after nearly 50 years. hundreds of marches are being held all across the united states to try to pressure congress to reform gun laws. coming after a spate of mass shootings, the rallies are being organised by the group march for our lives. it says it s time to show politicians that americans demand and deserve to live free of gun violence. barbara plett usher reports. another march against gun violence, banging on the doors of the nation s capital. this is a movement powered by young people, demanding the country s leaders take action after yet another school shooting, a horrific massacre in new delhi, texas. iii horrific massacre in new delhi, texas. ., ., texas. if our government can t do anything texas. if our government can t do anything to texas. if our government can t do anything to stop texas. if our government can t do anything to stop 19 - texas. if our government can t do anything to stop 19 kids - do anything to stop 19 kids from being killed and slotted
tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating across the united states, demanding stricter gun laws in response to a series of mass shootings. president biden encouraged the protesters to keep marching, and called on congress to pass common sense gun safety legislation. the democrat controlled house of representatives passed a package of gun reforms last week, but republicans in the senate are likely to block them. barbara plett usher reports. another march against gun violence banging on the doors of the nation s capital. this is a movement powered by young people, demanding the country s leaders take action after yet another school shooting a horrific massacre in uvalde, texas. if our government can t do anything to stop 19 kids from being killed and slaughtered in their own school, and decapitated, it s time to change who is in government! all: vote them out! again! for years, congress has failed to pass gun safety measures, blocked by opposition from the gun lobby
remarks about the uk government s asylum policy. and pop starjustin bieber cancels a number of shows, after being diagnosed with an illness that s partially paralysed his face. as you can see, this eye is not blinking. i can t smile on this side of my face. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we begin in ukraine, where officials say their forces urgently need more supplies of ammunition. according to one regional governor, the fighting has become a war of artillery and the russian army is much more powerful. the us and nato are in the process of sending heavy armaments but say they need to be supplied at a pace that ukraine s forces can absorb safely. the battle for control of the key town of severodonetsk is shaping the war with reports of street to street fighting. neither side has scored a knock out blow, and much of the city has been reduced to rubble. nick beake reports from kyiv. the russian onslaught in the donbas region is relentl
to their life and security. it is therefore crucial that the authorities at the federal and local levels react robustly and expeditiously. that s a call that has been echoed by mr phillips sister in london. she called for an in depth and open investigation into what s happened. katy watson, bbc news, in valle dojavari. let s get some of the day s other news: china has told the united states to stop provoking disputes after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin criticised what he called beijing s aggressive approach to its territorial claims . beijing regards taiwan as part of chinese territory, and says it will quash any attempt to declare independence. but lloyd austin said china should not encroach further on taiwan. australia has agreed to pay more than $500 million in compensation to a french submarine maker, to settle a contract dispute that caused a bitter diplomatic rift with france. the new australian prime minister, anthony albanese, said that he and the french
a rape lawsuit against the international football star cristiano ronaldo after accusing the complainant s attorney of using leaked and stolen documents. kathryn mayorga claims the portuguese footballer assaulted her in las vegas in 2009, but the judge threw the case out, saying the woman s legal team had repeatedly used cyber hacked confidential documents. ronaldo denies the accusations made against him. china has told the united states to stop provoking disputes after the defence secretary lloyd austin criticised what he called beijing s aggressive approach to its territorial claims. beijing regards taiwan as part of chinese territory and says it will smash any attempt to declare independence, but lloyd austin said china should not encroach further on taiwan. royal officials in britain have insisted that prince charles remains politically neutral following a report that he has strongly criticised government plans to send some asylum seekers to rwanda, in central africa. an unnamed