this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. two mass shootings in the united states — the first at a walmart shopping centre in el paso in which 20 people died — the gunman is in custody. we are treating it as a domestic terrorism case, and they going to do what we do with terrorists in this country, which is deliver swift and certainjustice. the second shooting took place just hours later in dayton, ohio where nine people died. the gunman in that shooting has been named by police as 24—year—old connor betts. a six—year—old is airlifted to hospital after falling from a viewing platform at the tate modern art gallery in london. a teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

effo rts efforts to shore up a damaged dam in derbyshire continue as police urge those who remain in their homes within the evacuation zone to leave immediately. those who remain in that zone are putting their lives at risk. they are also putting the lives of the responders, primarily the police, at risk. because we have to keep going in and speaking to them and asking them to leave. tomorrow's heathrow strike is suspended to allow for further talks between the union and airport management. tuesday's strike action could still go—ahead and transforming tourism in northern ireland and the best of the uk. the travel show in half an hour, here on bbc news. good evening.

two mass shootings just hours apart have killed 29 people in a weekend of violence in the united states. one, in el paso, texas — close to the mexican border — is being treated as a possible hate crime against the city's majority hispanic community. hours later, a gunman killed nine people in dayton, ohio, before being shot dead at the scene by police. more on that in a moment but first the el paso shooting which happened at a shopping centre. police are investigating whether the gunman posted a document referring to a hispanic ‘invasion‘ of the united states a short time before the attack. sophie long reports from el paso. a normally busy shopping mall, cordoned off. an investigation is under way, as people come to terms with what happened here hours ago. oh, my god. a gunman opened fire in what was a packed walmart superstore, killing 20 people, injuring at least 26 others.

one white man is in custody. he has been identified in local media as 21—year—old patrick crusius from the dallas area. authorities are investigating whether this was a targeted, racist attack. they believe the gunman may have posted a white nationalist statement online, shortly before the attack. we are treating it as a domestic terrorism case and we're going to do what we do to terrorists in this country, which is to deliver swift and certainjustice. el paso lies right next to juarez in mexico. the border is just beyond by those tall buildings there. the population here is more than 80% hispanic. the fact that the authorities are investigating whether this was a targeted, racist attack has led some to question whether the rhetoric being used by politicians here is actually making things worse. democratic presidential candidate beto o'rourke, who is from el paso, left the campaign trail to be with people here. he blamed the attack

on the increased levels of hate being seen across the united states, and he told reporters president trump was in part to blame for that. we have had a rise in hate crimes every single one of the last three years. during an administration where you have a president who's called mexicans rapists and criminals. though mexican immigrants commit crimes at a far lower rate than those born in the country, he has tried to make us afraid of them, to some real effect and consequence. president trump has condemned the shooting, calling it tragic, hateful and cowardly. there are people in this country this morning thinking that president trump was happy by this. that is a sad, sad state of this nation. he is angry, he's upset, he wants it to stop. the focus of the investigation has moved 900 miles away, as officials search the suspect‘s home on the other side of texas. americans ask why this has become such a familiar scene. sophie long, bbc news, el paso.

just hours after the attack in el paso, nine people were killed and 27 others wounded in another shooting — this time outside a bar in dayton, ohio. police shot the gunman dead. officers have said the gunman‘s sister was among those killed. here's our north america correspondent chris buckler. after a saturday morning of grief and violence in america came a saturday night that brought more of the same. nine people were killed and more than two dozen injured, all in a shooting that lasted less then a minute, as people were enjoying an evening out in the centre of dayton. they started pushing us out the back door, into the alley out the back because they didn't want us coming out the front because they didn't know where the shooter was. or how many there was. when you came outside, as soon as you hit the front street, you saw the bodies and you knew that this was different.

