live from london. this is bbc news. five people have been killed and six injured in a mass shooting in the us city of louisville. officers exchanged gunshots without suspect, and ultimately that ——with that suspect did die at the scene. joe biden says he plans to run for president again in 2024 but stops short of a formal announcement. a british israeli woman has died of her wounds three days after an attack in the occupied west bank in which her two daughters were killed.

there's been another deadly mass shooting in the united states. at least five people have been killed in kentucky. the shooting happened at a bank in downtown louisville. police have confirmed that the perpetrator — who opened fire inside the building is now dead. six other people were injured and have been taken to hospital, after the incident in east main. let me show you the live pictures. police are saying just a while ago the investigation would take into the investigation would take into the evening. they were updating just a short while ago about the number of casualties, four people shot dead apart from the perpetrator himself. they told us that two officers had been shot, one is in surgery and critical condition. in six other people taken to hospital in police

praised for stopping the further loss of life. getting to this bank and opening fire with the perpetrator. as i was in, the police gave us an update just a short while ago. let's have a listen. again at 8:30am this morning, approximately 8:30am this morning, louisville metro received a report of shots fired and a possible active shooter at 333 e. main st at the old national bank. within three minutes of being dispatched, officers arrived on scene and encountered the suspect almost immediately still firing gunshots. officers exchanged gunshots with that suspect, and ultimately that suspect did die at the scene. we are trying to confirm if that suspect died of a self—inflicted gunshot wound or was killed by officers at this time. at least two officers were shot during this exchange of gunfire, and one is currently in surgery at the university of louisville hospital. at least four more victims are confirmed to be deceased inside the location, as well as eight that are now

currently being treated at the university hospital. two are critical, one of those being the officer. we are currently working to identify all of the victims, work with their families for reunification and provide services to the families and the victims. the investigation, i want to reiterate, is ongoing. this will be a long scene. it will take pretty much into the night, so i will still ask for the area. ——the public avoid the aera. i want to reiterate that there is no active threat. we believe this is a lone gunman involved in this that did have a connection to the bank. that was the police speaking at that news conference. that was the police speaking at that news conference. also speaking at that press conference was kentucky governor andy beshear, who explained how the attack had directly impacted him. this is awful. i have a very close friend that didn't make it today, and i have another close friend

who didn't either. and one who's at the hospital, that i hope is going to make it through. so when we talk about praying, i hope people will, for those that we are hoping can make it through the surgeries that they're going through, and then we've got to do what we have done these last three years after everything, we've got to wrap our arms around these families. and everybody who needs it, don't be afraid to get some help. clearly a n clearly an emotional governor speaking at that news conference. clearly an emotional governor speaking at live now to our correspondentjess parker. just giving details of the hours and one of the important things we have learned from the authorities, but they are saying the suspect had to cut some kind of connection to the bank, possibly a former employee. no doubt we might learn more about that in

the coming hours. we are expecting another update later on this afternoon local time. they also laid out how officers were at the scene in minute and actually exchanged fire with the suspect. it's not clear that the suspect then died because of that or took their own life. one police officer are currently in surgery. what they been saying this morning is the action of the officers did save lives. you had a tearful governor of kentucky speaking, suggesting or saying that he knows one of the people who lost their lives this morning. this of course is something that we discuss before mass shootings have been on the rise in the united states in recent years. there is clear frustration for example, the biden administration who want to see tougher gun control laws versus those who really believe very strongly in the right to bear arms as part the second amendment. but

the politics aside, we will keep getting details of this incident over the course of the rest of the day. over the course of the rest of the da . . ~' , ., , over the course of the rest of the da . . ~ , ., , . staying in the us, joe biden has confirmed, he plans to run for president in 202a. it's not the formal announcement — he said, he wasn't at that stage yet but the comments are the strongest yet, about his intention to fight 2024. let me show you the clip ofjoe biden talking to nbc�*s today show. i'm not sure he'd planned to say what he said because he was actually being asked about the annual easter egg roll. that's a tradition at the white house. have a look at the exchange. you're planning on it after 202a? i plan on at least three or four more easter egg rolls. at least three or four? maybe five. maybe six, what the hell, i don't know. are you saying that you would be taking part in our upcoming election in 202a? i'll either roll an egg or be the guy who's pushing them out.

