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this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm rich preston. our top stories: california police say the suspect in a shooting that left ten people dead in los angeles has been found dead inside a van. these were the first images released by police of the suspect in the monterey park shooting. he is a 72—year—old male. you have been asking me about motive, we are still not clear about motive. we meet the ukrainians returning to dangerous circumstances in towns close to the frontline, despite heavy fighting nearby. the horrors of the last few months have brought this town closer together. before the war, there were some people
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here and elsewhere who genuinely supported russia. that's not really the case anymore. women's rights marches take place across the us marking the 50th anniversary of the roe v wade case, which was overturned last year. a public memorial takes place for the singer lisa marie presley at her father's graceland mansion in tennessee, ten days after her death at the age of 5a. and no wipe—out here! it looks like a french surfer has set a new record in california for the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman.
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hello and welcome to the programme. the suspect in a shooting in los angeles, which killed ten people and left another ten wounded, has been found dead by the police. he shot himself inside a white van that officers had surrounded. he's been identified as a 72—year—old man of asian descent. ten people were killed and ten others injured in the attack during lunar new year in monterey park. the city is home to one of the largest asian american communities in the us. at a news conference the la county sheriff, robert luna, gave more information. the suspect has been identified as huu can tran and the way that is spelt is h—u—u, middle name c—a—n, last name t-r-a-n. he is a 72—year—old male asian. i can confirm that there are no outstanding suspects from the mass shooting incident that occurred in the city of monterey park.
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our north america correspondent david willis in los angeles gave us the latest update. a couple of details came out of that conference as well as the name and the age of the suspect in this case. we also learned that police are currently searching for a motive in this attack, originally reports or suggestions this might be some sort of hate crime. there have been many here over the last years involving the asian—american community in this country. but that appears to rule itself out, bearing in mind the fact that the gunman was himself asian, as we heard there, 72—year—old huu can tran. and what officers were saying in a press conference a short while ago is they are now trying to establish the motive, what could have prompted this
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man to undertake this terrible massacre on the day of the lunar new year? ten people were shot and killed, five women, five men, ten others injured, seven of those, we hear, are still in hospital.— still in hospital. this obviously _ still in hospital. this obviously will - still in hospital. this obviously will be - still in hospital. this| obviously will be very still in hospital. this obviously will be very shocking for the community in monterey park. what have people been saying? park. what have people been sa inc? ~ , saying? absolutely. there were red lanterns — saying? absolutely. there were red lanterns there, _ saying? absolutely. there were red lanterns there, chinese - red lanterns there, chinese banners out marking what should be the start of these celebrations, the lunar new year festivities which mark a new year, the year of the rat of its, hopes for a prosperous and joyful time and had ruined after the first day of celebrations after this gunmen burst in —— rabbit. a lot of people robbing the involvement,
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the easy availability of firearms in this country, even though california is one state with some of the tightest gun—control laws in the country —— rowing. the sheriff we heard from just then, robert luna, was asked about this and he said "the status quo is not working, we need to examine the situation regarding gun—control in this country." he added that he hoped the tragedy doesn't go on what he called a long list of other similar tragedies of this kind. of other similar tragedies of this kind-— of other similar tragedies of this kind. . , well, earlier i spoke to local los angeles reporter josie huang, who has been covering events from monterey park throughout the day, she began by describing the reaction of the local community to this horrific attack. people are just generally shocked that something like this could happen in monterey park and sadly that's the kind of thing everyone says when there has been a mess shooting in america. there is a lot of sadness too that this attack happened at the start of the lunar new year which is a joyous time for people across asia and also
