Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump says congressional leaders are having serious discussions about tightening gun controls in the us in the aftermath of two Mass Shootings in the past week. Mr trump said senior members of the Republican Party were on board and hed also discussed the issue with the influential gun lobbyists, the National Rifle association. However with senators on their summer recess, theres no prospect of any immediate legislation. We need intelligent background checks, 0k . We need intelligent background checks, ok . This isnt a question of nra, republican or democrats. I will tell you, i spoke to Mitch Mcconnell yesterday. He is totally on board. He said, ive been waiting your call. Is totally on i spoke to senators that in some cases, friends of mine, but ready hardline senators, hardliners and when i say that i say that in a positive way, hardline on the second amendment. And they understand, we dont want insane people, mentally ill people, bad people,
Hes the 21 year old accused of killing 22 people in a shooting rampage in texas. And now an arrest affidavit of Patrick Crusius reveals he told police he was targeting mexicans when he stormed the el paso walmart. Back in his hometown, democratic president ial candidate beto orouke has accused the president of fanning the racial hate. We live in a country where some will try to define us by our differences, and theyll say that those differences are dangerous, theyll warn of invasions and infestations, theyll try to build walls to keep the rest of the world out, theyll talk of people as being less than human and then treat them as less than human. As someone who served 24 years in the military. Both the texas and ohio shootings have reignited fierce debate over gun control. President donald trump has conceded change is needed. Frankly, we need intelligent background checks, ok . This isnt a question of nra, republican, or democrat. I will tell you, i spoke to Mitch Mcconnell yesterday.
this was the moment he arrived at the prime minister s residence in rome, where he was greeted by italian president sergio mattarella. shortly after this, he met the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni. she s been one of ukraine s more vocal backers, although polls suggest that italian people overall are opposed to sending ukraine more weapons, as are some of her coalition partners. more now from the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. more than 1000 security officers have been deployed in rome today. this is the first time the president zelensky visits italy since russia invaded ukraine last year. he has had a meeting with his counterpart, the italian president. they had a private meeting that lasted for about 25 minutes and some of the things that they discussed were economic sanctions against russia, the kidnapping of ukrainian children, the need to step up the fight against pro kremlin fake news and ukrainejoining the european union. after the meeting, president zelensky said
welcome. a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt. it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce which, as you see here, prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warnings across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but its worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. a reminder though that for now the ceasefire does appear to be holding. the white house also wel
this was the moment he arrived at the prime minister s residence in rome, where he was greeted by italian president sergio mattarella. shortly after this, he met italian prime minister giorgia meloni. she s been one of ukraine s more vocal backers, although polls suggest that italian people overall are opposed to sending ukraine more weapons. as are some of her coalition partners. live now to the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. out, members of the rmt union are back on picket lines. another 24 hour strike at their long running dispute, with live now to the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. president zelensky has had a meeting with his counterparts. this private meeting lasted for 25 minutes and some of these things discussed were economic functions against russia, the kidnapping against ukrainian children, and they need to set up. after the meeting, president zelensky said i want to thank italy each italian one by one for to show italy s continued support for ukraine. quite a few sym