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a gunman has killed at least fifty eight people and injured five hundred fifteen others at a country music festival in las vegas it is the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history and the country's two hundred seventy third this year alone that is an average of one a day president trump has called it an act of pure evil police say the gunman opened fire from the thirty second floor of the mandalay bay hotel that's on the other side of the las vegas strip from the las vegas village arena where the music festival was taking place it's a distance of several hundred meters. well the shooter has been named a sixty four year old steven product he killed himself as police closed in on him more weapons and ammunition were found during a search of his home near las vegas the second like to los vegas and speaks out as rob reynolds and rob bring us up to date with the latest on the investigation a slew of understand it. well what's going on right now felicity is that the police

and other officials are taking great pains to go over the crime scene which is an enormous area that was the struck by about four hundred bullets it's estimated when the alleged shooter stephen paddick opened fire last night on that country music festival they're looking at evidence there with that they have retrieve bodies from the area and in in a couple of hours they're going to be asking. relatives and friends of the victims to gather at a convention center at the mandalay bay that's the same hotel where the shooter fired from thirty second floor to help identify the dead and to receive grief counseling now this of course is as you mentioned one of the worst mass shootings in recent american history and came totally without warning on

a night when many people were simply enjoying themselves with an evening out of that turned into a nightmare in a second can really help it as more. americans woke up to learn of the deadly las vegas shooting that occurred while they slept. the final night of a three day country music festival in progress when the first bullets were fired concert goers scattered for safety as the gunfire rained down on them from a hotel room thirty two for. savant. and. i had my wife had dropped down to just kind of and i told her to get up and start with this is gone we went back to their room and as soon as we reached the room from the concert venue we just heard constant shootings at first we thought it was fireworks but then it was. las vegas police report they're working with state

and federal investigators to determine what motivated sixty four year old stephen paddick to open fire on the crowd of thousands clued in children and this is an individual that was described as a lone wolf i don't know how it could have been prevented if we didn't have any prior knowledge to this individual it was evident that he had weapons in his room we have determined that there has been employees going to and fro from his room and not in an affair is was noticed the shooting reportedly went on for more than ten minutes it stopped when police breached the hotel room door the gunman then turned his weapon on himself at least ten rifles were found in paddocks room u.s. president donald trump offered grieving victims and their families sympathy and support it was an act of pure evil in moments of tragedy and harm america comes together as one. and it always

has. emergency responders expect the number of casualties to continue to climb as police continue to investigate what motivated the gunman to act and what's now being labeled the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history that's right rob isn't it people right now trying to find out much more about the gunman himself. and there's not that much to be known at this point the felicity stephen paddick was a retired accountant or assessor of some kind he lived not far from las vegas in a town called mosquito nevada he and the parent lee enjoyed coming to las vegas to gamble from time to time also a fan of country music but no one who knew him said that he exhibited any signs of violence any mental disorder or any kind of ideology the islamic state eisel

claimed in the hours following the shooting that he paddick was acting on their behalf claiming that he had been converted to islam a short couple of months ago but the f.b.i. here in las vegas has dismissed that saying there's no sign that the paddock had any links to any international organizations of that type and even his family members were completely dumbfounded here is one of stephen haddocks rather speaking in orlando florida. there's just nothing he's on the public record he did stuff he went to college he had a job. and you know we own some apartments we sold some apart we i mean there's there's nothing there was no. nothing that's what's so. i mean. i mean i can't even make something up

there's just. there's nothing. you can hear the be willed or meant in that man's voice the brother of steven patrick patrick of course now dead so his motives cannot be ascertained from his own testimony police will be very interested in speaking to his what has been described as his female companion marilou john lee who is. it was not with him here in las vegas it is reported to be or abroad possibly in the philippines that may be a good source of information for police as they try to figure out the why of this seemingly on comprehensible in comprehensible act listening in las vegas thank you take you from los vegas to washington d.c. and speaks all white house correspondent kimberly how that can be sawyer in your reports that president trump described it as an axe of evil tell us more about the reaction in the u.s.