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for the asian—american diaspora. a lot of asian—americans in the la area know monterey park for its wide array of chinese restaurants and many choose to come here to celebrate the new year with dim sum but the people i've talked to today said they were in no mood to feast and be with friends, they felt very sombre and one woman said she couldn't even go near the busy street where the shooting took place at the dance studio because she couldn't bear to think of the ten people who were killed inside. what more do we know about the victims? i think your reporter was mentioning they are all elderly. that is actually not surprising given that these were ballroom studio students, ballroom dance studio students who tend to be older. there is a very rich ballroom dancing culture in the monterey park area where it is, the students hail from all over asia including china, taiwan, hong kong and vietnam and it has become a way for the students who tend to be middle—aged or older to relax and to do something for themselves after working
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so hard to make it in the us. i should mention that monterey park is a heavily immigrant area and even though many of these students didn't have the same native tongue they were able to connect over dance, over the cha—cha for example. several people hospitalised, still in hospital, what support is being offered to them as well as the families of those who sadly lost their lives? we don't know much about what's happening to the folks in the hospital because the sheriff did not want to actually name the hospital because there had been some kind of hospital name floating around and they already were dealing with a caller who was saying that he wanted to go and just finish the job. so they are very concerned about these victims being retraumatised but for all those folks who were affected by the mass shooting or have family affected by the mass shooting there is a resource centre set up for victims where there are translation services because as i mentioned there are many immigrants in this area and many languages are spoken here, as well as
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food and counselling services. in addition to the press conference have you been hearing any more about this suspect? we know very little about the suspect other than that he is 72, he was from the town of hemet which i should mention is an hour and a half drive from monterey park so we know very little about what he was doing in monterey park and what his relationship is with the victims, very little is being shared about the victims pending their identification by the coroner's office and so we don't know who they were, the little we know is just about their ages, that they were all middle—aged or older. josie huang there. let's get some of the day's other news. police in somalia say an islamist militant attack on the mayor's office in the capital mogadishu has
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left at least six civilians dead. a police spokesman said five al shabab gunmen were also killed during an exchange of fire with security forces. the attack began when a suicide bomber targeted the building before thejihadist gunmen stormed in. thousands of people have protested on the streets of brussels against the jailing in iran of a belgian aid worker. olivier vandecasteele was sentenced last month to a0 years in prison on spying and other charges. the belgian government has dismissed the charges as fake, saying his alleged crimes had been fabricated. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has sacked a senior minister after a supreme court ruling ordering his removal. aryeh deri, the leader of the ultra—orthodox shass party, had taken charge of health and internal affairs, despite a conviction last year for tax evasion and an earlier one for bribery. germany's chancellor, olaf scholz, is facing growing domestic and international pressure to allow german—built leopard— two tanks to be sent to ukraine.
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during a visit to paris to meet president macron, mr scholz said his country would not slacken its support for ukraine as it fights off the russian invasion. despite heavy fighting continuing in eastern ukraine, some civilians continue to return to towns close to the frontline, against the advice of local authorities. lyman, in the donbas region, was occupied by russian forces last year. 13,000 people are living there in dangerous circumstances. andrew harding reports. in the ruins of liberated territory here in the donbas, a small town called lyman. it's three months now since the russians were pushed out of here. but they're still close. ukrainian fighterjets, on their way to bomb the front lines 20 kilometres away. only this morning, another russian missile crashed into this apartment block.
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73—year—old alexander lives here all alone now, looking after eight abandoned cats. i live seven, the rocket hit five. so you live on seven, the rocket hit the fifth floor? yes. and you're 0k? i'm 0k. that resilience is everywhere in lyman. it's mostly the elderly and poor who have come back, or who have clung on throughout, helped now by free meals driven in daily from safer towns. but amid the ruins, younger families are also getting by. valeriy has adopted a stray he's named princess diana. he's a railway worker now busy trying to keep his neighbourhood warm. there's no central heating in town — no gas or piped water, either. valeriy�*s wife, era, an accountant, shows me the basement where they've lived for the past nine months. a warren of tiny storerooms.
