this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. i'm mike embley. our top stories: president trump praises the emergency workers and survivors of saturday's mass shootings in el paso, and says despite criticism he's been warmly welcomed. we had an amazing day. as you know, we left ohio and the love, the respect for the office of the presidency, it was... i wish you could've been in there to see it. canadian police believe they have found the bodies of two teenage fugitives suspected of three murders. the us calls for calm and restraint over kashmir, as tensions between india and pakistan continue to escalate. and vodka with a twist. we look at the first consumer product made from ingredients grown inside the chernobyl exclusion zone.

hello and welcome. president trump has met emergency workers and survivors of the mass shooting in the texan city of el paso, where 22 people were killed at the weekend in an apparent hate crime. it's now being investigated as domestic terrorism. earlier he was in dayton, ohio, where nine died in another mass shooting. he has received an uneasy welcome, the president himself is accused of fuelling violence and racism with his anti—immigrant rhetoric. our north america editor jon sopel is in el paso. president trump and first lady melania arrived in el paso, and it's fair to say civic leaders aren't hanging out the flags for him. a white nationalist killed 22 people, targeting hispanics.

before leaving the white house, the president denied that his fiery rhetoric on immigration had contributed to the problem. i am concerned about the rise of any group of hate, i don't like it, any group of hate, i am... whether it's white supremacy, whether it's any other kind of supremacy, whether it's antifa, whether it's any group of hate, i am very concerned about it and i'll do something about it. trump is responsible and he is part of the problem! in el paso, a big protest has been taking place against the visit. the main speaker, the former congressman for the area and democratic presidential hopeful beto o'rourke. he's critical of the president coming. i'm just so focused, as are my fellow el pasoans, on this community, on the family's struggling with a loved one still recuperating or who's lost someone in their lives. i think the president's visit distracts from that healing and our ability as a community

to come together. this makeshift shrine alongside the walmart here in el paso probably stretches for something like 100 yards. there's 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 as ever. these two nurses, erin and stephanie, were working at the local hospital last saturday. everything was chaotic. nurses get called in. things are different and 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 you have to my daughter.

0k. 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's now emerged a shooting which 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 their investigations 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 at the weekend, meeting survivors and their 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.

jon sopel, bbc news, el paso. president trump met law enforcement officers and first responders at an emergency operations centre. his remarks afterwards centred on how he and the first lady had been received. we had an amazing day. as you know, we left ohio, and the love, the respect for the office of the presidency, it was... i wish you could've been in there to see it. i wish you could've been in there. it was no different here. we went to the hospital, just came from the hospital. we were there a lot longer than we were anticipating to be. it was just supposed to be just a fairly quick... we met with numerous people. we met with also the doctors, the nurses, the medical staff. they have done an incredible job, both places, just incredible. and the enthusiasm, the love, the respect, and also the... telling them, "let's see if we can get something done." and republicans want to do it,

and democrats want to do it. chris babcock is the editor of the el paso herald post. he told us about the atmosphere in the city. well, i can tell you that from the early morning when i was at the memorial this morning at about 6:30am, it was very calm, very peaceful, very reflective and then as the day started to dawn, this palpable feeling of unease started going through the crowd there as more and more people showed up to lay flowers. and it really, really felt different. again, we've had several memorial services for a couple of the victims, and they were very solemn, very respectful. and it's been like that the whole week, but it seemed today it kind of turned with president trump coming in, they were really, really just. .. there was a feeling of unease and discomfort really overall. chris, obviously it's a terrible time for people in el paso. tell us more about how

different and why the unease. you have to realise that this goes back before the attack on saturday. president donald trump really called out our city during the state of the union address. he went out there in front of the congress in the joint session and the united states and the world and said el paso is the most dangerous city in north america, in america, and that was just not correct, it was not truthful. we have our share of crime, we have break—ins, we have car theft, we have murders, anywhere bebetween six, seven, eight per year but those people are caught. he made it seem there was some sort of dystopian future going round here where hordes of people are coming from the south and creating crime and burning down things. it's never been the case. that statement kicked it off that we were all of a sudden the focus of all that was wrong with the border, all that was wrong with immigration, all that was wrong with immigrants coming in.

