the headlines. this is bbc news. the headlines.. at a star—studded coronation concert that had everyone on their feet dancing , the prince of wales pays tribute to his father, king charles. my father has always understood that people of all faiths, all backgrounds and all communities deserve to be celebrated and supported. a gunman who killed eight people with an assult rifle at a texas shopping mall may have had extremist ties. and thousands of eurovision fans gathered in liverpool last night to watch the opening ceremony

for this year's song contest. here in the uk it's been an historic coronation weekend — starting with the pomp and pagentry — then street parties and a night of music to round off the celebrations. at last night's coronation concert at winsdor, a crowd of 20,000 people saw performances from stars including katy perry and take that. the prince of wales paid tribute to his "pa" king charles, saying the late queen elizabeth ii would be "a proud mother". well, as we've just seen, the uk's flair for pomp and ceremony has been on full display this coronation weekend. but will all that splendour be a benefit or burden to the uk economy? joining me now is independent economist julianjessop.

how much the coronation will cost the taxpayer? there are two ways of looking at this. the first is the cost of the celebrations themselves. that might be of the order of the cost to the taxpayer but that part for more than pay for its because of the additional spending in sectors like hospitality, souvenirs and so on. in particular a big boost from tourism, lots of foreign visitors will be coming here who wouldn't otherwise have come that counts as an export of services in the uk economy. so i think that part of the celebrations will pay for itself. the economy overall will take a small hater method because of the extra day off today. most people aren't working today. most people aren't working today. that will reduce economic activity, gross domestic product, but being negative about that will

be rather odd. this isn't a measure of happiness, most people are delighted to have a day off including the most ardent republicans who don't have to go to work either. republicans who don't have to go to work either-— work either. how can this be “ustified work either. how can this be justified when _ work either. how can this be justified when so _ work either. how can this be justified when so many - work either. how can this be l justified when so many others work either. how can this be - justified when so many others are struggling to pay their heating bills and put money on the table? very easily, actually, because the celebrations themselves including the event on saturday make a net positive contribution to the economy. so the taxpayer might have to stump out for the cost of security, to protect the participants in the general public, but that will be more than paid for by the boost to the economy from the additional spending. by the boost to the economy from the additionalspending. so by the boost to the economy from the additional spending. so the fact that we are in a cost of living crisis doesn't change a beckett treatment basic economics. when times are tough, it is even more

important to give us something to celebrate and bring their nation together and provide a big boost to sectors like hospitality, pubs and restaurants.— sectors like hospitality, pubs and restaurants. ~ . , ., restaurants. what is the cost of the relationship — restaurants. what is the cost of the relationship between _ restaurants. what is the cost of the relationship between spender - restaurants. what is the cost of the relationship between spender and i relationship between spender and opinion, with one poll suggesting a 32% of the public believe the taxpayer should foot the bill, especially as the king is worth £i.5 especially as the king is worth £1.5 billion according to some reports. i think it is totally reasonable to expect the taxpayer to foot the bill for something that is a state event, part of our constitution. it is a once in a generation event and if you think about it in any other sector, you wouldn't normally expect someone working in anyjob to pick up someone working in anyjob to pick up all of the expenses involved in doing thejob. so given up all of the expenses involved in doing the job. so given that the economy as a whole and the taxpayer benefits from the monarchy, which more than pays for itself year after year, i think it is perfectly reasonable for the taxpayer to pick up reasonable for the taxpayer to pick up the bill for this event.— up the bill for this event. thank ou ve up the bill for this event. thank you very much _ up the bill for this event. thank you very much for _ up the bill for this event. thank you very much forjoining -

up the bill for this event. thank you very much forjoining us. i saudi arabia says it expects talks, which began injeddah on saturday between sudan's warring military factions, will reach an effective ceasefire. in the first confirmation that the meetings had started, the saudi foreign ministry said both sides recognised the need to ease the suffering of the sudanese people. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher is in the kenyan capital, nairobi, where she's been following events. the goal is to establish a short—term ceasefire, so that humanitarian groups can enter the country and essential services can be restored. saudi officials have not given any details in their statement about the talks but sudanese officials have said that some of the things been discussed involved a humanitarian corridor in khartoum, which is where most of the battles have been taking place, also protection for civilian institutions like hospitals and of course a mechanism for monitoring the ceasefire because without that, the ceasefire does not have much of a chance of holding. as we have seen so far, ceasefires organise previously had not held very well at all.

