tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating across the united states, demanding stricter gun laws in response to a series of mass shootings. president biden encouraged the protesters to keep marching and called on congress to pass common sense gun safety legislation. the democrat controlled house of representatives passed a package of gun reforms last week, but republicans in the senate are likely to block them. barbara plett usher reports. another march against gun violence, banging on the doors of the nation s capital. this is a movement powered by young people, demanding the country s leaders take action after yet another school shooting a horrific massacre in uvalde, texas. if our government can t do anything to stop 19 kids from being killed and slaughtered in their own school, and decapitated, it s time to change who is in government! all: vote them out! again! vote them out! for years, congress has failed to pass gun safety measures, blocked by opposition fro
hello and welcome to bbc news. tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating across the united states, demanding stricter gun laws in response to a series of mass shootings. president biden encouraged the protesters to keep marching, and called on congress to pass common sense gun safety legislation. the democrat controlled house of representatives passed a package of gun reforms last week, but republicans in the senate are likely to block them. barbara plett usher reports. another march against gun violence banging on the doors of the nation s capital. this is a movement powered by young people, demanding the country s leaders take action after yet another school shooting a horrific massacre in uvalde, texas. if our government can t do anything to stop 19 kids from being killed and slaughtered in their own school, and decapitated, it s time to change who is in government! all: vote them out! again! vote them out! for years, congress has failed to pass gun safety meas
from being declared independent. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukrainian officials in the town of severodonetsk say they re still in control of the azot chemical plant where hundreds of civilians have been sheltering. the governor of the region said fierce fighting was cotinuing. it comes as ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has said his troops are running low on ammunition as they try to repel russian invaders in the east. mr zelensky says his forces are holding on for now as they engage in fierce street fighting but he appealed for more help from western powers. helena wilkinson has the latest. this is the east of ukraine, in the donbas region, it s one of the areas russian forces have focused their firepower. ukraine soldiers are still holding out here, but the intense fighting goes on. ukraine s army says it is running low on artillery she
of ammunition as it engages in intense artillery battles with russian forces. a us districtjudge in las vegas has dismissed a rape lawsuit against the manchester united football star cristiano ronaldo. kathryn mayorga alleged that the portuguese player assaulted her at a hotel in 2009. ronaldo denies the accusations and has never been charged. we can now speak to mitra ahouraian who s an beverly hills based attorney. she s in los angeles. can you explain to us why the judge through this out? this stems from an incident in 2008, 2009 in las vegas. there was a settlement between rinaldo and the plaintiff in this case for rinaldo and the plaintiff in this case for i rinaldo and the plaintiff in this case for i think rinaldo and the plaintiff in this case for i think 375 rinaldo and the plaintiff in this case for i think 375 300 $75,000, us. there was a
but in doing so, in making that allegation and in filing this lawsuit, her lawyer obtained it somehow and used leaked and confidential information communications between ronaldo and his lawyers to make their arguments and make their case. and the district court said that, you know, your bad faith actions have basically destroyed this lawsuit for your client. we can t determine what arguments are based on these illegally obtained documents or not, and therefore, i need to throw out this entire case, which is a very extreme action but the judge felt it was warranted. and is there an actual definition of what bad faith is, or is it up to thejudge s discretion? it s up to the judge s discretion, and this is something that s sort of beyond that. it s the equivalent of we have a doctrine in criminal law called the fruit