good afternoon. 20 people have been shot dead in the city of el paso, texas, in one of the worst mass shootings in modern us history. a 21—year—old white man has been arrested. police are investigating whether the attack, which happened a few miles from the border with mexico, in a city whose population is majority hispanic, was a racially motivated hate crime. our correspondent, sophie long, reports from the scene. oh, my god. parents were shopping with their children when suddenly they were told to run. run, run, run! the walmart store was packed with

thousands of people when a gunman started firing indiscriminately. 20 people were killed, 26 others were hurt. many, according to the governor of texas, sustained life—threatening injuries. on a day that would have been a normal day for someone to leisurely go shopping, it turned into one of the most deadly days in the history of texas. lives were taken who should still be with us today. one white man has been arrested and taken into custody. he's been identified by local media as 21—year—old patrick crusius. police say they're examining the possibility that this attack was a hate crime. they're investigating possible links with a white nationalist manifesto that was published anonymously online, claiming the attack was targeted at the hispanic community.

it has the nexus at this point in time to a hate crime. the fbi will be looking into that, with the other federal authorities. right now, we are looking at potential capital murder charges for this individual. el paso sits on the border with mexico. its population is more than 80% hispanic. it's become a focal point in the debate over immigration in the united states. this is someone who came from outside of our community to do us harm — a community that has shown nothing but generosity and kindness to the least among us. mass shootings are not uncommon here. exactly a week ago a six—year—old and a 13—year—old were among those killed when a gunman opened fire at a festival in northern california. but people are shocked that it happened here in el paso — considered to be one of america's safest cities — and they are shocked that such young, innocent lives were lost — and so many.

but amid the horror and the pain and the great, great sadness, there are demands again for something to be done to stop it. sophie long, bbc news, el paso. just hours later, in a separate incident, a gunman opened fire outside a bar in dayton, ohio. nine were killed, at least 26 were injured, before the man was shot dead by police. officers believe he was acting alone. in derbyshire, efforts are continuing to shore up the dam near whaley bridge ahead of heavy rain forecast for the east midlands this afternoon. residents who've had to move from their homes are no longer able to return to collect possessions because police say the emergency services have to concentrate resources on securing the dam. charlotte gallagher is in whaley bridge for us this lunchtime. charlotte. well, it's still dry here this

afternoon, but heavy rain is forecast this afternoon and of course that is what everyone is so worried about. you can see behind me work is continuing to try to drain this reservoir. you may see the diver. he is actually moving pipes around on the bottom of the reservoir which are helping to divert water away from the dam which has had significant damage. and eve ryo ne has had significant damage. and everyone is hoping that all this work will be enough to save the damp. is this the calm before the storm? hard to believe this is still a dangerous situation, but as long as the threat remains, the work continues. we've got 22 high-volume pumps, ten of which a fire service pond and another 12 were brought in from contractors. our priority has a lwa ys from contractors. our priority has always been to pump as much water out of the dam as possible because every bit of water we take out reduces the risk of the dam failing. here grout is being poured over the sand bags which were dropped onto

the damaged section of the dam by raf chinook helicopters. it will help to give the dam more support. some people living near the dam i feeling optimistic. i am no engineer so feeling optimistic. i am no engineer soi feeling optimistic. i am no engineer so i don't know but i'm confident they have got the better of it and i think the amount they have got out of the reservoir now, i think even if they got heavy rain this afternoon, obviously some will go backin afternoon, obviously some will go back in but i don't think it will go back in but i don't think it will go back into the levels that will bring it back up markedly. 1500 people had to leave their homes in whaley bridge while last night 55 homes in horwich end were evacuated. there are concerns for a new marble. even people who have been allowed to remain in their homes are finding it stressful dots and we are stranded. there is little we can do. i would drive away is full of emergency vehicles most of the time, we couldn't get out if we wanted to, let alone get out. we are not going

