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this is beyond 100 days our top modern—day you are watching beyond stories. videos are being held across united states for the 31 100 days. donald trump condemns the people killed in gun attacks in mass shootings in texas and ohio. he texas and ohio. trump blames also blames social media and mental shootings on mental illness and health for the attacks. he did not push for more gun control but video games in the internet. these push for more gun control health for the attacks. he did not push for more gun control but facing barbaric slaughters are an attack on criticism for his own rhetoric he our nation and a crime against all addressed the racist motivation of the texas shooter. humanity. coming up in the next half hour a teenager is still being questioned after six—year—old french boy was thrown from the tenth floor of the tate modern in london. and a death toll in both attacks is 31. big sell—off as fears grow that us
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china trade tensions may escalate how can this change for us as an ethnic group? social media group into a full currency war. all too familiar. the prayers and condolences and call for action and funerals and traits of a gunman and 8chan was used before both attacks. so how do we tackle online hate? and warning signs are good and should have been spotted. it does nothing to comfort the families in el paso the danger of a full—blown currency or dayton because irrespective of the extraordinary statistics of gun violence in america and it is war. getting worse there is really any bipartisan agreement on how to tackle it. at least 30 people were katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. killed in the two incidents and i donald trump even blamed white think we are now up to 31. the fbi supremacy today, something he has said today there is a risk domestic extremist could be inspired by this been reluctant to do in the past. and other high—profile attacks to but in ohio and el paso they don't engage in similar attacks. the wa nt but in ohio and el paso they don't want words. they want action. the attack in el paso has been described deaths this weekend in mass
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as an attack against mexicans and shootings take the death total in the mexican foreign minister is due to visit today in the city is in the united states to 255, more than shock. what we have to do this to the united states to 255, more than the days in the year. some say the change and how do you have a target like us as an ethnic group? it speeches of donald trump have exacerbated the problem. the gunman hurts. i have never been scared of wrote about wanting to stop a being hispanic but now i am. now i hispanic invasion of texas. the think more people will do something because we are a community that president is embraces immigrants. we are a city facing criticism and here he was a few hours ago. that embraces everyone and it is a very wealthy city and not only do you raise your income level it is a city that loves people. democratic congressman from texas joaquin castrojoins us now. what are congressman from texas joaquin castro joins us now. what are you satisfied before the president said today? i think all americans were glad the president acknowledged these horrific tragedies and spoke
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about moving together in a bipartisan way to combat violence. but in the remarks by the president he blamed the media and blame the internet and blamed video games and blamed everyone but himself and this president has used language which a lot of focus is on the el paso has inspired hate and incited violence. if you look at the shooter. a manifesto he posted language that the terrorists and the shooter used in his manifesto it is online, it is fair to assume the evilly similar to the language that president trump uses routinely in hispanic community was the target. in dayton ohio they are focusing on the tight of the weapon that would press co nfe re nces president trump uses routinely in press conferences and campaign use. “— the tight of the weapon that would speeches and in paid facebook ads. he and his campaign running have use. —— type. the armed response been running in the past few weeks and months getting ready for his unit were on the scene with side a pre—election so the congressional hispanic caucus will ask for them to minute but already the shooter had killed nine people. the police chief was asked what he felt about the commit to stop using the language of invasion when speaking about billions having that kind of military style weapons. it is immigrants. specifically hispanic
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immigrants. specifically hispanic immigrants to this country. a couple of days before the attacks a former fundamentally problematic. to have that level of weaponry in a civilian fbi counterterrorism official wrote in the new york times he was afraid something like this was going to environment and regulated. lets go happen. in your conversations with to el paso. i know gary has been members of the hispanic community gathering some of the story is are had they been nervous that the today. what sticks out to me today rhetoric of the moment would lead to was the two—month—old boy who is now some kind of attack against them? an orphan. that was a young couple yes. the president has reopened old who were out shopping in the mall wounds and there have been times throughout american history we are just as other ethnic groups have just over here behind me. shopping been targeted the hispanic community has been targeted. starting four yea rs for back—to—school supplies just has been targeted. starting four years ago when president trump began ahead of a new school year for their other children and had a his campaign for the presidency he two—month—old baby with them and when the shooter began the wife put described mexican immigrants as herself between the gunmen and her criminals and rapists. the anger and resentment and hatred directed baby and she was shot and her towards hispanic immigrants spills husband and that baby does not have over to hispanic citizens. hispanic any parents. and we were saying that americans. that is what happened in the gunman has travelled 650 miles el paso a few days ago. there is no
