this is bbc news, the headlines... russian officials say the belgorod region has once again come under attack, with drones and shellfire striking villages overnight. texas marks one year since a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers inside a classroom in uvalde. the bbc obtain new footage after two teenagers were killed in a crash in cardiff on monday. officials insists they were not being chased by the police. wednesday marks one year since a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers inside a classroom in uvalde, texas. the shooting was the deadliest in the state's history,

and a criminal investigation is still ongoing of the slow response by law enforcement. our north america correspondent will grant first reported from the scenes of the massacre last year, and has gone back to revisit the parents of ten—year—old alithia ramirez. just a warning, some viewers may find this report distressing. we wanted to make this room alithia's room. alithia ramirez�*s parents are recreating her old bedroom in their new home. such was the pain of living in uvalde, the city where she was murdered in her classroom a year ago with 18 classmates and two teachers, they decided to move away. this is our reality, and we're going to be carrying this for the rest of our lives. the memories of their vivacious daughter are everywhere, and anything can transport them to that awful, heartbreaking day. just hearing an ambulance, anything with sirens is just... school buses kind ofjust triggers

us sometimes where it brings us back to that day where we're trying to figure out where's alithia. but beyond the crippling grief, their main emotion is anger. they're furious that, as this body cam footage shows, 376 heavily armed law enforcement officers waited in the hallway outside alithia's classroom while the gunman was inside murdering children. gunfire worst of all, children inside the classroom had called 911 and were on the phone to police dispatch. please hurry, there's a lot of dead bodies. | please send help. 77 minutes passed before they breached the door and neutralised him. just right now talking about it, it'sjust... my blood just boils just... cos they would've been

here if they did something. they would've. it makes me so mad that they were just crying and screaming while they were out there, while they were out there. like, just knowing that alithia's just there and just, "mummy, daddy," theyjust want help, theyjust want to get out of there. theyjust didn't seem to care! the feelings of that day have been described in an interim report as "egregiously poor decision—making". —— the failings of that day. the families are still waiting for answers and accountability. gunfire do you feel, mayor, that anyone will ever be held accountable for the mistakes that were made a year ago? it's been a bunch of bs that we'vej been a year and we're still waiting for answers that we are. and as soon as we have our report, which should've been done, but it's not, then i can promise -

you whatever action we need to take, we will take. the town's memorial was put up in the wake of the attack when there was no space for more flowers at the school. a year on, it's a constant reminder that uvalde has been through the worst possible experience in modern america, children torn from their parents by a lone gunman one ordinary day at school. will grant, bbc news, uvalde. some breaking news that'sjust some breaking news that's just come in for you, the us—born singer—songwriter tina turner has died at the age of 83. we are just getting that news, david cilento looks back at her life.

1966 - 1966 — river deep mountain high. in yourface, hips waking democrat swinging, in heartbreak and perfection. however in america, the song was a flop. it would be another 17 years before tina turner truly made it. annie may bullock grew up in tennessee. herfamily were tennessee. her family were sharecroppers, tennessee. herfamily were sharecroppers, she started singing and ike turner's band when she was a teenager. and paul, abandoned largely by her parents, hope it was a escape. but

it was largely misery. there were hits and the world saw a confident, powerful woman on stage. the acid queen and tommy was in private fearful of her violent, controlling husband. finally in 1976, she walked out. i husband. finally in 1976, she walked out. , ., ., ., out. i did try to leave, and the first time _ out. i did try to leave, and the first time was _ out. i did try to leave, and the first time was when _ out. i did try to leave, and the first time was when i - out. i did try to leave, and the first time was when i had - out. i did try to leave, and the first time was when i had the l first time was when i had the experience of being whipped with a wire hanger. another time was something else, and i realised, "you don't go back." her something else, and i realised, "you don't go back-"— don't go back." her career though was in the — don't go back." her career though was in the doldrums. _ don't go back." her career though was in the doldrums. however, i don't go back." her career though . was in the doldrums. however, there was in the doldrums. however, there was a place that had been long —— long been more receptive to the tina turner magic — britain. "let's stay

