welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is martin stanford. our top stories: president trump is to visit to the scene of the pittsburgh synagogue attack but some jewish leaders say he should stay away. as migrants head towards the us—mexico border, 5,000 extra troops are sent there to secure it. the indonesia plane crash — the bbc finds evidence of technical issues before it came down killing 189 people. and how a football match helped with the thaw in relations between north and south korea. there's been a divided response to the announcement that president trump will visit pittsburgh on tuesday following the killings

at a synagogue there. 0nejewish organisation has told the president he's not welcome until he denounces white nationalism. but the rabbi of the synagogue where eleven people were shot dead has said mr trump is welcome. the man accused of the killings, robert bowers, has made his first court appearance, shackled to a wheelchair. eliza philippidis reports. in times of tragedy, the head of state is usually welcomed by those affected. but not this time. on sunday, members of the organisation for progressive dues and an open letter to mr trump calling the shooting on saturday the direct culmination of the president's influence. it says for the past three years your words and your policies have emboldened a growing white nationalist movement. the letter calls for the president to

stop targeting minorities. since sunday, thousands have signed it. that is exactly what i feel. i feel he would cause more strife and ill feeling and sadness. we don't need him for his thoughts and good wishes. i agree with the letter. and evenif wishes. i agree with the letter. and even if he denounced it, i would not believe him because he is a liar. the killing rampage has divided views in the americanjewish community with some saying president trump has allowed an atmosphere that allows eight and anti—semitism to flourish. but the white house press secretary has pushed back at critics. the very first thing that the president did was condemn the attacks both in pittsburgh and the pipe bombs. the very first thing the media did was blamed the president

and make him responsible for these ridiculous acts. that is outrageous that that would be the very first reaction of so many people across this country. sarah sanders did not specifically detail where the president will detail all with whom he will meet. but he is expected to make a visit to the site of the shooting and there will be many who welcome him. the first burials of the victims of the attack are scared for tuesday. several of my congregant were shot dead in my sanctuary. my holy place has been to file. words of hate are unwelcome in pittsburgh. the families say they wa nt to pittsburgh. the families say they want to grieve in private and in peace. the us military is to send more than 5,000 troops to the country's border with mexico. president trump has pledged to secure the border after describing several thousand central american migrants heading north through mexico as a dangerous threat

to us sovereignty. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. plodding onwards through mexico, the migrants say they are fleeing violence and of the. they are still nowhere near the us border but with just days until an election, president trump is trying to carve the caravan as an imminent threat to this country. he says this is an invasion and our military is waiting for you. despite the political nature of the topic, it was a uniformed general who appeared on us television to announce the details of operation faithful patriot. by the end of this week we will deploy over 5200 soldiers to the south—west border. that is just the start of this operation. we will continue to winjust this operation. we will continue to win just the numbers and inform you of both but that is in addition to the thousands already employed from

the thousands already employed from the national guide that has been so effective. the us has already beefed up effective. the us has already beefed up security at the frontier. this is the crossing between elle paso in texas and mexico. troops will be deployed with helicopters, aeroplanes and miles of raise the wiser. the military says the soldiers will be used to support, not replace, border control agents. mrtrump not replace, border control agents. mr trump clearly hopes the issue of immigration will galvanise his core voters that opponents say the armed forces are being used to saudi fla mes forces are being used to saudi fla m es of forces are being used to saudi flames of fear for political gain. —— used to fan the flames of fear. that controversy over migrants comes with just a week to go until america's crucial mid term elections. both democrats and republicans have been accused of using scare tactics to try to sway voters. minnesota has become one of the most hotly—contested states. chris buckler is in anoka — the minnesota town which calls itself the halloween capital of the world.

in minnesota, democrats and republicans have been putting a huge amounts of money into campaigning because some of the seats here are very tightly contested. u—turn on the radio, you turn on the television and it difficult to see anything but an attack ad. these a political advertisers that do not talk about the candid's strength but rather about the weakness of the opponent. it is the kind of politics that president trump has had such success that president trump has had such success with and other politicians under trying to do that. given the time of year, perhaps some will think it is timely. people scream scare tactics are nothing new in politics. but given how often american voters are being warned about what could be just around the corner, it seems rather appropriate that these elections are being held within days of halloween. that's an occasion that is taken quite seriously in anoka.

