welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. these are our top stories: a manhunt under way in tennessee, after a shooting at a restaurant in nashville left four dead. one diner‘s hailed a hero for wrestling a rifle from the gunman. i figured, if i was going to die, he was going to have to work for it. so i rushed him, and it actually worked out to my favour. on the eve of his us visit, president macron urges donald trump not to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. grief and rage in the afghan capital, kabul, after a suicide bombing kills at least 57 people. more mass protests in armenia as tens of thousands demand the resignation of the country's long—time leader. police in the american state of tennessee are hunting for a naked

gunman who opened fire in a fast food restaurant, killing four people. the gunman fled the building on foot. authorities are warning they believe the suspect may still have access to guns. lebo diseko has more. a family restaurant now the scene of a crime, after a naked gunman opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle. the suspect arrived in a pick—up truck and shot two people outside. he then went inside, opened fire, and killed at least two more. he got out with an assault rifle, wearing only a jacket, nothing from the waist down, really just craziness, and he shot a customer who was about to go in the door, and then he shot my friend who was trying to get away on the sidewalk. this is the gun the attacker used to kill at least four people, only stopping when it was wrestled

from him by a customer. i don't want people to think that i was the terminator or superman, or anybody like that, to just... it was just — i figured, if i was going to die, he was going to have to work for it. a man—hunt is now under way after the shooter managed to escape. he took off his jacket as he left the scene, and may now be completely nude. authorities are looking for travis reinking. it's thought he may also be armed with two more guns. the advice from police, as their search continues — keep your doors locked, your eyes open. if you see reinking or a nude guy walking around, call the police department immediately. briona arradondo is a reporter for wsmv in nashville and joined me from the scene a short time ago. we don't actually know where this gunman is.

we've been checking in with our local police department here, and they are still telling everyone to stay inside of their homes, to keep their doors locked, and just keep their eyes peeled for any sort of unusual activity. i'm actually... we're inside of our live truck right now, and there's not a whole lot going on at this scene. we're right next to this waffle house where this shooting happened, and just law enforcement are just continuing to leave this scene and go back and forth and just check the local areas, to see if there's anything they can find. and this story ofjames shaw wrestling the rifle away from him, that is an incredible story. it certainly is, and we actually spoke with him today, and he told us that he has a four—year—old daughter, and he was just thinking about saving his life at that time. he doesn't think of himself as a hero, but obviously the actions that he took today speak contrary to that. everyone here is thanking him for his very brave actions in wrestling that gun away, and he threw it across the counter

there and made sure that he physically took him out of the restaurant, to make sure that he didn't hurt anyone else. let's speak a bit about this alleged perpetrator, because he was known to authorities, wasn't he? yes, what happened there is that travis reinking was actually known to the illinois fbi and the local sheriff's department there, in a county. he had been arrested injuly of last year for trespassing. he was charged with an unlawful presence on white house grounds. so, he had told authorities that he wanted a meeting with the president, and he was arrested for going past their security barriers. and because of all of that, he ended up actually getting his guns, he had four guns that were seized from him by — they were taken into fbi custody, and then given to his father, who was told to keep those guns locked up and away from travis reinking. but somehow he was able to get those guns, and police believe that one

of them was used in the shooting today. so at the moment the advice is, i suppose because of what you just told us, that he might have access to guns. so at the moment, the advice is stay put where you are, and if you see anything unusual then alert the authorities. is that correct? yes, that is correct. police told us earlier today that they think that of those four guns that travis reinking had in his possession, two of them were actually found at the scene. one of them was the gun that was used in the shooting. the other one, they believe, was actually found inside of his truck here at the waffle house scene. and then there were two more guns that they believed were supposed to be at his apartment, that they searched earlier today, and that was missing. and so, they believe that the suspect has those two guns in his possession right now. the french president emmanuel macron is beginning a three day state visit to washington. it's the first time president trump has hosted such a high level visit from a foreign leader.

along with all the pomp and ceremony, there will also be time for hard talking — about the iran nuclear, dealfor example. mr macron says he wants mr trump to stay on board. what is the "what if" scenario, or your plan b? i don't have any plan b for nuclear against iran, so that's a question we will discuss. but that's why i just want to say, on nuclear, let's preserve this framework, because it's better than a sort of north korean type of situation. second, i'm not satisfied with the situation with iran. i want to fight against ballistic missiles. i want to contain their influence in the region. so what can we expect from mr macron‘s visit to washington? the bbc‘s chris buckler is there. the two men have a very good relationship, a very good personal relationship, and that is recognised internationally. in fact, in that interview that was broadcast on fox news, the presenter was saying to him, you are known as the trump whisperer, because he can seem to influence donald trump on occasions.

