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netanyahu this is bbc news. i'm victoria valentine with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden calls on the us congress to ban assault weapons after a mass shooting at a school in nashville, kills six people, including three children. tributes pour in for the british tv and radio star paul o'grady — who's died at the age of 67. he was also known for his drag queen persona, lily savage. clashes erupt in france between police and protesters angry with president macron�*s pension reform plans. it took minutes for this peaceful protest to turn violent. hidden amongst the main demonstration, masked protesters who are now taking on the police.
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king charles will begin his first state visit as monarch when he arrives in germany with the queen consort. italy introduces a law banning the production and sale of synthetic foods — including artificial meat. and football superstar, lionel messi, scores his 100th goalfor argentina — three months after leading his country to world cup glory. president biden has urged congress to act now to ban assault weapons, following monday's deadly school shooting in the us city of nashville. three children and three adults were killed. police say the suspect had legally purchased seven guns. nomia iqbal reports from nashville
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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, they hear gunfire upstairs and head to intercept. as he rounds the corner, one of the officers spots the attacker and takes the shot. 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.
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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 saying that i would see her on the news later on this evening and something tragic was about to happen. i was just speechless. like, i'mjust like... i'm sorry, like, i am still trying to wrap my head around what we are going through as a city. officers say hale had a manifesto and could have
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killed more people. we have determined that audrey bought seven firearms from five different local gun stores here legally. three of those weapons were used yesterday during this 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 calls to ban assault rifles, the type used in the 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 also familiar. mass shootings are now a regular occurrence here in america. i reported on a few and what i tend to hear
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from people and what i've 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 rivals 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 who don't want to hear it. they believe a ban or a restriction would be an infringement on 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. the entertainer and former radio two presenter paul o'grady has died at the age of 67. the tv star, also known by his drag queen personality, lily savage, hosted a show on bbc radio two for nearly 14 years before leaving last august.
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for more, stephanie prenticejoins me now. the news came from his partner, andre portasio. what more do we know? it was a shock and _ what more do we know? it was a shock and a _ what more do we know? it was a shock and a lot _ what more do we know? it was a shock and a lot of _ what more do we know? it was a shock and a lot of tributes - shock and a lot of tributes pouring in, people expressing shock and sadness after his partner confirmed on instagram he passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at the age of 67. he added people could at this time celebrate his life but please respect the privacy of his family as they came to terms with that loss and they said he would miss his humour, his wit and his compassion. paul o'grady has been open in the past about struggles with his health, he got parkinson's after struggling with cardiac arrest, he said he had had to make some healthy lifestyle choices full stop did your life flash before you? i wish it
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did, i was so whacked out of my mind on morphine. i was in 7th heaven, i didn't care what happened. heaven, i didn't care what happened-— heaven, i didn't care what hauened. , ., happened. they said you have had a heart — happened. they said you have had a heart attack, _ happened. they said you have had a heart attack, oh, - happened. they said you have had a heart attack, oh, i'm . had a heart attack, oh, i'm fine — had a heart attack, oh, i'm fine you _ had a heart attack, oh, i'm fine. you said my leg was off, i'm not— fine. you said my leg was off, i'm not bothered. i feel fine, i'm not bothered. i feel fine, i gave — i'm not bothered. i feel fine, i gave up— i'm not bothered. i feel fine, i gave up cigarettes. when i gave — i gave up cigarettes. when i gave up— i gave up cigarettes. when i gave up smoking i lost 20 workers _ gave up smoking i lost 20 workers-_ gave up smoking i lost 20 workers. ., ., , , ., gave up smoking i lost 20 workers. ., , ., , workers. you get a sense of his humour. _ workers. you get a sense of his humour. he _ workers. you get a sense of his humour, he was _ workers. you get a sense of his humour, he was so _ workers. you get a sense of his humour, he was so well-known humour, he was so well—known wasn't he, to so many people in britain. what other things do you think he will be remembered for? ., ., ., , ., for? that humour was a trademark _ for? that humour was a trademark of _ for? that humour was a trademark of his - for? that humour was a trademark of his we - for? that humour was a| trademark of his we saw for? that humour was a i trademark of his we saw it running through all of his work and in his most synonymous character of lily savage, who he created in the 90s and under the character he presented blankety—blank a popular game show and the lily savage show, which saw that character inspired by some of the women