capitol well already there has been as there often is following shootings in the united states a very polarized debate that is now getting under way with respect to gun control and the need for and against stricter gun control laws i can tell you that certainly this is something as a white house press briefing is set to get under way that the press secretary sara sanders is likely to face in terms of reaction well there certainly has been widespread grief from lawmakers who are issuing their statements there are also now are these questions being raised about the need for for tougher gun laws something that does vary from state to state of course congress has been regulating guns particularly since one nine hundred thirty four but it's up to the individual states and just how strict those gun laws can be i can tell you though those weighing in certainly include at least one former lawmaker gabby giffords who was shot in the head eighteen times in twenty eleven she has become

a vocal advocate for stricter gun laws along with her husband former astronaut mark kelly. background checks for all gun sales you know is a good first step gun trafficking you know really taking a hard look at what kind of lethal weapon should we allow people to get easy access to i mean we don't have all the details in the shooting today but it was pretty clear that he used some kind of automatic weapon maybe multiple automatic weapons to do this i mean these weapons are designed to kill a lot of people very quickly the nation's counting on you. well certainly there are others on the other side of the debate here in the united states that would argue very strongly that guns save lives there was in fact a shooting at a church in the united states in the u.s. state of tennessee about a week ago that wasn't well publicized because there wasn't

a massive loss of life as we're seeing in las vegas that many argue was prevented because one of the ushers was carrying a weapon and was able to apprehend the suspect in that case but certainly this debate is going to way john felicity i can tell you that what has been ruled out is rob reynolds also reported as any sort of connection to international terror but of course there are still a lot of questions to be answered in terms of motive and certainly that gun control debate continues to way john as we expect the white house press briefing and reporters will be answering or rather asking some very tough questions the senate will committee how close out the white house thank you well of all of the state where this attack happened has some of the most relaxed gunnels in the united states from all this so we're joined from durham north carolina by david chang he's director of the triangle center on terrorism and homeland security thanks so much for being with us on the program and let's deal with the gun debate first of all the debate's going to be had all over again is that

a debate that's likely to make any difference though to the tightening of guns in the u.s. . well i think it can if you look internationally countries that have more restrictive gun laws actually have fewer gun homicides there are a variety of things that can be done and i think we really have to ask ourselves with respect to these kinds of weapons this huge volume of firepower why any citizen would need that level to protect themselves we have a right to in our constitution the supreme court recognize a right to defend yourself but not to be solo armed militia as this individual was but you to feel that if anything was going to lead to a tightening all of us gun laws it would have been the killing of those children in sandy hook back in two thousand and twelve obama was trying to push for the os it didn't happen under president trump even more unlikely to happen.

well this is just a choice that us society has to make we have to decide whether we want to have some laws that are reasonable and limit the extent of gun prevalence in our country or live with these kinds of incidents that will happen on occasion we really can't have it both ways we can have a populace that has access to this level of firepower and then expect that these things aren't going to happen to my mind this was a disaster waiting to happen it was not a surprise to me at all and if we don't do something we'll continue to have these predictably again in the future we don't know when where we don't know what the motivation of the individual will be and none of that really matters what matters is how they executed the killing of so many and injury of so many people and that's what we have to focus on the other debate that we've seen quite a lot of on social media following this here i think the talk is whether or not the

top should be described as terrorism as a terrorist attack what do you think what should be the definition of a terrorist attack. well this certainly was a terrorizing act but terrorism is violence motivated by some sort of political purpose and we just saw known enough at this stage about this particular individual's motivation to determine whether it was terrorism under that you know commonplace definition you know i was looking at nevada state statutes as an act of terrorism means any act that involves the use or attempted use of sabotage question of violence which is intended to cause great bodily harm or death to the general population doesn't talk about political. motives in the states not to nevada well we have a lot of laws on the books in the fifty states in the united states are federal

laws so there's a question about what the legal definition is and then there's the question about you know those of us who study this particular phenomenon the phenomenon of terrorism has always been considered some form of political violence that's how we distinguish it between things like crime or things like. you know a psychopathic. mass murder so you know i think we can get caught up on these definitions and they really just don't have that much meaning maybe it'll be prosecuted under that statute of course he's dead but people in the future but the question really isn't you know whether this was terrorism or not the question is you know how do we stop these horrible killings and that change our society in very negative ways and of course cause tremendous harm to all the victims and families really interesting to talk to you david chance joining us there from. carolina thanks for your time thank you. a still ahead on this news from london the

