welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: las vegas police release body camera video showing their efforts to locate the gunman who claimed 59 lives and injured more than 500 others. police say the man behind the mass shooting in las vegas elaborately planned his attack, moving in weapons and planting cameras around his hotel room. the leader of catalonia has told the bbc the region will declare independence from spain within days. and president trump visits puerto rico 13 days after hurricane maria. we report from the capital, san juan. hello. police in las vegas have been giving more details of sunday night's mass shooting that left 59 people dead, the worst in modern american history.

they say stephen paddock fired from his hotel room for nine to 11 minutes. they've recovered 47 firearms from three separate locations, and they've confirmed some of his guns had been modified with devices that made them function like automatic weapons. they've also released body camera video from officers arriving at the scene. it gives you a sense of what they were walking into as burst after burst was fired from the 32nd floor, down into the music festival audience packed below. automatic gunfire. go that way! go that way! go that way! everybody,

stay down. stay down! get behind cove r! stay down. stay down! get behind cover! a couple of officers hunkered down next to a patrol vehicle on the boulevard. detectives then gave more details about what they've discovered so far in their investigation. 47 firearms have been recovered. they were taken from locations like the hotel room and nevada. they were purchased in nevada, utah,

california, and texas. he purchased rifles, shotguns, and pistols. at this time, none of the guns recovered appeared to be home—made. there were 12 bump—fire stocks identified in the hotel room. the firearms and technology division provides determinations on bump—fire stocks and their legality. the classification depends on whether they mechanically alter it to fire fully automatic. bump—fire stocks simulate automatic fire but do not alter them to fire them automatically, making them legal under the law. it is still being determined which firearms were used in the shooting. all firearms have been traced. we are still awaiting results of some found. the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue

in las vegas told me the police are responding to some criticism of the speed of their response. what they said to us today, confirming earlier on, the first call was at eight minutes past ten. the shooting carried on between nine and 11 minutes. they say it was done by about 19 minutes past ten. at some point in that 12 minute period, a security guard from the hotel, perhaps with other officers, tried to gain entry to paddock‘s room. they were rebuffed with fire through the door as he had set up cameras to see them coming. he was on a corner room and the door effectively looked down the corridor. one of the cameras he had was in the spy hole you get normally in hotel doors.

he could see who was coming out there. he rebuffed them. they found this room quickly. then the firing stops at 20 past ten. we think it was 20 past 11, the police will not confirm the time, but the swat team went in and found him dead. now, what they're saying, in that period, if it is an hour, there was no other firing. so, you know, they did not necessarily know he was dead. but that going in any sooner would not have changed very much. that seems to be the chronology at the moment. but that keeps changing. the one thing they have had to clarify, and this is a pr mistake on their behalf, it is now clear that 58 concert—goers, people, civilians, died, and the 59th is paddock himself, the shooter.

we have to be clear that it includes the man who perpetrated this awful crime as well. just to recap for those just joining, 47 firearms were recovered at three separate locations. and it is confirmed, obvious to many from the grim sound effects, that some of those weapons were modified to make them in effect automatic weapons. but no indication so far still of what the motive may have been. yeah. they were talking about these bump—stop devices. it is confusing. making it fully automatic is an illegal alteration. but, clearly, these devices, while legal, do something to enhance their operation and capacity. otherwise, why would you bother? they're being analysed by the fbi. we're told he had high—capacity magazines as well in the room with him. but the motive is still a mystery.

ithink... i get the impression, certainly from this latest intervention from the police, they are being tightlipped about the girlfriend, the girlfriend who is supposedly en route back from the philippines to nevada, mary lou danley. they described her earlier on as a person of interest. but they continue to say paddock was the man responsible and she was not involved. clearly, they will want to talk to her as she probably has something to say of use. she was his girlfriend, after all. they did live together in this house. they will be hoping she noticed something, i am sure. her involvement will be key, and what she knows will be key, and they are continuing to be pressed on whether this supposed $100,000 was transferred by paddock to the philippines. they are not confirming it happened, not denying it. some of that they have said

