the berlin film festival — gets under way with some controversy over a decision by organisers. hello, i'm lukwesa burak. welcome to bbc news. 22 people have been shot at a super bowl victory parade in kansas city in the united states. at least one of the victims is dead. seven have life—threatening injuries. the kansas police chief said three suspects were in custody, and firearms had been recovered. but she said the motive wasn't yet clear. chaos broke out when shots were fired west of union station, the train station in downtown kansas city. thousands were celebrating the victory of the kansas city chiefs in american

football's premier event. will vernon reports from washington. gunshots ring out in central kansas city. the streets packed with families and sports fans. police rushed to the scene as the injured are given first aid. guys, guys, guys. this reporter for local tv, about to go live as the chaos unfolds. eyewitnesses describe scenes of panic. all of a sudden, people started crushing forward. everybody started running. there was screaming. we didn't know what was happening. but this day and age, when people run, you run. people had gathered for this, a victory parade to celebrate the local american football team's win in the super bowl, america's biggest sporting event. over 800 police had been

deployed to protect the crowds. the mayor of kansas city said that shootings like this were becoming all too common in america. i think that's something that all of us who are parents, who are just regular people living each day have to decide what we wish to do about it. parades, rallies, schools, movies. it seems like almost nothing is safe. the kansas city chiefs�* star player posted on social media that he was "heartbroken" over the tragedy. travis kelce said "kansas city means the world to me." another wrote, simply, praying for kansas city. in a statement last night, president biden said joy had been turned to tragedy and he called on americans to find the resolve to end what he called the senseless epidemic of gun violence.

will vernon, bbc news, washington. who's been covering the story — kmbz�*s dana wright. thank kmbz�*s dana wright. you forjoining us on bbc news. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what are the latest details of the story? thank you for having _ details of the story? thank you for having me. _ details of the story? thank you for having me. the _ details of the story? thank you for having me. the shots - details of the story? thank you for having me. the shots rangl for having me. the shots rang out brightly as we were walking into the studio today. we did five hours of nonstop coverage as we tried to unpack what was happening, and when we heard it was an active shooter, i can tell you, i have been doing this 30 years in this town, my heart dropped. you see the headlines in other cities and you always think, we will send our thoughts and prayers over there, because those things happen over there, and we are shattered and heartbroken that this has knocked on our door today kansas city is a

beautiful place, full of beautiful place, full of beautiful people, and i had just returned from the super bowl with my daughter, who had just turned 21, and we were celebrating her 21st in las vegas, and we were able to attend the super bowl. i remember thinking today how happy she would have been to be at the parade, and how sad it is that i thank god every single second that she wasn't there. �* , , . .,, there. and this is even closer to home. _ there. and this is even closer to home, because _ there. and this is even closer to home, because you - there. and this is even closer to home, because you have l to home, because you have essentially lost a colleague within the radio industry, lisa lopes, has been named as the person that was killed. she lopes, has been named as the person that was killed.- person that was killed. she is a beloved _ person that was killed. she is a beloved member— person that was killed. she is a beloved member of- person that was killed. she is a beloved member of our- a beloved member of our community. i spoke with one of herfriends community. i spoke with one of her friends today who was absolutely heartbroken. her cousin actually called into our programme when she was in critical condition and was trying to explain just the disbelief that this beloved member of our community, who djs all of the weddings, and

she isjust a huge light and beautiful person in our community that is really well—known for djing at all of the weddings, and she called in when she was in critical condition and about one hour later called in again to share the news live on our programme that she had in fact passed away at the hospital. she, like everyone else, joined the 800-900,000 everyone else, joined the 800—900,000 others going down hoping to have a great time and celebrate. this was a day of celebration. and the fact that this happened between what appears to be two groups of idiots who don't understand conflict resolution, with 850 law enforcement officers there, including snipers, the fbi, homeland security, that thought they could come in with guns and disrupt this day, and now so many families are shattered because of it and quite frankly, the town is heartbroken, but we are angry, we are so angry, that this has