one of the saudi diplomat has had so far there has not been major progress and in terms of the longer term possibilities, he said would grow both sides believe they are able to win this battle militarily. even while these talks, these temporary truce talks for a humanitarian access are going on, there are still fighting in some parts of khartoum and people are still trying to leave, although it is more difficult. syria is back in the influential arab league, twelve years after being thrown out for its repression of pro—democracy protests at the time of the arab spring, which evolved into a civil war. that war is still going on — half a million are estimated to have lost their lives, millions more have been displaced or forced to flee the country. the head of the arab league explained more about the decision. the return of syria is the beginning of the movement, not the end. the direction of the resolution to the crisis in syria will take time for procedures to be implemented and it

will be gradual. also it is not a decision to resume relationships between arab state in syria. this is a sovereign decision, left for every country to take on its own and this decision, we are talking about the formation of a committee to communicate with the syrian government and regime. the move has been criticised by the uk and the us. the us�*s former special envoy to syria has been speaking to the bbc. i think it was born of frustration with the united states that after a pretty intense pressure policy during the previous administration that lasted all four years of that administration, that the current administration took a deliberate step to disengage from syria policy at the beginning of 2021, they stopped enforcing the sanctions, for all intents and purposes, and theyjust sort of declined to read their international political track, as the united states had been doing for nine years at that point. i think that other countries got

frustrated and they understandably decided to cast about for a different approach. they settled on one that can't possibly work. ukraine president volodymyr zelensky has confirmed changes to the official dates of events marking the end of the second world war, in a move to further distance his country from russia. he said the 8th of may would officially be victory day in ukraine, while the 9th of may will mark europe day, as celebrated in the eu. moscow celebrates the victory from nazism in the second world war on the 9th. in his address, volodymyr zelensky said that russia will be defeated in the same way nazi germany was. the old evil that modern russia is bringing back will be defeated, just as nazism was defeated. in opposition to our ideals, this enemy has once again set its sights on aggression and annexation, occupation and deportation, mass murder and torture, bombing cities and burning villages. 0ur victory will be

the answer to all of this. with more on this from the newsroom is gregory zhygalov from the ukrainian service. this is basically the second year that ukraine switched properly to celebration victory in europe day rather that victory day. what does it mean for ukrainians? the switch, i would say it is a reflection of the changes which happened in recent years or even decades, a move which didn't happen very quickly from this soviet style celebration which russia transformed into a new form of militaristic rhetoric, celebrating the glory of the state. and in ukraine, it transformed into more a way of remembering the victims of the war, the victims of this huge tragedy

which happened in history and now this is the difference, this is a huge move into their personal stories of people, the stories of victims and peoples tragedies and the understanding that this should never happen again. while in russia we sometimes can even hear a we can do it again. so this didn't start this year. didn't even start last year. i would say it was a gradual shift and it started mainly after russian x crimea and 2013 2014. ukraine obviously isn't holding a big military parade as in previous years. what is happening today in kyiv and other ukrainian cities in terms of commemoration? true. as far as i remember, the last military parade on fichte bj true. as far as i remember, the last

military parade on fichte b] was in 2010 and in recent years it was more commemorative, but we can't expect many big event these days and you can see, at least five injured in air strikes across the country. tonight there were new strikes, new drone attacks on the capital. as far as we know, 35 drones were lodged by the russians. this is what ukrainian say. and eight missiles were launched on another city in the south. so no big commemorations while the ball is still going on. let's take you to texas now, as federal authorities are investigating whether the gunman who killed eight people, including children, at a dallas shopping mall had far—right links. memorials have been taking place following the shooting on saturday. the gunman has been identified as 33—year—old mauricio garcia. police shot him dead at the scene.

