david willis there. in the us, the 18-year-old _ david willis there. in the us, the 18-year-old accused - david willis there. in the us, the 18-year-old accused of. the 18—year—old accused of killing ten by people in new york last month has been charged with murder, hate crimes and domestic terrorism. prosecutors allege that the man who earlier pleaded not guilty was motivated by racial hatred. stay with bbc news if you can. still to come — 1a and counting, we will tell you about one queen and a lot of american presidents. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter. he fought all the way to the . end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs pla

absolutely, david willis _ united states. absolutely, david willis live _ united states. absolutely, david willis live there - united states. absolutely, david willis live there in i united states. absolutely, i david willis live there in la, thank you for bringing us up to date. king philippe of belgium has condemned the discrimination and racism of his country's colonial rule in africa. he made the comments on a week—long trip to the democratic republic of the congo. while there, he returned a tribal mask — one of thousands of artefacts taken during belgian rule. ata at a ceremony in kinshasa, a symbol perhaps of a new beginning. this giant mask being returned to its rightful home, just one of more than 80,000 artefacts taken during colonial rule that will now be given back. colonial rule that will now be given back-— colonial rule that will now be civen back. ~ , , given back. with unrest brewing elsewhere... _ given back. with unrest brewing elsewhere... belgium _ given back. with unrest brewing elsewhere... belgium was - given back. with unrest brewing elsewher

david willis, always - january last year. david willis, always very - january last year. david| willis, always very good january last year. david i willis, always very good to speak with you. thanks very much for getting us that update. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the hollywood actor ben stiller praises the spirit of the ukrainian people, after meeting preisdent zelensky, and visiting the city of irpin. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade centre, armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a right to claim certain parts of this country as ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". cheering as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. the medical research council has now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie whic

david willis, bringing us the latest _ in. david willis, bringing us the latest on _ in. david willis, bringing us the latest on that _ in. david willis, bringing us i the latest on that derailment. thank you very much. ten people have been killed and more than 250 injured after an explosion of toxic gas injordan, at the port of aqaba. a chemical storage container fell while being transported, causing a large plume of what has been confirmed as chlorine gas. specialist teams have been sent to the port to deal with the clean—up operation. the united nations is warning of a rapidly deteriorating situation, in bangladesh, where floods have killed dozens of people and left more than 4 million stranded. millions of people — many of them children — are being forced to drink flood water, increasing the risk of diseases. 0ur south asia ,orrespondent, rajini vaidyanathan, reports. 0ur south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, reports. hundreds of villagers disappeared. entire districts submerged. flashfloods have erased much of bangladesh's sylhet region. they've shown

let's cross to los angeles with our north america correspondent david willis. he is with us. david, thanks for coming up on newsjust take us through the main focus of that hearing today. == through the main focus of that hearing today.— through the main focus of that i hearing today._ the through the main focus of that - hearing today._ the main hearing today. -- newsday. the main coal at this hearing today. -- newsday. the main goal at this hearing, _ hearing today. -- newsday. the main goal at this hearing, i _ hearing today. -- newsday. the main goal at this hearing, i think, - hearing today. -- newsday. the main goal at this hearing, i think, was - to persuade those watching that donald trump knew he had failed to achieve victory in the 2020 presidential election by continued nonetheless to try and subvert democracy and remain in power, and the committee heard today from a variety of former aides, including campaign managers, members of the us justice department, family members, and as you just heard there, from the former attorney general bill barr, all of whom at one

all right, david willis, thank you very for your input. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has told his cabinet that it's time to "draw a line" under the controversies and internal wrangling that resulted in a confidence vote on his leadership on monday. the prime minister said the government should focus on dealing with the aftershocks of the covid pandemic. he saw off a leadership challenge, but with a much smaller majority than many had expected, prompting speculation that his position is far from secure. here's the latest from our political editor, chris mason. the prime minister took his jack russell dilyn out first thing this morning on a day when the biggest word in westminster is loyalty, or the lack of it. a few hours later, another outwardly loyal bunch gathered, the cabinet. thank you, by the way, to everybody for all your good work yesterday because it was a very important day because we are able now to draw a line under the issues that our opponents want to talk about. desk thumping. down the road from here, a bus stop, whic

