is outside the law . it is not the law of the land, it is the law of the jungle. and the uk s biggest horse racing festival is kicking off, with stricter rules around jockeys whipping horses. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. the us has summoned the russian ambassador to express concern about a collision between russian fighter jets and an american drone over the black sea. washington has accused moscow of irresponsible behaviour, and said the drone was involved in a routine operation in international airspace. russia denied the us claims, instead saying the drone crashed after it lost altitude while manoeuvring sharply. this was the pentagon spokesman a little earlier. we are continuing to assess exactly what happened, but i think, based on the actions of the russian pilots, it s clear that it was unsafe, unprofessional, and i think the actions speak for themselves. what we saw again were fighter aircraft dumping fuel in front of this uav, and
a woman has shot dead at least six people at a private christian primary school. a number of children are among the dead. the gunwoman herself has been killed. the police gave this update a short time ago. we know at this point that this shooter is a female and she appears to be in her teens, although her identification has not been confirmed at this juncture. we know that she was armed with at least two assault type rifles and a handgun. freddie o connell is a mayoral candidate in nashville hejoins me now. absolutely tragic morning in nashville what more can you tell us? tremendous sadness and anger on the ground, i know a tremendous sadness and anger on the ground, i knowa member of tremendous sadness and anger on the ground, i know a member of my team has family in that school in the family constituent in that school and have multiple friends with children at that school and all there is his heartbreak among the chaos. we ve been waiting for hours to confirm people that
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international waters. stock markets in europe and the us rebound after days of turmoil between police and supporters of the opposition leader, imran khan, as they try to arrest him at his home. we start in the us, where washington has summoned ambassador after a russian jet fighter collided with an american drone over the black sea. the us military s european command says the russian fighter plane struck the propeller of the unmanned us aircraft, causing it to crash. president biden has been briefed about the invasion of ukraine more than a year ago. the bbc s gary o donoghue is in washington, dc. lets bring you some details of this incident that have been revealed in the statement from we have just heard from pentagon press secretary and just the last few minutes. press secretary and “ust the last few want few minutes. at approximately 703 one of the russian aircraft - one of the russian aircraft struck the propeller of the m 29, causing us forces to have to bring the down