hello and welcome to bbc news. there are reports of a mass shooting during celebrations for the lunar new year in california. it isn t clear how many people were involved. the shooting took place after 10pm local time, around the location of a chinese new year celebration held in monterey park. tens of thousands of people had attended the festival earlier in the day. monterey park has a population of around 60000 and is home to a large asian community. for the latest, we have here in studio our bbc reporter, david waddell. what more do we know? very limited, the facts we what more do we know? very limited, the facts we have what more do we know? very limited, the facts we have at what more do we know? very limited, the facts we have at the what more do we know? very limited, the facts we have at the moment. - what more do we know? very limited, the facts we have at the moment. it i the facts we have at the moment. it happened at 10pm local time, it is about four hours
in new zealand, jacinda ardern hands over the leadership of her party and country to chris hipkins. police say ten people have been killed in a mass shooting on the outskirts of los angeles. the attack happened as thousands of people gathered to celebrate the lunar new year in monterey park, which is around 7 miles east of los angeles city centre. the area is home to a large asian community. at least 10 people have been injured and the suspect is still at large. los angeles sheriff s office gave this update just a little earlier. when officers arrived on scene they observed numerous individuals, patrons of the location, pouring out of the location, screaming. the officers made entry to the location and located additional victims. the monterey park fire department responded to the scene and treated the injured, and pronounced ten of the victims deceased at the scene. there were at least ten additional victims who were transported to numerous local hospitals and are listed
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hello and welcome to bbc news. a major meeting of ukraine s allies has ended without agreement on whether to send more tanks to kyiv. representatives of around 50 countries gathered at the us airbase in ramstein in germany to discuss co ordinating military support. germany s new defence minister denied blocking the export of its leopard tanks which kyiv has been pushing for, saying such a decision had to be carefully considered. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard 2 tanks to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. germany s new defence minister has said no decision has been made adding that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies acted together. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger 2 tanks to the frontline. russia has warned that providing tanks would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this is what kyiv w