welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: let's go! police in nashville release footage from officers who responded to a mass shooting in a school. they say the attacker had bought seven guns legally. they were legally purchased, three of those weapons were used yesterday during this horrific tragedy. three children, all aged nine, were killed, along with three adults — among them the head teacher. at least a0 people have died in a fire at a migrant processing facility on the us—mexico border. clashes erupt in france between police and protesters angry with president macron�*s

pension reform plans. it took minutes for this peaceful process to turn violent _ peaceful process to turn violent. masked protesters viole nt. masked protesters taking _ violent. masked protesters taking on the police. and the bbc is granted rare access to london's new £5 billion super—sewer — aimed at cleaning up the river thames. welcome to the programme. we begin today in the united states, where police who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attacker had legally purchased seven guns and hid them at the family house. audrey hale, a 28—year—old former pupil, shot six people

dead, including three children, all nine years old, and the school's head teacher — before being shot and killed by officers. let's take a look at gun violence in the us. a mass shooting is defined as four or more people being injured or killed. it's only march and there've been over 130 mass shootings across the us so far this year. and there've been more than 600 mass shootings in each of the last three years. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal sent this report from nashville — a warning, it contains some distressing footage. this is the moment when audrey hale prepares to kill. the 28—year—old turns up at the school in a car, shoots the glass to get inside, and then stalks the halls with a rifle. minutes later, police officers michael collazo and rex engelbert arrive. let's go! footage released by police

shows when officer engelbert enters the school. after a room—to—room search of the ground floor... sounds like it's upstairs. ..they hear gunfire upstairs and head to intercept. as he rounds the corner, one of the officers spots the attacker and takes the shot. gunfire police say the assailant, audrey hale, carefully planned the attack, and that she was born a woman but recently identified on social media as a man. her victims were nine—year—olds evelyn, hallie and william, and three staff members — cynthia peak, mike hill, and katherine koonce, the head teacher. police say audrey hale was a former student here at the school, had no criminal record, and that resentment may have been a motive. a friend of hale's has told the bbc tonight they communicated moments before the attack. i received an instagram dm

from audrey, basically stating that i would see her on the news later on this evening, and that something tragic was about to happen. i was just speechless. like, i'mjust like... i'm sorry, like, i'm still trying to wrap my head around what we're going through as a city. officers say hale had a manifesto and could have killed more people. we've determined that audrey bought seven firearms from five different local gun stores here legally. three of those weapons were used yesterday during the horrific tragedy. she was under care, a doctor's care for an emotional disorder.

law enforcement knew nothing about the treatment she was receiving. it's caused president biden to renew his call to ban assault rifles — the type used in this shooting. he and lawmakers from both sides passed major gun safety legislation last year, but many republicans say a ban goes too far. the grief here is unimaginable, but it's all so familiar. mass shootings are now a regular occurrence here in america. i've reported on a few, and what i tend to hear from people, and what i've have been hearing today, is they say, "we don't do politics, we do prayers." but guns are political. this is a deeply conservative state, and even the republican lawmaker who represents the district here published a christmas card last year which appeared to show him with his family, including young children, proudly holding assault rifles — the type of rifles that president biden has once again called to ban.

but when you talk about a ban — when you mention that word, when you even talk about restrictions — people here don't want to hear it. they believe a ban or a restriction would be an infringement upon their constitutional right to bear arms. and what people here are much more focused on is praising the police officers for their quick reaction in shooting the assailant. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the political party of the burmese nobel laureate aung san suu kyi has been dissolved by myanmar�*s military rulers. the national league for democracy had refused to re—register as a party under strict new rules introduced by the military. the president of the international olympic committee has defended plans that would allow russian and belarusian athletes back into international competition as individual neutral athletes.

thomas bach said allowing their participation "works" despite the ongoing war. the ioc had placed sanctions on russia and belarus following the russian invasion of ukraine in 2022. prince harry has returned to the royal courts ofjustice for the second day of a high court hearing in london over multiple privacy claims brought against the publisher of the daily mail. prince harry is part of a group, along with sir eltonjohn and david furnish, bringing claims over allegations associated newspapers limited carried out or commissioned illegal or unlawful information—gathering. at least a0 people have died in a fire at a migrant processing centre in mexico — that officials say started during a protest against deportations. many of the victims are thought to migrants from central and south america, trying to reach the united states. dozens of people were also

injured in the incident and taken to hospital. the fire occured at a facility in ciudad huarez, across the border from el paso, texas. giovanni lepri is the un refugee agency's representative in mexico. i began by asking him for his reaction to the incident. the first reaction is that it's a tragedy, there is no other way to describe it. it's a tragedy, its dramatic, but it's not the only one. it's a symptom of a much bigger situation, much bigger issue that is affecting people on the move in this region. we're talking about thousands of thousands of people on the move for different reasons, seeking protection, seeking alternatives — and i think we should look at this tragedy from this perspective. you alluded there to the current migrant situation at the us southern border — what are your specific concerns right now about what's going on there?

