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this is bbc world news. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: police say the el paso shooting suspect was deliberately this is bbc news. targeting mexicans — the headlines: 22 people died in the attack. the suspect in the el paso shooting protests in indian—administered kashmir — is reported to have confessed days after delhi revoked the area's to police that he was targeting mexicans deliberately. he is said to have waived his right to silence. special autonomous status. 22 people died as a result of the attack last saturday, dozens more were injured. hong kong's airport is occupied by hundreds of demonstrators as protests in the territory enter their tenth weekend. and...bringing all the fun as protests continue in indian—administered kashmir, delhi has told pakistan it must stop of the fair to an english cathedral. 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.
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hello and welcome to bbc news. it's a week since the el paso beijing's latest tough stance comes shooting in the united states as thousands of activists stage in which 22 people were killed — a sit—in at the territory's international airport, and the suspect is reported to have the first of three confessed to police that he was targeting mexicans. the details emerged in an arrest report and the suspect is said planned days of rallies. to have waived his right to a lawyer. meanwhile donald trump says us congressional leaders are having serious discussions about meaningful background checks on gun ownership, following the mass shootings in texas and ohio. freya cole reports. he's the 21—year—old accused of killing 22 people in a shooting rampage in texas. and now an arrest affidavit of patrick crusius reveals he told police he was targeting mexicans when he stormed the el paso walmart. back in his hometown — democratic presidential candidate beto o'rouke — has accused the president of fanning the racial hate. we live in a country where some will try to define us by our differences and they'll say that those differences
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are dangerous, they'll warn of invasions and infestations, they'll try to build walls to keep the rest of the world out, they'll talk of people as being less than human and then treat them as less than human. both the texas and ohio shootings have reignited fierce debate over gun control. president donald trump has conceded change is needed. frankly, we need intelligent background checks, ok? this isn't a question of nra, republican, or democrat. i will tell you, i spoke to mitch mcconnell yesterday. he's totally onboard. i think that the republicans are going to be great and lead the charge along with the democrats.
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but the president's biggest hurdle — will be the country's powerful gun lobby — the national rifle association. president trump has suggested he could persuade the nra to change its position. but earlier this week, the nra tweeted: "none of the background check proposals would have prevented these tragedies." despite widespread public outcry, it's now unlikely senators will be called back from their holidays, further delaying political action after yet another tragedy. freya cole, bbc news. lauren villagran is a reporter for the el paso times. she told me more about how the community has been coping in the aftermath of the shooting. it is the subject of every conversation every day, everywhere this was a huge tragedy for this community. we lost so many lives and so
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community. we lost so many lives and so many people were impacted. we hear these media reports now that details of the police arrest report have come out and they say that the shooter targeted mexicans. what has been the reaction to that development? we knew from just minutes, hours after the shooting that there was a so—called manifesto posted online that had been linked to the shooter. quickly linked to the shooter. it uses languages, describing immigration as an invasion, describing immigrants as invaders. some of the language echoes language used by the president of the united states. the ma nifesto, president of the united states. the manifesto, as it were, is filled with hate and specifically states that the shooter would target people of hispanic ethnicity and dissented it today we learned in court
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documents that there is additional information that the shooter may have told police directly that he did infact have told police directly that he did in fact target hispanic people. i was at did in fact target hispanic people. iwas ata did in fact target hispanic people. i was at a protest a few days ago on the day that president trump arrived in el paso to meet with the families of the dems and a young man read the names of each of the 22 dead and it was startling to hear those names roll off his tongue in spanish. the vast majority of the people who died we re vast majority of the people who died were of that dissent. are people still feeling a sense of anger, a sense of shock or are issues moving on to what can be done, what happens next? i would have to say a mix of everything. there is obviously a daily grieving here. we go through each of the funerals. there have been funerals in el paso and
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additionally at the protest i attended and speaking to both survivors of the massacre and people who were in the store when the shooting occurred, they do also want to talk about guns. i am hearing ban on assault style weapons, those high—powered rifles that are available in the united states that have been used so often in mass shootings we have experienced here. on that issue of gun control, that isa on that issue of gun control, that is a national debate but it is interesting that people are talking about a ban on assault rifles or assault powered weapons given that texas still has very liberal and relaxed laws. you must remember that el paso is in west texas which votes democratic. that means it is still texas and many people here are gun owners. even those gun owners told me that they see no reason for an
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individual to have an ak—47, for example. india has told pakistan it must accept the new reality in kashmir and stop interfering in its internal affairs. relations have been strained since delhi revoked kashmir‘s special status earlier in the week. pakistan has responded by suspending train links, and halting trade. our correspondent yogita limaye is one of the few international journalists in kashmir — she sent this report from srinangar. 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.