you knew it was something you never thought of experiencing, never experienced. but this kind of attack has been experienced by far too many in this country — there have now been more mass shootings in the united states this year than there have been days. i think that the police and ourfirst responders have done an amazing job. clearly the question has to be raised — why does dayton have to be the 250th mass shooting in america? the gunman has been identified as 24—year—old connor betts. his home is being searched by police, who say he was wearing body armour, using an assault rifle and carrying more magazines of ammunition when he was shot dead by officers. bang, bang, bang, bang, rapid. you could tell it was a big gun and you're not going to get those from no handgun, you're not. as detectives struggle to understand the motivation for the latest murders in this country, in ohio there is a desire to focus on those who died on a night out with friends, rather than someone who came

here to kill strangers. life to dayton where the mayor is speaking. quite frankly, it is a little sad, when you think about it, that they have learned so much, because all of their communities have gone through these terrible mass shootings. today at two o'clock, i was very appreciative that senators brown and congressman turner as well as us attorney ben glassman and the atf came together for a briefing. we walked to the scene of the site in the oregon district so the senators and congressmen could get a sense of

what happened on the ground and i wa nt to what happened on the ground and i want to say how much i appreciate their support and their calls and what can i do questions during their stay. it has meant a lot to me personally and i am sure to the citizens of dayton. i would like to invite cherie brown to come forward and say a few words. this is honestly terribly time for this community and i appreciate particularly the police and fire and rescue operations, how quickly the police department, police officers on the scene so courageously stood up on the scene so courageously stood up and did the right thing and saved potentially hundreds of lives with the amount of ammunition the shooter had and how quickly they responded ina had and how quickly they responded in a short period of time from the first shot up until the last shot, so first shot up until the last shot, so it really does tell me a lot about local public servants and

police and fire and rescue services. the police had 20 first responders from the region came in addition to the 67 from the city of dayton that arrived within 20 minutes to save lives, so that is what local communities do that come together like this. the mayor took us all to work through the oregon district. it is in many ways the centre of dayton in terms of evenings and small businesses, every single business in that area is locally owned and with the vibrancy of local ownership. what that means is they are all coming together potentially tonight and for the next many days the way that dayton came together after the tornado and dealing with the kkk rally a few weeks ago. my first talk with the mayor today, the first thing she told me other than

expressing the grief and the heartache of this community was how she had got literally dozens of texts, e—mails and phone calls from mayors around the country almost all of whom have had things like this happen in their communities, so my first response is sadness and prayers and thoughts for families and the community overall including police and fire and how they respond to this in the weeks ahead from the trauma that they have seen as public servants. my next thought is anger at our country and society in congress for not doing anything about this. house of representatives has passed a bill overwhelmingly to do background checks, i have called on senator o'connell to bring the senate back into session, we can pass that in one afternoon, background checks, the president of

the united states can that date. there is no reason we shouldn't be doing that. we certainly pray for the victims and care about the victims but congress needs to do something. our state legislature again woefully inadequate in dealing with gun violence, also needs to react and respond in the right way so react and respond in the right way so these incidents don't just react and respond in the right way so these incidents don'tjust happen week after week so these incidents don'tjust happen week afterweek in so these incidents don'tjust happen week after week in our country. i'd like to invite senator portman to come forward, senator portman came from cincinnati and i am completely amazed that people coming here as soon as possible. miami valley is in mourning today for the tragedy of la st mourning today for the tragedy of last night's shooting. we walked into the oregon district and so what has been a thriving commercial district of the city and saw lots of

great small businesses. we also saw workers in hazmat suits and ems personnel having to clean the blood of the sidewalk from the tragedy of la st of the sidewalk from the tragedy of last night. shocking, unspeakable, tragic. we also saw this community respond as they will for the victims, for the mothers and fathers and sons and daughters who were struck down last night and those injured. we have seen it here in this community just since injured. we have seen it here in this communityjust since may with the kkk rally, we have seen it as this community came together after the devastating hurricanes, which is still an ongoing project, but i have talked to the mayor a lot about this andl talked to the mayor a lot about this and i impressed at what i have seen as to how this community comes together and response, and we sought

la st together and response, and we sought last night with these brave police office rs last night with these brave police officers who in the face of danger ran straight into it. you will learn more about this at four o'clock and all i will say, because we are not at liberty to talk about it, it is appropriate law enforcement provide the perspective you need on this, but this carriage was extraordinary and saved lives. probably hundreds of lives given the situation. there is also an effort going on in the community that i hope everybody will support which is through the dayton community foundation and it is called the oregon district tragedy fund, a fund set up to help the victims. again, this community comes together. i will be making a contribution to it and i am sure everybody behind me, and this community will come together and