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from dallas to the border. so is it way to contain that kind of a fear assumption he had come to resentment and hatred to people who target the hispanic community?” are undocumented immigrants. that is horrible on its own but we should think we are waiting obviously to not be under the illusion that kind see what the fbi and others say of hatred can be contained to people about the definite link between the ma nifesto about the definite link between the manifesto that was found online but with a certain legal status. it clearly the authorities believe he spills over and affects everybody who looks like them. your bellow the would have specifically singled out the spanish population. el paso is mac fellow democrat beto o'rourke 80% latino so it is overwhelmingly the tino going right here by the border. and el paso has been central called the president a white to this whole debate. if you think supremacist and an open racist. do about the other side of the state you think he is a racist? yes, i with brownsville and the debate think he is white supremacist and a about crossing the border. the racist and he has encouraged it in president was even el paso earlier his language. it is notjust the president. four years in texas state in the year making a very explosive speech about immigration. at the leadership, particularly state same time there were democrats and others down the road having matches governor patrick through his words
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against that. so there is a totemic in 2018 he called hispanics in quality i think in terms of the invasion and bringing third world diseases to texas. another governor debate. i suppose that would not surprise will attract someone who wa nted surprise will attract someone who wanted to make a point like this man has still the same fears for seems to have wanted to do. thanks political gain and championed legislation a few years ago that allows for racial profiling by very much, gary. i'mjoined bya police officers for law enforcement of hispanics. so this has been special agent, former special agent brewing for a long time. donald trump in many ways was simply more who know works for the group led by outward and direct about that kind of racial resentment. congresswoman gabby gifford. did the president say enough today to address what seems castro, thank you very much. —— to be no crisis in american culture? congressman. thank you very much for he clearly said it was an urgent situation. what was disappointing is joining us on the programme. we are he did not take urgent action. just nowjoined by a member of the trump look at his plea that we pass laws that provide for the death penalty for mass shootings. i don't know how 2020 advisory board. has texas
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that will possibly prevent them since many mass shooters die in the attack. what we need here is action that ensures that people who should become a place in this dark not have guns can easily get them underbelly where racism and white's premise can be stoked because there and back brown check legislation to are fears texas will thought from do that. we have to look at weaponry on the streets. today in america democrat to republican no, i don't most states any 18—year—old, absent even a background check, can buy the think so. this is an issue that has same semi automatic assault rifle that i was issued on an elite swat been brewing for decades, since columbine with mass shootings. this team. that is why the chief in dayton ohio is so frustrated. he is morning the president gave a passionate statement and he facing weaponry that can go people condemned white supremacy in ina facing weaponry that can go people in a matter of seconds or even if they respond in that timeframe it is too late. one thing that strikes me addition to racism and bigotry stating they have no place in the is different after this attack from united states and that was one of the strongest statements i have had all of the previous mass attacks and this president make. secondly, this i have been to many that we have covered as we are having a discussion about the rise in white is not a time we need to be blaming one another. this is an opportunity supremacy and white supremacist
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violence. do you believe that is as the president stated for the something the country needs to democratic caucus to work with address? it does and there has been republicans and begin to make small address? it does and there has been a stream of this time of rhetoric and white supremacy throughout the steps forward on the type of history of the united states. sometimes it hides beneath the rock violence existing in this country. i think it is extremely unfair to but it reveals itself. i blame president trump in person and investigated the oklahoma city a man of colour who is the housing bombing where100 or more americans we re bombing where100 or more americans were killed in a bombing that had an secretary has stated he has worked with president trump for years and type government and white he does not a racist. when there supremacist views. sometimes it goes dormant but i'm afraid this we re he does not a racist. when there were the baseball shootings in 2017 president has turned over at rock. that shooter had worked for bernie —— anti—government. now we are seeing the impact of that where sanders and had the name of people are coming out and feeding on republicans in his pocket but the each other‘s rhetoric and if it is media did not bernie sanders. but at true that the el paso shooter has a rally in florida the president written document it is quite clear said what will we do about this he is carrying out an attack based invasion of immigrants and somebody shouted out in the crowd shoot them on the view that he thinks is in the response of the president was supported. david, we are told police to chuckle. he made a joke about it