palestinian prime minister makes a rare trip to garza with a message of reconciliation for hamas. was a u.n. investigation revealed about the cargo on this ship that arrived in egypt from north korea plus. we're going to dedicate this trophy to. going through so much. and donald trump takes a different tone at a sporting event chad will be here to tell you more about what he said at golf's president's cup. first catalonia as president has called for international mediation to resolve the crisis over his region's attempts to breakaway from spain almost nine hundred people were injured when riot police tried to stop sunday's referendum colors pushed them all said the overwhelming yes vote meant catalonia had won the right to

be an independent state but he softened his previous line saying he wants a new understanding with spain not a traumatic break the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has been meeting the opposition leader to discuss his response spain's constitution gives him the power to dismiss catalonia as regional government and suspend its ptolemy wish to mobilize the you to intervene but he considers it an internal matter for spain a european commission spokesman has called for all players to move from confrontation to dialogue we have correspondents standing by in both barcelona and madrid let's go first to john hendren in barcelona and dollar tell us a little bit more about what's happening in catalonia now what twenty four hours after that referendum. it has been a busy and fraught twenty four hours and one of the main subjects that people here are talking about is the reaction of the spanish national police and the guard

seville. there were an as you mentioned a number of people hurt and people here have have really been upset about that hundreds of protesters have stood outside of the headquarters of the spanish national police protest lasted all day long there was a protest as well here in the square where i am right now and so that has really dominated the conversation and made it a much more somber celebration then it would have otherwise been the guardian seville has been turned out five hundred of them of local hotels because of what they did yesterday and the european union has now changed its agenda and as i'm sorry the european parliament has changed its agenda and scheduled a talk on a debate on wednesday about catalonia and the independence movement here and of course the president carlos. has said he's going to move forward with his

move toward independence. defiant catalans want to turn a disputed secession vote into an independent nation. is a strong nation and i feel. i don't look and doing great things and i don't just been is because of the biota is because of the repression and i don't like spain because of all of that catalonia is leader asked the world to accept his regions vote for independence and broker a divorce from spain a woman of. the moment calls the mediation and has to be internationals used to be effective. called for a formal independence vote from the regions parliament the response from the european union was swift and to secessionist disappointing on their of the spanish constitution yesterday's vote to cut the lonia was not to go in madrid prime minister marianna real horror met with his cabinet as his country faced a constitutional crisis catalonia might be on the verge of declaring itself an

independent nation but the day after the referendum looks pretty much like the day before there's a healthy economy here and a booming tourism industry and many people say that's just the point with or without spain because here we run pretty much the same you're. in barcelona catalonia protested against a violent spanish crackdown. at the poles spanish national police in riot gear descended on polling sites with but tongs and rubber bullets injuring more than eight hundred catalogs. the tourists in barcelona crowded the sidewalk for a new spectacle a confrontation between demonstrators and spanish national police who carried out the crackdown. by get out that i was defending the school and police kicks me to the ground and told me late now ople kill you as catalonia returned to something

like normality a rift. which strain seems wider than ever. on tuesday trade unions in procession groups have called for a general strike the trade unions want to make it clear that they are striking against the spanish police reaction yesterday and not necessarily in favor of secession i have a guest with me to talk about what has been going on here lately she is a professor of constitutional law at the university of barcelona and her name is are here thank you for joining us let me ask you for for starters the big question that i think everybody around the world is asking and that is was this referendum legal not on the. other. i mean the constitution of the constitution that's not. independent referendum. or constitutional court. several times not.

with the current constitution so we should change it. carlos. the president of catalonia has said that he's going to declare independence or that he's going to ask the parliament here to the local parliament is that legal or not i mean from the point of. the constitution again it is not legal but the thing is that three weeks ago with the three weeks ago or one month ago already yes they. parliament. in bridge in breach of the constitutional. right now so what are spain's options you've got prime minister mariano rajoy. what are his options now can he take over this province if declares independence what are always options well i think that the best option would be have. an open

dialogue but then coming back to. it to use the tools that they are talking about the one of the constitution that provides. for the. government for the national government to take over tanami of their region totally or just a part of it and they say it could happen an my. it might. not. tool to call for new elections in. well this is a debate there's going to go on the european union today has said that this was an illegal election but they urged to talk to him on to resolve this issue and to try to come up with some kind of solution here but this rift between spain and catalonia is not going away any day soon tell me in barcelona thanks very much

