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hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program. defiance on the streets but in the political sphere the movements towards mediation between spain and catalonia over secession huge crowds greet the palestinian prime minister in gaza as he brings a message of reconciliation and the british government launches a massive operation to repatriate tens of thousands of passengers stranded by the collapse of monarch airlines. thank you for joining us a gunman has killed at least fifty eight people and injured more than five hundred others at a country music festival in las vegas it's the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history and the country's to her. dread and seventy third this year alone president

trump has called it an act of pure evil police say sixty four year old stephen paddick opened fire from the thirty second floor of the mandalay bay hotel that's on the other side of the last vegas strip from the last vegas village arena where the music festival was taking place a distance of several hundred meters. the gunman shot himself dead as police closed in on him more weapons and ammunition were found during a search of his home near las vegas kimberly how kate has the latest. 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 the concert goers scattered for safety as the gunfire rained down on them from a hotel room thirty two floors above. all sun.

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 including children and this is an individual who is 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 wasn't 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 patrick's 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 horror. 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. kimberly halkett reporting there will be talking to kimberly in just a moment first though we can cross to rob reynolds who is in last vegas set for us at rob i guess a city sort of recovering from the initial shock of what happened tell us a little bit about what's going on there now. i think it's

a city barber that is still very much in shock you know las vegas is a party town it's where people from all over the world europe asia the united states the middle east come to enjoy themselves campbell take in a show of hands today it is a very somber mood you can see behind me a police cars blocking off the famous las vegas strip there are tourists in a very sort of subdued mood walking around just staring at the mandalay bay hotel where the shooter fired down on that defenseless crowd so it is extremely tough a day for las vegas and at the moment police are gathering evidence from the concert venue they've. gathered up the remains of the people who died

you know there are five hundred fifteen people who are being treated for their injuries in addition to those fifty eight who were fatally wounded and today the loved ones of and family members friends of the. people who were killed are being asked to go to a convention center. at mandalay bay to help identify the bodies and also to receive a grief counseling and other assistance from for festivals i mean obviously absolutely heartbreaking to even think about having to do that but i guess the numbers that one going out on that now rob even those might change and they might go out but i suppose there's a lot of people that are very confused and just don't know where their loved ones are right now. that's right in the police and authorities are putting out toll free numbers for people to call you know there were twenty thousand people attending this conference and

a lot of people got separated we're of children being separated from parents of people just being grabbed by strangers and told to run so even some of the neon billboards here on the strip are advertising those toll free numbers for people to call try and get reunited with their loved ones and of course the big question is no motive what drove or impelled or possibly. motivated this man stephen paddick. to do this all accounts he was retiring he would unremarkable person he exhibited no signs of any mental instability we're told police say they had no record even his. close relatives like his brother in florida said that the this is something completely out of the blue had no explanation for it now of course paddock is dead so we'll never know what from his own testimony what may have happened but police will

certainly want to interview his female companion woman named marilou donley she is believed to be in the philippines right now and certainly she may hold the key to some may hold some partial answers to the all of these questions reynolds of the latest there from las vegas from thank you. and now we can go to the white house speak to our correspondent there kimberly halkett kimberly we already as we saw earlier in the program had reaction from the president he called it an act of pure evil and in the past half hour or so we also saw a minute of silence at the white house. right a very somber mood here at the white house as we saw the president along with the first lady malani a trump the vice president and the second lady karen pentz all on the south portico of the white house in front of staff that are congregated there to observe a moment of silence for the victims the number of casualties still climbing in las

vegas the president taking on the role as we often see presidents do it times like this is the comforter in chief certainly donald trump doing that as he prepared and spoke to americans who were waking up to this news many not realizing what had happened until they turned on their radios and televisions this morning in fact not only saying this was an act of evil but also the it's a time for the united states to come together as one as citizens in their grief and so certainly the president trying to unite the country the flag at half staff over the white house is still americans still can't believe there's such shock and disbelief at the large number of dead that number again still climbing but also to reaction from members of congress who say right now including the house speaker that this evil tragedy horrifies us all and we are united in our morning and in our shock and kimberly as you say that the president trying to unite the country right

now but if there's one thing that the united states is the vide it over it's gun control law and even though the details are still very sketchy about what actually pushed even patrick to act the way he did and how we managed to get his guns and ammunition that gun debate has been reignited hasn't it. certainly has and it's very hard to understand living outside the united states why it is that americans care so deeply at least some about retaining that right to bear arms that is unique to the u.s. constitution certainly there are those who are already pointing out that there are many cases where gun save lives that are simply not reported because of the large loss of life but again as we see these tragedies there are those calls for stricter gun laws as well from others on the other side of the debate on the liberal side of the political spectrum certainly there is that call that has been going on at the white house brass press briefing where we had sarah huckabee sanders speaking and