david willis. let's get some of the day's other news: doctors in sudan say a protester has been shot dead during demonstrations to mark the third anniversary of the violent break up of a sit—in by the security forces. thousands took to the streets of khartoum and other cities to demand justice for the killing of more than 120 people who had held month—long protests, calling for civilian rule following the overthrow of the authoritarian president 0mar al—bashir. myanmar�*s military government says it intends to execute two prominent dissidents, after rejecting their appeals. kojimmy is a veteran activist, and phyo zeyar thaw, is a former rap singer and member of parliament. they were senteced to death in january, after being accused of helping to organise armed opposition to last year's coup. myanmar has not carried out any executions since the late 1980s. un secretary—general antonio guterres has condemned thejunta's decision. shares in the electric car company, tesla, fell sharply on the

earlier i spoke to our reporter david willis in los angeles. this is a considerable blow to the united states. nearly 30 years after they hosted the inaugural summit of the americas and back then, then—president bill clinton had the lofty goal of establishing a trade area for the entire continent, minus cuba. ever since then, american influence in the region has been wilting and the two factors that have played into that, one is the lack of democracy, scarcity of democracy in the latin american region and the other is the ascent of china which is of course much more of a economic powerhouse than it was back in 1994. the chinese have been ploughing a lot of money into the region through their belt and road infrastructure initiative and other things, and so president biden, when he attends this conference on wednesday is going to have to come up with more than just the admonition, we don't want you to do business with china, he is going to have to come up with something tangible in order to basically rekindle american influence in the region. o

david willis there for us. justin bieber has revealed he has a health condition that has left his face partially paralysed. the 28—year—old canadian singer told fans on instagram that he has ramsay hunt syndrome, which has forced him to cancel tour dates. i've been speaking to doctor and icu medical director dr andrew pastewski. the big thing everybody thinks about when you have facial paralysis, when something is not moving, is everybody thinks about a stroke. and strokes can be devastating, especially atjustin�*s age, that's a big deal. but it's not what's actually happening with him. what he's happening is one of other two common causes of facial paralysis. one that everybody�*s familiar with is bell's palsy, which is caused by the herpes simplex virus, but what he has is ramsay hunt syndrome, which is a little different. it's caused by the same virus as chickenpox. and it is actually a reactivation of the virus from the chickenpox in his neural cells in the face, specifically the eighth cranial nerv

david willis, and along with our other team of reporters, will be tracking the hearings very closely here on the bbc. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: why a buzz lightyear animated origin film has been banned in 14 middle eastern and asian countries. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which, for 40 years, forcibly classified each citizen according to race. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping - in his cot at home. early this evening, - the new prince was taken by his mother and father to theirapartment- in kensington palace. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshk

david willis there, live for us from los angeles. thank you. at least four people have been killed and 30 others are injured after a crowded train derailed in southern germany. the train was travelling to munich when the accident happened. an investigation is under way. with the latest, here's shelley phelps. the violence of the derailment is evident from the wreckage. crumpled carriages lying on their sides at twisted angles. eyewitness footage taken immediately after the incident shows passengers in shock, gathering their belongings. at a news briefing in berlin the head of the german railway was visibly shaken as he spoke about the incident. translation: the pictures we are seeing are terrible, l they make us deeply sad and speechless. and i can say this — not only for me as the head of the railway, but also for all railway workers. my thoughts, our thoughts, are with the victims and their surviving relatives, with the injured. a huge rescue effort was launched, with emergency services workers using ladders to climb into carriages and brin

