this is bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: at least 11 people are shot dead after a gunman opens fire in a synagogue in the us city of pittsburgh. the gunman, who's been named as robert bowers, surrendered to police after a shoot—out at the scene. this evil anti—semitic attack is an assault on all of us. it is an assault on all of us. it is an assault on all of us. it is an assault on humanity. in other news, a helicopter belonging to leicester city's thai owner has crashed after taking off from the football team's stadium. hello and welcome to bbc news. at least 11 people have been killed in pittsburgh after a shooting at a synagogue. four police officers are among the injured. the shooting took place at the tree of life synagogue during a baby—naming ceremony. it's located in the

squirrel hill neighbourhood, which has a largejewish population. these are the first pictures of the alleged gunman. he was described by police as a heavy—set white male. he has been named by us media as robert bowers. the gunman surrendered to police after a tense stand—off. two other people are in hospital in a critical condition. the governor of pennsylvania, tom wolf, made this statement about today's attack. i can't express the sadness that all pencil brain in this field for what happened today. i am going to give my condolences first of all to the vic is of this tragedy, their families and their friends, and vic is of this tragedy, their families and theirfriends, and it is community. the shooting is being investigated by the eye as a hate crime. my heart breaks for the members of the jewish crime. my heart breaks for the members of thejewish community. today, all pennsylvania mourns with you. anti—semitism has absolutely no place in our commonwealth. any

attack on one community of faith in pennsylvania is an attack against every community of faith in pennsylvania. i want the jewish community across the commonwealth and across the country to know that we stand in support of you as we together mourned this senseless act of violence. it is a time for reflection, a time for finding peace, not for violence. there is of‘s jewish community is peace, not for violence. there is of‘sjewish community is strong, vibrant and resilient. now is the time on an ever to come together and to support each other. our correspondent dan johnson has this round—up of today's events. 10am in a quiet pittsburgh suburb. heavily armed police surrounded a synagogue that was attacked just after saturday morning services began. people living nearby were warned to stay indoors until the suspect could be tracked down. you could hear the shots when we were standing in our living room and we could just hear, like, just rapid—fire. it's scary. i cried.

and i'm still... i heard about it and i thought, wow, i thought about the people who i knew would be there. i know people that attend that synagogue. and it's terrible. we are all shocked by it and we are numb at the thought that this could happen. it's a very sad day. four police officers were shot as he was confronted and arrested. it's taken the emergency services some time to confirm that 11 members of the congregation were killed and two injured. it's a very horrific crime scene. it's one of the worst i've seen, and i've been on some plane crashes. it's very bad. this was quickly described as a hate crime and the fbi is leading the investigation. members of the tree of life synagogue, conducting a peaceful service in their place of worship, were brutally murdered by a gunman targeting them simply because of their faith. the suspect‘s full motive is unknown but we believe he was acting alone.

this is the man in custody, rob bowers, a 16—year—old, who was heavily armed with pistols, an assault rifle and social media accounts filled with anti—semitic hate. he's reported to have shouted, "kill alljews" as he opened fire. questions quickly turned to gun control and the tone of political debate. is this another example of america's aggressively divided politics encouraging extreme violence? the president condemned the killings and called for unity. we must all rise above the hate, move past our divisions and embrace our common destiny as americans. and it doesn't mean we can't fight hard and be strong and say what's on our mind. but we have to always remember those elements, we have to remember the elements of love and dignity and respect and so many others. armed officers are guarding

synagogues across the us. anti—semitic attacks have been on the rise here in recent years. midterm elections are just ten days away now, and this week, mail bombs were sent to prominent political figures. now, the peace of morning prayers has been broken by deadly gunfire. another reminder of the threats this country faces. danjohnson, bbc news, washington. president trump says he will travel to pittsburgh in the wake of the shooting. he's been speaking about the attack at a campaign rally in illinois. this evil anti—semitic attack is an assault on all of us. it is an assault on all of us. it is an assault on all of us. it is an assault on humanity. it will require all of us working together to extra ct all of us working together to extract the hateful poison of anti—semitism from our world. this was an anti—semitic attack at its

