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 the scene of the pittsburgh synagogue attack but — somejewish 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 with 189 people on board. and kicking their differences into the long grass — how a football match helped bring north and south korea a little closer. there's been a divided response to the announcement that president trump will visit pittsburgh on tuesday following the killings

at a synagogue there. nearly 50,000 people have signed an open letter from one jewish organisation — saying that the president is 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 progressivejews penned 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. they wrote 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 even if he denounced it, iwould 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 hate 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 blame 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 saunders did not specifically detail where the president will detail or 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 scheduled for tuesday. seven of my congregants were shot dead in my sanctuary. my holy place has been defiled. words of hate are unwelcome in pittsburgh. the families say they want to grieve in private and in peace. the open letter saying president trump was not welcome in pittsburgh was organised by a jewish campaigning organisation called ‘bend the arc‘. i asked the head of its pittsburgh chapter, sasha king, why they had done it.

a lot of people reflected on the letter that the points that we made, his points that he had made that were xenophobic toward racial and ethnic minorities, to the lgbt community and of course the roundabout ways through dog whistle comments, the jewish community, globalisation, and also unfortunately, something that caused the terrorist to actually go after our local synagogue. and eventually causing the death of 11 members of our community. so many of us were very upset by this and really do 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 defer to the community and victims in question but we are also worried in terms of our security with people going through mourning, jewish people often bury their dead quite early so there will be certain sets of funerals starting tomorrow or the next day and then making sure everything's secure in terms of the community, even our mayor has reflected that perhaps there will be some really huge issues with this. you accused the president of being divisive yet by turning him away, aren't you yourselves not being divisive? we never said he could not ever come to pittsburgh. we asked on the list of demands that he repudiate the language like ‘nationalism' that inspired someone to actually 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.

well, 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're saying that you are not welcome to take your rhetoric, or language or taking a political feeder and making this unfortunate incident about political ratings as opposed to the lives of the people who have been murdered. sasha king from bend the arc, thank you. 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 migrant 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 poverty. they are still nowhere near the us border but with just days until an election, president trump is trying to cast 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 adjust the numbers and inform you of those but that is in addition to the 2092 already employed from the national guard that has been so effective. the us has already beefed up security at the frontier. this is the crossing between el paso in texas and mexico. troops will be deployed with helicopters, aeroplanes and miles of razor wire. the military says the soldiers will be used to support, not replace, border control agents. mr trump clearly hopes the issue of immigration will galvanise his core voters

but opponents say the armed forces are being used to fan the flames of fear for political gain. let's get some of the day's other news. brazil's president—elect, jair bolsonaro, says he is considering naming the country's best—known anti—corruption judge — sergio moro as hisjustice minister, or nominating him to the supreme court. in a series of interviews, mr bolsonaro also said he planned to tackle crime rates by relaxing brazil's gun laws and ensuring that prisoners served their full terms. two former gymnasts have issued civil lawsuits against former team doctor larry nassar, the us olympic committee and the us gymnastics. tasha schwikert and her sister jordan have taken the action against all three for failing to prevent the sexual assault against young women in their care. the sisters were both victims of nassar after they were referred to him for medical treatment by usa gymnastics. nasser was sentenced to 125 years

injail earlier this year after abusing some 200 women. researchers in britain and the gambia say they have the first evidence that dogs can sniff out malaria, a skill that they say could lead to much quicker diagnosis of the disease. malaria kills some 445,000 people worldwide each year. 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.