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are studying this manifesto he left saying only in the panhandle of behind which he posted ahead of the florida can you get away with that attack on this website 8chan. are we kind of comment. that is not helpful. at the very least that is not helpful. he also came out and doing enough to monitor watches on these hate filled websites particularly given they are feeding off each other? the frustration is denounced the chant send them back in the united states to the freedom that was from supporters at previous of speech to say things largely cannot be regulated but we have to rally. what i think we are missing do more to monitor hate speech on the internet. but we also have to do is that a larger discussion is to be had about the fact we need to more to curb that same speech being enforce the laws of this land and to presented by a president and other strengthen our borders. i am from elected public officials. the fbi, texas, we have a very large hispanic population and they feel they came other federal agencies, elected public officials. the fbi, otherfederal agencies, have elected public officials. the fbi, other federal agencies, have a tough job responding to these threats when to this country legally, these they don't currently have the individuals waited in line and they authority to remove weaponryjust because people are saying it things. do not want an immigrant cutting in line such as if you're in a —— hateful things. supermarket and some cuts in line in because people are saying it things. -- hatefulthings. thank because people are saying it things. -- hateful things. thank you very much for your thoughts. us opinion front of you you're angry about it. what the president is trying to focus on is the fact we need to look
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on gun control shifts back and forth at red flag laws, laws that allow a but recent polls suggest 94% of family member or a police member to americans support the notion anyone go to family member or a police member to gotoa who buys a gun should submit to a family member or a police member to go to a state court and takeaway background check. on the critical firearms from an individual that is question on whether america should deemed to be harmful to himself or to others, for example in parkland ban military style guns only 47% are following that sheeting. that in favour. i'm speaking to former individual had interacted with the mental health societies in the county. that had been reported to democratic senator from the traditionally conservative state of north dakota. we heard the president law enforcement but it fell through today talk about mental health the cracks. at the church in texas issues and about video games. other that shooter had gone for the us countries have mental health problems and other countries people enforced court martial that man was play video games and other countries do not have the kind of numbers of able to purchase a firearm even mass shootings were seen this though he had a domestic violence countries. the differences guns, isn't it? yellow you see over and conviction. so we have some work to do in this country and the president has already strengthened the you see over and over people using national background checks and also this as a fig leaf or what is the there is a school violence law, stop school violence, that passed divided country and we don't trust each other anymore and the president congress and the house of
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tweets out dog whistle saying it is representatives and is now sitting 0k tweets out dog whistle saying it is okfor in the senate. we can do something tweets out dog whistle saying it is ok for you to feel that way and express your opinions. he didn't say to correct these issues if we focus on the broader helpful conversation it is ok for you to do this heinous rather than blaming one another. act. i want to say about el paso thank you very much forjoining us. that this shooter probably drove by many walmarts that were clearly this is a very complicated issue that invokes a lot of passions predominantly hispanic. the reason he went to el paso is it is also and we have been having this conversation so many times in this frequented by and used by mexican country. there is one issue that is nationals who come across the border change this time, the national rifle and it is very easy to walk across association is a little less the bridge especially if you have a powerful at the moment because it card. ithink has problems of its own. maybe this the bridge especially if you have a is now a conversation but she thinks card. i think it was targeted not just because it was predominantly it will lead to something a little hispanic but he intended to take different. despite interest in this action against mexican nationals. you talk about the several decades for passing new gun division and polarisation of the country and clearly this is issuing control that has been little progress at federal level. quite a addressing this but it is also about and act controls. you voted against difference to responsive other governments. after 17 children gun control reform under president obama when you were in the senate in we re other governments. after 17 children were shot in dunblane and north dakota. america surely needs scotla nd