it is an absolute red herring, don't go down that way. but they are clearly not ready to say anything publicly about it. yes, that ties in with reports from officials he did high—stakes gambling in the week before the attack. and the president is due to arrive, of course. yeah. the president is en route tomorrow our time to visit nevada, to visit vegas. he will meet with victims and first responders of the city. we will see what he has to say. he will be pressed, i am sure, if there is an opportunity, on whether or not he thinks there needs to be any change to gun laws, which will raise its head in the days after this incident. it always does when things like this happen. very little changes, usually, but it still happens. so, he will be expected here tomorrow with intense security for that visit as he comes

from puerto rico where he has made something of a stir today. in spain, the president of catalonia has told the bbc a declaration of independence will come within days. but the legal status of sunday's referendum vote has been dismissed again, this time by king felipe of spain, who said in a rare televised address that the catalan leadership had behaved irresponsibly. from barcelona, our special correspondent, fergal keane. there was an energy today that felt as if it could shape history. a shared anger bringing hundreds of thousands onto the streets. why have you come here? i came here because of the repression of the state and against the violence. are you here for independence? n ot exa ctly. but others were. out with the occupying forces, they chant. since i was a child i was a separatist and i still am, this man says.

his friend tells me, "we are different to spain in our culture, our way of acting and being, many things." "the roads will always be ours", shouts this man. across catalonia, highways were blocked. firemen who guarded polling stations have become local heroes. this demonstration has drawn people from across the political spectrum. the question now is whether or not it prompts them into further confrontation with madrid. tonight, as the demonstrations continued, a highly unusual intervention. faced with the threat of a broken country, king felipe went on television, taking a tough line against the separatists. "we are living in serious times for democracy", he said, condemning what he called the illegal actions of catalonia's

leaders and not once mentioning the violence used by police against voters at the weekend. but in a bbc interview tonight, the catalan president was defiant and said he'd go ahead with the declaration of independence. translation: we will probably do this when we have the votes in from abroad, at the end of this week or thereabouts, so we will act at the end of the week, at the beginning of next week. what is remembered is that police from outside catalonia were unleashed against them. it's created anger and a sense of bewilderment, felt on both sides of the independence debate here. translation: i am not in favour of independence. i am not a separatist. the attitude of the spanish government has left us all surprised in catalonia. we don't understand what is strategy of rajoy‘s government was when he sets thousands of police against defenceless people. spain and catalonia,

a relationship relentlessly troubled by the past. the new ruler of spain rides into the city of his conquest. after the victory of the dictator franco, catalan identity was suppressed. this mass grave remembers those killed here by his regime. some were catalan nationalists, others leftists and republicans. in a time of growing uncertainty, the wounds of the spanish civil war act as a warning. translation: this wound is still influential, in the sense that people are very conscious when proclaiming, demonstrating, protesting and asking for independence. there can only be dialogue and dialogue and peace. there is anger on both sides. look into the faces of these men. national police hemmed

into their hotel. viva espana! let us act, they shout. from this... ..to this. a vast gulf. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: health officials from around the world a re health officials from around the world are meeting in france, aiming to prevent 90% of cases of cholera by 2020. in all russia's turmoil, it has never come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world.

but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. israel's right—winger ariel sharon visited the religious compound and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites, an idea that's unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: police release body camera video showing the moments officers reach the scene of sunday's deadly mass shooting in las vegas that claimed 59 lives and injured over 500 people. the leader of catalonia has told

the bbc the region will declare independence from spain within days. some people who may be able to provide some insight to what motivated stephen paddock are don and sharonjudy. they were his neigbours at one of the properties he owned at a community for the over—55s in melbourne, florida. stephen paddock asked them to look after his house and handed over the key the first time they met them. that's true and we were really surprised about that, but in this neighbourhood it's not unusualfor neighbours to keep and i out on other and help each other when they are out of town because they do travel back and forth from their homes to hear. it's kind of a retirement community. but that was the case. i think he was quite open with you both, wasn't he, that he lived by gambling? what did you both make of it? he was very open about

the fact that he was a professional gambler. at first i guess i thought it was kind of bored, but then i thought, you know, he's from vegas, i guess that's what they do and i didn't give it much thought. there are reports he did quite a lot of high—stakes gambling in the weeks before the shooting. did you ever see him upset? and if so, what about? no, never saw him upset about anything. sorry, i didn't mean to interrupted. did he ever talk about what got him upset, things in the news? no, he was never political, he never said any bad words. he was very neighbourly. he wasn't an outgoing person. he was always saying high and everything else, but we never got into politics, religion, race, nationality, anything like that. —— saying hi. the only thing i saw of concern was

