thank you to jane there, jane 0'brien. the headlines on bbc news...l investigation — after liverpool fans were tear—gassed at the champions league final. president biden is meeting some of the families of the 19 children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman in texas. in a gesture of defiance — directed at russia — president zelensky has made a rare trip to visit his troops on the front line in eastern ukraine. he went to kharkiv, close to the russian border, an area once again under attack. mr zelensky described the situation in some parts — particularly serevodonetsk — as �*indescribably difficult' for the ukrainian army. it's the first time since the start of the war that the president has ventured to the devastated eastern region , as our correspondent caroline hawley reports. with heavy artillery, russian forces are continuing to pound ukrainian positions in a war that's taking more lives every day. with all this firepower, moscow is now making steady advances in the east. today, president zelensky visited north—eastern ukraine for the f

i asked our correspondent in uvalde, jane 0'brien, if we'd learned more on how the tragedy had unfoldedw that most of the victims were shot in those first few minutes, and this is what led to the police chief in charge of the operation from thinking it had gone from being an active shooter to a barricaded suspect. that was the reason he ordered the police to fall back to not try to star in the classroom at that point because he believed that the shooter was no longer a threat to children and focused on getting the other children out to. now, the head of texas public safety said that was the wrong decision. it also seems extraordinary that in that time period when the police are doing nothing, that a child in that like classroom made eight emergency because pleading for help, pleading for the police to come, whispering absolutely terrified by what the child was actually going through. a second mistake then seems to have been that the same police chief decided that he needed to wait for tactical equipment, special swat gear to arise before he was able to enter that classroom. again, the p

all of it are truckers, brien. the potent price like the ones i know, art guy said to me the other day. it's like, it's like falling down the stairs in slow motion. you know, it's, we know it's coming, we're watching it happen. it's happening in real time, and it's not just diesels notches gasoline. meanwhile, the biden administration is trying to persuade americans that president putin is responsible for the inflation. however, according to recent polls, most people don't find that narrative and think, biden based responsibility for the higher fuel prices, as inflation was surging well before the ukraine war. after this week winning the republican nomination for the senate in ohio, 20 vons claimed it was a mistake to get involved in what's going on between russia and ukraine when there are so many problems at home. what the us state department is saying is a major problem with russia, and at the end of the day, we serve to defend our own country. i got your list that were focused on this border in ukraine. i don't

there was a lot, however, the return procedure itself was shrouded in a weight of mystery why cyril brienl clarify the picture? never before has the return of masterpieces from a trip abroad been attractive. so much attention, each picture returned from paris is examined under a machine-gun burst of clicks, cameras. so we all know that, for example, the girl on the ball touches the priceless pearl of the collection of the pushkin museum, but only now we remember. how many times have you been too lazy to go and stand in front of her, when awareness comes to mind, after all, they might not see it anymore, like other works from the collection of the morozov brothers , the exhibition in france closed on april 3rd and that's it. at this time, the war of the worlds, art and politics threatened to make masterpieces hostages and, as it were, under the sanctions announced after the start of the special operation, the museum property did not get any talk about possible options, first of all, in the western press, there was enough, even outright predatory ones, exhibited in the fund. louis wit in pa

country where efforts to tighten firearms regulations have repeatedly failed. 0ur correspondentjane 0'brientalk us through what is happening there today? joe hello, just talk us through what is happening there today?— hello, just talk us through what is happening there today? joe biden is exected to happening there today? joe biden is expected to arrive _ happening there today? joe biden is expected to arrive here _ happening there today? joe biden is expected to arrive here in _ happening there today? joe biden is expected to arrive here in the - happening there today? joe biden is expected to arrive here in the next i expected to arrive here in the next couple of hours or so. he is going to go straight to the school. there is a makeshift memorial there. he will be there to pay his respects. then he is going to attend mass at the sacred heart catholic church, a very religious community come here, the catholic faith underpins everything that happens here. there has been prayer services in the town centre all weekend. this is a very important part of the sharing and the burden of grief that

country where efforts to tighten firearms regulations have repeatedly failed. 0ur correspondentjane 0'brienthere today? joe what is happening there today? jre: biden has what is happening there today? jr2 biden hasjust touched down in texas, so he will be making his way to the town of uvalde where he will go straight to the school which is just a short distance from where i am now in the centre of the town. he will be visiting the makeshift memorial there. will be visiting the makeshift memorialthere. he will be visiting the makeshift memorial there. he will pay his respects to the victims. then he will make his way to the sacred heart catholic church where he will be attending mass. the realfocus heart catholic church where he will be attending mass. the real focus of his day and he is spending a long time here today, an unusually long time, will be the families, the families of the victims and the survivors. he will be meeting with them at a local community centre and sharing their grief. i mean, there is not much more he can do in this visit, but he wants to let them know that he is ther

uvalde in texas to pay their respects to the lives lost in tuesday's shooting. 0ur correspondentjane 0'brienit.— with this visit. it is, because of course this _ with this visit. it is, because of course this tragedy _ with this visit. it is, because of course this tragedy has - with this visit. it is, because ofj course this tragedy has opened with this visit. it is, because of. course this tragedy has opened up the enormous political divide in america over its gun culture. those who want more gun controls and those who want more gun controls and those who support more gun rights. joe biden and first ladyjust left the school where they paid their respects at the memorial, touching each cardboard cutout photograph of the 19 children who were killed on that site. they are now heading to the sacred heart catholic church where they will attend mass. the main focus of the day for the president is talking to the survivors and families of the victims. he is going to spend a number of hours with them, this is a very long visit, and unusually long visit, because this is what the president wants to d

.�* let�*s bring injane o�*brien who is on the ground froze in uvalde.d the sheriff�*s response answers of the sheriff�*s response answers of the questions for the families? i think broadly now and i think part of the recent thighs that this is a community there is still in grief and trying to process the fact that they have lost so many children who played on the streets, whose grandparents lived in the house over there and i think for many of them, it is still too early to work out what happened and why it happened, although these questions are obviously going on in the head. interestingly, i spoke to the director of the company the train school security needs said that in that situation, is so fluid,, so confusing and to have law enforcement running without the proper backing could create more problems and make matters worse, could cause more deaths. he also said that if you are a parent and witnessing something to go on in school, your instinct is to run in and protect your child, but what could you do? harsh answers and harsh counter questions to a

let's cross to the states and speak to jane 0'brien, who's there.on appears at the nra conference, and i have now joined by ashton p woods who is the founder of the houston branch of black lives matter, thank you for joining me. what is your reaction to the governor cancelling his in—person appearance? it is the governor cancelling his in-person appearance? it is not enou~h, in-person appearance? it is not enough. he _ in-person appearance? it is not enough, he needs— in-person appearance? it is not enough, he needs to _ in-person appearance? it is not enough, he needs to call- in-person appearance? it is not enough, he needs to call a - in-person appearance? it is not i enough, he needs to call a special session_ enough, he needs to call a special session to — enough, he needs to call a special session to fix this issue so no more children_ session to fix this issue so no more children died, no more families lose valuable _ children died, no more families lose valuable teachers and loved ones. but what — valuable teachers and loved ones. but what c