from january... and when he came to his campaign rally in february, of course he did have his supporters here, i'm not saying this is a town that doesn't like donald trump, there's a large percentage of people whojust don't like him, this is a democratic town, but there's about 15—20% that back president. they did so today. the unease was with all of his rhetoric starting in january and continuing to put el paso on people's radar, it really, for lack of a better word, it made us a prime target. you've had a border wall there i think since the early 1990s, haven't you? do you think it's likely the president will feel a political impact in this area as a result of the things he's been saying in his public rallies and on social media? you know, i was thinking about that on the way home and i think those people who like the president and believe what he's saying, there's not going to be any wavering of what they feel.

i think that with a very slim margin, those undecided here, and in the country, especially with the way this was specifically targeted. i hate to say this, because we have so many of them, but this was not your typical american mass shooting. this gunman came in with a specific intent of killing hispanic people, and that's what he did. and now i think some of the people that might have thought, "it's just words, just rhetoric, he doesn't really mean it," people have to look at that and really start to question is this the type of leadership we need going forward? he's going to have his people behind him regardless, and whether that's here in el paso, and that's part of our democratic process, but i think this was such a bolt from the blue, as it were, that it's really going to shock people, and then to have dayton notjust more than 12 hours later, i think it's a 1—2 punch to the american psyche that's going to make us look at not only what actions we could take what actions led up to this.

chris purple, editor of the el paso herald post —— chris babcock. us officials have arrested over 600 suspected illegal immigrants in raids on food processing plants in the state of mississippi. seven sites in six towns near the state capital, jackson, were targeted. the us attorney for the state's southern district, mike hurst, said the operation, which had been planned for months, was the biggest of its kind ever in the country. those detained were taken away on buses to a military hangar. let's get some of the day's other news. supporters of the former leader of kyrgyzstan, almazbek atambayev, have fought off an attempt to arrest him on corruption allegations. it's reported a member of special forces was shot dead in the raid on mr atambayev‘s home outside the capital, bishkek. he was stripped of immunity injune, but has resisted all official demands to face questioning by investigators. puerto rico's justice secretary wanda vazquez has been sworn in as the new governor hours after her predecessor was forced to stand down by the supreme court. she's the third politician to occupy the post in less than a week.

she's promised to bring political stability to the us territory, devastated two years ago by hurricane maria. a woman from tennessee sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a man she said tried to rape her has been released. cyntoia brown was jailed 15 years ago when she was 16. she says she was forced into prostitution and feared for her life when she killed a real estate agent in nashville. kim kardashian—west, rihanna and other stars campaigned for her release. police in canada believe they have found the bodies of two men they were hunting in connection with the murder of three people. kam mcleod, aged 19, and bryer schmegelsky, 18, were wanted over the murders of an australian man and his american girlfriend, and a canadian university professor in british columbia. and his american girlfriend, and a canadian university professor in british columbia. the bodies were discovered more than 3,000 kilometres away in manitoba. john mcmanus reports.

kam mcleod and bryer schmegelsky — two teenagers who canadian police began searching for after their burned—out car was discovered, but who quickly became murder suspects themselves. the two friends were from vancouver but had been travelling to find work. police have been hunting them for three weeks over a territory of more than 3,000 kilometres, as far as the village of gillam in manitoba province. they were wanted for questioning over the murder of this couple — 23—year—old australian lucas fowler and 24—year—old american chyna deese, who were found dead from gunshot wounds along a highway in british columbia. authorities then discovered the body of 64—year—old leonard dyke, a professor of botany. late last week, items belonging to the suspects were found along the nelson river in manitoba and here police concentrated their search using tracker dogs to search the dense undergrowth. this morning, at approximately 10am, rcmp officers located two male bodies in the dense brush one kilometre from where the items were found.

