tonight at10:00pm... president trump visits two us cities hit by mass shootings, as a row continues over whether his language is stoking hatred. the president has just touched down in el paso in texas, where 22 people died in what's being treated as an act of domestic terror. a mass of poignant tributes to those who died. earlier, the president condemned all forms of hate. i am concerned about the rise of any group of hate. i don't like it. any group of hate. we'll be asking whether anything might change as a result of these latest shootings. also tonight... prolonged pain for passengers with ba. an it glitch causes major disruption, with hundreds of cancelled and delayed flights. the british food industry calls for competition laws to be relaxed if there's a no—deal brexit.

home at last to whaley bridge — the dam is shored up and water levels are safe. and the bottle of vodka produced from grain grown inside the chernobyl exclusion zone. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, celtic take an away goal advantage into the second leg of their champions league qualifier against cluj, after it finished 1—1 in romania. good evening. president trump has just arrived in el paso in texas, where 22 people were killed in a mass shooting at the weekend. it's now being investigated by police as an act of domestic terrorism. earlier the president visited

a hospital in dayton, ohio, where nine people were also shot dead at the weekend. mr trump said he was concerned about "any group of hate...whether it's white supremacy" or any "other kind of supremacy". but he himself has been accused of inflaming tensions with his rhetoric. our north america editorjon sopel has the latest from el paso president trump and first lady melania trump arrived in el paso a short time ago and it's fair to say civic leaders are not hanging out the flags for him. a white nationalist kills 22 people, targeting hispanic people. before leaving the white house, the president denied his fiery rhetoric on immigration had contributed to the problem. i am concerned about the problem. i am concerned about the rise of any group of hate. i don't like it. any group of hate, whether its white supremacy, whether it's any other kind of supremacy,

whether it's antifa, whether it's any group of hate, i'm concerned about it and i will do something about it and i will do something about it. in el paso, a big protest has taken place against the visit. the main speaker, the former congressman for the area, and democratic presidential hopeful beto o'rourke. he is critical of the president coming. this makeshift shrine, alongside the walmart here in el paso, probably stretches for something like 100 yards. there is always the hope on occasions like this that something good might emerge out of something so dreadful. but in america today, the problems of hate, of guns, of racism, seem as intractable ever. these two nurses, erin and stephanie, were working at the local hospital last saturday. everything was chaotic. nurses get called in, and things are different. you can feel sombre in the hospital. what do you feel about the president coming today? i think it's probably a bad timing, for him to come right now.

and emotions are still incredibly raw. i would prefer if you were with my daughter. 0k. i can't... i can't talk. i would like him to bring unity, not only to el paso, texas... but to our country. what's going on? but it has now emerged that a shooting that took place two weeks ago in gilroy, california, is now also being treated as an act of domestic terrorism, like el paso. from the fbi over the last two years, the number of investigations that are racially motivated, and within that category, the majority are white supremacist extremist motivated. this morning president trump was in dayton, ohio, where nine people were

killed over the weekend, meeting survivors and relatives. these images released by the white house. no journalists were allowed in. he offered consolation, but in terms of concrete measures to tackle gun violence, he was much more vague. studio: jon sopel, do you think anything is likely to change? let's start with donald trump meeting relatives and survivors. i'm sure those people will take comfort, and i heard a democratic senator for ohio talk about how donald trump had been very good with the patients he had visited in hospital, but in practical measures in terms of gun control, i think there is little sign much will change. he says there is much more of an appetite in congress for doing something about background checks on people who get guns, but that doesn't do anything about the guns in circulation. on theissue about the guns in circulation. on the issue of assault rifles, battlefield weapons that were used in the two shooting incidents last

week in, donald trump says there is no appetite at all for any movement in that. he talks about red flags so they can get to people who they think are in danger of committing violence because of things they have posted online and be able to take guns from them. but that's about it. and then what do you do about white nationalism, anti—immigrant rhetoric and anti—immigrant action that has kind of lead to some of these shootings in recent months? what will be interesting and what a lot of people would like to see is the president change his rhetoric on that and tone down some of the talk of invasions and the rest of it that has been picked up by white nationalists and see if that brings some change to the situation, but at the moment it is an unhappy and fea rful the moment it is an unhappy and fearful el paso that he has arrived inafew fearful el paso that he has arrived in a few moments ago. north america editorjon sopel, thank you. british airways was forced to cancel more than 100 flights today after computer problems with the airline's check—in system. thousands of passengers

