afterwork welcome to bbc news — i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: the man accused of killing 20 people in a terrorist shooting in texas has been charged with capital murder. meanwhile a vigil‘s taken place in ohio for 9 people killed in a separate shooting. in hong kong, pro—democracy protesters urge workers to join their general strike as a day of disruption begins. and monday's strike at heathrow is suspended as the airport and unions try to settle a dispute over pay.

the us has been stunned by two mass shootings in less than 2a hours. a gun attack which left twenty people dead in the texas city of el—paso on the border with mexico is being described as domestic terrorism by police. the 21—year—old suspect has now been charged with murder offences. in a seperate shooting on sunday, nine people were killed by a gunman in dayton, ohio — the motive behind that attack remains unclear. in a moment we'll hear from ohio but first, sophie long reports on the day's events in 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. people took cover wherever they could. inside the mall, armed officers moved in in search of the attacker. but one man told me the gunman wasn't stopping so he hid in a side room. there was a door that one of the employees had, she had it open, and she was bringing everybody in there. we went inside, it was like were trapped. what do we do now? at that same time, i could hear the shots. i mean, not maybe like 15 feet. so he was already by our side. the suspect being held by the authorities is 21—year—old patrick crusius. authorities believe he may have travelled hundreds of miles to carry out a racially motivated hate crime. we are treating it as a domestic terrorism case and we are going to do what we do to terrorists in this country which is deliver swift and certainjustice. el paso lies right next

to juarez in mexico. the border is just beyond those tall buildings there. 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. this massacre quickly reverberated on the presidential election trail. democratic candidate beto o'rourke, who is from el paso, returned to his home town to be with people affected. he said president trump was to blame for the increased levels of hate and racism. we've had a rise in hate crimes, every single one of the last three years, during an administration where you have a president who has called mexicans rapists and criminals, though mexican immigrants commit crimes at a far lower rate than those born in this country. he's 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. hate has no place in our country. we have to get it stopped. this has been going on for years, for years and years in our country and we have to get it stopped. as the authorities search for evidence, america searches for answers. how can this have happened again and what can be done to stop it? sophie long, bbc news, el paso. well as we mentioned, just hours after the attack in el paso, nine people were killed and 26 others wounded in another shooting, this time outside a bar in dayton, ohio. police say the gunman‘s sister is among the dead. 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've seen the bodies and you knew that this was different. you knew it was something you never thought of experiencing. 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. among his victims was his own sister. she was very sweet, had her own opinions, and was loud and kind in a way that her brother was quiet and kept more to himself.

vigils have become all too familiar in this country. there have now been more mass shootings in the united states this year than have been days. i think the police and our first 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? year after year, campaigners put pressure on washington to change america's gun laws but there's a stalemate inside congress and that something that is not likely to change. besides, in dayton, el paso and countless other cities, they know that despite the killings, the debate about hate is likely to drown out the question about guns. chris buckler, bbc news. our north america editorjon sopel has been following the latest developments, and gave his take on president donald trump's reaction to the shootings.

well, some of it is very familiar. talk about gun control, again from a number of people around the country saying they need to be tighter gun laws. there is approximately 0% are any fundamental change from that score. the thing that is new is the kind of focus on the president's rhetoric. during the campaign, he talked about the great threat internally to the united states as being radical islamic terrorism as he called it but the greater threat has been white nationalism. charlottesville, has been white nationalism. cha rlottesville, the has been white nationalism. charlottesville, the pittsburgh synagogue, san diego and now this incident in el paso. a number of people saying when the president says to congress women from minority backgrounds they ought to go back to where they came from you see the alleged el paso shooter using similar language, you've had democrats coming out, presidential hopefuls, condemning his rhetoric. donald trump is responsible for this

says cory booker. he stokes racism, says cory booker. he stokes racism, says beto o'rourke and he is advancing white supremacy and racism, says elizabeth warren. ivanka trump has come out and said white supremacy is an evil that has to be destroyed. donald trump hasn't, he's talked about mental illness and hatred but has not mentioned guns and white supremacy. and we will be returning to this story in the next few minutes when we'll be getting an update from our correspodent who has been following developments. pro—democracy activists are disrupting operations at several key metro stations at the start of the working week in hong kong. they're hoping to persuade commuters to observe their call for a city—wide strike. their action follows a weekend of demonstrations and clashes with police, as they tried to block cross—harbour tunnels and paint out traffic lights. the hong kong government has warned that any large—scale stoppage it looks like one person may be blocking the door. that is a tactic