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it's onlyjust now that power has finally been restored here. new year's decorations, still in place. some of era's neighbours in the cellar were openly pro—russian. "there were quite a few russian supporters down here," she says, "but they all left with the russian troops when they retreated. "i guess they were scared of what would happen "to them now." in a strange way, the horrors of the last few months have brought this town closer together. before the war, there were some people here, and elsewhere, who genuinely supported russia. that's not really the case any more. meanwhile, the mayor of lyman is back and battling to restore basic services. but with russian rockets are still doing this kind of damage, he's not sure the town can cope with too many residents right now. "i'm100% sure that the
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russians won't capture "this town again," says mayor 0leksandr zhuravlyov. "0ur soldiers won't let that happen. "but still, the front lines are just too close." close, and getting louder, as both armies gear up for fresh offensives. andrew harding, bbc news, in lyman, ukraine. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: surfing into the record books. we'll tell you about the french woman who's set a new record in california. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after lift—off. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman school teacher. all of them are believed to have been killed. by the evening, tahrir square, the heart of official cairo, was in the hands of the demonstrators. they were using
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the word "revolution". the earthquake singled out buildings and brought them down in seconds. tonight, the search for any survivors has an increasing desperation about it as the hours pass. the new government is firmly in control of the entirely - republic of uganda. survivors of the auschwitz concentration camp have been commemorating the 40th anniversary of the liberation. they toured the huts, gas chambers, and crematoria and relived their horrifying experiences. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: california police say the suspect in a shooting that left ten people dead in los angeles has been found dead
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inside a van. women's rights marches have been taking place across the united states to mark the 50th anniversary of a case called roe v wade, which made access to abortion a constitutional right across the country. the ruling was overturned last year by the supreme court. today a variety of different arrangements exist across individual states. the states you see here marked in dark red are those where abortions are very restricted or completely banned. another 14 states marked in orange have some restrictions on access, and marked in green are the states which are the most protective of a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy. 0ur north america editor, sarah smith, has the latest from washington. you've seen so many of these women's marches taking place today and also today the president said he wants to secure the right to choose
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for every woman in america. the vice president kamala harris gave a speech in florida, pledging that she and the president would do everything they can to try and make it easier for women to access abortions, but there really isn't that much that they can do, theyjust don't have enough votes in congress to pass a nationwide federal law guaranteeing abortion rights. instead, as you say, these rules are being made very differently in every individual state in the nation, so you have some that have completely banned the procedure, whilst you've got other states, like california and oregon, declaring themselves to be sanctuary states, saying that women from elsewhere can come there to have an abortion if they need one, so that's why you are seeing the battle and the marches taking place in state capitals, other cities right across america, because these are actually 50 individualfights. just two days ago here in washington, there was a huge anti—abortion march for life and the participants there, well, it was something of a victory lap for them, celebrating roe v wade having been overturned, but they too said that the fight goes on,
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they won't be satisfied until abortion has been banned in every single one of america's 50 states. it's emerged that nadhim zahawi, the chairman of the british conservative party, did pay a penalty in a settlement reached with the tax authorities last year, while he was the chancellor and therefore the minister responsible for hmrc — the uk's tax authority. mr zahawi's tax affairs have continued to be in the spotlight after he admitted there had been a settlement, which is reported to have involved a payment of up to £5 million — that's around us$6.2 million. he says the error was careless not deliberate. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports from vaccines minister to chancellor, and now the chair of the conservative party. just some of the role is a former businessman nadhim zahawi has held in government. he said he wants to address confusion about his finances, but his explanation of why he had to pay a settlement
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to the tax office had left key questions unanswered. some in his own party had suggested he should go further and make all of the details public. get it all out now, whatever you have to do, and clear it up. i genuinely don't believe this is a man who is deceitful in any shape orform. but this goes on and on and the media waits, so i think i would just clear it up. in a statement yesterday, mr zahawi said that hmrc had found he had made "a careless error" and not a deliberate one, and that it related to a disagreement about shares allocated to his father in return for helping him found the polling company yougov in 2000. tonight, his allies did acknowledge that he did have to pay a penalty to hmrc as well as a settlement figure. he has not, though, confirmed how much i though was. earlier, cabinet colleagues said there was a need for openness. well, i don't know any more detail than the detail that he's put out in his statement. in the uk system, people's tax
