an unprecedented wave of hunger and destitution. and the image that s gone round the world of a 16 year girl old in her prom dress in front of her bombed out school. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 6am in singapore, ”pm in london, and 6pm in washington where lawmakers have been hearing searing testimony from the victims and families of those caught up several recent mass shootings. among them was an 11 year old girl, mia cerrillo. a student at the robb elementary school in texas, she described how she smeared herself in blood and played dead to avoid being killed along with 19 other children and two teachers. the shooting, carried out by an 18 year old gunman, has provoked a nation wide debate about the sale of firearms. our north america editor sarah smith has more from washington this is the last photograph of lexi rubio, getting a school prize just hours before she was shot dead, the last time her pa
girl in her prom dress, in the ruins of her school in kharkiv. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington where lawmakers have been hearing searing testimony from the victims and families of those caught up in several recent mass shootings. among them was an 11 year old girl, mia cerrillo. a student at the robb elementary school in texas, she described how she smeared herself in blood and played dead to avoid being killed along with 19 other children and two teachers. the shooting, carried out by an 18 year old gunman, has provoked a nation wide debate about the sale of firearms. our north america editor sarah smith has more from washington we should warn you, her report contains some graphic testimony which some may find distressing. this is the last photograph of lexi rubio, getting a school prize just hours before she was shot dead, the last time her paren
mcswain and businessman dave white. but we do have a projection to make in the democratic governor s race. and cnn projects pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro will be the democratic nominee for pennsylvania governor. shapiro coasts through uncontested. he will face the winner of the republican gubernatorial primary in the fall. dana bash, shapiro is counting on having a republican candidate, republican competitor whom he can easily paint as extreme. absolutely. he s already starting to do that. we should note that josh shapiro announced that he s positive for covid so i m not sure that we ll actually see him tonight. but jake is exactly right. he became a national figure during the time between november, the november election and when the inauguration happened because as the attorney general in pennsylvania, he was very aggressive about pushing back against gop efforts to overturn the election there. depending on who he has as his opponent, he might be fighting that
In the last few minutes, the Us Government has said israel may have breached humanitarian law in gaza using american weapons. The Biden Administration presents a report to congress critical of the way israels used american weapons. Meanwhile, the Israeli Military is creating defensive positions in gaza in defiance of us wishes. Well discuss what all that means with our expert panel. Also tonight, labour unveils their own plans to deal with illegal migration. The shadow Immigration Minister tells us what hed do with small Boat Arrivals. Those who are rejected, where will they go . There are countries like pakistan, bangladesh, which are low grant rate countries, they are safe countries. And do look up where you might see a spectacular Northern Lights show tonight. Good evening. In the last few moments, the Us State Department has said it has reasonable to assess beliefs that us supplied arms were used in ways inconsistent with israels obligations. It follows news earlier this week that
Economic pull factors, so we see on the one hand this kind of more extremist formation, but then we also see economic needs. And we understand that actually the advantages over. For the People Living in the region of transnistria may actually be more moderate and head west, but a lot will depend, and we are of course aware of this from the outcome of the war in ukraine. And probably the final decision and conclusion troops must be part of a larger deal. From the point of view of the gagauz autonomous region, it is an autonomous region. I believe that. Our challenges here are more related to working with people there so that they understand how things really are. And there is a larger russianspeaking population there, so you know, they are very dependent on the content they see in russian, and we need to create better content in russian, but proeuropean, to explain the values that european civilization stands for. So im sure, and i hope, because of the improved communication, ther