to get updates on the situation i am nowjoined by cbs correspondent nicole nielsen, who's at the scene in allen texas. what more are officials saying about the gunman�*s possible motives? good morning. ithink good morning. i think it is the question of the hour. there is a lot of unanswered questions around this investigation. i can tell you a law enforcement source told cbs news now looking into a motivation possibly by domestic violent extremist ideology. we know that he used an assault style weapon with multiple rounds of ammunition and on his clothing there were the initials of a right—wing neo—nazi group. so obviously very concerning details in this investigation. it is unclear at this investigation. it is unclear at this point how this is all related but, we were told that he was currently working as a security guard and had no serious criminal

history. guard and had no serious criminal history. eight people killed, including children — what do we know about the victims? absolutely, i think the most important thing about their victims is the age range, from 561 years old. that is still —— a lot is still unknown about those victims. from five to 61 years old. 0ne unknown about those victims. from five to 61 years old. one of them was named christian lahar, a 20—year—old, and an on duty security officer here at the mall, but still a lot of unanswered questions this morning. we are hoping to push law enforcement for more answers regarding the victims and those recovering from their injuries. thank you very much for updating us. the shootings has led to president biden calling yet again on republicans to support tougher gun controls.

they have told fox news that his aim was to deal with the writing mental health crisis rather than consider wider bands. also in texas, at least eight people were killed when an suv ran a red light and plowed into a group waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant aid center in texas. this is the aftermath, with the first images from the scene. the victims are all reported to be venezuelan and had just eaten breakfast at the centre. it happened on sunday in the border city of brownsville. police has launched an investigation to conclude whether the accident was intentional or not.

he visited the national cemetery where war veterans are buried. that was followed by talks with the south korean president. the two countries have strained relations for the past ten years largely dominated by colonial era disputes. it was colonised byjapan colonial era disputes. it was colonised by japan from 1910 colonial era disputes. it was colonised byjapan from 1910 until the end of world war ii. 0ur growing security threats have prompted the leaders to try to mend diplomatic ties. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. yorkshire traditions, the hills, the ramblers and now apparently the alpacas. irate and now apparently the alpacas. - started off with a load of rescue animals and one day i saw a couple of alpacas for sale. i thought, we are in the best location so why not have a go, they what happens? making

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welcome to you. we spoke in the aftermath of one of those mass shootings are sweet. what is the reaction today now to the number of guns we know about in the country? i was in belgrade over the weekend and have to tell you it was absolutely deathly quiet. this is our a beacon where you would normally have a lot of celebrations, st george's day, a big family feast day for many people and itjust wasn't happening at all. there was no bands roaming the streets, and it was extremely subdued. so that gives you an indication of the kind of reaction that was being in serbia, absolute shock of what has gone on. and in terms of the number of weapons in serbia, this figure about it being the third most heavily armed country in the world in terms of guns in personal possession, that comes from a switzerland —based organisation and that is five years ago, and they

found there were 39 guns per 100 people in serbia. i spoke to some experts who dispute the figure but nonetheless everyone agrees there are a lot of unlicensed weapons washing around and if you are going to try and reduce act, which the president is attempting to do, this is properly the best time to attempt to do so. so there is a month long amnesty starting today when people can hand in weapons and ammunition no questions asked. haifa can hand in weapons and ammunition no questions asked.— no questions asked. how do people feel about this? _ no questions asked. how do people feel about this? do _ no questions asked. how do people feel about this? do they _ no questions asked. how do people feel about this? do they fail - feel about this? do they fail connection with their weapons at the same as we see in america, which makes it very hard to get people to part with them? i makes it very hard to get people to part with them?— part with them? i don't think it is the same as _ part with them? i don't think it is the same as the _ part with them? i don't think it is the same as the united _ part with them? i don't think it is the same as the united states. i | the same as the united states. i spoke to someone over the weekend who i know has a weapon which was a pistol which belong to his grandfather who fought with their partisans in the second world war. that is a licensed weapon and he said i want to keep it as a souvenir. perhaps there is a way of