happened on a day that is reserved to bring everyone together. i want to give you a quick story. i have four children and these were the kids that drew up with school shooter drills. there was a moment today that i thought my youngest son, was about to graduate high school, was there at the parade, and it turns out that he was not downtown, and i walked into day and i hugged him and... it was hard for me wheni him and... it was hard for me when i saw him because i know there are people tonight that are not getting to hog their loved ones. and he said to me, i know the drill, i know the drill when you hear the shots, you duck and cover he said, i'm going to be fine. i would like to remind everybody that this is on us, as americans, this is on us, and we are raising an entire generation of children who think this is normal, and it is not normal, and it is no

longer something that we can say happens in other communities, because it has now happened here. communities, because it has now happened here-— happened here. dana, thank you very much _ happened here. dana, thank you very much indeed _ happened here. dana, thank you very much indeed for— happened here. dana, thank you very much indeed for sharing - very much indeed for sharing what you have witnessed today, and the personal aspect to this, dana wright, thank you. we will stay with the story for a short while. this latest shooting has yet again shone the spotlight on gun control. let's speak to james densley, professor of criminal justice at metro state university and co—founder of the violence prevention project, which studies mass shootings. hello and welcome to the programme. i don't know if you heard dayna speaking, this is not normal.— heard dayna speaking, this is not normal. know it is not, but unfortunately _ not normal. know it is not, but unfortunately in _ not normal. know it is not, but unfortunately in the _ not normal. know it is not, but unfortunately in the united - unfortunately in the united states it is more normal than it should be. whenever

something like this happens, questions start to emerge, is it a single event or multiple incidents, and active shooter, somebody with the intent to kill indiscriminately like the shootings we saw the las vegas music festival in 2017 are the highland park fourth july parade in highland park fourthjuly parade in 2022, or if it is a personal dispute and this is just really collateral damage or a shoot—out. this is the problem. there was that thin line between an armed person and an active shooter, especially in a place like kansas city and mussoorie, which is a state where you can carry a firearm openly, and the truth is, anyone is a good guy with a gun until they are not, and when guns are around, pushing and shoving quickly escalates into shooting and we have a situation today where we have a situation today where we have up as of 20 people injured, and one person who tragically lost her life, and

it is shocking, but it is not that shocking because it keeps happening over and over again. 48 mass shootings in the united states so far this year, 48. if it keeps happening over and over again, we have got president biden calling on congress and the country to wake up to what happened yesterday. you have kamala harris, who also has been commenting on this, and asking that the united states passes reasonable gun safety laws. is any of that possible in the united states? in any of that possible in the united states?— united states? in a presidential - united states? in a | presidential election united states? in a - presidential election year, i think highly unlikely, and if you think back to some of the terrible tragedies we have had in recent years, the school shooting in uvalde, of the murder of innocent school children in the classroom isn't enough to move the needle you have to ask what will be. it seems that we will get stricter

gun laws through federal legislation this year. the action tends to be on the state level. mussoorie has some of the weakest gun laws in the country. they actually repealed laws in the last few years to make it even easier to carry guns in public, without a permit. it makes you wonder now where the be some momentum to revisit those laws and maybe do something more on the state level but bettoni it will be very difficult. there the emphasis has to be on doing more preventative work upstream of this. if this was a dispute between two rival groups or gangs or people, could moore have been done to prevent this on the front end, and that is where the action is going to need to be. where the action is going to need to be— where the action is going to need to be. james densley, thank you — need to be. james densley, thank you very _ need to be. james densley, thank you very much - need to be. james densley, | thank you very much indeed. the israeli prime minister has promised to press ahead with a ground offensive against hamas in rafah, despite a growing

international outcry. benjamin netanyahu said powerful action was needed after civilians had been allowed to leave battle zones. president macron of france and germany's foreign minister — who's held talks with the israeli leader — have added their voices to those urging israel against such an offensive. translation: these people cannot simply j vanish into thin air. if the israeli army were to launch an offensive on rafah under these conditions, it would be a humanitarian catastrophe in the making. people need safe places and safe corridors to avoid being caught in the crossfire. and we have talked about this intensively today. let's look at some other stories making the headlines. the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee has warned of what it calls a serious national security threat to the united states.