help the victims, those injured and the families of those who lost lives. so this is a tragedy that requires that kind of response. my colleague has talked about legislation. we should also of course as we figure out what happened here learn lessons from it just as we learned lessons from others, and are there more things that could be done? i am sure there are, buti that could be done? i am sure there are, but i will say there is something deeper going on here, and if you look at the suicide rates, if you look at the addiction rates, this community has done a good job and responding to it but it is at ground zero in relation to the opiate crisis as well. if you look at the mental health crisis in our country, there aren't enough laws, and in fact no law can connect some of the fundamental problems we face todayis of the fundamental problems we face today is a country, and the shooting la st today is a country, and the shooting last night as an indication of that,

so last night as an indication of that, soi last night as an indication of that, so i look forward to working together with my colleagues to try together with my colleagues to try to respond in the most effective way possible, but we also looked deep into our hearts and ask how can someone into our hearts and ask how can someone point a gun at someone who he had never seen or known and pull the trigger? thank you. next, i appreciate the senator's donation to the fund that dayton has put together. i know that our community comes together and this will be no different... the ohio senator speaking there as well as the mayor of dayton and the assistant police chief joining well as the mayor of dayton and the assistant police chiefjoining the state governor. talking about how much worse it could have been if it wasn't for the quick reaction of the emergency services in dayton, ohio.

the gunman was shot at the scene, while in texas, in el paso, the gunman remains in custody. we will keep you updated on any more developments regarding the investigations into both shootings in america, and more details on the bbc website. the headlines on bbc news. two mass shootings in the united states, just hours apart, kill 29 people. the first, in texas, is being treated as domestic terror a six year old boy is airlifted to hospital and is in a critical condition after falling from a viewing platform at the tate modern in london. a teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder tomorrow's strike action at heathrow is called off — as the union and airport management agree to meet for further talks. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin ra mjaun.

lots of cricket to talk about. england have it all to do — to save the first ashes test at edgbaston. australia are in the ascendency — after another spectacular century from steve smith, his second of the match. it helped australia to take a commanding lead heading into the final day. our sports correspondent joe wilson has more. sometimes at the end of a day of a test match it is useful to think back on the hopes and aspirations and suggestions were at the start of the day. if england could have rattled through the rest of the australia second innings in the morning session they might have been chasing down a small total and even winning this test match today. as it is at the close of day four, we are 1 is at the close of day four, we are i million miles from that situation so i million miles from that situation so what happens? in short, steve smith happened. his 142, second century of this match, not only had a huge impact numerically it had a huge impact on england's energy and morale. england were without james

anderson, unable to bowl, moeen ali was the spin bowler they look to to make an impact and it didn't happen. there was a tantalising glimpse of berkshire in his test match kit, just a substitute fielder. you may be able to play in the next test and ball but where will we be in terms of the ashes when we get to lord's? australia have such a good opportunity now, the opportunity to ta ke opportunity now, the opportunity to take ten england wickets and when the match. tomorrow there may be floodlights and even showers but england will have to bat four hours to try to rescue this test match with a draw. from their point of view, each of their players has to display the rory burns spirit. there was an incredible finish to today's race in the formula one. lewis hamilton won the hungarian grand prix — overtaking max verstappen in the closing stages to extend his lead at the top of the drivers championship... and it was the gamble from a pit stop, that paid off, for the mercedes driver. hamilton who is 62 points clear of his team—mate valterri bottas in driver standings,

was happy how he chased down the leader. ididn't make i didn't make any mistakes on those last 15 laps or so. as i started reeling him in i was like, ok, i got this, and it isjust about positioning. if you look when i was out there, yes, i am taking risks on my own but when i am with him i am not taking risks. i don't take the same risk as if i would be when i was fighting for the championship. interesting thoughts from lewis hamilton. manchester city have won the community shield, the traditional curtain—raiser to the season at wembley. the premier league winners beat liverpool — the champions league holders — to claim the early bragging rights before the big kick off. but the match went all the way to a penalty shoot out. gabrieljesus buried the winning penalty, after gini wijnaldum missed one for liverpool. city open their premier league title defence, away to west ham on saturday. liverpool v norwich, is the opening