the situation at the border is complex, it's not the only one, there are others in the region. but the border areas between mexico and the us are among the most dangerous for many, many reasons. so for people that are refugees or people on the move, or migrants, even mexian journalists, they spend long periods of time along the border in situations that are already dangerous. this gives another layer of risk for people that have already taken extremely dangerous journeys. and of course, as always, the most vulnerable are women and children — because this tragedy that we saw yesterday, last night affected mostly, actually exclusively men, but people on the moves, thousands of people on the move, and you're talking about families with young children. so it is a situation that is of very high concern,

and calls for alternatives — alternatives that will limit or actually cancel — the fact that people will take those very dangerous risks across mexico, but across much wider regions. you're well aware that most of the people that arrive in mexico pass through the jungle between colombia and panama. it's an extremely dangerous place, so they go from dangerous to dangerous location. given how dangerous and perilous thatjourney is, as you've just described, why are people still making this journey? can you talk us through some of the reasons for this? yes, this region at the moment is hosting 20% of all the forcibly displaced worldwide — you're talking about 20 million between internally displaced, and refugees and asylum—seekers. this is because the americas

as a region became much more complex in terms of security, in terms of many countries facing generalised violence, there's the very serious issue of public order — and we can name them, but in the past, we would say that mostly people would come from north and central america through mexico, and many to the us and others would stay in mexico. now the numbers of countries that we can add up, in terms of being the origin of many people needing protection, have just increased dramatically in the last few years. and of course, covid aggravated the situation, and the consequences of covid, as well. hundreds of thousands of protesters in france have been staging another day of strikes and rallies

against the government's pension reforms, with some demonstrators clashing with riot police. people are angry after legislation to raise the retirement age in france from 62 to 64 was forced through by president emmanuel macron�*s government. our paris correspondent lucy williamson sent this report. the temperature rose as the sun went down. across france, fires burned like beliefs as bright as fever. young protesters with their rocks and bottles, disappearing in clouds of tear gas fired by riot police in bordeaux, in nantes, and in paris. it took minutes for this peaceful protest to turn violent. hidden amongst the main demonstration, masked protesters who are now taking on the police. running through the lines of police, the white and black helmets of the specialist units known as brav—m — rapid reaction teams, tasked

with stamping out trouble. a new target for protesters after growing allegations of abuse. a video emerged last week apparently showing brav—m officers hitting a protester in the face. and an audio recording appears to have captured threats, intimidation, and racist insults against a group of student protesters. "next time, you won't be going to the police station, you'll be going to the hospital," one officer is heard saying. salome was one of them. she's since filed a complaint and was back out protesting today. it is important that police can contain violence and protect people — but in that case, the violence was against us and they were not protecting us. we must be protected from them. that is really worrying to me. the protests across france today were, as usual, largely peaceful, and smaller than last week — but police say some mainstream protesters are joining agitators in attacking them.

after covid, after everything that happened in france, inflation and everything, people started to be really tense and that does not help to reduce the violence against the police because the police are representing the state, so in a way when you attack the police, you might feel you are protesting against the state. tonight, fires are burning across france as president macron struggles for a way out of this crisis, with political negotiations frozen and the streets on fire. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... a guided tour of london's new £5 billion super—sewer aimed at cleaning up the river thames. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worst, produce a meltdown.

in this case, the precautions worked, but not quite well enough to prevent old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become - a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many peruvians wished it had never been built. | the eiffel tower's birthday is- being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. j

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: police in the us say the suspect involved in a mass shooting at a school in nashville had legally purchased seven guns. clashes have erupted in france between police and protesters angry with president macron�*s pension reform plans. more action is planned for next month. president biden says he hopes that the israeli prime minister will abandon the judicial reform law that has sparked weeks of protests and a political crisis. benjamin netanyahu delayed the proposal on monday after large numbers of people took to the streets. speaking from the tarmac before boarding air force one, president biden said he hoped mr netanyahu try to work out a genuine compromise. like many strong supporters, i'm very concerned. and i'm concerned that they get this straight.