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to address the gun culture. the boat scotland in 1996 the uk government banned handguns. in australia there people look at typically is the background checks and i was was a gun buy—back interested in the adjective you put screen and after the christchurch in front of it. it will not be a massacre took the new zealand governmentjust pa na cea . in front of it. it will not be a panacea. in fact you will find both 26 days to pass a law banning all these shooters legally got their weapons. the thing to focus on is semiautomatic weapons. we are now speaking not universal background checks but what kind of weaponry we are allowing. so i voted against it. would your voted in favour of an more recently — it assault weapons ban?” took the new zealand government less than a month following the christchurch massacre that left 50 dead to pass a law would your voted in favour of an assault weapons ban? i think you have to look at how they are defined banning most semiautomatic as assault weapons. they are weapons from the country. let's speak now to dr helen poole, dean of staffordshire university's school of law, policing and forensics. describing physically how it looks shejoins us from birmingham. instead of how it acts. instead of why is it so difficult to pass these describing the barrel which could discharge a number of rounds look at laws and the united states?” what does the whole look like, what why is it so difficult to pass these laws and the united states? i think it is multifaceted. it is part of the constitution people have the is the gun looked like itself? we right to bear arms and the americans have to be smarter. if i have
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defend that right emphatically. i regretted his own magazine sizes. i think what happened in other think there is no good reason to countries who might have had have magazine sizes of the size you different cultural backgrounds who we re different cultural backgrounds who were not so wedded to weapons or had see in dayton ohio. there is also a change of political government it legislation which mitch mcconnell used to advance which is been quite has been easier to pass legislation. quiet on now and that would allow talk to me about the laws they pass the new zealand because i know there was a focus on the semiautomatic reciprocity which means in texas where there is no provision of weapon the government used. conceal and carry you could carry semiautomatic weapons in private hands are no longer permitted. it is that weapon in new york and i think that weapon in new york and i think too early to say what impact that thatis would have. they are looking at that weapon in new york and i think that is particularly dangerous and we have to have a broad discussion about the range of gun control going through the process and having measures and it can just be about people given the opportunity to background checks. i think it will handed weapons and be bought back. be very easy in fact during that it isa handed weapons and be bought back. it is a little bit soon to say what impact that is hard because it was time that the national rifle association was willing to do the obviously a very recent event. one of the other differences with the background checks and got recalibrated by the very far right. united states is the sheer number of and so that would be a very minor guns in circulation, over 300 response in my opinion, universal million guns are already in background checks. we need to look circulation. in the case after dunblane and after tasmania in at red flag laws in the entire scope. but would it really? you look australia and new zealand they have
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at the background of the gunman in eyed gun amnesty a gun buy—back dayton and he had a kill list and he programmes. is there anything the united states could learn from those had women in his college who we countries given there were fewer wa nted had women in his college who we wanted to kill and people knew about guns in circulation all three of that and if they had flagged that up those countries? it is all relative that and if they had flagged that up that sort of thing would appear on a and the population of the united universal background check. yet i states is much greater as well. i listen to a republican today who think what we have seen with gun says you start getting into buy—back schemes, if we take universal background checks may be you stop somebody having a gun to australia following the port arthur somebody else. people handing a gun massacre in 1996, there was a very from a grandfather to a son and immediate impact on getting suddenly they start to walk it back. something like 20% of firearms out of circulation. and having said that how would it play in your state, in in the long term the numbers of north dakota ? how would it play in your state, in north dakota? you're talking about firearms increased again to levels two different issues. one is closing pre—the amnesty. so there is a what i call the casual sale short—term effect. of course we have loophole. when an unlicensed firearm not had another mass shooting in australia since that point but if we dealer basically transfers a weapon to someone else by sale or by gift. ta ke australia since that point but if we take for example the uk with the the universal background check which 1997 firearms legislation following was mentioned to me would have closed that loophole. not for gifts dunblane, what we saw was a rise in and family members but for
