arlington national cemetery. that was just a couple hours after president biden addressed reporters outside the white house about last week s massacre of 19 children and 2 teachers in uvalde, texas. the president told reporters gathered on the south lawn that there is, quote, no rational basis for the ability to purchase high-caliber assault weapons that can fire hundreds of rounds, quote, it makes no sense. the idea that there should be at least limits on assault weapons in the wake of the uvalde and buffalo massacre, which together left 31 people murdered, was ek code by the vice president on saturday. after giving remarks at the memorial service for 86-year-old ruth whitfield, one of the victims of the buffalo supermarket shooting, vice president harris said this to reporters at the airport. you know, we re not looking for a vaccine. we know what works on this. it includes, let s have an assault weapons ban. background checks. why should anyone be able to buy a weapon th
tonight at ten, european leaders are to open talks with ukraine about eu membership, to the delight of president zelensky. but on the ground, the fight against russia s occupying force is struggling we report from the front line on ukraine s need for more military aid. president putin says russia s war aims have not changed in a four hour press conference. steve rosenberg was there and gives us his assessment. also, the british boy, missing for six years, found in a small town in the south of france. big developments here in the southern french city of toulouse, where mystics alex, who has been gone for six years, is being brought back home by british police from the city in the coming hours. the pioneering premier league referee rebecca welch will be the first woman to do the job. and will you see the shower of shooting stars, set to peak this evening? and on newsnight at 10:30pm, we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories.
we see ukrainian troops from the 93rd brigade defending this battle scarred city. they still hold bakhmut, but there is street fighting now in some areas, and the russians are gaining ground. the city stands as a symbol of ukrainian resistance. president putin has spent months trying to tear it down. our route is carefully planned. anything that moves here can be a target. time to stay low. run. ..and move fast, single file. but suddenly, just behind us, the war comes closer. i think they ve seen us.
amid fears of a new offensive. some of the fiercest fighting is in and around the city of bakhmut, which russian forces have been trying to capture for more than six months. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin and cameraman goktay koraltan have been with ukrainian troops at the heart of the battle. explosion. urban warfare in bakhmut. we see ukrainian troops from the 93rd brigade defending this battle scarred city. they still hold bakhmut but there is street fighting now in some areas and the russians are gaining ground. the city stands as a symbol of ukrainian resistance. president putin has spent months trying to tear it down. 0ur route is carefully planned. anything that moves
ukraine says that 16 settlements near bakhmut have been bombed by the russians this morning. in some of the fiercest fighting of the war, russia has been trying to capture the city in the eastern donbas region for more than six months. 0ur senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, and cameraman goktay koraltan have been with ukrainian troops at the heart of the battle. explosion. urban warfare in bakhmut. we see ukrainian troops from the 93rd brigade defending this battle scarred city. they still hold bakhmut but there is street fighting now in some areas and the russians are gaining ground. the city stands as a symbol of ukrainian resistance. president putin has spent months trying to tear it down. 0ur route is carefully planned.