help a brother out, make some news for me. no, no, i plan on running, al, but we are not prepared to announce it yet. all right, well, it is so nice, and thank you for having us. good to be here. have fun. i notice your cameramen want to put down their cameras and get some of those easter eggs. that's right, were going to, afterwards we're making egg salad, it's going to be great. guys, back to you. i am joined now by karin robinson from the uk—based campaign group democrats abroad. thank you so much for being with us. as i said in the introduction, is not the official announcement but bit by bit we are getting to a very clear picture that biden will run. well, that's certainly what he was hinting at. to be clear, that's no different from what he said all along. it said dues he said it's his intention to run, he's been sent for a while now we are still a long way off the election so will see how it goes. a slight correction what you said, democrats abroad or not a

campaign group we are in official party organisation, a part of the democratic party. their primary process, it sounds like joe democratic party. their primary process, it sounds likejoe biden is planning on that process. which is fantastic, i welcome into that race was that they may be other candidates to run, we will see how it goes. i certainly think he will face... if you choose the run, which it does seem like he is leaning, and extremely strong candidate. fix, lat it does seem like he is leaning, and extremely strong candidate. a lot of eo - le extremely strong candidate. a lot of peeple thought _ extremely strong candidate. a lot of peeple thought he — extremely strong candidate. a lot of people thought he might _ extremely strong candidate. a lot of people thought he mightjust - extremely strong candidate. a lot of people thought he mightjust be - extremely strong candidate. a lot of people thought he mightjust be a l people thought he mightjust be a one term president. how much of a factor do you think it is that it looks very much like donald trump in the air, pitching for the republican candidate c. has that helped to actually cement things injoe biden is a mine of taking him on again? i knowjoe biden feel strongly that donald trump is simply, morally unfit to be president of the united states. he was a disaster for america and for people around the

world. i know that that will be a factor in his consideration, i'm sure. every other democrat feels the same way. we are all in the same page. i think there is a lot of you nanometre the wrong the party in the clarity of choice we have to make between eight democratic party that has the interest of the country at its heart and a republican party that has shown recently cares much more about what happened to donald trump and it does about the men and women unfortunately in america who are suffering in so many ways, including the epidemic of gun violence, which unfortunately was just talking about in the previous story. there are so many things that we need to fix as a country. i think joe biden has done a wonderfuljob, he's been a really good start on some of those put up the inflation reduction and was an epic piece of legislation. it made a huge down payment, the biggest investment climate change. our reversal in any country has made. donald trump has

nothing to be proud of. i like country has made. donald trump has nothing to be proud of.— nothing to be proud of. i like our odds. i nothing to be proud of. i like our odds- i will— nothing to be proud of. i like our odds. i will come _ nothing to be proud of. i like our odds. i will come back— nothing to be proud of. i like our odds. i will come back to - nothing to be proud of. i like our| odds. i will come back to perhaps some of those policy areas and what sort of any fight might actually be political ground might be on. in terms of people watching around the world, understanding the process, heard all that has to be cleared. there does need to be a formal announcement of his candidacy. everything flows from that. things like being able to raise money and the start of the whole campaign. that's exactly right. there are formal steps in the process. there is a formal announcement that would allow him to take certain type of action, and raised certain types of money. once he's announced i think the only other person so far and i was a kid is marianne williamson, who you can make up your own mind about her odds in the race. she's the only other democratic candidate currently announced. once that happened then there are a primary process you go through. democrats,

should any serious candidates put themselves forward there will be a process that you go through. nomination is not automatic although for a sitting president if they choose to run it's a much easier process than for example, the last democratic primary there were 27 people running. i would expect there to be less competition forjoe biden this time around. aha, to be less competition forjoe biden this time around.— this time around. a final point, in terms of policy — this time around. a final point, in | terms of policy everyone assumes this time around. a final point, in i terms of policy everyone assumes it will be donald trump. joe biden obviously wants to campaign on his record. you mentioned one of the key points but there are strong headwinds. so many people will ultimately go to the polls thinking, how do i feel in terms of cost of living, what i have in my pocket, the sort of forces that make life pretty uncomfortable for americans at the moment.— at the moment. there are a lot of challenges _ at the moment. there are a lot of challenges with _ at the moment. there are a lot of challenges with that _ at the moment. there are a lot of challenges with that i _ at the moment. there are a lot of challenges with that i think - at the moment. there are a lot of challenges with that i think we . at the moment. there are a lot of. challenges with that i think we know that here. everywhere around the