faced delays, disruption and queues at heathrow, gatwick and london's city airport. ba says flights are returning to normal, but that there could be knock—on disruption. our correspondent lucy manning spent the day at heathrow. this is not how the start of a holiday should look. queues, cancellations, frustration. this is not how the run—up to a wedding should look. alex and chloe get married on saturday. they were flying with 25 family members but got stuck on the runway in newcastle, missing their flight to venice and then onto slovenia for their wedding ceremony. we got on the flight from newcastle at six o'clock in the morning. and then they started telling us that there were delays, delays, delays. we were expecting to be around ten, 15,20 minutes, half an hour, and then itjust kept on getting more and more and more. it's very unlikely we will get on a flight tonight. we could possibly get one tomorrow. they don't have any hotels. we're from newcastle, we've got elderly people. it's just... how do you feel about the way that you've been treated by ba?

i'm actually gutted for chloe and alex. gutted. we'll have it sorted out. we've booked with the best airline in the world. we could have gone with wizz air, but we booked with the best airline in the world because of how important it was. and theyjust don't care. how's it left you feeling about what's going to happen with the wedding? terrified, terrified. it should be such a happy occasion. she was so... they were so... it still will be a happy occasion. it's passengers on short—haul flights affected, mainly flying in and out of london airports. computer systems dealing with checking and departures down, delaying thousands. some passengers were stranded abroad. sam and julie stuck in cyprus. it's the height of the summer season, people want to go on holiday with their kids, you know, and this is a multi—billion pound company. you can't be blaming things on it systems. it's a joke. it's not been the best summer for travellers orfor british airways.

some flights were already cancelled this week because of fears of a strike at heathrow, and there is also the looming threat of a strike by british airways pilots. ba has apologised to customers, and says the computer problems have now been solved, but disruption could continue. alex and chloe and the wedding party will now get a new flight tomorrow night. so where is ba going to put us tonight? 0k, i've got no hotels... lucy manning, bbc news. ryanair pilots based in the uk have voted to go on strike in a row over pay and conditions. the first walkout is planned for the 22nd and 23rd of august, while a second 60—hour strike is due in early september. ryanair say they have written to the union asking them to return to talks. as the government plans for a no—deal brexit in october, it's been disclosed to the bbc that in its worst case scenario more than 5,000 lorries crossing the channel every day could face

long delays and disruption. it comes as the food industry called for the plans to include relaxing competition law, to allow firms to co—ordinate supplies should there be no deal. tonight, the minister in charge, michael gove, said he was confident the uk had a very resilient food supply system. here's our economics editor faisal islam. they call it a rolling motorway — the 20 minute turnaround of a channel tunnel freight train. fresh fish, medical products, car parts, even thoroughbred horses, are exported and imported in a system built on zero checks. but that is now changing. vladimir is picking up a trailer of fresh food that's come overnight from spain to be imported into britain. esas frutas? these fruits... ? peaches? una des carga, tesco. el otro, tesco. this lorry park at the mouth of the channel tunnel in france is full of refrigerated trucks, the embodiment of britain's

dependence on imports of fresh food. and it's even more at the end of october, just when the uk is scheduled to leave with an increasingly likely no—deal brexit. the government says the overall food supply will be fine. the food companies are rather sceptical about what they see as the government's optimism about the impact of a no—deal brexit on the supply of fresh food. they anticipate having to coordinate where trucks like these go in the united kingdom together. that would be illegal under competition law. they want some guarantees from government. i'm confident, because the uk has a very resilient food supply system, that actually we will be able to make sure that people have a wide range and all the choice that they need. but of course, we are constantly talking to supermarkets, food distributors and others to see what more the government can do to help, and we stand ready to ensure that the regime that we put in place as a government is responsive to their needs. in fact, the government is getting less pessimistic about no—deal

disruption generally. bbc news has learnt that the government has now twice lowered the secret assumption about the disruption to cross—channel freight from a no—deal brexit. why? because of this facility, un—used at the moment, never before needed, to check british exports into the eu. this is all contingency planning. 13 million euros worth of buildings and truck storage space, inspection facilities, just in case there are additional controls required after no—deal brexit day. the perfect solution is that this never goes into active service. last year, the government's reasonable worst case scenario for no deal was that for 3—6 months, only one or two in every ten freight lorries crossing the channel would make it through normally, with the restjoining queues.