let's take you to tony he's in the spanish capital madrid force that feels like a bit of a stalemate rights now tony with the both sides waiting to see what the other one will do. yes i mean after the yesterday's frantic happenings it's been a very quiet day but it's a lot of talks have been going on behind closed doors as we understand it none of it between the castle and government or the spanish government mr hoyer the prime minister has been meeting the leaders of the main three parties in spain presumably to work out some kind of strategy and to see where they can go from here but the point from the constitutional lawyer there the spanish justice minister did warn today that if there was a unilateral declaration of independence that could trigger the invoking article one five five and that means madrid would take over direct direct rule of catalonia so that would be really upping the stakes are

a great deal and nobody wants that who knows but the dialogue issue is one that while european countries have been saying it's an internal matter everybody has been stressing that dialogue is very important and that's something that's been totally absent in the lead up to this whole referendum there's been no talking in fact is bad blood between castle and government and mr roy but they are fragmented here also they have everyone has a different opinion even members of his own party want to see perhaps an election so he will then get a direct mandate from the from the people the opposition party but there must want to have a motion of no confidence in mr roy and get him sacked but that's unlikely to happen because the socialist party is backing him up so we're having a lot of to ing and fro ing if that unilateral declaration happens and of course that raises the threshold even higher and who knows what happens then tony but even the latest there in the spanish capital thank you tony. now people in english speaking areas of cameroon say the government is continuing its crackdown on

independence demonstrators after deadly protests on sunday at least seventeen people have now died in clashes between protesters and the security forces reports . as you can. yes gunshots serious gunshot wound us cameron's unification day was anything but unify the country is split down linguistic lines french and english and english speakers seized the anniversary to demand independence. there were many forces of law and order let me talk to. you over here the end of the government banned gatherings of more than four people shot shops and disrupted social media but that didn't stop the english speaking movement they use facebook life twitter and lot set to spread the news i must shot.

time and you got to. the level of damage that you know and it's too good to keep what people shop do it trust independence activists say five of the dead were prisoners escaping a jail that caught fire cameron's president paul bia responded with a statement on facebook saying i strongly condemn all acts of violence regardless of their sources and their perpetrators let me make this very clear it is not forbidden to voice any concerns in the republic however nothing great can be achieved by using verbal excesses street violence and a final authority. gunshots were heard throughout the night heavily armed military personnel patrolled english speaking areas on monday and shot tear gas at residents on the street i run into. so i had to scramble to safety just to show you how tense and how good. the situation is the

roots of this crisis began after the first world war when cameroon was divided between the french and the british at its independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty one english speakers from british areas joined french cameroon instead of neighboring nigeria they complain the french have always stifled their language and culture french speakers disagree and supported a unified cameron on sunday and some english speakers agree with them the separatists wanted a crisis to. eventually end up. trying to force the government change the constitution. for a vote power has been cast in southern areas of cameroon and when phones die so are the ability to find out more about what is going on shall it ballasts al-jazeera or

there is also to come on this new project in berlin helping refugees learn about the history of the host country and the lands they had to leave. the u.k. government acts to repack create more than one hundred thousand stranded passengers off the airline goes past. the first tough to face at the home away from home trouble tell you who inflicted the loss in sport. hello there we're seeing a fair amount of rain over turkey at the moment it's showing up fairly clearly on the satellite picture you can see the cloud is gradually drifting its way towards the east so heavy rain over the northern parts of turkey then also working its way over parts of azerbaijan as well and slowly that system is drifting its way towards catholics are getting

a little bit higher the further towards the south you see plenty of cloud showing up on the satellite picture but it's gradually fizzling out now and it's looking more or less clear force as we head through the next few days so just the old cloud perhaps bubbling up with plenty of sunshine and barely any rain to talk to was the southwest you can see it would be more in the way of gray weather working its way towards cape town we may see the or shower here with. for the. journey to work. for me. i prefer to live don't. cotton to. life and live in a dangerous journey. to the rails and nearly died. our children go to school and live because of the break. the democratic republic of congo at this time on al jazeera. i sometimes feel that we are really looking into

