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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 movies 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. well let's start the program by taking a live to last vegas where city officials are giving a news conference on the investigation into sunday's mass shooting let's listen in right good afternoon everyone i'm obviously sure from bartow clark county. this will be our fourth media briefing since the incident took place yesterday evening.

i'm going to give you just a short synopsis of our updates and then we have other individuals here standing behind me they're going to make some comments reference or other issues associated with the today's events. so. there's two things were attempting to achieve one is we have to finish processing the scenes we had three separate scenes we are working now actually it will be four at this point so we have the thirty second floor of the room at the mandalay bay we have the event location the house and the ski and then now we have swat standing by getting ready to hit the house and northern nevada. at this point we did that in the last briefing i was unable to tell you what we retrieved from the house and the skeet we retrieved in the excess and how many farms was an excess of eighteen additional firearms

some explosives and several thousand rounds of ammo along with some electronic devices that we are evaluating at this point. i mention this what is about to breach the house up in northern nevada and then i'm going to give you an update on the casualty numbers we are currently standing at five twenty seven for individuals injured and individuals that have died or passed away fifty nine. so what we're doing at this point we have several people calling about personal items located at the stadium we are not done processing that scene yet and once we are done processing the scene we will make arrangements for people that attended the stadium they believe they have personal items there to respond to the area and we will help you retrieve your items. at this point i want to bring greg cassell forward from the county fire department and he will give you an update on the

family resource center prior to that i think it's important for and i appreciate for you to put this out for the people families that are responding to the las vegas area some local proprietary have offered up rooms for the family members at no charge and that is the boyd group stations casinos south point where mr gone and i also see those suites so one more time the boy group stations casinos the south point with mr gone and the siegel suites so. individuals responding to the las vegas area in need of combinations. those individual properties will accommodate you so great. thank you sheriff my name is greg castle fire chief of clark county fire department is the sheriff said i was a couple things i want to mention the first off is the family assistance center the family assistance center set up right now it's

a combination of police department fire department the coroner's office and other local entities working together to provide the services for the families and for the coming that are coming into town or that are still here trying to handle what has happened with their loved ones they're providing all kinds of services as the sheriff said many places have stepped up to provide flights housing food transportation and many other things that's it's a wonderful thing for a community have come forward and done this facility is located in the south all the convention center as to and it's pretty much taking up the entire south hall there's also a donation drop off area that's been set up to facilitate people want to drop off nonperishable goods over there at that site water and so forth those and the entrance to that is off of sierra vista right just west of this convention center area command metro building at brown and sierra vista. so i'd like to take an opportunity right now to thank the men and women of the fire departments the clark county fire department obviously very near and dear to my heart. and that was great

kessel fire chief there we were hearing that news conference earlier we heard from the sheriff joseph lombardo of car county which is where les vegas is just giving an update about the last vegas shoots and we'll be dipping in and all that one thing we did find out is that when the house all of the gunmen was searched unless keith which is near les vegas eighteen additional firearms were found so we will be keeping an eye on that news conference but while we're doing that let's go to rob reynolds who is in less vegas now for us rob i guess he has will be coming out in the next few hours or so what do you think the main points of the investigation will be what do you think the main focuses of officers a vest against this. well of course there will be

a. powerful. urge to find a motive for this attack and whether with the amount of planning that went into it whether anyone else was involved although they have said that stephen paddick the deceased gunman was acting as a lone wolf still want to check very carefully to see if he had it he associates who might have known anything who might perhaps facilitated his purchase. of firearms and note also barbara that she from the bartow mentioned that they found explosive devices at his house and miss kate that's about a little over one hundred kilometers from. this city of las vegas other questions will be for i think the the broader. phrasing of this incident how to keep people safe in the future if you have venues like these that are open and relatively unguarded how can you prevent so. one who has