in april, this secret assessment — shared with industry, but not the public — was upped to around four in ten on account of new preparations made on the french side of the border. in the past few days, that has been further raised to around half of all lorries. better than it was, but it still means thousands of lorries stuck on motorways in kent and around calais. we are not going to have frictionless trade on day one of no—deal, in spite of some progress that has been made on preparedness and contingency plans on all sides. this tunnel was built on franco—british co—operation. for trade to continue to flow smoothly through it, as much depends on what happens here in france as preparations back home. faisal islam, bbc news, calais. with the government determined that britain leave the eu by october 31st — with or without a deal — seniorfigures in the labour party are publicly split tonight about what this could mean for scotland, which voted remain in 2016.

the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said a future labour government would not block a second vote on scottish independence, but his comments were flatly contradicted by the party's leader in scotland, richard leonard, who said there was "no case" for it. here's our scotland editor sarah smith. some performers will do almost anything to attract an audience to their fringe shows in edinburgh. john mcdonnell is pulling in the crowds by saying a labour government should not try to block a second independence referendum. i'm not being set up by nicola sturgeon, because that's what she's trying to do. she is trying to say it's the big bad english that's yet again trying to prevent us having a referendum. no, we're not. what we're saying is that it's unnecessary. we have campaigned against having a referendum, but we're not using parliamentary devices to block it, it's as simple as that. this was after he had been clearly told by labour's scottish leader that's not the policy. i met with john mcdonnell this

morning to put to him the very clear view that the people of scotland do not want a second independence referendum. and also to remind him that the last independence referendum was supposed to be a once—in—a—generation referendum. many more senior scottish labour figures are furious with mr mcdonnell, saying he's ignorant of the political situation in scotland. john mcdonnell‘s appearances at the edinburgh fringe have set off a bitter fight within the labour party over a second scottish referendum. one other important thing he has just said is that a labour government would not enter any kind of pact with the snp, because, he said, they are not socialists. in fact, he compared them to tories. hard hat on to deflect thatjibe, nicola sturgeon is both delighted by scottish labour's disarray and prepared to support a minority labour government. i would want, if the circumstances lent themselves to this,

the snp to be part of a progressive alliance to keep the tories out of office, and particularly now to avert brexit. festival fever grips edinburgh every august. the scottish political scene is now equally engaging, especially as one poll this week suggested more scottish voters would now say yes to independence than stick with the united kingdom. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. pakistan has announced its expelling india's high commissioner and suspending all trade with its neighbour, after india stripped its part of the contested state of kashmir of its autonomy earlier this week. some protests have broken out in the territory, despite tens of thousands of troops patrolling the streets, and phone, television and internet services also being restricted. india's decision means the predominantly muslim state will no longer have right to make its own laws, which guaranteed jobs and property for local people. around 1,500 people who had

to leave their homes in derbyshire last thursday because of fears a dam would collapse, have finally been allowed to return home. emergency services say the dam wall at the toddbrook reservoir is now stable after it was damaged following heavy rain. since then engineers have run a round—the—clock operation, dropping 500 tonnes of gravel and stone on the damaged part of the structure to reinforce it. and they've used pumps to reduce the level of water by more than 10 metres, leaving itjust a quarterfull. our correspondent judith moritz has more. this is the moment the whole town was waiting for. without ceremony, roadblocks lifted, whaley bridge open again. the streets empty for a last moment. and then, the first residents began to reappear. amongst them, margot and dave graham, back home for the first time in nearly a week after waiting all morning for the green light. looking at your phone every five minutes, and then happily, the police just came and said, "cordon's off, go home."

