welcome to bbc news — i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: police say the el paso shooting suspect was deliberately targeting mexicans — 22 people died in the attack. protests in indian—administered kashmir days after delhi said it would revoke the area's special autonomous status. hong kong's airport is occupied by hundreds of demonstrators as protests in the territory enter their tenth weekend. a huge power blackout in england and wales leaves almost a million people without rifles were sold powered weapons, electricity, causing travel chaos. and bringing all the fun of the fair given texas still has very liberal, to an english cathedral. relaxed gun laws. you have to

remember, el paso boats democrat but it is still texas. many people out imean, is i mean, is the subject of every conversation, every day. this was a huge tragedy. we lost so many lives and 70 people were impacted. we are hello and welcome. the suspect in the el paso shooting in the united states, in which 22 people were killed, here have a hunting culture. we live is reported to have hearing these media reports of the confessed to police details of the police arrest report that he was targeting mexicans. which have come out. they say that ina here have a hunting culture. we live in a city, it takes only minutes meanwhile donald trump says us congressional leaders are having before your kind of on the range or serious discussions about meaningful the shooter targeted mexicans. we the mountains. hunting is a big part background checks on gun ownership, of life you. the us did have a ban following the two mass shootings last weekend. freya cole reports. knew from just minutes, hours after the shooting. posted on line that on assault weapons. regular el paso he's the 21—year—old accused have been linked with the shooter. of killing 22 people in a shooting rampage in texas. it was very quickly linked to the 00:01:48,541 --> 2147483051:37:41,435 shooter. it uses language describing 2147483051:37:41,435 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 immigration and now an arrest affidavit people who are mourning the loss. of patrick crusius reveals he told police he was targeting mexicans when he stormed the el paso walmart. and you can keep up to date with all the latest developments

back in his hometown, surrounding the current democratic presidential candidate debate on us gun control beto o'rouke has accused on the bbc website. the president of fanning there you'll find a section the racial hate. dedicated to reports and articles looking at gun violence we live in a country where some will try to define us in the united states — by our differences and they'll say that those differences are dangerous, they'll warn that's all at bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. of invasions and infestations, let's get some of they'll try to build walls to keep the rest of the world out, the day's other news. they'll talk of people as being less than human and then treat them north korea has fired two as less than human. unidentified projectiles into the sea, according to reports in south korea. they were fired from near the north—eastern city of hamhung into the sea of japan. it's the latest in a series both the texas and ohio shootings of launches by pyongyang. have reignited fierce debate over gun control. reports from yemen say at least six civilians have been killed in renewed fighting in the southern port of aden. the warring parties are supposed to be on the same side in the fight against houthi rebels president donald trump has conceded change is needed. frankly, we need intelligent background checks, ok? in the country's civil war. this isn't a question of nra, republican, or democrat. i will tell you, i spoke to mitch mcconnell yesterday. he's totally onboard.

a powerful typhoon has made landfall i think that the republicans in south eastern china bringing gusts of two hundred are going to be great and lead kilometres an hour and heavy rain. the charge along typhoon lekima — is the strongest to hit the country in 5 years. with the democrats. a red alert has been issued along the path of the storm, but the president's biggest hurdle which is likely to reach shanghai, later in the day. india has told pakistan it must will be the country's powerful gun accept the new reality in kashmir and stop interfering lobby, the national rifle association. in its internal affairs. president trump has suggested relations have been strained he could persuade the nra since delhi revoked kashmir‘s to change its position. special status earlier in the week. but earlier this week, paksitan has responded by suspending train links, the nra tweeted: and halting trade. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye is one of the few internationaljournalists in kashmir — she sent this report from srinagar. even if the republican president goes head—to—head 00:03:39,224 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 with the might of the nra, tensions in kashmir are beginning to rise. young protesters have been coming out in many areas. pelting stones at security forces and jeering at them. soldiers fire lead pellets and tear gas to disperse the mob. chanting.

voices that have been suppressed for days have begun to be heard. this was a spontaneous march by men who had just offered friday prayers. they walked through small alleys because they can't go out on the main roads. translation: in every part of india, people are celebrating, but they don't know that our hearts are bleeding. we are crying. we are under siege. translation: we have been completely betrayed. they have put a gun to our heads and told us that a few people in the government have decided our fate. earlier, inside the mosque, too, there was sloganeering, and the cleric also made a speech about the issue. "the dispute over kashmir can only end when they take the opinion of people here", he said. it is the first friday since the government removed this region's special privileges. while most of the big mosques were closed, in some places, people were allowed to go out and pray. however, phone and internet

lines remain cut off. separatist leaders have been moved out of kashmir. top politicians from the region remain under house arrest. the indian government, taking no chances, worried that the situation here could spiral into widespread unrest. away from the empty streets of kashmir, in other parts of india, the government's actions have found resounding support. "it is a very good decision. we will now be able to control terrorism," one woman says. "i went to kashmir as a tourist but i didn't feel safe. prime minister modi has made a good move." a beautiful land that is no stranger to conflict,

