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A damning Justice Department report cites "major failures" by Texas police who waited until 21 people had been killed by a mass shooter at a school before finally intervening. Nineteen young children and two teachers were killed when a teenage gunman went on a rampage at Robb Elementary School in May 2022 in America's worst school shooting in a decade. Police eventually shot and killed the gunman. SOUNDBITE
The polling station at South Texas College in the town of McAllen, Texas, opens for the United States midterm elections. Polls have shown the Republicans on track to take control of at least one house of Congress, with former President Donald Trump having all but announced his run for office in 2024. IMAGES
The caskets of Irma Linda Garcia, who was killed when a teenage gunman went on a rampage at Robb Elementary on May 24, and of her husband Joe Garcia, who died days later of a medical emergency, are brought inside the church ahead of the funeral Mass in Uvalde, Texas. IMAGES
Former US president Donald Trump says "law-abiding citizens" should be allowed the firearms they need, to defend themselves against "evil" to members of the National Rifle Association, rejecting calls for tightened gun controls following the Texas school massacre. SOUNDBITE
Top Texas security official Steven McCraw says that in "hindsight", it was the wrong decision for police not to immediately breach the Uvalde classroom where a gunman ultimately shot dead 19 children and two teachers. SOUNDBITE
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announces that US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will travel to the Texan town of Uvalde on Sunday. SOUNDBITE
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