this is bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world — i'm martine croxall. the headlines. a gunman opens fire in a synagogue in the us city of pittsburgh, it's reported there are multiple casualties. police say the shooter, who was inside the synagogue, is now in custody. he entered the building during a saturday morning service. it isa it is a very horrific crime scene. one of the worst that i have seen. president trump says he's watching developments, telling reporters if there had been protection inside, the results may have been different. nobody knows what exactly took place. but if they had an armed guard inside, they may have been able to stop them immediately. police in the american

city of pittsburgh, say a shooting at a synagogue, has caused multiple casualties. reports suggest several people may have been killed, though this hasn't been confirmed. the shooting happened at the tree of life synagogue, and the gunman is thought to be in custody. richard lister begins our coverage. heavily armed police converging on squirrel hill at reports that a man opened fire on the synagogue. a peaceful suburban neighbourhood transformed in moments by a gunman. tactical weapon units across the city, other officers sealed the area and began moving towards the building and its congregation as the attack continued. it is a suburb with a largejewish population and it seems that the synagogue was deliberately targeted, residents still unsure

of what was happening, were ushered to safety. right now, we have multiple casualties we're working on the situation, it is imperative that the neighbours in the community surrounding the tree of life synagogue, stay in their houses and shelter in place. do not come out of your home right now, it is not safe. we will give you an update as soon as we get one. police say they found a large number of people sheltering in the synagogue basement and they were led to safety. as the area was made safe, they're able to recover the injured and the dead. my my heart goes out all of these families. they should not be happening period. it should not be happening period. it should not be happening a synagogue. it should not be happening in our neighbourhood here in squirrel hill. the gunman is reported to have given himself up after exchanging with police. but he is left another american

community scarred by gun violence. well, in the past hour, president trump has been speaking to reporters — here's what he had to say. we have been following very closely the events of squirrel hill, i'll be making a statement at the farmers of america, we're doing the future farmers and we'll be going there, some will be going with me and we will be making a major statement. it is a terrible thing what is going on with hate in our country, frankly, it all over the world. and all over the world. something has to be done. it looks like the results are coming in and they are far more devastating than we originally thought. it was a shooter, they have the shooter, and the results were very devastating. we will be speaking to you at the conference in the future farmers of america conference and it is just a shame.

to watch this and to see this, so many years, so much of it, it is absolutely a shame. this is, if they have protection inside, the results would have been a lot better. this is a dispute that will always exist, i suspect, if they had some kind of protection inside the temple, maybe it could've been a much different situation. they did not and he was able to do things, unfortunate that he should not been able to do. pittsburgh resident, meghan mclachlan, was in the area at the time to campaign for the democrats. i was actually running late today or this, i was in at 10am, and i was actually running late today or this, iwas in atioam, and i i was actually running late today or this, i was in atioam, and i got i was actually running late today or this, i was in at 10am, and i got in around 10:15am and there were just

cops everywhere and i was worried at first because is was at the place i was supposed to be at because it was a democrat headquarters in the city and were getting ready candace. but i showed up and it was clear there, down the street and i thought maybe it was just something random, i down the street and i thought maybe it wasjust something random, i did not know what it was in the door was locked when i got into the house. it was the democratic organisation and they said that the doors were locked for a reason. it was an active shooter. we got in and we're stuck there for about two hours and heard there for about two hours and heard the news that was going on just two blocks from the street. i feel a lot of things right now, i am heartbroken for my community and i live just a neighbourhood heartbroken for my community and i livejust a neighbourhood over, but i used to live in squirrel hill, and it is my favourite neighbourhood in the city. most diverse, the most welcoming the and it is just a great neighbourhood and i am heartbroken for them today. always

neighbourhood and i am heartbroken for them today. alwastewish families walking around the neighbourhood, that is the culture here and it is something, i am not jewish myself, but it is something that i embrace as a member of the community and i love saying that about the community. that it is so special and very much a part of the community. i found out special and very much a part of the community. ifound out that special and very much a part of the community. i found out that one of my friends that goes to the synagogue was not there today. that was one of his synagogues. i am probably going to go home and cry to be honest, and then go and see my brother and cry with him. that is probably what i am going to do today. michael eisenberg is a member of the synagogue. he says the congregation has had training for active shooter situations. it was a major concern for me, for us, we were working with the department of homeland security to evaluate, exit routes, ijust spoke to our maintenance person