well, our north america correspondent, david willis, is in los angeles. what more detailed that we have about this? this what more detailed that we have about this?— about this? as you say, three --eole about this? as you say, three people are — about this? as you say, three people are thought _ about this? as you say, three people are thought to - about this? as you say, three people are thought to have i about this? as you say, three i people are thought to have been killed in this incident and dozens more, officials say, have been injured. that, after intercity passenger train are run by the national rail network here, amtrak, collided with a stationary vehicle at an unmanned crossing in the northern part of missouri, a rural area surrounded by farmland. that caused seven of the eight passenger compartments, trains, to actually leave the tracks and that has left a lot of people injured and having to scramble out of the windows of the train in order to get themselves clear of this incident. federal investigators are on their way to the scene, due to

david willis they are. taiwan has deployed fighter jets to ward off 30 warplanes sent by china into its air defence zone, the biggest incursion by beijing since january. monday's incident came after president biden warned china against invading taiwan. beijing claims the self—ruled island of taiwan as its own. actorjohnny depp made an unscheduled appearance at london concert as he awaits the verdict in the defamation trial involving his ex—wife amber heard. he appeared with british guitaristjeff beck at the royal albert hall. it's the pair's second appearance, after playing sheffield on sunday. and bradford has been named as the uk's next city of culture. it will succeed the current holder of the title, coventry, in 2025. the city in west yorkshire has been hailed for its rich history and diverse community. prime minister borisjohnson said the win builds on the dynamism of the city. canada's federal government has announced an experiment to partially decriminalise the possession of certain hard drugs in

david willis there with the details on those latest developments. i would to move our attention now for a moment. taiwan now says it has deployed fighterjets to ward off 30 warplanes sent by china into its air defence zone — the biggest incursion by beijing since january. monday's incident came shortly after the us presidentjoe biden warned china against invading taiwan, and on the same day that the us senator tammy duckworth visited the island to discuss security. beijing claims the self—ruled island of taiwan as its own. the first funerals for the 19 children and two adults killed in a school shooting in uvalde, texas, have taken place, one week on from the shooting. president biden vowed action on gun reform on sunday. will grant has been speaking to one of the families left to cope with scarcely imaginable grief. there is grief and then there is the grief of losing a child. quietly weeping come on, ok. further still, the grief of losing a child in these most awful of circumstances. she was just loved. alithia ramirez was one of the 19 childr

david willis, bbc news. david graham is a staff writer at the atlantic where he has covered disinformation surrounding the event on capitol hill extensively. what stood out for you in today's hearing? i think that rudy giuliani quote of having many theories are no evidence tells a lot of story and tells a lot about how the campaign and the allies handled the aftermath of the election. and i also got the emotional testimony from rusty bowers to being pressured to overturn and shame us, being the target of the president's slurs very effective and emotional. what evidence is there that these hearings are convincing trump believers that he could have been involved? we don't see a whole lot of that yet in public, popular public opinion. there is a recent poll that said a small majority of americans think donald trump should be charged with a crime but there has not been a huge change either. we don't see that change. i think maybe the most important audience here are republicans who were uneasy about donald trump

our north america correspondent david willis joins us now. david, welcome to you. the mexican president refusing to 90, mexican president refusing to go, but he is sending his foreign minister. how will that impact on the summit, do you think? , , ., impact on the summit, do you think? , ,., , .,, think? this is a considerable blow to the _ think? this is a considerable blow to the biden _ blow to the biden administration which has been putting or trying to put this event together for several months now. the absence of the mexican president is all the more significant, bearing in mind that one of the crucial topics on the agenda for the summit is immigration, and how to deal with the influx of migrants at the united states southern border. the white house as you heard there's trying to put a spin on this saying that he is due to meet in person withjoe biden at the white house next month, also making the point that several key leaders from the region including those from argentina and brazil will be in attendance along with 21 other heads of government and ten us ca

let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis. talk us through what has been agreed, david.— agreed, david. well, this declaration _ agreed, david. well, this declaration reflects - agreed, david. well, this declaration reflects the i agreed, david. well, this - declaration reflects the biden administration's support for legal migration and its opposition to illegal migration and it concludes measures designed to make legal migration into this country more orderly and much more refined, if you like, much more orderly, and it seeks to spread the burden for combating the problems of illegal migration more evenly amongst countries that are neighbouring to the united states. now, president biden has said that this will be an historic commitment, it will transform, as he put it, the management of migration in the management of migration in the americas but while it allows the biden administration, undoubtedly, to claim that something substantive did come out of this summit of the americas, experts are saying that a lot of the languag