the hearts and the soul of those directly involved in advance taking place with very good at telling all sides of the story from the political elite to those people who think that you really get to know what's happening on the ground that's very important for me as a third generation so i can often feel that my continent is misrepresented and we've changed that your story is important to us it doesn't matter where you come from. welcome back undermined at the top stories here on the al-jazeera news a gunman in las vegas has killed at least fifty eight people and injured five

hundred fifty others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. u.s. president donald trump is called the attack an act of pure evil in the last half hour his spokeswoman has said it's premature to discuss gun control policies. and catalonia as leader has called for international mediation off to his region's referendum on breaking away from staying with nine hundred people were injured the right place tried to stop the vote. iran has deployed dozens of tanks along its border with iraq's kurdish region if by iraqi ca's in favor of independence a week ago the referendum was held in defiance of the government in baghdad as well as neighboring turkey and iran which fear kurdish separatism within their own borders deployment as part of joint military drills with iraqi armed forces. at least eleven people have been killed in a series of suicide bombings at a police station in the syrian capital damascus police offices on civilians are

among the. reports from neighboring lebanon it's not the first time that station has been targeted in. the aftermath of the attack on the aisle but on police station is plain to see a suicide car bomb went off in front of the heavily fortified four story building according to witnesses shortly after the blast two other bombers strapped with explosives bourse their way inside the station one set off his device at the main entrance while the other detonated his belt on the first floor and this is the first major attack in damascus since july but it's not the first time the police station located in the city's south has been targeted last december a nine year old girl posing as a last child carried an explosive device into the station it was then set off remotely killing her and injuring a police officer. in a statement on monday's attack the syrian minister of interior ibrahim said such

explosions will not deter us from confronting terrorism in all of syria we will continue to investigate the circumstances of the bombings and the identity of the terrorists. whatever the case questions are no doubt being asked about how a major attack could again be carried out on such a sensitive location inside damascus which is home to president bashar al assad since the start of the conflict nearly seven years ago the capital has had heavy security whenever damascus is targeted in an attack security is raised then government forces carry out retaliatory strikes in opposition held areas but given this is the second suicide attack on the same police station in less than a year there will no doubt be pressure on us and forces to respond quickly and with major force in al jazeera beirut. palestinian authority prime minister rami hamdullah has the city of the gaza strip as a reconciliation efforts between the west bank based p.a.

and the hamas government in gaza he is the new head of a unity government which will have administrative control over gaza but hamas will remain the dominant power are a force that reports from gaza. if the warmth of the world can were any guide then this deal would seem to be off to a good start the the question as with previous attempts at palestinian reconciliation cannot last. a formal garden a military band were at the ready when the palestinian prime minister arrived about an hour late there was little room for them and everyone straining to hear what he had to say now what. would come back to gaza this beloved part of our nation to achieve reconciliation national unity to end all appearances and consequences of the painful split will reconstruct gaza brick by brick with firm steps towards harmony and unity. is leaving in this car to go through the

gates into gaza proper way to be welcomed in person by the hundreds of many young people have come to greet him the test of this deal the test of any future unified administration is how it serves that generation has been so lost and found life so difficult and the economic pressures of the last ten years. were torn out i want them to find jobs for us to integrate us in their government system we want to live with a minimum of dignity and honor. naturally if we are iman or employed graduate like many palestinians we the youth of the backbone of the country they should supporters but for any of that to happen the unity government invited to reassume power last month by hamas needs to stick the smiles were brought at home dollars meeting with hamas leader ismail haniyeh and others but so have been the divisions over how to reintegrate p.a. employees with a. displacing hamas ones and exactly where hamas is military wing because some brigades fits into a unified administration and couple of years we will gradually restructure the

security apparatus based on partnership the grades weren't even submitted for talks and won't be discussed with a potential positive according to one analyst the lack of explicit opposition so far from the us or israel so it seems to me that there is. a grand. project for the region in which to cool down the palestinian israeli conflict. america and israel to focus more on other heated issues like north korea iran palestinians have been here before over the last ten years only to suffer a bit of disappointment this time many are hoping it's different sorry force it gaza an investigation by the united nations has revealed that the egyptian government has been trading weapons with north korea that breaks an internationally young young in response to its nuclear weapons program. this

