he has pledged to improve pupil s speaking skills and said he wants half a million more children to reach their early learning targets by 2030. the speech on labour s education policy was interrupted by green protestors. our political editor chris mason reports. the smiles are big, the dreams are bigger at this primary school in rochester in kent. how does society match boundless aspiration with providing the opportunities to ensure they come true? what would you like to be when you grow up? i would like to be a rugby player. i would like to be a graphic designer and make movies. tell me what you would like to be when you grow up. a scientist. what do you like playing with the car? it s not playing, it s working. good point! in gillingham, keir starmer said he wanted to tear down barriers to home. down barriers to hope. more children must reach early learning targets, he said, snobbery must go. alongside his albeit broad vision for the economy, the health service, energy an
we ll take a look at what this says about the leadership race so far. and what s next for sri lanka after 100 days of protests that brought down the country s president? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore and 5pm in texas where the repercussions of may s shooting at an elementary school in uvalde are still having a huge impact. a preliminary report into the shooting has found systemic failures in the police response. 19 children and two adults were killed when the 18 year old gunmen opened fire. a texas house of representatives committee has been looking into why it took police more than an hour to confront and kill the shooter. for the latest on this, i m joined now by our correspondent rianna croxford in washington. great to get you on the programme and i have to say the findings of this preliminary report are pretty stark. give us a sense of what was said at this press conference. the? said at this press conference. t
thank you for coming the programme. do you like the labour party idea of increasing the focus on speaking skills for children? i increasing the focus on speaking skills for children? skills for children? i don t think ou skills for children? i don t think you would skills for children? i don t think you would find skills for children? i don t think you would find anybody - skills for children? i don t think you would find anybody that . skills for children? i don t think - you would find anybody that doesn t agree speaking skills are important for children, the key point is this is already right the week throughout the curriculum, it s also in the curriculum of how we trained teachers as well, for how they conduct themselves in the christ class from the message. given we have been waiting 3.5 years from educational policies from the labour party, what we got today was a disappointment. party, what we got today was a disappointment. what s about to tar: et? disappointment. what s
to confront and kill the shooter. for the latest on this, i m joined now by our correspondent rianna croxford in washington. great to get you on the programme and i have to say the findings of this preliminary report are pretty stark. give us a sense of what was said at this press conference. the? said at this press conference. they are re said at this press conference. they are pretty stark said at this press conference. they are pretty stark in said at this press conference. they are pretty stark in the said at this press conference. tie: are pretty stark in the report said at this press conference. tie11. are pretty stark in the report found there were multiple systemic failures. we learn for the first time there were nearly 400 police officers who responded to the shooting including state and federal officers who collectively failed to respond for more than an hour. the police response was called chaotic, uncoordinated and devoid of leadership and communication but there was
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