together" was a collaborative effort from the manager behind heaven 17, and it helped to turbo—charge her career. what followed was hit after hit. # we don't need another hero... fit, # we don't need another hero... a film role in mad max. # we don't need another hero. .. a film role in mad max. how- # we don't need another hero... a film role in mad max. how the - # we don't need another hero... al film role in mad max. how the world turns. film role in mad max. how the world turns- one — film role in mad max. how the world turns- one day _ film role in mad max. how the world turns. one day caulk _ film role in mad max. how the world turns. one day caulk of _ film role in mad max. how the world turns. one day caulk of the vault, i turns. one day caulk of the vault, the next feather dust. find turns. one day caulk of the vault, the next feather dust.— the next feather dust. and in the year 2000. _ the next feather dust. and in the year 2000. she _ the next feather dust. and in the year 2000, she was _ the next feather dust. and in the year 2000, she was 60 - the next feather dust. and in the year 2000, she was 60 years - the next feather dust. and in the | year 2000, she was 60 years old the next feather dust. and in the - year 2000, she was 60 years old and the biggest selling concert artist in the world. for annie may bullock and the church choir, the multi

million platonist buddhist superstar living in switzerland, the extra neri tina turner. —— extraordinary tina turner. that was tina turner — singer songwriter, dancer, actress, author, known as the queen of rock and roll, she rose to prominence as the lead singer of tina turner review before launching a successful career as a solo performer. she has died at the age of 83, i believe we do have david joining us from the newsroom. david, she was a larger—than—life character, just la rger—than—life character, just listening larger—than—life character, just listening to those songs again in your piece, it's hard to believe, but tina turner has died at the age

of 83. ,, . ., ., . but tina turner has died at the age of83. ,,. ., ., , of 83. such a force, that's the only way you could _ of 83. such a force, that's the only way you could describe _ of 83. such a force, that's the only way you could describe tina - of 83. such a force, that's the only| way you could describe tina turner. when you watched her over that incredible career, the statements today, tina turner, queen of rock and roll has died peacefully at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in switzerland. with her, the world loses a music legend and a role model. very sad news, tina turner has died at the age of 83. what an extraordinary career it was. you look back and realise that pretty much up until her mid—40s, she had been successful, but all the real success that sold tens of millions of records came in her 40s and afterwards. her career revival came after one song, i think it was

"ball of confusion" then "let's stay together". that turbo—charge her revival, she had been without a record deal at the time, then you look back at her of the 80s and 90s, she was absolutely at the top of the music industry for 20 years after that. there are generations of people who look back, you look back at her as one of the great artists of the music world the last 50 years. of the music world the last 50 ears. ., , of the music world the last 50 ears. .,, _, of the music world the last 50 ears. years. david, as you say, global hits like what's _ years. david, as you say, global hits like what's love _ years. david, as you say, global hits like what's love got - years. david, as you say, global hits like what's love got to - years. david, as you say, global hits like what's love got to do | years. david, as you say, global- hits like what's love got to do with it, private dancer, and the best selling more than 180 million albums. she is an extraordinary democrat trendsetter, the external neri hair, she was a force ——

extraordinary hair. neri hair, she was a force -- extraordinary hair.— extraordinary hair. there's a musical in — extraordinary hair. there's a musical in london _ extraordinary hair. there's a musical in london about - extraordinary hair. there's a musical in london about herj extraordinary hair. there's a - musical in london about her life story because it was such a next ordinary life story —— an extraordinary life story. she grew up extraordinary life story. she grew up in the cotton fields of tennessee, largely abandoned by her parents. as a teenager, she sees ike turner who has a travelling band, he comes up with one of the first rock and roll songs of all time, and she said she could be a singer in that band. he sees immediately that she has this talent. you see her in the mid 60s, there is a fantastic clip where she is playing in front of a british audience in the audience is kind of sitting there quietly as they realise there's this incredible force of nature in front of them. she is startling, but then there's the horror that was revealed years later of what she was enduring and

that very unhappy marriage. when she finally managed to escape from it in the late 70s, she thought it was pretty much all over, where was her career going to go from there, what would you do in your 40s as a rock and roll singer? and that's really when it all began, when everything changed. people look back and see an extraordinarily successful singer, but also somebody who was much imitated, the style of her on stage, you look at that and go, a bunco lot lot of people have taken their moves from her." there was —— there was an honouring of tina turner at the kennedy centre, and an artist who told her she was her inspiration, that was beyonce, and you can see it

some point she inspired a whole generation of singers and dancers. she was an author, she reinvented herself over and over again and really had this captivating vitality that captured you. i'm looking at these images now of her look, her hair, herstyle these images now of her look, her hair, her style — but she had a very difficult childhood as well, didn't she? , ' ~ difficult childhood as well, didn't she? , ' . ., , ., she? very difficult. poverty, on the edae of she? very difficult. poverty, on the edge of brownsville, _ she? very difficult. poverty, on the edge of brownsville, on _ she? very difficult. poverty, on the edge of brownsville, on the - she? very difficult. poverty, on the edge of brownsville, on the edge i she? very difficult. poverty, on the| edge of brownsville, on the edge of nutbush, the song nutbush city limits was about where she came from, it was an absolute poverty but certainly not born to any wealth or privilege, and certainly a sense of being abandoned, of not being wanted, of a difficult childhood, and rock and roll was a way out of

