children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman in texas. another day of travel disruption. waits of six hours reported for ferries at dover and hundreds of flights cancelled at some uk airports. and one of the greatest jockeys of all time lester piggott has died aged 86. we start in ukraine where, in a gesture of defiance directed at russia president zelensky has made a rare trip to visit his troops on the front line in the east of the country. 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
in a moment, huw edwards will be here to bring you more on all those headlines when we re joined by viewers on bbc one. but before that, we ll start with ukraine. and president zelensky has visited troops on the front line in eastern ukraine. he went to the kharkiv region an area once again under attack from president putin s forces. this evening, the european union failed to reach agreement on an embargo of russian oil, on the eve of a summit of eu leaders in brussels. the ban on oil imports is part of the eu s sixth sanctions package on russia over its invasion of ukraine, which the commission has been struggling to finalise. the package is being held up by hungary, which says an oil embargo would be a body blow to its economy, because it can t easily import oil from elsewhere. earlier, i spoke to kira rudyk, ukrainian mp and current leader of the political party voice. she told me the effort of building international support for ukraine is ongoing and that she has not
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and writerjemma forte and the journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. hello to both of you. quick look at some of those front pages. the chaos surrounding liverpool s champions league final is the splash for the metro, which references the team s colours to sum up fans fury. the i newspaper says the pm is planning to axe eu laws, to try to win over his own mps in the wake of the partygate report. brexit also features in the main story in the daily telegraph, which outlines a post brexit visa scheme for foreign graduates. the ft has a picture ofjoe biden laying flowers at the texas school where 21 people were shot dead. its lead report focuses on the international fight against inflation. there s a striking portrait on the front of the guardian of the jockey lester piggott, whose death was announced today. lester piggott also features on the front page of the
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and 5pm in texas, where the usjustice department is to investigate the police response to the mass shooting at a school in which 19 children and two teachers were killed. public anger has grown after it emerged that officers waited in the hallway as children remained trapped with the teenage gunman in a classroom. the announcement comes as president biden visited the town and met with the families of those killed. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports. this is the hardest visit a president has to make, especially when the victims are so young. mr biden and his wife, jill, joined the mourning of a devastated community, pausing to recognise each of those murdered at this school. 19 children and two teachers. the president draws on his personal history in these moments of public grief because he s lost two children of his own. a bouquet of flowers added t
makes the lead in the daily mirror. and an image of a tearful young liverpool fan dominates the front page of the metro. the express leads on a call for fines on patients who fail to turn up to gp appointments. the no shows are said to be costing the nhs more than a million pounds a day. the death ofjockey lester piggott features in many papers, with a striking portrait on the front page of the guardian. and mr piggott again pictured, with the queen this time, on the daily mail, which says 12 million people are going tojoin platinum jubilee street parties. the sun splashes on another royal story, saying harry and meghan have renewed the lease on frogmore cottage and may use it for filming a documentary. dramatic images of the queen, projected on to stonehenge, in the times which leads on a warning over power supplies due to the war in ukraine. 0k, ok, let s go. quite a few stories, nice and pc. we are going to start off with the mail, caroline. this is your story to begin