because he was able to get out, the doors were easily open from the inside to allow him to get out of the building. it was a major focus working with thejewish federation, a security expert on what to do in an active shooter situation. active shooter training, we were working with the other synagogues on what to do if something horrific like this happened. who else have you talked to that was inside at the time of the shooting and what have they told you so far? the main person, one person that i did speak to that i knew really well, the maintenance person, one of the maintenance people there that has been there for 25 years, he's usually a very cool and collected person, he was shaken. he saw one of our congregants down and, but he knew that he was in the bathroom and was able to get out of the building again because these exit doors were working well and ijust can't tell

you how thankful i am just to do that one piece of, one task of homeland security told us to do. because in the past, you couldn't push through the exit doors? they not easily opened and now, he was able to get out. he could be alive because of this. pittburgh‘s public safety director wendell hissrich spoke to reporters earlier and gave this very emotional update. it isa it is a very horrific crime scene will stop it is one of the worst that i have seen, and i have been on some plane crashes. it is very bad. it falls under hate crime, being it isa it falls under hate crime, being it is ajewish it falls under hate crime, being it is a jewish synagogue, so it be federal investigation. our correspondent dan johnson is in washington, police are saying

a number of people have been killed — what's your assessment of the situation? confirmation that two people from with in the synagogue were injured, four police officers. so six people with injuries in total. but still no confirmation from authorities about how many people lost their lives in this attack, and we are being raised to expect that there will be a number at the to expect that there will be a numberat the —— to expect that there will be a number at the —— fatalities at the camp. this is the largest number that they have had to deal with, the public is getting quite emotional describing what officers have had to deal with in terms of trying to confirm the identities of those involved in this attack. so everyone preparing for really bad news as we expect there to be a serious and

devastating death toll. that is how the president put it. the effects of this incident would have been more devastating than the thought of. we await more information on the man responsible, there was a manhunt for some time in the area around the synagogue and people were told to stay at home and to stay safe until police were able to track him down and corner him. those officers were injured in making better rest and they believe now, having been in custody, that the area was safe. and learn more about who he was and exactly what his motivation may have been. it does appear that he chose to target a synagogue on a saturday morning, justice services were beginning and told from law—enforcement sources that he did shout anti—semitic slogans as he started his attack. the us media are reporting that this suspect who is in custody has been named as robert,

has not been officially named, but us media seem to have reporting the same thing that he is thought of as being in his mid—40s, the question 110w being in his mid—40s, the question now of course apple president trump said about the protection of synagogues, is going to be on peoples mind. if there were security inside the synagogue, this outcome could have been very different. yes, thatis could have been very different. yes, that is the presents first response about whether this was an other example that proved the case for tighter gun control. he thought not and in fact, tighter gun control. he thought not and infact, if tighter gun control. he thought not and in fact, if there had been someone on and in fact, if there had been someone on duty with our protection at the synagogue, maybe this incident would have had a different, less d ea d ly incident would have had a different, less deadly outcome. there is now increased security at synagogues across the country it in new york, the police department has employed armed officers to synagogues to make sure that the jewish community armed officers to synagogues to make sure that thejewish community is safe. there is no word of the wider threat, but they believe that they

have this investigator, as robert powers, that is the immediate threat dealt with, and assure thejewish community that, it raises questions not just about gun community that, it raises questions notjust about gun control but about violence in the name of politics or religion. after mail bombs were sent to political opponents of the president. so it is a tense time, eve ryo ne president. so it is a tense time, everyone is on president. so it is a tense time, everyone is on an president. so it is a tense time, everyone is on an edge and questions are being raised on whether the tone of politics and political debate is encouraging some extreme actions from certain individuals. we wake to find out more about rob, if he is the person at the centre of this latest incident. we will continue to have coverage of the shooting at bbc news. hello this is bbc news

with martine croxall. a gunman opens fire in a synagogue in the us city of pittsburgh, it's reported there are multiple casualties, four police officers are among those injured. the shooter, who was inside the synagogue, is in police custody. president trump says the shooting is more devasting that first thought, he told reporters if there had been protection inside, results may have been different. the former cabinet member says that he stays behind his decision, and racial abuse, he made the revelation using parliamentary privilege, but he denies all the allegations saying that he failed to disclose potential links to a newspaper and wanted to publish the story.