worst. the scourge of anti—semitism cannot be ignored, cannot be tolerated and it cannot be allowed tolerated and it cannot be allowed to continue. we can't allow it to continue. donald trump there. we will continue to bring you more on that shooting at a synagogue in pittsburgh. let's bring you some breaking news out of leicester, here in the uk, where a helicopter belonging to the chairman of leicester city football club has crashed in a car park outside the club's ground. let's cross now to bbc reporter victoria hicks who is at the king power stadium in leicester. victoria, doing no yet who was actually on board that helicopter? no, there is no confirmation who was on board or if there are any casualties this evening. i was at the game in a private capacity, i left just before eight the game in a private capacity, i leftjust before eight o'clock. i heard the helicopter are right. within our the final whistle, the

ambulance with service received a call and within two minutes were at the scene here. we are told it is a major incident and that the helicopter crashed in the carpark behind me. as we say, no confirmation yet up and was on board, if there are any casualties. this is obviously a very worrying time forfans this is obviously a very worrying time for fans are particularly as they started to drift back to the stadium. the advice tonight is for them to stay away, obviously this a major incident. at that owners are well loved by leicester city fans. they have poured millions into this clu b they have poured millions into this club and have taken it to premiership victory. one fan told me tonight they have made our dreams come true. the clapboard belt has tweeted that they will give us a more detailed statement once further information is established. the fa has also tweeted tonight that outboards with all leicester city football clu b outboards with all leicester city football club following the major incident after their game at the king power stadium. we will be here throughout the night and we will bring you updates as we get them.

there has obviously been a little reaction from players and fans, and obviously quite upset. if it is confirmed that the chairman and i now understand report the manager might have been on board, what is that suggest for the future of the club? obviously, it throws everything into doubt. one fan said to me they have made a club what it is today, they have built the structure, they have given us what we dreamt of. they have taken the clu b to we dreamt of. they have taken the club to premiership victory and they have poured so much into this club. that becomes uncertain, but we have no confirmation yet who is involved oi’ no confirmation yet who is involved or who was on board the helicopter. you are still at the scene. can you tell us about what you are seeing there. presumably the investigation is ill going on, police are still there. yes, it is happening on the far side of the carpark. we can't actually see that section. we have

all been cordoned off, but their lot of emergency services obviously dealing with the incident. there are some fans still hanging about, people are very worried, though owners are very dear to their heart. a few hours ago there were thousands of people here. there are still fans remaining, keen to find out and anxious to get further news. victoria at the scene in leicester, thank you very much. under the plan, the migrants would have been given a temporary work visa. 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 1,000 miles to go,

it makes sense to set off early. midday heat in chiapas is so fierce, so energy—sapping, that the caravan of migrants rolls out before dawn. the lucky ones hitch a lift on anything they can. the rest have to keep walking and are growing tired. the migrants still have the vast majority of their 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 grows. staying the course is hard enough. now, imagine doing it with several small children. deportee samuel rosales is bringing his family on what is his fifth attempt to return to the united states. his one—year—old daughter, madeline, is exhausted and has had a fever. but samuel insists honduras, one of the poorest and most violent countries in the americas, is no place for a child. translation: we know we're risking the lives of all three of us on this trip.

but we're doing it because at home we run almost the same risks as we find on the road. without presenting any evidence, president trump has equated these people with gangs and even middle eastern terrorists. the people i met, though, were mostly poor honduran families, in search of work and security. so far, the mexican authorities have simply waved them through. the caravan can expect a military presence at the us border. i am sure they will reach the border. how many, i don't know. how many come i don't know. but, on the way, you will see persons that quit and go back to their country. but 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 samuel's family is now mired in controversy. with the us mid—term elections approaching, the youngest migrants simply aren't aware they're part of a much wider political game.