for more details, i'm joined now by our correspondent david willis for more on this. reports are still coming in, but we know police responded to reports of a man armed with a rifle on a hospital campus in the city of kelso, about seven o'clock in the evening local time. they reached the scene and found at least three people dead and the gunman as well. a fifth person is said to be in a critical condition. as to the motive, it is still unknown but it does appear to be that this gunman was pursuing or on the lookout for a particular doctor when he stepped foot onto this hospital campus. this took place in a building close to a hospital and the city. initial reports suggested multiple injuries, possible multiple casualties. the local police chief they described the scene as chaotic. president biden has been kept informed on what is going on in tulsa, inquiries there, and that white house is apparently reaching out to local officials and state officials to offer support. meanwhile, officers are going through that building in question room by room to make sure that there

willis, tells us more. well, information is still coming in but we mentioned there, three people who were known to have died and officials are saying that there are possibly multiple people injured as a result of this derailment which occurred just after lunchtime, local time, after this passenger train, intercity passenger train, going from los angeles to chicago, left the rails after hitting a truck that was apparently blocking an unmanned crossing point in northern missouri. now seven of the eight carriages actually left the rails as well as two locomotives and it is said that of those confirmed dead, two were in the truck and one... i'm sorry, two were into the train and one was in the truck. this comes just a couple of days after a fairly similar incident involving a train containing about 90 people hit vehicles, stationary vehicles at a crossing point in northern california. now, the governor of the state of missouri, has tweeted a short time ago. his name is mike parsons and, and here tweeted a short

i spoke to our north america correspondent david willis and asked just how significant it is that these particular countries aren't attending the summit. the white house is seeking to downplay the absence of the mexican president and some other key leaders. they make a point that 23 heads of state will be in attendance, they make the point that the mexican president, mr lopes obrador will be meeting withjoe biden next month one—on—one at the white house, and they say this is a good opportunity to discuss serious subjects such as the pandemic, immigration and climate control but for all of their attempts to dismiss the absences, this is a real blow because this was hailed as an opportunity for the united states to rekindle its ties with countries in the region, countries that have grown closer in many cases to china in the absence of strong leadership from the united states and as the mexican president put it, you can't have a summit of the americas, if you don't have all the countries of the americas in attendance. we are just seeing joe biden address the conference there, talking a

here's our north america correspondent, david willis. the white house is saying that it is cautiously optimistic that some sort of agreement may be reached between those members of the democrat and republican bipartisan group. they have been meeting in the wake of this terrible massacre in uvalde two weeks ago. it's led by democrat chris murphy, who made an impassioned speech on the floorjust hours after 19 schoolchildren lost their lives in texas. and republicans as well arejoining that group, and it seems that there is some sort of movement that could lead to a tightening in some way of gun—control laws in this country, a subtle one. not all—out root—and—branch changes of the sort that some in this country would like to see. polls continue to show that the majority of people in this country are in favour of tighter gun control laws — although 44% of republican voters seem to accept that these sort of gun massacres are a part of life if one is to retain the freedom to bear arms in the us. david, you mentioned republicans, that

willis, gave us this update. given how polarised politics is in this country at the moment, these are modest proposals compared to whatjoe biden and other senior democrats had called for, but they are nonetheless a step in the right direction, some might say, given there has been no legislation of this kind for decades. there were attempts to tighten gun control laws after the sandy hook shooting, but it fell short of the votes needed in the senate. the feeling now is that they can now move forward with these modest proposals because the backing is there. they include federally funded so—called red flag laws, which are basically designed to alert authorities and officials to unstable people who are in possession of are in possession of firearms and enable them to confiscate those weapons. federally expanded mental health checks. school security measures. and a strengthening of background checks on those under the age of 21 seeking to buy a weapon of this kind. what they do not include in these measures is a ban