for almost a century, a trick or treat parade has been held here. and this minnesota town is now known as the halloween capital of the world. yet what some of those lining the streets here find truly frightful are politicians. i am kind of sick of them. why? i am sick of the division that is coming across our country. the ads need to be positive rather than saying that this is what he does and he is going to take away insurance. how about just saying what you are going to do and what you are for rather than saying what he will not do? anoka's annual ghost run may be a friendly race but the mid—term elections are anything but that. all of minnesota's congressional seats are up for grabs and polls suggest around half of them are likely to be keenly contested. recent polling shows that it is closer than people may have guessed. there was a sense that there may have been a blue wave coming

in the election, that the democrats would sweep widely across the country. that often happens in mid—term elections and with the controversy that surrounds president trump at all times, that was the feeling. the polling shows that it's closer than people would have guessed. bpth democrats and republicans know how powerfulfear can be. they have used issues such as immigration, healthcare and the economy to try and scare voters into supporting them. are there issues that matter to you? not really, only border policy. the people marching this way right now, where do they go? so you are genuinely worried and scared? yes. they will ship them up to cities here. while the democrats have accused donald trump of scaremongering, republicans claim they are unfairly betraying the president as some sort of devious bogeyman. his influence as president...

with donald trump everyone is scared. nobody wants to say anything. and certainly during this campaign it is felt that politicians have spent more time cursing each other rather than trying to cast a spell over voters. is the president heading to pittsburgh and then —— on tuesday to grieve or two campaign? ultimately there are two things outplay here. you are right in saying that there are some politics being played. it must also be said that a president does attempt to try to show leadership at a time like this after an horrific attack which has seen —— is seen as a national tragedy. there is seen as a national tragedy. there is an attempt by the president to try and bring unity. the difficult thing for him is that people will

look back and say that he has in responsible for divisive language. no matter what the white house says, thatis no matter what the white house says, that is true. not to say that he is responsible for the attacks but it is to say it makes it difficult for him to be seen as a figure who brings people together. that is why they will be so much attention on this. and, certainly, politics is outplay. democrats say time and time again that given the language that president trump is used in the past, he is really not the figure to be seen standing there and breathing with others as a result of what is, essentially, a hate crime. given the context of the countdown to next tuesday, moving troops to the border, that has got to be seen in that light is well? the deployment of troops to the border is certainly not about national security and all about playing politics. certainly at this time. bear in mind it is one week until the vote. is likely to be many weeks before that caravan of

migrants make their way to the mexican border. the truth you, for president trump, many will suggest it isa president trump, many will suggest it is a good opportunity to try and change the national conversation ahead of this election. pertains to focus on something that he knows does play well with his bass. this attempt to be tough on immigration. that these rallies time and time again he gets people to chant build the wall. it is something he knows plays well. certainly, here in minnesota, whenever we talk to people here they also reflect that they are concerned about immigration. bear in mind, we are close to america's border with canada. nowhere near that water with mexico. but it is still something people are discussing, still something that president trump nose sta rts something that president trump nose starts a conversation and plays in his favour. i suspect we have many difficult conversations ahead of that vote on tuesday. rescue teams in indonesia have

begun recovering bodies from the crash site where a new passenger plane plunged into the sea less than 15 minutes after take—off. 189 people were on board and the authorities say it's unlikely there are any survivors. the lion air boeing 737 was travelling from the capital jakarta to bangka island. the airline says the plane, which came into service in august, did have a technical problem on an earlier flight but it had been cleared to fly again. 0ur correspondent rebecca henschke reports from jakarta. there were over 180 people on board when the plane crashed into the sea just 13 minutes after take—off. theirfamilies now desperately waiting. "are there any survivors," this woman asks. "we can't tell you that," replies the airline official. out at sea a debris field marks the site of the crash.

and, along with the wreckage of the plane, search and rescue teams are recovering bodies. they are being taken to a police hospital. the families have been asked to try and identify them. the plane crashed in daylight and in good weather. real—time tracking showed that it was struggling to retain height. and that the crew had asked to return to the airport. the director of the budget airline admitting that there had been a problem on the previous flight. the airline, one of indonesia's youngest and biggest, has a chequered safety record. a ten—year ban on its planes entering the european union due to safety concerns was only lifted in 2016. search and rescue teams say they will work through the night to recover the debris as well as search for survivors. but hopes of finding anyone

still alive are fading. rebecca henschke, bbc news, jakarta. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: how football diplomacy has helped with the thaw in relations between north and south korea. 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 seven billionth person on the planet. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: president trump is to visit pittsburgh to pay his respects to those who died in the mass shooting at a synagogue — somejewish leaders say he should stay away. let's stay with this story. the open letter saying president trump was not welcome in pittsburgh was organised by a jewish campaigning organisation called ‘bend the arc‘ and the head of its pittsburgh chapter, sasha king, joins me now.