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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.
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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. let's get some of the day's other news.
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the un secretary general, antonio guterres has said he's concerned about clashes in yemen's southern city of aden which left at least 8 people dead. he's urged all parties to stop hostilities. aden is the temporary home for the internationally recognised government. a powerful typhoon has made landfall in south—eastern china bringing gusts of 200 kilometres an hour and heavy rain. typhoon lekima is the strongest to hit the country in 5 years. a red alert has been issued along the path of the storm, which is likely to reach shanghai later in the day. portugal's government has declared an energy crisis and introduced fuel rationing at petrol stations. a planned strike by lorry drivers means members of the public will be able to buy no more than 15 litres of petrol or diesel. union leaders are to decide on saturday whether to go ahead with the industrial action. north korea has fired two unidentified missiles into the sea ofjapan — its fifth major weapons
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test in under three weeks. the south korean military believes at least one appears to be a short range missile. this latest launch comes just hours after president trump announced he'd received what he called ‘a beautiful letter‘ from kim jong—un. here's the bbc‘s laura bicker with more. the north korean leader is continuing to test weapons while keeping the door to diplomacy with donald trump open. ‘s latest lodge comes hours after the us president announced he had received a beautiful letter from mr kim. announced he had received a beautiful letterfrom mr kim. mr trump said the north korean leader was unhappy with south korea and the us carrying outjoint military exercises. the us president appeared to side with mr kim and said he was not a fan either. the wargames on the other side with the united states and, as you know, i have never liked it either. i have never been a fan. john yang has sent a
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series of messages to the state media criticising seoul and washington for the games. meanwhile, a nalyst washington for the games. meanwhile, analyst believe the recent tests have allowed north korea to perfect along that make you tired of short—range ballistic missile, manoeuvrable in the air and would test the missile defence systems of the us and south korea. i've been talking to the former us state department diplomat mintaro oba. i asked him why he thought north korea had carried out these tests. a big part of it as you mentioned has to be the joint military exercises with the united states and south korea, that has never been one of north korea's favourite activities, and puts intense pressure on the united states and south korea to cease exercises. we can attribute three general motives for north korean missile launches: technological — it wants to demonstrate its capabilities and improve them, and magnify the threat it poses to the united states and south korea; tactical — it wants to put pressure on the two
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allies to conduct negotiations on north korea's terms; and domestic — it wants to demonstrate kim jong—un‘s strength at home. it seems odd they continue to fire these missiles, given that kim jong—un has a good relationship with donald trump, and donald trump does not seem to be that concerned? it may seem surprising but in reality it is a reflection of something that has been true all along, which is that the us and north korea have not resolved the fundamental issues that have kept them at a diplomatic impasse. both sides have not demonstrated the flexibility needed to make any real progress on denuclearisation, key questions such as sanctions relief and so forth, and i think that what north korea is doing now is a reflection of the frustration that comes with not resolving those fundamental issues. we don't know exactly what kind
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of missiles were fired, but we assume they are not nuclear missiles. could this be seen as some sort of progress at least? the north koreans are conducting these launches in a very calculated, restrained way. they want to escalate tensions but not so much that it makes diplomatic progress with the united states impossible in the future. where do you think things are going to go from here? do you think we will see more talks, more movements towards denuclearisation? i do think that as these joint military exercises and it will create more room for a return to working level dogmatic —— diplomatic talks between the united states and north korea, and at the leader level both kim jong—un and donald trump have a personal stake in these processes that they started, i expect more movements in the months ahead. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: all the fun
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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. this is a pivotal moment
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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 that 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,
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cathay pacific, to suspend any staff who support the demonstrations. here's our international editor gabriel gatehouse. if editor gabriel gatehouse. you landed at hong kong and if you landed at hong kong airport and listened carefully, you would have heard the people seeing. singing. west end chorus this is not, by what they like and musical finance, hong kong's protesters make up finance, hong kong's protesters make upfor finance, hong kong's protesters make up for with revolutionary fervour as they continue to press their demands for greater freedoms in the territory. it began two months ago, asa territory. it began two months ago, as a largely peaceful protest against a proposed law that would allow people from hong kong to be extradited to mainland china. after initial demonstrations in which more than a million people flooded the street, the authorities suspended the bill. but it was too late. the