and that was most recently seen in syria, whenever donald trump was talking about removing 2000 us troops, and all of a sudden emmanuel macron indicated that he had managed to persuade him to actually stay in syria for the longer term. now, that is something they'll discuss. but iran, i think, is at the top of the agenda, because it's only a few weeks before decisions have to be made. and president trump has said time and time again that he does not like the iran deal of 2015. now, it was a high point of barack obama's own foreign policy achievements in his presidency, as far as barack obama was concerned. but his successor in the post feels that it's too lenient on iran. he would like to see much more. what the deal actually does is it curbs iran's nuclear programme, in return for an easing of sanctions. but already, with president trump starting to say that there is the potential of him ripping the deal up and walking away, that iran itself might respond

by pushing that nuclear programme and really being more aggressive in what it's doing with it. so all of this does really matter, and president macron is going to come here to washington and make that point during his visit. a voter registration centre in the afghan capital kabul has been targeted by a suicide bomber, killing at least 57 people and injuring 120 others. registration has been taking place ahead of elections to the afghan parliament in the autumn. the islamic state group says it was behind the blast, as our correspondent zia shahreyar reports from kabul. the people who were killed and injured here had been waiting in line at this voter registration centre for identity cards that would have allowed them to vote in elections due to take place in october. the suicide bomber walked up to the building's entrance and detonated his bomb. translation: this kid was innocent. what was she guilty of? she was killed today in this attack.

these people call themselves muslims? curse on such muslims. translation: look at this. this is a voting card which is drowned in blood. who will come to vote when the government asks us to? the government hopes to register up to a0 million people in the coming months, at thousands of centres across the country. but afg hanistan‘s independent election commission is concerned about security. election registration has been under way for a week, but there have already been four attacks. islamic state claim they have carried out this one. every attack undermines the credibility of president ashraf ghani's western—backed government. it has pledged to hold parliamentary elections this year. zia shahreyar, bbc news, kabul. murid partaw is a former afghan senior national representative to the us central command. he told me more about the seemingly deteriorating security situation in afghanistan. so the to the kabul but across the

country is unfortunately deteriorating. —— the security situation in kabul. we have seen an attack on the administration centre in western kabul, it is because of daesh, are toxic and tenacious group which has been bombing and attacking targets in kabul for the which has been bombing and attacking targets in kabulfor the last decade and a half. and how did that alliance, about, because the hakanis have been kind of doing their own thing, and the islamic state is a fairly new phenomenon? that's right.

the knowledge and sophistication because they have the attacking areas in afghanistan for the last 15 yea rs, areas in afghanistan for the last 15 years, so areas in afghanistan for the last 15 years, so daesh cannot operate effectively without the support of the hakanis. since you have a common enemy, the afghan government and the coalition forces in afghanistan, so recently there has been this alliance of the hakani network, specifically the taliban, worked with daesh and, at the islamic state, to strike spectacular attacks, specifically on shia. we have seen from the beginning of the year. how do youattacks? the reason

iam year. how do youattacks? the reason i am saying that is that usually we talk about the taliban in these situations but the taliban, the court taliban, is no longer responsible for most of these attacks. that is right, the taliban has not taken responsibility because he hakani network operates the most pa rt he hakani network operates the most part as independent group inside the afg ha n part as independent group inside the afghan insurgency. they do rely heavily on the hakani support for the most part, the taliban are not necessarily attacking the target that the hakani network chooses. for instance, on kabul, in front of the ministry of interior, which led to the killings of more than 100 people. let's take a look at some

of the other stories making the news. the president of nicaragua, daniel ortega, has scrapped the changes to social security that have prompted violent protests and widespread looting across the country. mr ortega has renewed calls for the private sector to engage in talks and has called for an end to the violence. but business leaders say they will onlyjoin talks when the government stops repression against the opposition. the billionaire philanthropist and former mayor of new york, michael bloomberg, says he will write a cheque for $4.5 million to cover the united states' lapsed financial commitment this year to the paris climate accord. mr bloomberg said that he had a responsibility to help improve the environment because of the trump administration's decision to pull out of the deal. south korea is to stop its propaganda broadcasts at the border with north korea. the demilitarised zone between the two countries is usually filled with the sound of k—pop music or south korean news broadcasts, which echo over the border.