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affairs are personal and private. i recognise as politicians there is, quite rightly, and enhanced duty for openness. nadhim zahawi became borisjohnson's chancellor following the resignation of rishi sunak lastjuly. mr zahawi's allies have acknowledged that the tax matter was resolved while he was in thatjob in charge of the country's finances. labour has said his position in the cabinet is untenable and criticised the government more widely. you've got a prime minister who is too weak to do anything about it, and it's going to take an incoming labour government to clean up this mess, drain the swamp, because frankly it stinks. mr zahawi, it is understood, has no intention of resigning from his job as party chair. the pressure for him to reveal the full details of his tax settlement is unlikely to ease. helen catt, bbc news. to peru now where relatives of detained protestors are demanding their release, after police rounded them up
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after storming of a university campus on saturday. authorities say more than 200 people had been taken into custody for trespassing. it's estimated 53 people have died in the clashes. stephanie prentice has this report. demonstrations, has this report. distress and yes, demonstrations, distress and yes, it is now the six week of clashes in peru and authorities have closed the famous machu picchu site with rescue teams evacuating 400 tourists on saturday. in the capital lima police gathered to demand answers after police raided a university smashing down the gate and firing tear gas and detaining more than 200 people. translation: haiti;r detaining more than 200 people. translation:— detaining more than 200 people. translation: how am i supposed to know where _ translation: how am i supposed to know where my _ translation: how am i supposed to know where my brother- translation: how am i supposed to know where my brother is? - to know where my brother is? whether he's eating or he is not eating. that is what i want to know, where is my brother.
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we are asking for news of our comrade. we do not know anything about it. we comrade. we do not know anything about it. we have no wa of anything about it. we have no way of communicating - anything about it. we have no way of communicating with i anything about it. we have no i way of communicating with her. the detention has driven even more people onto the streets, expressing fury as well as fear. translation: want guarantees _ fear. translation: want guarantees for _ fear. translation: want guarantees for their - fear. translation: want guarantees for their lives l fear. translation: want | guarantees for their lives or are they also going to disappear like in the 80s and 905? �* ., . . , disappear like in the 80s and 905? �* , ., disappear like in the 805 and 905? , ., , 905? been accused of using live aunfire 905? been accused of using live gunfire on _ 905? been accused of using live gunfire on crowd _ 905? been accused of using live gunfire on crowd but _ 905? been accused of using live gunfire on crowd but despite - gunfire on crowd but despite the violence and death, the protester�*s result does not seem to be waning. translation: we're here for the release of our comrade who have come from the provinces. they are young students and also people from the town who work in the countryside and they have come to claim with a ride. the country _ to claim with a ride. the country has _ to claim with a ride. the country has been - to claim with a ride. the country has been really| to claim with a ride. the country has been really since pedro castillo was impeached for alleged corruption and the fallout has been deadly. some reports up to 60 people have died in clashes between his
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supporters and security forces. but as police arrest those taking part, more keep arriving, travelling to the capital and vowing to stay until current president dina boluarte stepped down. she has declared a state of emergency in some areas. the country's most famous landmark shutdown indefinitely. it is emblematic of a country at war with itself and with no clear path to peace. stephanie prentice, bbc news. on sunday, family and friends gathered in memphis, tennessee to pay tribute to singer—songwriter lisa marie presley — who died last thursday at the age of 54. she was the daughter of rock and roll legend elvis presley. sofia bettiza reports. a funeral for lisa marie presley, the only child of one of the greatest stars in american music. as well as family and friends, members of the public were invited to attend. her mother read a poem written
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by lisa marie's only daughter. "i have no idea how to put my mother into words. "truth is there are too many. "lisa marie presley was an icon, a role model, "a superhero to many people all over the world." long—time friend friends of the presley family spoke at the funeral, including sarah ferguson, the duchess of york, who offered her support to the late singer's children. for the entire family, we march forward in support of you, all of us are with you, and we will help you as best you can, if you just put out your hand, we will be there or, well, i will definitely be there. on the 12th of january, lisa marie presley was found unresponsive at her home in calabasas, california, and rushed to hospital. she died of cardiac arrest at the age of 54. her last public appearance was on the red carpet