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. 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. 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. as migrants head to the border in the us, troops have been sent there to secure it. the controversy over the migrants heading towards the us 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 sent us this update from anoka — the minnesota town which calls itself the halloween capital. there has been a huge amount of money put into campaigning. a lot of the seats here are very tightly contested. if you turn on the radio oi’ contested. if you turn on the radio or the tv, it would be difficult to see anything but an attack ad. these don't really talk about a candid's strengths but rather, their opponenfs strengths but rather, their opponent's weaknesses. it is the kind of politics of fear that president trump has had such success with and certainly there are other politicians trying to do that. given the time of year, perhaps some will think it's pretty 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. both 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? to me, 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 campaign oi’ is the president heading to campaign or to grieve? ultimately, there are two things that play. you are right in saying that there is some politics played but also, it has to

be said that the president does attempt to show leadership after a time like this. after a horrific attack which is seen really as a national tragedy. this is an attempt to the president to try and bring unity? the difficult thing for him is that people will look back and they will say that he has been responsible for divisive language and no matter what the white house says, that is certainly true. that is not to say that he is responsible for these attacks but it is to say that it makes it very difficult for him to be seen as a figure that brings people together and that's why there is going to be so much attention on this and certainly politics is at play. democrats are saying time and time again that given the language president trump has used in the past then really, he isn't the figure to be seen standing there and grieving with others as a result of what is essentially a hate crime. even the countdown to next tuesday. moving troops to the border? thus has to be seen in that

light, too, chris? —— that has to be seen. yes, that is certainly not about national security but about playing politics, certainly at this time. bear in mind, it is a week before the vote. it will be weeks before the vote. it will be weeks before the vote. it will be weeks before the caravan of migrants make their way to the mexican border. president trump, many will suggest, it isa president trump, many will suggest, it is a good idea to —— good opportunity to try and change the national conversation ahead of this election. something that he knows plays well with his base. this attempt to be top on immigration. at these rallies, time and time again, he gets people to chant build the wall. it is something he knows doesn't play well. whenever we talked to people in minnesota, as you have just seen, talked to people in minnesota, as you havejust seen, they talked to people in minnesota, as you have just seen, they are also reflecting that they are concerned about immigration. bear in mind, we are about immigration. bear in mind, we a re close about immigration. bear in mind, we are close to america's border with canada, nowhere near the border with

mexico that it is still something that people are discussing, still something that president trump knows it starts a conversation and place his favour. i suspect we will have a lot of difficult conversations ahead of that vote next 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. these are some pictures coming in live from the scene of whether rescue efforts and recovery are continuing. they appear to be checking off a list of equipment on the ground. rebecca henschke joins us live from jakarta. what is the latest word on the

recovery or rescu e what is the latest word on the recovery or rescue efforts? the focus this morning is on trying to recover the main body of the plane. as well as recovery of the black box, to give a full understanding of how this almost new plane crashed. it crashed so shortly after takeoff. as you may be in thing, —— as you may be seen, these divers are working in this relatively shallow area to try and recover it. they are hopeful because it's not deep water that they can recover the rest of the plane. through the night, they we re the plane. through the night, they were working and early this morning, to try and bring in the wreckage of the plane as well as bodies, bring them back in body bags, to sure, the ja ka rta them back in body bags, to sure, the jakarta port. —— to shore. families

have to go and make it very difficult task of trying to identify their loved ones. there was the bbc discovery of the suggestion that plane had had some earlier trouble. what is the extent of that, do we know? this is a technical log of the previous flight the day before from bali to jakarta. we heard yesterday from lion air officials that they admitted under questioning that there was a technical problem. —— lion air. this log gives details about what that technical issue was. it was the air speed reading and the altitude readings that seems to have problems on that flight. they were locked out by the staff. lion air is saying that once they received that log, they worked immediately to fix the problems —— logged out. then it was prevented from taking off again. aviation officials are saying it did

request to return to jakarta shortly before it was lost from the radar. many questions now about why that plane was allowed to take off, given these technical issues that were logged either staff on that plane and also people who talk that previous flight have been posting stories of social media talking about issues with the air—conditioning on the plane, a very hot and floor on the plane. they were quite concerned about the plane at that time. again, the flight plane at that time. again, the flight was able to take off. many questions there. 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 — as 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 will visit pittsburgh later 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 11 people were shot dead has said mr trump is welcome. the us military is to send more than five thousand 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.