to leave because then we would have to leave because then we would have to find somewhere else to live. even if the dam holds, it will be some time before the area is back to normal, and nobody will be able to relax until the predicted storm is over. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. borisjohnson has pledged £1.8 billion in a one—off funding boost for the nhs in england. the prime minister said it would go towards "vital new kit" and upgrades for 20 hospitals. labour said it fell "significa ntly short" of the amount needed by the nhs, and would not reverse years of cuts. here's our political correspondent, jessica parker. a pledge on entering office. and we start work this week with 20 new hospital upgrades and ensuring that the money for the nhs really does get to the front line. more in detail, including which 20 hospitals will get specific upgrades, is

expected imminently. but 1.8 billion is less than the nhs in england spends in an average week, and health organisations sate the bill to create the nhs maintenance backlog is more like £6 billion. our hospitals, the ceilings are collapsing inwards, sewage pipes are collapsing, patients are getting their diagnosis appointments cancelled because of old faulty equipment and it is because the tories have done these a smash and grab raids on the investment budgets. it all has particular significance for boris johnson. after that slogan on that bus during the referendum campaign. are spending commitment already made by his predecessor at theresa may is designed to more than meet that amount, and the conservatives claim that sound management of the economy means that the cash is available. the health service is better funded 110w the health service is better funded now than ever before in its history. 1.8 billion is not to be sniffed at. it isa

1.8 billion is not to be sniffed at. it is a significant commitment on top of what was already very significant commitment to the nhs. boris has made it clear the nhs a priority. but with spending priorities, too, on the police, education and brexit preparations, some will suspect more borrowing is on the horizon. the prime minister may be willing to turn on the taps, but keeping the cash flowing isn't a lwa ys but keeping the cash flowing isn't always so easy. jessica parker, bbc news. talks are under way this lunchtime to try and avert a strike by staff at heathrow airport due to take place tomorrow and tuesday. hundreds of flights have already been cancelled as a precaution. katy austin is there for us. katy, any progress? well, not yet. the unite union represents thousands of workers here at heathrow airport in roles such as security guards, engineers and firefighters, and unite members on friday rejected heathrow‘s latest pay offer which the airport claimed

would give front line staff a 7.3% pay rise over 2.5 years. now while talks continue without an agreement being reached, istrike talks continue without an agreement being reached, i strike tomorrow and tuesday remains very much on the cards. time is running out now if that strike is to be averted. on friday heathrow already said 177 flights across monday and tuesday would have to be cancelled, but some passengers, quite a few in fact, i still very confused about whether theirflight is still very confused about whether their flight is going ahead as planned, and that's because not all airlines have responded in the same way. some already have started rearranging flights. others have said they will update passengers over the course of today. if the strike does go ahead, even if your flight strike does go ahead, even if your flight is going as normal, you will need to allow a lot of extra time to get through what i expected to be longer security queues. katy austin at heathrow, thank you. one man whose flight hasn't bern is frank zapata, an inventor from france. this morning, he made the first—ever

successful crossing of the english channel on a jet—powered hoverboard. i say successful — his first attempt last month ended in the water. this time, he took off from sangatte near calais crossing the 20 mile stretch injust 20 minutes — powered by a kerosene filled backpack. cricket and australian batsman steve smith has again frustrated england's bowlers on day 4 of the first ashes test. smith — who made 144 in his first innings — is on the verge of another century as australia extend their lead. england have taken one wicket in the day's first session with travis head out for 51. australia are 231—11, which puts them 1111 runs ahead. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6:30. have a good afternoon.

hello. this is bbc news. you caught me out there. it is now 1.12. back to one of our top stories — the mass shooting in texas that has left 20 people dead and dozens injured. it happened at about 10.30 at a shopping mall in el paso in texas. victoria balderrama was shopping in the mall with her parents when the shooting broke out. they were in lockdown in the shopping centre for an hour before a swat team arrived to help them escape. we were there about 30 minutes when they announced they were closing down the store. locked the doors, which i didn't really think much of at the time and then they told us to huddle in the corner of the store and that's when i really started to worry. because i didn't think it was,