match on friday night. we won the league and community shield, so another trophy, we won the league and community shield, so anothertrophy, it we won the league and community shield, so another trophy, it helps to win, but the reality is the quality of them and we knew that from the last two seasons, especially the last one, and we knew how difficult it would be because they are an exceptional team, we know that. but champions of europe and we beat them and that is why it is nice. in the scottish premiership, rangers kicked—off their season with a 2—1victory at kilmarnock. while aberdeen also got off to a winning start. they beat hearts 3—2 at pittodrie. but they left it late to do it. ryan hedges added to a sam cosgrove double, with just five minutes left on the clock. british hopes at the women's open disintegrated on the final day at woburn. but there was a fairy tale ending, forjapanese debutant hinako shibuno. the 20—year—old, playing in her first tournament outside her own country sealed the trophy on the final hole — to cap off a thrilling last day. shibuno had five birdies on the back nine to finish on 18 under and win by one shot

to her claim herfirst major. amazing story. that's all the sport for now. emergency workers have been continuing to shore up the dam near whaley bridge in derbyshire. so far water levels in the toddbrook reservoir have been lowered by more than three metres, but heavy rain is now forecast. evacuated residents are no longer being allowed to return to their properties for possessions and the cordon around the area is being strictly enforced — as danny savage reports. to get anywhere near whaley bridge, you have to be patient. i mean, maybe we should just all be a bit more understanding, but it's just frustrating. unfortunately, when we came back, then they've closed it to absolutely everybody, and clearly something or the other has happened to make them make that decision. the evacuation area is being strictly controlled by police. have you got a driving licence on you with proof of address? the issue we're having is people

are ignoring road closure signs. no. this is where we need to be clear. if you've been evacuated, then you can't get down. beyond the cordons, it's eerily quiet. does the silence wake you up at night? yes, it does! for the first time ever, we can hear birds. tina runs a pub on the edge of what's now a ghost town. the worst—case scenario would be a disaster for her friends and customers. you can replace material things, to a degree, but when it's your livelihood and your home, everything, where do you begin? and i think it's really sad. at the dam, the water level has dropped significantly. the pumps are being pushed further into the reservoir but it's still not deemed anywhere near safe enough for people to return home. we have to drop the water level in the dam by about 4.5 metres more from where it is today. we are losing about two metres a day at the moment, so a couple a day minimum. what we don't know is how much

we are going to be held up by the rainfall which is forecast to be very heavy later today. for people here, it's chilling to think what could have happened if the dam had failed without warning, including brian and sue, who have taken in their children and grandchildren. we would have lost our family. our son, his wife and our two lovely girls, and so would everyone else that was involved in our village lower down, they would have experienced that awful thing. the authorities want to be sure this area is safe before letting people return to their homes, but the situation is improving. danny savage, bbc news, whaley bridge. police in derbyshire say people who are refusing to evacuate homes which could be swept away if the dam bursts — are putting their lives at risk. some people who'd been allowed to return home to collect essentials have refused to leave again. sadly, a small number of people went back into their residence and refused to leave.

and by doing so, they put their own lives at risk. we've not evacuated this for no reason, we've evacuated it because there is a real prospect the dam could fail. if it fails, it would be catastrophic. people would die if they were in that evacuation zone. and those people who remain in that zone are putting their lives at risk. they are also putting the lives of the responders, primarily the police, at risk. because we have to keep going in and speaking to them and asking them to leave. and by refusing to do so, i'm having to put my staff at risk in order to do that. so i would urge them, if they are watching this, to leave their properties and let us know that they have left their properties. this is a difficult incident to deal with. and people, the local community, have been brilliant, they have been fantastic. they are so supportive of our efforts. i cannot tell you the support that they've given to the responders who are on the scene, be it from bringing them things