us media reports say the warning is related to a russian attempt to develop a space—based nuclear weapon that could be used to target satellites. they quote sources as saying the weapon is not yet in orbit. greece could become the first christian orthodox—majority country to legalise same—sex marriage, when its parliament votes on the measure later. the bill has been introduced by the country's centre—right prime minister, but around a third of his own mps are expected to rebel, meaning he'll need the support of the left—wing opposition for it to pass. a rocket launch to take a robotic lander to the moon is due to take place in around an hour's time. the privately owned nova—c lander is carrying instruments to study precision landing, space weather and other phenomena on the lunar surface. it would be the first american moon landing in more than half a century. now to the ex—special forces soldier who could be the next

leader of the world's biggest muslim nation. it's looking increasingly likely that indonesia's defence minister and former military chief, prabowo subianto, has won wednesday's presidential election outright with no need for a run—off ballot. though the full result won't be known until next month, figures from officially approved pollsters put him on 58%, more than twice his nearest rival. mr prabowo, who has a questionable past human rights record, has claimed victory and urged indonesians to unite. the two other contenders have alleged systematic fraud but not given evidence. let's speak to kahfi adlan hafiz, who's a researcher at perludem association of election & democracy. welcome to the programme. how

would you assess how the real —— how the election went, was it a successful election process?— it a successful election rocess? , ., process? yes, i think the process. _ process? yes, i think the process, for _ process? yes, i think the process, for example, i process? yes, i think the | process, for example, the process, for example, the process, that they were looking for from our offices first and other offices first and otherwise, the process were going smoothly without any significant problem but unfortunately the biggest problem would be the preparation of the polling staff, because the polling staff, because the polling staff didn't get enough information on how they were conducting the election because they did not get sufficient training in the manual book, and made some poor starts to the election process at the polling stations. volunteers

and officials _ polling stations. volunteers and officials working - polling stations. volunteers and officials working at - polling stations. volunteers. and officials working at these polling stations, absolutely thousands of them, i wonder, could you tell me... thousands of them, i wonder, could you tell me. . ._ could you tell me... millions. yes, could you tell me... millions. yes. you _ could you tell me... millions. yes. you have _ could you tell me... millions. yes, you have to _ could you tell me... millions. yes, you have to remember. could you tell me... millions. i yes, you have to remember the population, yes, thank you for that. :: :: ., that. over 200 million population. _ that. over 200 million population, yes. - that. over 200 million population, yes. many that. over 200 million i population, yes. many of that. over 200 million - population, yes. many of those actually are _ population, yes. many of those actually are young, _ population, yes. many of those actually are young, indonesia l actually are young, indonesia has a very young population. do you think that they were engaged in this particular election? i engaged in this particular election?— engaged in this particular election? ., ., ., election? i would say more than 5096 of the _ election? i would say more than 5096 of the population _ election? i would say more than 5096 of the population were - 50% of the population were here, the millennial generation, orthe here, the millennial generation, or the generation z, of voters. they are also engaged but unfortunately they are not very engaged and not very informed on the campaign,

but on the polling station, in the election, they are informed also, because we try to, not just as supporters, party workers, so that they help with the very complicated election that we have in indonesia. thank you very much indeed. around the world and across the uk. just two years ago there were 34 and a half thousand northern gannet nests on this pembrokeshire rock, once the fourth largest colony in the world. but in 12 months, bird flu

wiped out more than half of the population. and gannets are not alone. black headed gulls were red listed before bird flu emerged in 2021, and numbers have declined by 77% in recent years. and in its first ever report, trying to quantify the effects of bird flu. rspb cymru says common and sand terns have also seen a catastrophic drop of 40%. we are really concerned. we don't know what the future holds. birds long, they see birds are long lived and they only have a couple of one or two chicks a year. it could be another decade before we truly you're live with bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. protesting indian farmers have clashed with the police after resuming their march towards the capital, delhi. there were chaotic scenes at the shambhu border between the northern states of punjab and haryana, where the farmers were stopped on tuesday. the farmers are demanding