you know, normal to be doing that. if it was something so minor. but they let us know that there was an active shooter inside the mall, on the second level and ijust went into survival mode, i mean, it was so scary being in that kind of situation. being from el paso, i was born and raised here, nothing like this ever, i mean ever, i would have imagined, could happen in my hometown. they were going to try and evacuate us through the exit ofjcpenney and so we waited for about an hour, when swat teams showed up and they ordered us to put our hands up and run through the building and exit through dillard's. so we walked throuthcpenney, through the mall and out of dillard's where we waited in the parking lot. and we waited for about three hours, the police officers they told us to be patient, they were doing everything they could, giving us water and trying to provide some shade. el paso is so hot, triple digits. i mean, it wasjust a waiting game,

i guess. we assumed they were looking for these active shooters. i just really have no words, honestly. because i've never been in a situation like this. and i didn't know how to feel, and looking at people around me, people were crying, panicking, and i really was just thinking the worst, you know, what am i going to do? how am i going to get out of the situation? making sure my parents were all right and we were going to be ok. you're just so indisposed to these people that have guns and are shooting at you, they are targeting you. and you know, there's a lot of talk that they were targeting because of, you know, the race, you know,

most of the people here in el paso are hispanic. police in dayton, in ohio, say nine people were killed and at least 16 wounded by a gunman who opened fire near the city centre — in the second us mass shooting within 2a hours.the guman has also been killed — police say officers were near the scene and were able to respond rapidly. chris martinez has been following at the first in el paso, texas. thank you for being with us again. it's 110w you for being with us again. it's now a little later in the morning and when we last spoke, daylight is not too far away. can i ask you about this manifesto, the online

words that are being attributed to the person who carried out the shootings in el paso? do we know any more about the possible motives? it is something the police were alluding to. we are starting to learn a little bit more about that. authorities have released a little bit of information about that, we suspect they will release more in the coming days. we do know that he, this should, the accused shooter, posted this on line just minutes before the shooting began. we also know a bit of what it said. in it, he expresses support for the christchurch shooter in new zealand. he also speaks about hispanic people. he denounces the hispanic population in texas, the growing hispanic population in texas, and he gives that as a reason for his actions. we do expect that we will hear more about specifically what was in the manifesto here in the next couple of days, and we will be

watching to see what role that plays ultimately and how authorities charged this shooter criminally. the indication from the police chief was that he talked about a nexus of a hate crime. presumably that is an obvious motive when you talk about a suspect who appears to have driven for hours to get to el paso, who does not come from anywhere near that city, a city where the population is 80% hispanic. i wonder what impact this is having on el paso? yeah, that is a great point, one of the things they are looking at. he lives nine hours from here, and drove nine hours to this community because of this is a predominantly hispanic community. about 700,000 or so, give or take my people here. 80% hispanic. this is a border town. it borders with the mexico city ofjuarez, people come back and forth to shop and works,

and historically it has always been and historically it has always been a very safe city. after yesterday, there is a terminus level of anxiety here, some fear, specifically and more dominantly among the hispanic population here, because this has a lwa ys population here, because this has always been a city where cultures have come together, really in great harmony. and now you have this event where it appears that this specific group of people were targeted. it certainly has people here thinking a little bit differently. as we learn more about this crime and we learn more about this crime and we learn more about this motivation, i think you are going to see a little bit more of that anxiety and a bit of that fear, wondering if perhaps anybody else might be coming here to target that group again. yes, that isa target that group again. yes, that is a worrying thought, isn't it? we heard from beto o'rourke, the congress and for the area, being very critical of what president trump said about my attitudes

towards mexicans and the —— about attitudes towards mexicans on the border, and hopefully we will get an expression of that unity of the community in el paso over the next coming days. thank you for being with us. chris martinez, talking to us with us. chris martinez, talking to us live from el paso. as we heard, that was the first of two mass shootings in the last 2a hours. the nine people killed in a shooting in dayton ohio died when a gunman opened fire outside a bar. that was in the oregon district of the city, downtown. it was saturday night, very late night. a lot of people out and about, doing their thing. at a news c0 nfe re nce and about, doing their thing. at a news conference this morning, the mayor of dayton gave more details on what happened and also underlined how it was fortunate that the police will close at hand to prevent this from being an even more appalling tragedy.

