and the leader of north korea condemns his health officials, as a huge wave of covid cases sweeps through the country. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 6pm in new york, where president biden has gone to buffalo, to meet the families of ten people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at the weekend. mr biden called white supremacy a poison which is running through the us. the bbc s nada tawfik was in buffalo as the president was speaking and she sent us this report. america has a long and troubled history with racism and guns. the city of buffalo is the latest deadly chapter. joe biden, the latest president to console a community in morning. in an all ritual, mr biden and the first lady paid their respects to the victims who were massacred here as they were shopping for groceries. after meeting with family members of the victims, he gave a forceful speech, calling the attack domestic terrorism and urging am
tom hanks tells us why a new exhibition is his passion project. when you get up just a little bit closer, it s quite stunning, that magnificent desolation, and in that, there is just such magnificence. and coming up on sporstday later in the hour on bbc news. australia make a brilliant start against south africa. we will have the latest. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. we begin this lunchtime with a report from inside al shifa, the largest hospital in gaza, which has been at the cente of israeli operations over recent days. doctors there say the building has been without power and water. israel says the site was a key command centre for hamas and have mounted what it called a targeted operation against the group there. hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk, described the raid as a war crime. last night, the bbc, along with one us media network, was taken by the israeli army into a small part of the hospital to see weapons and other materia
of threatening statements and online posts. he remains in custody on suicide watch. buffalo will forever be marked by the memory of this mass shooting, as the people here try to cope and move forward together, the worry is america is headed in the opposite direction. nada tawfik, bbc news, buffalo. for more on this, i am joined now by derrickjohnson, the president of the civil rights organisation the naacp. we ve seen president biden in buffalo today. he s urged congress to take more action on gun control. are you satisfied with how he s responding? you now, we are pleased that he stepped up in this moment to address the family s and express sincere condolences, but we also are waiting for the justice condolences, but we also are waiting for thejustice department condolences, but we also are waiting