as an armed man came in and started shooting. by the time police stormed in, 19 children and two teachers had been killed. as families grieve and try to understand what happened, some politicians are weighing in. in houston, 300 miles away, former president donald trump condemned the shooting and said the answer was to arm teachers. surely we all agree our schools should not be the softest target, our schools should be the single hardest target in our country. applause. and that s why, as part of a comprehensive school safety plan, it s time to finally allow highly trained teachers to safely and discreetly concealed carry. let them concealed carry. he was speaking at the annual meeting of the national rifle association. outside, protesters gathered, some in t shirts spattered with red, calling for tighter gun control. i don t have a problem with anybody owning a gun, but i do believe that assault rifles were never meant for civilians. back in uvalde, officials have now acknow
died at the age of 67. as far back as i can remember, i always want to be a gangster. # darling, can you hear me? and abba as you ve never seen them before, a0 years after they last toured, digital technology takes them on the road again. hello and welcome. it s emerged the gunman who killed 19 children at a school in the town of ulvalde in texas was able to enter the building unhindered through an unlocked door. police there have been criticised for the way and the speed with which they responded to the shooting the gunman was inside a classroom for almost an hour after barracading himself in. 19 children and two teachers were killed at the school on tuesday. barbara plett usher is in uvalde. this is what the centre of town looks like two days after the massacre. a markerfor every one of the 19 children and two of their teachers. some came from outside of uvalde to show solidarity, there was even a brief visit from the duchess of sussex, meghan markle, she laid flowers at
following the mass shooting at a school in texas, local police are now being blamed for a slow response. we meet the mother of two boys, both of whom were apparently forced to serve in the russian army, despite president putin s assurances. and from the palace archives the rare images of the queen s life being shared with the public for the first time. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we have the latest from the french open, with another win for world number one iga swiatek, but britain s number two, dan evans, is out. good evening. faced with clear evidence of a worsening cost of living crisis for millions of households, the chancellor, rishi sunak, has unveiled a new support package worth £15 billion. it will be funded in part by what he called a temporary, targeted energy profits levy in other words, a windfall tax on the energy companies, a policy the government has resisted until now. these are the main elements of the package. all households regardless of
Gnaana. Gnaana. Thank you and good afternoon. The top stories this hour , the top stories this hour, Shadow Health secretary wes streeting says doctor dan poulter has not been offered a peerage to defect from the tory party to the labour party. Mr streeting has defended doctor paups streeting has defended doctor pauls decision, saying it shows only sir keir starmer can be trusted with the nhs. Conservative mp doctor dan poulter said hed sit on the labour benches until the general election and then stand down. The decision comes just days before local elections across england and wales on the 2nd of may. The Prime Minister has again this morning refused to rule out a general election in july, amid speculation a disastrous set of local Election Results for the tories could force his hand. Wes streeting says doctor poulter isnt defecting to save his seat. Rather hes defecting to save the nhs. The nhs. There have been millions of people disaffected conservative voters like dan poulter out
to return from normandy, and miss a ceremony with other world leaders on omaha beach. the foreign secretary david cameron took his place instead. our political correspondent hannah miller has the latest. a hannah miller has the latest. line up of world lead right a line up of world leaders, the right to left, president biden, german chancellor olaf scholz, french president emmanuel macron and british foreign secretary david cameron. they were at an event to commemorate those who fought to prevent preserve our freedom and value is 80 years ago. rishi sunak had attended the event earlier in the day but then flew home and did an election interview with itv. today he was forced to admit he should have stayed. today he was forced to admit he should have stayed. over the past few da s should have stayed. over the past few days they should have stayed. over the past few days they are should have stayed. over the past few days they are participated - should have stayed. over