this is approximately eight kilometres from where the burnt vehicle was located. at this time, we believe these are the bodies of the two suspects. an autopsy of the bodies will now take place, but police still don't know why mcleod and schmegelsky might have killed their victims, although last month schmegelsky‘s father described his son as deeply troubled and said he was on a suicide mission. john mcmanus, bbc news. the turkish government has agreed with the united states to create a joint operation centre to coordinate a safe zone in northern syria after three days of talks in ankara. the two countries had been deadlocked for months over turkish plans to push back syrian kurdish fighters who ankara regards as a threat. the kurds are us allies and washington and ankara have struggled to agree on how deep the buffer zone should be, and how it would be controlled.

stay with us on bbc news. still to come: fears of uk food shortages. calls for competition laws to be relaxed if there is a no—deal brexit. the question was whether 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 vigour, 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's 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 world news. our top headline: president trump has visited the sites of last weekend's mass shootings, as critics accuse him of stoking racial hatred. the state department in the us has offered its support for direct dialogue between india and pakistan on kashmir, as tensions rise over the disputed territory. the pakistani government has expelled india's envoy and downgraded diplomatic relations with delhi. after years of special status for the part of kashmir it administers, the indian government has revoked it and placed it under direct control and

a security lockdown. all of kashmir has been claimed by both india and pakistan since british india was partitioned in 19117. the two countries have fought two wars over kashmir, and came close not long ago to a third. yogita limaye sent this report from srinagar. it's the third day that kashmir remains in lockdown, but sporadic protests have begun to break out now. in a particularly restive part of srinagar, every evening, protesters are coming out, pelting stones, shouting anti—indian slogans, and security forces have been using pellet guns to contain the violence. there are also reports that clashes have been breaking out in southern kashmir as well, but these do remain quite small and sporadic, and there are a number of reasons for that. one of the big reasons is what you can see behind me. literally at every street corner there are armed soldiers, barbed wire, checkpoints. you're asked to show your identity, where you're going, why you're going there.

hundreds of thousands of extra troops have been deployed, in what is already one of the most militarised regions in the world. on monday, india's government unilaterally revoked kashmir‘s special status. it had included a number of things. it gave the local government here the right to make laws about everything other than defence, communication and external affairs. it also allowed the local government to define who the permanent residents of this region are, and it only allowed those people to buy land here. all of that is now gone. as the british government plans for leaving the european union at the end of october with no agreement in place, the bbc has learned that in the government's worst—case scenario, it anticipates long delays and disruption for more than 5,000 lorries crossing the english channel every day. the food industry has suggested relaxing competition law to allow firms to co—ordinate supplies.

here is 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 has 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 is 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 impacts of a no—deal

brexit on the supply of fresh food. they anticipate having to co—ordinate 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're 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, unused 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're not going to have frictionless trade on day one 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. wildfires in the highlands of northern peru have destroyed acres of ancient forest and threaten one of the country's most important archaeological sites, the sixth—century home of the chachapoya ns, known as the "cloud warriors". andy beatt reports. a fast—moving forest fire sweeping through peru's amazon region, more than 100 firefighters so far failing to control the blaze. translation: we've spent four days here fighting against this fire. the strong winds are making it

much more difficult. but is notjust the region's fragile ecosystem under threat. flames are now within a kilometre of this historic hilltop side. this is the largest pre—incan settlement in south america, three times older than machu picchu. the remains of some 500 houses, the centre of an ancient civilisation that at its peak was home to nearly 500,000 people. a four—day operation, with air support aiding teams from the army, police and ministry of culture, at times looking woefully ill—equipped. more specialised forces are on their way to this remote region. but, as fires continue to spread, peru's hopes of saving the link with its past hang by a thread. scientists from ukraine and the uk who have spent decades studying

