welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... let's go! police in nashville release footage from officers who responded to a mass shooting in a school. they say the attacker had bought seven guns legally. she was under care, doctor's care for an emotional disorder. law enforcement knew nothing about the treatment she was receiving. by her parents felt she should not own weapons. three children — all aged nine — were killed, along with three adults — among them the head teacher. clashes erupt in france between police and protesters angry with president macron�*s pension reform plans. more action is planned

for next month. at least a0 people have died in a fire at a migrant processing facility on the us—mexico border. a billionaire�*s son who fled to yemen hours after the death of a student in central london 15 years ago admits to the bbc that he was involved in her death. and the bbc is granted rare access to london's new £5 billion super—sewer, aimed at cleaning up the river thames. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin today in the united states — where police who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attacker had legally purchased seven guns and hid them

at the family house. audrey hale, a 28—year—old former pupil, shot six people dead, including three children — all nine years old — and the school's head teacher before being shot and killed by officers. let's take a look at gun violence in the us. a mass shooting is defined as four or more people being injured or killed. it's only march, and there've been over 130 mass shootings across the us so far this year. and there've been more than 600 mass shootings in each of the last three years. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal sent this report from nashville — a warning, it contains some distressing footage. this is the moment when audrey hale prepares to kill. the 28—year—old turns up at the school in a car, shoots the glass to get inside, and then stalks the halls with a rifle. minutes later, police officers michael collazo and rex engelbert arrive. let's go!

footage released by police shows when officer engelbert enters the school. after a room—to—room search of the ground floor... sounds like it's upstairs. ..they hear gunfire upstairs and head to intercept. as he rounds the corner, one of the officers spots the attacker and takes the shot. gunfire police say the assailant, audrey hale, carefully planned the attack, and that she was born a woman but recently identified on social media as a man. her victims were nine—year—olds evelyn, hallie and william, and three staff members — cynthia peak, mike hill, and katherine koonce, the head teacher. police say audrey hale was a former student here at the school, had no criminal record, and that resentment may have been a motive. a friend of hale's has told the bbc tonight they communicated moments

before the attack. i received an instagram dm from audrey, basically stating that i would see her on the news later on this evening, and that something tragic was about to happen. i was just speechless. like, i'mjust like... i'm sorry, like, i'm still trying to wrap my head around what we're going through as a city. officers say hale had a manifesto and could have killed more people. we've determined that audrey bought seven firearms from five different local gun stores here legally. three of those weapons were used yesterday during the horrific tragedy.

she was under care, a doctor's care for an emotional disorder. law enforcement knew nothing about the treatment she was receiving. it's caused president biden to renew his call to ban assault rifles — the type used in this shooting. he and lawmakers from both sides passed major gun safety legislation last year, but many republicans say a ban goes too far. the grief here is unimaginable, but it's all so familiar. mass shootings are now a regular occurrence here in america. i've reported on a few, and what i tend to hear from people, and what i've have been hearing today, is they say, "we don't do politics, we do prayers." but guns are political. this is a deeply conservative state, and even the republican lawmaker who represents the district here published a christmas card last year which appeared to show him

with his family, including young children, proudly holding assault rifles — the type of rifles that president biden has once again called to ban. but when you talk about a ban — when you mention that word, when you even talk about restrictions — people here don't want to hear it. they believe a ban or a restriction would be an infringement upon their constitutional right to bear arms. and what people here are much more focused on is praising the police officers for their quick reaction in shooting the assailant. my my colleague nomia iqbal reporting on that story for us. hundreds of thousands of protesters in france have been staging another day of strikes and rallies against the government's pension reforms with some demonstrators clashing with riot police. people are angry after legislation to raise the retirement age in france from 62 to 64 was forced through by president emmanuel macron�*s government. our paris correspondent lucy williamson sent this report. the temperature rose

as the sun went down. across france, fires burned like beliefs as bright as fever. young protesters with their rocks and bottles, disappearing in clouds of tear gas fired by riot police in bordeaux, in nantes, and in paris. it took minutes for this peaceful protest to turn violent. hidden amongst the main demonstration, masked protesters who are now taking on the police. running through the lines of police, the white and black helmets of the specialist units known as brav—m — rapid reaction teams, tasked with stamping out trouble. a new target for protesters after growing allegations of abuse. a video emerged last week apparently showing brav—m officers hitting a protester in the face. and an audio recording appears to have captured threats, intimidation, and racist insults against a group of student protesters.