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everything else for that. how do we firearms crime, not mass shootings but arising firearms crime in the five years that came after that so i identify people who should not have think there is something that guns who have not previously committed crimes? this is where it buy—back schemes and amnesty schemes gets very difficult because if you have shown us the need to be start talking about mental illness tailored the context to make sure they are effective. thank you very then what is the response in a state like mine where you say if you go to much for that perspective. the a doctor to seek treatment for director of the fbi did say to congress about a month ago that white supremacists in america were depression you will end up on a list and you will lose your gun rights? feeding off the new zealand attack and maybe that has been borne out by you know what will happen then? this attack. yesterday i spoke to people will not seek treatment for mental health so we have to be very, someone who was in that small at the very strategic and i don't know why weekend. —— in that shopping mall. this young man was not referred to she was locked in a store what they the universal background system, why there wasn't, if we had a red flag we re she was locked in a store what they were trying to evacuate them all. it took them three hours to get out. law, the authorities could have taken him to court and said you have to surrender your gun rights and you she is talking about el paso and how will be on a list and not acquired difficult it has been for the gun rights. the red flag laws make community. she throw something at the end of the interview and rebuke the most amount of sense of anything we're talking about which is these to discuss it in a second. it is so sad to know these people are my people, like the parking shooter, and everyone forgets that, who have people, these people were targeted
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in fact engaged in threats of and it breaks my heart so now people terrorism in the past should not evenin and it breaks my heart so now people even in my own family are saying afford a weapon. —— mcpartland. that it even in my own family are saying thatitis even in my own family are saying that it is a privilege to have a licence to carry a gun are weapon and because these things are happening it only encourages people to go out there and get their —— parkland. we couldn't even get licence to carry. the no fly know by provision extended. the red flag ruling was that is what is so difficult for people in this country to understand. she has terrified in a something the president mentioned and said he supported today. mass shooting and wants to get understand. she has terrified in a mass shooting and wants to get a understand. she has terrified in a mass shooting and wants to get a gun and protect her second amendment right which is something that baffles most people in this country. 150 days ago, the house passed gun and actually under president obama when there was a mass shooting what control legislation which included you saw after every mass shooting background check legislation. it is was a spike in gun sales in the 110w background check legislation. it is now sitting in the senate waiting country because people were afraid for republican senate majority that a mass shooting would lead to leader mitch mcconnell to bring it to the floor. he won't do that and gun—control legislation and so they wa nted gun—control legislation and so they wanted to buy their weapons before there were some discussion as to that came into effect. we haven't
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seen under president trump aspect in whether the president should push them to do that. and i think if he gun sales because people believe that the present is on there their picked up the phone to mitch mcconnell it would probably get onto the senate floor but he didn't go side. in the case of dayton ohio, that far today. looking at the front every single law enforcement person pages today, some extraordinary i have ever spoken to about this issue has said the worst possible headlines. we will look back at this thing would be to have a civilian period and i wonder when you scan armed with a gun trying to take down through them, whether front pages armed with a gun trying to take down a shooter and a mass shooting like this shift the debate. whether situation because the potential for them getting it wrong, shooting they shift the twenty20 campaign which is about to get under way.” other people, is much higher. and look at the one in ohio. even with trained police officers, taking him wish i could say that they do but i down, he still managed to kill nine have covered too many of these and i people in 30 seconds. very unlikely keep going back to the notion that that a member of the public and with if 20 children, six and a gun would have been able to do seven—year—olds being killed in a anything about that. very active school in newtown connecticut back debate which i think you can find in 2014, didn't change the situation somebody saying that after every debate in this country. this is the in the native statesmen this is reason why we should have more guns. probably unlikely to either. and and not less. and as you say it is something people around the world there has definitely been an uptick look at and don't understand. this
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in killings, around assault weapons. is beyond 100 days. still to come. china hits back on trade. we are it is since 2004 that you have seen this uptick in military style weapons. and that is what needs to be addressed and as a senator said going to be live at the new york she would not have voted against stock exchange. fire crews say it that. so it is a tricky one. authorities nl parcel have confirmed they are examining a document as we heard earlier that my el paso. it is will take at least two more days of not the first time that hm has been flooding from reservoir to. some linked to radical violence. that residents are refusing to leave their homes. danny savage has this 8chan. it is rife with racism and in report. looking better by the day. anti—semitic conspiracy theories and it is going down two metres every 24 at least three mass shootings this of us. there is still an exclusion year including the mosque killings zone below it. every road and in new zealand, the synagogue footpath is ticked off in a wide shootings in california were area showing announced on the site. for the where nobody should be. but then moment, it has been forced off—line. here are a handful of people who refuse to leave their homes.