north korean vessel flying a cambodian flag was intercepted by u.s. intelligence agencies near egypt the ship was carrying a cargo of all but hidden underneath were thirty thousand rocket propelled grenades egypt initially denied it had anything to do with the seas cargo but a panel of united nations investigators say there grenades were destined for the egyptian army. u.n. and u.s. experts say north korea has built a vast network of overseas clients to evade international sanctions the cash starved country is selling cheap weapons to a long list of clients in africa latin america and asia the u.s. is concerned revenue from the arms trade could help more korea pursue its nuclear weapons program. the cargo destined for egypt was later destroyed but in

response the trump administration froze two hundred ninety million dollars of aid to egypt and is calling on its allies to comply with the tough sanctions imposed. after a string of recent missile and nuclear tests but for the time being north korea seems determined to find ways to bypass those sanctions. two women accused of assassinating the a strange half brother of the north korean leader kim jong un have pleaded not guilty at the trial in malaysia charged with killing kim jong nam by smearing his face with a nerve agent. international airport from the high court and. reports. the two suspects accused of killing him arrive in court on monday morning under heavy security wearing bulletproof vests and flanked by armed police officers from

indonesia and from vietnam and led into the courthouse they're accused of swapping came the half brother of north korean leader kim jong but the vieques nerve agent a highly toxic substance that happened at kuala lumpur international airport earlier this year the two women have paid it not guilty to murder american and south korean officials have said they believe north korea was behind the killing dawn's lawyer says he's confident he'll be able to prove her innocence read all the evidence from the prosecution. put them together objective analysis we can prove their innocence. the two women are not the only suspects in the case for the men still at large have also been accused of the murder but the names have not been released they are thought to have planned the killing the lead prosecutor in his opening statement said the prosecution will present evidence to show what roles the four played in the murder. police have said before on north koreans believed to

have left malaysia hours after the. defense lawyers have demanded the prosecution provide their names but the judge has overruled their request just for show using for them part of a fair trial. and we don't wish we feel you don't let me be unfair to day q yes he should know that i was having a meeting so they be able to answer the charge the prosecution could take up to two months to present its case after which the judge will rule on whether there is a case for the defense to answer the accused have said through lawyers and diplomats that they thought they were taking part in a prank for a television show and not an elaborate matter that has caught the world's attention florence we. are. talking to the white house now where president trumps holding a minute's silence for the victims of the las vegas shooting.

president from his wife went on a white pants and his wife there leading up one minute silence on the front lawn of the white house in tribute to the fifty eight people who died in the las vegas shooting on sunday he says he will visit the city on wednesday five hundred fifteen other people were injured in that attack the gunman sixty four year old stephen pot it killed himself as police approached him in his room on the thirty second floor of the mandalay bay hotel where he shots into a crowd of around twenty thousand people enjoying a country music festival that like to sing the apps the white house. mind of their shock and miramar have agreed in principle to set up a repository asian plan for the more than half a million refugees who fled violence in may a mars were kind state the agreement was made after a representative from e.m.r. leader aung san suu kyi traveled to bangladesh for talks with its foreign minister

it comes as mere man has taken foreign diplomats and u.n. representatives on a tour of northern rock island states where the violent crackdown on the ranger has been taking place the russian opposition leader alexina valley has been sentenced to twenty days in jail for organizing an authorized rally he's charged with violating laws that surround public meetings and rallies. says he hopes to run for president against a lot of blood i'm a puritan in elections in notch but he has been declared ineligible because of a suspended prison sentence. to germany now where a far right party now has a major presence in parliament after last weekend's elections the alternative for germany party gained many votes by attacking the decision to let in a million refugees two years ago but those new arrivals it is a time of uncertainty but one project in berlin is trying to create understanding and unity as not in baba found out. but. he's in

his element sharing the ancient history of his homeland in archaeology graduate from iraq he's also a part time going to pergamon museum which includes a reconstruction of the famous ishtar gate in babylon and most of the people he's showing around came to germany as refugees. or he had been because i've been here for some time i can help them with lots of things that mrs ford to me the great thing is it's not just about museums about forming a new life here and part of life is culture. his visitors are often surprised to learn so much about the places mainly iraq and syria which they've had to flee into for unknown she enjoys we have seen ancient iraqi exhibits we learn things we didn't know about before and it's great to learn about your culture but the only way you have to see i'm home from there is a room from aleppo which was super i've seen lots about my own country i was