it. but she went out of it from that into a very difficult marriage. the story she told about even her wedding day suggested she knew from the very beginning that this was going to be really tough. but when you watched her on stage, you thought, "there's no one else like her, with that vibrancy, the energy." and one of the things that's kind of extraordinary, especially to british music fans, as you look at one of the great singles, the phil spectre river deep mountain high and you go, "that's one of the great songs of music history, a tour de force," and it went nowhere in america, it was a flop. one of the reasons is she was essentially seen as too rock and roll, too white for black audiences in many ways, but she wasn't played on white music stations in america.

for those who knew her and were inspired by her, how many artists out there went, "i'll copy that style," whether they knew it or not, they knew it was rock and roll. and there were so many fantastic performances, i'm also thinking about the hove where she's the acid queen noor mike in tommy and you think nobody could've done that with that style. think nobody could've done that with that s le. ,,, ., ~ ., that style. speaking of reinventing ourself in that style. speaking of reinventing yourself in her _ that style. speaking of reinventing yourself in her 40s, _ that style. speaking of reinventing yourself in her 40s, but _ that style. speaking of reinventing yourself in her 40s, but frankly - that style. speaking of reinventing yourself in her 40s, but frankly in l yourself in her 40s, but frankly in every decade, she reinvented herself and make yourself relevant for every generation. and make yourself relevant for every aeneration. , . ,., ., �* , and make yourself relevant for every aeneration. , . ., �* , ., generation. very much so, and it's a mixture of— generation. very much so, and it's a mixture of the _ generation. very much so, and it's a mixture of the style _ generation. very much so, and it's a mixture of the style and _ generation. very much so, and it's a mixture of the style and energy, - generation. very much so, and it's a j mixture of the style and energy, and people go, "that's absolutely..." but also the honesty and candour when she described what had happened to her, the abuse that she suffered — she was inspiring for being a

person willing to speak out on what she had actually experienced, because there was a great deal of shame involved in what she had endured, as well, and also she thought that saying these things could've ended her career entirely. but it was the fact that each song that came along, even when she was doing a killer version of a song like let's stay together, you would 90, like let's stay together, you would go, that's a tina turner song —— cover version of a song. she made her style, and her life performances right to the 1990s — by the end of the 1990s, she's one of the biggest live acts on the planet, and she's just mesmerising to watch, absolutely mesmerising. you think to yourself, "yes, this is unusualfor a person of that age to be a rock and roll star in those days," but then you realise that's just tina

turner and a force of nature. has a turner and a force of nature. as a ounu turner and a force of nature. as a young girl. as _ turner and a force of nature. as a young girl. as a — turner and a force of nature. as a young girl, as a child _ turner and a force of nature. as a young girl, as a child she - turner and a force of nature. as a young girl, as a child she sang in one of the local churches but really rose to fame quite quickly in the 19605. rose to fame quite quickly in the 1960s. and tina turner actually her stage name? her 1960s. and tina turner actually her stage name?— 1960s. and tina turner actually her stage name? her real name is annie mae itullock- — stage name? her real name is annie mae bullock. turner _ stage name? her real name is annie mae bullock. turner came _ stage name? her real name is annie mae bullock. turner came from - stage name? her real name is annie mae bullock. turner came from ike i mae bullock. turner came from ike turner, and he named her tina. it's a mark of what that relationship was like, in those years she didn't even own the right to her own name, she said. it was difficult and very possessive, and very little freedom that she had. the wild freedom that she looked like she had, or total control on the stage, all eyes were on her — and off the stage, her life was under the control of ike turner.

we have a statement here from her manager of 30 years, roger davies, i'll read a bit to our audience, he says, "tina was a unique and remarkable force of nature with her strength, incredible energy and immense talent. from the first day i met her in 1980, she believed in herself completely when few others did at the time. it was a privilege and an honourto did at the time. it was a privilege and an honour to have been a close friend, as well as her managerfor more than 30 years. i will miss her deeply." david, they had a very close bond, to have a managerfor 30 years. close bond, to have a manager for 30 ears. , ~ close bond, to have a manager for 30 ears. , . �* , close bond, to have a manager for 30 ears. , . �*, ., ., years. very much so. it's also a reminder— years. very much so. it's also a reminder of— years. very much so. it's also a reminder of the _ years. very much so. it's also a reminder of the team _ years. very much so. it's also a reminder of the team around i years. very much so. it's also a l reminder of the team around that developed in the 1980s. martin ware, from heaven 17 — they were producers and wanting to find some acts to seeing some of the songs, and create some records, and hejust happened

