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visits the white house to speak about the growth in anti—asian hate crimes in america. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to bbc news and to our viewers in the uk and around the world. and to our viewers in the uk it's 6am in the morning here in singapore and 1am in ukraine, where it's reported that a russian air strike has hit a chemical plant in the embattled city of severodonetsk, releasing a cloud of dangerous gas. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. the ukrainians say russian forces now control...

visits the white house to speak about the growth in anti—asian hate crimes in america. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in the morning here in singapore and 2am in ukraine, where it's reported that a russian air strike has hit a chemical plant in the embattled city of severodonetsk, releasing a cloud of dangerous gas. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. the ukrainians say russian forces now control most of severodonetsk, the main focus of the russian offensive in the donbas region. the local governor said ...

>> that's correct, this is a memorial near the town square in uvalde, where people have gathered around a fountain. and as you can see, they have laid out candles and balloons and messages to those that were lost in last week's tragic shooting and to their families as well. we actually moved away from the elementary school in part because the president is visiting uvalde, today, and preparations are under way right now for his arrival. that's where we begin this morning. the president once again taking on the role of consoler in chief. in a few hours, president biden is set to visit ...

-- not sure it's going to happen. until the redemptive power of the love of all of our children is greater than the destructive power of the love of our guns and money, and power, until that redemptive love of our children turns into action, then nothing is going to change. >> this can be different. because i think that we have to make it different. and so we cannot give into this feeling that nothing can be done. that works in favor of the status quo that allows our children to live under this threat. we cannot live under this, we have to organize. >> what will be done, i'm not goin...

speak louder than words can that on tuesday at rob elementary school in uvalde texas, this first priority for every single law enforcement officer in the state did not come first. the awful truth which was confirmed today is that police officers waited to storm a classroom while children were hiding inside and calling 911 for help that would not come. for as long as an hour. now we often here police officers talk about split second decisions. this time, the decision to go into a classroom and confront the shooter took 3,600 of those seconds. a full hour. >> a bit of hindsight from wh...