homesick but also really happy to see things i haven't seen for years. this is just one of several billion museums taking part in the project called meeting point and as well as bringing people together one of its aims is to emphasize the contribution of migrants right up to the present day to western culture without migration there would be no power there would be no we because everything which is counterproductive based on migration knowledge of techniques if you look to music to from the other free to our nothing in our history would exist without their history. these images of destruction from world war two a part of the german historical museum it's not hard to see why exhibits like this would resonate with refugees when they come here the two here takes in centuries of history including religious wars emigration the holocaust and of course reunification what's important for them to know more about the society of the culture where they are actually they can relate the german history and what

happened in in germany which is a history of war and destruction to their history in syria and iraq and we hope that by doing so they also get a kind of wish and hope that in the long run maybe things will change that the government's asylum policy was the focus of much attention in the run up to the election the people behind this venture hope those refugees already here will feel appreciated and inspired to learn more about their new home the barber al jazeera building the u.k. government is trying to arrange flights for about one hundred ten thousand stranded passengers after the monica on was placed into administration with around two thousand staff that is the biggest u.k. line that has ever collapsed the bulk of reports from gatwick airport. monex to mines is a major blow to britain's aviation industry the collapse has left one hundred ten thousand customers stranded overseas

a further three hundred thousand future bookings have been cancelled more than two and a half thousand people are expected to lose their jobs at gibraltar airport passengers awaited news of replacement flights the british government's asked the civil aviation authority to charter thirty aircraft what's being described as the largest peacetime repatriation of british citizens this is a hugely difficult day for passengers for staff we've been working with other tour operators other airlines over the last twenty four hours to try and make sure that is the earliest possible opportunity for people here to rebook their holidays the collapse has been blamed on an increase in aviation fuel costs and a slump in the value of the pound following the u.k.'s vote monex also faced tough competition from other low cost carriers especially on mediterranean routes the company says recent attacks targeting tourists in tunisia egypt and turkey have led to a slump in travel and numbers to key destinations contributing to losses of four hundred

million dollars last year terrorism probably has been the main the major cause of monarchs failure because there are two particular markets i read see results and remark was a really major player takeover talks with other airlines including norwegian air collapsed at the last minute leaving monaco unable to renew its air travel organizers license that protects customers from being stranded abroad monaco also has an engineering wing that could in theory continue to operate despite the collapse of the airline when it comes to its aviation assets though including lucrative landing slots a busy airports like gatwick or they're expected now to be covered up between other airlines formed in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight mollett was the country's fifth largest carrier a pioneer in low cost travel and the larger. yet to go out of business is one of several european airlines including air berlin and alitalia to enter administration

the fear is other airlines by also find their wings clipped in this increasingly turbulent market al-jazeera at london's gatwick airport now you know asco world heritage site has reopened in india after major flood damage it was forced to close its gates to tourists because of the deluge that also caused the deaths of some of its. concepts this report this is a sight to many people in india's province thought they would never see because you don't get national park reopened for tourists maybe it only partially severe floods over the summer submerged huge swathes of the park forcing the most famous resident of the one horned rhino to flee to higher ground the world heritage site faces flooding every summer but this year severe floods force record numbers of the rhino to move in the initial flooding seven rhinos died while floods caused deaths and damage the annual cycle is necessary to regenerate the grasslands essential for

animals like rhinos elephants and wall buffaloes the floods also fill up four hundred bodies of water located inside the park the fact that they were able to open even partially is a relief to the director. ward although the water levels reduced but due to rain we are still facing difficulties in repairing the entire tourist we hope to repair it as soon as possible. the return of tories has delighted local businessmen who rely on the park for income the tories seem equally excited to be back it was the first day the video was beautiful and we had a lovely sighting of the day knows they were there in their natural habitat and that in the water with their babies it was a wonderful experience but some are concerned that the park hasn't fully recovered from the floods they fear the park could take short cuts to accommodate tourism and that may have an environmental impact in the future. which is of ok time to get the latest for snakes now history. thank you both lower football club president

