we ll take a look at what this says about the leadership race so far. and what s next for sri lanka after 100 days of protests that brought down the country s president? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore and 5pm in texas where the repercussions of may s shooting at an elementary school in uvalde are still having a huge impact. a preliminary report into the shooting has found systemic failures in the police response. 19 children and two adults were killed when the 18 year old gunmen opened fire. a texas house of representatives committee has been looking into why it took police more than an hour to confront and kill the shooter. for the latest on this, i m joined now by our correspondent rianna croxford in washington. great to get you on the programme and i have to say the findings of this preliminary report are pretty stark. give us a sense of what was said at this press conference. the? said at this press conference. t
in the uk and around the world. hello. there s still confusion tonight over whether the long serving labour mp, diane abbott, can stand in the general election. her suspension from the party ended last night, following comments on race that she made in a letter to a newspaper last year. but she told supporters in east london this evening, that labour wants her excluded from parliament, a claim sir keir starmer says isn t true. joe pike has our top story. will you be standing as an independent? at the last election, she was labour s pick to be home secretary. this time round, diane abbott may not be allowed to run for the party at all. they just want to be excluded theyjust want to be excluded from parliament. 50 they just want to be excluded from parliament- parliament. so what happened to olitical parliament. so what happened to political independence? - what s your message to keir starmer? this morning, she told the bbc, i am banned from standing as a labour candidate.