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inspired by some of the women in his life, we have got a clip of him in that role as well. oh, my god, good evening and welcome — oh, my god, good evening and welcome to my little show. you have _ welcome to my little show. you have to — welcome to my little show. you have to excuse the way i am dressed _ have to excuse the way i am dressed i_ have to excuse the way i am dressed i came just from work, jenny— dressed i came just from work, jenny ware can open the door and a — jenny ware can open the door and a dressing gown i can be seen — and a dressing gown i can be seen in— and a dressing gown i can be seen ina— and a dressing gown i can be seen in a jacket that is four years— seen in a jacket that is four years old _ seen in a jacket that is four years old-— years old. he appeared on mainstream _ years old. he appeared on mainstream shows - years old. he appeared on mainstream shows like - years old. he appeared on l mainstream shows like blind date, he was known for his compassion and kindness, doing a lot of charity work with animals and meeting members of the royalfamily, he hosted mainstream shows about animal charity work in the uk. someone who would be missed by many different people in many different people in many different areas. he certainly well, thank _ different areas. he certainly well, thank you _ different areas. he certainly well, thank you very - different areas. he certainly well, thank you very much. | 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,
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president biden said he hoped mr netanyahu would try to work out a genuine compromise. like many strong supporters, i'm very concerned. i'm concerned they get this straight. they can't continue down this road and i sort of made that clear. hopefully, the prime minister will act in a way when he tries to work out some genuine compromise but that remains to be seen. let's cross to our north america correspondent peter bowes. how often does the us president talk about the affairs of other nations? it is indeed very rare for president biden or any us president, senior politician to get involved in domestic israeli politics. it is a sensitive area and up until now
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the approach of the white house on this particular issue the unrest we have been seeing in israel has been very cautious, talking of compromise, as indeed president biden in the last few hours has been talking about compromise but that was the line from the white house on monday when benjamin netanyahu said he was effectively putting on hold or delaying those plans to change the way the judiciary works in israel. certainly, president biden going much further in the last few hours, and rather than talking about compromise he is saying he wants benjamin netanyahu to walk away from those proposals, a little bit of a confusing message there in terms of whether it's compromise or completely working away —— walking away from the policy. previously, the us ambassador to israel told local radio that netanyahu was expected to be invited to the white house. there's clearly growing unease in washington over israel's direction. where does this leave
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the us—israel relationship? well, it leaves it in quite a tense situation right now. i don't think it's a relationship thatis don't think it's a relationship that is injeopardy don't think it's a relationship that is in jeopardy over the long—term, and prime minister netanyahu essentially made that point, that he knows president biden is and most people know he has been a long—term friend of israel, but mr netanyahu making the point that it's not on this particular issue he isn't going to be pushed around by foreign politicians, even those that are friends. i think that friendship will persist but in the short term there is a very distinct difference of opinion c. a very distinct difference of opinion c— a very distinct difference of oinion c. 1, , ., ~ opinion c. peter bowes, thank ou ve opinion c. peter bowes, thank you very much- _ opinion c. peter bowes, thank you very much. benjamin - you very much. benjamin netanyahu has dismissed those calls to walk away, a statement from him saying, like many
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strong supporters i am very concerned, so netanyahu rejecting those calls to walk away from judicial reform. more on that is the story develops. let's get some of the day's other news. at least 38 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 believed to be from guatemala. dozens of people were also injured in the incident and taken to hospital. ministers are expected to announce plans today to house asylum seekers on ferries, and at former military bases instead of hotels. the home secretary, suella braverman, has said the current block bookings are costing about £6 million a day. an appeals court in the us state of maryland has reinstated the murder conviction of a man who was freed from prison after a hit podcast series, serial, raised doubts about his guilt. adnan syed had served more than 20 years for killing his ex—girlfriend.
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stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a full sports round—up, including the argentine football maestro lionel messi scoring his 100th international goal. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worst, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some 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.