to find out that tina turner was without a record deal and he couldn't quite believe that tina turner was without a record deal, and yes, she would agree to do a song, and they ended up doing let's stay together, and that was the hit that reminded the american record labels, my gosh, what a star she is. you look at private dancer, how successful that album was, the man who wrote that album, mark knopfler, it was that moment that truly transformed her life.- it was that moment that truly transformed her life. that powerful voice really — transformed her life. that powerful voice really gave _ transformed her life. that powerful voice really gave her— transformed her life. that powerful voice really gave her the _ transformed her life. that powerful voice really gave her the title - transformed her life. that powerful voice really gave her the title of. voice really gave her the title of queen of rock and roll — let's just have a little listen in. # baby... a0 doctor —— flatbush

city. # it's a good old time in tennessee. # it's a good old time in tennessee. # it's a one horse town... # it's a one horse town... # if you come down to the river # if you come down to the river # you're gonna find some people who live # you don't have to worry, if you got no money # people on the river are happy to give # big we'll keep on turning pot extraordinary voice of the queen of rock and roll, tina turner, who has died at the age of 83. we've also had a statement from her manager of 30 years, tributes pouring in now following the death of tina turner.

but she has died and we are continuing our rolling coverage of the death of tina turner at the age of 83. you're watching bbc news. david, just listening there to her extraordinary voice, it was just so powerful, it captivated a room and auditorium, stadiums — shejust had sold out concerts for years and years. sold out concerts for years and ears. , ~ sold out concerts for years and ears. , . ,., ,, sold out concerts for years and ears. , . ,, , years. very much so. she was very much a live — years. very much so. she was very much a live act _ years. very much so. she was very much a live act in _ years. very much so. she was very much a live act in the _ years. very much so. she was very much a live act in the 60s - - much a live act in the 60s — there were hits but she was known primarily for the force of her performance. you watch her dancing, the speed, the power, energy and

stamina she had that you couldn't take your eyes off. once she was on stage, all eyes were on her. there is a bit ofjealousy in ike and tina turner that she was so often seen as the star, because she was the star. thenifs the star, because she was the star. then it's almost bewildering that she was seen as a vintage act, someone who was looking back on her career by the time it came to the late 70s — then she had this incredible reinvention and the world tours that then followed after that. it was not for years, it was another 25 years, i think she retired in early 2009. she was asked about the arc of her life and she talked about the unhappiness, the misery that she had endured during that marriage, then she said, "well, it turned out

really well," she was remarried, living in switzerland, a practising buddhist and she could look back and say, "this is a life where she had truly achieved happiness," which is a very heartening thing. whether it's a musical made about your life and there's a truly happy ending, it's a sad day but you can only look back at tina turner's life with a sense of enormous happiness and satisfaction and how it turned out. just looking at images of adrian warren, the actress who played the life of tina turner, and as you said she had such a larger—than—life character, the fascination around tina turner continued for decades across generations, and there was a stage show about her life, the troubles, the rights to fame, the difficulties in her marriage, but her resilience throughout. —— the

rise to fame. her resilience throughout. -- the rise to fame-— her resilience throughout. -- the rise to fame. ~ ., ., ., , rise to fame. without a doubt, there were moments _ rise to fame. without a doubt, there were moments where _ rise to fame. without a doubt, there were moments where she _ rise to fame. without a doubt, there were moments where she felt - rise to fame. without a doubt, there were moments where she felt the i were moments where she felt the resilience was very low and she wondered whether she would have the strength to leave ike turner, leave that relationship, because that was the basis of her life, her livelihood, her career. and when she did, it looked as though she was heading downwards and she wasn't going to have the hits again. so that moment of reinvention in her a0s when you have records like let's stay together, she does a james bond theme, there was the mad max film — she was a figure who is a part of the culture for 20 years in the 19805 the culture for 20 years in the 1980s and 1990s, it was just one hit after another, and each song when she did, even when it was a cover