it's more than bricks and mortar, it's the whole town, it's the community. i've just come back down now to be hugged by one of my neighbours. whaley bridge is back open for business, too. moments after the cordon was lifted, the first haircut was under way. couldn't wait, desperate for a haircut. so, normal life's back on? thank goodness! and to everyone's relief, the pub has been unlocked. landladyjennifer back behind the bar. and counting her blessings a disaster has been averted. you can see the relief. it's emotional, though? it is! it's very emotional. and we got in the car to come down and we've only been staying on chapel road and i drove the car down in floods of tears butjust to be in here is the best feeling in the world. with sandbags being cleared up all around them, people are hugely grateful for the emergency effort. it is amazing. we can't thank this lot enough. if it weren't for this lot, and their quick actions, we wouldn't have a home

to come home to. there was some disruption but the police worked to smooth any problems, themselves pleased to see normality returning. it's made it completely worthwhile. it's what it's been all about for us each day and, you know, i'm just sorry that everyone's had to go through what they've gone through. it is sobering, when you see how close the dam is to the town's primary school, and tonight the school is being used as a centre for returning residents who have any problems. and every household has been given one of these leaflets, which shows them what to do if a repeat evacuation is ever necessary. the dam on the town's doorstep will be monitored closely from now on. after a week whaley bridge would like to forget, no one wants to go through this experience again. judith moritz, bbc news, whaley bridge. the price of energy is set to fall for millions of british households in october after changes by the regulator. let me show you the figures. ofgem lowered the price cap on standard tariffs by £75.

the price cap, which came into force this year, limits how much suppliers can charge you per unit of energy. the average bill for the 11 million homes on standard tariffs is £1,254 a year. that will now fall to £1,179. let's take a look at some of today's other stories. plans to reform pension rules for senior nhs staff in england and wales have been proposed after many doctors were landed with big tax bills after working extra shifts. the current rules have been blamed for making it difficult to fill staffing rotas and bring down waiting lists. british viewers are rapidly switching from traditional broadcast tv to streaming services such as netflix, according to the media regulator, ofcom. although traditional viewing still accounts for most tv watching, viewing of streaming services is now catching up. the regulator is calling for a national debate about the future of public service broadcasting.

the number of same—sex couples recorded as living together in the uk rose by more than 50% in the three years to 2018, official statistics show. the figures also reveal one in four 20 to sa—year—olds — 3.4 million in total — live with their parents. interrail and eurail passes which, for decades, have allowed young people to travel around europe on a single ticket will no longer be valid on british trains. industry body the rail delivery group said its members will stop participating in the programmes because it believes the separate britrail pass is "the best option" for visitors to britain. football, and the new season of the premier league gets underway this weekend. the acting chief executive, richard masters, has told the bbc he's determined to tackle discrimination in the game after last season saw a number of racist incidents involving high profile players, such as raheem sterling. he was speaking to our

sports editor, dan roan. it may not seem long since the finale to last season's title race, but the premier league is back. for the first time in 20 years, there is a new man in charge for the new season, and he told me the competition is stronger than ever. last year was one of the great premier league seasons. i actually didn't think it. and points reached a new level. and of course we had this incredible title race between two of the great sides, liverpool and man city. man city just pipping them on the final day. and, on top of that, they won an unprecedented domestic treble, too. are you at all concerned that city's financial clout has meant that the league is becoming too predictable? i'm not concerned about that. first of all, we should celebrate just how brilliant city are. the premier league is unpredictable. i don't think that one dominant side in the premier league is going to emerge. no room for racism. anywhere. despite campaigns like this, discrimination has cast a shadow over the sport, a spate of high—profile alleged racist incidents marring last season, and masters admits the premier league must now up its game.

we are determined to tackle discrimination. we did have some unsavoury incidents at premier league grounds last season and one incident is one incident too many. and i think those incidents do make you step back and ask you whether you are doing right, whether you're doing enough. inside the grounds we are looking at measures to improve the stewarding and also improve reporting mechanisms for fans when they see it. wayne rooney's surprise move to derby county this week has been funded by a betting firm. he will even wear the number 32 shirt as part of a deal with the club's sponsor. in the premier league this season, half the shirts will be emblazoned by bookmakers‘ logos, so is football now too dependent on the gambling industry? if the sense builds that it's not being handled responsibly and that football is being exploited somewhat, are you concerned about that? i don't think we are at a position yet where we are concerned that we have to intervene in any way and neither do i feel that the government are about to do so either. so i think, you know, betting is part of what brings people into football. it's only a small part but it is part of it