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after the security firm said it would stop protecting 8chan at i know their concerns without also midnight on monday. so at least that is one thing at the moment. today, in the town. on a slight hill and i president trump singled out a social know that within a couple of minutes media is one of the causes of the it could get up i'll even higher. this woman is one of those who has attack nl parcel. we should listened to the advice and moved recognise that the internet has out. she is frustrated that some provided a dangerous avenue to radicalise disturbed minds and people have refused to go. out. she is frustrated that some people have refused to gom out. she is frustrated that some people have refused to go. it is a perform demented acts. we must shine selfish move. and it is implying that they know more than the environmental a light on the dark recesses of the internet and stop mass murders agency. before the start. let's talk to an the aim, of course, is to get everybody back into their homes behind these lines as soon as possible, but talking to officials here, what they don't want to do is to let people return expert on the link between online and then find a reason to have to move them out again. culture and violence. is it they want to be absolutely sure that it's safe. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn significant that cloud flair have stopped their backing of this or visited the dam today. he expressed sympathy to residents will theyjust move on to another and called for an inquiry. around the reservoir, sandbags are being put in place website? to reduce the amount of water
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from streams which flow into it. will theyjust move on to another website ? it will theyjust move on to another website? it is somewhat significant. social media companies are being it's still a busy site, held accountable in some way. for but if things continue at this pace, they should hit their safe the policing of this content. but depth target tomorrow. danny savage, bbc there is still a long way to go. how news, whaley bridge. does it work? explain it to someone like me. is ita... you go does it work? explain it to someone like me. is it a... you go on there, is it anonymous? can you be tracked? how does it work? for the most part, 8chan is anonymous posting. it is a blog like setting so it is user an eyewitness has described the generated content. and they have chaotic scenes at london's tate been really active, in terms of modern after a six—year—old boy from france was thrown from the tenth advocating for free speech. within floor viewing platform. the american businessman has told the bbc he heard a scream and then saw a child that, they do not monitor their lying five stories below. he says he content or take contents down. from had to stop the boy's mother from its very beginning, it has been climbing over the railings. police are continuing to question a connected to extremist content. do 17—year—old on suspicion of you agree with the premise that attentive murder. they see here he 8chanis you agree with the premise that 8chan is increasing the number of appeared to have no connection to violent white supremacists in the the child. ten. the tate modern
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world ? violent white supremacists in the world? or do you think it isjust giving those people who were already there are voice? is it actively increasing the threat?” viewing platform has security there are voice? is it actively increasing the threat? i think first of all we need to say that there is platform well above adult way site. a lot of amazing things about the police believe the six—year—old boy may have been internet. it has given voice to many deliberately shown over them. individuals. it is a space of olga malchevska was also on the viewing platform community building. the problem with her four—year—old son becomes when these communities promote violence and individuals end when it happened. up promote violence and individuals end up in echo chambers where you get this repetitive message time and time again. which solidifies the ideology and normalises violence. my first instinct was that something and if violence becomes normalised, was going on sol my first instinct was that something was going on so i took my child and tried to move out. we rushed to the then there is not such a leap to see exit and on my way to leave i met a how this would move off screens and onto streets. so it is one of the woman who was running and she was shouting. . many platforms where we see these echo chambers taking place. from a law enforcement point, there is a perspective that if we know where they are, we can monitor them and they are, we can monitor them and they were pretty quick onto this
