to support their teams in the final of european club football s most prestigious prize. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we re going to start in the us and the latest from that mass shooting at a primary school in texas. many families are outraged at the police response. authorities admitted they waited too long to storm the classroom on tuesday. officers waited in a hallway at the robb elementary school for a0 minutes, despite several emergency phone calls from pupils inside. meanwhile, at the annual conference of the pro gun lobby group the national rifle association former us president donald trump said he wanted more citizens to be armed. our correspondent barbara plett usher has the story. just days ago, children cowered on the floor in this school as a killer stalked their classroom. some of them stealthily called 911, begging for police to come and save them. we now know there were up to 19 policeman in the hallway outside for nea
building safe schools for our own children in our own nation. in ukraine, officials warn it may need to withdraw from the eastern region of luhansk, to avoid their soldiers being captured by russian forces. latin america reports its first case of monkeypox as the world health organization warns the number of infections will continue to rise. and in sport, liverpool and real madrid fans descend on paris to support their teams in the final of european club football s most prestigious prize. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the authorities in texas have admitted they made the wrong decision by failing to immediately storm a primary school classroom where a gunman had barricaded himself during the shooting. families have been asking why action wasn t taken faster. officers waited in a hallway of the robb elementary school for a0 minutes, despite several emergency phone calls from pupils inside. meanwhile, at the annual conference of the pr
very much in mind. and for these 90 minutes, it s allowed to be focused on this and then if you lose, you suffer together which is, you are not alone in this moment, if you win, you win, you celebrate together. and how the nation is set to spend millions of pounds on platinum jubilee memorabilia. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a new era for english test cricket as new men s head coach brendan mccullum prepares to take charge for the first time against new zealand next week. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s lunchtime news. nottingham university hospitals nhs trust has been ordered to make significant and immediate improvements to its maternity services. concerns have been raised about avoidable deaths and injuries to mothers and babies. the care quality commission says the trust has serious staffing and cultural problems. yesterday the senior midwife donna ockenden was appointed to chair an independent review of maternity care at the trust, which has said it is
to have captured a strategic town. tributes are paid to the 19 children and two teachers killed in the texas school shooting, as parents criticise the police for not taking faster action against the gunman. excuse me, sir. i supposed to move? how one man is taking a supermarket to court for refusing entry to his assistance cat. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s lunchtime news. nottingham university hospitals nhs trust has been ordered to make significant and immediate improvements to its maternity services. concerns have been raised about avoidable deaths and injuries to mothers and babies. the care quality commission says the trust has serious staffing and cultural problems. yesterday the senior midwife donna ockenden was appointed to chair an independent review of maternity care at the trust, which has said it is working hard to make all the improvements necessary. sanchia berg reports. a warning, you may find some details and images distressing from the start of this
as russian backed separatists claim they ve captured a strategic town in northeastern donbas. johnny depp s lawyers say accusations of domestic violence have ruined him, during closing arguments in the defamation trial with amber heard. excitement builds in paris as liverpool prepare to take on real madrid in the champions league final on saturday. hello and welcome. police in texas, say it was the wrong decision, to delay entering the classroom in a school in the city of uvalde, where 21 people were killed by a gunman on tuesday. salvador ramos barricaded himself inside the room, shooting 19 children and two teachers. it took 53 minutes for armed police to eventually go in. as the local people come to terms with tragedy, grief is turning into anger. here s our north america editor, sarah smith. the police broke windows at the school to get children out after the shooting, carrying some of them to safety. their earlier response is now under huge scrutiny. why did they wait ne