they cannot continue down this road. and i've sort of made that clear. hopefully, the prime minister will act in a way that he's going to try to work out some genuine compromise, but that remains to be seen. let's cross to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. great to get you on the show, peter. wejust great to get you on the show, peter. we just heard from president biden, is america getting firmer on israel? this is certainly — getting firmer on israel? this is certainly a _ getting firmer on israel? this is certainly a very _ getting firmer on israel? ti 3 is certainly a very significant statement byjoe biden, and it has to be said, something of a mixed message, he is talking about a compromise in one breath but then he's talking about urging benjamin netanyahu to walk away from his plans to reform the judiciary. to walk away from his plans to reform thejudiciary. so to walk away from his plans to reform the judiciary. so a slightly stronger town in terms of suggesting that mr netanyahu

should abandon those plans. either way, should abandon those plans. eitherway, it should abandon those plans. either way, it seems as if mr biden is going further than the white house did just 2a hours ago, when it was also talking about proper mice. this is after we first heard about plans by mr netanyahu to delay the enforcement of his plans to reform the judiciary. the enforcement of his plans to reform thejudiciary. but the enforcement of his plans to reform the judiciary. but i think the fact thatjoe biden is seemingly quite freely speaking out here is very significant. he is of course and has been for a long time a friend of israel, a fact that has been acknowledged by prime minister netanyahu, but all the same, when he uses phrases like the health of public democracy is at stake, and israel cannot continue in this way, it shows a depth of concern, i think, the part of the united and president biden that during this crisis in israel we so far haven't heard.— this crisis in israel we so far haven't heard. peter, thanks forjoining — haven't heard. peter, thanks

forjoining us. _ ukraine has confirmed the arrival of tanks from its european allies as it prepares for a possible counter—offensive against russian forces. it comes as us secretary of state antony blinken holds a virtual session with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky in which he backs ukraine's peace framework, demanding the withdrawal of all russian forces from ukrainian territory. our correspondent in kyiv, hugo bachega, has more. antony blinken warned against calls for ceasefire here in ukraine, saying that any ceasefire would only consolidate russia's gains in the country and also give russian troops time to regroup and rearm. he said those calls were a cynical proposal. now, these remarks come as china has put forward a peace proposal calling for a ceasefire, a proposal that has been embraced by the russian president, vladimir putin, and has been dismissed by ukraine and its western allies.

the us secretary of state again said the biden administration supports a ten—point peace initiative that has been put forward by the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky. this is a plan that includes a call for the complete withdrawal of russian forces from ukrainian territory, also the restoration of ukraine's territorial integrity and the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute russia's war crimes. here, the first challenger tanks that have been given by the uk have arrived in ukraine and also the 18 german leopard tanks. this as the ukrainians prepare for a much anticipated offensive to try to take back territory that's now under occupation. the terrorism threat level in northern ireland has been raised from substantial to severe — meaning the risk of an attack is now �*highly likely�*. the rating is based on an m15 intelligence assessment and comes after a rise in activity by dissident republicans, including a gun attack last month

on a senior police officer. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, sent this report from belfast. the attack on a senior police officer last month — one of the factors that's led to the threat level being increased. when dci john caldwell was shot multiple times at this sports ground while coaching youth football, the incident was claimed by the violent dissident republican group known as the new ira, who oppose northern ireland being part of the uk. this is merely focused upon the likes of the police service and the prison service and other agencies, but the community should be concerned that terrorists want to disrupt our life, that they want to carry out attacks and stop effective policing and stop effective justice system, and therefore we should all be concerned about that. police are often targets. in november, there was a murder attempt on two officers when their vehicle was damaged in a bomb attack in county tyrone.

it is crucial now that the government steps up and provides the additional funding that is needed to enable the police service in northern ireland to recruit the additional police officers that they need, so they have the resources and the capacity to counter this very serious terrorist threat. but for the wider public, northern ireland's history of conflict means even today, living with security threats is nothing new. does the continued presence of paramilitaries ever concern you 7 no. it's just idiots that are just trying to cause trouble. everyone here grew up around that. they know where to stay away from and they know where to go to, really. i think it's good that it's taken seriously, | but by the same token, it's nowhere near as . bad as it used to be. the threat level has remained at severe in northern ireland for much of the past 13 years. it was downgraded last year, but since then, assessments by security services have shown an increase in activity by dissident republicans, based on intelligence