to eat or simply volunteering. we have been inundated with volunteers, more than we've actually known or needed to have. i'd urge those people to leave. if the dam does in fact fail, we will need to go in and try and rescue those people. so, the firefighters' lives will be at risk. so, again, i would urge them in the strongest terms to leave those properties and to tell us that they've done that. people are obviously asking when can i go home? because that's the number one priority. given that life is at risk, i can't say to them you can go back and there are businesses affected by this and the businesses also affect community in that if those businesses do indeed suffer, local people are working there and we are mindful of that. we absolutely are aiming to get people back in their homes as soon as possible. but i'm not prepared they can do that until i get absolute assurance that it is safe for them to do so and that there is appropriate mechanisms in place, so that will include pumps that will be ongoing to keep that water

level at that safe level so that people can go there safely and it doesn't rise up again and put those lives at risk. so, clear intructions from the police to residents not to return to their properties until they say its safe to do so. the emergency services say they've gone to great lengths to get everything back to normal as soon as possible — but for some residents, its not happening quickly enough. unfortunately, we feel very upset that questions have been asked in the interview inside the hall and questions are at been answered at all. we have had explain some of the details involved in the operation, getting the pumps down there. absolutely incredible. it is very impressive. the wait has been dealt with is really exemplary. we just wa nt with is really exemplary. we just want to get back to normal but if we are in dangerwe want to get back to normal but if we are in danger we can't get back.

there is a live update on bbc radio. just going to show you the live page now, just flicking through, there is some video of the repair work which continues at whaley bridge dam, live reporting, our correspondence, and talking about strong words from the police chief which we have just heard there. more images coming in of the tunic helicopterjust heard there. more images coming in of the tunic helicopter just after eight o'clock delivering more sandbags. as you can see, reaction from local residents and updates from local residents and updates from all our correspondence and bbc news teams, both local and national, who have descended on the area to bring you all the latest and you can get that on your phone, and online, and bbc radio is a good place to go for the latest information, particularly local radio in the area. if you are affected or no

people there, there is a bbc radio special on just now. tune in to radio manchester, radio sheffield or radio derby for regular updates from the emergency services. police say a six—year—old boy is in a critical condition after being thrown from a tenth—floor viewing platform at the tate modern art gallery in london. he landed on a fifth floor roof and was taken to hospital by the air ambulance. a 17—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. our correspondent duncan kennedy, gave me the latest. it was a very busy day, this is a gallery and museum that takes in something like 6 million visitors every year. packed out again today. obviously, people are on holiday. round about 2:30pm this afternoon, this incident unfolded. there were screams. there was one woman shouting, "where is my son? where is my son?" we don't know whether this is the boy's mother or not. but this boy has, in

the words of the police, been thrown off a tenth floor viewing gallery at the tate modern which is a huge brick building. it used to be an old power station on the south bank. the boy has ended up on a fifth floor roof. the ambulance services were called, they treated him at the scene and then took him to hospital via a helicopter. and the police this afternoon have said he's in critical condition. they've also said subsequently that a 17—year—old youth has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. now, again, by allaccounts, by some of the people who were at the scene, this youth was if not detained by members of the public, then certainly noticed by members of the public and didn't attempt to do anything, waited for the police to come and they made their arrest. he's not been charged or anything, but he has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. at the same time as all this was going on, the tate gallery itself was shut down. people have used the term locked down. no people were allowed out. no people were allowed in. that was to allow

the emergency services to carry out their business. it all lasted several hours and tate modern eventually emptied the gallery and closed it for the remainder of the day. strike action by airport workers planned for tomorrow which threatened flights at heathrow has been suspended. but another strike, planned for tuesday, is still set to go ahead unless a deal can be reached. katy austin is at heathrow for us. it was quite last minute tonight that we had tomorrow's strike is off while further talks are carried out to try and prevent a strike happening on tuesday. it because it was quite last minute, a lot of disruption had effectively already been caused. some airlines had already cancelled flights and passengers had been left in a lot of uncertainty, in some cases, about whether their flight was going ahead as planned. some said they were finding it very difficult to get a firm answer from their airlines. we've just had a message from heathrow through literally