"next time, you won't be going to the police station, you'll be going to the hospital," one officer is heard saying. salome was one of them. she's since filed a complaint and was back out protesting today. it is important that police can contain violence and protect people — but in that case, the violence was against us and they were not protecting us. we must be protected from them. that is really worrying to me. the protests across france today were, as usual, largely peaceful, and smaller than last week — but police say some mainstream protesters are joining agitators in attacking them. after covid, after everything that happened in france, inflation and everything, people started to be really tense and that does not help to reduce the violence against the police because the police are representing the state, so in a way when you attack the police, you might feel you are protesting against the state. tonight, fires are burning

across france as president macron struggles for a way out of this crisis, with political negotiations frozen and the streets on fire. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. president biden says he hopes the israeli prime minister will abandon the judicial reform law that has sparked weeks of protests and a political crisis. benjamin netanyahu delayed the proposal on monday after large numbers of people took to the streets. the political party of the burmese nobel laureate aung san suu kyi has been dissolved by myanmar�*s military rulers. the national league for democracy had refused to re—register as a party under strict new rules introduced by the military. the president of the international olympic committee has defended plans that would allow russian and belarusian athletes back into international competition as individual neutral athletes.

thomas bach said allowing their participation "works" despite the ongoing war. the ioc had placed sanctions on russia and belarus following the russian invasion of ukraine in 2022. prince harry has returned to the royal courts ofjustice for the second day of a high court hearing in london over multiple privacy claims brought against the publisher of the daily mail. prince harry is part of a group — along with sir eltonjohn and david furnish, bringing claims over allegations associated newspapers limited carried out or commissioned illegal or unlawful information—gathering. at least a0 people have died in a fire at a migrant processing centre in mexico, that officials say started during a protest against deportations. many of the victims are thought to migrants from central and south america trying

to reach the united states. dozens of people were also injured in the incident and taken to hospital. the fire occured at a facility in ciudad huarez, across the borderfrom el paso, texas. giovanni lepri is the un refugee agency's representative in mexico. i began by asking him for his reaction to the incident. the first reaction is that it's a tragedy, there is no other way to describe it. it's a tragedy, it's dramatic, but it's not the only one. it's a symptom of a much bigger situation, much bigger issue that is affecting people on the move in this region. we're talking about thousands of thousands of people on the move for different reasons, seeking protection, seeking alternatives — and i think we should look at this tragedy from this perspective. you alluded there to the current migrant situation at the us southern border —

what are your specific concerns right now about what's going on there? the situation at the border is complex, it's not the only one, there are others in the region. but the border areas between mexico and the us are among the most dangerous for many, many reasons. so for people that are refugees or people on the move, or migrants, even mexian journalists, they spend long periods of time along the border in situations that are already dangerous. this gives another layer of risk for people that have already taken extremely dangerous journeys. and of course, as always, the most vulnerable are women and children — because this tragedy that we saw yesterday, last night affected mostly, actually exclusively men, but people on the moves, thousands of people on the move, and you're

talking about families with young children. so it is a situation that is of very high concern, and calls for alternatives — alternatives that will limit or actually cancel — the fact that people will take those very dangerous risks across mexico, but across much wider regions. you're well aware that most of the people that arrive in mexico pass through the jungle between colombia and panama. it's an extremely dangerous place, so they go from dangerous to dangerous location. given how dangerous and perilous thatjourney is, as you've just described, why are people still making this journey? can you talk us through some of the reasons for this? yes, this region at the moment is hosting 20% of all the forcibly displaced worldwide — you're talking

about 20 million between internally displaced, and refugees and asylum—seekers. this is because the americas as a region became much more complex in terms of security, in terms of many countries facing generalised violence, there's the very serious issue of public order — and we can name them, but in the past, we would say that mostly people would come from north and central america through mexico, and many to the us and others would stay in mexico. now the numbers of countries that we can add up, in terms of being the origin of many people needing protection, have just increased dramatically in the last few years. and of course, covid aggravated the situation, and the consequences of covid, as well. you're watching

newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... a guided tour of london's new £5 billion super—sewer — aimed at cleaning up the river thames. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worst, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but not quite well enough to prevent old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton

hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become - a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many peruvians wished _ 100 years ago, many peruvians wished it— 100 years ago, many peruvians wished it had — 100 years ago, many peruvians wished it had never— 100 years ago, many peruvians wished it had never been- 100 years ago, many peruvians wished it had never been built. | the eiffel tower's birthday is- being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent gustave eiffei _ this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines... in singapore. police in nashville release footage from officers who responded to a mass shooting in a school. they say the attacker had bought seven guns legally. clashes have erupted in france between police and protesters angry with president macron�*s pension reform plans. more action is planned for next month. in 2008, 23—year—old norwegian student martine vik magnussen was killed after a night out in london. hours after her death,

the only suspect in the case — farouk abdulhak, the son of one of yemen's richest men — fled to yemen, which has no extradition treaty with the uk. 15 years on, the bbc arabic�*s special correspondent nawal al—maghafi has tracked down mr abdulhak, and he has finally admitted involvement in the death. it was meant to be a student night out. we were just listening to music, borrowing each other�*s clothes, just, i don't know, having fun before the night out. a celebration turned tragedy when their friend, 23—year—old norwegian student martine vik magnussen, was killed. her body was found underneath rubble in a london apartment block. it was meant to be a student night out. the postmortem showed she died from compression to the neck. you don't know what to do. you don't expect something like that to happen to you. you don't know how to read how to react, what should you do, who should you contact, who can help you. you just are unable,

i was unable to do very much. the prime suspect was her college friend farouk abdulhak, the son of a yemeni billionaire. within hours of her death, he had fled the scene. his lawyers insisted he was innocent of murder. he fled to yemen, a country with no extradition treaty with the uk. it's been 15 years since martine's killing and no one has heard from him since. but as a yemeni myself i used my local connections to make a renewed effort to find farouk abdulhak. after months of research, ifinally found his profile on an instant messaging app. he's on it — look. he's typing. my main goal was to find answers for martine's family. because abdulhak has evaded justice for so long, i was granted special permission to secretly record our conversations,

as long as he knew who i was, as finding the truth about the case is in the public interest. but nonetheless, i wanted to give him an opportunity to go on the record. i travelled to yemen hoping to do an interview. like, just always or because i'm a journalist and it makes you nervous? i tried to get answers on the phone. i mean, there must be some point where you start remembering. i don't believe that you don't remember anything. my attempts did not end there. our conversations continued for months. and then, finally, a confession. in an extraordinary series of messages, he claimed

martine's death was a sex accident gone wrong and that he'd taken a lot of cocaine. when i asked him about moving her body, he said he didn't remember. if you were to speak to farouk yourself, what would you want to know? the only way for the people of the farouk family to move on and to get some respect is to go back to london and then we can have justice for martine. a grieving family unable to find peace untiljustice is served. nawal al maghafi, bbc news. one of the world's biggest betting companies, william hill, has been ordered to pay more than 19 million pounds for failing to protect its customers in the uk, that's the largest penalty ever imposed by the regulator. the gambling commission said it had found "widespread and alarming" problems. theo leggett has this report.

gamble responsibly with william hill... william hill likes to say it promotes responsible gambling, but today the regulator, the gambling commission, has found otherwise. it's accused the company of widespread and alarming failures which put vulnerable customers at risk. gambling itself has never been easier — you can bet on sports, or play poker, for example, at the click of a mouse or using an app on your phone. but there are meant to be checks and balances in place to protect those who might be at risk of gambling—related harm and prevent the industry from being exploited by criminals. it is these kinds of checks that william hill is being accused of not carrying out. one new customer, the commission says, opened an account and spent £23,000 injust 20 minutes without any intervention from the company. another lost more than £45,000 before william hill gave them a call. and some customers placed very large deposits, but no inquiries were made about where exactly

the money came from. the regulator says it is prepared to take tough action over failures like these. what we have seen in this review is completely unacceptable. william hill accept that. william hill accept they need to improve things, and they have done, so but we will not hesitate, if we need to take firm action, to do so again. we have since the beginning of last year suspended full licenses of operators. we have taken considerable action and will continue to do so. william hill was recently bought by 888 holdings. it said... the £19.2 million penalty is the largest gambling commission has ever imposed, but critics say it's nowhere near enough. so 90% of the gambling industry's profits, when you take away the national lottery, come from 5% of customers who are either addicted