defending the fact that the united states believes that this is not the time to be having this policy discussion with regard to stricter gun control i think one of the things that we don't want to do is. try to create laws that won't. create stop these types of things from happening i think if you look to chicago where you had over four thousand victims of gun related crimes last year they have the strictest gun laws in the country that certainly hasn't helped to there so i think we have to when that time comes for those conversations to take place then i think we need to look at things that may actually have the real impact. still this debate will wage on and certainly i can tell you right now the president will undoubtedly weigh in and has had shifting views on guns in before he was a candidate for president of the united states compared to where he is now but the again the press secretary saying this is something not to be discussed at the

moment for now it is about the president comforting so many victims of so many tragedies on tuesday he will be traveling to puerto rico for the victims of hurricanes there on wednesday he heads to las vegas where he will be meeting with the families and the first responders coping with the loss of their loved ones well kimberly we will of course be following all developments on the story in the hours and days to come for the moment though kimberly how it at the white house thank you now catalonia is leader has called for international mediation over his region's attempt to break away from spain almost nine hundred people were injured when riot police tried to stop sunday's referendum regional officials are saying ninety percent of voters chose secession from spain despite another expectedly low turnout catalan leader catalyst for the moment says the e.u. could step in as mediator but has accused brussels of being timid and lacking courage well the results of the referendum have left those catalans who don't want

to see the region leave spain worried about what will happen next called pinholes be meeting some of them. with the referendum result overwhelmingly in favor of catalonia breaking away those who want spain to remain united becoming fearful of either going to. what they've done is divide scotland society of divided families and marriages. to explore the fault lines i had to meet cattle an artist porsche. says. getting ready for war no stranger to controversy with his politically charged photos but he says rising intolerance is forcing him for wants to keep his anti secession opinions to himself if you not with them you're with franco that's how radicalized they go. it is a scourge and it's going to get worse i think the fracture that this election

course it's a reversible as long as we have the same players ruling the country. believes repression of the catalan language and culture on the general franco's dictatorship which ended in the mid one nine hundred seventy s. may have fueled the independent spirit yet that doesn't change his mind i'm not here to rebuild my grandfather i got my own life i'm looking to the future i love people from madrid i got better friends in madrid so everything that my father grandfather was telling me it doesn't match my reality that's what it is i'm not going to really bench times of change a law across town i head to a social club for men like retired farm worker danielle cab on year zero he migrated here from the neighboring arab gone region in the one nine hundred fifty s. but feel strong loyalty to the rest of the country. catalonia is vibrant economy has

drawn several million workers from poorer corners of spain and abroad. they will never have independent catalonia is a province of spain and always will be that's how it should be the people behind this referendum must be half crazy they'll never achieve it. but that's why i'm leaders i determined to try my best that seems destined to deepen between neighbors and friends call panel al-jazeera barcelona spain. still to come on the program cameroon's government continues its crackdown on independence protestors after soldiers shot dead eight people on sunday and two women plead not guilty as they go on trial in malaysia for the airport murder of kim jong half brother.

however still no shortage of blustery showers rattling in from the atlantic big area cloud rolling across the. countries through scandinavia not a long line of wet weather we are all the way down into that western side of the mediterranean this bumping into an area of high pressure rather more settled weather across the eastern parts of it but that plateau right that will make some progress over the next day or so easing across poland or up into the baltic states and it comes all the way down across to the public austria into southern areas of germany still some pretty wet weather there across southern parts of france should be a tad try there across the british isles but a chilly northwesterly wind coming in sixteen selves for london sixteen celsius for paris as well so how. we go on into the stable make its way further something of a change for those eastern parts things turning rather windy and rather wait for someone celsius in moscow. thirty degrees in the cloud and rainfall he have and

we'll see that's a that's a damp weather just fizzling out as it makes its way across the a ball can still rather disturb city blustery enough across the northwest of europe seventeen or eighteen celsius from london and paris further north we say somewhere west of weather coming through well the possible africa and cloud for the time being. ever since i was a different boy in india my dream was to meet body wood from so five years ago i decided i was finally queen to do it one man's quest to realise a lifelong ambition the story i choose to lose my one and it's john's permission going behind the lens that's gone from saying brings his personal story to life. al-jazeera correspondent my own private bollywood at this time.

and now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera a gunman in las vegas has killed at least fifty eight people and injured more than five hundred others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history officers say suspect stephen paddick killed himself after security forces started firing back more weapons and ammunition were found during a search of his home catalan is leader has called for international mediation over his region's attempt to break away from spain almost one hundred people were injured when riot police tried to stop sunday's referendum. palestinian authority prime minister rami how has arrived in the gaza strip as part of reconciliation

efforts between the fatah party and hamas underlies the new head of a unity government which will have administrative control over gaza but hamas will remain the dominant power in the region herefore sic reports now on his arrival from the erez crossing into gaza. if the rooms of the world community guide then this deal would seem to be off to a good start. the question as with previous attempts at palestinian reconciliation cannot last. at the ready for the palestinian prime minister arrived about an hour late there was little room with everyone straining to hear what he had to say. we've 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. in this car to go through the gates into gaza proper way to be welcomed in person by the hundreds of many young people that can't agree. 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 on the economic pressures of the last ten years i don't have none i'm the only one you want to know 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 not that we shouldn't have it mattered to you but you know i'm an employed graduate like many palestinians we the youth of the backbone of the country thank your 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 employees without