to stop the train from moving. protesters are hoping to persuade commuters to observe their call for a citywide strike. their action follows a weekend of demonstrations and clashes with police, as they tried to block cross—harbour tunnels and paint out traffic lights. the hong kong government has warned that any large—scale stoppage would be economically damaging. a similar strike call last week largely went unheeded. on sunday, the government cautioned that the protests were bringing the chinese semi—autonomous territory to the brink of a very dangerous situation. the bbc‘s nick beake has sent this report. this was with the week china warned all this must stop or there would be dire consequences. and tonight, this was the message held back to the mainland.

farfrom intimidated, this pro—democracy movement is growing bolder, more nimble and more aggressive. it's hong kong's beijing—backed police force who look like they are losing control. law and order has broken down. this police van is being pelted. these protesters feel that they now own the streets. for nine weeks now in this former british colony, young protesters have been calling for more freedom and less chinese interference in their lives and in the future. but all weekend, older hong kongers, without helmets and without gas masks, havejoined in. the police were often in retreat. thousands of protesters will spread out across the city once again on monday for a strike which is expected to cause yet more disruption. many feel the hand of history on their shoulder. china may feel an iron fist

is the only way to bring this to an end. nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. well, the protests were initially sparked by a controversial extradition bill, which has now been suspended, but as our correspondent in hong kong, mariko oi explained, protesters are now wanting the government to meet their demands on a range of other issues. there are four other demands. stop calling these protests riots as well as the unconditional release of all the protesters who have been arrested over the last nine weekends as well as universal suffrage. one person, one vote to elect their own lawmakers and also an investigation, an independent investigation into the police‘s use of force. people have been quite angry at how the

police have been handling these protests over the last several weekends. especially two weekends ago when it appears that gang members attacked some protesters as well as the general public members so later today, we are expecting seven rallies to be taking place across hong kong. we have seen protesters actually saying last night, save energy for tomorrow, telling the public to join night, save energy for tomorrow, telling the public tojoin in night, save energy for tomorrow, telling the public to join in with some very creative, colourful posters asking people to join us. while the hong kong government meanwhile has asked people to participate, saying it would further damage hong kong's reputation as a financial hub as well as its economy which the government said last week is ita which the government said last week is it a very weak point because of

the ongoing us— china trade war as well as these ongoing protests in hong kong. strike action at heathrow has been called off. a strike is still planned on tuesday the deal cannot be agreed. the airport had cancelled 177 flights as a proportion. not you know i think for the vast majority of people travelling tomorrow. tomorrow. that said some flights, a small number of flights had been cancelled. tonight, airlines are rescheduling many of those cancelled flights. the advice is to check with the airline and most flights will run as normal. the threat of thousands of workers and security staff and maintenance workers and firefighters walking out on tuesday is still on the cards. i hope really is that

something can be done. between the united union and heathrow of a paper looking forward, if you look at the exceptional measure taken by heathrow on friday, two days ago, to cancel 90 flights per strike day gives you a sense of what is at stake. iran says it has captured an oil tanker and seven sailors it accused of smuggling fuel through the persian gulf to arab states, the third such seizure in recent months. iranian state television reported that the country's revolutionary guards detained the tanker, its crew and 700,000 litres of fuel on wednesday. ramzan karmali has the details. iran is claimed this is the latest tanker to be seized by the country's revolution regard. on board, seven sailors from different nationalities. all have been detained. the country's state tv also claimed there was 700,000 litres of fuel which is being smuggled to some arab countries. this is the latest incident to take

place in the gulf after the us tightened sanctions on iran's oil sector back in may. the white house is blame iran for two separate attack on oil tankers in the gulf of oman in may and june and allegation tehran denied. iran is also shot down a us surveillance drone over the straight of hormuz, again under disputed circumstances. the seizure of ships is not anything new in this growing dispute. early last month, uk growing dispute. early last month, u k forces growing dispute. early last month, uk forces helped authorities in gibraltar sees uranium tanker race one because they believe it was carrying oil to a syrian refinery in breach of eu sanctions. then onjuly 13, the uranian coastguard detained the panamanian mt riah and then seized a british tanker in the straight of hormuz. saying it had collided with a fishing vessel. and earlier this month, the us treasury department imposed sanctions against

the uranian foreign minister, a move that has angered tyrone. translation: we believe this section shows the politicians of the white house have made this a personal issue to some extent. the latest incident was said to have taken place on wednesday there are reports that tanker was from the rock back. and although the cargo was fairly small, it is bound to add to the tensions in the region. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: tutankhamun‘s coffin leaves its tomb for the very first time. the question was do we want to save our people and japanese as well and win the war or whether we want to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men? the invasion began at two o'clock this morning. mr bush, like most other people was clearly caught by surprise. we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all iraqi forces.

