sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s ollie foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. the second round is well under way at the first golf major of the year, the american brooks koepka has moved three shots clear at the top of the masters leaderbaord. he was one of the early starters at augusta and birdied the par five second move to eight under. he had beenjoint leader withjon rahm and victor hovland who don t start their second round for another few hours. koepka then eagled the eighth to move to ten under. he is one of 17 rebel liv series golfers who are taking part at augusta. jason day has made a strong start, but has just slipped back to six under, fourth on the leaderboard. scotland s women failed to qualify for this year s world cup, but they have claimed a morale boosting victory over the co hosts australia. they won 1 0, nicola docherty with a long range effort straight after the break that went in off the post. the match was being played a
voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. eleven of america s biggest private banks have stepped forward with a $30 billion rescue package for the troubled first republic bank. fears had been growing that the regional lender might be at risk of failure, as a result of market turmoil. the us treasury secretary, janet yellen, insists the rescue deal is evidence of resilience in the country s banking system. ican i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system is sound, and that americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them. this week s actions demonstrate our resolute commitment to ensure that our financial system remains strong, and that depositors s savings remain safe. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, told us what prompted janet yellen to strike such an upbeat note. for about a week now, since the collaps
police in nashville reveal a former student had carefully planned monday s mass school shooting, which killed six people, including three children. we start in france, and let me take you straight to paris. these are the live pictures coming to us from the french capital, where we have seen huge crowds of people and running battles with the police. we can hear the tear gas, we can see the tear gas they are being fired, and these strikes taking place over president macron s controversial pension reforms. protesters have been blocking railway lines and roads and clashed with police in a number of cities over the plans to raise the pension age from 62 to 64. you can see many people out there still with placards and feelings running very, very high on this matter. 22 arrest so far just running very, very high on this matter. 22 arrest so farjust in paris. about 13,000 police officers have been deployed across france, with the interior minister saying the high number a record fo
police in the united states who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attack appears to have been carefully planned and targeted. audrey hale, a former pupil, shot six people dead, including three children all nine years old, before being shot and killed by officers. there ve already been 130 mass shootings in the us this year alone. a mass shooting is when at least four people are shot in one attack. since january, nearly 10,000 people have died at the hands of firearms. and more than 400 of those have been children under the age of 18. earlier, us presidentjoe biden spoke to reporters. the majority of american people think having assault rifles is bizarre. i can t do anything but plead to the congress. let s hear from nashville s chief of police. we have interviewed the parents of audrey hale and we determined that audrey bought seven firearms from five different local gun stores here legally. they were legally purchased. three of those
after headteacher ruth perry took her own life over an ofsted downgrade, the watchdog says there will be some changes. the forgotten faces of syria s earthquake a desperate plea for help from survivors months on from the tragedy. we have a special report. and will wrexham s film star owners see a hollywood ending as the club bids to return to the football league this weekend? and coming up on bbc news. england captain leah williamson is out of this summers world cup with a long term knee injury. the arsenal midfielder said she had shed tears and made her peace with it. good evening. the deputy prime minister and justice secretary dominic raab has resigned from government after a report upheld some bullying claims against him. he hit out at what he called activist civil servants , claiming they effectively wanted to block government reform and he suggested the report sets a very dangerous precedent. mr raab was investigated after at least eight formal complaints at three di