displacing hamas ones and exactly where hamas is military wing because some brigades fit into a unified administration. we will gradually restructure the security apparatus based on partnership the grades weren't even submitted for talks and won't be discussed. 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 the palestinians have been here before over the last ten years only to suffer bitter disappointment this time many are hoping it's different sorry force it al-jazeera garza. 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 died in clashes between protesters and the security forces shelob ellis reports. as you can hear gunshots serious down shots. 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 met by forces of law and order. to have a heavy hand the government banned gatherings of more than four people shut shops and disrupted social media but that didn't stop the english speaking movement they use facebook life twitter and whatsapp to spread the news last shot.

time it got to us i think eleven of which. i took to keep the subject just 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 around. you fired tear gas canisters. so i had to scramble for safety just to show you how tense and how. the situation is the

roots of this crisis began after the first world war when cameroon was divided between the french and the british and 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. venture in and out. international bodies try to force the government to 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. bangladesh and myanmar have agreed in principle to set up

a repatriation plan for the more than half a million range of refugees who have fled violence in myanmar's rakhine state the agreement was made after a representative from myanmar's leader onsen suchi travel to bangladesh for talks with its foreign minister it comes as me and maher has taken foreign diplomats and u.n. representatives on a tour of northern iraq and state where the violent crackdown on the ranger has been taking place well across the border in bangladesh aid groups are warning of a potential humanitarian disaster. just for example the world food for the we're going to need seventy five million dollars just for food alone in the next six much we need access we need roads we need shelter we need support from all around the world because you're talking about little humanitarian disaster if we all get the support we need from health to proper nutrition it's a floor and sanitation shelter this could explode into

a catastrophic humanitarian disaster two women accused of killing the half brother of north korean leader kim jong un have pleaded not guilty at their trial in a malaysian court they're charged with attacking kim jong nam and by smearing his face with a banned nerve agent at kuala lumpur airport in february american and south korean officials say they believe north korea was behind the killing the women say they thought they were playing a prank for a t.v. show the protests against kenya's electoral system have spread around the country capital nairobi police or fire tear gas at demonstrators who are calling for some electoral officials to be sacked protestors accuse them of rigging august's presidential election and are demanding major changes before the vote is rerun later this month al-jazeera catherine sawyer has more now from nairobi. the country wide protests called by the opposition a hard. luke you are right outside. the. movie

a few protesters were discussed. by police in the state in the sunni west and kenya has been peaceful protests as well one of the opposition wants is some electoral reforms ahead of the election and to see if we also want a deal that was stapled in parliament last week and election amendments bulldozed it will do parliament the head of anything else they say this bill is going to taste now some of the proposals include among other things the strengthening of the manjula system so that if there is a dispute that this minute. supersedes anything outside the opposition that's saying that it's in bad faith and all this back and forth and political grandstanding causing a lot of concern and making the walk of the electoral commission really difficult and we're running out of time. but u.k. government is trying to arrange flights for about one hundred ten thousand stranded

passengers after motor carolines was placed into administration with around two thousand staff it's the biggest u.k. airline that has ever collapse the barker reports now from gatwick airport outside london. 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 and 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 sas the civil aviation authority to charter thirty aircraft what's been 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 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 a landing slots a busy airports like gatwick well they're expected now to be covered up between other airlines formed in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight monic 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 an beilin and i tallia to enter administration the fear is all the airlines all say find their wings clipped in this increasingly type of. al-jazeera at london's gatwick apple it. and you can find out much more on our website the address al jazeera dot com. and a reminder of the headlines on al-jazeera a gunman in las vegas has killed at least fifty eight people and injured more than five hundred others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s.

history most of the victims were attending a country music concert when the gunman steven paget opened fire from the thirty second floor of a nearby hotel u.s. president donald trump says he will visit las vegas on wednesday it is called the attack an act of pure evil officers say the gunman killed himself after security forces started filing. we do know that he brought the weapons in on his own original briefing we believe that he was in partnership or companionship of a female and we have determined the female was out of the country so he brought these weapons in on his own as far as method and i don't have the ability to give you an accurate picture this is an individual who is 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 at this point that's what we know now. catalonians

president has called for international mediation over his region's attempt to break away from spain nearly nine hundred people were injured when riot police tried to stop sunday's referendum regional officials say ninety percent of voters chose secession from spain this fight an unexpected leave no time. palestinian authority prime minister rami has arrived in the gaza strip promising to agree build the region and night palestinians it's part of reconciliation efforts between the west bank based fatah party and house which is the dominant power in gaza people in english speaking areas of cameroon say military forces have used the tear gas in a continuing crackdown on pro independence demonstrators following sunday's protests at least seventeen people have died in violence between security forces and protesters in the country's english speaking areas well those are the headlines

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