version, it became a tina turner song and she had this distinctive style that immediately put her stamp on things. style that immediately put her stamp on thins. , ., , on things. david, i understand she assed on things. david, i understand she passed after— on things. david, i understand she passed after a _ on things. david, i understand she passed after a long _ on things. david, i understand she passed after a long illness - on things. david, i understand she passed after a long illness in - on things. david, i understand she passed after a long illness in her l passed after a long illness in her home in zurich, in switzerland. she was born in 1939 in the united states, but she was later naturalised in switzerland, as well? yes, it's a journey from the outskirts of nutbush, tennessee, the daughter of parents that were sharecroppers, grew up in the cotton fields of tennessee, and ends in switzerland, in a place of considerable wealth and considerable comfort with a happy marriage. and it was an extraordinaryjourney, her life, but you could only reflect on

the happiness that she achieved through all of it, extraordinary success. �* ., ., ., through all of it, extraordinary success. ., ., ., ., success. i'm going to read out the statement — success. i'm going to read out the statement by _ success. i'm going to read out the statement by her _ success. i'm going to read out the statement by her manager- success. i'm going to read out the statement by her manager of- success. i'm going to read out the statement by her manager of 30 l success. i'm going to read out the - statement by her manager of 30 years who has paid tribute to the star, saying, "tina was a unique and remarkable force of nature. because what you're talking about beyonce being inspired by tina turner — beyonce and so many others? yes. being inspired by tina turner - beyonce and so many others? yes, it was at the kennedy _ beyonce and so many others? yes, it was at the kennedy centre's - beyonce and so many others? yes, it was at the kennedy centre's honours| was at the kennedy centre's honours to tina turner, and the culmination of it, a performance by beyonce, and she said there were two tears in her life —— to tina is in her life, her mother and tina turner, then she did her version of proud mary, and you watch beyonce and you can see the inspiration, it makes sense, you go, "there's no way you can't not have

taken that in as being part of the influence of so many artists," in total control. it was a moving moment. total control. it was a moving moment-— total control. it was a moving moment. �* . ., moment. and a remarkable life, david, thank _ moment. and a remarkable life, david, thank you _ moment. and a remarkable life, david, thank you so _ moment. and a remarkable life, david, thank you so much, - moment. and a remarkable life, | david, thank you so much, that's moment. and a remarkable life, - david, thank you so much, that's the life of tina turner, the singular, stronger, dutch songwriter, dancer who's died at the age of 80 three at her home in switzerland, according to her spokesperson. much more coverage, ben will be here in the next few moments, but now to the weather. hello. we've seen some spectacular sunrise and sunset pictures over the last 2a hours, like this one from warwickshire. now a lot of the cloud you could see here is actually aeroplane contrails — in other words, the water that comes out of the back of aeroplane engines turns to ice crystals to make these clouds. now the contrails can last for many, many hours if there's a lot

of moisture in the atmosphere seven miles above our head, the height aeroplanes fly — that's exactly what's been going on. however, through today, we've seen those contrails blow towards france, at the same time, we've had some drier air seven miles up in the atmosphere working across england and wales. in other words, those contrails are not going to be quite as widespread, nor as long—lived over the next couple of days. now, today, we've seen lots of warm weather. the temperatures quite widely across the midlands, south and east wales, southern england reached the low 20s, and we've got more of the same to come, as well. now, overnight tonight, we'll keep clear skies, just a few patches of cloud drifting southwards across parts of england. the skies clearing in scotland to give some colder weather here, with temperatures dipping down into low single figures in the coldest areas as we head into the first part of thursday morning. but essentially, the weather won't change a whole lot over the next few days, thanks to this big area of high pressure. the winds continue to come around that from the atlantic, so temperatures aren't going to change a great deal either. thursday then, perhaps a little bit more in the way of cloud

across central and eastern england, but still some spells of sunshine. and at the same time, there should be more in the way of sunshine to look forward to in scotland. wherever you are, our temperatures are likely to reach the high teens to low 20s pretty widely, and will likely peak at around 23 for southeast wales, the west midlands, and southwest england. how warm's 23? well, compared with warm spells we've seen over recent mays, 23 kind of puts us right at the bottom of the pile. more often than not, more spells at this time of year bring those two pictures into the mid—to—high 20s. now for friday, there's again little overall change in the big weather picture. a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine around. this time, probably less cloud for eastern england, a bit more cloud for scotland, where there could be an odd passing spot of rain in the northwest. but for the vast majority, it's dry and it's warm in the may sunshine, with temperatures again in high teens to low 20s. and this fine, sunny, settled spell of weather is set to last throughout the bank holiday weekend and into the early part of the new week, as well. that's the latest, bye for now.

hello, i'm ben thompson. you're watching the context on bbc news. in the past hour, it has been announced at the american born singer, tina turner, has died at the age of 83. welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news...

the us—born singer—songwriter tina turner has died at