i feel it is my duty to name him as the individual in question. he has been controversial, legally protected, cannot be sued for comments made in parliament. but it isa comments made in parliament. but it is a marriage that he advised the telegraph, newspaper fighting to publish allegations about his conduct. they say there is no connection and says that it should've been declared. in a statement, he told the bbc, i have been advised that his actions are likely to of been a breach of the code of conduct. he added that the blatant disregard ofjudgement made by three seniorjudges is outrageous. he is in spain on parliamentary business. and says that the comments are malevolent divergent. he also denies knowing the law firm was involved. divergent. he also denies knowing the law firm was involvedlj divergent. he also denies knowing the law firm was involved. i stand fully by what i said in the house of

lords. i would fully by what i said in the house of lords. iwould not fully by what i said in the house of lords. i would not be silenced or intimidated or apologising. ike complied with all of my obligations and the house of lords as i always have done. this has generated controversy on have done. this has generated co ntrove i’sy o n a have done. this has generated controversy on a number of levels. something that they're using that he was right, others think that he has undermined the legal system, either way he says this has nothing to do with his previous work for the daily telegraph. it he says that needs investigating. the house of lords says anything he makes will be looked into, the controversy of these allegations, what should and should not be disclosed. three people have been killed and three others seriously injured, after car crash near denbigh in north wales. it happened yesterday evening. tomos morgan reports. less tha n

less than 2a hours later, tributes already laid the three that lost their lives. around half past seven, two collided in north wells. the route connects the town. three people all believed to be young men, died from the collision. the road was closed for almost eight hours as police investigated. and the three in hospital with serious injuries and one escaped with minor injuries only. we are devastated. there is no words, young men in their prime, their whole lives ahead of them and this is really, really rocked us. the police have thanked emergency services for their work in our continuing their investigation, appealing for witnesses, especially those that may have —— cam footage of the incident. a six—year—old boy has died in hospital following a fire at a house in derbyshire last night.

the police and fire services are investigating the cause of the blaze in ilkeston. carol hinds has the details. family members screaming for help woke neighbours around 20 to 11 last night, what ran to a nearby take away where he grabbed a fire extinguisher before entering the house where a 6—year—old boy was trapped upstairs. don't they put the towel on my face, patted the flames out, tried to break the door down, i couldn't get there, the smoke was that thick. i stayed there until the fire engine came. firefighters are the first to the scene and performed cpr on the boy while waiting for paramedics to arrive. they enter the building, aware that the child was missing and that they were able to locate him and remove him from the

property and at that point then, they were able to carry out some medical response. the boy was rushed to hospital in nottingham had died. news of his death as shocked his neighbours. he was very friendly, very nice. you would always say hello, to establish exactly what caused the fire. the caravan of central american migrants currently making its way across mexico to the united states have rejected a plan for asylum from mexican government. under the plan, the migrants would have been given a temporary work visa but only in the two southern rural mexican states. instead, they're determined to keep going to the us. our mexico correspondent, will grant, has spent the week travelling with the group. when you have over 1000 miles to go,

it makes sense to set off early. so energy zapping that the caravan of migrans rules out before dawn. the lucky ones hitch a lift. on anything they can. the rest to keep walking. they have an arduous journey to go and most of mexico to cross. perhaps only a fraction of them will even make it to the us mexico border, as the temptation to turn back gross. staying the course is hard enough, now imagine doing it with several small children. deportee sam well is bringing his family on what is his fifth attempt to return to the united states. his one—year—old daughter is exhausted and has had a fever. but he insists honduras, the poorest and most violent countries in the americas is no place for a child. translation: we know we're

risking it the lives of all three of us on risking it the lives of all three of us on the strip. we're doing this because at home we run the same risks as defined on the road. —— we find. without presenting any evidence, president trump has acquitted these people with terrorists. they're mostly poor honduran families in search of work and security. so far, the mexican authorities of simply waved them through and the caravan can expect the military presence at the us border. they will reach the border. how many? i do not know. but on the way, you'll see persons that quit, and go back to their country and also persons that will stay in mexico. so we also persons that will stay in mexico. 50 we assume also persons that will stay in mexico. so we assume that. from covering marathon distances in searing heat to sleeping rough in torrential rain, the fate of sam wallace family is mired in controversy. the us midterm