world there are challenges, inflation, cost—of—living. we are still recovering from the covid crisis. the war in ukraine, which we haven't talked about. i think president biden has navigated all of those challenges with a lot of grace and smarts and effectiveness. i believe the american people will see that when they come to make their choice at the ballot box. aha, that when they come to make their choice at the ballot box.— choice at the ballot box. a little wa awa choice at the ballot box. a little way away but — choice at the ballot box. a little way away but a _ choice at the ballot box. a little way away but a nudge _ choice at the ballot box. a little way away but a nudge closer . choice at the ballot box. a little - way away but a nudge closer today, perhaps. thank you for taking time to speak to us on the bbc. the mother of two british—israeli sisters who were killed in a gun attack on the west bank on friday has died of wounds she sustained in the attack. the family has released pictures of lucy dee — seen here with her two daughters maya and rina. the three of them were travelling in a car, when a gunman opened fire on them. the two sisters died at the scene. our correspondent in jerusalem lucy williamson gave us this update. the past week has seen a real rise in tension, a series of rocket attacks on multiple fronts from gaza, from south lebanon

and also from syria. israel responding with air strikes in those areas and a lot of the rise in tension has been attributed to the actions of israeli police at the al—aqsa mosque here injerusalem. there were scenes of the police going in to clear the mosque of people who were barricading themselves inside and confrontations between the two inside the mosque. today, in the last couple of days, it seems the israeli police have taken a slightly different approach. there have been religious visits byjewish worshippers to the same compound, and that was the reason the israeli police gave for trying to clear the mosque in the first place. but in the last couple of days, they've taken a slightly different tactic. they've allowed people to stay inside the mosque and have simply increased security between the two groups of people as thosejewish visitors crossed over the compound. they've also made efforts to keep young men out of the mosque at the same time. so i think we've seen a reduction in tensions

in the al—aqsa compound itself over the past couple of days. but in terms of the wider region, the tensions are still fairly high. the italian coatguard says its carrying out two separate rescue operations in the ionian sea to aid hundreds of migrants stranded on two boats. alarms were raised about one boat with 400 people on board which had started taking on water. our correspondent lucy gray has been monitoring the rescues from our newsroom. we first heard about this boat from the activist group alarm phone, who basically act as a hotline for people who get into trouble in the mediterranean who put out a tweet saying that they had received a phone call from the boat with 400 people on it, which had left tobruk in libya and was in need of rescue. if we look again at the boat, and i zoom in, we can see how packed it is. 400 people on board.

another charity called sea watch had planes flying over the area to keep an eye on the boat, and one of their pilots sent an update, we can have a listen. the boat is leaking. water is entering the boat. the boat is out of fuel. women in boat and ten babies — over. women in boat and ten babies — over. so, ten babies on board, it is thought there are 40 children in total. we got an update from the italian coastguard, saying they have reached the vessel and are trying to get all 400 people to safety. it is a difficult task, there are so many people on board, so any movement of people can cause the boat to capsize. i spoke to this gentleman about how difficult it was.

doing a rescue under these conditions with that kind of boat, that number of people on board, it is almost impossible, very difficult, very dangerous. when people move too fast from one side to the other, the boat can capsize immediately. they are not built for 400 people, it is a fishing vessel. so, even for the italian coastguard, which is trained for this kind of operation, it is tricky. you need to calm down the people, get them in our life vest, then get them to disembark person by person in either a tiny speed or a coastguard vessel. a fishing vessel went up to 400 people in it, under these weather conditions, can take at least eight hours to have everyone safely on board a coastguard vessel. that operation will probably continue for several hours, but there is another boat. we have had this boat through from the italian coastguard. that is the boat we were talking about with 400 people on board, this one has 800

people on board. they are currently carrying out to rescue operations in the mediterranean. this comes with the backdrop of a huge increase in migrant crossings in recent weeks. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. people call me toad girl around here. they usually see me out and about at night. i guess they think i'm a bit weird for doing it, but i think they're awesome creatures. each year, the toads will follow an ancestral route to their breeding ponds, and they won't deviate from that, even if there's a housing estate or roads, so hundreds get squashed every day. we're in the area where all the toad crossing signs are that i asked the council to put up. every night, i'll come up here and do my "toad patrol".