and it is part of the game. from record signings to the introduction of var, there is plenty new this season. the eventual winners, though, may well be more familiar. dan roan, bbc news. organisers of the boardmasters festival in cornwall are offering full refunds for tickets bought from official sources — after cancelling the event due to expected bad weather. about 55,000 people were expected in newquay to see headliners wu—tang clan, florence + the machine and foals this weekend. winds of up to 50 miles an hour are forecast. scientists from the uk and ukraine who've spent decades studying the abandoned landscape around the chernobyl nuclear power plant have launched a vodka made from ingredients grown inside the exclusion zone. it's the first officially consumable product to be made in chernobyl since the nuclear accident there in 1986. our science correspondent victoria gill has been given a unique taste of what's on offer. abandoned for more than 30 years,

but in one small pocket of the 4000 square kilometre exclusion zone that surrounds the chernobyl nuclear power plant, it's harvest time. this experimental farm was set up by a team of scientists and the crops being grown here, they say, could be a first step toward using this land productively again. very nice. chernobylski rye grains. this means we don't just abandon the land. we can use this land in different and diverse ways, and we can produce something which will be totally clean from the radioactivity. and this is what it is being used to produce. our idea was to distill it and produce a kind of moonshine artisan vodka. this is set to be the first consumer product that is made entirely from ingredients grown within the exclusion zone. i tremble when i pick it up because this is the only

bottle in existence! this is no more radioactive than any other vodka. we have checked it, we have had two of the best laboratories in the world looking to see if they can find any radioactivity from chernobyl and they haven't found any. it might not be for everyone but this is about much more than making a spirit with a unique selling point. communities in relatively uncontaminated outer regions of the exclusion zone still live under strict regulations. no agriculture is permitted here. it is hoped that some of those restrictions will soon be lifted but any vodka profits will be channelled into supporting economic development in areas still affected by the social impacts of the nuclear accident. until atomic production starts, though, i'm allowed just a tiny taste, poured from a genuinely unique bottle. victoria gill, bbc news. that's all from me. now it's time for the news where you are. goodnight

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jane dougall. an away goalfor celtic gives them the advantage in their champions league qualifier in romania. amongst all the transfer rumours — manchester city get a deal done — joao cancelo signs from juventus for £60m. world number two rafa nadal triumphs

in the rogers cup after dispensing with dan evans in straight sets. it was a tense night in romania for scottish champions celtic as they drew 1—1 away to cluj. at times their defence looked exposed but they return to glasgow with an away goal advantage going into the second leg after a james forrest goal. ben croutcher reports. the champions league, the pinnacle of cloud football. no, really. they do not beat barcelona, but if celtic wa nted do not beat barcelona, but if celtic wanted to challenge the big teams, they have dover team one of the smallest, the earliest exchanges

showed that would not be straightforward. it got a lot more complex just after the half—hour when they finished a clinical counterattack to put the romanians ahead. now that is more like it. celebrations do not have long to settle before the squeezed a shot asked a couple of defenders, between the keeper and post, in a way goal to ta ke the keeper and post, in a way goal to take back to celtic park they decided that they were not out of the woods just yet, scott was called ona the woods just yet, scott was called on a couple of occasions to deny the home team advantage to take back to scotland. everything went over and out. celtic very much still in it with a small step closer to lining up with a small step closer to lining up against one of those european giants. with the transfer window closing in england tomorrow there's been plenty of rumour and speculation about players moving around. but, let's cut through all the gossip and tell you the deals which have definitely been done. we start with celtic where left back kieran tierney was missing from tonights match because a fee has been agreed for the scotland

international with arsenal. after two rejected bids by celtic — it's understood the club have agreed a deal thought to be in the region of £25 million. former arsenal player danny welbeck has gone to watford on a free transfer. the england international only played 1a times for arsenal last season after signing from manchester united in 2014. the champions manchester city have completed the signing of portugal right—back joao cancelo from juventus for £60 million. the agreement sees full—back danilo move in the opposite direction for a fee of £34.1 million. the head of the premier league richard masters has spoken to the bbc for the first time since he became interim ceo. in a interview with out sports editor dan roan, they spoke about a number of issues including what football