16 taken to hospital hundreds of people ran for safety. as italy s prime minister suggests global warming played a part in sunday s deadly avalanche in the dolomites, we look at the extreme climate events across the globe that are all linked to climate change. and scientists discover a new species of giant water lily the largest in the world hiding in plain sight for almost 180 years. let s start the united states, where shots have been fired at the start of an independence day parade north of chicago. he also confirmed that it is still currently an active incident. we are now being told six people died in highland park during the independent state parade. six 16 people are said to be in hospital, police say it is still an active shooting situation. it started at 10am local timejust shooting situation. it started at 10am local time just ten shooting situation. it started at 10am local timejust ten minutes into the parade. one reporter at the scene said they had seen fiv
gun violence. sir keir starmer sets out his party s position on brexit the opposition leader says labour will not be campaigning to take the uk back into the eu. and halo by name halo by nature the cockpit invention that saved the life of a formula 1 driver this weekend, in a spectacular crash at silverstone. tonight with the context, from tel aviv, political analyst dahlia scheindlin andjim murphy, former secretary of state for scotland and now managing director at arden strategies. hello and welcome to the programme. breaking news this evening six people are known to have been killed and 31 others taken to hospital in another mass shooting incident, this time during an independence day parade in the state of illinois. the incident took place in highland park, lake county, 50 kilometres north of chicago. the gunman is thought to have been firing from a rooftop position towards the parade. police say a high powered rifle was recovered. but the gunman, said to be white
heart and a passion to see abortion overturned in this country, to make abortion history. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. this is bbc news. we start with some breaking news in the battle for city of lysychansk in eastern ukraine, part of the industrial donbas region that russia says focussing its military power on. lysychansk was the last ukrainian held city in luhansk. but now, russian defence ministry says russian ministry says russian and separatists forces have full control of the city. so russia is now claiming control over the entire luhansk region. there are reports of fighters in the city centre. and in another development, this time in russia, about 35 kilometres from the border with ukraine, an official in the belgorod says at least three people have been killed as a result of blasts there. the local governor said that explosions had partially destroyed 11 apartment buildings and at least 39 houses, and that the cause was being i
and distinctive creatures. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. new allegations have emerged against chris pincher, who resigned from the government on thursday, after he was accused of groping two men in a private members club the night before. mr pincher, who admits that he d had too much to drink, says he s now seeking professional help. he denies the latest claims which are made in a number of sunday newspapers. borisjohnson is facing questions about how much he knew when he appointed mr pincher as the deputy chief whip in february. here s our political correspondent helen catt. it was what it claimed happened an evening of drinking here, that called for the resignation of chris pincher, to suspension as a conservative mp. in the papers today, there are more claims denied by mr pincher, at other locations, stretching back a number of years, and among them, that he made unwanted physical advances towards three male mps, including once in a palm tree bark and once in hi
that the russians had full control of the city. we ve been hearing these claims, actually, from yesterday, and these claims have not been confirmed yet by the ukraine s general staff, the armed forces of ukraine, neither by the local administration and authorities. what we can say with certainty, of course, is the situation in lysychansk has been very intense for quite a while now. after the battle for severodonetsk, lysychansk was the key focus of the russian offensive, their ground forces have been affecting lysychansk nonstop, the city was under intense artillery fire, missile fire, bombardments, aerial bombardments. and like we ve always been saying, and our minister of defence confirmed it a few days ago, for ukrainians, the value of human life is top priority, so sometimes we may retreat from certain areas, just so that we will retake them in the future. and there are other claims that russia is encircling ukrainian troops, or encircling the town itself. what s your tak