will grant, bbc news, chiapas in southern mexico. a serious political crisis is being discussed by the leaders at a summit hosted in istanbul. after hours of talk, they agreed a committee to greet a new constitution should meet by the end of the year. our correspondent sarah rainsford's been following the story. just turkey and russia in holding these talks but european leaders as well from france and germany. the turkish president said that is because it was important to expand those involved in this process of bringing lasting political solution to syria as lordly as possible. they talk to a significant time here, several hours all told that is

ottoman mansion here in istanbul. mr erdogan emerged to say these had been effective talks. they say constructive talks. they're there we re constructive talks. they're there were some key issues on the agenda. first of all, the situation in idlib, that last rebel held stronghold in syria where russia and turkey agreed a ceasefire deal. all sides say it is important for that ceasefire to hold, to be consolidated and to be spread. at there was a point of difference there was a point of difference there between the french and russian leaders. mr putin said russia had reserved the right to step in against what he calls provocations by terrorists to support the theory and if there were violations of that ceasefire. the french president said that would be unacceptable. on a political process going forward, some differences, all saying it is important to move to a political resolution of this conflict, and very big differences over who might need that. erdogan here in turkey saying it is unacceptable or

president assad of syria to remain in his post. a significant difference, but a key thing that was agreed was that there must be a committee of members coming together to discuss a constitution to syria as soon as possible. that is the first of the political process that should again syria. it has been stored for so time. all sides of the talks said that must begin by the of the year. to stay with us on bbc news. still to come, we hearfrom to stay with us on bbc news. still to come, we hear from witnesses to the pittsburgh shooting. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. only yesterday, she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. every drop of my blood would contribute to the growth of this nation." after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history.

no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and liftoff of discovery, with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the show is right. this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a gunman in the us city of pittsburgh has shot dead 11 people after bursting into a synagogue. the fbi are treating it as a hate crime. a helicopter belonging to leicester city's thai owner has crashed after taking off

from the football team's stadium. let's get more on our top story about that shooting at a synagogue in pits berg. many people there have in react in, many of the residents and those at the congregation. we did hearfrom one resident, megan mclauchlan, who was in the area at the time to campaign for the democrats in the upcoming midterms. this is what she told us. i was actually running late today. i was in atioam, and i got in around 10:15am and there were just cops everywhere and i was worried at first because it was at the place i was supposed to be at because it was a democrat headquarters in the city and were getting ready to canvass. but i showed up and it was clear there, down the street and i thought maybe it was just something random, i did not know what it was and 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. there was an active shooter. i got in and we were stuck 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 livejust a neighbourhood over, but i used to live in squirrel hill, and it is my favourite neighbourhood in the city. it's the most diverse, the most welcoming and it is just a great neighbourhood and i am heartbroken for them today. there are always jewish families walking around the neighbourhood, that is the culture here and it is something, i am notjewish 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 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. our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue is covering events from pittsburgh. you can see the synagogue in the distance behind me. this is where at ten o'clock this morning the authorities say robert bowers entered that synagogue and shot dead inii entered that synagogue and shot dead in 11 people, wounding several others, including four police officers. we understand two people are still critically ill in hospital. the authorities are now searching a home—made few miles away from here where they believe robert bowers lives. they are doing that with extreme caution because they hear the home might be booby—trapped. bowers himself was shot during that composite —— confrontation. they eventually got

him on the third floor of the synagogue where he had arrogated himself inside a room, and he managed to wound several officers during that exchange of fire. —— barricaded. he is in custody and we don't believe his life is in danger at this stage. the fbi and other authorities have been giving a press conference and they say there were no “— conference and they say there were no —— no children involved in the shooting, no children were injured or died as shooting, no children were injured ordied asa shooting, no children were injured or died as a result of it. a say they might bring charges as early as today, and that justice they might bring charges as early as today, and thatjustice will be swift and severe, in the words of one prosecutor. it is being prosecuted as a hate crime, a federal crime, and that could mean the severest penalty possum will. at the severest penalty possum will. at the moment, what is happening here is that people are just trying to come to terms with the awful, awful hate crime in the middle of a religious service on the sabbath, the jewish sabbath, religious service on the sabbath, thejewish sabbath, where a man appears to have gone into this synagogue, shouting slogans, anti—semitic hateful slogans, and murdering ii anti—semitic hateful slogans, and murdering 11 people. earlier, i spoke to rina shah. she's a republican strategist based in washington dc.