but rarely has it stood on the cusp of such an uncertain future. yogita limaye, bbc news, srinangar. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: all the fun of the fair at a historic english cathedral. 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 the iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigor, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived so long,

and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she's achieved this landmark anniversary. and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: police say the el paso shooting suspect has confessed he was deliberately targeting mexicans. 22 people died in the attack last saturday. despite tight security, protests have broken out in indian—administered kashmir, days after delhi revoked the area's special autonomous status. hong kong is bracing for another weekend of turmoil, following a large, but peaceful, occupation of the international airport on friday by pro—democracy demonstrators. the territory's leader, carrie lam,

criticised those who've been involved in increasingly violent street clashes. meanwhile, beijing has ordered the hong kong—based airline, cathay pacific, to suspend any staff who support the demonstrations. ho—fung hung is a professor of political economy atjohns hopkins university in baltimore. he is also is the author of the award—winning book, protest with chinese characteristics. thank you so much for your time. first of all, i just wonder whether china's intervention with cathay pacific, the airline, how unprecedented is that? it is not quite surprising, because over the last two or three years, china has been pressuring allies around the world and hotel chains around the world and hotel chains around the world to ask them to put taiwan off

their list, as an independent country, to put it under china. —— airlines around the world. china has been quite frequently using these tactics of using its market power, to pressure private companies to comply to their well, to achieve some political goals. —— their will. do you think beijing is becoming more forceful in its intervention in hong kong, at least in a verbal sense,in hong kong, at least in a verbal sense, in terms of what they are publicly saying? definitely. we have been seeing it over the last week or two, beijing's government has held press c0 nfe re nces two, beijing's government has held press conferences to warn against the protesters. apparently the carrie lam government in hong kong has the full backing of beijing at the moment, not to back down to any demands of the protesters. and we also see more aggressive tactics by the police, and even the

mobilisation of some gangsters underdogs, beating up protesters. so in this regard, yes, beijing has been stepping up its effort to try to intimidate the protesters. we saw protests at the airport, peaceful protests. we a re protests at the airport, peaceful protests. we are expecting more over the weekend. do you think protesters risk losing the freedoms they have if they continue down this line? for one thing, beijing's handling of the protests in recent weeks, even though it has been stepping up its rhetoric, it also shows the limits of beijing's capacity in intervening directly in hong kong, and cracking down. beijing has been talking about the possibility of the use of the pla, the people's liberation army, but also, it stopped short of any concrete warning about using the pla, because everybody now sees that

ageing would prefer not to use direct intervention because it would create an international outcry and the loss of hong kong's international status as a finance centre. —— beijing would prefer. so beijing has its hands tied, it can only rely on some indirect forces like youngsters and the hong kong police force to handle the situation. i am sure it is not the last we have heard of this issue. professor, thank you so much for your time. major power cuts have caused travel chaos across large areas of england and wales, affecting close toi million people. the national grid says two generators failed which triggered an emergency response to limit access to the network. katy austin has the latest. commuters navigating clapham junction station in darkness. this evening's power cuts did not last long but the impact affected more than a million people. including thousands

of train passengers across the country, some unable to board. i am going to hang around and see if they put the trains back on and fix the issue but if not, i'm going to have to find somewhere to stay tonight and get a train tomorrow. no—one has come over and spoken to me. no—one seems to know what is going on. if you go and ask for help, no—one really knows what is going on at all. while some were stuck on trains. i was on a train to edinburgh through to london, we stopped in the countryside for an hour and a half with no information. we were starting to conserve water but now they are sending us back to peterborough station where we are just going to have to be, i presume, dumped off. london kings cross is one of the country's busiest railway stations. passengers turned up this evening to find there were delays and cancellations and have now been told services are unlikely to resume today. reports of a problem emerged shortly after 5pm. uk power networks tweeted it was aware of a power cut which it believed

was due to a national grid network failure. it supplies london and the south—east and said 300,000 homes were affected in that region, but it didn't end there. half a million people lost power in the area western power distribution covers, south—west england, south wales and the midlands. 110,000 customers served by northern power grid in the north—east, 26,000 supplied by electricity north west in areas from penrith in cumbria to stockport in greater manchester, and 16,000 sse customers in central and southern england, and tens of thousands more were affected in cheshire and merseyside. national grid said the issue was caused by the loss of two generators that connect to the gb transmission system which led to a fall in the frequency of the electricity system and it had to disconnect part of the network. it said that by 6:30pm, all demand was restored by the distribution network operators, and the system

is operating normally. by then the loss of power had affected drivers, too, with some traffic lights out. newcastle airport experienced power issues too, as did ipswich hospital, where the back—up generator failed. my mum got stuck in the scan lift, so we were looking at her ten feet off the ground, wondering how on earth she was going to get into the lift, because it wasn't working, or get down again, and it was quite a terrifying 20 minutes, wondering what is going to happen, are we going to have to get the emergency services? people whose friday evening journeys turned into a nightmare will be wondering how this could have happened. there's been a rush to buy medical iodine in russia's far north, following a rocket accident that lead to a brief spike in radiation. according to local media, pharmacies are selling out of their iodine stocks in the cities of arkanghelsk and severovinsk. iodine can block the thyroid gland's take—up of radioactive chemicals, but it can also cause health issues.

