and the french government is to hold an emergency meeting with uefa and the paris authorities after police fired tear gas at liverpool fans during the champion s league final. 78 minutes that is the precise length of time police are understood to have waited before going into the elementary school in texas to tackled the gunman, who killed 19 children and two teachers. public anger has been growing since the revelation on friday that officers waited in a hallway as children trapped with the teenage gunman made desperate emergency calls. the usjustice department is to investigate the cause of that delay. president biden met grieving families on a visit to uvalde earlier, along with survivors and first responders. barbara plett usher reports from the town. this is the hardest visit a president has to make, especially when the victims are so young. mr biden and his wife, jill, joined the mourning of a devastated community, pausing to recognise each of those murdered at this sc
issues on the use of tactical nuclear weapons and it is mainly when the existence of the state is in danger. president biden renews his appeal for tighter gun control following the texas elementary school shooting, as the parents prepare to bury their children. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i m shaun ley and it s good to have your company. liverpool football club have called for an investigation into the security arrangements of saturday s champions league final in paris, after thousands of fans were stopped from gaining access to the ground. police fired tear gas and pepper spray at supporters as some attempted to climb over the security barriers, delaying kick off for more than half an hour. liverpool went on to lose 1 0 to real madrid. danjohnson reports from paris. these are scenes any football fan will find uncomfortable and not what you d expect to see at the biggest european final in 2022. thousands of supporters, frustrated and an
president biden renews his appeal for tighter gun control following the texas elementary school shooting as the parents prepare to bury their children. legendaryjockey lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. liverpool football club have called for an investigation into the security arrangements of saturday s champions league final in paris, after thousands of fans were stopped from gaining access to the ground. police fired tear gas and pepper spray at supporters, as some attempted to climb over the security barriers delaying kick off for more than half an hour. liverpool went on to lose 1 0 to real madrid. danjohnson reports from paris. these are scenes any football fan will find uncomfortable and not what you d expect to see at the biggest european final in 2022. thousands of supporters, frustrated and angry, after the french police reached quickly for the tear gas as th
few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering. nearly 5,000 victories across a career spanning almost half a century. he rode his first winner back in 1948 at the age ofjust 12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 1954, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a record nine victories in the race. the youngest jockey to win the derby in modern times. but for all the adulation, piggott remained a shy, softly spoken man. how hard do you have to work, in fact? well, it s pretty hard work. you know, all day long, i and at night sometimes. at five foot eight, he was tall for a jockey, hence his nickname the long fellow. but his much imitated style in the saddle earned him the championjockey s title some 11 times. the success, though, was followed by scandal. good evening. the headlines at six o clock. lester piggott has been sent to jail for three years. - in 1987 piggott was jailed for tax evasion and stripped of hi
news, the headlines. the government says it s very concerned over upsetting scenes at the champions league final as fans were tear gassed in paris. heavy fighting is continuing in eastern ukraine, where russian forces are trying to capture the city of severodonetsk. the russian ambassador to the uk tells the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. president biden renews his appeal for tighter gun control following the texas elementary school shooting as the parents prepare to bury their children. one of the greatestjockeys of all time, lester piggott, who won the derby 9 times, has died at the age of 86. thank you very much for your company throughout this morning. lewis will be here with you at two o clock. lewis will be here with you at two o clock. now on bbc news it s the travel show. this week on the travel show, a resurrection in bavaria. i found the role of playing jesus to be very exhausting. every day after the play, you are