about their capabilities and intentions. but dissidents make up only a tiny fraction of the political landscape in northern ireland. the new ira's political wing — seen here on parade — the most public of them. groups have been weakened through infiltration by m15, but today's change in the threat level is a reminder of the danger that still exists. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. for decades, london's victorian—era sewers have discharged raw sewage into the river thames after heavy rain. but that could be about to change, thanks to a vast tunnel that's been built underneath the river — seven metres wide and 25km long. our environment correspondent jonah fisher was given a rare opportunity to ride a bike along the tunnel before it fills up with sewage. just looking for history. looking for stories, really. lara is a mudlark, forever

searching the brown banks of the river thames. ifound a complete iron age pot, a tudor shoe... but alongside the treasures are more familiar items that have been flushed away. condoms, tampax applicators, sanitary towels, wet wipes. you name it, i've found it. we are spoiling it, you know? we are pouring our waste into it and just destroying it. but deep beneath the river, the clean—up plan is nearly ready to flow. a £5 billion tunnel, the largest and deepest the capital has ever seen. the reason we are riding on bikes through this tunnel is because it'sjust so big — it's 15 miles long, all the way across london, under the river thames. and the idea behind it is, well, that it will collect the sewage and storm water that at the moment goes into the river, and take it downhill to east london where it can

be processed properly. here we are at the victoria intersection point. we are shown one of the 3a sewage overflow pipes that we believe we will capture 95% of the volume going through, because that will head into this tunnel. this will clean up the river significantly? absolutely. after years of abuse, just maybe the tide has turned. jonah fisher, bbc news, on the banks of the river thames. let's end on the discovery of a lifetime for one very lucky australian. using just a budget metal detector, an amateur gold digger has found a rock containing £160,000 worth of gold. the man wants to stay anonymous but he made the discovery in victoria's goldfields right in the heart of australia's gold

rush from the 1800s. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. after the dry and sunny day that most of us had on monday, tuesday's weather was, well, a little bit disappointing, wasn't it? we had a lot of cloud around and outbreaks of rain. and it wasn'tjust that it was a wet day, it was also quite chilly for a late march day, with temperatures for quite a few of us, around 8—9 celsius. but looking at wednesday's weather picture, it will at least be turning a lot milder, although we have got more rain on the way. now, the milder weather conditions will be brought in on these fairly gusty southwesterly winds, so some very mild air coming our way. that process of the southwesterly winds bringing mild air is well under way — at the moment, but we've got a lot of cloud around with patches of drizzle. so quite a damp start to wednesday, i think, with a few mist and fog patches around the coast and hills in the west, but temperatures starting off wednesday at around 10—11

celsius in places. now, for wednesday itself, we've got several weather fronts that will be pushing across the uk, each bringing episodes of rain. so, a cloudy and damp start to the day, then we get these bursts of fairly heavy rain working in from the southwest — some of the wettest weather through the morning across northern ireland and western scotland, then later in the day, wales and parts of southern england could get some really heavy rain, might even see some localised surface—water flooding. it's unsettled, but it is mild, temperatures up to around 15, maybe 16 celsius. those gusty southwesterly winds continue then through wednesday night, and into thursday, it's a slightly less damp day, i'd say. brighter skies, there'll be a bit more in the way of sunshine around, but it is a day of sunshine and showers. and come the afternoon, the showers are going to be quite widespread — some of them heavy, the greatest risk of seeing thunderstorms stretches from southwest england towards the home counties and east anglia. temperatures, though, could hit 16 or even 17 celsius, which would make it one of the warmest days of the year so far.

from thursday into friday, well, we get more rain. the rain will be widespread across england and wales, some of it'll be really heavy. across more northern areas into scotland, perhaps the far north of england, you're escaping with some drier and brighter weather here. a few spots of rain across eastern areas. those temperatures, though, won't be as high — 12—13 celsius, but those rainfall totals mounting up on the last day of the month. heading into april, well, it's unsettled still — "april showers" pretty much sums it up. expect a bit more rain this weekend.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after this programme. many of us have struggled with our weight at one time or another. but now, some are taking the extra step — surgery — to reduce our stomachs. since i had my weight loss surgery in september 2020, i have lost 10st 9lb. and it's clear, travelling abroad for surgery is getting more and more popular... ..fuelled by advertising online and difficulty accessing treatment in the uk. i never considered doing it through the nhs, just because i know how big the wait times were.

i followed people out to one of the most popular