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Following the school shooting in Uvalde in Texas, some scheduled speakers and performers have backed out of the convention of the National Rifle Association that starts today in Houston. We explain why the NRA --the most powerful organisation in the US lobbying for gun owner rights – is so influential and what is expected from the convention.

We also find out more about the criticism the police are facing over the response in the Uvalde school shooting.

We speak to young gun owners in America about why they have bought or were given firearms, and what sort of shooting training they have sought.

We get an update on the fighting in eastern Ukraine.

And we go back to Senegal to talk about the aftermath of the deaths of 11 babies in a fire at the maternity hospital.

(Photo: A sign for the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention stands inside the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston, Texas, U.S., May 26, 2022. Credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)