hello and welcome to bbc news. there are reports of a mass shooting during celebrations for the lunar new year in california. it isn t clear how many people were involved. the shooting took place after 10pm local time, around the location of a chinese new year celebration held in monterey park. tens of thousands of people had attended the festival earlier in the day. monterey park has a population of around 60000 and is home to a large asian community. for the latest, we have here in studio our bbc reporter, david waddell. what more do we know? very limited, the facts we what more do we know? very limited, the facts we have what more do we know? very limited, the facts we have at what more do we know? very limited, the facts we have at the what more do we know? very limited, the facts we have at the moment. - what more do we know? very limited, the facts we have at the moment. it i the facts we have at the moment. it happened at 10pm local time, it is about four hours
Did that through meeting with a distance cousin of mrjohnson, a wealthy canadian businessman, sam blythe, proposing to act as a guarantorfor blythe, proposing to act as a guarantor for that loan. blythe, proposing to act as a guarantorfor that loan. he blythe, proposing to act as a guarantor for that loan. he was later put in touch by richard sharp with cabinet secretary, the most senior official in government, simon case. that, as far as richard sharp as saying in his short statement, is the end of it. he simply connected individuals. the sunday times says he didn t declare any of that when he was applying for the job and indeed appointed for the role of bbc chairman and that raises what some see as a conflict of interest. boris johnson s spokesperson has dismissed the story saying he never sought financial advice from mr sharp or received it and all of his financial affairs are properly declared. the bbc have said it is a matter for the government. untilthis bbc have said it is a mat
A spokesman for mrjohnson said. the bbc said it had no role in the recruitment of the chair, and any questions were a matter for the government which has not yet responded to our request for comment. helen catt, bbc news. we ll be get more of this a little later in the programme with our political correspondent jonathan blake. stay with us for more on that. for now, though. joe biden s personal lawyer has revealed that six more classified documents have been found in the us president s home, in the state of delaware. a search byjustice department officials took place on friday, without the presence of the president or the first lady. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, has the details. this search of mr biden s home took place on friday, but news of it has just emerged, and we understand from
He said. let s get more on those reports that the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, helped to arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to $990,000 weeks before the then prime minister borisjohnson recommended him for the role. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blakejoins me now. plenty of political news out there today. took me through what the sunday times is reporting and what those involved have had to say. richard sharp was appointed as chairman of the bbc injanuary 2021. chairman of the bbc in january 2021. it is a role chosen jointly between the prime minister of the day and the prime minister of the day and the culture secretary in government, and the sunday times is reporting today that, weeks before that appointment, richard sharp, along a friend of the former prime minister borisjohnson, helped him get access to a loan of up to £800,000, and he
Anything about who was involved in the shooting. information is really very hard to come by. our reporters are working hard on this story on the ground to try to get as much information as they can, which we will bring back to you on the bbc. state television in burkina faso is reporting that the military government has demanded the departure of the 400 french special forces troops stationed in the country. the reports come three days after the regime suspended a five year old accord that allowed the presence of french forces. the bbc s ikaba koyi reports. protesters have been gathering in their hundreds in 0ugadougou chanting anti france slogans. relations between paris and burkina faso have deteriorated since a military coup in august 2020. many here believe that france s