thank you for being with us. why is the president not welcome, why should he stay away? a lot of people reflected on the letter that the points that we made, points that he had made, that were xenophobic toward racial ethnic minorities, the lg bt toward racial ethnic minorities, the lgbt community and of course the roundabout ways, dog whistle comments, the jewish community, globalisation, and that terrorist go after a ll globalisation, and that terrorist go after all local synagogue, the whole issue unfortunately causing the death of 11 members of our

community. many of us feel strongly that president trump possibly should stay away. we are also understanding that the synagogue in question in which this happened, tree of life. they have invited him so of course we will always divert to the community and victims in question but we are also worried in terms of oui’ but we are also worried in terms of our security with people, when people go through the —— mourning, we bury people early. it could perhaps be some huge issues with this. you accused the president of being divisive yet by turning him away, either you yourselves not being divisive? we never said he could not ever come to pittsburgh. we asked a list of demand that he repudiate the language like nationalism in spite of someone to

utterly wa nt nationalism in spite of someone to utterly want to take out this rage and anger on innocent community members. it is not that we say that the president cannot come to pittsburgh's... the president cannot come to pittsburgh's. .. you say he is not welcome, that's pretty much like he can't come, isn't it? no, it's not the same thing. we are saying that you are not welcome to take your rhetoric, language or taking a political feeder and making this u nfortu nate political feeder and making this unfortunate incident about political ratings as opposed to the lives of the people who have been murdered. sasha king um one, thank you. —— sasha king um one, thank you. —— sasha king, bend the arc. angela merkel has announced that her current term in office, which ends in 2021, will be her last as germany's chancellor. the veteran leader, whose fragile coalition government has been rocked by a series of recent crises, told a news conference in berlin it was time for a new chapter. mrs merkel will stand down as head of her centre—right christian democrats party in december. 0ur correspondentjenny hill has

more from the german capital. this is angela merkel, to the west a symbol of stability and continuity, acknowledging, finally, that era is drawing to a close. —— her era. now mrs merkel, of course, lead this country, she also lead her cdu party, but she has been losing her grip on power. her party is suffering in the polls, the coalition government is often on the verge of falling apart. to silence the critics, mrs merkel has said she is ready to give up her cdu leadership. much, of course, now depends on who replaces as party leader, if it is an ally. mrs merkel may turn things around, she may see out her term as chancellor until 2021. if it is a rival and the vultures really are circling, she may find things rather more tricky. keep an eye out on whoever replaces her. as well as party leader, they will also potentially be chancellor—in—waiting.

you know, for a long time, predicting the hour of angela merkel‘s political demise has almost become a national sport here. today, finally, mrs merkel herself fired the starting gun on the race to replace her. jenny hill in berlin. the sri lankan president has appointed a new cabinet to replace the one he sacked, along with its prime minister, ranil wickremesinghe. the new prime minister assumed his duties at the prime minister's office, despite his predecessor's refusal to accept the president's decision. mr wickremesinghe, who remains at the prime minister's official residence, has demanded parliament be reconvened immediately. yogita limaye has the story. he's back, mahinda rajapaksa, who suffered a shock defeat in presidential elections in 2015, took charge as sri lanka's prime minister on monday. for the past few years, the influential and controversial politician has been looking for a way back into power. and now he has been put

there by none other than the man who defeated him in the last election, maithripala sirisena, sri lanka's president, who sacked the country's cabinet last week. translation: i categorically state that the appointments were made is in accordance with the constitution and on the advice of legal experts. with all respect, i completely reject the charge that what was done was a violation of the constitution. the sudden move has triggered unrest. on sunday, armed guards of the sacked minister fired at the crowd. one person was killed, and the minister has now been arrested. 0utside his official residence, supporters of the ousted prime minister are continuing to gather. he is refusing to budge from his house and his position. we are the majority in parliament. it is not necessary for us to create a crisis.

let the parliament decide who has the majority. mahinda rajapaksa is a man credited by many in sri lanka for ending the country's decade—long civil war, but when in power his government was accused of human rights abuses and corruption. in sri lanka's political pot boiler, it's hard to predict what will happen next. yogita limaye, bbc news. the current breakthrough in the struggle for peace on the korean peninsula began at an under 15's football tournament in december last year when a south korean governor met his north korean counterpart. the football tournament is being held again this week in the south korean province which borders the north. our correspondent laura bicker was there — s north played south. cheering and applause. every touch of the ball is fought for. every run at goal brings eager screams. cheering.