in return, north korea also blasts its propaganda over loudspeakers. the news comes just days before a planned summit between the two leaders, moonjae—in and kimjong—un. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: continental drift. the two thirds of europeans who say their societies are more divided than a decade ago. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high, the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought that they would actually go through with it. some places have already had nearly as much rain as they'd normally

expect in an entire year. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions, a national day of mourning next wednesday sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a manhunt‘s underway in tennessee after a shooting at a restaurant in nashville left four dead. police say the suspect, travis reinking, may still have access to guns. as he prepares to head to the us, president macron of france has called on donald trump not to scrap the iran nuclear deal. thousands of anti—government demonstrators have gathered

for a tenth day in the armenian capital, yerevan. they're calling for the resignation of the country's long—time leader, serzh sargsyan, and the release of the main protest organiser, nikol pashinyan. our correspondent, rayhan demytrie, is at the protests in yerevan. they turned up and filled armenia's biggest square, unhindered by the detention of the protest leader, nikol pashinyan. many chanted his name. the arrest of the opposition leader, nikol pashinyan, earlier on sunday didn't stop thousands of people turning up in the public square in central yerevan, and many are holding signs like this, which says, "i'm nikol." for now it's not clear who's leading the protest movement, but many will continue to demand the resignation of the prime minister, serzh sargsyan.

he ruled armenia as president for ten years, then, in april, he became prime minister, with enhanced powers. on sunday, after nine days of street protests across the country, the two men at the centre of the ongoing political crisis, the prime minister, serzh sargsyan, and the leader of the protest movement, nikol pashinyan, sat down for talks, which didn't last long. translation: this is no dialogue, no talks, but simply an ultimatum and blackmail of legal authority. the pm walked out because mr pashinyan was only prepared to discuss his opponent's resignation. shortly after, the police detained mr pashinyan. further clashes with the police followed. on sunday alone, 277 protesters were detained. as the night fell, there are reports that armed police officers are still on the streets of yerevan. protesters have pledged

to continue their struggle against the country's leader. rayhan demytrie, bbc news, yerevan. the tribal regions in pakistan on the border with afghanistan have long been the focus of militant activity. the pakistani army is seen as having successfully pushed out many of the extremist groups that had embedded there. but protesters from the pashtun community say they're being unfairly tarnished by the security forces. secunder kermani reports from lahore. what kind of freedom is this? the lyrics of the anthem of this protest movement. it began after the extra—judicial killing of a young pashtun man in january, wrongly accused of being a terrorist. it's grown into an expression of rage with the policies of the pakistani military and intelligence services. many, like this man,

say they feel caught between them and the militants. he tells me, in his area, "if you are clean—shaven, the taliban will target you. if you had a beard, the army would." the pashtun protection movement is non—violent but controversial. amongst its broadest claims, that the pakistani army is supporting extremist groups. they're chanting "the ones responsible for terrorism are the ones in uniform!" this kind of open criticism of the military, on this scale, is really completely unprecedented in pakistan. the movement's leader says the military deliberately fuelled extremism for years, and now views all pashtuns as potential terror suspects. translation: we want anyone who supports terrorists to be put on trial in court, but don't punish ordinary people. one of the group's key demands

is the return of men believed to have been forcibly disappeared by the intelligence services — one of the country's most sensitive issues. they've been collecting the remains of the victims and encouraging their families to speak out. this man's brother disappeared two years ago. he says he doesn't know if he's alive or dead. "what kind of justice is that?", he asks. the pakistan military denies human rights abuses, but despite increasing pressure from the authorities and a lack of local media coverage, this movement seems to be growing. secunder kermani, bbc news, lahore. over the next week, bbc news will air a series of reports on crossing divides, the ways in which people in different parts of the world are managing to bridge what can often be fault lines in our societies, differences in politics,

religion, social class, age 01’ race. according to an ipsos poll for the bbc, a majority of europeans believe their countries are very or fairly divided, and tensions have grown over the last 10 years. the online survey collected people's perceptions in 27 countries around the world. europe ranked highest among all regions, with 66% of respondents saying that their societies are "more divided than 10 years ago". more than three—quarters of people in spain say their country is more divided now than a decade ago. tensions between immigrants and people born in the country are seen as particular issues in many european countries, felt most strongly in italy. our home editor, mark easton, reports from rotherham in the north of england, a town with a troubled history of race relations. i tend to stick with people that are like myself. i've never really had interaction with any other people from different backgrounds.

this is casey. she's 17 and lives in rotherham. across town lives waj, also 17. i wouldn't be completely comfortable going around in a really predominantly white area, because i'd be scared. casey's neighbourhood, maltby, you almost never see an asian face. while in the area that waj comes from, just a 20—minute drive across town, some streets are made up almost exclusively of families with pakistani origins. but the two girls have forged a rare friendship that cuts across rotherham's deep divides. even my school's, mainly, like, white british. so, obviously, with waj, it's something new, it's something different and i've not experienced it before. so ourfriendship is kind of like special. we're bonding over our differences and i think that is really good. people think differences between people tear others

apart, but it doesn't, itjust brings people closer together. that's a bit powerful. rotherham is a highly segregated town. its schools appear to be becoming even more divided along ethnic lines and there's a growing tension here following the sickening discovery that hundreds of young girls had been sexually abused over decades by gangs of predominantly pakistani men. the far—right has been active in rotherham, with community relations under pressure. hate crime has gone up over the years and that has been one of our challenges. the local council has been working to bridge the town's divides. and has recruited an age—old yorkshire remedy — a cup of tea. what we said was let's have tea together. we invited people from all walks of life, from the different areas of the borough, to say, let's have a chat, let's have a conversation over a cup of tea. what that did was it drew in people who may not necessarily meet on a daily basis.