five people died in thursday's accident at a test site. in other news, a tornado has ripped through southern luxembourg close to the border with france and belgium. the footage shows the tornado tearing apart a building's roof and sucking large amounts of debris into the air. trees were uprooted and roads were blocked in the towns of bascharage and petange on friday evening. six people have been injured. norwich cathedral, one of the oldest in england, has installed a realfairground helter skelter to allow visitors a closer glimpse of its medieval roof. it hasn't escaped criticism, though — one bishop has called the move a mistake. our religion editor martin busheer went to take a look. amid the closeness of this ancient place, not the sound of evensong but a fairground ride.

it is faster than i thought it would be, it is good fun. did it make you think about anything more deeply? if i am honest, no, other than what a random thing to have in a cathedral. i think it was very good and fast. it took four days to build and costs £2 per ride. the cathedral says it's designed to give a close—up view of the stunning mediaeval ceiling, and start conversations about faith. i think we have to remember that we are dealing with a great diversity of people in our nation, and if we are going to reach out to lots of different people we have got to use different methods to reach them. at 55 feet tall it is certainly closer to the heavens, but will it take people closer to god ? isn't this a sign that the church has lost faith in its gospel message, and is now reduced to basically having gimmicks? oh, no, this is a sign of a confident church. english cathedrals are the great

success story of the church of england. our numbers coming to worship are increasing, numbers of visitors across all cathedrals are rising. so if that is the case, why do you have a helter—skelter? because our job has always been to re—tell this story. okay, i'm now going to climb the 36 steps myself. six flights of stairs, and i am nowjust over ten feet from the cathedral ceiling. are you ready? iam. thank you very much, oh, that is quick! haven't seen much of the ceiling from here. well, i have to say, i think i prefer evensong for understanding the gospel and the christian faith, butjudging by the line over there, i think i'm in the minority. before we go, a piece of culinary art, a sculpture of big bird from sesame street — made entirely of butter, made for the iowa state fair in the us. other creations include a butter cow

that would provide enough spread for more than 19,000 slices of toast. more than you would ever need. stay with us. hello there, we have seen impacts already from this unseasonal weather, and we are not finished just yet either. some more rain to come which will be quite heavy, perhaps some thundery downpours as well this weekend, and those winds are strengthening more widely now across england and wales. that's because our unusually deep area of low pressure for the time of year is drifting its way northwards, winds strengthening on its southern flank, there is more rain around overnight as well, but where the winds are lighter, later in scotland and northern ireland, there may be a few mist and fog patches. 13—111, it's warmer further south, 16—17, with more showers,

even longer spells of rain, quite a few of those in the morning across wales and the south—west of england. a number of heavy showers developing further north, and those will be more slow—moving and more frequent as well. not too much rain for the north—west of scotland, i think it will be more towards eastern scotland later in the day that we will see some thundery downpours, and throughout the day, they are never too far away from southern scotland and also close to northern ireland as well, this line of downpours running over the irish sea into the north—west of england. further south showers more fleeting, because it will be so windy, those are the wind gusts, widespread gales for england and wales, gusts of 60 miles an hour across southern coasts. a very windy conditions, and it won't feel as warm or as muggy either, 27 east anglia yesterday, looking at low 20s at best. winds do continue to ease a little during saturday night into sunday morning, but you can see we still have some areas of rain, and again that could be heavy and thundery with the prospect of some localised flooding as well. those temperatures begin to drop away towards southern parts of the uk, typically 13—111. so to the second half of the weekend, it is not completely dry, there will be

some sunshine around, but we will see more showers developing across england and wales, for a time across northern ireland, and a spot of rain is slow—moving, central and southern scotland and the far north of england, underneath that it will not be very warm at all for the time of year, 111—15 for northern parts of the uk, 22 or 23 towards the south—east at best. an area of low pressure is pulling away on sunday, hence the winds easing down, but look what's coming in from the atlantic. all these weather fronts, another area of low pressure developing around the middle part of next week, there is no sign of summer returning really in the outlook as we head into next week, it remains very unsettled, we will get some showers or longer spells of rain, some sunshine at times but not particularly warm for the time of year.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the suspect in the el paso shooting is reported to have confessed to police that he was targeting mexicans deliberately. he is said to have waived his right to silence. twenty—two people died as a result of the attack last saturday; dozens more were injured. as protests continue in indian—administered kashmir, delhi has told pakistan it must stop interfering in its internal affairs. relations have been strained between the two countries since india revoked kashmir‘s special status earlier in the week. pakistan has responded by suspending train links, and halting trade. china has ordered the hong kong based airline cathay pacific to suspend any staff who support pro— democracy protests in the territory. beijing's latest tough stance comes as thousands of activists stage a sit—in at the territory's international airport — the first of three

planned days of rallies.