our north america correspondent david willis says the hearing has presented more evidence of donald trump's efforts to remain in power. the committee's gold with this hearing was to persuade those watching that donald trump knew that he had failed to achieve victory in the election but continued nonetheless to subvert democracy and remain in power and the committee heard today from a variety of former aides, including campaign managers, members of the us justice department, family members and from the former attorney general, bill barr, all of whom at one point or another try to persuade donald trump into believing he had actually lost the election but he continued to persist these stories to the contrary nonetheless. we had a little bit from bill barr and in that testimony talked about having to fend off all sorts of wild conspiracy theories and said donald trump at one stage was detached from reality, as mr barr, putted, that — put it, pursuing nonsense and crazy stuff rather than reality. bill barr said there was zero basis that certain voting machines were rigged against him. much mor

let's get more details from our correspondent david willis. is offering support to local and state officials. it is thought that the government was looking for a particular doctor in the hospital complex. it is not clear whether he managed to make contact with that physician. police have yet to identify the gunman although they say he is aged 35. of course this is just the latest shooting in this country coming eight days after an 18—year—old gunman opened fire on a classroom in texas killing 19 schoolchildren and two teachers and 18 days after another 18—year—old gunman opened fire in a grocery store in the city of arthur lowe, york, killing ten people. president biden has called for tougher gun control laws in the country and, indeed, a small group of bipartisan senators has been meeting to discuss some possible measures but republicans remain stoutly opposed to any form of gun control in this country. they argue that more policing and greater mental health checks are the answer to incidents like this and, indeed, it is thought now that there will be very little done as a result of

i'm joined now by our north america correspondent david willis. do you think the proposals go far enough for those americans advocating tighter gun controls?— advocating tighter gun controls? they do not. president _ controls? they do not. president biden - controls? they do not. president biden and i controls? they do not. - president biden and senior democrats have called for a ban on assault style weapons and much tighter background checks including raising the age at which those lethal weapons can be purchased from 18 to 21. these negotiations go nowhere near achieving that sort of restriction but they are something and president biden was quoted as saying today that he is cautiously domestic that this bipartisan group of democrat and republican senators will be able to reach some sort of agreement. it is possible if they do, and there is some legislation that passes into law, that there will be greater advances in this direction than we have seen in decades as far as gun control is concerned in this country. i is concerned in this country.

david willis, bbc news, los angeles. a major review of leadership across the nhs and social care sector in england has found evidence of bullying, discrimination and blame culture in some areas. the health secretary, sajid javid, said the findings were "stark" and has pledged an overhaul of the management system. frances read has this report. there are 90 patients waiting to be seen at the moment. that's nine—zero. 90 of you are still waiting to be seen. our current wait for a doctor is seven and a half hours. a&e in essex on monday night. this is the princess alexandra hospital in harlow, as filmed by a patient. the trust that runs it said they're experiencing high and increased demand. others say this is just a snapshot of an nhs on its knees. the health secretary says that needs to change — likening the nhs to being the equivalent of a blockbuster health—care system in the age of netflix. sajid javid has now pledged urgent action after a major review found problems across the nhs. among them, discrimination, bul

our north america correspondent david willis has been following the story. this is a significant move and assuming these proposals passed into law, they would represent the first gun control measures this country has seen in decades. the proposals themselves are fairly modest, they include tighter background checks for gun sales involve our customers under the age of 21, and the introduction or expansion of so—called red flag laws which would potentially lead to the confiscation of weapons in the hands of people deemed a risk to themselves or others, and federal funding for school security systems and mental health checks. what these proposals do not include is an outright ban on assault style weapons, the kind used in the uvalde and buffalo shootings, those that president abiding and senior democrats had called for. nonetheless, president biden had welcomed this move, saying it was a quote, important step in the right direction stop at the last meaningful gun—control regulations in this country were introduced in the mid—19 90s, the brady bill, which