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ma nifesto they were pretty quick onto this manifesto at the weekend. right. it has not been monitored in the same way that we might see with other forms of extremism, and part of the after treating him at the scene, paramedics took him to hospital by issue i think at stake is that these helicopter. they say he is in a are often looked as isolated attacks critical but stable position. with individuals. we are not actually looking at the trait given the distance this young boy extremism as a pattern. and it is a fell, it's a miracle really pattern there. —— oh right. that he is still alive. the viewing gallery up there on the tenth remains closed today, while police try to establish exactly what happened. in a statement, the gallery said we see individuals going online saying they will commit mass murder the tate is working closely and then going to do it. so as soon as we start to look at this as our with the police to help with their investigations, real pattern, then we can start to regulated properly. thank you very and that all our thoughts are with the child and his family. police are continuing to question much indeed. we will get more on the a 17—year—old boy on suspicion of attempted murder. they say they have no reason to believe he knew the victim. shootings later on but a quick look jon donnison, bbc news, at other news from around the world. hong kong police have fired tear gas at the tate modern. at demonstrators taking part in a general strike. shops remained
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stock markets closed, several parts of the city, in asia have plummeted after china allowed its currency to fall as protesters clashed with right to its lowest level against the dollar in more than a decade. police for a third consecutive day. the yuan has passed the seven—per—dollar level — that has led to hundreds of something it hasn't done since 2008, cancelled flights at the airport in during the global financial crisis. the move has prompted an angry hong kong, train services too. response from president trump who tweeted: ‘china dropped protesters worry democratic rights the price of their currency won't be protected by the authorities who run hong kong. to an almost a historic low. it's called "currency manipulation." this gives you an idea are you listening federal reserve? this is a major violation of the militancy of some in the pro—democracy movement. people are coming in here, throwing bricks over the wall of this compound, which will greatly weaken china over where the police live with theirfamilies. and it's notjust a few people here, if we come around and see how many protesters there are. there are thousands of them. the police came about an hour ago, pushed them back. our business reporter samira hussain is at the new york stock but then they retreated inside the compound, and the protesters have returned. exchange and joins us now. they've also graffitied the wall where the police live. look at it from the perspective of accusing them of having links to the mafia. investors, this move by china is and this is one of the demands being seen by investors at work of today's strike, that there be behind me that there is no truce an independent inquiry
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into this connection. happening anytime soon between the but the government says the police united states and china. the fact we are already having an inquiry, so no need for this have seen that china has allowed the yen to be devalued lower than this special, independent inquiry. but again, we see just how many people are prepared to defy the police to this extent. threshold is a sign that the if we pan up, we can see these buildings. actually have some chips to play. this is where they live, in these towers. remember this move comes after the united states and president donald trump has said that they are going to escalate tariffs against goods that are coming in from the united nine consecutive weeks. a one-day strike planned for heathrow airport states as of september one. what are has been called off. strikes have been suspended while the union airport staff vote on a new pay traders who are talking to seeing, offer. the unite union says the where do they think this goes? does it carry on following the market, as strikes later in august are on the table until the result of the ballot a opportunistic buying which props it back up? what happens next was is known. new paper straws in uk not there is a lot of questions that mcdonald's restaurants which the people are going to be asking. are company describes as equal friendly, people are going to be asking. are people going to be taking this as an can't be recycled. last year the opportunity to get into the market? axed plastic straws even though they we are seeing right now as a day are recyclable. as part of a green goes by we are seeing that market is falling further and further. at the
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drive. it says the thickness of the last check they had fallen to 850 new paper ones makes it difficult for them to be processed. a foiled points. that is pretty significant and infact jailbreak has been raising eyebrows points. that is pretty significant and in fact when you heard from traders this morning, they were in brazil. at first glance this might look like a teenage girl. in fa ct, might look like a teenage girl. in fact, it is convicted male gang expecting. leader attempting to escape prison. according to authorities he is also the stocks have taken a battering. a known as shorty, he was pretending to be his daughter who had been visiting and used awake and a pretty depressing programme. silicon mask in the attempted jailbreak. he was rumbled. is obviously on a normal day we would be leading with the fact that there was a trade war between china and daughter is now facing a two—year america but the fact that 31 people stretch for abetting his escape. had been killed in two mass shootings over the weekend and no resolution to the united states about how to stop the skin of attack this is beyond 100 days. at least from happening again. obviously that is dominating people's news and our six mexican nationals were killed in the shootings el paso on saturday. thoughts and we are thinking of all those families in ohio and texas. who have lost loved ones in that officials are considering hate crime charges. we will be speaking to the shooting. thank you for watching. chair of the congressional hispanic
