i was, yes. since _ years in film terms? you could say i was, yes. since the i years in film terms? you could say i was, yes. since the film i say i was, yes. since the film 's world _ say i was, yes. since the film 's world romeo _ say i was, yes. since the film 's world romeo last - say i was, yes. since the film i 's world romeo last september, �*s world romeo last september, razor�*s performance has been talked about is one of the most powerful of the year. a bafta nomination, regulations. a critics choice when, congratulations again. how does it feel for you to be getting this kind of recognition? it’s this kind of recognition? it's exciting. — this kind of recognition? it's exciting, it's _ this kind of recognition? it�*s exciting, it's rewarding, it's new to me and i'm keen to see what happens next.— new to me and i'm keen to see what happens next. what do you ho -e will what happens next. what do you hope will happen _ what happens next. what do you

hope will happen next? - what happens next. what do you hope will happen next? i- what happens next. what do you hope will happen next? i hope i hope will happen next? i hope we will be _ hope will happen next? i hope we will be having _ hope will happen next? i hope we will be having another- we will be having another conversation like this. people are amazing- _ conversation like this. people are amazing. and _ conversation like this. people are amazing. and when i conversation like this. people are amazing. and when the l conversation like this. people i are amazing. and when the oscar nominations are unveiled tomorrow afternoon, it will be a huge shock when in fraser's name isn't on the list for best actor. lizo mzimba, bbc news. the fantasy sequel avatar: the way of water has become only the sixth film in history to take more than $2 billion in box office receipts around the world. when the movie was released last month its director, james cameron, said it needed to reach that milestone just to break even. the original avatarfilm remains the highest grossing movie of all time. it picks up after the event of the original avatar, which is the original avatar, which is the highest grossing film of all time is a mention, with a box office of $2.79 billion. 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 for analysis i was lucky enough to get a lot of waves and the last one was, like, perfect — perfection — it was a peaking and as soon as it erupted, it was so smooth, so easy to be able to have all these feeling of speed and water

moving under my bones. it was crispy. for me, definitely, the feeling to go and to have the connection with a wave like that was amazing. glassy conditions, sunny, glassy, all day long, huge. yeah, everything together made the best wave trip for me, yeah. incredible and amazing, that's my analysis. that is to show you what we've got on line in terms of our business coverage, we'll be looking at and a moment in terms of business news, but one of the stories we mentioned, energy firms to be investigated by the industry regulator ofgem following a sharp rise in the number of households being forced onto prepayment metres. energy firms are not taking due care when it comes to vulnerable households which of course is a big story

currently with the price of energy so high, being so cold as well. i'll be back with a top business stories injust as well. i'll be back with a top business stories in just a moment. hello there. at the moment the weather is not quite as you'd expect 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 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, 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. 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.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. disenchanted business leaders call for big decisions from the uk government to increase foreign investment. happy new year — as china celebrates the year of the rabbit we assess the economic boost it may bring. president lula of brazil floats the idea of a south american currency to rival the us dollar as he heads to a regional summit. and what is the future for working from home as more employers demand that workers return to the office?