welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is lewis vaughanjones. 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 shootout at the scene. this evil anti—semitic attack 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. and the caravan of migrants making its way to the united states rejects an offer of asylum from mexico. 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 large jewish population. these are the first pictures of the alleged gunman, who reportedly shouted anti—jewish slurs during the attack. he has been named by us media as robert bowers. the gunman surrendered to police after a tense standoff. among those injured, two are in hospital in a critical condition. the governor of pennsylvania, tom wolf, says the attack is being treated as a hate—crime. i can't express the sadness that all pennsylvanians feel for what happened today. i am going to give my condolences first of all to the victims of this tragedy, theirfamilies and theirfriends, and to this community. the shooting is being investigated by the fbi as a hate

crime. my heart breaks for the members of the jewish 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 thejewish 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. the shabbat is a time for reflection, a time for finding peace, not for violence. pennsylvania's jewish community is strong, vibrant and resilient. now is the time on an ever to come together and to support each other. the pennsylvania governor speaking earlier. our correspondent dan johnson has the latest on events so far. 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 that 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. donald trump now says he will travel to pittsburgh in the wake of the shooting. he's been talking about the attack at a rally in illinois. this evil anti—semitic attack

is an assault on all of us. it is an assault on humanity. this was an anti— somatic attack at its worst. —— anti—semitic. the scourge its worst. —— anti—semitic. the scourge of anti—semitism cannot be ignored or tolerated and it cannot be allowed to continue. we can't allow it to continue. oren segal is the director of the anti—defamation league's center on extremism, a group that fights anti—semitism. hejoined me from new he joined me from new york a short time ago. i asked him about the rise in cases of anti—semitism. here at adl we have the documented incidences since 1979.

in this past year, 2017, we saw a 57% increase in incidences reported to adl since the last year. what you think some of the causes and reasons behind that? we are living in a very divisive atmosphere in this country. not only are the public discussions focused on anti—immigrant rhetoric, anti—muslim rhetoric, and other forms of hate, which are basically the foundation when it comes to extremist chatter. but social media and the explosion in the ability to reach, recruit, radicalise, and share messages of hate is unprecedented in human history. the accommodation has made anti—semitism is that we are dealing with on all levels. and how you begin to tackle that? social media is there and not going anywhere. we expect those who are leading these technology companies in social media to take a proactive role to try to stop

the exploitation of their services for extremism and hate. we expect our elected officials and all public officials to speak out clearly and consistently against all forms of hate, including anti—semitism. and what about the political leadership on issues like this? it's very well tackling the technology and the technology firms, but this comes down to what people feel is permissible to feel, to think, the ways in which people express themselves. what leadership role to politicians play? listen, at the end of the day, fighting hate, pushing back against hate, as we do it at adl, is a battle for hearts and minds. and you look for allies in that fight. elected officials, public officials, and really people in all sorts of communities all have to reject hatred when it arises. extremism and anti—semitism in particular is the lifeblood of many of these hate groups. and violence is neverfar behind.

oren segal, there. we bring you some breaking news out of leicester, now, which is a town here in uk, a city where a helicopter belonging to the chairman of the leicester city football club has crashed in a car park outside the club's ground. our reporter simon clemison is at the king power stadium in leicester. it didn't get far at all. you can see the distance there possibly, the emergency services at the scene, it crashed in the car park of the ground of the football stadium here. even the last few minutes, we've seen emergency services, they've been coming and going. they have been coming and going all evening. as you say, this is the owner's helicopter. it is seen at every home game, landing on the pitch before and after the fans, it comes and goes. tonight was no difference.

