outside africa, where it s most common. first identified in monkeys, the disease typically spreads through close contact. coming up shortly on bbc news newswatch. but first here s click. no, this isn t some kind of sea monster. but an autonomous machine that aims perhaps to make working and see that little bit safer. with an ever growing demand for renewable and sustainable energy sources, the infrastructure that provides that energy is becoming increasingly critical. now, at present, those facilities are often maintained by human divers working in challenging and hazardous conditions. but here at heriot watt university they are developing underwater robotic solutions to help take the strain. and if come up with this, the walker autonomous drone. ~ ., this, the walker autonomous drone. ., ., drone. we ve got our scanning sauna, drone. we ve got our scanning sauna. a drone. we ve got our scanning sauna, a mechanical drone. we ve got our scanning sauna, a mechanical sc
on monday, the footballer jake daniels made a name for himself and not for any exploits on the pitch, as sports editor dan roan reported. some will be surprised that in this day and age, a player revealing their sexuality has made so many headlines. but others believe this is truly an historic moment forfootball, despite the issues that it continues to confront. jake daniels statement and the media coverage of it was widely applauded, with stigma base tweeting: but, as dan roan suggested, others questioned whether the publicity around his coming out was appropriate or helpful. here s tris bianconero: well, we put those points to bbc news, and they told us: bbc two s politics live on tuesday featured as a guest the leader of the reclaim party, actor laurence fox. one of the subjects under discussion culture wars. the implementation of all of this of gender theory, of critical race theory in our schools and institutions is appalling, and actually. why is it appalling?
were treated to a super blood moon overnight. the effect was created by a lunar eclipse, which is when the earth moves between the sun and the moon. time for a look at the weather. here s nick miller. something else in the sky last night, all the lightning that came in a southern england, as captured by some of our weather watchers. stones came out of france on sunday, came to a close, what a lightning show here, and we as they moved further north in the first part of the day. some of the areas with the thunder and lightning last night were treated to some sunny spells and feeling quite warm today. don t put the umbrella away wherever you are this week. we have a low pressure to the west bringing warmth and humidity at times this week, but also with low pressure as you might imagine there will be rain and thunderstorms at times too. the rain this afternoon is in scotland, and into the far north of england. and with a cool north easterly wind. for northern ireland, the rest of
the horror started immediately in the parking lot. as the gunman emerged from his car heavily armed and wearing tactical gear, he shot four people, killing three of them. to eyewitnesses, it was clear he came to do maximum damage. when i first saw him shooting, he shot a woman, he shot a deacon, he shot another woman. and then, he went in the store and started shooting again. a retired buffalo police officer was working security, and shot the gunman. but he was unharmed because of his armour. the shooter then returned fire, killing the security guard. the entire horrific episode of people being killed in cold blood in the store was streamed live online. the suspect was taken into custody alive, after putting his gun to his neck and threatening to shoot himself. he has been identified as an 18 year old white male, and has been charged with murder in the first degree. officials said evidence showed the attack was racially motivated. we are investigating this incident as both a
arrangements in northern ireland to try to help restore power sharing at stormont. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. first, sweden and finland have confirmed they will apply for nato membership ending decades of military non alignment. the finnish president, sauli niinisto, called his country s decision historic. however, sweden s governing social democrats, said that as members they would not accept nuclear weapons or alliance bases on swedish territory. reports say both countries are planning to hand their membership applications to nato on wednesday. nato foreign ministers, who are meeting in berlin, say they want a rapid accession because of the crisis in ukraine. from berlin, our europe correspondent, nick beake, reports. a fresh aerial attack lights the sky above the besieged mariupol steelworks. this is where the last of the city s defenders have been holed up, a final