minimum guaranteed prices for a range of crops and debt relief. farmers staged mass protests in 2020, a charity which monitors antisemitism across the uk says there's been an increase in assaults and abuse targeting jewish people. the community security trust says there were more than 4000 incidents of antisemitism across the uk in 2023, some involving jewish school children. here's our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. there are guards and high rise fences. security is tight. this is a jewish school in manchester. inside the king

david high school pupils tell me they feel safe outside the school. they're experiencing increasing levels of anti—semitism. a few weeks ago, i was threatened and i reported it. and the police have dealt with that personally. when i've been walking down the street, i've had stuff shouted to me from cars and it's had quite an impact. i get public transport to school and ijust feel a lot more wary actually coming to school. there's been definitely been like an increased police presence around school. thisjewish girls school in london was targeted and vandalised in the aftermath of hamas's attacks on israel in october last year. today's figures, published by the community security trust are compiled from people calling their helpline to report anti—semitic attacks they have experienced or witnessed and are also taken from police data. the report indicates anti—semitic incidents affecting school children have more than trebled compared to 2022. it says 87 incidents took place atjewish schools and 127 were recorded at mainstream schools. and there were 111 incidents affecting children travelling to or from school. what about food ? rabbi benjy reichman has been working with

different faith schools across manchester for more than a decade and says education is the key to tackling anti—semitism. when you can humanize the other, then you realize how much similarity exists between groups and over the years we've before our student population became more diverse, we took ourjewish kids to muslim schools. we did quite a lot of activities with schools in south manchester. some of the most beautiful moments is when you have those, there's real nuggets of education. when a young person goes, oh, we're not so different after all. the government says it's ringfenced £7 million to help schools in england tackle anti—semitism. these school children are hundreds of miles away from the conflict in the middle east, but say their lives here in manchester have changed significantly. i think it's quite important to represent my identity, but it's the thing that makes me afraid. elaine dunkley, bbc news. the duke and duchess

of sussex have travelled to a canadian ski resort to attend an invictus games training camp. prince harry and his wife meghan joined athletes in whistler for a two—day event promoting next year's winter games in the city. 0ur correspondent emma vardy sent this report. the new website appears to be a moment to refresh their brand as a couple, and it describes their aim as "shaping the future through business and philanthropy". and the invictus games is an event very close to harry's heart. it's a sporting event that he founded to help people who've suffered life—changing injuries. so the couple are here in the canadian ski resort of whistler, meeting athletes one year out from the games, the event, including winter sports for the first time. and of course, harry and meghan have been working to establish their careers in other areas since stepping back as working royals and becoming financially independent. meghan has recently signed a new podcast deal since ending her relationship, for example, with spotify. but of course, the big question on many people's minds

since the king's cancer diagnosis is whether that and his treatment might help harry heal the rift with his family. of course, there's been tensions ever since he and meghan stepped back as royals and moved to california in the us. and we know that harry made a last—minute journey back to see his father last week, but we understand he spent some 45 minutes with him. didn't see his brother william either. but he is now back out here fulfilling his engagements and supporting athletes at the invictus games, something we know means a lot to him. one of the top events in the world of cinema, the berlin film festival, gets under way in the german capital later today. but there's controversy over the decision by the organisers to first invite, and then disinvite, politicians from germany's far—right afd party to the opening ceremony. the festival is hoping that the presence of some major stars will shift the focus to the films. from berlin, tom brook reports.