it was a late kick—off here in leicester in the east midlands, and what happened was the helicopter — the sight and sounds of it, it took off, witnesses said that he cleared the ground, but then silence, before a huge bang and this fireball explosion. the details are still sketchy. we don't have any confirmation of who was on board the helicopter all casualties. fans came this evening, they'd left, they'd gone, but came back, anxious to hear what had happened because this owner has been very important to this club. i was a reporter in leicester nearly 20 years ago. the club had some good times then. the foxes were doing quite well then. this has been a different year,

couple of years, here. 2015, they were 5000 to one that went on to win the premier league. so a lot of love for the owner and a lot of love from him from the fans as well. he feeds and waters them at some games. but we just don't know at this stage what has happened. we just know that the crash has taken place. but a huge fireball happened, bursting into flames. it is his helicopter, but we are not sure at this stage who was on board and what has happened. we are still waiting to find out who was on the helicopter. we'll bring that to you as soon as we have it here. moving on, syria's political crisis has been discussed by the leaders of russia, france and germany at a summit hosted by turkey's president recep tyip erdogan in istanbul. after hours of talks the leaders agreed that a committee to create a new constitution should meet by the end of the year. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford has more from istanbul. it was an unusual format

here on the banks of the bosphorus in istanbul. notjust turkey and russia here, involved, but leaders from france and germany. recep tayyip erdogan, the turkish president, said that was because it was important to expand those involved in the process of bringing a lasting solution for syria as broadly as possible. they talked for a significant time here, several hours, we are told at this 0ttoman mansion here at istanbul. recep tayyip erdogan had emerged to say these were effective talks, constructive talks. there were key issues on the agenda. first of all the situation in idlib, that last rebel—held stronghold in syria, where, just over a month ago, russia and turkey agreed a ceasefire deal. they said it was important for that ceasefire to be consolidated and to be spread.

but there was a point of difference there between the french and russian leaders. putin said that russia had the right to step in against what he called provocations by terrorist to support the syrian military if there were violations of the ceasefire. the french president said that would be absolutely unacceptable. 0n the political process, going forward, again, some differences, some saying it is difficult to move to political resolution, there are big differences in how to reach that. so significant differences. a key thing that was agreed was there must be a committee of members coming together to discuss a constitution for syria as soon as possible. that is the first step of the political process that should begin for syria. it has been stalled for some time. all sides at these takes said that

should begin by the end of the year. sri lanka's political crisis has deepened after parliament was suspended a day after the president sacked the prime minister. the decision to suspend parliament until mid—november is seen as an attempt to give the president time to garner the support of mps. supporters celebrated late into the night in the capital, colombo. it was a dramatic comeback for the former strongman who lost to the current president in 2015 election. it is all smiles as the former foes have become friends again. soon after taking over, he visited a buddhist

temple to pay respect. by saturday morning, the changes on the ground are visible. tighten security around mahinda rajapa ksa's residence. are visible. tighten security around mahinda rajapaksa's residence. the sudden political change has taken people by surprise. still, mahinda raja pa ksa people by surprise. still, mahinda rajapa ksa needs to people by surprise. still, mahinda rajapaksa needs to prove his majority in parliament. but his party is confident. the person who enjoys the majority of members support is mahinda rajapaksa, who not only has the support of parliament remembers, but the support of the people of our country. but the outed maithripala sirisena is defined, sang his firing was illegal. we are the majority in parliament. it is not necessary for us parliament. it is not necessary for us to create a crisis. it is not necessary for the people of the country to suffer. we are living in

difficult times. we should get this controversy out of the way. that the parliament decide who has the majority. mr ranil wickremesinghe spoke to parliament about his case. it will be a challenge for him to keep his mps together. there will be more twists and turns to sri lanka's political turmoil. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — as brazil prepares to vote in the second round of the presidential election, we examine a country that is deeply divided. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly 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. more on the pittsburgh shooting now. meghan mclachlan was in the area at the time to campaign for the democrats, and told us what she saw and heard. i was actually running late today for canvassing. i was in at10am, and i got in around 10:15am and there were just cops everywhere and i was worried at first 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, it down the street and i thought maybe it was just something random, i had no idea 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. that 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'm feeling a lot of things right now, iam heartbroken for my community. 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, it's very, that's the culture here and it is something, i mean, i'm notjewish myself, but it is something that i embrace as a member of the community and i love seeing 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'm probably going to go home and cry, to be honest, and then go and see my brother and cry with him. that's probably what i am going to do today. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue is near the scene in pittsburgh and has sent this report. you can see the synagogue in the distance behind me.

