Tens of thousands of protesters rally across US

In the US, tens of thousands of protesters have rallied across the country to call for stricter gun laws in the wake of two recent mass shootings. Those taking part in the hundreds of marches carried slogans like "I want freedom from getting shot". US President Joe Biden backed the protests, calling on Congress to "pass common-sense gun safety legislation". 

Nineteen children and two adults were killed in the 24 May shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. That attack and



another, days earlier in Buffalo, New York, in which 10 people were killed, has led to renewed calls for action on gun control in the US. On Saturday, the gun safety group March For Our Lives (MFOL) - founded by survivors of the 2018 Parkland school shooting in Florida - said some 450 rallies would be held across the country, including Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The group said it would not let politicians sit back as people continue to die.