deactivating it so he could keep it as a memento. you also have people like hunters associations who will be pushing back against any id that their license weapons being taken away. i think most people would agree that the need to address at the unlicensed weapons, but how do you enforce this? are you going to go house to house and say people have got unlicensed weapons on the premises? that will be the difficult part. premises? that will be the difficult art. . ~' , ., premises? that will be the difficult art. ., ,, i. ., premises? that will be the difficult art. . ~ ., , ., britain's investment minister has arrived in hong kong to try to boost business with the territory. dominicjohnson�*s visit is the first by a british ministerforfive years. lord johnson said the uk would continue to highlight violations of freedom in hong kong by china. but he said the government had an obligation to engage constructively. nick marsh reports. before his trip, lord johnson denied that britain was ducking its historical responsibilities to the people of hong kong. he said britain would continue

to call china out and be robust when it came to violations of freedoms in the city. but ultimately that is not why he is there. he is there to do business. he wants to attract investment in the uk, particularly in the areas of financial services, financial technologies, and the same goes for vice versa, by the way. hong kong finance officials were in london last month trying to do the same thing. but really itjust shows how much i've changed in the past three orfour years. during the 2019 protests in hong kong, britain was very vocal in its support of the demonstrators. it was critical of the crackdown, of the national security law. there was even talk of sanctions being put in place. but in the end it really was just talk, and since then that tension has kind of fizzled out. the uk government position has softened considerably.

it was only a couple of weeks ago that the foreign secretary james cleverly was talking about the need to engage with china rather than isolated. rather than isolate it. and you just have to look at the case in point on the weekend, the king's coronation. china's representative there was the vice president, and he was a man who led the crackdown and helped force through the national security law in hong kong in 2019 and 2020. so definitely compromises being made there, and perhaps a reflection of the economic and political reality that britain finds itself in. to get more on their coronation weekend and the big help out. these are picturesjust weekend and the big help out. these are pictures just coming weekend and the big help out. these are picturesjust coming in. this is are picturesjust coming in. this is a prince of wales. william then with his son george who were at scout troop in slough in berkshire. there is a princess of wales. it is part

of their big help out day. i bet he is having great fun. that it is a final day of the coronation celebrations. william and kate joined by their children for the visit this morning, the third option scout troop. another person taking part is rishi sunak. he visited a youth group in hertfordshire alongside his wife as part of all of this. let's look at the pictures. they are apparently coming up... it is printed and there. not quite the prime minister. princess and also taking part, as are most of the senior working files. the king and queen are taking proper princess and also visiting people there after the weekend's celebration. she is at gloucester cathedral. we will bring

you rishi sunak a bit later, cutting up you rishi sunak a bit later, cutting up those parsnips and strawberries. i'm sure you are desperate to see those pictures. let's move on now. rehearsals are well underway in liverpool for the eurovision song contest. the city is hosting the event on behalf of last year's winners, ukraine, with the first stage of the competition on tuesday. on saturday, this year's eurovision song contest hopefuls assembled at st george's hall in liverpool, showing off their style and moves on a turquoise, rather than red, carpet. under the slogan �*united by music', the 67th edition of the song contest will comprise three live shows that will unite the cultures of ukraine and liverpool. fans from all over the world are travelling to liverpool to attend the shows, providing a much welcome boost to the local economy, as hannah miller reports. # well, shake it up baby, now # twist and shout.# liverpool doing what

liverpool does best. entertainment already spilling out onto the streets in a city that's always up for a party. the karaoke has popped up at this jewellers, where inside, they're working on musically—themed jewellery. that's a guitar? that's a guitar, yeah. it's a treble clef. we've got some cufflinks in the shape of a guitar, which, you know, we hope to do really well throughout the eurovision. i think it's a huge opportunity. 0bviously we've got thousands of people coming to liverpool. we can showcase what liverpool is about. does it feel like it has already lifted people's spirits? oh, yeah, definitely, yeah. hi, i'm wondering if you have any jobs available for eurovision? and people likejoel are seeking out ways to get involved. if you can send your cv today to this e—mail address, - and put your subject heading 'eurovision'... _ at these pop—up shops trying to recruit people to work in hotels, attractions, logistics, to name