when he couldn't get a sticker for his rental car, that's what our policy here. you need a sticker to get in and out of the gates. he was like, ok, i get in and out of the gates. he was like, 0k, iunderstand. get in and out of the gates. he was like, ok, i understand. did he talk about runs at all? never. -- guns. when we had to go into the house to look and make sure everything was ok, look and make sure everything was 0k, we never saw any indication of any kind of weapons whatsoever. what was the house like inside? what did he do there? it was pretty sparsely decorated it was they didn't live there permanently. they came five to six times in the two years that steve owns the house and they had two chairs in the family room, with the tv, and two tv tables, with laptops on them, and a bed in each of the bedrooms and a few pictures oi'i of the bedrooms and a few pictures on the wall and that was it. you we re on the wall and that was it. you were saying before that there was quite a lot of gambling going on

quite a lot of gambling going on quite late into the night. you must have talked about this a lot since monday night. was there anything at all about him or about them that gives you any sense of a motive for what he did on sunday night? none whatsoever. nothing. what did you think when you heard the news? awestruck. this is a heinous crime to begin with, but to find somebody that... there was no rhyme or reason to it. we just that... there was no rhyme or reason to it. wejust couldn't that... there was no rhyme or reason to it. we just couldn't understand what ever happened. we are still questioning, just like the authorities are, what the motives could be. we are thinking about a lot of things but nothing came to the surface in the two years we knew him. those were stephen paddock‘s former neighbours. president trump has visited puerto rico to see for himself the devastation caused by hurricane maria. it's taken him 13 days to pay a visit. he's taken some criticism forjoking that hurricane maria has thrown the us budget "out of whack". the white house is to ask congress

to release $29 billion in disaster aid. the president has also said puerto rico's massive debt will have to be wiped out, earlier this year the island filed the biggest municipal bankruptcy in american history. 13 days after hurricane maria tore into puerto rico, donald trump swept in. he was greeted by officials, some of whom criticised the time it took the us to take the disaster seriously. he might not have pleased people with his opening remarks on the island. i hate to tell you, puerto rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack. we spent a lot of money on puerto rico and we've saved a lot of lives. every death is a horror, but if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina, and you look at the tremendous, hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened with really a storm that was just totally overpowering, nobody has ever seen everything like this.

what is your death count? 16. 16 people versus in the thousands. he did go out to meet some of those affected by the hurricane. they told us they were sceptical about the visit. there are people who lost everything. i know that the united states is going through a lot with las vegas and everything, but we are as well. i am not infatuated with the idea, he is not really interested in helping us. 0ver recent days, we have seen the kind of devastation that hurricane maria brought. thousands lost their homes, most of the three and a half million people here are still without electricity. donald trump may have drawn attention to puerto rico's plight, but many feel they have been treated like second class citizens. they don't feel that the government took this disaster as seriously as they should have from the beginning,

particularly as people are still suffering. we should just say that the correct that from the press conference within the last hour a spokesman said the death toll from hurricane maria has more than doubled, to 34. health officials from around the world are meeting in france to commit to preventing 90% of cholera deaths by 2030. the disease, which is spread through contaminated water, kills about 100,000 people every year. one of the worst cholera outbreaks on record is currently taking place in yemen. the bbc‘s global health correspondent tulip mazumdar reports. bangladesh is the home of cholera. 200 years ago the first pandemic emerged from these swamps. and now a major health crisis looms large as nearly half a million rohingya refugees gather en masse

in cramped and squalid conditions. this is the perfect breeding ground for cholera, a waterborne disease which causes severe diarrhoea and can kill within hours if left untreated. after fleeing violence in myanmar, weak and tired refugees are forced to drink from the same water supply they go to the toilet in. cholera spreads by people ingesting water which has been contaminated with faeces. in yemen, more than two years of civil war has left crucial infrastructure, such as water treatment plants and sewage systems, in ruins and that has led to one of the biggest cholera outbreaks on record. more than 770,000 people have been infected. even though cholera is easy to treat with cheap rehydration salts, the barely functioning health system has been overwhelmed and more than 200,000 people have died, many of them children.

