and the french government is to hold an emergency meeting with uefa and the paris authorities after police fired tear gas at liverpool fans during the champion s league final. 78 minutes that is the precise length of time police are understood to have waited before going into the elementary school in texas to tackled the gunman, who killed 19 children and two teachers. public anger has been growing since the revelation on friday that officers waited in a hallway as children trapped with the teenage gunman made desperate emergency calls. the usjustice department is to investigate the cause of that delay. president biden met grieving families on a visit to uvalde earlier, along with survivors and first responders. barbara plett usher reports from the town. this is the hardest visit a president has to make, especially when the victims are so young. mr biden and his wife, jill, joined the mourning of a devastated community, pausing to recognise each of those murdered at this sc
waving flags and chanting slogans. the palestinian red cross said more than 70 people were injured in clashes. now on bbc news, dateline london, with sean ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together columnists from uk newspapers with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences in their home country from the dateline london. this was the week when sue gray delivered her report into whether there were downing street parties during the covid lockdown. did the report itself deliver? we learnt the likely impact of surging energy prices and a doubling of the numbers in fuel poverty in the uk. the government s answer to it? throw money at the problem. is it proportionate or inflationary? and what about those other sharply rising bills? is inflation stalking the globe? to discuss all that, we have the american journalist stephanie baker, a senior writer with bloomberg markets, steve richards, a political commentator who presents the podcast
old city s muslim quarter. and the one constant over 70 years of change, as britain prepares forfour days of platinum jubilee celebrations for the reign of the queen. hello and welcome to the programme. 78 minutes that is the precise length of time police are understood to have waited before going into the elementary school in texas to tackle the gunman, who killed 19 children and two teachers. public anger has been growing since the revelation on friday that officers waited in a hallway as children trapped with the teenage gunman made desperate emergency calls. the usjustice department is to investigate the cause of that delay. president biden met grieving families on a visit to uvalde earlier along with survivors and first responders. barbara plett usher reports from the town. this is the hardest visit a president has to make, especially when the victims are so young. mr biden and his wife, jill, joined the mourning of a devastated community, pausing to recognise each o
some made their way through the narrow alleys of an arab neighbourhood, waving flags and chanting slogans. the palestinian red cross said more than 70 people were injured in clashes. now on bbc news stephen sackur is in washington with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from washington. i m stephen sackur. the received political wisdom here is that economic issues pretty much decide elections, and that may be true in this midterm election year because of a dramatic spike in the cost of living. and yet, there is a sense here that right now, values and culture are at the centre of the political argument. my guest today is danica roem, a democrat and the first transgender person to take a seat in a state legislature. what does her story tell us about america s culture wars? danica roem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. it s good to see you. it s great to have you on the show. now, when you won your election back in 2017 to become a state legislator in virginia. mm hm. ..you we
covid concerns on memorial day in the usa. why case counts are at least f five times higher? should we expect a summer surge? we ll take a look. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thank you for joining us. for the second time, u.s. president biden and the first lady mourned alongside grieving and devastated families who lost their loved ones in a mass shooting in a texas town of uvalde. the bidens laid flowers outside robb elementary school where 19 students and two teachers were killed last week. mr. biden and the first lady also attended mass where jill biden could be seen reaching out and touching the hands of several people as they walk out the isle. outside the church, some gathered, urged the president to do something to which he responded, we will, take a listen . cnn is following development and has more now from uvalde. president biden spent about seven hours on the ground here in uvalde, texas, on sunday trying to offer some s