suspect opened fire along the oregon district. he was wearing body armour and had a 23 capacity magazine. he had additional magazines. 26 have been injured, and are at area hospitals. ten fatalities in our community, including the shooter. in less tha n community, including the shooter. in less than one minute, in less than one minute, date and first responders neutralise the shooter. —— dayton. while this is an incredibly sad day for our city, i am amazed by the quick response of dayton police, that save literally hundreds of lives. that was the mayor of dayton ohio, giving an update. that was in the last couple of hours, on the situation with the shooting. jae williams witnessed the shooting and told me what he saw. he was at a bar called hannah's, a rap concert, where a friend with a

star performer. the concert was interrupted by the organisers, saying it had to be brought to an abrupt end. i spoke to him in the early hours and he told me what had happened. i was at a venue called hannah's only a few blocks away from the shooting that was happening in oregon district, downtown dayton. it was literally about six, seven minute walk away from where i was. and when did you know that something was wrong? i didn't, we were just all in there, and then the guy who was running the show came on stage and said he had to cut the show early, because there was a shooting going on in oregon district, and five people at the time had been shot. and we all need to evacuate. i'm, like, ok, five people, sounds like it's crazy. you know, get in my car and leave. and i kind of have to drive by the oregon district, and i see a lot of cops, i see multiple ambulances leaving and going to the scene. and then i'm looking on social media and i see that this isn'tjust five people being shot, it's more people, and it's an actual mass shooting going on, right now, as i'm driving past. and i'm, like, this is crazy.

on of the shooting in dayton, ohio, summing up the mood of many people in the united states as they wake up this morning to the crazy news of two terrible multi—casualties shootings in the united states in the last 2a hours. let's move other news. iranian state media say iran's revolutionary guards seized a foreign oil tanker in the gulf on wednesday, claiming the ship was smuggling fuel to arab states. this is the third tanker that iran has seized in the past fortnight, this british ship was impounded by iran a few weeks ago. it's not yet clear what flag this latest ship was flying under nor what nationalities the seven crew belong to.

two united airline pilots have been arrested at glasgow airport, for allegedly failing a breath test before boarding a flight to new york. the men, aged 45 and 61, have not been charged, but remain in custody and are expected to appear before court on tuesday. they face up to two years in prison. 60 firearms have been found hidden in a car arriving in doverfrom calais. it's believed to be the largest seizure of lethal weapons at a uk port. a 37 year old man from dublin is due to appear in court on monday. pro—democracy protesters in hong kong have called for two more marches today, continuing their ninth consecutive weekend of demonstrations. they're also calling on residents to join a strike tomorrow. there were more clashes last night between security forces and protesters. riot police fired tear gas while missiles and rocks were thrown by some demonstrators, who wore masks and used laser pointers to try to avoid identification by facial recognition technology.

last week the world of esports — which is a form competitive video gaming — hit the headlines after the fornite world cup in new york saw teenagers walk away with millions of pounds in prize money. this weekend, hundreds of gamers are taking part in the latest e—sporting event, this time a little closer to home, and although becoming millionaires isn't on the agenda, small scale tournaments like it are growing in popularity. our reporter navtej johal was there. ina in a traditional sports centre, untraditional tournament. hundreds of players have come from around the world to stanford university and stoke—on—trent to battle it out in an esports or competitive video games competition.

the favourite to win the £1200 prize this weekend is alvaro from spain. so, you're paid bya team, to travel around the world and play video games? is that the most fun job in the world? yeah, yeah, it's really nice. i will enjoy that. i play a lot. it may have international interest but this is what is known as a grassroots tournament, set up by fans of this particular game, nintendo's super smash brothers. there aren't the huge sums that were at stake in last weekend's fortnite wold cup, or this weekend's fifa e—world cup in london but these events are the lifeblood of the esports community, that is growing all the time. the global audience for esports is estimated at more than 200 million and it's growing. even for a grassroots event like this, they're expecting thousands of people to tune in to watch online this weekend. let's go. staffordshire university has recognised this rising industry. last year, it became the first place in the uk to offer a degree in esports. our degree isn'tjust about playing video games, it's about the event management