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protest continued, much of it in anger at the heavy—handed police response. if the tear gas and rubber bullets were designed to deter the demonstrators, then they have the opposite effect. their demands became more sweeping, and their methods more desperate and radical. last month, they stormed the legislative council building, hong kong's parliament. they want a retraction of charges of rioting against the protesters, an investigation into the police use of force, and free elections to the legislature. chanting. this is a stand—off. on one side is a police force that is well—equipped and with the backing of beijing, learning fast how to use force to contain popular unrest. on the other there is a generation of young hong kong residents who see the end of the 50 year handover. fast approaching. in 2047 the principle
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of one country two systems comes to an end, and at the moment, these protesters have little more than pluck and umbrellas on their side. meanwhile, beijing has been sending none too subtle signals that should the hong kong authorities prove unable to quell the protests, central government will step in. earlier this week, in xinjiang just across the border from earlier this week, in xinjiang just across the borderfrom hong kong territory, 10,000 men and police officers staged a response to a mock riot. —— mainland police officers. the chinese army, known as the pla, put out a glossy promotion video. in hong kong, the message was heard loud and clear. no—one seems to know how this is going to end. there are all sorts of threats about the pla coming in and so on, my thinking is
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that the odds at the moment are still that the pla will not come into hong kong, because that will have a major impact on hong kong's prosperity. back at the airport, protesters want to make sure foreign visitors are aware of what is happening in their city. we are trying to win, we are trying to win this battle and when our democracy. we are asking for more people to stand with us, to stand with hong kong, and we need the well's attention. but does anyone have the kind of leverage that might induce beijing to change course? at the time of the handover, more than two decades ago, many thought disparity and freedom were linked. that one would guarantee the other. since then, china has shown you don't need democratic rights to become the world's most powerful economy. our international editor gabriel gatehouse with that report. russia's state nuclear agency says
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five of its staff have been killed in an explosion at an artic military base. officials say the accident caused a brief rise in radiation levels — but posed no threat to local communities. as andy beatt reports, its second accident to hit the country's military facilities in a week. scratch the surface of this quiet coastal city, and you will find fear and uncertainty. in russia's far north, this city is less than 50 comments from a deadly explosion and a limited legal radiation. despite assurances that the defence ministry that levels were not harmful, and return to normal within 40 minutes, a large stretch of coastline has been closed to shipping. and locals have been rushing to buy iodide, known to help body block radiation damage. translation: yesterday's events have shaken up whole town
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people are starting to panic. within a matter of an hour, all the iodine and iodine containing drugs were sold out. at the centre of the scare, this military base. it tests nearly every rocket system used by the russian navy, including intercontinental ballistic missiles. the jet intercontinental ballistic missiles. thejet engine intercontinental ballistic missiles. the jet engine involved intercontinental ballistic missiles. thejet engine involved in intercontinental ballistic missiles. the jet engine involved in the intercontinental ballistic missiles. thejet engine involved in the blast said to use an isotope power source. this accident, 1000 kilometres north of moscow, is the second to hit russia's military in less than a week. on monday a massive blaze at an ammunition depot in siberia left one person dead and eight others injured. flying munitions damage a nearby school and nursery, forcing the evacuation of nearly 10,000 people. further blasts were reported at the facility on friday. while the two incidents are unrelated, some
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say moscow's mission to rapidly expand its military makes a future accidents ever more likely. 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 bashir went to take a look. amid the ancient cloisters of this hallowed 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.
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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 —
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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. let's continue the religious theme and take you to live pictures that we have of that saudi arabia, where the hajj is continuing for a second day, more than 2 million muslims continued the annual hajj under sweltering conditions, and pilgrims
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are at mount arafat, known as the mountain of mercy. they continue the hajj into saturday. stay with us here on bbc news. 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—14, 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
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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—14. 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
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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, 14—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 00:28:36,459 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 for the time of year.
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