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goodbye. congress. the month of august can often bring some sharp thundery downpours which is what we will see as we go through the week and that is what we had for some places today. sunny spells and thundery showers stay with us. low very changeable week. there will be pressure is on the driving seat at some thundery showers around, the moment. sitting to the particularly over the next few days. north—west where the most frequent and heavy showers have been. that especially the further north we are. the jet stream, dipping said there has also been some especially the further north we are. thejet stream, dipping out especially the further north we are. the jet stream, dipping out of the us and canada and pushing across the semi—spells. forfavoured few mid—atlantic us and canada and pushing across the mid—atla ntic towards us. said there has also been some semi—spells. for favoured few it has been after pleasant afternoon. if us and canada and pushing across the mid—atlantic towards us. areas of low pressure form, one sitting with you managed to catch the sunshine it us low pressure form, one sitting with us for the next three days will has felt warm. it has been the story produce some slow—moving for the last few. the thickness of thunderstorms. later this week, this the cloud bringing shot intense figure one as the jet stream showers to scotland and northern strengthens. an extensive area of ireland. look at swansea a little rain and strong to gale force winds. later on this afternoon, you can see more of you will sit in the sunshine quite clearly it was a beautiful than many did this morning. we have afternoon for taking a walk on the one area of cloud clearing from beach. into this evening where we have got those clear skies we will eastern england with the showers.
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keep them and across much of england some showers in this cloud across and wales it is quite quiet. showers scotla nd some showers in this cloud across scotland and northern ireland. remain to the north and west, some persistent rain across shetland. in of these could have the odd rumble the sunshine feeling pleasantly warm. temperatures into the mid 20s of these could have the odd rumble of thunder embedded into them. for one or two. through a seaman, temperatures perhaps around 11 to 15 parts of scotland and northern degrees. starting tomorrow with some sunshine first thing. it won't last. ireland, some slow—moving thunderstorms. some travel disruption possible. and the risk of we will see showers out to the west minor flooding. being driven along by a fresh disruption possible. and the risk of minorflooding. becoming a bit south—westerly wind which means infrequently to run in northern across england and wales some of ireland into western scotland and wales and maybe the south—west. central eastern areas should stay then well easily but further north dry overnight. a fresh enough night. they could be here to stay for some temperatures around ten up to 14 degrees. i warm enough stock to quite time. highest values of tuesday morning, the best in eastern scotla nd quite time. highest values of scotland in 17 to 20 degrees, perhaps in the south—east we could areas. showers will develop more see 23. into wednesday, the chance widely through the day pushing through quite smartly through england and wales. some of you will slip between showers and if you do of showers again. underneath the showers it will feel disappointing. see what it will work through quite some showers through northern quickly but slow—moving showers ireland, northern ireland and across scotland and northern england and north wales. further ireland. this is again where we south they should be few and far could see some minor flooding and between again high slightly of 23 some travel disruption. temperatures
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down on recent days for sub—teams, celsius. best day of the week looks low 20s. we will see temperatures likely to be thursday. it could be largely fine and dry on thursday. again on wednesday, showers to areas with some sunshine coming through. of low pressure which will be to the then we will see an area of low north—east of scotland. scotland thunderstorms again with that flood pressure developing yet again. that risk. maybe one or two heavy showers is going to bring some wet and windy for northern ireland but lighter, weather on friday, gradually pushing its way further north. we need to fewer showers across england. keep abreast of the forecast because thursday is your best bet for having it does look it will stay unsettled a chance of staying dry. a few with some sharp intense downpours as we go through the week. showers around but things deteriorate towards a south—west later on because by friday, as this area of rain sweeps its way northwards accompanied by strong to gale force wins. 00:28:56,701 --> 2147483051:51:13,065 something the president mentioned 2147483051:51:13,065 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 and said he supported today.
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