the rivalry on this pitch is fierce. but this hardfought match has also helped push two countries, technically still at war, to the brink of peace. this time last year, the tournament was being held in china, just as donald trump was tweeting about raining down fire and fury in pyongyang. the governor of this province in south korea, however, took a chance. he travelled to china and, on the sidelines of this match, tried to persuade the north koreans to come to the pyeongchang winter olympics, and, well, he succeeded. translation: even when north and south relations were at their worst, this was the only method of exchange that went on. by half—time, it was already 2—0 to north korea. they looked stronger, they looked fitter. diplomatic channels continue between the two sides,

and, although many fear disarming the north will prove impossible, just seeing both sides on one pitch feels like progress. translation: now that i've come here, it's not even that far. i hope in the future we can come and go more often and build friendships. translation: it was very emotional at the end when we were running together, and i hoped we could unify soon so that we can be one again to play football together. 0rganisers now hope to invite us teams to take part in a tournament in north korea. these might be small gestures of sports diplomacy, but each moment of friendship between these young players helps to remove the tension between two countries and two people who have been apart for generations. "let's see one another in pyongyang," is the parting gesture. and before we go, take a look at this happy

couple —its the wedding of japan's princess aya ko to commoner kei moriya. the 28—year—old princess was married in a traditional ceremony at tokyo's famed meiji shrine. the shrine is dedicated to the princess' great—grandfather, emperor meiji. hundreds of guests and well—wishers queued up outside hoping to catch a glimpse of the couple. arriving at the shrine in traditional court clothing — kimono robe and hakama skirt — with her hair tied in the ancient style for noblewomen, the princess smiled at moriya, who had been waiting for her in a morning suit. the princess has lost her royal status after her marriage to the 32—year—old employee of shipping company was legally registered following the ceremony. well, it looks like we are going

to hold onto the cold weather for a little while yet. for some of us, tuesday's going to start pretty frosty, particularly across western parts of the uk. if you live closer to the north sea, it probably won't be quite so cold, but i think chilly enough. so this is what it looks like very early on tuesday morning. you can see where the frost is, actually from south—western england, from plymouth, through wales, all the way towards western scotland and northern ireland. here, temperatures will be below freezing. they are already well below freezing in some areas. but closer to the north sea, there, east anglia, lincolnshire, temperatures should be above freezing. and we're just getting away with the weather because look at all of the wind and rain in the north sea. it's just skirting with norfolk, suffolk, possibly kent. much of the country through the day on tuesday actually not too bad. there will be quite a lot of cloud around, i think, across eastern areas. but the further west and the south—west you are on tuesday, the better the weather will be.

so, cornwall, devon, somerset, western wales should have a fine day on tuesday. let's have a look at wednesday now, and we're kind of in between weather systems. lots of weather fronts spinning around here. you can see one weather front of western areas of the uk, so there could be some spots of rain early in the day on wednesday. so this is halloween, approaching the middle of the day here. notice the southerly winds here across some central and southern areas. that means that temperatures are expected to pick up a little bit. so not quite so cold. we could even get to around 13 degrees in london. but in the north on wednesday, still pretty chilly, temperatures into single figures. but, once again, there will be a little bit of rain around across some western areas on wednesday. not an awful lot, but some of us will catch it. now, let's have a look at thursday's weather forecast. and actually some big

contrasts across europe, some bad weather still affecting the mediterranean and the alps. we would've seen a lot of snow in the alps by the time we get to thursday. look at these southerly winds pushing warm air all the way into scandinavia. so there'll be huge contrasts across europe on thursday. some particularly mild weather across central and eastern parts of europe. but here you can see the winds coming off the atlantic from the north—west. so slightly colder weather here in the uk. so the temperatures, after a brief rise i think in london, probably levelling back down to around 11 degrees. maybe some rain around on thursday. but i think on the whole it stays pretty unsettled and on the chilly side. that's it. bye— bye. this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump is to travel to pittsburgh later on tuesday in the wake of the mass shooting at a synagogue in which 11 people were killed. 0ne jewish organisation says he's not welcome until he denounces white nationalism. but the rabbi of the synagogue has said mr trump is welcome. the us military is to send more than 5,000 troops to the country's border with mexico.

president trump has pledged to secure the border after describing several thousand central american migrants heading north through mexico as a dangerous threat to us sovereignty. the bbc has obtained a technical log — showing an indonesian passenger plane had instrument problems the day before it crashed with 189 people on board. the boeing 737 airliner got into difficulties shortly after taking off from the indonesian capitaljakarta. now on bbc news, a look back at the day in parliament.