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of the golden globes, two days before she died. that night, austin butler won a best actor globe for playing her father, in the film, elvis. and it is the relationship that she had with her father that many of her friends spoke about. i do know lisa loved her family very much and was fiercely protective of her father, his legacy, and both her love for him and his love for her. she was extremely proud, as proud as anyone could ever be of herfather and his many accomplishments, his place in music and america and american and world history. lisa marie's final resting place is next to her son and near her father. sofia bettiza, bbc news. french surferjustine dupont may have set a new record for the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman,
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after tackling the biggest of the day at an event in the notorious cortes bank, off california. the current record for big wave surfing by a woman is 73.5 feet. footage of ms dupont�*s ride will now be submitted for analysis. i was lucky enough to get a lot of waves and the last one was, like, perfect — perfection — it was peaking and as soon as it erupted, it was so smooth, so easy to be able to have all these feeling of speed and water moving under my bones. it was crispy. for me, definitely, the feeling to go and to have the connection with a wave like that was amazing. glassy conditions, sunny, glassy, all day long, huge. yeah, everything together made the best wave trip for me, yeah. incredible. that is it for us
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for now. more on the bbc website. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston bye— bye bye — bye for bye—bye for now. hello. for some of us, it was a chilly weekend, with frost and fog towards the south, milder conditions further north, and we're really keeping with that north—west, south—east split in the weather over the next few days. frost and fog once again for parts of southern and eastern england, in particular, but milder, cloudier conditions elsewhere. and that's because we've still got this cold air mass with us. you can see the blue colours through the course of monday into tuesday as well, pushing across really southern and southeastern parts of england, perhaps into south wales, but much milder conditions with the orange colours further north across the uk. so overnight we've seen quite a lot of fog forming, some dense freezing fog patches through parts of eastern england, east anglia, through to the west of london, for instance, minus seven degrees some of the overnight lows first thing monday morning, but milder and frost
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free further northwest. so monday then, most places rather cloudy pretty much of the day. the best slice of the sunshine will be for parts of lincolnshire, down towards the south coast of england as well. but we have got a few freezing fog patches and a bit more cloud working in across the far south—east of england, and there'll be more cloud for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, but a bit of brightness around the north coast here, ten or 11 degrees, but you'll struggle to get more than about three or four down towards the southeast. so that contrast continues through monday night into tuesday as well. we've still got mild, cloudy and drizzly conditions in the northwest, clearer skies down towards the south. look at that, minus two, minus three, even in the towns and cities. so again, touch of frost and perhaps some freezing fog patches here and there that could be a little bit slow to clear. but there should be some sunshine breaking through on tuesday, particularly through central and southern england, a little bit more cloud into the far southeast. again, add a bit more cloud once again across the northwest of the uk, where temperatures are going to reach 11 degrees or so, despite a few spots of drizzle, but struggling at around three or four down across southeast england.
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now moving through tuesday night into wednesday, then high pressure dominating. but we've got this weather frontjust sinking its way a little bit further south. so that's a bit of a change, i think during wednesday. some rain for a time clearing out of scotland and northern ireland, pushing into england and wales, but it should also squeeze some of that milder air a bit further south. so we're still seeing temperatures only about five degrees for the likes of london and norwich as well. and, actually, it's not going to be any colder to the north of that cold front. there will be some more sunshine around, but things looking mostly dry through thursday and friday. temperatures eventually turning a bit milder in the south. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: california police say the suspect in a shooting that left ten people dead in los angeles has been found dead inside a van. officers say the 72—year—old suspect died of a self—inflicted gunshot wound and they still don't know what his motive was. marches have been taking place across the united states to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark supreme court case roe v wade, which gave women across the country a constitutional right to access abortion services. the ruling was overturned last year by the supreme court. many ukrainians are returning to dangerous circumstances in towns close to the frontline, despite heavy fighting nearby. germany's chancellor, olaf scholz, is facing growingdomestic and international pressure to allow german—built leopard 2 tanks to be sent to ukraine as it fights of the russian invasion.

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