roughly i think i've rescued almost 200 toads and about 40 frogs. if there's any on the road, i'll help them cross, cos they always cross in the same direction, toads, to the breeding ponds. ooh, you're mating. i'm really sorry, but you can't do it here. i've always really loved animals and particularly, like, the ones other people aren't as keen on. you're live with bbc news. now to the tensions around taiwan, where china has carried out a third day of drills, effectively rehearing "sealing off taiwan". taiwan's defence ministry says it detected 11 chinese warships and 59 aircraft around the island. 39 entered taiwan's air defence zones on monday morning. these are some of the latest images of the drills released by china's military and shown on the country's state television. the chinese display of force has added to tension between china and the united states. and the us navy says it has sailed

a guided missile destroyer through contested waters claimed by china near the spratly islands to assert navigational passage rights. shaima khalil reports. a show of force and fury. for a third day, china's military continued what it calls operationjoint sword — aerial and naval blockade drills to seal off the island. the chinese army showed this short video of simulated attacks on taiwan, with missiles fired from land, sea and air into the island's territory. the chinese military confirmed that its aircraft carrier, the shandong, has taken part in monday's exercises. it said fighter planes, loaded with live ammunition, had carried out multiple waves of simulated strikes on important targets. china is infuriated by the taiwanese president's visit to the us. this is beijing's promised robust

response to what it says was a serious act of collusion. china sees the self—ruled island as part of its territory and insists it should be unified with the mainland — by force, if necessary. today, the chinese government reiterated its message. translation: the taiwan question is for china alone to decide. - the biggest threat to peace in the taiwan strait is taiwanese separatism and its support from foreign forces. in shanghai, residents voiced their support for the military exercises. translation: conducting these drills is a normal thing for china. _ we need to show the us that we are able to do this. what taiwan says or thinks isn't important. translation: we still need to deter taiwanese separatists. _ we're also telling the international community that taiwan is a part of china. these operations are meaningful. as china displayed a wide array of weapons, the us navy

said its guided missile destroyer milius performed what washington calls a "freedom of navigation operation" in the south china sea, large parts of which are claimed by beijing. the chinese government's said the us has illegally intruded in its waters. china said its military drills have ended successfully, but there is no end in sight for the tensions between beijing and washington. shaima khalil, bbc news, tokyo. twitter has added a label to one of the bbc�*s accounts, saying it is "government—funded media". the bbc immediately objected to the label, saying it is independent and funded by the british public through the licence fee. bruce daisley was with the social media company for eight years, serving as vice president. he ran twitter�*s business in europe, middle east and africa up until 2020. here's his take. it's a pattern that i guess we're pretty familiar with, this constant u—turns, a quick decision, and then a realisation that it won't wash.

and in this case here, putting the label of state affiliated media, i think state funded media, was for a lot of licence fee payers, a really incorrect assertion. it's a reflection, really, of musk�*s approach to leadership. he tends to want to get his own hands dirty with a lot of the decisions he makes. he makes a lot of decisions on a whim himself. and as your item was showing before, your correspondent got in touch with him and he very quickly was presented with the other side and turned it around. but it's a reflection of the fact of what people who work at twitter tell me, that he feels very reluctant to accept anyone else's opinion when it's inside the organisation. you can be wrong with him once, but most people aren't around to be wrong with him, to disagree with him twice. that is really interesting because there was a similar thing with the american broadcaster npr, state—affiliated news was the tag

that he gave them as well. i mean, a former head of trust and safety at twitter was talking about the capricious nature of decision making from musk. is that what is going on or is there something more malign, do you think? yeah, i think he really is rarely presented with the consequences of his actions until he enacts them. so it's very rare that people will say to him, we must not do this, simply because the people who have said that along the the journey that he's been owning twitter have been fired. he's fired about three quarters of the organisation. the people who work there told me that generally it's those who disagreed with him that haven't seen it through to the end of the week, the end of the month. and so, as a result of that, people who work there now are presented with a choice. "should i tell him that this is a bad idea or should ijust leave it to the bad decisions will come out in the wash?" and what do you think the consequences of all of that is? because he talks about transparency.