elections approaching, the youngest migrants simply are not aware that they are aware of a much wider political game. there's been another minor eathquake at the site in lancashire where the energy firm cuadrilla, resumed fracking this morning. the company was forced to suspend operations yesterday after fracking caused another small tremor of exactly the same magnitude. but it isn't obliged to stop work this time because the seismic activity, which couldn't be felt at the surface, took place after fracking had finished for the day. cuadrilla insists the process is safe. fracking began at the site earlier this month after a failed legal challenge from campaigners. joining us now is professor peter styles from keele university, he's a specialist in induced earthquakes. thank you very much forjoining us, how common are these micros seismic events when tracking takes place? great deal of experience in the uk,

as he suspended this for several yea rs, as he suspended this for several years, but a great deal from the usa, whether the geology is there, but people do not actually realise their two kinds of dates when —— these. it forces the rock apart and you can imagine the tears propagating and opening a bit by a, they are a part of the tracking process and where we observed it's looking like this, and that indicates that we are actually stimulating pre—existing, often very ancient faults and while these are small earthquakes, it is a region where we believe there is a transition from these to these sliding rocks, and we're to involve fa u lts sliding rocks, and we're to involve faults in that process. why are they

above a certain magnitude required to stop the drilling because the company says it is perfectly safe? this as a consequence of the analysis that has been carried out, and the first in 2011. as you will appreciate, we are in an experimental phrase as far as tracking in the uk. we have had many serious of defamation during these. and it is right to be careful. these are small events, but the clue is how they will actually progress. and the fact that were getting, the fact that it makes for very little sense, the process by which it stimulates the process by which it stimulates the faults are complex. and partly involve the propagation of fluids, and that takes some time. in saying

that this is not caused by tracking. we need to do is look into detail on the signatures on the seismograms, we get back in 2011 and we saw that all of the events are coming from exactly the same place the surface from the same fault. and that is how we will decide whether or not these are caused by fracking. whether or not there from other things taking place. what sort of analysis than should be taking place in light of the two small events that we have seen the two small events that we have seenin the two small events that we have seen in the past couple of days was yellow obviously, ? record will be called the seismograms, which is the movement of the earth from the earthquake. and we can see these propagating tea rs, and we can see these propagating tears, because we see different

seismic signatures around the earthquake, and that is what we did early in 2011. and that needs to be done. we do understand, if these are caused by the squirrel hill progress, it is much less worrying if it is caused by movement on these polls. because we have to start doing this, and analysing the distribution and they have fallen north and south west trains, lots of trends we saw in 2011 are the trend of the region. in a reason to suspect that these larger events, and some of the others, are falling on these faults. does briefly, if you would, the ceo told us that the senses that it's picking up, are much lower threshold than in other parts of the world, therefore people should not worry? pick can't, is that correct to say was yellow the

process taking place, in 2011, ? we are trying to prevent that from happening and that is by understanding the size it understanding how deep process can be controlled. fracking should not take place when you have this much of a fault. because that is a calculation, backed up by observation from the us, and howl fracking has the influence on the fall. we could talk for hours, i am fascinated by what we're saying, but thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. it is time to take a look at the weather forecast and luis us. it is time to take a look at the weatherforecast and luis has us. it is time to take a look at the weather forecast and luis has the details. what a difference a day

makes and there are some showers, fairly frequent as well, particularly in the northeast of scotland, across towards down into the midlands and they really did make you feel quite cold, temperatures struggled at the very best under the showers. overnight tonight, we keep some showers going, the northeasterly breeze, and somewhere real nuisance to the southeast but temperatures falling lower around four or 5 degrees. temperature is just low enough for a light frost and most of scotland. but that is with sunshine is likely to be. the start of the showers out of the east, some of those should easily go into the afternoon, the best of sunshine for the west still not at the highest values of eight to 11 degrees, as we go into next week. we start our frosty note but ona week. we start our frosty note but on a quiet note, he could see it will not be long before the weather

front from the west but also areas of low pressure could be a bit of a nuisance into the south east as we go to the middle. hello this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines. a gunman has opened fire in a synagogue in the us city of pittsburgh, it's reported there are multiple casualties, police will not confirm how many people died. the gunman, who was inside the synagogue, is in police custody. he entered the building during a saturday morning service. it's a very horrific crime scene. it's one of the worst that i've seen. here, the former cabinet minister lord hain says he stands by his decision to name sir philip green as the businessman facing allegations of sexual harassment and racial abuse, something he categorically denies. former england footballer and manager glenn hoddle is taken to hospital afterfalling ill. monday's budget will include business rate cuts for small retailers and cash to improve transport links as the government looks to boost the high street economy.