one of the greatestjockey s of all time lester piggott, who won the derby 9 times, has died at the age of 86. hello, welcome to the programme. i want to take us live to the us. these are live pictures from texas, where president biden and the first lady are just arriving from delaware. this is the town, of course, that has witnessed the school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. president biden is visiting today. he will meet with the families, and of course, this is something deeply unpleasant, and unfortunate ritual biden is used to playing. of course himself his family has lost family members, he is all too familiar with the grieving process and he hopes that his visit there will show some kind of strength and solidarity to so many families affected there. the difficult balance he will have to strike, though, is this is an area of the us where guns are integral to so many people. so many people have guns there. so talk of gun control at a time like this is f
leicester piggott, has died at 87. leicester piggott. hello, welcome to the programme. culture secretary nadine dorries has called on european football s governing body uefa to launch a formal investigation into what went wrong and why after chaotic scenes at last night s champions league final between liverpool and real madrid in paris. french police have been criticised for firing tier gas and pepper spray at some liverpool fans waiting to get in to the stadium. ms dorries said the footage from fans and the media was deeply concerning . the mayor of liverpool who was at the game described the police actions as brutal and intimidating. uefa has said it will review these matters urgently with french police.0ur correspondent danjohnson sent this report from paris. this sort of scene unnerves any football fan. it s not what you would expect of the biggest game in european club football. liverpool supporters say there was indiscriminate tear gassing by heavy handed f
children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman in texas. another day of travel disruption. waits of six hours reported for ferries at dover and hundreds of flights cancelled at some uk airports. and one of the greatest jockeys of all time lester piggott has died aged 86. we start in ukraine where, in a gesture of defiance directed at russia president zelensky has made a rare trip to visit his troops on the front line in the east of the country. he went to kharkiv, close to the russian border, an area once again under attack. mr zelensky described the situation in some parts particularly serevodonetsk as indescribably difficult for the ukrainian army. it s the first time since the start of the war that the president has ventured to the devastated eastern region, as our correspondent caroline hawley reports. with heavy artillery, russian forces are continuing to pound ukrainian positions in a war that s taking more lives every day. with all this firepower
continues in the region. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the usjustice department will investigate the police response to the school shooting in texas which killed 19 children and two teachers. the announcement comes as president biden has made a visit to uvalde to meet the survivors and the families devastated by the attack. our correspondentjane o brien is in uvalde. he has deliberately taken a long time. he is not rushing off any time soon, is he? time. he is not rushing off any time soon. is he? soon, is he? no, he s spending all da here soon, is he? no, he s spending all day here and soon, is he? no, he s spending all day here and this soon, is he? no, he s spending all day here and this is soon, is he? no, he s spending all day here and this is an soon, is he? no, he s spending all day here and this is an unusually l day here and this is an unusually long visit but it shows just how deeply this tragedy has rocked america as w