but a few, there is hope that even the temporaryjobs created by eurovision could be life changing for some. people might try something that maybe they have not tried before. it could be a career change for them. it could be starting out on the career pathway as a student or whatever else. and actually, we might then be able to move them into work after eurovision. so our strapline has been, eurovision and beyond. eurovision is the springboard. it's attracted people, and numbers, that we would not have seen previously, and people from outside of the job centre community. so, you know, those people perhaps have retired early and seeing this, this looks a bit of fun, but maybe it will attract them to come back to work and do a little bit more and contribute to the economy as we move forward. in ukraine they call these rashki, these little brown shrimps. at this restaurant they are creating a special ukrainian—inspired menu using local ingredients. how many of these are you expecting to do? well, i think because we've got probably over 100,000 extra visitors

coming to liverpool in the next two weeks, and we've put these dishes on both menus, so i think we're probably going to be quite a few! i hope we are anyway. i'd be very upset if we weren't doing loads of them now. but, yeah, something tells me we're going to be quite busy, yeah. how much is this needed right now? i know for a fact that it's given people hope, and made them continue to do business rather than potentially close the doors and just hang up their clogs, or hang up their keys, or whatever. i don't think this could have come at a better time. and many businesses hope the legacy lasts well beyond this week, a showcase for a city embracing its moment to shine. hannah millar, bbc news, liverpool. i promise you those pictures of rishi sunak. here they are. the uk by minister visiting a youth group in hertfordshire with his wife, as part of their big help out. thanks for watching.

part of their big help out. thanks forwatching. umbrellas part of their big help out. thanks for watching. umbrellas at the ready for watching. umbrellas at the ready for the next few days. we will all see some spells of sunshine and now we into may that sunshine can feel pleasantly warm but what we will also see is showers developing and they will be heavy and some will be accompanied by hail and thunder at times. we have one area of rainfall pulling eastwards at the moment. this solid band of cloud and another area of rainfall sweeping up from the south—west and across southern and eventually eastern counties this evening and overnight. and following behind that, showers clusters of them, big, heavy showers pushing out of northern ireland into northern england by the end of the night and burning across scotland. a mild night, ten bridges in double figures. plenty of cloud around and

sitting in warm air. some rain across england first thing on tuesday, it will pull away but look closely and you can see showers starting to jot about in the middle part of the day and in the afternoon the sun try and inject more bath and we get more energy and those showers will turn punchy. temperatures of 17 or 18 degrees in the best of the sunshine. cooleras or 18 degrees in the best of the sunshine. cooler as we see showers developing. what is driving them? this area of low pressure which produces bantam showers in the coming days. some areas could see marked relentless showers and other areas will have longer periods of dry and sunny weather. wednesday, a definite focus on on on showers towards the west but when the sunshine comes up it livens up and we will see heavy showers just about anywhere by the time we get into wednesday afternoon. a shade cooler through the middle part of the week. thursday, very much the same. low

pressure sitting across the uk. we will start the day on a quiet, bright and sunny notebook on the afternoon we will see heavy showers around on thursday. further on into friday it does look like a little ridge of high pressure will extend itself across the uk to give us quieter into the week but if anything, going into next weekend it should be quieter if a little cooler.

0n the final day of celebrations marking the coronation, people are taking part in community events across the uk. the big help 0ut involves more than 50,000 charity events. it makes us all a better person when we get involved and we extend our network and we meet new people and we develop new friendships and we feel like we're doing something positive. members of the royal family have been dropping in and mucking in on some of the projects in our other main news: pharmacists are warning that more local branches could close — unless they get more help from the government.

the prime minister has been talking about his reaction