or at risk from addiction. so the £19.2 million fine may sound a lot of money to you or i, but it is not very much compared to william hill's turnover. it is much cheaper for them to simply pay the fine and keep doing business as usual. the government is due to publish a long—delayed review of gambling laws within weeks. it is expected to call for major reforms, including more thorough checks on what gamblers can afford and tighter controls on advertising. but such measures are expected to be controversial and generate plenty of noise from the industry and its critics. that was theo leggett reporting on that— that was theo leggett reporting on that story _ that was theo leggett reporting on that story for _ that was theo leggett reporting on that story for us. _ for decades, london's victorian—era sewers have discharged raw sewage into the river thames after heavy rain. but that could be about to change, thanks to a vast tunnel that's been built underneath the river — seven metres wide, and 25km long. our environment correspondent jonah fisher was given a rare opportunity to ride a bike

along the tunnel before it fills up with sewage. just looking for history. looking for stories, really. lara is a mudlark, forever searching the brown banks of the river thames. ifound a complete iron age pot, a tudor shoe... but alongside the treasures are more familiar items that have been flushed away. condoms, tampax applicators, sanitary towels, wet wipes. you name it, i've found it. this is london, but it's a story repeated across we are spoiling it, you know? we are pouring our waste into it and just destroying it. but deep beneath the river, the clean—up plan is nearly ready to flow. a £5 billion tunnel, the largest and deepest the capital has ever seen. the reason we are riding on bikes through this tunnel is because it'sjust so big — it's 15 miles long, all the way across london, under the river thames. and the idea behind it is,

well, that it will collect the sewage and storm water that at the moment goes into the river, and take it downhill to east london where it can be processed properly. here we are at the victoria intersection point. we are shown one of the 3a sewage overflow pipes that we believe we will capture 95% of the volume going through, because that will head into this tunnel.— because that will head into this tunnel. , . ., , this tunnel. this will clean up the river significantly? - the river significantly? absolutely. after years of abuse, just maybe the tide has turned. jonah fisher, bbc news, on the banks of the river thames. fascinating report there from jonah fisher, having a great time by the looks of it, having ridden through that sewer on his bike. thank you so much for

joining me, stay with bbc news. hello there. after the dry and sunny day that most of us had on monday, tuesday's weather was, well, a little bit disappointing, wasn't it? we had a lot of cloud around and outbreaks of rain. and it wasn'tjust that it was a wet day, it was also quite chilly for a late march day, with temperatures for quite a few of us, around 8—9 celsius. but looking at wednesday's weather picture, it will at least be turning a lot milder, although we have got more rain on the way. now, the milder weather conditions will be brought in on these fairly gusty southwesterly winds, so some very mild air coming our way. that process of the southwesterly winds bringing mild air is well under way — at the moment, but we've got a lot of cloud around with patches of drizzle. so quite a damp start to wednesday, i think, with a few mist and fog patches around the coast and hills in the west, but temperatures starting off wednesday at around 10—11 celsius in places.

now, for wednesday itself, we've got several weather fronts that will be pushing across the uk, each bringing episodes of rain. so, a cloudy and damp start to the day, then we get these bursts of fairly heavy rain working in from the southwest — some of the wettest weather through the morning across northern ireland and western scotland, then later in the day, wales and parts of southern england could get some really heavy rain, might even see some localised surface—water flooding. it's unsettled, but it is mild, temperatures up to around 15, maybe 16 celsius. those gusty southwesterly winds continue then through wednesday night, and into thursday, it's a slightly less damp day, i'd say. brighter skies, there'll be a bit more in the way of sunshine around, but it is a day of sunshine and showers. and come the afternoon, the showers are going to be quite widespread — some of them heavy, the greatest risk of seeing thunderstorms stretches from southwest england towards the home counties and east anglia. temperatures, though, could hit 16 or even 17 celsius, which would make it one of the warmest days

of the year so far. from thursday into friday, well, we get more rain. the rain will be widespread across england and wales, some of it'll be really heavy. across more northern areas into scotland, perhaps the far north of england, you're escaping with some drier and brighter weather here. a few spots of rain across eastern areas. those temperatures, though, won't be as high — 12—13 celsius, but those rainfall totals mounting up on the last day of the month. heading into april, well, it's unsettled still — "april showers" pretty much sums it up. expect a bit more rain this weekend.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. on the face of it, russia's war on ukraine has galvanised a strong and united european response — sanctions on moscow, weapons supplies to kyiv and a readiness to host millions of ukrainians fleeing the war. but scratch the surface and there are significant variations. romania is notably reticent about the scale of its aid to ukraine.

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