100 years old and still full of vigor, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived so long and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she has achieved this landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. this is bbc news. our top story: the man accused of killing 20 people in a terrorist shooting in texas has been charged with capital murder.

back now to our top story on the gun attack in the us city of el paso, which left 20 people dead. police are treating the incident as an act of domestic terrorism, and believe the 21—year—old suspect who has now been charged wrote a white nationalist manifesto that was posted online before the attack. peter bowes joins us now from los angeles. peter, there's been a lot of reaction and discussion around the alleged motives of the suspect. there has, and you mentioned that document which was widely circulated online, in which he has said, if indeed he did write that document, and it is generally believed that he did, that this attack was a response

to the invasion by hispanics to texas, and clearly await nationalist motive there. that's why the federal authorities are investigating this crime as a possible hate crime. now, he has been, as you say, charged with capital murder in the state of texas. that in itself brings a possible sentence of... it's a capital punishment, so he could receive the death sentence if found guilty. but if other charges are brought at a federal level, it simply increases the seriousness of the charges that he is facing, and thatis the charges that he is facing, and that is what so many people are focusing now on, the potentialfor hate crimes in this country. a number of democratic politicians pointing the finger at donald trump, who himself has said that there is no place in this country for this kind of hate. nevertheless, people

have accused him of espousing white nationalist views himself, and that he could be partially to blame for what's happened. now, peter, we have been seeing live scenes of the vigil going on in el paso, as people mourn those victims of that attack. six of those victims of that attack. six of those victims of that attack. six of those victims were mexican nationals, and mexico is talking about some sort of legal case. yes, there's been a very angry response from mexican officials, including the president, the foreign minister, talking about this, and suggesting that essentially the person responsible for this was a terrorist, and through the eyes of mexico that is an international terrorist. texaco is saying within international law it is going to do everything it can, it is possible, to protect mexicans and mexican—americans who are in the united states, and also talking about the possible extradition of the person responsible for this to mexico. peter bowes, thank you very much for giving us the latest there, our correspondent peter bowes in los

angeles. the gold—plated coffin of egypt's boy king tutankhamun has been seen for the first time outside his tomb. the sarcophagus is undergoing restoration, in a process that is expected to last around eight months. it is the first time such work has been carried out since his tomb was unearthed nearly a century ago. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. even housed in protective plastic, the coffin of the boy king is still an impressive sight. the different layers of the sarcophagus, including tutankhamun's mummified remains, undergo the most delicate and careful of work. the state of conservation of the coffin is very fragile, because it was never restored since the discovery. we expect eight months of preservation and restoration. he may have only

ruled egypt for around ten years, more than 3000 years ago, but tutankhamun has fascinated the world ever since his tomb was discovered in 1922. his coffin is not the only a rtefa ct that in 1922. his coffin is not the only artefact that is undergoing important restoration work. translation: more than 5000 pieces of tutankhamun's will be exhibited for the first time in one place. here, we can see for the first time six military chariots belonging to king tutankhamun exhibited in one place for the first time. the place where the exhibits will be shown as here, the new grand egyptian museum. they have been building it for 15 yea rs, they have been building it for 15 years, but officials say it will finally open towards the end of 2020. a venue for what is being described as a unique historical a rtefa ct, described as a unique historical artefact, not just for described as a unique historical artefact, notjust for egypt, but for the whole world. a french inventor has successfully

become the first person to cross the english channel on a jet—powered hoverboard. it was second time lucky for franky zapata, who fell into the sea whilst trying to refuel on his first attempt last month. james waterhouse reports. just a warning — if you're a fan of taking the ferry or train, they're about to seem very boring. this was how franky zapata decided to make the 22—mile crossing over the english channel. and how's this for an arrival? just to see him in the distance with my little binoculars was just amazing, and as he flew over — just amazing. i didn't know what to expect. i thought it could well be a historical thing, but it was really high—tech. it was amazing. crossing the channel, however you do it, has always captured the imagination. matthew webb was the first person recorded to swim between france and britain, in 1875. louis bleriot was the first