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the president was on his way out of— the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. - a small crowd outside| included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians 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. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president biden calls on the us congress to ban assault weapons after a mass shooting at a school in nashville kills six people, including three children. tributes pour in for the british tv and radio star, paul 0'grady, who's died at the age of 67. he was also known for his drag queen persona �*lily savage'. hundreds of thousands of protesters in france have been staging further strikes and rallies
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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. 0ur paris correspondent lucy williamson sent this report. the temperature rose as the sun went down stop across france, fires burned like beliefs as bright as fever. protesters with their rocks and bottles disappearing in clouds of tear gas fired by riot police. in bordeaux and in paris. it took minutes for this peaceful protest to turn violent. hidden amongst the main demonstration, must protesters who are now taking on the police. running through the lines of police, the white and black elements of the white and black elements of the specialist units. rapid
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reaction teams tasked with stamping out trouble. a new target for protesters after a growing allegations of abuse. a video emerged last week apparently showing officers hitting a protester in the face. 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 will be going to the hospital, one was passionate officer is heard saying. 0ne passionate officer is heard saying. one person filed a complaint and is back out protesting. it complaint and is back out protesting-— complaint and is back out protesting. it is important that we can _ protesting. it is important that we can contain - protesting. it is important l that we can contain violence and protect people, that in that case, the violence was against us. there was no protecting us. we must be protected from them. that is really worrying to me. the protests — really worrying to me. the protests across _ really worrying to me. the protests across france - really worrying to me. the protests across france were as usual largely peaceful and smaller than last week. but
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please say some mainstream protesters are joining agitators protesters arejoining agitators in protesters are joining agitators in attacking them. after covid and everything that happened in france, inflation and everything, people are really tense and that doesn't help to reduce the violence against the police, representing the state. in a way, when you are police, you might feel you are resting against the state.- might feel you are resting against the state. fires are burnin: against the state. fires are burning across _ against the state. fires are burning across france - against the state. fires are burning across france as i burning across france as resident macron struggles away out of this crisis with political negotiations frozen and the street is on fire. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. king charles will make his first state visit as monarch later today when he visits germany. he had been due to go to france last sunday, but widespread protests against those pension reforms there forced president macron to postpone the trip. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. it should have been at the arc de triomphe in paris, but that wasn't to be. and that it will
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be here at the brandenburg gate in berlin that king charles will begin the first state visit of his reign. with british officials hoping for a smoother passage than was in prospect in france. keep calm and carry on. that could be the of royal visits. it wasn't possible in france. the french decided because of the street protests over the pension reforms. it should be possible here in germany. 0r reforms. it should be possible here in germany. or a state visit which takes place at an important moment in anglo german relations. state visits often symbolise something significant. roll back to 1965 and was the state visit to the then west germany by the late queen elizabeth which put the seal on the restored relationship between two countries which only 20 years earlier had been at war with each other. and now in the europe of 2023, europe with britain outside the eu, this state visit will highlight the bigger picture. many links that
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remain in the shed resolve over ukraine. so, charles, who was last in berlin as prince of wales in 2020, will receive an honoured greeting stop he will be the first head of state since the to war be given a full ceremonial welcome at the brandenburg gate. and he will be the first british monarch to address the german federal parliament. heading for berlin, a new king on a first state visit sealing the latest stage in the relationship between the uk and germany. nicholas witchell, bbc news, berlin. the italian government has introduced a draft law that, if approved, will ban the production and sale of synthetic foods, including artificial meat. the bill would ban the sale, production and importation of food "from cell cultures or tissues derived from animals." if the ban is approved by parliament, penalties for violators would include
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fines of up to $65,000. pretty serious. sofia bettiza is here. to be clear, this ban relates to lab—grown meat, not plant—based products, is that right? that is right. land—based products which are made using beans or soy are, they have been around for years. what is new legislation in italy wants to forbid is the use of synthetic meat that is developed in laboratories. the way that works is you take living cells from animals, you grow them in a laboratory and use them to create food without having to slaughter any animals. now, this is seen as having huge potential because it is a way to make further looks like meat, taste like meat but doesn't require killing any animals. and that is why this new band in italy has created a lot of criticism from animal—rights groups because they are saying that lab grown meat is a good