our north america correspondent, david willis, has been following the story. this is a significant move and assuming these proposals pass into law, they would represent the first gun control measures this country has seen in decades. the proposals themselves are fairly modest, they include tighter background checks for gun sales involving customers under the age of 21, and the introduction or expansion of so—called red flag laws which would potentially lead to the confiscation of weapons in the hands of people deemed a risk to themselves or others, and greaterfederal funding for school security systems and mental health checks. what these proposals do not include is an outright ban on assault style weapons, the kind used in the uvalde and buffalo new york shootings, those that president biden and senior democrats had called for. nonetheless, president biden welcomed this move, he said it was, i quote, "important step in the right direction". the last meaningful gun—control regulations in this country were introduced in the mid—19 90s, the brady bill, whi

let's get more from our north america correspondent david willis. just explain what happened with this vote? the just explain what happened with this vote? ., , ., this vote? the house of representatives - this vote? the house of representatives voted l this vote? the house of- representatives voted more or less along party lines with five republicansjoining less along party lines with five republicans joining the democrats in approving these measures, which would ban so—called ghost guns, guns without serial numbers, and would also raise the age at which hit was legal to buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18, which is the current age, to 21. that passed in the house, but there is a long way to go for such legislation to pass into law, hence that is very, very unlikely to happen. democrats control the house, this unit is divided equally, 50-50, this unit is divided equally, 50—50, and there are a lot of republicans there who oppose any amendment to this country's gun laws. so, what is likely to happen, as the best gun—control advocates can hope f

our correspondent david willis spoke to us a short while ago. some sort of agreement has been reached, which would lead to the first gun control laws in this country in decades, since the mid—90s when we saw any legislative measures taken to try and control what since become an epidemic of gun violence in this country. the measures that have been agreed upon, though, are more modest than those that many in the democratic party president biden among them would like to see, and they include federally funded so—called red flag laws that would alert authorities to people who are unstable being in possession of weapons, and would allow them to be confiscated. expanded mental health checks, expanded school security and strengthened background checks for those under the age of 21 seeking to buy a firearm. what president biden of course had called for, which is not included in these rather modest set of principles outlined today, a ban on assault weapons and much wider background checks on people here seeking to buy firearms. president biden in a st

here's our north america correspondent, david willis. this is a significant move and assuming these proposals pass into law, they would represent the first gun control measures this country has seen in decades. the proposals themselves are fairly modest, they include tighter background checks for gun sales involving customers under the age of 21, and the introduction or expansion of so—called red flag laws which would potentially lead to the confiscation of weapons in the hands of people deemed a risk to themselves or others, and greater federal funding for school security systems and mental health checks. what these proposals do not include is an outright ban on assault—style weapons, the kind used in the uvalde and buffalo new york shootings, those that president biden and senior democrats had called for. nonetheless, president biden welcomed this move, he said it was, i quote, "important step in the right direction". the last meaningful gun control regulations in this country were introduced in the mid—1990s, the brady bill, whi

our correspondent david willis has been giving me the latest from los angeles. president biden and senior democrats have called for a ban on assault style weapons and much tighter background checks including raising the age at which those lethal weapons can be purchased from 18 to 21. the measures go nowhere near achieving that sort of restriction, but they are something and president biden was quoted as saying today that he is cautiously domestic that this bipartisan group of democrat and republican senators will be able to reach some sort of agreement. it is possible if they do, and there is some legislation that passes into law, that there will be greater advances in this direction than we have seen in decades as far as gun control is concerned in this country. we'rejoined now byjohn j donohue the third, a professor of law at stanford law school specilising in gun laws. welcome to my thanks very much for being with us. let's pick up for being with us. let's pick up on their sense of unity. do you get the sense that there is that more so than there has beenin

tim allman, bbc news. 0ur north america correspondent david willis has more on these weapons and what they can do. this is all part of the latest military aid package for ukraine. the united states spending about $700 million in total. and this package, including these artillery rocket systems that are capable of hitting with greater precision targets than the ukrainians have been able to hit up to now, giving the ukrainian forces a range of about 80 kilometres — or 50 miles away. now, these were supplied or are to be supplied on the condition that they are not used to strike into russia. president biden says he got a commitment from the ukrainian president that would not be the case, but, nonetheless, this is going to worry the russians considerably and, of course, vladimir putin has warned before that he doesn't want to see more and more weapons supplied from the west. maria avdeeva is research director at the european expert association in ukraine. shejoins us now from 0desa. good to see you, maria. what difference to think believe these long—range weapons will make to the war?