the dangers of people living parallel lives was identified in a government report after race riots in northern english towns in 2001. the report called for the promotion of cross—cultural contact between communities. casey and waj were almost literally bounced into their friendship. trampolining was one of the activities they shared while completing their national citizen service, a government scheme for 16 and 17—year—olds designed to strengthen social cohesion. how many people here have formed a new friendship as a result of national citizen service? and who is your friendship with? waj, casey. ncs, for me, is a fantastic tool to bring young people together from different backgrounds and make sure that they can come together and learn from one another and develop an understanding and appreciation of difference. the appreciation of difference was in part why organised sports like football was originally developed to take the sting out

of social suspicion. this kickabout, supported by rotherham united, brings together lads from different communities. another way of creating loyalties across the lines. we need to do something that maybe brings older people and young people together from different communities and backgrounds. it is just so important. that's what we made conversation of, our differences, and it wasn't anything to be afraid of. we learn from each other because of those differences and it was just a lovely experience. the challenge to break down society's barriers is considerable, but the rewards of achieving it are far greater. mark easton, bbc news, rotherham. and crossing divides continues all this week here on bbc world news and online. you'll find all the details at bbc. com/crossingdivides. good morning.

well, yesterday was the last time we'll see anywhere in the uk get above 20 degrees through the week ahead. the kink in the jetstream to the north of us which helped to drag in that unusual warmth through last week is now out of the way, and through the week ahead we'll see the jetstream piling up in the atlantic and move to the south of the uk, putting us on the colder side. what does that mean? well, actually back to more typical weather for the time of year. nothing untoward, nice enough when the sun's out, the sun's got a bit of strength but it does mean we'll see cooler conditions, especially when the rain's around. and certainly cooler conditions to start your monday morning commute, temperatures down into single figures uk—wide, compensated, though, with a bit of sunshine in many areas, particularly to the south and east of the uk. a bit more cloud and overnight showers continuing in northern scotland. some of those will fade for a while. cloud amounts will increase from the west through the day. sticking with sunny spells in eastern parts of the country, but turning greyer. northern ireland, occasional rain through the afternoon, spreading into western scotland, isle of man and western parts of wales too.

like sunday, we'll see temperatures here at around 10—14 degrees. further east, down on what we've seen, but 15—18 celsius still pleasant enough with some sunny spells overhead, and that, of course, for late april. sunshine, though, quickly dissipates during the evening as cloud increases from the west. some occasional rain spreading across most parts of the uk, all linked into this weather system, the bulk of which will have got out of the way by tuesday, but leaving a trailing front to the north of scotland and across southern counties of england. these are the two zones, they start the day on tuesday cloudy. brighter weather southern scotland, northern ireland, and northern england, showers will develop, though, for some through day but whilst we will see a few breaks in the cloud in the south, later on, it rethickens, the cloud does, and it turns grey, misty and damp, wales and south—west england in particular. your temperatures for tuesday, roughly around the teens. could see 17 degrees if you see cloud breaks towards the south—east corner, but even that milder air will be pushed out the way through tuesday night. a little wriggle on the weather front bringing rain for some. that edges out the way into wednesday and puts us into west to north—westerly winds.

and in fact, wednesday, a typical april showers day. most places starting with some sunshine. showers already there in the west, but they'll develop more widely, become heavy with hail and thunder. gusty winds as well. and, as the showers come through, feeling rather cool. temperatures much lower than you've been used to, especially in the east, 11—15 degrees your high. and through wednesday and into the rest of the week, north—westerly winds will dominate. low pressure to the north of us, and that will keep us in a rather showery airflow. as well as being rather cool by day with a mixture of sunshine and showers, showers most dominant to the north, it's going to turn rather chilly by night too. take care. this is bbc news. the headlines: the man who disarmed a near naked gunman who killed four people at a restaurant in the us state of tennessee has shrugged off praise that he was a hero. james shaw said he simply decided to wrestle the gun off the assailant to save his own life. a big manhunt‘s underway for the suspect, who's 29—year—old travis reinking. as the french president

emmanuel macron prepares for a state visit to the us, he called on donald trump not to to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. speaking to fox news, mr macron accepted the agreement wasn't perfect but that he couldn't see a better option. at least 57 people are known to have been killed in a suicide bomb attack outside a voter registration centre in the afghan capital, kabul. the so—called islamic state says it was behind the bombing. a government spokesman says terrorist groups won't stop elections going ahead.