first and foremost i want to say how incredibly saddened i am today as an american for the loss of life in pittsburgh, a city i spent many yea rs close pittsburgh, a city i spent many years close to, visiting. i have been through squirrel hill, i know people who grew up in that community, and i am incredibly saddened by what took place there today in a house of worship on a day when americans were simplyjust trying to be american. and worship in silence and in peace. and the violence that occurred there is incredibly devastating. notjust for that community but for those of us who care about the american way. there is no got —— no place for violence in american society. i am very glad the president has taken the tone he has taken today. i think his response has been measured, it has been appropriate, and i am delighted to see it. he is acting very presidential today. the criticism we have heard is that

after even dislike this, donald trump can become presidential, but then he morphs back into that divisive rhetoric that so many people are upset with. what do you think about that? do you think the republicans are responsible for that? no, i don't think republicans are responsible for anything carte blanche. i think painting with a and saying that a whole problem with political party in administration or a president himself is responsible when acts of violence take place on american soil. that is quite irresponsible, for us to make that argument. i do think this is a troubled man who hid behind a computer, and unfortunately took an assault weapon into his hands and took it out on a community that did not deserve it because he has hate in his heart. i think it is important to parse of this. has donald trump, as a candidate and as a president, done things which have perhaps inflamed our rhetoric, and fanned the flames of what has been

going on in this country for a very long time? he has not done any such thing. he has not helped, let you put it very simply. —— let me. i don't know that this is a turning point or a fork in the road for him, but i am hope will because of the tone he has taken, it is he certainly sounds more presidential than he ever has. —— hopeful. it is not easy to say that it is one speech or one act of sanity that makes a leader a leader, or helps a leader to lead. what has happened right now is that we are rather unique time in america where we have a president who is completely unconventional, who has challenged, actually, our sensibilities, and has been offensive, for a very long time. i think he is going to do some soul—searching. i see that within him. ithink soul—searching. i see that within him. i think he is capable of it. i think he will do some soul—searching to get him to a place where he will

make good on what he promised americans when he ran, which was putting america first. losing ii american lives today is certainly not easy and i saw some in his response that indicated to me that he has some empathy. the people of brazil are preparing to vote in the second round of a election on wednesday, but there are deep divisions in the country ahead of the vote. balsa narrow‘s fans are counting down to victory, hoping he will make brazil great again. nicknamed the trump of the tropics, many think he is a man brazil could learn from. it has been a dramatic campaign, stabbed in a rally last month, bolsanaro's campaign, stabbed in a rally last month, bolsa naro's popularity campaign, stabbed in a rally last month, bolsanaro's popularity has continued to soar. like many people in this rally, this man supported military dictatorship in brazil, and would do it again. if it is

necessary , we would do it again. if it is necessary, we are going to get men to defend our country. we do not wa nt to defend our country. we do not want the communism here. never. fernando havard want the communism here. never. fernando hava rd is want the communism here. never. fernando havard is the man trying to eatjair fernando havard is the man trying to eat jair bolsonaro, —— fernando havard is the man trying to eatjair bolsonaro, —— beach jair bolsonaro, but he will struggle. his predecessor... there is also fearful brazil's young democracy. this carnival parade is supporting hadad, the only candidates they say will protect brazil from another dictatorship. the theme of this parade is thatjudas as a weapon that kills. -- prejudice is a weapon. but what next? there is also a great deal of fear about the future. this man was tortured during the dictatorship. jair bolsonaro wins, it will be a huge step back. translation: the army electrocuted me on my tongue and my venus. jair