let's get more from our north america correspondent david willis. as we listen to these testimonies, some of it is jawdropping, isn't it? just talk us through how people are reacting to all of this in the us? ,, . ., ., us? the select committee are seekin: us? the select committee are seeking to _ us? the select committee are seeking to point _ us? the select committee are seeking to point out, - us? the select committee are seeking to point out, to - us? the select committee are seeking to point out, to prove | seeking to point out, to prove to the american people if you like that donald trump was at the centre of a conspiracy to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and thereby maintain him in power and central to that alleged conspiracy is what democrats call the big lie, that was donald trump ausmat contention that the 2020 election was riddled with voter fraud and therefore that the result was stolen from him. today, the committee in its second public hearing heard numerous former donald trump aides say that they attempted to p

here's our north america correspondent, david willis with the latest. he is at the hospital were victims have been taken. this is terrific. what more could you tell us? window 46 people have died, people are in hospital including children. they are in very bad condition. i don't know if these people are gonna make it or not. i hope they do. we are trying to do whatever it takes to help them right now. 46 bodies, as you say, further may not survive this. what can you tell us about the conditions that they were in? for privacy, we aren't allowed to be by the truck but we know there were bodies all over the place in the truck and this situation has happened here in san antonio five years ago when migrants were found in a truck. it's a sad how people have been treated crossing the border between mexico and america and it'sjust between mexico and america and it's just not right. ida. between mexico and america and it'sjust not right.— it'sjust not right. no, it's reall , it'sjust not right. no, it's really. as _ it'sjust not right. no, it's really, as you

our correspondent in los angeles, david willis, told me what's been announced. the proposals are modest but nevertheless highly significant. they've been trying to get tougher gun control laws through congress for decades now and so this represents quite a significant agreement. it has, as you said, still to passed into law. it has to be drawn up legislatively and put to the whole senate but crucially, it has the backing, this proposal, of ten republican senators that were needed to get it past the post, the post, if you like, into law, voted upon from the senate. to answer your question, what we're talking here is tighter background checks for gun sales involving purchases under the age of 21, including delving intojuvenile records and mental health records and so on. federal funding for tighter security at schools, greater investment in local mental health checks and so on, and the expansion as well of so—called red flag laws. these are laws that are already in place in some 19 separate states, which basically are meant to alert officials when somebody who h

for more details, i am joined by our correspondent david willis. i understand journalists have been given more details in the past few hours or so, what have we learned from police? we know the shooting occurred on a hospital campus in the city of tulsa, oklahoma, officials getting the calljust before six o'clock in the evening, localtime. before six o'clock in the evening, local time. they were warned that there were multiple injuries and potential multiple casualties. the local police chief described the scene they are as catastrophic. it has since emerged that there were four people killed by the scott mann —— gunmen, who then committed suicide. a six person is said to be in a critical position. the white house as president biden has been informed of this incident and the white house is offering support to local and state officials. it is thought that the gunmen in this case was looking for a particular doctor in this hospital complex, it's not clear whether indeed he managed to make contact with that physician. police have yet to identify t

our correspondent david willis spoke to us a short while ago. some sort of agreement has been reached, which would lead to the first gun control laws in this country in decades, since the mid—90s when we saw any legislative measures taken to try and control what since become an epidemic of gun violence in this country. the measures that have been agreed upon, though, are more modest than those that many in the democratic party president biden among them would like to see, and they include federally funded so—called red flag laws that would alert authorities to people who are unstable being in possession of weapons, and would allow them to be confiscated. expanded mental health checks, expanded school security and strengthened background checks for those under the age of 21 seeking to buy a firearm. what president biden of course had called for, which is not included in these rather modest set of principles outlined today, a ban on assault weapons and much wider background checks on people here seeking to buy firearms. president biden in a st