access to this stream li powerful military grade board minutes from taking advantage of those facts i think also there will be a public. inquiry or in poll in the court of public opinion if you will about the definition of terrorism whether this act constitutes terrorism and police are not calling it such but whereas other acts such as the pulse nightclub attack in in orlando last year do constitute terrorism so there's that question of labeling and of course that raises questions of questions of of race and religion and very complex and sensitive a series of questions that go along with it and i'll think i think that the police will face some questions as to whether anyone saw anything going on with

this man who a man's this tremendous armory of weapons in his home and was able to sneak one more than ten guns some would say a nineteen or so guns into this public hotel of that nobody saw anything going on nobody saw anything amiss was he that much of a mastermind it doesn't seem like he's anything he was an extraordinary really adept man so these are some of the questions i think that are going to be coming out either immediately or in the future barbara from rannells with the latest from les vegas rob thank you and for more on the last vegas shooting was joined by john matthews farm out assen in texas he's the executive director of the community safety institute and a former police officer sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera so we just had some more details come out from that news conference based on the available information that we've had now and really in the past twelve hours or so

what kind of image what has stood out for you about the this shooter in las vegas. well this is an absolutely horrific event and to me would stands out is the planning the preparation that he read it the room three days in advance the room that overlooked the event he could see the fences being constructed he could see where people were coming going in and out he could see the interest eager is the main exits where people were using so there was a ton of planning apparently set up not one but two shooting platforms that means that he looked at his hotel room and said you know i can set up a kill zone a year but if i go out this window i can set up a larger kill zone expanding the number of targets that he had down there so a lot of planning a lot of preparation and moving the guns of the ammo up into the hotel room so he could prepare for it and even to the point i heard of putting up cameras so he knew

when the police were about to get him lots of planning lots of preparation this is obviously premeditated hotels in the last vegas trip are absolutely huge i mean there casinos their morals and then their hotels as well but this it's still not surprise you that he was able to bring all of those rifles up to his room no you know i travel a lot i'm in hotels a lot and really once you check in i could go to my car ten times and bring a different bag up no one would ever suspect anything especially if i put it in a regular looking suitcase you know we don't have checkpoints we don't have baggage dominators we're not looking for that and certainly not looking for someone to carry hundred thousands arounds of ammunition up to their room so no it's fairly easy not just in vegas but in most of the tales that i've ever been to to carry whatever you want to the room and i mean from all we have so far which in a way isn't much what have you made of the profile of the shooter and is there such

a thing as a stereotypical mass shooter. yeah i really don't think there is we've had mass shooters of every different type those that have had mental health issues we've had mass shooters that were terrorist we've had measures that after the school shootings in the ninety's that simply said we wanted a higher body count i mean it could be something very complex going on with this individual he could be an injustice collector as we call it he feels that life is done in wrong and society has done him wrong he could simply be a lone wolf somebody that did not make a mark and said listen i'm going to go out of this life and no one to get to know i lived i have to do something big i have to do something that people are never going to forget in he wants to be infamous so i don't think there's really a profile that we can attach to this right now i think what we want to do is learn the lessons from it see what we can teach the concert goers the crowd goers the citizens so what they can do to protect themselves and i'm sure this is no surprise

to you but most people outside the u.s. see a definite correlation between american quite relax the gun laws and the fact that unfortunately these shootings are more common in the u.s. than in than in other countries what do you make of that correlation seeing as of course the gun debate is going to reemerge as it always does after these mass shootings in the u.s. well barbara i can tell you after the mass shootings we always talk about guns but the last several times i've been on television have been the manchester attack which was explosives i've been on after knife attacks car bombs truck bombs or just running people over and i think we need to understand that there are evil people in this world there are people that want to do evil deeds and they're going to get their hands on the weapons that they think they can use to inflict as much damage as possible and i think we've seen that all across the globe john matthews executive director from the community safety institute joining us from texas sir

