will smith takes to social media to apologise to chris rock for that oscar slap. hello and welcome to bbc news. dozens of deaths have been reported as unprecedented flash floods hit many parts of the world. in iran, officials say that more than 50 people have died in landslides, while seven people have lost their lives in the united arab emirates. meanwhile, president biden has declared a major disaster in the united states, after 16 people died in kentucky. lea na hosea reports. floodwaters from days of torrential rain have inundated hundreds of homes and wiped out entire towns in eastern kentucky. bridges have been washed away and roads submerged, sending some residents scrambling to their rooftops. her little room completely crushed. i m so sorry. it s ok. there s no words. - it sjust hard to imagine. there s nothing really that you can do but, i you know, we re just| glad that we got out. but, worst of all, the floods have taken people s lives, including those of children
europe and north africa. details in a live report from rome . an overall la video showed h officers responded after entering hallways in robb elementary on that fateful day in may. texas statehouse investigators released this 77-page preliminary report sunday. it outlines a series of failures by multiple law enforcement agencies. cnn s rosa flores is in uvalde with the details. reporter: according to this report, there were just so many systemic and catastrophic failures on multiple levels by law enforcement. let me take you through this report, a portion of it. according to this report, the school police chief pete arradondo wrote the active shooter policy for this school. he wrote his name as the incident commander, but then he didn t take the role on that ill-fated day on may 24th. according to this report, arradondo even chose the administration office to be the command post, but, again, according to this report, he didn t take that role. now, this report goes on to s
defending their country from russian aggression . u.s. president joe biden is headed to japan after wrapping up a three-day visit to south korea. he left owe sawn air base just outside seoul a short time ago, expected to arrive in japan in about an hour to mark his first trip to asia as commander in chief. while biden has tried to focus on bolstering america s economic ties in the region, the shadow of potential conflict is never far away. saturday the u.s. and south korea announced plans to hold joint military drills. blake essig is in tokyo with a preview of what to expect from the japan leg of biden s trip. let s start with paula hancocks. so the headline was the resumption of joint military drills, but there were important economic issues at stake here too. what headway did president biden make while he was there? reporter: kim, the headlines that he really wanted to see was about the economic ties that he had. he had developed here. and president biden was in the reg
where it was shipped. this is cnn. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with kim brunhuber. u.s. president joe biden has arrived in japan after a three-day visit to south korea. air force one landed at the air base near tokyo, an hour ago to visit biden s first trip to asia as commander in chief. before leaving seoul, biden met the leader of hyundai. where he s tried to put focus on bolstering s america s security ties. the shadow of potential conflict is never far away. on saturday, the u.s. announced plans to expand military drills in response to north korea s nuclear threat. and how it can help to counter china s influence in the region. for more on that let s bring in blake essig and kevin liptak live in tokyo. kevin, a lot to get through with biden s first trip to asia. walk us through the second leg. reporter: yeah, trere really three components to this second leg of president biden s first trip to asia. the first is the u.s./japan relations. that s reall