berlin had been busy preparing for its world famous film festival, the berlinale. irish actor cillian murphy, 0scar nominated for his role in 0ppenheimer, is headlining berlin's opening night film with an irish drama called small things like these. all told, around 180 full length features will be shown in this ten day festival. what i'm doing is for everyone back home, and that makes me very proud. the offerings include spaceman, the story of an astronaut, played by adam sandler, at large in the cosmos. another big star, kristen stewart, can be seen in the romantic thriller love lies bleeding. a wealth of international cinema is also on offer, including shambala, the first film from nepal ever to make it into the competition in berlin. it feels like a bit of a return to form for the berlinale. we've got starry vehicles with american stars in them. we've got documentaries, we've got

auteur—driven arthouse cinema. so it's a great programme with a lot of range in it, i think. but in the run—up to the festival, it's not films that people have been talking about, but protest. the rise of germany's far right afd party and the decision by festival organisers to include five politicians from that party in an invitation to the opening night ceremony, created a big backlash. in the wake of reports of the afd�*s alleged mass deportation plans should it come to power, more than 200 film industry professionals complained to the festival over the invitations. the organisers did an awkward u—turn and disinvited the afd politicians after internal discussions with festival team members who felt the far right party's ideology was totally at odds with what the berlinale stood for. it's already been announced that top american film—maker martin scorsese will be getting an honorary

golden bear, the festival's top honour, a lifetime achievement award, as he looks back on his body of work. scorsese is philosophical. i can feel that i did the best i could with each project under the circumstances at that time. can i say i'm always happy with it? no, but it's done. i'm 81. it's part of a long journey. in the coming days, it's important that the berlin film festival, much loved by cinephiles and the public makes its mark. nowadays, the ecosystem of international film festivals is changing and fragile. for berlin, it's important that the festival regains its primacy, especially after the immense difficulties and setbacks it endured because of covid. tom brooke, bbc news, berlin. stay with us here on bbc news. coming up, we have the business news, and news of a gdp bonanza.

hello there. some very wet, very mild conditions around at the moment. temperatures reached 16.5 celsius in hereford hello there. some very wet, very mild conditions temperatures reached 16.5 celsius in hereford on wednesday and it could turn even warmer still, perhaps, as we head through thursday. but the focus for the day's highest temperatures will tend to be further east. there's a lot more rain to come in the forecast as well, all of these weather fronts just pushing northwards and eastwards as we head through into thursday morning. so temperatures rising unusually through the night across much of scotland. and we'll start the day off on 12 or 13 celsius towards the south of england and wales. all of that mild air flowing in on that southerly wind from the azores. you can see all of that very mild air marked in the deep yellow. it's a very wet start to the day across scotland, heavy rain clearing northwards, being replaced by this batch of rain pushing away from northern ireland. a cold front sweeping eastwards, giving some more heavy rain where the ground is already saturated, but it should stay largely dry ahead of the front across eastern areas of england. now, these are the average

temperatures for this time of year, just 8 or 9 degrees. you can see just how mild it's going to be through the day on thursday. in fact, across parts of essex, we could even see 16 to 18 celsius, perhaps, given any brightness. that's still well off the february record, but it will feel pleasantly warm, i think, for the time of year. now, as we head through thursday night, that cold front continues to sweep its way eastwards. and behind it, there's some slightly cooler—feeling air, but only a drop in temperature by a couple of degrees or so. we'll start off friday morning, then, with a legacy of cloud out towards eastern areas of england. that's going to be clearing away. a few isolated showers, perhaps, in the wake of the front, but generally speaking, i think friday should be largely dry for most of us. the best of the brightness probably towards central areas at first and then out towards the east, but also some brighter skies, perhaps, further west. temperatures really around 9—12 celsius for the vast majority. on saturday, again, a largely dry day. the brighter skies really towards the east. it will cloud over from the west through the afternoon,

with heavy rain by the end of the day across northern ireland. once again, temperatures will peak between 11 and 14 celsius, and that's where they'll tend to stay on sunday. that heavy rain clears eastwards as we head through sunday morning and the rest of the day should be largely dry with some spells of brightness. perhaps a few showers again on monday. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news.

recession or not? the latest gdp figures for the uk will be released in around an hour and a half, outlining the state of the uk economy. concerns escalate about the state of japan's economy as it unexpectedly slips into a recession. it seemed like a good idea at the time... but now tattoo removal has turned into a big business, forecast to reach almost $800 million by 2027. official figures on thursday will show whether the uk went into recession at the end of 2023. that is the term used for two consecutive quarters — that's three month periods —

of negative growth or shrinking.