thank you. still to come on the program cameroon's government continues its crackdown on independence protestors after a soldier is shot dead demonstrators on sunday. getting a challenge from most girls in south sudan we'll tell you how one school is helping communities. how i think we should see an end to the wet weather that we're seeing across eastern parts of australia through the next comes they still a little area cloud there still some rather lively showers in place in between these two areas of high pressure so something of a convergence the air is forced to rise the coast condenses and therefore we see the cloud and the rain developing further west slushy fine and dry across western

parts of australia. for perth temperatures in alice springs picking up to around twenty celsius once again but there we go with that shabby rain that we have just around the gold coast northern parts of new south wales still seeing some wet weather as we go through tuesday come away the state should be fine and dry and warming up warming up to the melbourne temperatures here getting out to around twenty four degrees celsius with some pleasant sunshine some pleasant sunshine from time to time into new zealand but. a possibility over the next day or so seventeen across church had also for clint on tuesday come way to stand in more rain just not into the fall but notice temperatures in crashes just trying to not jump in the shell shelter here from the mountains we see highs of around nineteen degrees celsius but the cloud of rain making their way across japan over the next couple of days brighter skies returning for the middle of the week.

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five hundred others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history officers say the suspect stephen paddick killed himself after security forces started firing back more weapons and ammunition were found during a search of his home. u.s. president donald trump has called the attack an act of pure evil and says he will visit las vegas on wednesday. catalonians 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 regional officials say ninety percent of voters chose secession from spain despite an unexpectedly low turnout catalan leader cartoonist for the month 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. penn has been

meeting some of them. with the referendum result overwhelmingly in favor of catalonia breaking her way those who want spain to remain united becoming fearful. what they've done is divide catalan society divided families and marriages. to explore the fault lines i hate to meet cattle an artist. 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 would. that's how radical as they go. and it's going to get worse i think the for. 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 and 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 i'm not going to rebuild times of change a law. across town i head to a social club for men like retired farm worker danielle cabin yetto 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 catalan leaders i determined to try a bit that seems destined to deepen between neighbors and friends call panel al-jazeera barcelona spain. palestinian authority prime minister rami hamdullah has arrived in the gaza strip as part of reconciliation efforts between the fact a party and house handler is the new head of a unity government which will have administrative control over gaza but how mass will remain the dominant power in the region harry for separate ports now and his arrival from the erez crossing into gaza. if the woman of the world can were any guide then this deal would seem to be off to a good start the question as with previous attempts at palestinian reconciliation

can at last. a formal garden a military band were at the ready and palestinian prime minister arrived about an hour late there was little room for them and everyone straining to hear what he had to say. we've come back to gaza this beloved part of our nation to achieve a 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. rami handle is leaving in this car to go through the gates into gaza proper where you'll 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 and. the only work for

now 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 what will be shared a little bit naturally here but you know i'm an employed graduate like many palestinians we the youth of the backbone of the country they should supporters. but to any of that to happen the unity government invited to reassume power last month by hamas needs to stick the smiles will broaden handlers meeting with hamas leader ismail haniyeh and others but so have been the divisions over how to reintegrate p.a. employees without 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 kasam 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 bitter disappointment this time many are hoping it's different sorry force it gaza. at least eleven people have been killed in a series of suicide bombings at a police station in the syrian capital damascus the syrian observatory for human rights says a car bomb went off near the station and then two suicide bombers also blew themselves up nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack. people in english speaking areas of canada say the government is continuing its crackdown on pro independence demonstrators following sunday's protests at least seventeen people have died in clashes between security forces and protesters in the country's

english speaking areas witnesses say gunshots have been heard throughout the night and the military has used the tear gas. protests against kenya's electoral system have spread around the country in the capital nairobi police or fire tear gas at demonstrators who were calling for some electoral officials to be sacked protestors accuse them of rigging august's presidential election and are demanding major changes before before the vote is rerun later this month bangladesh in myanmar have agreed in principle to set up a repatriation plan for the more than half a million refugees who have fled violence in myanmar's rakhine state the agreement was made after a representative from myanmar's leader and son suchi traveled 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 iraq and state where the violent crackdown has been taking place more