david willis, bbc news, los angeles. a major review of leadership across the nhs and social care sector in england has found evidence of bullying, discrimination and blame culture in some areas. the health secretary sajid javid said the findings were "stark" and has pledged an overhaul of the management system. frances read has this report. there are 90 patients waiting to be seen at the moment. a&e in essex on monday night. this is the princess alexandra hospital in harlow, as filmed by a patient. the trust that runs it said they're experiencing high and increased demand. others say this is just a snapshot of an nhs on its knees. the health secretary says that needs to change — likening the nhs to being the equivalent of a blockbuster health—care system in the age of netflix. sajid javid has now pledged urgent action after a major review found problems across the nhs. among them, discrimination, bullying and blame cultures, with the head of the review saying there was institutional inadequacy in the way nhs manageme

let's speak to david willis, who's in los angeles. tell us more about what's been announced? these proposals are modest, but nonetheless highly significant. they have been trying to get tougher gun control laws through congress for decades now. this represents quite a significant agreement. it has still to pass into law. i still have to be drawn up theyjust levy and then put to the whole senate. crucially, this proposal does have the backing of ten republican senators that will be needed to get to past the post, if you like into law on the floor of the senate. what we are talking about here is how terra background checks for gun sales involving purchases under the age of 21, that includes delving intojuvenile records and mental health records. federalfunding records and mental health records. federal funding for tighter security. greater investment in local mental health checks and so on. the expansion as well of so—called red flag laws. these are was already in place and in some 19 separate states, which meant to alert officials when somebody who has possession of a gun is

i'm joined now by our correspondent david willis in los angeles. it was never going to be easy to get agreement considering that no question about that. , ., ., , considering that no question about that. , ., , ., that. given how polarised politics as in this country _ that. given how polarised politics as in this country at _ that. given how polarised politics as in this country at the - that. given how polarised politics| as in this country at the moment. these are modest proposes compared to whatjoe biden and other senior democrats had called for, but they are none a step in at the right direction, some might say, given that has been no legislation of this kind for decades. there were attempts to tighten gun control laws after the sandy hook shooting, but it fell short of the votes needed in the senate. the feeling now is that they can't move forward with these modest proposals because the backing is there. they include federally funded so—called red flag laws, which are designed to alert authorities and officials to unstable people who are in

willis, explained the more modest measures the us senate are planning to approve. it looks as they will consist of a limited extension of background check, juvenile records and so on, and the introduction, the federal introduction of red flag laws which enable officials to confiscate weapons if a person who owns them is deemed to be a risk to themselves or to other people, but, all that is a long way, of course, from the sort of measures that president biden recommended, after the shooting, he called for a ban on assault weapons, for widespread background checks on those seeking to buy firearms, that is not going to happen, republicans in general oppose as i mentioned anything that will constrain the right of gun owners in this country to bear arms as the constitution puts it. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. here is carol with the details. good morning. good morning to you too. forsome good morning. good morning to you too. for some of us it has been a murky morning, with a lot of cloud, some coast and also some hill fog and some

. >> caller: this is david willis. tenderloin resident, member of tenderloin people's congress. the people's congress support this. i lived over 15 years in the tenderloin, 13 of them have been in a 220 square foot s.r.o. i'm no longer living in that, i did spend 13 years from 2006 and 225 square feet. that's one single adult. this is inadequate space for habitation. i did that out of desperation because nothing else was affordable. this will be impossible, 300 square feet for a couple or family to live in, it's impossible. the developers are using this group housing option as a way of skirting planning requirements, to try to best craft home housing projects, it's inadequate substandard housing for the neighborhood. we need family housing in the tenderloin and chinatown. this special use district, which i strongly support really helps to correct this wrong. [please stand by] 22 >> in these dense neighborhoods. we have so many families and children being forced to live in small and inadequate facilities in the tenderloin community. our community is screaming for more affordable