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alternative, is more of —— sustainable and it could be the future. ~ . , sustainable and it could be the future. ., , ., ., ., future. what is the rationale for this band _ future. what is the rationale for this band from _ future. what is the rationale for this band from the - future. what is the rationale| for this band from the italian government? what are they so concerned about?— government? what are they so concerned about? they haven't really identified _ concerned about? they haven't really identified any _ concerned about? they haven't really identified any major- really identified any major concerns, and some are saying that this is a political move. italy has a right wing nationalist government and they have alleged to protect italian food, which of course is seen as a national treasure, from technological advances that could threaten it. in this case, when it comes to synthetic meat, they are saying that it could be a threat to the traditional link between agriculture and food. 50 the traditional link between agriculture and food. so what is currently — agriculture and food. so what is currently available - agriculture and food. so what is currently available for - is currently available for consumers? can you, in italy, go out and buy synthetic meat? at the moment, you can't anywhere apart from singer —— singapore. but there has been promising research into how to
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develop it, and last year the us deemed lab grown meat, synthetic meat safe to eat. so what that means is bubbly in the next couple of years you will be able to buy this sort of food in supermarkets, and because it is sustainable, environmentally friendly, it could become quite properjuly. really interesting. thank you very much. really interesting. thank you very much-— very much. -- could become cuite very much. -- could become quite pepular- _ time for the sport now. we start with football and there were seven european championship qualifiers played on tuesday. you will find all the results in the bbc sport website. scotland pulled off a shock victory in glasgow, making it two out of two. both these sides when their opening games in the qualifying group on saturday. scotland had won their previous five matches in a row. applying spain is always a daunting prospect. scott came off the
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bench on saturday it score twice against cyprus, and he was to give scotland the lead in the seventh minute. spain made eight changes with a team that started their win over norway but they looked disjointed for much of the night. there one dangerous period was the spell before halftime. they cross barber thatis halftime. they cross barber that is as close as spain came at hampton. scotland doubled their leading early in the second half. 0nly scored once for his country before saturday, but now for more goals in four days, a week he will never forget. two out of 24 will never forget. two out of 2a scotland, the perfect start, and it is not everyday you beat spain. it is almost four decades since scotland lasted so. they will talk about this wind for a very, very long time. elsewhere, another day, another milestone for lionel messi. a week after scoring the 800th goal of his professional career.
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he reached that landmark when he scored the opening goal in argentina's friendly against curacao, and went on to complete a hat—trick as the world champions won 7—0 in santiago del estero. 0nly cristiano ronaldo and ali daei ahead of him on the all—time scoring list. we're still no closer to knowing if athletes from russia and belarus will be able to compete at next year's 0lympics. ukraine has threatened to boycott the paris games if athletes from those two countries are allowed to take part following the invasion of their country. the ioc executive board met on tuesday, but they've delayed their final decision. they've urged individual sports to let all athletes try and qualify for the games. sports organisations must have the sole responsibility to decide which athletes can take part in international competitions based on their sporting merits and not on political grounds or because of their passports. tennis, and the top seed, and defending champion carlos alcaraz is through to
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the quarterfinals of the miami masters. the world number one remains on course to retain the title he won last year after beating tommy paul of the usa in straight sets. alcaraz won 6—4, 6—4 as he looks to complete back—to—back masters series victories following his win at indian wells. he'll face taylor fritz in the last eight. in the women's singles, elena rybakina cruised into the semifinals after thrashing italy's martina trevisan. the number 10 seed from kazakhstan, who's also the reigning wimbledon champion, won 6—3, 6—0 in just over an hour. and she remains on course for back—to—back titles, following her victory at indian wells two weeks ago. that is all your support folau. from me and the team, goodbye. bringing you some breaking news from an interview with president zelensky, saying he has in fact extended an
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invitation to the chinese president to visit ukraine. we don't know whether or not that was declined. we will have more on that story when we get it. see you soon. 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 or 9 degrees. 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
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in the west. but temperatures starting off wednesday at around 10 or 11 degrees celsius in places. now, for wednesday itself, we've got several weather fronts that are going to 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 degrees 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,
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could hit 16 or maybe 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 is going to be widespread across england and wales, some of it's going to 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, aren't going to be as high — 12 or 13 degrees 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.
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