bolsonaro said he is in favour of torture. i never imagined that at the age of 705i would have to return to this. but even in the violent slums, where people had benefited from workers party social programmes, political allegiances are shifting. fishermen carlos did not live through the dictatorship, but he is still voting forjair bolsonaro. he tells me he will change brazil, and the country needs military rule. for many brazilians, the desire forfirm military rule. for many brazilians, the desire for firm leadership matters more than the threat to democracy. it is a future people wa nt to democracy. it is a future people want to change, yet that future is more uncertain than ever. and of course, before we go, we just want to remind you of that breaking news, the helicopter belonging to leicester city's thai owner has crashed. we expect to get a statement shortly. we do not know if the thai owner was on board. stay with abc news for the latest. —— bbc news. good morning. saturday was certainly

a shock to the system, called for all of us, but really it was a day of mixed fortunes, because for some there were beautiful spells of sunshine. beautiful weather watchers picture sent in from keswick in cumbria. however, if you are caught under the showers it was miserable. frequent showers in the north—east of scotland, some of them wintry over higher ground. frequent showers running in across the yorkshire coast, east anglia, the midlands and the south—west. and that brought rumbles of thunder, and to close out the day in parts of lincolnshire and cambridgeshire, there were some hailstorms as well. so a pretty miserable story, and we are in this cold air now, right across the country. not just the cold air now, right across the country. notjust the uk. through much of europe as well, descending as far south of spain and portugal, where on monday they had temperatures into the mid—20s. they are going to close out the week, if they are lucky, on the ii

are going to close out the week, if they are lucky, on the 11 degrees. for us, we start of sunday on it chilly note, a touch of light frost in scotland. western areas will see the best of the sunshine on sunday. that's north—easterly breeze always running the risk of driving in showers along the east coast and of a real nuisance again across east anglia and the south—east of england. highest values on sunday, 8-11. england. highest values on sunday, 8—11. still not particularly warm. wins will fall on sunday night in to monday morning, the skies were clear, and there is the possibility ofa clear, and there is the possibility of a widespread hard ross first thing on monday morning. so certainly a cold start act to the new working week. hopefully to compensate, some lovely sparkling sunshine to go with it. it should be a really quiet day. one or two isolated into the western isles. don't be too concerned about this rain out in the atlantic. temperatures 8— ii rain out in the atlantic. temperatures 8— 11 again. in fact, looking ahead, we need to look at what is happening across in the mediterranean. a real storm across

portions of italy. heavy snow over the alps, and that is going to be spreading its way steadily north. so there is a level of uncertainty, just how much of eastern england is going to be a fact did buy that area of low pressure, it could bring some significant rain. it will also bring something a little less cold, some mild moist air moving in across the sea up through the middle part of the week. all that translates into a forecast like this. it does look like there will be dry weather for many, but there is the potentialfor rain, some of it heavy, into the south—east, tony just rain, some of it heavy, into the south—east, tonyjust that little bit milder. that's it. enjoy your sunday. this is bbc news. the headlines: 11 people have been killed in a shooting at a synagogue in pittsburgh in the united states. the gunman is reported to have shouted that alljews had to die. president trump says hell travel to pittsburgh after the shootings, which he described as an evil anti—semitic attack. a helicopter belonging to the thai billionaire businessman, vichai srivaddhanaprabha,

has crashed and burst into flames at leicester city football club. witnesses say it had taken off from inside the stadium an hour after a match between leicester and west ham, but span out of control. the leaders of turkey, russia, france and germany have again stressed that a permanent peace in syria can only be found through political means. following a summit of the leaders in istanbul, they promised to work to ensure the current ceasefire in the northern province of idlib became permanent. those are the latest headlines. the duke and duchess of sussex have attended the closing ceremony