this is where at 10:00 this morning the authorities say robert bowers entered that synagogue and shot dead 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 a few miles away from here where they believe bowers lives. they are doing that with extreme caution because they fear the home might be booby—trapped. bowers himself was shot during that confrontation. they eventually got him on the third floor of the synagogue where he barricaded himself inside a room, and he managed to wound several officers during that exchange of fire. he is now in custody and we don't believe his life is in danger at this stage. the fbi and other authorities have just been giving a press conference and they say there were no children involved in the shooting, no children died or were injured as a result of the shooting. they also say they might bring charges as early as today, and thatjustice will be "swift and severe," in the words of one prosecutor. it's being prosecuted as a hate crime, a federal crime, and that could mean the severest penalty possible. 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, on thejewish sabbath, where a man appears to have gone

into this synagogue, shouting slogans, anti—semitic hateful slogans, and murdering 11 people. the caravan of central american migrants currently making its way across mexico to the united states has rejected a plan for asylum from the mexican government. under the plan, people would have been given a temporary work visa but only in two southern rural mexican states. instead, they're determined to keep going to the us — many have travelled from honduras and guatemala. 0ur 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, 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. but 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. 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. the people of brazil are preparing to vote in the second and decisive round of a presidential election on sunday. opinion polls put the far—right presidential candidate, jair bolsonaro ahead of his left—wing opponent, fernando haddad, of the workers' party. but as our correspondent katy watson reports, there are deep divisions in the country ahead of the vote. jair bolsanaro's fans are counting down the days till victory, hoping he'll make

brazil great again. nicknamed the ‘trump of the tropics', many people here think the us president is a man brazil could learn from. it's been a dramatic campaign — stabbed in a rally last month, bolsanaro's popularity has continued to soar. yeeeeeah! bolsonaro!! like many people in this rally, this man supported military dictatorship in brazil, and he'd do it again. if it is necessary, we are going to get in arms to defend our country. we don't want the communism here. never! fernando haddad is the man trying to beat bolsonaro, but he'll struggle. with his predecessor lula in prison for corruption, there's real hatred towards the left. there's also real fear for brazil's young democracy. this carnival parade is supporting haddad, the only candidate they say will protect brazil from another dictatorship. that is it from me.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. good morning. saturday was certainly a shock to the system, cold for all of us, but really it was a day of mixed fortunes, because for some there were beautiful spells of sunshine. a beautiful weather watchers picture sent in from keswick in cumbria. however, if you were 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 uk. through much of europe as well, descending as far south as spain and portugal, where on monday they had temperatures into the mid—20s. they're going to close out the week, if they're lucky, on 10—11 degrees. for us, we start off sunday on a chilly note, a touch of light frost in parts of scotland. western areas will see the best of the sunshine on sunday. that north—easterly breeze always running the risk of driving in showers along the east coast and a real nuisance again across east anglia and the south—east of england. highest values on sunday, 8— 11. still not particularly warm. winds will fall on sunday night into monday morning, the skies will clear, and there is the possibility of a widespread hard frost first thing on monday morning. so certainly a cold start 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 showers into the western isles. don't be too concerned about this 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 affected by 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 potential for rain, some of it heavy, into the south—east, to make itjust 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 anti—semitic abuse. president trump says he'll travel to pittsburgh after the shootings, which he described as an evil attack and an assault on humanity. a helicopter belonging to the thai billionaire owner and chairman of leicester city football club has crashed and burst into flames. witnesses say it had taken off from inside the stadium an hour after a match between leicester and west ham, but then 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. the duke and duchess of sussex have attended the closing ceremony