than half of girls in south sudan drop out of school before the age of eighteen many come under pressure from their families to do so but teachers in one school in the rural town of romberg are working to change attitudes and help the girls finish their education heba morgan reports she's not just preparing for classes as she packs her books for use. every day she stays in school is a win in the battle between her relatives who want her out of school. i don't need me like. i myself want to. live to get my i think i really feel that if i get them out of the ged and from there the only prove they're living standard. marriage is not the only thing that can force young girls like josephine out of school south sudan has been at war for the past four years since its independence from sudan and twenty eleven thousands have been killed and nearly

a quarter of its twelve million population displaced and that has prevented many children from attending school some parents say they don't want their kids in class because of the tribal tensions the world has created cyrus barrow says she had some fears before she joined school and till she met girls from other tribes i was very fearful and i want to interact with i am also very led the charge of saying which. community is that blunt how this they are all there. but also learn how to ski. but going to school especially for girls in south sudan is not easy according to unicef more than half of the children in south sudan are out of school and of those who are in school only thirty seven percent are girls and less than three percent of them actually finish high school and graduate. in many parts of the country a girl's value is based soley on how many cows which is regarded as a source of wealth the family can get when she's married sister or runs loreto

girls second preschool in room back the only boarding school in the country she says her school has managed to work out a way with the local community to keep the girls in school so one of the things we have to do in the school is we've had to get them to sign an agreement with the school and we asked for an elder within the family to come with the girl to sign an agreement with the school that if she comes to the school she will not be forced out over the four years it usually works but sadly we've still got two percent we still managed to lose every year commute to illustrate it's often difficult to convince the families to let the girls stay in school and i'm very lucky some of the parents still don't understand why it's important to keep the girls in school we tried to talk to them but sometimes we get insulted and harassed we talk to the girls we talk to the parents but it's very hard for the parents to be convinced justin doesn't know if she'll lose the fight against her family but she hopes to

give up before she's forced to leave her books behind people morgan al-jazeera room back. the u.k. government is trying to arrange flights for about one hundred ten thousand stranded passengers after monarch airlines was placed into administration with around two thousand staff it's the biggest u.k. airline that has ever collapsed knees barker reports now from london's gatwick airport. is a major blow to britain's aviation industry the collapse has left a hundred thousand customers stranded overseas a further three hundred thousand 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 red sea resorts and remote it 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 it's because between other airlines formed in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight moloch was the country's fifth largest carrier a pioneer in low cost travel and the largest 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 also find their wings clipped in this increasingly turbulent market al-jazeera at london's gatwick airport. and i remind you of the top stories on al-jazeera a gunman unless vegas has killed at least fifty nine 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 governments even paddick opened fire from the thirty second floor of a nearby hotel u.s. president donald trump says he will visit las vegas on wednesday and it's called the attack the laughter of pure evil officers have recovered more weapons at the gunman's home. in the last briefing i was unable to tell you what we retrieved from the house and the skeet we retrieved in the excess here and we put it in excess of eighteen additional firearms some explosives and several thousand rounds of ammo along with some electronic devices that we are evaluating at this point. catalonians leader 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 find an unexpectedly low turnout. palestinian authority prime minister rami one dollar has arrived in the gaza strip promising to rebuild the region and unite palestinians it's part of reconciliation efforts between the west bank based the fattah party and hamas which is the dominant power in gaza. at least eleven people have been killed in a series of suicide bombings at a police station in the syrian capital damascus the syrian observatory for human rights says the station was targeted by a car bomb and two suicide bombings. police 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 the protesters those are your headlines my colleagues in though are going to have more news for you in half an hour coming up next though it's risky mutal see

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