side of things. we did see a gap in the market when it came to the esports industry, where they needed more knowledgeable people in esports to run esports events. in the uk, the video game sector is now worth more than video and music sales combined. there is even talk esports becoming an olympic sport. can you see a world where esports arejust as popular, or even more popular, than some of the traditional sports? yes, we can. when we look up the stats, we have already exceeded some of the stadiums, some of the viewership levels in traditional sports. now to the more conventional side of sports. australian batsman steve smith has again frustrated england's bowlers on day four of the first ashes test at edgbaston.

at lunch he was on the verge of his second century in the match. our sports correspondent joe wilson has more. in sport, precious few seem to live ina in sport, precious few seem to live in a different world, to move at their own speed and dictate the pace. true vips, steve smith is one. he arrived at edgbaston up 9.115. australia wanted him to back four hours. england had to try something to get him out, something... well, that's different. it was an element of surprise at least. smith, unruffled, guided himself to 50. a statistical step. what really mattered was that every run increased australia's lead in the match. at 11.20, smith made a mistake. at the mis—hit missed the fielders. agonising for england. and australia's other batsman was setting in. travis head heading some fours. remember, england's bowling options don't include the injured anderson. jofra archer was only a substitute fielder. he couldn't bowl. well, not until the next test. and smith tormented england. fielder there? i'lljust guided past him.

infuriating. travis head was drawn out of his crease, but there was no stopping. well, the ball evaded ba i rstow, stopping. well, the ball evaded bairstow, england's wicketkeeper. the lead was beyond 100. travis head got 250. and it seemed like there was nothing england could do about it. never write off ben stokes. he found the edge. bairstow held the catch and travis head gone. but smith still doing his thing. he bats like nobody else. great fun. unless, of course, you are the bowler. this could go on all day, you know. how is your patience? like it or not, smith is still going. steve smith willjust be finishing off his lunch on 98 not out. a mere mortal may feel a bit anxious, i suppose, having to wait for his 100. but i'm not sure if those rules apply to steve smith. so australia will resume 231—4. that is a lead already of 141. australia will feel another couple of hours of this and

steve smith's innings could become the match—winning one. in for a tense afternoon, no doubt. everton have completed the signing of striker moise kean from juventus, their fifth of the summer. the teenager is an italy international and joins for an undislcosed fee thought to be around 30 million pounds. ken scored six goals injuventus' serie a title—winning campaign last season. england golfers bronte law and charley hull are in the mix going into the final round of the women's british open at woburn. japan's hinako shibuno has the lead at 14 under par in herfirst major tournament. excited and hopeful, when there are two english women in contention heading into the final round of the home of major tournament, there is a special kind of buzz around the crowd. and they wouldn't be a more popular winner here than charlie hoult. she has been a member at woburn since he was nine years old.

she knows the course better than anyone. it can she make that local knowledge count when she tees off at five past two? she begins the day on nine under par, five shots off the lead, and the same position that bronte law also finds herself in. the englishwoman hasn't dropped a shot all tournament, another perfect run from her could see her lift her first major trophy. meanwhile, run from her could see her lift her first majortrophy. meanwhile, last yea r‘s first majortrophy. meanwhile, last year's winner georgia hall, well, disappointing third round from her means her defence of the title probably ended yesterday. she starts today ten shots off the leader who, by the way, is probably someone you've never heard of. japan's hinako shibuno has never played in a major, and it is the first time she has left her home country. she is 14 under par. she says she is so whenever she wants to throw up. but if she can hold together, what a wonderful story that would be. however, you can't rule out the likes of the world

number one, who is widely expected to be challenging at the top of the leaderboard come this evening. she fights it out for her third potential major title of the year. that's all the sport for now. coming up: the travel show looks at transforming tourism in northern ireland and the best of the uk. that's at 1.30pm, here on bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. we have some very heavy showers in the north this afternoon, but in the site you might be wondering what all the fuss is about editors —— as it isa

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