in texas, 19 children and 2 teachers are killed by a gunman the second deadliest mass shooting in american history. president biden has this message. iam sick i am sick and tired of it. we had to act. and don t tell me we can t have an impact on this carnage. and don t tell me we can t have an impact on this carnage. details and pictures emerge of those who died. we ll get the latest from our correspondent on the ground. the issue first came into view at the end of december last year with the end of december last year with the daily mirror carrying a story about a christmas party while restrictions were in place. in the months that followed the story has grown and grown. there is no a parliamentary inquiry and we have had the police investigation which has led to a number of fines and there has been an investigation by there has been an investigation by the civil servant sue gray. and borisjohnson has been asked about these parties in downing street and recent months of
minister. he wasn t there saying this shouldn t be happening, he| this shouldn t be happening, he wasn t saying can everyone break up and go home because my cable and socially distance? and everyone put masks on? no, he wasn t telling anybody that. he was grabbing a glass for himself. pressure coming on the uk government from a number of fronts more detail has emerged about the lockdown parties in number 10. there s confirmation energy prices will rise sharply later year as the cost of living crisis deepens. and an inquiry by mps has concluded that that the uk s withdrawal from afghanistan last year was a disaster . we re going to look at all three across this first half an hour. let s begin with the parties because, for the first time, insiders who were at some of the events have talked in detail about what they saw. they ve been talking to the bbc s laura kuennsberg and in this clip a staffer described the culture in noio during at the time. they were every week. the event
but they are no ordinary band. they re from ukraine, a country in the midst of a bloody war. in the lead up to the contest, all the band members faced a difficult decision. now their winning song has become a powerful statement of defiance. and they hope their global stardom will help ukraine s plight. i m viktoria zhuhan, i work as a journalist for bbc in ukraine. i don t normally cover eurovision, especially when there is a war raging in my country. but kalush orchestra isn t an ordinary, typical eurovision contestant. but after following the kalush orchestra for ten days, i ve learned that, for them, this is much more than a singing competition. it s a way to tell the world about the war that s destroying ukraine. we are on our way to a rehearsal in the north of the country. oleh, in the pink hat, the group s front man finds it hard to take in what he sees. it s tima, the band s vocalist and flute player who realises he s been here before. only weeks earlier, russian troop