person to fly it, in 1909. we just came to provide something more to cheer him in. yeah. yes, why didn't they have a brass band here, and... you know, like they did for bleriot? yeah. more than 110 years later, it is the turn of the jet—powered hoverboard. franky zapata's invention is a bit bigger than a skateboard, powered by five turbines and fuelled by kerosene stored in his backpack. first thing in the morning he set off from close to calais, riding a piece of kit able to propel him to speeds of up to 118 mph. around 20 minutes later, he arrived near dover, in kent, before making a cheeky wave and softly touching down. part of the journey involves refuelling on a raised platform on a boat. first time around, he lost his balance and fell into the sea. no issues now, however —

theyjust used a bigger one. once on english turf, he described his achievement as crazy, and then broke into tears. james waterhouse, bbc news. before we go, we want to take you back to the live scene in hong kong, where we have been seeing people who appear to be blocking the doors of the metro, of the train. this has been part of an ongoing protest action, disrupting several key metro stations. it is the beginning of the working week in hong kong. it is monday morning, and they have been hoping to persuade commuters to observe their call for a citywide strike. we have been seeing pictures of the discussions being held on the metro, different people appear to be blocking the doors so the trains can't leave the station. we've been seeing that ongoing activity, and of course it comes off the back of a weekend of demonstrations and clashes with police, so it looks

like those protests are going to continue therein hong kong. stay with us on bbc news. much more coming up. hello. the weekend ended on a dramatic note weatherwise for some parts of the uk. some really vicious thunderstorms, especially across the midlands, northern england and scotland, and through the coming week, more of those heavy downpours. quite hit—and—miss, there will be some dry weather, but where the rain does show up, well, it could be pretty intense and could bring some further disruption. low pressure once again taking charge of the scene. you can see the clouds swirling around the centre of that low on our recent satellite picture. ahead of that main area of low pressure, a couple of bands of showery rain to start monday morning — one drifting across the north of scotland, the other moving across east anglia and the south—east. now, this one should tend to clear away as we get into the afternoon, so for much of england and wales we're looking at largely dry weather

and some spells of sunshine. the odd light shower for wales and the south—west. there will be some heavy downpours for northern ireland and for scotland. quite a breezy day, highs of 19—25 degrees. now, into monday evening, we will see some further heavy downpours drifting across shetland. some drier, clearer weather across the rest of the uk, but showers starting to feed back in from the west by the end of the night. temperatures 11 degrees there in newcastle, 15 the overnight low in cardiff. now, remember that area of low pressure i was talking about? well, by tuesday it really makes its move, drifting across the northern half of the uk, the heaviest showers always in the centre of this area of low pressure. so through northern ireland, northern england and scotland, that's where we're likely to see the most widespread, heavy showers and torrential downpours. further south, perhaps not as many showers. quite breezy in the south of the uk, as well, but very light winds further north. that means the showers will be pretty slow—moving, especially across northern scotland.

some areas could get a real drenching if a shower sits around for any length of time. temperatures 18—23 degrees — a cooler, fresher feel. now, wednesday is a similar looking day. some hefty showers for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. some showers further south, but toward south wales and southern england, a better chance of staying predominantly dry through the day. 18—23 degrees. now, thursday gives something of a chance to draw breath. i'm not promising that it will be completely dry, but there'll be fewer showers, more sunshine around. but it doesn't last. on friday, we see some heavy and persistent rain swinging in from the west, courtesy of this frontal system. and that leaves us with low pressure again as we head into next weekend, so there will be some heavy bursts of rain and some brisk winds at times.

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the man suspected of carrying out a mass shooting at a supermarket in texas on saturday has been charged with capital murder. 20 people died in what's being considered a terrorist attack by authorities. the 21—year—old allegedly said the shooting was a response to a hispanic invasion. a vigil has been taking place to remember those who lost their lives — while in ohio people have also gathered to honour nine people who were killed in a separate shooting just hours after the attack in texas. pro—democracy protesters in hong kong are disrupting the city's transport network as they urge workers to take part in what they hope will be the biggest general strike in 50 years. but there are growing warnings from authorities who say they will not sit idly by as the political unrest worsens.