the abandoned landscape around the chernobyl nuclear plant have launched a vodka made from ingredients grown inside the exclusion zone. it is the first officially consumable product made in chernobyl since the disaster there in 1986. our science correspondent victoria gill had a taste of what is on offer. abandoned for more than 30 years, but in one small pocket of the 4,000 square kilometre exclusion zone that surrounds the chernobyl nuclear power plant, it is 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 towards 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 distil 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've checked it, we've have 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 atomik production starts, though, i'm allowed just a tiny taste, poured from a genuinely unique bottle. victoria gill, bbc news. female mps have walked out of kenya's parliament in solidarity with a colleague who was ordered to leave because she brought her baby to work. zuleika hassan brought her five—month—old to work because of an emergency at home and because parliament doesn't have a creche. according to house rules, "strangers" are not allowed into the chamber, children included. the speaker ordered her out of the chamber and said she could only return without the baby. she says parliament will need to create a more family—friendly atmosphere if it wants more women mps. much more on all the news any on the bbc news website. you can contact me and much of the team on twitter. thank you very much for watching.

good morning. yet again it was scotland and northern ireland that bore the brunt of the showers for wednesday. the area of low pressure that was responsible, that's now drifting off into the north sea, allowing this brief ridge of high pressure to build before this deepening area of low pressure starts to push into the south—west during the early hours of friday morning. and it's going to stay with us friday, into the weekend as well, heavy rain and gales are going to be a feature of the forecast. but, for the next few hours, we've still got a few showers through scotland and northern ireland in particular. and a little bit of patchy mist and fog forming in western areas. elsewhere, we'll see long, lengthy clear spells, and temperatures falling down to a comfortable 11—13 degrees just

first thing on thursday morning. there will be some early morning sunshine and generally, thursday not a bad day for many. some lengthy, dry prolonged spells around. we still can't rule out a few isolated showers in scotland, northern ireland and maybe one or two into north wales and cropping up in the midlands. but, with some sunshine, we'll get some warmth, highs of 2a degrees, that's 75 fahrenheit. but that low pressure is going to start to push into the south—west during the early hours of friday morning, it's going to be some heavy rain and strong to gale force gusts of winds, particularly on exposed south—west coasts. so that rain at 1:00am will start to push its way up through cornwall, across wales, up into the midlands. so for the early morning rush hour, it'll be leaving north wales, the north midlands, and it'll be sitting across northern england. don't forget the yellow and greens denoting heavier pulses of rain. some areas could see 20—30 mm before the morning is through. and, with the additional prolonged showers that we've seen, that could bring some localised flooding. so the frontal system clears to the north of scotland. behind it, a trail of showers

and some blustery winds gusting in excess of 50—60 mph on exposed coasts in the south—west. eastern england will stay largely fine and dry. still breezy, but 211—25 degrees is 77 fahrenheit, it will be quite a humid feel to things. now, friday into saturday, we'll see that area of low pressure sitting across the extreme north. and the southern flank of that low is where we're likely to see the strongest in the winds. so saturday, still plenty of frequent showers across scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, the rainfall totals really starting to tot up, and there'll be some gales further south, but still those highs of 22 degrees. the frontal system really not moving very far, very fast, that low pressure dawdles its way steadily eastwards. we've still got plenty of showers with us on sunday, the best of the drier weather into the south. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump has visited

the texan city of el paso where a gunmen shot dead 22 people in an apparent hate crime. he went earlier to dayton, ohio, scene of the weekend's other mass shooting. nine people died there. the president himself is accused of stoking violence and racism by his anti—immigrant speeches and twitter posts. the us state department has called for calm and restraint over kashmir, as tensions rise between india and pakistan. pakistan is to expel india's envoy and downgrade diplomatic relations, a response to delhi taking direct control of kashmir. police in canada believe they've found the bodies of two fugitive teenage boys in the central province of manitoba. the teenagers, suspected of killing three people, had been on the run for for almost three weeks. you're pretty much up to date on the

headlines. it's just you're pretty much up to date on the headlines. it'sjust gone