joseph part of mayors says the decision to hold sunday's game against last pomus behind closed doors was a political one and had nothing to do with security fans were told fifteen minutes before kick off that they wouldn't be allowed into the new camp stadium because of safety concerns following violence over the catalan referendum but bottom a now would miss the stunt helped alert the world to events in catalonia because the game could be seen in more than one hundred sixty countries the decision has turned out to be unpopular with some former coach but while your list said that the game should not have been played or board members including barcelona as vice president have resigned over the decision earlier i spoke to gold dot com spanish football correspondent ben haywood he told me that barcelona had noise no choice to stay out of the politics of the catalan referendum. i think they were left with a difficult decision because obviously you know tensions were running high

a lot of people didn't want the match to be played at all barcelona were told by the professional football league however that if they didn't play the game they would lose out on six points or three points for forfeiting the fixture and a three point punishment as well and so they were in most of the players when they found out wanted to go ahead and play the game that's why barcelona decided alternate leads play it behind closed doors it was a political gesture the motto as you mentioned miss more than a club you know bustling have always been in extruded linked to politics you know go back to the franco era the camera was a place one of the very few places in barcelona where fans could could go and speak the language of course the council on language wasn't you know couldn't be spoken it was illegal during from korea they want routes where there are flags and you know sort of on a bus and it's always been a symbol it's something of an unofficial defacto national team for catalonia for many people and i think it's always going to be linked to politics so i think they

had to do something and you know all the catalan clubs apart from a spaniard. you know came out to support their citizens and also tomorrow there's going to be a general strike in catalonia and boston was opposing that along with espanol and other clubs as well so i think yeah i think they're always going to be like politics really well a lot of football fans around the right wondering what will happen to the club if catalan it gains independence according to catalan sports minister the club will no longer be able to play in the league and barcelona could end up plying their trade in the english premier league also manage aceveda hopes it might come to that. i try to learn qatar. if possible and i want to join in the premier league makes the title even more difficult for everybody. but i don't think i. but you know. it's interesting because the to the room and but of course we have.

incidents on the sporting side because we're not a highly political club and it's interesting to see how they respond. in the championship or politics of sport mixing at the golf course president trump was on hand toward the u.s. team the president's cup trophy but he used that prize giving ceremony to send a message to those suffering from devastation caused by a series of hurricanes in recent weeks. i mean out of all of the people of texas and all of the people if you look today and you see what's happening how horrible it is but we have it under really great control puerto rico and the people of florida who have really suffered over this last short period of time with a hurricane i want to just remember them and we're going to dedicate this trophy to all of those people that went through so much that we. still want to thank you.

u.s. open champion sloane stephens is crashed out of the china open it's her second tournament exit in two weeks meanwhile tennis is well someone got been was also having a bad day at wimbledon champion retired in the first round she was trailing six one to love to bat for a strict over before calling it a day. over in japan tops the man in chile which made quick work of greece's stefan as. well number five winning six three six two to reach the second round of the tokyo open. in cricket sri lanka have completed a thrilling twenty one run victory of a pakistan in their first test it was a bonus day with sixteen wickets falling in total on day five sri lanka resumed on sixty nine oh yes a shot to five wickets to help dismiss the sri lankans for only one hundred thirty eight that my x.

serves victory target was one hundred thirty six that they would fire fall short of that rangana herath picked up six wickets missed the pakistan team for only one hundred fourteen the second test is in dubai and starts on friday. thought this through spending that means that you know today tracy i didn't thirty six expected with one good partnership to chase it down so that's that's particularly disappointing it was challenging but you know probably shouldn't get their man. over and purchased room south africa crushed bangladesh by three hundred thirty three runs in their first test chasing four hundred twenty four for victory the tourists didn't even make it a launch on day five three wickets each in the morning session from a he said about her and. helped ball the bangladeshis out for just ninety and that is all useful for now but it's a philistine in london thank you joe now the nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to three u.s. scientists but their research on the biological clock yes by examining fruit flies

jeffrey hall michael ross bass and michael young were able to show how genes help control the body's daily rhythms the nobel committee says their findings help us understand sleeping patterns and how important they are for human health you look for a similar kind of machinery and more complex organisms first mice yes then humans yes it's there and then. you start finding that. the mutations are associated with clear patterns of average sleep. in humans i think we all agree that sleep is hugely important from the joint barbara starr in a couple of minutes. i

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