that is the reason he says he's doing all of this. but you end up creating false equivalency between public broadcasters and editorial control of media by governments like your russia's, like your china. i mean, that's misleading at best and dangerous at worse, isn't it? yeah, the truth is, the reason why so much airtime has been taken up by twitter, and i suspect some of your viewers don't use twitter, they they must think, "why on earth are we talking about this platform?" "it is way smaller than some of the other social platforms." it's because it's incredibly influential. and what the actions of the last six months since he's owned it, or the last 12 months since he's been bidding for it have done, have gradually worn down people's appetite for putting up with this. what we're witnessing is something very similar. these inappropriate labels are very similar to his verification badges that he initially decided he wanted to charge for, then he wanted to unverify all of the previous

recipients, and effectively, along the way, he's sort of stumbling from one error to another. lovely pictures to show you. in croatia, it's notjust humans who have been getting into the easter spirit. animals at zagreb zoo have been treated to a festive lunch of easter eggs filled with some of their favourite food. lions, bears and meerkats were among the residents offered the special treats. the head zoozkeeper said the customised eggs were a "symbolic" gift for the animals on the busiest day of the year. just before we go let's take you to california. many people have been flocking to lancaster to see the beautiful orange poppies and, of course, capture it for their social media feeds. the last super bloom in california was in 2019, and such a phenomenon can only happen when there is consistent rains over several months, cool evening temperatures, and a lack of consistent sunshine.

the poppies are expected to bloom so bright in april and may they might be visible from space. lovely pictures to close this half—hour. more of the headline stories here injust a moment. hello there. following the weekend apart as i's sunshine and i7 following the weekend apart as i's sunshine and 17 degrees in scotland in the london area, today has been a completely different kind of day. a day of sunny spells, heavy boundary showers. the most active storms was spotted across parts of the midlands, running into northern england and linke chair area. this really active cluster of storm came from this area of cloud here on the satellite picture for the our attention now is turning out to the atlantic what we have a strong jet stream that is set to develop another area of low pressure. through tuesday night will bring a zone of strong winds our way. overnight tonight, a few showers will be left over across northwest and areas of the uk but otherwise

for most of us, it's a night where showers will gradually phase in increasingly we will see dry weather and clear spells for the temperatures down to three to six celsius across the uk. a cool start to tuesday morning but for many a dry and sunny morning, the exception western scotland will have a few showers from the word go. later in the day is that developing area of low pressure starts to move and we see a zone of rain push into northern ireland, wales in southwest england. the rain turning heavy through the afternoon and eventually spreading across the midlands to reach east anglia and the southeast like the day for the winds pick up in the west. it's not until tuesday night we see some strong wind gusts here gus could reach 50 or even 60 miles an hourand here gus could reach 50 or even 60 miles an hour and there is a small chance that this area of low pressure could be stronger for them in that case we could see gus reaching around 70 or even 80 mph is a small chance that this area of low pressure could be stronger for them in that case we could see gus reaching around 70 or even 80 mph zone of rain push into northern ireland, wales and southwest england. the rain turning heavy through the afternoon and eventually

spreading across the midlands to reach east anglia and the southeast like the day for the winds pick up in the west. it's not until tuesday night we see some strong wind gusts here. gus could reach 50 or even 60 miles an hourand here. gus could reach 50 or even 60 miles an hour and there's a small chance that this area of low pressure could be stronger for them in that case we could see gus reaching around 70 or even 80 miles per hours on our most exposed locationsjoining per hours on our most exposed locations joining the irish sea for the a bit of uncertainty in the details. warnings could be updated later on on tuesday so stay tuned for the details in the forecast for the either way as we head into wednesday the area of low pressure will slapping over the uk as a day of strong winds. gusts of 50 or 60 mph. outbreaks of rain widely if not heavy boundary showers around. it will start to turn colder for the across the hills in the north you might even see snow for that you'd have to be pretty high up to see that for the temperatures just six to 12 degrees was up through the latter part of the week there will be for the showers or outcome of the winds gradually fall a bit lighter and into the weekend it will start to turn a bit milder once again.

live from london. this is bbc news. five people are killed — including the gunman — and six are injured, in a shooting in the us city of louisville. the mother of two british—israeli sisters killed in an attack in the west bank has now also died. as junior doctors prepare forfour days of strike action from tomorrow, the nhs in england, says it will prioritise emergency care. hello and welcome.