it's this massive outbreak in emergency situations that tends to hit the headlines, but there are also regularly occurring outbreaks that happen in the same areas at the same time almost every single year and it's these countries which will be a major focus of today's pledge to prevent 90% of cholera deaths. it is the first commitment of that kind that the world has ever made and one of the key strategies to achieve that is to provide water, toilets, hygiene, you know, washing your hands, to everybody, particularly focusing on hotspots across africa and asia, where cholera is particularly likely to break out. it is estimated there are almost 3 million cholera cases across a0 countries each year, but only a tiny percentage of those are actually reported. nations in africa account for most of the cases. in ethiopia, nearly 275,000 people are estimated to have been infected and 10,000 people have died. in nigeria it's almost 220,000

people, with over 8,000 deaths. but india has the largest number by far, with over 675,000 cases and more than 20,000 deaths. by targeting only those places in priority we are going to achieve a great deal of control, not only of cholera itself but all of the waterborne diseases. as refugees continue to stream into bangladesh, almost1 million cholera vaccines have been sent to the border, but they will only protect people for a limited time. the vaccine alone doesn't solve the problem, water and sanitation is a long—term solution. what we need to do is work to make sure we are doing both. northern europe and the us managed to eliminate cholera 150 years ago. today's pledge aims to finally achieve that goal for some

of the world's poorest people. briefly, that main use. police have released body camera footage of the moments officers arrived at the deadly mass shooting in las vegas. a set of suspect elaborately planned the attack, setting up cameras around his hotel room to spot approaching police and firing on and off for nine to 11 minutes. they recovered 47 guns from three separate locations and confirmed some were modified devices, which made them in effect automatic weapons. much more on that and all the news any time on the bbc website and you can reach me on twitter. most of the team as well. thanks for watching. hello.

wednesday's weather gets off to a fine start for some of us, but things will have changed by wednesday night. wet and windy again. a chilly start, particularly in rural spots, and there will be an area of rainfall, having moved south of scotland overnight and stretching through parts of northern ireland. it's this weather front here, but it's this low pressure moving along across central swathes of the uk on wednesday night, turning things wetter and windier. along with this weather fronts searching through scotland and northern ireland, showers heavy and thundery in the far north of scotland and northern isles, some very gusty winds to begin the day. though both fronts will ease as we go through the day. across a large part of england and wales, getting off to a chilly but fine start. a lot of sunshine around. there will be a few showers running into parts of north—west england, with increasing cloud here. increasing cloud in northern ireland as well, some outbreaks of rain particular to the north. and the stretching through parts of south—west scotland and galloway. for much of northern scotland, some sunshine. very windy in the far north and northern isles to begin with.

50—60 miles per hour gusts. but the heavy showers gradually ease during the day. elsewhere, rain starting to pick up. cloud increases and wet in northern ireland in the afternoon. south—west scotland, northern england, some outbreaks into northern parts of wales as well. temperatures generally in the mid to low teens. low pressure bringing rain across many parts of the uk on wednesday night. looking very wet into lancashire, for example. we need to watch that. in the southern flanks, some gales developing. we could see gusts of 50—60 miles per hour. so the chance of disruption as thursday begins. thursday very windy. rain soon clearing away from southern england. a few showers into northern scotland and the irish sea coast, maybe parts of north—west england the north midlands as well. many places dry with sunny spells. temperatures again around the mid—low teens. a windy day. on friday, high pressure building. things starting to quieten down a bit. lighter winds, variable cloud, sunny spells, many places dry. it doesn't last long, though. into the weekend, another area of low pressure. not quite as strong, but still some rain—bearing weather fronts pushing across the uk. so expect a lot of cloud on saturday and some outbreaks of rain spreading south and east as the day goes on. breezier, again, and temperatures

around 13—16 degrees. as that eases away on sunday, still some sunny spells around. one or two showers, but it is a quieter weather picture on sunday. this is bbc news. the headlines: police have released body camera footage of the moments officers arrive at the scene of sunday's deadly mass shooting in las vegas. detectives told reporters the suspect had elaborately planned the attack and fired on and off for between nine to 11 minutes from his hotel room. the president of catalonia's devolved government, carles puigdemont, has told the bbc that his region will declare independence from spain within days. he warned that if the spanish government intervened and took

control of catalonia or arrested him, it could be "the definitive mistake". the white house says president trump will ask congress to release $29 billion in disaster aid to pay for the aftermath of the recent hurricanes. mr trump visited puerto rico on tuesday and has said in a television interview that the territory's debt will have to be wiped out. half past four in the morning and it is time now